Jack

EVIDENCE TAG #RS51-13-040712###

The "Rs 5/" piece was finally located after a near exhaustive search, thanks to its inclusion, oddly enough, in a national public radio contest. With the aid of a show producer this piece of the "Carnality Contraption" (named by its creator) was taken into evidence. The contest winner cooperated fully with my authority, and their connection with the device is currently under review.###

Upon my examination of the object there were several elements that could be used to positively identify the man currently referred to as "The Grand Inquisitor" (GI). After eliminating prints from the show’s host, members of his production staff, and the operators of the Vintage Thrift shop, there were still two unidentified prints from the pointer and middle finger under the hinged lip, along with a full print of the thumb from the left hand on the top of the hinged portion. There also appeared to be fluid spatter under the lip. Key to this investigation though was a 4-inch blonde hair caught around the screw. This part was only observable once the hinged portion was removed. Crucial to the investigation will be to determine if this device matches bruising and injury anomalies associated with all twelve recovered bodies.###

It's obvious that GI allowed this device full of physical evidence out of his control as a way to test police. He believes that by sending the evidence of his deeds out into the world, it becomes the police's fault if they can't catch him.###

Authorities believe that this item was of personal importance to GI. According to published reports this was possibly a souvenir of childhood trauma. Some have supposed that this was the remnant of either a toy or other device associated with his early home and family. He brings it along as a kind of "witness" to his crimes.###

Instead, my examination shows that this was actually a formative tool. This was the killer's first attempt at constructing a device for his work. It’s a kind of primitive clamp. Since the bodies are exposed to a variety of torture devices (rack, Judas cradle, pear of anguish), it is only logical to assume that this is an early attempt at making a simple tool that inflicts pain.###

When he was a boy he would sit in public and keep this device safety and secretly hidden in his pocket. Gently he would squeeze tiny folds of skin into the crack. It would leave the palms of his hands full of small, linear, blood blisters. Marks of his work. This small, simple, easy to overlook, device is a reminder of his journey.###

Now, by secretly leaving it in out in the open for a truly random body to select, it aids in the discovery of who is next. That person who finds it must know its true purpose, or why would they claim it? This device can only belong to GI, the person who created the device, and who now meticulously records each journey of the "Rs 5/" (properly titled "RS 51") takes.###

I will update further when the device's latest body has their case reviewed in full.###