The Cold Moon (Lincoln Rhyme 7)

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CRIME SCENE ONE

Location:

* Repair pier in Hudson River, 22nd Street.

Victim:

* Identity unknown.

* Male.

* Possibly middle-aged or older, and may have coronary condition (presence of anticoagulants in blood).

* No other drugs, infection or disease in blood.

* Coast Guard and ESU divers checking for body and evidence in New York Harbor.

* Checking missing persons reports.

Perp:

* See below.

M.O.:

* Perp forced victim to hold on to deck, over water, cut fingers or wrists until he fell.

* Time of attack: between 6 P.M. Monday and 6 A.M. Tuesday.

Evidence:

* Blood type AB positive.

* Fingernail torn, unpolished, wide.

* Portion of chain-link fence cut with common wire cutters, untraceable.

* Clock. See below.

* Poem. See below.

* Fingernail markings on deck.

* No discernible trace, no fingerprints, no footprints, no tire tread marks.

CRIME SCENE TWO

Location:

* Alley off Cedar Street, near Broadway, behind three commercial buildings (back doors closed at 8:30 to 10 P.M.) and one government administration building (back door closed at 6 P.M.).

* Alley is a cul-de-sac. Fifteen feet wide by one hundred and four feet long, surfaced in cobblestones, body was fifteen feet from Cedar Street.

Victim:

* Theodore Adams.