Chapter 99

• Adrian Peters switched the television on and settled himself on the couch. The rest of his house was in darkness. It had been a week since his last killing and the news station was showing only highlights of the murders in Seward. He turned the sound up and listened to the news anchor describe his handiwork.
• “This is now the third home invasion in Seward that has ended in the brutal murders of the families residing at these locations,” the woman said and the television showed the outside of the houses with the bright yellow ‘do not cross—police’ tape cordoning off the area.
• “The first victims were Marrick and Susan Goldman and their four children, Jackson, Rupert, Sumari and Kyle. Two of the children died from poisoning while the rest were shot at close range. Nothing appeared to be missing from their home. The second set of victims were Peter McPherson, his wife Tanya and their daughter Michelle. Michelle was strangled to death but Peter and Tanya were shot at close range just like the Goldman couple. Their house was ransacked but the police are unsure if anything is missing as yet. The third set of victims were Rick and Claudia Shephard, along with Mr Shephard’s elderly mother, and their three sons Joseph, Abel and Benjamin. Again, the children were poisoned, although the police are unsure of the poison used. There are no apparent motives for these murders.