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series, who is a god-like figure who murders criminals by using a
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In June 2013, two of the four suspects, Sidi
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had seen a blonde man lying down on the same spot where the victim was found two days later. The next day she saw the man again. The witness thought the man was sleeping and did not pay much attention to it. It is not certain that the man was indeed the victim.
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as one of the possibilities; the academic year had just started and the students have relatively easy access to dead bodies. Still, the police feared that they were dealing with a serial killer.
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working the case were unable to identify the victim, because so many body parts were missing. What they did conclude was:
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