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had seen the torn flesh and ripped clothes; all of which would stay with Rod for years to come. But that wasn’t what he’d remember most...
                  The look in Maxwell’s cold dead eyes would be burnt into Rod’s memory forever.             
    “What happened?” Hank asked the then thirty year old Deputy.             
    “It is real bad Hank, real bad. Whoever did this had more than just murder on their mind.” Rod explained.             
    Hank cringed at the sound of the word murder. Murders were not supposed to happen in Medusa goddamnit. Hank thought to himself.
                  “So who is it under the tarp anyway?” Hank asked as the ambulance approached the body and the EMTs began performing their job.
                  “I don’t know sir. Whoever he is, he is young.”
                  “Well, that is not good...” Hank said and then told Rod he would see him back at the office. He got in his car and drove away.
     
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    Headline of Medusa Gazette: Moonlight Murderer on the Loose
     
                  In the early hours of Thursday November 1 st the body of a young boy (not yet identified) found. Some of the evidence gathered by the police might point to an animal attack. This reporter disagrees with those theories. The real story is that there is a killer in our midst. Someone that is so deranged that he would go out and hunt the innocent children of our town. This vicious predator not only had the audacity to do this but also did it on Halloween when the moon was full. This individual is demented and needs to be found before another innocent victim is taken by this horrible fiend.
     
     
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                  The murder of the young boy shocked the entire town, and made every parent frightened to let their child go outside to play. Hank Murray conducted a full investigation, but found no evidence that could point out a killer. Everything had pointed to the possibility of an animal attack, but the brutality of the crime seemed to tell another story as well.
                  No one was quite sure how to handle the situation. Murders were far from commonplace in Medusa. It was nothing like Chicago or even Peoria for that matter.
                  Everyone started watching their backs, and people were warned about leaving home after dark. Of course there were some who could not avoid being out late, if they worked late hours or the overnight shift for example.
                  The Medusa Police were placed on high alert and the phrase 'mandatory overtime' became commonly used in their conversations. Though no one knew what had happened on that Halloween night, they wanted to make sure it didn’t happen again.
                  Eventually the autopsy report on the Maxwell case came back. It did very little to help the investigation. There was no DNA verification, and cause of death was from massive lacerations with sharp objects. It was also indicated that something had gnawed on the exposed bones. The autopsy also presented the facts that several vital organs had been removed. None of which were removed in a delicate or preservible manner. One of the last notes from the autopsy indicated that a large amount of hair had been found all over the victim. The hair was of a canine origin; it appeared that this was most likely an animal attack. Hank wasn’t sure how he felt about this theory. He wasn’t sure what kind of wild animal could’ve committed such a terrible act. On the other hand, Hank did like the idea of presenting this theory instead of the one involving a psychotic murderer.
    Once Hank was done reading the autopsy he placed it on his desk and began to read the newspaper. The headline read "Moonlight Murderer on the Loose". Hank winced as he read the article about a sadistic murderer who only kills when the moon is full. Hank