Posted by
Kilroy on Friday, October 12, 2007 8:42:23 AM
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Not since 1977, “The Summer of Sam”, when serial killer David ‘Son of Sam’ Berkowitz paralyzed New York, has an American city been more in the grip of terror.
Now, after two consecutive weekends of senseless fictional killings, another American city waits in dread for what Sunday will bring.
The first killing, a young girl stalked and ceremoniously stoned to death in a public park. A week later another young girl stabbed to death. For hardened Philadelphia
Cold Case detectives Lilly Rush, Nick Vera and Scotty Valens the crimes were horrific. Less shocking were the perpetrators of those crimes: Young, Caucasian, and Christian. According to Detective Valens “
it isn’t the first time Christians killed, and if I know CBS, it won’t be the last.”
Officials are cautious about calling these killings an organized effort. “
We’re not saying this is a crime wave. We’re not saying these fictional crimes are related, but it is an awful coincidence when you have two seemingly unrelated crimes, two weeks in a row, committed by members of the same violently intolerant group. Frankly, we are concerned”, said detective Vera.
According to Detective Rush, when dealing with Christian ‘
perps’, anything is possible. “
Honestly we don’t know what to expect next. It could be Eagle Scouts poisoning the water supply or Cub Scouts with exploding Pinewood Derby cars. The possibilities are literally limited only by our own imagination. We don’t know the ‘what’, but we know where to look for the ‘who’”. In the meantime citizens are encouraged to find a safe place until the weekend passes. “
strip clubs, Mosques, crack houses, dark alleys -- and try to stay in groups. Safety is a matter of ‘situational awareness’. Know your surroundings. Stay away from chapels, bible school, choir practices, mass and, for Pete’s sake if you hear Latin just run like Hell," warned Detective Valens.
