The Serial Killer: A headache for the police

CHEAP THREE: A Mystery

It has been weeks of resilience and diligence, trying to nab the killer who killed Mr. Beckh but all efforts were proven abortive since no evidence was pointing to someone when there was no really a suspect anywhere.

The investigation regarding Ivin poison has not produced a great result as they all envisaged. For weeks,Alex and Ken have been visiting companies and even stores to at least get a hint but they were all claiming they have never heard of the poison before that Alex even concluded that maybe the poison was not from this planet.

Even though they have not recorded a new case similar to that but they were to solve this case since it was the order from the commissioner of police that even made it worse.

The police commissioner having interest in cases like this was like a ticking bomb ready to explode any moment.

"Any report on the Ivin poison yet?" James asked, as they sat down at their meeting venue to discuss the case as they have been doing for weeks.

" There's no news for now. They are all claiming that they have no idea and that's getting me worried. Or we are asking the wrong set of people?" Angelina asked.

" Who are we suppose to ask then if I may ask?"asked Alex.

" The killer will never buy the poison from registered organizations for fear of tracking him. He knows that those people will probably keep the record for future use and that could expose him,"Angelina said,while others nodded in agreement with her statement.

" That is true. It's funny how we didn't think in this direction for weeks. We forgot that we are tackling with a criminal and not a regular person."

" We should be able to get information on that from smugglers who are professional in the business," James said,while Angelina nodded for that is what she was just about saying.

" Ken and Alex direction changed. Later, you should follow me and meet someone who is a professional in the field. He should be able to direct us or introduce us to people who are familiar with that," he instructed though not smiling.

How can he smile when he's yet to solve the case? He's known for his obsession with unsolved cases especially with murder cases and he wonder why that is so.

He rose through the ranks through his persistence and sense of duty and that got him closer to the police chief.

There was an unsolved case of someone who killed his wife and children. He was suffering from a disease and was not able to control himself. The deed had been done before he could regain his composure and senses.

When he saw that he had killed his wife and children after regaining his senses,he absconded immediately. The police tried their possible best to apprehend him but all effort didn't produce the desired results.

The case was under the current police chief jurisdiction and he was facing a lot from the higher-ups for not being able to apprehend the killer.

Right then,James was a newly posted detective to the police chief district and when he joined the police, they were still on the unsolved case.

He single handedly devised a plan and apprehended the killer. He advised them to abandon the case and make it obvious. The killer after a year and observed that there was no news about him or trailing him, decided to return back to his normal life since they've abandoned the case out of frustration.

He fell into the trap since he was already relaxing, and let his guard down since he believed there was no problem. This achievement prove the competence of James and the beginning of his promotion.

" I want us to also note something down about the killer. I'm not fully convinced that the killer is a single person," James said.

" Why do you think so?" Ken asked.

"That day,we trailed someone who appeared suspicious and that landed us at a building. To our surprise,the person set that building ablaze and it correspond with the same time the victim was killed," James explained to them clearly.

" So you mean there might be an accomplice somewhere who assisted him? This cas will take longer time than expected," Angelina said.

" It's either they're in the same boat or it was due to circumstances. For now, there's nothing we can do about that than to pursue this from a single direction."

" Along the line,if the person is a partner with the killer,then something will lead us to him. For now, let us try and look at it from the poison angle," James said on a final note.

He was about standing up when his phone started ringing and on looking at it,he saw that the call was from the police chief.

He signalled to others to sit down back while he receives the call as they were about leaving the meeting room after rounding off the meeting.

Immediately after speaking with the police chief,he ordered Ken to switch on the television while Ken who was still surprised at the statement since they were about leaving the meeting room, quickly switched it on with the hope of finding out the reason after switching it on.

They were all surprised ,after Ken switched on the television and the breaking news that was displayed came with a shock on everybody's face and anxiety filled the air.....