The Deceiver by M.E. Purfield

Author:M.E. Purfield [Purfield, M.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dark Fantasy, urban crime, Horror, Psychic Mystery, female detective
Published: 2023-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

IT STARTED LAST YEAR, 1971. December 4th. Reggie Collins, a Parks employee, was emptying the garbage in Brower Park in Brooklyn. A fly-infested black garbage bag sat on top, threatening to tip over. He grabbed it first to place it in his rolling garbage can when it broke open. At first, Collins was not at all bothered by the breaking garbage bag. He experienced a few of them a day and properly cleaned up the mess. But the rank bones of a child’s skeleton were something he never saw before, since, or hoped to never see ever again.

Through dental records, investigators identified the remains as Rosalind Jones. The ten-year-old girl was reported missing from her Lexington Avenue apartment by her parents five days ago. Based on the picture in the file, Rosalind was a cute girl with dark skin, a beautiful smile, and a high afro of hair. She was the older sister of two other children, a boy and a girl, twins, who were five years her junior.

Her parents stated that Rosalind was very responsible and protective of her siblings. She was always there to take care of them when her parents were at work. Her father pulled the evening shift for the MTA and her mother worked the day shift at a cardiologist’s reception desk. There was an hour when no one was home except for the kids. Never more, never less. Rosalind watched over them, following the strict rules set by her parents.

When her mother came home, she found the twins but not Rosalind. It seems that someone knocked on the door and talked to Rosalind for a moment. Visitors were not uncommon. Neighbors often checked on the kids to make sure they were okay. It was a socially tight building. Rosalind went out into the hall and she never came back. The twins were unable to identify the person at the door. It was a man but he stayed outside. They couldn’t even say what he sounded like. Nor could any residents identify any strangers in the building during that time.

Police arrived when called and took a report. It doesn’t seem like much effort was made in finding Rosalind. The officer noted in his report that the girl could have run off with a boyfriend. Really? A ten-year-old girl, one that felt responsible for her younger siblings?

When Rosalind's body was found, the kidnapping was taken seriously. But still, based on filed complaints, on copies of letters to the mayor and chief of police, Rosalind’s parents felt not enough was being done to find the killer. Racism was mentioned in the letters along with threats to the media.

Did this move the investigators to try harder? I doubt it. But when the letter arrived from the killer, a task force was finally built and the media was brought in to aid in finding a heinous killer.

The Joneses received the correspondence three days after their daughter’s body was found. It was postmarked by a post office in Brooklyn three days after her disappearance.

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