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* Clock. See below.
* Poem. See below.
* Fingernail markings on deck.
* No discernible trace, no fingerprints, no footprints, no tire tread marks.
CRIME SCENE TWO
Location:
* Alley off Cedar Street, near Broadway, behind three commercial buildings (back doors closed at 8:30 to 10 P.M.) and one government administration building (back door closed at 6 P.M.).
* Alley is a cul-de-sac. Fifteen feet wide by one hundred and four feet long, surfaced in cobblestones, body was fifteen feet from Cedar Street.
Victim:
* Theodore Adams.
* Lived in Battery Park.
* Freelance copywriter.
* No known enemies.
* No warrants, state or federal.
* Checking for a connection with buildings around alley. None found.
Perp:
* The Watchmaker.
* Male.
* No database entries for the Watchmaker.
M.O.:
* Dragged from vehicle to alley, where iron bar was suspended over him. Eventually crushed throat.
* Awaiting medical examiner's report to confirm.
* No evidence of sexual activity.
* Time of death: Approximately 10:15 P.M. to 11 P.M. Monday night. Medical examiner to confirm.
Evidence:
* Clock.
* No explosives, chemical-or bioagents.
* Identical to clock at pier.
* No fingerprints, minimal trace.
* Arnold Products, Framingham, MA.
