Despitethepressurefromabove,nooneintheroomseemedparticularlyeagertocatchthekiller.
Buttheyknewtheircaptainwell.Evenwithoutorders,Lucianwouldstillpursuethetruthtotheend.Inhiseyes,catchingtheperpetratorwasaduty.Whetherthevictims"deserved"itornotwasforthelawtodecide—notforthem.
Lucianturnedtotheteam''sprofiler."Anypreliminarythoughts?"
Jun,freshoutofPoliceUniversitywithadegreeincriminalpsychology,straightenedinhisseat.
Theunithadneverhadadedicatedprofilerbefore,andJunlackedformaltraining.Hispresencefeltlikesomehigher-up''sattempttomimicAmericancrimedramas.
Normally,LucianfoundJun''sanalyseslessusefulthanaseasoneddetective''sgutinstinct.Butthistimewasdifferent.Jun''sfatherhadservedalongsidethedeceased''sfathers.Hissocialcirclesmightoverlapwiththevictims''.Giventhestonewallingfromthefamilies,Lucianneededeveryangle.
Junclearedhisthroat,nervesandeagernesswarringinhisvoice."Ahem.Sincethisappearstobeanisolatedincidentratherthanaserialkilling,myprofilecanonlybebroad.Typically,theperpetratorinsuchcaseswouldbefemale,agedeighteentotwenty-six,physicallyattractive,sexuallyexperienced,frequentlyvisitingnightclubsor—"
"Yousureaboutthat?"Luciancutin."Theirprevious''preferences''skewedtowardunderagegirlswithlowresistance."
Jun''sfingerstwitchedtowardhistemple."W-Well,Captain,yousaidityourself,underagevictimsarelesslikelytofightback.And,ah,theirlackofsexualexperiencemeansthey''reunlikelyto,um,overwhelmaman..."
"Soyou''resayingthesetwosuddenlycravedsomething''spicier''andchokedonit?"
"Th-They—"Junfloundered,tornbetweenretreatinganddefendinghisfledglingexpertise."Statisticsshow—"
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