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        "Idon''tknowwhatstatisticsyou''reciting,"Luciansaidflatly,"butmostpredatorsfixateonaspecificvictimtype.Thediscsprovetheirsdidn''tvary.Bothdeceasedwereslightbuilds,physicallyweakenedbyyearsofsubstanceabuse,likelywhytheyhuntedinpairsandtargetedthevulnerable."

        "Maybetheysoughtnewthrills?"Neilinterjected,pitysofteninghistoneasJunshriveled.

        "Thenwhyassumethekillerisn''tmale?"

        Theroomstiffened.Bythatlogic,anyonecouldbeasuspect.

        "...Oracouple?"Brian''svoicedriftedthroughthesilence."Avengingtheirdaughter?"

        Neil''sgazeslidmeaningfullybetweenLucianandMoxi."Can''truleoutmedicalexpertise,either.Howelseevadeautopsydetection?"

        "Causeofdeathwasextremesexualeuphoria,"Brianpointedout.

        Neilsmirked."Oneortwocases,fine.But..."HiseyesflickedtoMoxi."Some''experts''mightbegettinglazywiththeirdiagnoses."

        Moxiremainedsilent.Notahintofemotioncrossedherfaceasherprofessionalismwasquestioned.

        Neilhadlivedthroughtheforty-ninefemalevictimsoftheserialkillings.Backthen,theleadcoronerhadbeenMoxi''smentor,whileMoxiherselfwasjustajuniorassistant.Neilandhiscohortof"boots?on?the?ground"detectiveshadalwaysbristledatthose"labrats"whospenttheirdaysdissectingcorpses.Thetwofactionshadbickeredforyearsoverinvestigativedirection;oldgrudgesrandeep.

        JustasLucianwasabouttointerveneandsteerthederailingdiscussionbackontrack,someoneknockedandenteredtheconferenceroom.

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