The only link between the mark and the crimes were the victims. It was not drawn on notes at crime scenes like what he left for me. The marks were always on the bodies of the victims. When the answer came to me, everything became so clear that I almost screamed in commotion.
"It was the initial victim, wasn’t it?" I shot without blinking, feeling euphoria dominate my mind. It was the feeling I chased in every investigation. "He was the one who served as a model for all your victims. He invented the mark, maybe in a drawing or a painting, and it has some traumatic meaning to you. That is why you carve it on the chests of all your victims. That is why you kill those who resemble him. It is personal..."
"I paused when a valuable insight struck me while I was speaking. Did he make that mark
