Anamorph

They were pulling her out of the river

when I got there

more water than blood in her

at that point.

- Was she able to speak?

- No.

She stopped breathing

OK, that should be enough

Detective Aubrey, despite

some irregularities...

with regards to proper

Police procedures,

We will not be proceeding

any further with our inquiry.

Six weeks have elasped...

since the last Uncle Eddie murder.

And that itself suggest that

the public interest has been served

Congratulations on your promotion

to detective first grade.

This afternoon

Detective Stan Aubrey,

lead investigator in

the Uncle Eddie's case...

The death of primary suspect

in the Uncle Eddie murders...

ended this morning.

...these horrible murders.

The circumstances

surrounding the shooting...

remain as yet unclear.

Linked by their gruesome art...

while presenting the awards...

as a model officer,

responsible for bringing one of

the city's

most disturbing case.

Come on.

Wait, wait, wait.

- Wait, my hat.

- Get up.

Hey, OK?

Don't be seduced.

Avoid psychological

speculation

related to the killer's intent

We may never know

why he did what he did.

He may never know.

Treat the boundaries of the

crime scene like a frame,

and limit your analysis to what

is presented within it.

Stick with it,

don't rush things,

and above all, in your initial

encounter with the crime scene,

trust your own eyes.

Remember, all you really have

is what the killer left behind

His work is pathetic,

if you will.

OK, we'll pick up

there next week.

Ninety three.

Yup

Well you better get him out out of here.

'Cos north of the lamp post is ours

Do us all a favour

and walk away from this one?

Walk away and take him

Gonna ask some of you questions.

We got a preliminary statement

Stan, don't recognize you.

How've you been?

Good, I'm good

Action is in there

Chew a little easier

on the protocol, eh pal?

Brainerd called me.

Brainerd called him, eh

Stan...

You come in the morning, alright?

See, I'm getting promoted.

You and I going to be peers.

No.

I got to tell you I had a bad case of

deja vu, I didn't work the caper.

- What caper?

- What caper?

The caper. Uncle Eddie.

Isn't that why Brainerd brought you in?

No, no, no, you're cold.

We held up turning it down

till you got here

Yes, it's the kind of smell like it

gets inside you, doesn't it?

Billy, video.

I call that a conversation piece.

It is a camera obscura.

A device used in

the Renaissance...

to draw in perspective.

May I?

Hey, Hey! You want to hold off

on that until I mark the aperture?

The pinhole focuses the light.

- You have that flashlight?

- Yah.

Take it down

I would love to get up there.

I do not know, man.

I could smell it down the hallway.

Did you see they called Stan Aubray in?

Nope. Hey, he's on one of my classes

I thought they retired him already

God...

- Wanna buy you breakfast.

- No, I'm going straight to bed.

I think I'm getting a cold.

OK.

What are you doing, Stan?

Worrying.

- About what?

- Wearing the fabric.

That's what my mon used to say

is to touch things all the

time wear them down.

That's why you're good

at what you do.

You never mentioned your mother before.

She live in the city?

Staying sober?

Four years and three months.

You're gonna ask me that everytime?

Yes, it's certainly the best

place to get to know someone.

Or maybe that's the idea.

You probably you keep

a girl like me...

at every donation center.

It's so weird to think of my blood

in someone else's body.

You know, if you'd run into me

a couple of months later, then you

thought wouln't be accepting

my blood right now.

No, you'd estrange yourself

out of it sooner or later.

- Can I pick who it goes to?

- No.

It's my blood.

That is the trouble with transfusions.

You have to replace like with like.

It's not true.

If you are old

you can give to anybody.

You know Crystal was old.

When I used to see her

they had to be...

because she'd give it up

for anybody.

She give it up for you?

Did she say something?

I don't know, between dates, yeah.

You have a lot of time

to get to know someone.

I knew things from it

that nobody else knew.

She had this birthmark...

under his left arm.

She always used to say that no matter

how many guys she was with,

no man would ever find her

Think about it too

Sorry.

Let's go to somewhere

away from here.

Above ground, maybe

Like hiking

I'm going with some friends

this weekend.

You could come.

I'd love to

but I got to work.

- Shocking.

- Another time.

Probably.

Probably not.

I got to go.

Looks like an egg.

Sometimes a circle

is just a circle, chief

Building management got back

to us this morning.

The hanging man was

identified as Martin Calderon.

Works as a day trader,

never left his apartment.

I thought that you might want to take

a look at the report Carl put together.

He was up all night.

It's a theory it was a ritual killing,

some kind of a copycat

imitating Uncle Eddie.

No, this is different.

It's less spontaneous.

It don't seem so different to me.

Look, hard as the Uncle Eddie case was

you're still a detective

I'd appreciate it if you'd give

this one your full attention.

I'll will

Thank you.

Based on decomposition of the body,

victim's been dead

at least a week.

- Now, the cause of death.

- Hanging by your f... ankles.

But he was probably dead

before he got that far... yeah?

Yeah.

You see the sutured wound?

Intestines had been removed

The killer went to the trouble of...

removing them

and closing the incision

before he strung him up.

I would have cleaned the body

completely but I want to show you...

The blue is not just discoloration.

The body was painted

before the dust was applied.

It's all over him

I don't see it here.

Just the front of his body.

The side that faced

the aperture.

Like a stage set,

seen from one side.

What, the human slide show...

wasn't kinky enough?

He had to paint the body?

Maybe trying to pretty him up.

Excuse me...

Are you the owner?

Yeah

You can't put a painting like that

in the window

Why?

It is irresponsible.

I don't have to look at that

everytime I leave my apartment.

So, buy it and burn it.

Don't get fresh with me.

You take it down, right now.

- How much is this?

- Fifty dollars.

Why not have more of those?

Pictures of butterflies.

When was the last time

you've seen a butterfly?

- Where did you get this?

- I don't know, a state lot.

- I may need to call you.

- You're a cop?

Its like its stolen?

Hey listen, I just

I found this out on the street,

right in front of my shop.

Thanks

Nice painting.

We analyzed the paint.

These aren't commercial pigments.

Pull samples

from this case number,

and have the lab

run a comparison.

There is something else.

We did an X-ray

to look for underpaint

This is pretty wild

Look like there was a bird

in the chair in the original image.

I wonder

why he painted over it.

Do you have anything to wrap this up?

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