The Disney Princess Murders

02

Back at the station, detectives and agents viewed both the footage from the bakery and the small cafe. The first to be viewed was the footage from the cafe agents Kim and Jeon visited. As Taehyung had summarized, the footage showed a dark four door vehicle, lights off, slowly driving in the direction of the tailor shop, then slowly reappearing a minute later.

"Damn, I was hoping to get a license plate number." detective Park said.

"I'll get some stills of the car and get them to the higher ups in the automotive industry, see if we can determine a make and model." Detective Lee stated.

"It's definitely a sedan of some kind, looks to be an older model, by about a year or two, but I agree that we should have professionals look at it, see if they can identify the car." Detective Park commented.

It wasn't a guarantee that the sedan was related to the crime in any way, but it had to be identified in order to rule out the possibility or not, though they were confident the vehicle belonged to their suspect. The footage from the bakery however, definitely captured the suspect as he carried his lastest victim the short distance to the steps of the tailor shop. Unfortunately, the few seconds of his side profile proved useless as he kept his head down and the hood of his hoodie pulled up. They watched as he carefully laid the body on the steps, lingering for a moment, before walking away off camera, head still down.

"Wait, back it up a little."

Agent Jeon rewinded the footage back a bit.

"There, stop."

"Did you see something Jin hyung?"

Jin carefully watched the footage again before answering. "Jungkook, pause it."

The youngest agent obeyed.

"Look there," he pointed to the screen, drawing everyone's attention to where he indicated as they gathered closer to the computer, "he's caressed the boy's cheek, that's why he lingered momentarily."

"Why would he do that," Detective Lee asked, "could it be that he knows the victim?"

"Do have a profile on him hyung?" Agent Hoseok asked.

Jin stood from his seat and walked over to the dry erase board. "The way he kills his victims indicates a rage killing, however the multiple stab wounds to the genitals indicates a lust or sexual killing. He's also dressing them as females, not just any females, but Disney princesses. Our suspect is gay, and doesn't want to be. In fact he hates the very idea of being homosexual that he stoops to killing young men he may be attracted to. Whether they were gay themselves or not, doesn't matter, in his mind, these boy's tempted him, so he did the only thing he could, he removed the temptation."

"So, he blames the victims for his homosexual urges and confusion of his sexuality." Detective Park mused.

"He dresses them as women to convince himself that he's attracted to women, and you don't get more feminine than a Disney princess. Our suspect is likely between his mid-twenties to mid-thirties. He's also likely to be single as his confusion of his sexuality would make it difficult for him to maintain a relationship with a woman. His hatred and fear of possibly being gay, likely stems from being raised in either a very religious household or a homophobic one, perhaps even a combination of both." Jin stated.

"Okay, so he abducts these young men, beats them to death out of anger before stabbing them multiple times in the groin because he is sexually attracted to them." Namjoon summarizes.

Detective Park nodded his head, "It's a place to start."

The phone suddenly rang throughout the room.

"Hello," Detective Lee answered. She listened for a moment before speaking again, "are you sure? Thanks doctor." She hung up the phone, looking up to the rest of the group. "The medical examiner found evidence of sexual assault."

"He's escalating."

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He hated the way he made him feel. The way he tempted him. It was disgusting. Yet, it felt so good. How would it feel if it was the real thing.

It felt....right.

NO!

No, it's not right.

It's unnatural.

He's not gay!

"I'm not gay..." he quietly mumbled.

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Case File 142665/Sleeping Beauty

Name: Lee Beom-Seok

Age: 26 yrs, old

Cause of death: Blunt Force Trauma

Classification: Homicide

"I hate that part of the job." Detective Park stated as he and his partner entered the office, just returning from informing Lee Beom-Seok's family of his death.

"It never gets easier." Lee replied.

Agents Namjoon and Jin looked up at their entrance, catching the tail end of their conversation. "No, it doesn't." Namjoon sympathized.

"From what we learned from the family, Lee Beom-seok was liked by everyone and had no known enemies. He was a construction worker, volunteer firefighter, and engaged to be married next spring. He was also returned to university to study architecture." Detective Lee reported.

Namjoon's cell rang just then.

"Hello. Alright, got it. See you then," he hung up as he addressed his three colleagues, "We're looking for a two year old black Hyundai Sonata. Yoongi and Hoseok are on their way to the DMV to get a list of owners of that vehicle."

"Finally, a lead."

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