All the law enforcement personnel bowed their heads in prayer. There were no reporters present. This was an official briefing on the progress made by the Crucifixion Killer task force, conducted for the benefit of the Maryland State Police. “The two most recent deaths of Troopers Joseph Murdock and Andrew Hanover in the line of duty are particularly tragic because they were perpetrated by a killer that the F.B.I. has been pursuing for thirteen years. Footprints at the scene of their murders prove conclusively that the perpetrator is the same man we’ve been after. As most of you are aware, this Unknown Subject had committed at least eight horrid murders in the United States. New evidence from our foreign bureaus indicates he was responsible for three killings overseas, one in England and two in France, possibly more that but have not yet been …show more content…
Thirteen years ago the F.B.I.’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crimes first formed a task force of federal state and local investigators that numbered twenty-five personnel assigned exclusively to the serial killer investigation. When the killings apparently stopped eleven years ago the task force was reduced, but not disbanded. Two years ago the murderer struck again and then again. We immediately reinforced the task force to a total of fifty- two law enforcement personnel which includes twenty-six s of the F.B.I.’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crimes Division including our Violent Crimes Apprehension Program and our Behavioral Analysis Unit. I am handing out copies of the task force’s Official Memorandum of Understanding, the (MOU,) and at this time I will be handing over the podium to Special Agent Adrian DeWinter who is Lead Investigator on the task force.” Applause followed