I said it was a random murder and that Gary Condit had nothing to do with it.

Not knowing the truth about the circumstances that led to Keith's murder just makes it all the more difficult for us. All the family has ever wanted is to see justice done.

The door closed behind her (Phoebe), and the two men regarded each other for a moment. Viktor spoke first. "I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her." Dan: "I won't." Viktor: "You spoke a little too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you." Dan: "I'm a man of my word, and I promise I won't hurt her." He flexed his hands. "When I murder her, I'll do it real quick so she won't feel a thing." Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.

For the writer, the serial killer is, abstractly, an analogue of the imagination's caprices and amorality; the sense that, no matter the dictates and even the wishes of the conscious social self, the life or will or purpose of the imagination is incomprehensible, unpredictable.

Certain incidents, like the Taylor Coles murder, that was outrageous even to the lowest form of life out there, ... Unfortunately, it can take a tragedy like that to get people to rally behind the police.

One has to commit a painting,' said Degas,
'the way one commits a crime.