Synopsis: A subway inspection team working in a disused section of the Brooklyn/Battery Park Tunnel discovered the decomposed body of a white male inside an inspection crawlway under the tracks. The Coroner's office was called. No foul play was suspected at first since many bodies are discovered in the subway and the body was in an advanced state of decomposition. A member of the inspection crew commented that it had been the smell that lead them to the body in the first place.

When Dr. Alice Mulroon of the Coroner's office arrived, she entered the crawlway to inspect the body and effect it's removal. It was then that she realized the likelihood of this being a homicide and called for the police. In brief, Dr. Mulroon noted that the top of the victim's head had been removed, which in her first impression was the probable cause of death. Dr. Mulroon exited the crawlspace with some difficulty and was later taken to St. Mark's Hospital for sedation and treatment.

Officer's of the 1st Precinct were summoned to the scene and cordoned off the area. A detailed analysis of the crime scene by Detective Antonio Baras and Detective Sheila Watts revealed the high probability that the body had been placed into the inspection crawlway post mortem. The body was removed by the forensics unit. A detailed analysis of their findings is attached.

Examination of the deceased's personal effects revealed that he was, in all probability, an out-of-work dock worker by the name of Stephen Saunders, age 52, of no fixed abode. Interviews with some of the street people in that area indicate that Saunders had moved underground at the end of last summer. He had become what some people call one of the Mole People, living underground in disused subways and other utility tunnels. No clear picture has been obtained of his probably place of living.

According to forensic evidence Saunders had been dead more than three weeks when the body was discovered. At the time of discovery and following investigation, the death was assumed to be an isolated incident, probably the result of an argument or possibly an unprovoked attack with a heavy bladed weapon. In the light of subsequent discoveries in other sections of the 1st and 5th Precincts, Mr. Saunders is now classified as the first victim of a serial killer, dubbed by the newspapers as the Subway Killer.

Synopsis: The second victim of the Subway Killer was an African American woman whose body was discovered in a ventilation shaft. Again it was the smell that lead to the body's discovery. In this case, however, the placement of the victim's body in an airway servicing sections of the New York Stock Exchange probably lead to the body being found in an earlier stage of decomposition than that of Mr. Saunders.

The Coroner's office was called and summoned the police after Dr. Alice Mulroon again found that part of the head had been removed. Since this body was found in a section of the shaft that was in the 5th Precinct some time was lost before the two crimes were correlated. Dr. Mulroon was on sick leave and did not take the time to point out the similarities in the cases to investigating detectives.

Detectives Joseph Flanagan and Michael Potts were initially assigned to the case. They conducted a detailed search of the crime scene and concluded that the actual homicide had been conducted elsewhere and that the body had been moved to the ventilation shaft post mortem.

Personal effects identified the body as that of Ms. Wilma Ludington, an African American woman about fifty years of age with no fixed abode. Again, interviews in the area turned up the fact that Ms. Ludington had been living underground for several years.

The body was not as badly decomposed in this incident, nor had there been time for rodents to damage the body as much. It was clear in even an initial examination that Ms. Ludington's brain had been removed from her skull. "Scooped out, like with a spoon," wrote one officer in his report.

Synopsis: Although this body was the third victim discovered, the evidence strongly suggests it was not the third in sequence of death. Discovered in a sewer culvert by children, the body was in an advanced stage of decomposition. Initial forensic evidence indicates that the body had been in situ for at least two, perhaps three weeks. The effects of repeated soaking by rain and high tide waters, followed by periods of dry have made it difficult to even approximate the date of death. The investigation continues.

An African male, Benjamin Kintana, identified by papers discovered on the body, was an illegal immigrant from Liberia. He had probably been in the country less than six months, and may well have moved underground almost immediately upon his arrival in the city. Interviews with other members of the local homeless community proved less informative than other victims, and Detective Lysette Vargas believes that there may be a very tight knit group of recent African immigrant mole people to which Kintana belonged.

Investigation at the scene indicate that the body was probably washed to its place of discoverey from a storm sewer during a recent rain event. The signature removal of the upper half of the skull and brain link this body with the ongoing ivestigation of the so-called Subway Killer. In each of those cases the body was discovered in a location other than the location in which the crime was committed. In this case, it is unlikely that we will ever discover even where the body was initially placed.

Synopsis: A fourth victim of the Subway Killer was discovered in a subway tunnel underneath the World Trade Center. The body of a white female, approximate age 25, was found by maintenance workers in a side tunnel. Unlike other discoveries, this body is fairly recent. The Coroner's office places the likely time of death at less than thiry six hours before discovery.

While the body showed the signature activity of skull and brain removal, there are significant differences in this case. The other bodies were all still clothed. This body was found unclothed and there is evidence of post mortem sexual assault. It should be noted at this point that while the previous victims have been middle aged, non-descript individuals, this young woman was noticably attractive and fit.

No identification of any kind was found on or near the body. A small tattoo of a green dragon on the woman's inner thigh is being ivestigated as a possible source of identification. Her photograph and dental impressions have been circulated among the usuala channels.

Other evidence collected at the scene indicates that while the actual killing did not take place at this location, there had been several individuals at the location for some time during the previous twenty four hours. Several cigarette butts of at least two different brands were found, two soda cans and a beer bottle were also recovered.

While this evidence must be followed as far as possible, it is a distinct possibility that the body was discovered by others having nothing to do with the original crime, and that some kind of gathering took place while one or more of the discoverers took turns having sexual intercourse with the young woman's body.

Synopsis: The fifth victim of the Subway Killer was discovered in a maintenance tunnel underneath City Hall by the janitor. The victim was an Hispanic male carrying the identification papers of Alonzo Blanco, 42, of 3455 W. 168th Street NY, NY. Investigation of this address proved that it is an accomodation address and that the papers are probably fraudulent.

Ritual scarification marks on the knuckles of the victim indicate that he had at one time been incarcerated within the New York State penitentiary system, and invisteigations are now underway into the likelihood of his being an escaped felon.

The Coroner's office estimates that the victim was probably killed within two days of his discovery. The maintenace tunnel in which he was found connects to the subway system and other undergound complexes by several routes. The janitor gave a statement that he had been in this section of the building within the past twenty four hours but might not have noticed the victim that time since his body was concealed behind a stack of wooden pallets. He was discovered when the pallets were removed as a result of a fire code inspection.