“You got any intel on the psyche of this degenerate that I can share with my readers?” said Tommy Devlin.

“According to our NYPD psychologist, serial killers are usually particular and precise,” said Daryl Williams. “They’re into patterns and schedules and get a weird thrill leaving clues for the police to solve like a puzzle. In many cases, doing that somehow increases their sense of power and I guess, pleasure. In the 1970s, the Son of Sam sent letters to a Daily News reporter. Basically, some serial killers get off on playing cat and mouse. They believe themselves superior to the rest of us mortals.”

Tommy Devlin and the other reporters nodded and took notes while Daryl continued.

“We assume the people who commit these crimes have some deviant psychological disorder that precludes them from rational thought. We hope that at some point they’ll get sloppy and leave a crucial piece of evidence at the scene,” said Darryl. “According to our police psychologist, very few serial killers are deranged in any medical or legal sense. Many are highly competent and sometimes extremely intelligent. What they lack is a conscience. Plain and simple, they’re sociopaths. But, the world is full of sociopaths who operate and function in society. There are probably a few right here.”

His last comment caused some laughter in the crowd of newsmen with several pointing and jostling the others as to who qualified.

“We must remember that this stalker isn’t some raving lunatic,” said the detective. “He’s calm and calculated. One more possible personality trait—serial murderers are often motivated by the pure fun of it.”

A murmur trickled through the crowd.

“When I want to have fun, I watch a ball game and have a couple of beers,” shouted Devlin.

“That’s not what I heard, Devlin,” shouted a reporter from the NY Post in the back of the crowd. “I thought your idea of a good time was going moose walking. I never saw a grown man run so fast. How cold was that lake anyway?”

Laughter and jeers erupted from the reporters as Tommy Devlin’s face turned red.

“My kids played that video a hundred times. You’re a rock star at the Fair Oaks, New Jersey Middle School,” said the NY Post reporter. More laughter and catcalls ensued.

“As far as this Strangler’s patterns go,” said Detective Williams, ignoring the comments, “our killer has established some. He always kills on the fifteenth of the month. There’s obviously some significance to that date but so far, we don’t know what that is. If we’re correct about that pattern, another young woman may likely be attacked in twelve days.”