Jip Thornville

Template:CharacterJip Thornville, also known as the Mountain Man Killer and the Ice Tundra Killer is a deceased former serial killer who operated in the Blaine County, specifically Mount Chiliad area. Luring his victims by offering them money to chop wood for him, go fishing and hunting he would chop them up with his family heirloom wooden axe and would sometimes feed them to his next victims. Jip was caught on December 5th 2020 and was tried and convicted for the murders of his victims and was sent to Bolingbroke Penetentiary. During the riot of March 9th 2021, he escaped and proceeded to continue his spree out of the mountain once again. He would later be cornered and kill himself with a hand grenade, ending his reign of terror.

### Early Life

Not much is known about Jip's childhood and early adulthood except that he grew up in Blaine County. At some point he married the love of his life Jane. The two rarely travelled outside of Blaine occasionally going to Los Santos. They lived in Sandy Shores during the 1960s-1970s before Dynasty 18 attempted to create a desert oasis in the Grand Senora Desert before it failed miserably. When things began to turn for the worst as the town fell into disrepair and crime, him and his wife left, moving into his family's cabin on Mount Chiliad which had built by his grand father. Him and his wife loved living on the mountain and were both enviromentalists. Then at some point in his later years him and his wife went hunting with a friend when a bear mauled her in front of him and he was unable to do anything due to his gun being jammed. This is a possible cover up for one of his murders done with or without his wife's knowledge. Then several years later, Jip would kill his wife for unknown reasons. Suffering from schizophrenia and phycosis he began to imagine his wife's precense and began to refer to her as the mountain. Living as a hermit to avoid being pinned for his crime, Jip would live out his days in isolation until eventually he decided to strike.

### Killing Spree

In July of 2020, the chopped up bloodied corpse of Jip's first victim James Robinson was found on the side of Calafia road. On the body a note was found stating the "mountain craves blood". This would spawn his infamous nickname, the Mountain Man Serial Killer. The victim had been lured into chopping wood while getting gas and was dropped off on the side of the road some time after. That same night, another body would be found. This time it was Grove Street native Kyle Williams who was found in a similiar fashion on North Calafia Way. Another note on the body read "the mountain is hungry and craves blood". While attempting to pick up another victim, police surrounded his vehicle and put him into custody. Though he was never charged, police reports claimed a man was interrogated and let go.

Terrorizing the local community after his double murders were left unsolved, Jip would return a month later. After his truck was serviced by a mechanic named Rance Black, a relative of the governor the two went fishing. During their fishing trip, a man matching Jip's description was seen by a birdwatcher killing his passagner and tossing him into the Alamo Sea. A note found by a Trooper Emily, who would soon be put in charge of the case, read the sea shall run red with blood. Later that week while staying at a hotel in Paleto Bay, Jip befriended a Russian teenager. Later that day, another teenager named Des Grugen discovered his corpse, drowned and stabbed floating in Cassidy Creek. Des then went to the press, resulting in the local media reporting on the event. This prompted them to officially name him the Mountain Man Serial Killer and reported of his 4 murders during his spree. Apprehended while staying at the hotel, Jip was let go due to little evidence. Once again, this would prove to be a massive mistake.

A month later, police once again were left horrified when the torso of an unidentified man with a note reading 'The mountain feeds off the weak to strengthen her bones' was found on a bridge over Cassidy Creek. He had suffered a gunshot from a rifle to the head, suffered multiple laserations, was bleeding from the abdomen where he had been severed and suffering bruising most likely from falling on some rocks. 4 days later, another body was found, this time belonging to a homeless man named Eddy Eddie, and was once again suffering the same injuries and was cut in half. A note found on the corpse read 'The mountain is coming to claim what is rightfully hers, the blood of those unworthy'. An autopsy later revealed the remains of the victim found on the bridge in his system, implicating that the killer had fed his previous victim to his latest. Police placed the mountain on lockdown, determined to find the killer. According to police reports, the police did question and search Jip's cabin but did not arrest him or request an arrest warrant.

It would be 3 months before Jip would return to killing, and some crutial decisions were made in between. Hoping to find the serial killer as quickly as possible, the Blaine County Sherrif's Office, the San Andreas State Troopers and the Federal Bureau of Investigation all worked together to create the Chiliad Murders Commision, giving them the ability to share evidence, something that was previously unavailable and lead to Jip being released by all 3 who were unaware he was a suspect in each other's cases. Additionally, the media began to report on him far more.

In early december, Jip would once again begin to lure his victims into ice fishing on the frozen Alamo Sea. On December 3rd, the Sherrif's office found a corpse belonging to an old man named John Mike with a missing a head and leg, who had the remains of Eddy in his system, on the side of Joshua Road. The note found on the corpse read 'the mountain demands red in this winter wonderland'. Wax worms were found under the corpse's fingernails, implicating some kind of fishing trip. 2 days later, police found two more corpses on the side of the Alamo. The bodies were cut up, had the remains of John Mike in both of their systems and seemed to have died by drowning. Wax worms were also found under their fingernails. A note on the corpse read 'The ice shall run red with blood, just as the mountain once did.' While filling his car at a gas station, Jip was once again question by the authorities and was released. However, they did note that he had purchased wax worms. 2 days later, police responded to a call of a man standing next to 2 cars and 2 bodies. It was there that they saw, from a distance the blue truck and immediatly became suspicious. They drove over the ice and were investigating the 2 corpses, which had both of the previous victims in their system and were killed in a similiar way, when they noticed a figure watching them. Jip soon drove towards his cabin as police surrounded the area, certain they had found their man. After abandoning his truck and stealing another vehicle, police found him and shot him once in the chest, leaving him unconcious. They detained him and after spending 2 days at the hospital recovering, he was brought in for questioning and charged with the murders of a total of 11 people. He was brought to Bolinbroke Penetentiary where he was held in maximum security. News quickly reported on his capture.