18. Lee, 20. The comedian. Prankster, clown, wit, his practical jokes get the others into fights, and causes them to be thrown into solitary confinement in prison. Doesn’t care about life or the consequences of his actions. Dark-brown hair, hazel eyes.

19. Jason, 13. The pressure valve. With his hysterial reactions and temper tantrums, which often result in punishment, he releases the built-up pressures. Carries off bad memories so the others can forget them, causing amnesia, brown hair, brown eyes.

20. Robert (Bobby), 17. The daydreamer. Constantly fantasizes of travel and adventure. Though he dreams of making the world a better place, he has no ambition or intellectual interests.

21. Shawn, 4. The deaf one. Short attention span and is otten assumed to be retarded. Makes buzzing sounds to feel the vibrations in his head.

22. Martin, 19. The snob. A New Yorker and flashy show-off. Boasts and puts on airs. Wants things without earning them. Blond hair, gray eyes.

23. Timothy (Timmy), 15. Worked in a florist shop, where he had an encounter with a homosexual who made advances that frightened him. Went into his own world.

The Teacher

24. The Teacher, 26. The sum of all twenty-three alter egos fused into one. Taught the others everything they’ve learned. Brilliant, sensitive, with a fine sense of humor. He says, “I am Billy all in one piece,” and refers to the others as “the androids I made.” The Teacher has almost total recall, and his emergence and cooperation made this book possible.

The Mix-Up Time

Chapter One

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On Saturday, October 22, 1977, University Police Chief John Kleberg placed the area of Ohio State University’s medical school under heavy police security. Armed officers patrolled the campus in cruisers and on root, and armed observers watched from rooftops. Women were warned not to walk alone, and to be cautious of men when entering their cars.

For the second time in eight days, a young woman had been kidnapped from the campus, at gunpoint, between seven and eight o clock in the morning. The first was a twenty-five-year-old optometry student, the second a twenty-four-year-old nurse. Each had been driven into the countryside, raped, made to cash checks and then robbed.

The newspapers published police photographic composites, and the public responded with hundreds of phone calls, names and descriptions—all worthless. There were no significant leads and no suspects. Tension in the university community mounted. Pressure on Chief Kleberg grew more intense as student organizations and community groups demanded the capture of the man Ohio newspapers and TV broadcasters had begun to refer to as “the Campus Rapist.”

Kleberg put Eliot Boxerbaum, the young investigations supervisor, in charge of the manhunt. A self-styled liberal, Boxerbaum had become involved in police work while attending OSU following the student disturbances that closed the campus down in 1970. After his graduation that year, he was offered a job in the university police department if he would cut his long hair and shave off his mustache. He cut his hair, but he balked at shaving his mustache. They hired him anyway.