The Twelfth Card

Used electrical booby trap.
    • Fingerprints: None. Glove prints only.
    • Security camera and monitor; no leads.
    • Tarot deck, missing the twelfth card; no leads.
    • Map with diagram of museum where G. Settle was attacked and buildings across the street.
    • Trace:
      • Falafel and yogurt.
      • Wood scrapings from desk with traces of pure sulfuric acid.
      • Clear liquid, not explosive. Sent to FBI lab.
        • Determined to be Murine.
      • More fibers from rope. Garrotte?
      • Pure carbon found in map.
    • Safe house was rented, for cash, to Billy Todd Hammil. Fits Unsub 109’s description, but no leads to an actual Hammil.
    AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM SCENE
    • Rape pack:
      • Tarot card, twelfth card in deck, The Hanged Man, meaning spiritual searching.
      • Smiley-face bag.
        • Too generic to trace.
      • Box cutter.
      • Trojan condoms.
      • Duct tape.
      • Jasmine scent.
      • Unknown item bought for $5.95. Probably a stocking cap.
      • Receipt, indicating store was in New York City, discount variety store or drugstore.
      • Most likely purchased in a store on Mulberry Street, Little Italy. Unsub identified by clerk.
    • Fingerprints:
      • Unsub wore latex or vinyl gloves.
      • Prints on items in rape pack belonged to person with small hands, no IAFIS hits. Positive ID for clerk’s.
    • Trace:
      • Cotton-rope fibers, some with traces of human blood. Garrotte?
        • Sent to CODIS.
          • No DNA match in CODIS.
        • Popcorn and cotton candy with traces of canine urine.
    • Weapons:
      • Billy club or martial arts weapon.
      • Pistol is a North American Arms .22 rimfire magnum, Black Widow or Mini-Master.
      • Makes own bullets, bored-out slugs filled with needles. No match in IBIS or DRUGFIRE.
    • Motive
      • Uncertain. Rape was probably staged.
      • True motive may have been to steal microfiche containing July 23, 1868, issue of Coloreds’ Weekly Illustrated magazine and kill G. Settle because of her interest in an article for reasons unknown. Article was about her ancestor Charles Singleton (see accompanying chart).
    • Librarian victim reported that someone else wished to see article.
      • Requesting librarian’s phone records to verify this.
        • No leads.
      • Requesting information from employees as to other person wishing to see story.
        • No leads.
      • Searching for copy of article.
        • Several sources report man requested same article. No leads to identity. Most issues missing or destroyed. One located. (See accompanying chart.)
      • Conclusion: G. Settle still at risk.
      • Motive may be to keep secret the fact that her ancestor found the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is invalid, threatening most of the U.S. civil rights and civil liberties laws.
    • Profile of incident sent to VICAP and NCIC.
      • Murder in Amarillo, TX, five years ago. Similar M.O.—staged crime scene (apparently ritual killing, but real motive unknown).
        • Victim was a retired prison guard.
        • Composite picture sent to Texas prison.
          • Not recognized.
        • Murder in Ohio, threeyears ago. Similar M.O.—staged crime scene (apparently sexual assault, but real motive probably hired killing). Files missing.
    PROFILE OF UNSUB 109
    • White male.
    • 6 feet tall, 180 lbs.
    • Middle-aged.
    • Average voice.
    • Used cell phone to get close to victim.
    • Wears three-year-old, or older, size-11 Bass walkers, light brown. Right foot slightly outturned.
    • Additional jasmine scent.
    • Dark pants.
    • Ski mask, dark.
    • Will target innocents to help in killing victims and escaping.
    • Most likely is a for-hire killer.
    • Possibly a former prisoner in Amarillo, TX.
    • Talks with a Southern accent.
    • Has trim, light-brown hair, clean-shaven.
    • Nondescript.
    • Seen wearing dark raincoat.
    • Probably not a regular smoker.
    • Construction, utility, highway worker?
    • Uses Murine.
    • Whistles.
    PROFILE OF PERSON HIRING UNSUB 109
    • No information at this time.
    PROFILE OF UNSUB 109’S ACCOMPLICE
    • Black male.
    • Late 30’s, early 40’s.
    • Six feet.
    • Solidly built.
    • Wearing green combat jacket.
    • Ex-convict.
    • Has a limp.
    • Reportedly armed.
    • Clean-shaven.
    • Black do-rag.
    • Awaiting additional witnesses and security tapes.
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