It was just a week ago when the crime happened, and it's was also a week ago when Danny, who was the killer, has been arrested.
Nang mga panahong iyon ay hindi man lang sya nagsalita. He just smirked at me when he saw me staring at him. Hindi man lamang sya nagpaliwanag sa kasalanang kanyang ginawa.
But because of the messages he sent and the informations that had been investigated, I made a conclusion, a deduction of the reason behind his crime.
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From: Unknown number
MOTHPE ANFESC IEOSUTS
Clue: I know you can count.
12:34
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'I know you can count?'
Ano yun? I tried to search it on the internet but it took me an hour to finally understand the given clue.
The first clue was 'I am one of the suspects' he used 123 code to encode the message.
I waited for the next clue, I didn't let go of my phone and constantly checking it.
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From: Unknown number
O QD YKGD ZIT HQLZ WXZ ATHZ WKOFUOFU WQEA ZQ HKTLTFZ
Clue: I am not her type but atleast I tried.
6:08
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Type?
Type...
Type...
Type...
The second clue was 'I am from the past but kept bringing back to present', it was encoded using keyboard code. Ayon sa narinig ko mula sa mga pulis, isa sya sa mga naging nobyo ng biktima. Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan ay ang 'kept bringing back to present' ibigsabihin ba nito ay may namamagitan ulit sakanila?
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From: Unknown number
9:20:13:6:00:21:00:5:13:21:16:00:9:13:5:00:20:13:24:18:00:24:21:17:00:20:13:24:18:00:6:4:7:17
Clue: times ticking, I'm sure you know where I hid my memories with her. By the way, the time's 13 o'clock.
7:30
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It means 'what I said was half lie half true', clock cipher and rot 13 was used. Hindi ko parin mainyindihan kung ano ang ibig nyang sabihin. Maybe he's pertaining to what he said when the police asked them.
And then, the very last message pop out. My heart's beating painfully in my chest, I'm so nervous. It's either I die or the person behind all of this will go to jail.
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From: Unknown number
TNEXW
Clue: I have a trifold brochure.
If you can't caught me at exactly 12 o'clock you'll be dead.
11:50
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I have only 10 minutes to decode! Shit!
I started to panick. I typed 'trif' and then suddenly, instead of 'o' I accidentally tapped 'i' then trifid code appeared so I immediately read the instructions then after how many minutes, I decoded it.
Danny...'
After that night, investigations are still on going.
Base sa aking nakalap na impormasyon, he killed her for vengeance. I remembered his answer to the officer, that his wife is pregnant, pero nang ipaimbestiga siya ay nalaman na siya ay nagsisinungaling, it is true that he has a wife, but before the crime, his wife is already dead. Nalaman ko din na ang biktima ang dahilan kung bakit namatay ang kaniyang asawa.
The victim still loves him even though she's in a relationship with someone else. There is a case pala na na involve ang victim ata ang asawa ni danny, it was a car accident na naging dahilan kaya siya nakunan, and eventually she died. Danny's wife was with the victim when the so called 'accident' happened. The victim jumped out of the car bago pa ito tumama sa isang puno. Malayo sya sa lugar kung saan nabunggo ang sasakyan kaya naman hindi sya napansin ng mga tao.
Walang mas malalim na imbestigasyon ang naganap sa aksidenteng iyon kaya walang nakakaalam na siya ang dahilan kung bakit ito namatay.
They thought it was just an 'accident' but it was more likely a set up.
The investigators found a bloody grass cutter in one of the trash bin on the secluded area of the subdivision. Kukunin na dapat ang basura ng makita iyon. They concluded that it was what the killer used to kill the victim.
I decided to visit him today. I have so many questions in my mind.
Pinapasok ako ng mga pulis, nakita ko syang nakaupo at nakagapos ang mga kamay. Umupo ako sa silya katapat ng kanyang inuupuan.
"I know you did that for revenge" panimula ko.
Imbis na magalit, ngumiti sya sakin.
"I did that to save them" napayuko sya.
Dahan dahan syang tumgin saakin at "...and of course to save you"
Kumunot ang noo ko."What do you mean?"
"Baliw sya" simpleng sagot nito. Ilang minuto ang lumipas ngunit hindi ulit sya nagsalita. Magtatanong sana ako ngunit naunahan niya ako.
"May kasintahan ka, hindi ba?"
Nagtaka ako kung paano nya iyon nalaman sapagkat hindi ko naman siya kilala.
"Nakikita ko siyang nakatingin sa inyo, may ngiti sa kaniyang labi, ikaw na dapat ang susunod ngunit inunahan ko na siya."
Paanong ako ang susunod kung hindi ko naman kilala ang babaeng iyon?
"Your boyfriend is a friend of hers. Kilala ko rin siya, isa siya sa mga kaklase niya noon kung hindi ako nagkakamali."
"Pero bakit na kasama ako sa mga balak nyang patayin?" I can't really understand, bakit ako?
"'cause she wants attention and love coming from us. When she was a little, she lacks of it. She found it on us and sa tingin ko ayaw nya ng kahati" seryoso nyang paliwanag. But still I can see that he feel sympathy for the girl.
"As what you have said earlier, why did you save us?" I asked.
"Dahil alam kong makikialam ka, I need to do this to save her future victims at para na rin mabigyan ng hustisya ang pagkamatay ng asawa ko" ngumiti sya saakin at dahan dahang itinaas ang kamay papunta sa knyang leeg. Doon ko lamang nakita na may hawak pala siyang blade.
He slit his throat in front of me. Naalerto ang mga pulis. Maybe this is his real plan to end this whole thing.
Pero paano kung kung hindi parin tapos? Paano kung nagsisimula palang?
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