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The black flower

Singapore
There once was an incident back in the olden days where 4 different murders occurred with "the black flower"

The first body was discovered on June 6th.The girl,Li Ting,was a factory worker from China on a short term contract in the country.She was found dead in her room she shared in Balestier.

The girl when inspected on was reportedly said to be "murdered"by an animal as signs of claws and teeth marks could be seen all over her body.

The description of that scene was that the girl's heart was as if it was "ripped out" from her body...her head lying on the floor one metre away from the body and her intestines were spread over her like Christmas ribbon paper....

The little bedroom of the poor girl was covered in blood from corner to corner and even the inspectors had to brace themselves when they were put in charge of inspecting the girl.....

Upon closer inspection,they found a black flower in between her teeth.The inspectors took it out and sealed it in a plastic bag as evidence.The officers there have never seen this kind of flower before and decided to leave it to the job of the botanist.

Other than claw and teeth marks,no other physical injury could be seen.The black flower was sent to the botanist and a few days later,the result came.

It turns out that the flower wasn't really a flower at all...the botanist said that they have never seen these types of flowers before and it may be a new type.(or not even a flower at all)

Looking at this piece of information,the inspectors were muddled. In what sense is it not a flower???!

There was however,one very strange addition to the tale.The flower they had vacuum packed and frozen had somehow defrosted.

Not only that,when one of the Technicians removed it from the freezer,he discovered that the flower had dissolved.There was nothing in the bag but for. Thick,black liquid.

They immediately sent the liquid for a DNA test as no other pieces of evidence could be found at the crime scene.The DNA report was able to dig out some information but Alas, the DNA report was just as confusing....

The liquid had 4 different DNA in it.That of a crocodile,wolf,human and plants.

The case was left unsolved as no other evidence Nor witnesses have been found.

3 months after the first "murder",a similar case was reported again.This time,in Stevens Road.Crime scene number 2 was virtually identical to number ,right down to the black flower between the teeth.The only differences were the fact that this was a luxury condominium and not a grimy flat and the victim was a European female.Annette Simpson was the 40-year-old wife of a merchant banker.

The DNA from all sources proved to be identical.There was no evidence of sexual intercourse.The heart and Liver of the second victim like that of the first one was gone.The mysterious flower reverted to a thick blood sludge within two weeks of the murder.

Once again they were stymied.Andrew Simpson,the husband,took his wife's body back to the UK for burial,resigning his position in the process.He vowed to never return to Singapore ever again,and who could blame him?

The sample of the flower blood was,as before,consigned to the Twilight Zone.

The 3rd killing came exactly 3 months after the second.This time,the victim was an Indian housewife in her early fifties.She was killed in the flat she shared with her husband and two children in an apartment block off Serangoon road.The apartment was on the eleventh level.

She was killed in the middle of the day.She had shopped with her sister in Tekka market.They had then parted and while her sister went over to her own flat off Dorset road,Vadivelu Sadura continued on to her building.

It was only now,that the officers had a little luck,and this tiny piece of luck,is the reason why all Singaporeans must take this as a warning.

A neighbour was following Mrs Sadura up Serangoon road.The neighbour,a good friend of Mrs Sadura was hurrying up to catch up with her when a man came around the corner of Kinta road and virtually walked into Mrs Sadura,almost knocking her off her feet.

The man was small and very dark,wizened even,Mrs Naidu said.She thought he looked almost like a dwarf,he was so small.He was dressed in all black,even down to a skullcap on his head.Mrs Naidu was too far away to notice any great detail,but the man was carrying a long shallow basket.He appeared to apologise profusely to Mrs Sadura and as a gesture he took a flower from his basket and handed it to her.Mrs Sadura accepted it.

The man then turned and walked back the way he had come,out of Mrs Naidu's sight along Kinta Road.Mrs Naidu caught up with her friend.They both examined the flower,trying identify it.Both agreed however that it was absolutely beautiful.The colour was a rich,deep purple and the smell was,as Mrs Naidu described it,'heavenly'.

So there we have it.Mrs Sadura was horribly mutilated as the other women had been.The flower wedged between the teeth in her severed head.Her heart and liver had gone,and as before the DNA was the same mix of human,wolf,crocodile and plant.A terrible cocktail.

If you are a female and a little man in black accidentally bumps into you in the street,anywhere in Singapore,and he offers you what appears to be a beautiful,black tulip,don't accept it.It appears that this flower is the means of summoning a demon from beyond.A demon that thrives on human flesh,the flesh of women.

Adapted from Asian spine chillers Vol. 1- The case of the black flower