Chapter 17
1996
Jake was turned over to child welfare. No one suspected that he could have done such a thing to his cat and his mother. It was unfathomable to think that.
When the authorities arrived, the scene was very similar to the one in Maggie Caulder’s home, only this time it was Jake cradling Sadie’s head in his hands instead of Maggie. He was again weeping inconsolably.Nobody noticed the smirk that appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Because the first murder happened so far from where they now were, the local police department had not even heard of Maggie Caulder’s murder. No suspicions were cast on a poor twelve year old who had just lost his mother, as well as his best friend Casey.
Jake was put into an orphanage in Peoria for a few years until he was old enough to make a living on his own. And so for a few years, no more cats disappeared; no more unsolved murders happened, and life went on peaceably for the residents of Middletown. That was about to change.
No one adopted Jake. A month after he was released from the local orphanage, cats once again began disappearing, and an occasional vagrant or two were found with their heads caved in. It appeared that Jake had returned to his original killing grounds.
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