Nina- every word of this piece is now embedded under my skin. Not sure if that is a good thing, but it means you’ve pierced the glazing over. It means your writing sustains attention (almost impossible these days) through to the end, and beyond. Unforgettable, powerful, and perfectly balanced. Thank you- even as I won’t sleep tonight.
Your reporter's chops were on view in this one. I'd not read anything about this horror but had seen the perp in a few news clips. I think I can understand murder in self defense, or maybe even as punishment for a great evil, if one had the chance, but not as pure cruelty inflicted on strangers. The diminutive size of his victims suggests a childhood trauma -- or maybe he's just criminally insane. Of course hats off to the unit that made it their business to find him and get him off the streets.
Nina- every word of this piece is now embedded under my skin. Not sure if that is a good thing, but it means you’ve pierced the glazing over. It means your writing sustains attention (almost impossible these days) through to the end, and beyond. Unforgettable, powerful, and perfectly balanced. Thank you- even as I won’t sleep tonight.
There are monsters hiding in plain sight. Since the beginning of time. And though they deserve no mercy for some reason they are given mercy.
Brillant piece !
Your reporter's chops were on view in this one. I'd not read anything about this horror but had seen the perp in a few news clips. I think I can understand murder in self defense, or maybe even as punishment for a great evil, if one had the chance, but not as pure cruelty inflicted on strangers. The diminutive size of his victims suggests a childhood trauma -- or maybe he's just criminally insane. Of course hats off to the unit that made it their business to find him and get him off the streets.