Jigsaw Pieces

== History ==
=== Cecil Adams' Test ===
When John Kramer became Jigsaw and started his self-imposed mission of testing other peoples' will to survive in order to make them appreciate their lives, he decided to brand his victims who were unable to survive the deadly games Jigsaw forced them to play. As he saw the human body as some kind of a complex puzzle, he chose to cut a jigsaw piece from the body of every deceased victim as a sign of their lacking survival instinct. His first victim was Cecil Adams, a drug addict who accidentally caused the death of his unborn child during a robbery. Albeit heavily injured Cecil managed to escape his trap but died when he tried to attack Jigsaw and therefore toppled in a cage full of razor wire, which eventually killed him and therefore made him fail his test, nonetheless. After his death Jigsaw cut his first jigsaw piece from his skin and took it with him. Sometime later, the Metropolitan Police Department found Cecil's corpse and discovered the wound resembling a jigsaw piece. Mistaking it as a mere signature left by the killer, they gave him the nickname "Jigsaw Killer" or simply "Jigsaw". (Saw IV)
=== The Pendulum Murder ===
At one point early in Jigsaw's murder series, one of the investigators, Detective Mark Hoffman, built an inescapable trap on his own to kill the murder of his sister, Seth Baxter, who had been released from a life sentence due to procedural errors. To frame Jigsaw for the murder Hoffman cut a jigsaw piece from Seth's corpse and took it with him. However, John Kramer knew that Hoffman was responsible for Seth's death and therefore gathered evidence against him. Afterwards he abducted Hoffman and offered him an ultimatum: John could either publish the evidence or Hoffman could become his apprentice. After some hesitation Hoffman accepted the offer and decided to help John to continue his games. (Saw V)
=== Jigsaw's Apprentice ===
Shortly afterwards John and Hoffman abducted Paul Leahy for Hoffman's first actual game. Unfortunately, Paul failed his test and died of blood loss while his abductors were watching him through a peephole from the next room. After his death they cut a jigsaw piece from his skin as well before leaving the crime scene. Approximately three weeks later Paul's corpse was found by Detective Allison Kerry, Detective Steven Sing and Detective David Tapp.
Not much later Hoffman abducted another victim, Mark Wilson, and forced him to play another game. Just like the previous victims Mark was unable to pass his test and died in his attempt to survive. Hoffman cut the jigsaw piece from him and vanished before his colleagues, Tapp, Sing and Kerry, found the crime scene shortly afterwards. (Saw, V)
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