The Steel Kiss

CRIME SCENE: 151 CLINTON PLACE,

MANHATTAN, CONSTRUCTION SITE,

ADJACENT TO 40° NORTH (NIGHTCLUB)

-Offenses: Homicide, Assault.

-Victim: Todd Williams, 29, writer, blogger, social topics.

-COD: Blunt force trauma, probably ­ball-­peen hammer (no brand determined).

-Motive: Robbery.

--Credit/debit cards not yet used.

-Evidence:

--No friction ridges.

--Blade of grass.

--Trace:

---Phenol.

---Motor oil.

-Profile of suspect (Unknown Subject 40).

--Wore checkered jacket (green), Braves baseball cap.

--White male.

--Tall (6'2" to 6'4").

--Slim (­140–­150 lbs.).

--Long feet and fingers.

--No visual of face.

CRIME SCENE: HEIGHTS VIEW MALL, BROOKLYN.

-Relevance to case: Attempted apprehension of subject (not successful).

-Additional elements of profile of suspect.

--Possibly carpenter or works in trades?

--Eats large amounts of food.

--Likes White Castle restaurant.

--Lives in Queens or other connection with borough?

--High metabolism?

-Evidence:

--DNA, no CODIS match.

--No friction ridges sufficient for ID.

--Shoeprint, likely unsub’s, size 13 Reebok Daily Cushion 2.0.

--Soil sample, likely from unsub, containing crystalline aluminosilicate clays: montmorillonite, illite, vermiculite, chlorite, kaolinite. Additionally, organic colloids. Substance is probably humus. Not native to this portion of Brooklyn.

--Dinitroaniline (used in dyes, pesticides, explosives).

--Ammonium nitrate (fertilizer, explosives)

---With oil from Clinton Place scene: Possibly constructing bomb?

--Additional phenol (precursor in making plastics, like polycarbonates, resins and nylon, aspirin, embalming fluid, cosmetics, ingrown toenail cures; unsub has large feet, ­so—­nail problems?)

--Talc, mineral oil/paraffinum liquidum/huile minérale, zinc stearate, stearic acid, lanolin/lanoline, cetyl alcohol, triethanolamine, PEG-12 laurate, mineral spirits, methylparaben, propylparaben, titanium dioxide.

---Makeup? No brand determination. Analysis to return.

-Shaving of metal, microscopic, steel, probably from sharpening knife.

--Sawdust. Type of wood to be determined. From sanding not sawing.

--Organochlorine and benzoic acid. Toxic. (insecticides, weaponized poisons?)

--Acetone, ether, cyclohexane, natural gum, cellulose (probably varnish).

---Manufacturer to be determined.

-Napkins from White Castle, probably unsub’s. Will resubmit for additional evidence.

---Stains suggest unsub drank several beverages.

CRIME SCENE: WHITE CASTLE RESTAURANT,

ASTORIA BOULEVARD, ASTORIA, QUEENS.

-Relevance to case: Unsub eats here regularly.

-Additional elements of profile of suspect.

--Eats ­10–­15 sandwiches at a time.

--Had been shopping at least once when ate here. Carried white plastic bag, something heavy inside. Metallic?

--Turned north and crossed the street (toward bus/train?). No sign he owned/drove automobile.

--Witnesses didn’t get good view of face, probably no facial hair.

--White, pale, maybe balding or crew cut.

-Used a car service on Astoria Blvd. around day of Williams’s murder.

--Awaiting word from owner of gypsy cab company.