"You are still rotting in hell, while I have already gone to heaven." — Wang Huarong's last words before he died.

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Florida boasts some of the most famous beaches in the United States, making it a popular destination for tourists from all over the world and American retirees.

As middle-aged police officer Richard stepped off the police station, he saw the American crowd playing on the beach.

Their smiling faces eased his long-standing gloomy mood.

He stroked his beard and pointed to the beach villas not far from the beach, asking the young police officer David.

"Are you sure that's where Humphrey lives?"

David checked the records in his work notebook and confirmed the accommodation.

Yes, that's it!

Richard wasn't particularly pleased; he simply pursed his lips and asked, "Does Humphrey really have a way to capture that 'Black-Clad Witch Slayer'?"

If he had just joined the police force, David might have immediately said he definitely could.

After all, Humphrey was a well-known detective throughout the United States.

He and his assistant, Dr. Peterson, are well-known throughout the country.

However, David, like Richard, has been following this case for three years.

In three years, he allowed ordinary people to commit nine acts of murder.

But they couldn't find any trace of the other party at all!

David felt guilty about wearing his police uniform whenever he thought about it.

From 1976 onwards, dark clouds gradually began to loom over California, which had once been bathed in sunshine.

On December 1, 1976, police found an abandoned truck.

The license plate has been removed, the fingerprints have been wiped clean, and the owner is nowhere to be found.

Richard, as the police captain, initially didn't take it seriously.

Because many people go missing in Dazhou every year.

After all, although it can't compare to Florida, Dazhou, which is adjacent to Florida, still attracts a lot of tourists.

But soon, in the Shaolin Temple, five miles away from where the car was abandoned, Richard discovered the headless body of a young girl.

This elevated the ordinary missing person case to the highest level of investigation.

The criminal police immediately launched an investigation into the murder.

First, the police need to identify the deceased as soon as possible.

Because the hot and humid climate in Dazhou would cause the body to decompose quickly.

Furthermore, the excellent ecological environment here makes the activities of animals and insects exceptionally frequent.

Therefore, the first step in the case was to identify the deceased.

During investigations, the deceased's hands are usually cut off by forensic doctors and sent to an identification center.

The senior forensic experts at the identification center will process the deceased's palm prints.

Finally, a complete handprint is made by re-printing it.

This process is lengthy and tedious, but without confirming the identity of the deceased, the case cannot proceed.

Finally, Richard and his team identified the deceased as Ruth, a girl from Guang'an Middle School in Dazhou, through fingerprints.

That abandoned truck could only have been driven there by criminals.

They also discovered that Ruth's head had been chopped off with an axe.

Therefore, the police believe that the perpetrator is extremely strong and is most likely male!

Indeed, not just anyone can drive those trucks.

However, Richard and the others did not know the perpetrator's motive, and Ruth showed no signs of being assaulted.

Despite considering many possibilities, the investigation was hampered by very limited leads, and the pursuit came to a standstill.

But in the following year, three more homicides occurred in California.

The deceased were: Linda, a 14-year-old girl from Guang'an Middle School; Mike, a 13-year-old boy from Guang'an Middle School; and Domi Gou, a 14-year-old boy from Guang'an Middle School.

Richard understood from these three dead men.

First, all four victims were between thirteen and fourteen years old.

Secondly, further investigation revealed that all four victims were students at Guang'an Middle School.

The four victims were all students in the same class three years ago!

Third, all four victims had their heads severed by an axe, without exception!

While the police were searching for more similarities, the murderer continued to roam around Dazhou.

Retired police chief Charles is going home to reunite with his wife of 35 years.

But on the highway in Dazhou, he witnessed a petite woman in black behead a boy with an axe.

And so, a year later, the fifth victim appeared.

Frederick, a fifteen-year-old boy who was also a student at Guang'an Middle School!

Richard was shocked to realize that they were hunting a serial killer, and that the killer was a woman!

According to Charles, the "Black Witch" beheaded Frederick after that.

I looked up and briefly met his gaze.

He couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but he did see their dark green pupils.

The serial killer's perpetrator was a white woman.

He is about 175 cm tall, agile, and extremely strong!

Richard immediately requested the formation of a special task force to analyze the murder and to conduct criminal profiling of the suspect.

The higher-ups promised and actively cooperated with him.

Police and task force members established a timeline of the victims and meticulously categorized the physical evidence found at the scene in an attempt to identify the crime pattern and apprehend the perpetrator.

But there was no other way!

They could hardly find any connection between the deceased and the deceased, except that they were students in the same class many years ago!

Richard searched through all the files, but there were no records of female serial killers at the time.

He couldn't understand how their methods differed from those of male serial killers!

The case has once again reached a stalemate!

At this very moment, a missing person case comes into the sights of the task force members.

The missing person is Lindsay, a 15-year-old girl from Guang'an High School.

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