The Twelfth Card

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.
    • 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.
      • Murder in Ohio, three years 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.
    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.
    PROFILE OF CHARLES SINGLETON
    • Former slave, ancestor of G. Settle. Married, one son. Given orchard in New York state by master. Worked as teacher, as well. Instrumental in early civil rights movement.
    • Charles allegedly committed theft in 1868, the subject of the article in stolen microfiche.
    • Reportedly had a secret that could bear on case. Worried that tragedy would result if his secret was revealed.
    • Attended meetings in Gallows Heights neighborhood of New York.
      • Involved in some risky activities?
    • Worked with Frederick Douglass and others ingetting the 14th Amendment to the Constitution ratified.
    • The crime, as reported in Coloreds’ Weekly Illustrated :
      • Charles arrested by Det. William Simms for stealing large sum from Freedmen’s Trust in NY. Broke into the trust’s safe, witnesses saw him leave shortly after. His tools were found nearby. Most money was recovered. He was sentenced to five years in prison. No information about him after sentencing. Believed to have used his connections with early civil rights leaders to gain access to the trust.
    • Charles’s correspondence:
      • Letter 1, to wife: Re: Draft Riots in