Crossbow Killer
On a sweltering hot summer day in 1992, the unidentifiable bloated body of a man was found in the Black River in Cape Town. He had a crossbow bolt through his head. Through an ingenious new method, the pathologist on the case was able to take the victims fingerprints identify him. Slowly the police put the puzzle pieces together, and the facts about the horrific murder began to emerge.
On a sweltering hot summer day in 1992, the unidentifiable bloated body of a man was found in the Black River in Cape Town. He had a crossbow bolt through his head. Through an ingenious new method, the pathologist on the case was able to take the victims fingerprints identify him. Slowly the police put the puzzle pieces together, and the facts about the horrific murder began to emerge.
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