Chapter 2: Victim #1

Name: Marlene Johnson

Age: 32 years

Race: Caucasian

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 132 lbs.

Hair Color: Blond

Eye Color: Green

Occupation: Secretary at law firm

Education: 2-year degree at community college

Family: Mother/Father: divorced, Mother lives in Ft. Worth, Texas, Father lives in Washington D.C., no siblings, single

Cause of Death: Asphyxiation due to compression, vaginal trauma (raped), lacerations and bruising over entire body

Crime Scene: Alleyway off the strip

No blood evidence

Blood covered body

No trace evidence

Small folding knife found next to the body

Body was found next to a garbage dumpster

Discovered by city worker

Clothes were ripped apart.

No eye witnesses

Other Notes: Friend said that the victim left work and was supposed to go home, before she was supposed to leave for a 'girl's night out'.