How to Fabricate a Serial Killer
One fake serial killer mattered more than the lives of over 300 murdered victims
He preys on the homeless. He kills dozens of homeless people across the city but bites them before he kills them. Then, he ties a red ribbon on their wrist as his modus operandi. He calls journalists and sends them pictures of homeless people he’s about to kill.
He’s a serial killer.
The good thing is he’s not real.
The premise is based on The Wire and the plot of the show’s final season. Two characters in the show, homicide detectives, decide to fabricate a serial killer. One of them, James McNulty, is a self-righteous, womanizing, alcoholic detective who is so obsessive over the job he would do anything to catch his target. The two are trying to catch a drug kingpin, who left 22 dead bodies killed in vacant homes.
The problem is no one cares about holding the kingpin accountable. The new mayor promised pay raises, more overtime, better witness protection, and the world to every police officer in the city but followed through on none of his promises. The mayor of Baltimore has been focusing most of the city’s fiscal priorities on addressing a $54 million school system deficit. The mayor could have addressed the deficit through a bailout from the…
