The Disney Princess Murders

07

Homicide detectives Lee and Park pulled up to the University, NIS agents Min, Park, and Jung, following behind. A woman in a tailored pant suit and short black pumps, met them on the front steps. She bowed as she greeted them. "Hello gentlemen, ma'am, if you'll follow me, Mr. Hwang is expecting you."

She escorted them through the halls toward the Dean's office. A few minutes later, the group came to a stop before a large oak door. The woman knocked and a call to enter was heard from the other side. She opened the door with a bow, "Sir, the detectives are here." She announced, stepping aside to allow the group of five to enter before closing the oak door behind them.

"Detectives," the Dean greeted as he bowed and shook hands with each of his guests, "what can I do for you?"

"We'd like to speak to you about one of your professors, Mr. Jang Chang-min."

"Oh," Dean Hwang asked confused yet curious, "Is anything the matter?"

"I'm afraid Mr. Jang is the main suspect of an ongoing murder investigation."

The Dean's eyes widened.

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The entire university was curious as to why they were all summoned to the large auditorium for a very important emergency meeting. Staff and students alike speculated amongst themselves the reason behind it as they filed into the spacious room, quickly filling the seats.

Ten minutes later, Mr. Hwang walked across the stage and to the podium positioned front and center, immediately calling the room to order, "Good afternoon everyone. Today, I was visited by law enforcement in regards to a very troubling matter concerning one of our staff members. The charges against professor Jang are deeply disturbing and gravely serious and a matter that puts the safety of all students at risk. All staff, who worked with, or interacted with Mr. Jang will meet with detectives in the staff room. Students, especially those who take Mr. Jang's class, are requested to speak with the NIS agents in the library, which will be closed off until after all interviews are complete. Again, this is a very serious matter, I strongly encourage you all to speak to the detectives and agents."

The whole room was quiet long after the Dean left the stage.

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"How'd it go?" Namjoon asked as the detectives and three of his team members entered the war room.

"Lee and I got some interesting information from one of the University staff," detective Park pulled out his notepad as he recited the information, "For the most part, no one had anything negative to say about Mr. Jang. He's described as polite, respectful, and dedicated to his profession and students. However, a coach Ahn mentioned that at one time Mr. Jang approached him asking to take pictures of some of the athletes for an up coming class lesson, and as Mr. Jang was one of the professors in the medical department, a physician to be exact, the request didn't seem odd, so he agreed. Professor Jang hand picked four different athletes for his photo session, Park Minjun, Kim Myung-Dae, Kang Do-Hyun and Lee Beom-seok."

"So we can prove he not only had access to the victims, through the University, but that he actually interacted with them personally," Namjoon said with a nod.

"We can also confirm the reason for the half naked photos he took of our victims was bogus," detective Lee added, "after speaking with coach Ahn, we went back to talk to Mr. Jang's assistant, and she confirmed no such lesson plan was scheduled."

"That's not the only instance he took pictures of some male student's," Jimin added, looking at his leader, "Yoongi, Hoseok, and I interviewed the students, one of the male student's I spoke to told me of an uncomfortable incident with Mr. Jang. He stated that the University has a gym all the athletes use. He saw Mr. Jang enter the gym and just watch them work out for awhile. The student said Jang would just stare at them, sometimes he'd bite his lip as he walked around watching them, he described it as being circled by a shark. It was uncomfortable, but no one else seemed to notice, so he ignored it."

"That's fucking creepy," Yoongi stated, "what about the pictures?" He asked Jimin.

Jimin nodded, continuing, "Student said when he didn't see Mr. Jang watching them anymore he assumed he'd left. Five minutes later, as he was entering the locker room after a quick visit from the bathroom, he came up behind Jang lingering near the entrance, snapping pictures with his phone of certain boy's in the locker room. When asked what he was doing, Mr. Jang seemed nervous, giving the same excuse he had apparently given coach Ahn. Student said, despite the fact he had the coaches permission to take the pictures, before rushing out of the gym, the student still found it creepy, as the professor was taking the photos discreetly, like he hadn't wanted to be caught taking them. It made the student extremely uncomfortable, that he decided to skip the locker room, opting to shower and change in his dorm."

Hoseok spoke up next, "I spoke to a couple of male student's telling me the same thing, each of them feeling uncomfortable around the professor at one time or another."

"Same here," Yoongi said, "the male student's I spoke to said professor Jang tended to stare at them for long periods of time. He described it as long, lingering glances that made him feel like he was being undressed."

Detective Park spoke again, "When speaking to the Dean, he informed us that Mr. Jang had taken some personal time off to help his ailing mother. This was about two weeks ago."

Jin nodded, "The exact time he began to stalk Jungkook."

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Taehyung watched as Jungkook exited the small cafe, drink in hand, from the black Palisade across the street.

"Where the hell is he?" He murmured to himself, scanning the surrounding area for who had been Jungkook's shadow for a little over two weeks now, "Jungkook," Taehyung called out to the younger through his miked earpiece, "do you see him?"

Jungkook took a sip of his drink as he started the short walk back to his car, discreetly glancing around the area before giving a shake of his head.

From across the street, Taehyung saw Jungkook shake his head in the negative, "Damn," he said to himself before speaking directly to Jungkook, "I don't like this, I haven't seen him all day. Keep your eyes open Kookie." he warned before tapping his earpiece, ending the communication link with Jungkook. Suddenly, Taehyung's phone went off. As soon as he answered, Namjoon's voice filtered through, "Taehyung, how's it going on your end?"

"Not good, something's off, I haven't seen Jang all day. Either he's on to us, or he's preparing to make a move."

"Where's Jungkook now?"

"Heading to the house."

"Alright, keep your eyes open, and keep me posted if anything changes. Jimin will meet you for night surveillance."

With that, the line disconnected, both agents knowing something was gonna happen very soon.