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Found in the New York Times

	Murdered man possible victim of "Two-Strike Killer" Police investigation intensified
	By Harrison Bennet DeShawn James, 40, was found stabbed to death early this morning. James' wife Shana said her husband left to walk their dog around 10 pm and never returned. His body was found near West 14th and 6th Avenue at approximately 4 am. Though police did not disclose any details, witnesses say the victim was stabbed twice, once in the neck and once in the leg. An alleged photograph of the scene, apparently taken on a witness' cellphone, has appeared on blogsite Gawker.com. While still unwilling to confirm these deaths to be the work of a serial killer, the NYPD have formed a special task force to investigate the death of Margaret and Celeste Hoey. It is expected this task force will also be investigating the murder of DeShawn James. DeShawn James is the 22nd homicide victim in 8 months to suffer the "two-strike" kill alleged to be the signature of the rumored serial killer. If a single individual is responsible, his victims already exceed those of New York killers Joel Rifkin, Arthur Shawcross, and David Berkowitz. Continued on Page A3

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To: [Sefton, A], [Ramsey, D], [Haller]
From: [Carlysle, V]
Subject: Any luck?

It looks like we had less time than we had hoped to have. Another victim was added to the list this morning. Bishop got on scene thanks to an old friend but tracking the killer's scent didn't do us much good. The scent disappeared at the street.

Have you guys had any brilliant ideas by chance? Haller, Xavier nominated you as my new telepath go to guy. He rang me this morning and told me he'd missed the kill on Cerebro entirely. He couldn't manage to pick anything up. I think it was when he found Laura and Bishop at the crime scene that he realized it and called. He seemed to think you might have some sort of epiphany or brilliant insight that he wouldn't come up with. Here's hoping, right?

Lucas and I are still working the typical detective/investigator angle over here. I'm worried we will end up with twice as many bodies before the killer gets killed when they attack the wrong person or, even worse, just disappears.

-V