Beauford Butchers

**The Beauford Butchers** was a series of murders in the Beauford District of Vysrynn, Gondolian Dynasty, between January 8th and May 14th of 336. The assailant till this day remained unidentified as the level of brutality inflicted upon the victims shocked the continent as all of Gildore was watching. The murders was largely covered by Dorian Laplace after finding the warm body of Perl Hastings.

While the true nature and intention of the murders where never revealed; they were a carefully crafted orchistration by Eidan Thornsfeld as an intiative to get Dorian Laplace closer to Rutherford Kane as well as aiding the endeavor of uncovering the human trafficking circles around the gondolian elites.

### Location

Beauford District, Vysrynn, The Gondolian Dynasty

## Murders

### Perl Hastings

#### Death

In the cold winter night of January 8th 336, journalist Dorian Laplace was on his way home after spending the evening at the newly opened bar The Bloated Bass in the newly introduced Skyline District south of Beauford District. On his way home, at 1:19 am, it began to snow on the quiet and empty streets. As Laplace turned the corner to Renton Road, the street his apartment was, he noticed something laying in the middle of the road. At 1:28 am he discovered the lifeless body of Perl Hastings, laying dead and disembowled in the middle of the streets, right outside of the Bill and Barnes Apartments where Laplace lived.

Terrified, Laplace banged on the door to the home opposite of the apartment complex. Opening up was Milton Ross; an accountant and a father of 2 who stood ready with his elephant rifle in case of a threat of the night. Dorian, incoherent with panic, managed to ask Ross if he could borrow a phone to alert the police. As Ross looked out behind Laplace, he saw the horrors that laid on the snow-layered pavement. Ross immediately alerted his wife Betty to take their children into their bedroom, lock the doors and window, and take his .44 in his bedroom drawer and to stay alert.

Upon contacting the Vysrynn Police Department, Laplace along with Ross, Simon Taft and Humphrey Colton, Ross' neighbours whom he alerted of the murder, took the streets to patrol with their rifles until the police and ambulance arrived, as the men had covered the body with an old felt from Taft's living room. The police arrived at 1:43 am as crowds from the adjacent recidents started to form as the street was filled with law enforcers and forensic analysts.

#### Autopsy

The autopsy revealed multiple disturbing observations; there were muliple lacerations, stab wounds, and bruises as the body was grossly disfigured. Her abdoment had been cut cleanly open, as many of the vital organs were either mutilated, displaced, or completely removed as her kidnies were gone. There was an eeire smile gouged into her face as her tongue had been cleanly severed and was nowhere to be found.

The autopsy was conducted by multiple forensic doctors; they analysed the amount of blood on the pavement and warmth of the body and determined that Hastings had been dead for no more than 20 minute upon the arrival of the police; placing the time of her death around 1:23 am. What was truly mystical about this murder was the complete lack of trace left my the cluprit; the sheer number of brutal mutilations which only was inflicted in a time frame of a few minutes shows that the killer was someone who was well-versed in killing.

The search around Renton Road and even in many of the residences failed to find anything conclusive; the cluprit had most likely already left when the snow had started to fall, leaving behind no foot prints. The missing tongue and kidney were never recovered.

## Investigation

### Modus Operandi

The modus operandi of the killer remained consistent throughout all five muders. Each victim were heavily disfigured due to mutilation due to the sheer amount of stab wounds; major organs where often displaced, skin badly bruised, and multiple bones broken or sprained.

A consistent trait noticed where the relative perservation in the victims face with an exception to their mouth as all victim's tongues had been removed and were never found. The leading theory by the investigator was that the tongue was taken by the killer as a collectible token of all their victims.