The silent killer

For months, detective Jake Evans had been searching for a serial murderer. No fingerprints, no witnesses, and no traces of the murderer were found. The only thing Jake had to rely on was a pattern of killings that initially appeared random but gradually grew increasingly targeted.

The most recent victim of the murderer was a young woman called Sarah. She had been discovered dead from being strangled in an alleyway. Jake arrived at the crime site and immediately began searching the surroundings for any hints.

Jake looked around the alley and saw something peculiar. On a neighbouring fence, a little piece of cloth became entangled. It matched Sarah's clothing in colour and appeared to have been forcibly torn off. JakeThe shop owner recalled selling the clothing to a man by the name of David who had been behaving oddly. Cash had been used by David to pay for the garment, and he had departed without leaving a contact number. Jake began to look into David after snapping a photo of him from the store's surveillance footage.

Jake learned that David had a history of mental illness and had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals when he looked further into David's background. Also, he learned that David had just been discharged from a mental hospital and that nobody knew where he was.

Jake came to the conclusion that David was the main suspect in Sarah's murder and perhaps the other killings as well. David received an APB from him, and he began tolook for him.

Weeks passed, and David was still nowhere to be found. Jake was growing impatient and beginning to lose faith. Afterwards, though, he got a tip that David was hiding out in a deserted warehouse outside the city from an unnamed source.

Jake hurried over to the warehouse with a group of cops and got to work on rounding up David. They could hear an odd noise emanating from one of the rooms as they entered the warehouse. Jake carefully entered the space and unlocked the door.

David was sitting in a corner, rocking back and forth, and muttering to himself when he was discovered inside. Jake made a deliberate effort to engage David in conversation. David continued to rock back and forth without responding.and so on.

Jake understood that David required medical care since he was suffering from serious emotional turmoil. He requested an ambulance, and had David sent to a mental health facility.

Jake got a call from the hospital a few days later. They had discovered a diary in David's possession that was filled with thorough descriptions of the killings. David had been recording his activities in a journal, which was devastating evidence against him.

David was put on trial for the killings and found guilty. Jake was saddened by the fact that the man was given a life sentence in jail. Because of his sickness, he had become completely uncontrollable.He couldn't help but wonder, though, whether there was anything else he could have done to assist David before it was too late. It had been discovered the enigma, but at what cost?

Jake was aware that he had found the culprit.