• Knows great deal about clocks and watches and which timepieces had been sold at recent auctions and were at current horologic exhibits in the city.

• Threatened dealer to keep quiet.

• Bought 10 clocks. For 10 victims?

• Paid cash.

• Wanted moon face on clock, wanted loud tick.

Evidence:

• Source of clocks was Hallerstein’s Timepieces, Flatiron District.

• No prints on cash paid for clocks, no serial number hits. No trace on money.

• Called from pay phones.

CRIME SCENE THREE

Location:

• 481 Spring Street.

Victim:

• Joanne Harper.

• No apparent motive.

• Didn’t know second victim, Adams.

Perp:

• Watchmaker.

• Assistant.

• Probably man spotted earlier by victim, at her shop.

• White, heavyset, in sunglasses, cream-colored parka and cap. Was driving the SUV.

M.O.:

• Picked locks to get inside.

• Intended method of attack unknown. Possibly planning to use florist’s wire.

Evidence:

• Fish protein came from Joanne’s (orchid fertilizer).

• Thallium sulfate nearby.

• Florist’s wire, cut in precise lengths. (To use as murder weapon?)

• Clock.

• Same as others. No nitrates.

• No trace.

• No note or poem.

• No footprints, fingerprints, weapons or anything else left behind.

• Black flakes—roofing tar.

• Checking ASTER thermal images of New York for possible sources.

• Results inconclusive.

Other:

• Perp was checking out victim earlier than attack. Targeting her for a purpose. What?

• Have police scanner. Changing frequency.

• Vehicle.

• Tan.

• No tag number.

• Putting out Emergency Vehicle Locator.

• 423 owners of tan Explorers in area. Cross-reference against criminal warrants. Two found. One owner too old; other is in jail on drug charges.

• Owned by man in jail.

WATCHMAKER’S EXPLORER

Location:

• Found in garage, Hudson River and Houston Street.

Evidence:

• Explorer owned by man in jail. Had been confiscated, and stolen from lot, awaiting auction.

• Parked in open. Not near exit.

• Crumbs from corn chips, potato chips, pretzels, chocolate candy. Bits of peanut butter crackers. Stains from soda, regular, not diet.

• Box of Remington .32-caliber auto pistol ammo, seven rounds missing. Gun is possible Autauga Mk II.

• Book—Extreme Interrogation Techniques. Blueprint for his murder methods? No helpful information from publisher.

• Strand of gray-and-black hair, probably woman’s.

• No prints at all, throughout entire vehicle.

• Beige cotton fibers from gloves.

• Sand matching that used in alleyway.

• Smooth-soled size-13 shoe print.

CRIME SCENE FOUR

Location:

• Barrow Street, Greenwich Village.

Victim:

• Lucy Richter.

Perp:

• Watchmaker.

• Assistant.

M.O.:

• Planned means of death unknown.

• Entry/exit routes not determined.

Evidence:

• Clock.

• Same as others.

• Left in bathroom.

• No explosives.

• Wood alcohol stain, no other trace.

• No note or poem.

• No recent roof tarring.

• No fingerprints or shoe prints.

• No distinctive trace.

• Wool fibers from shearling jacket or coat.

INTERVIEW WITH VINCENT REYNOLDS AND SEARCH OF CHURCH

Location:

• 10th Avenue and 24th Street.