Rochester Medical Center Emergency Room Friday, October 20 1:00 am
Deakins and Carver arrived at the hospital a little while later. When they reached the waiting room they noticed right away that both Bobby and Alex were very shaken up.
" Please tell me she didn't die on him, " Deakins through to himself as he walked torwards him.
" How is she ? " Carver asked right away.
"We just heard them call a code15 minutes ago." Alex said.
Deakins and Carver looked at each other and Bobby with extreme worry.
"Are you sure it was her?" Deakins asked.
"Yes...th...they ...uh...they annouced the...room number...it's...it's hers." Bobby could barely get the words out. He was bouncing all over the waiting room, pacing back and forth.
"What's taking so long?" Bobby asked pacing back and forth.
"What...what if...something happens...she..she could wake up...but what..if ...she never wakes up? " Bobby said tearing in his eyes.
Deakins went over to Bobby and made him sit down.
"It's ok Goren...she'll be fine..she seems like a championship fighter." Deakins said as he patted him on the back.
"Detective if she survived that hell...she must be stubborn as a bull." Carver said.
Bobby looked at them both " That she is" he said.
Just then the ER doctor entered the room to the waiting group of law enforcement.
"Mr. Goren..Hi I'm Dr. Chafkin...Victoria is stable right now. We just coded her because her heart went into what we call V-Tach, ventricular tachycardia. What that means is her ventricles were beating too fast and couldn't fill with blood before they pump. Therefore, she wasn't getting enough oxygenated blood to her brain and heart, and that pushed her into cardiac arrest."
Bobby sat there trying to absorb what the doctor was saying, it was all to surreal. She had a heart attack, twice he almost lost her tonight, and twice she was stubborn and fought back.
"The cardiac arrest was caused by the hypothermia...she is classified as critical, her body temp was 34 'F when she came in. She is also dehydrated and malnoursihed and those factors increased her susceptibility. We have her wrapped in what we call a space blanket, we are going to treat the hypothermia by placing her under warming lamps and with airway warming. Heated humifidied oxygen, through an endotracheal tube..."
"Oh god.." Bobby cried.
"I am sorry Mr. Goren I know this is hard..but she is stable right now. I do not foresee her getting worse. We also have placed a Nasogastric tube and a urinary cathater in her, this is necessary for her stage of hypothermia."
"Why all the invasive tubes? I thought warming beds and blankets were used as treatment?" Alex asked getting worried.
"They are for mild cases..but in her condition the warming beds would most likely burn her, her skin is very delicate at this stage almost like paper and also her cardiac condition. It can cause her to vasodialte again and send her into shock. The naso tube is necessary because critical stage patients have decreased or absent bowel sounds due to the muscle rigdity. The urinary is to montitor the urine output. I know this is alot to swallow but the future looks good for her she's very strong ." Dr. Chafkin said.
"Is she awake?" Carver asked for Bobby who was too shocked to speak.
"No she is unconscious from the lack of oxygen..but we also have her sedated with drugs. For her comfort from the tubes, they're not meant for the conscious patient. She should be in the ICU by now." Dr. Chafkin said
" Is... is she going to make it? " Bobby finally found the courage to ask.
" Well, she isn't out of the woods yet... but I do think she will make a full recovery, if everything goes well. However, in cases like these, there is still a chance that something could go wrong... so it's really hard to say, "
The doctor's words didn't bring much comfort to Bobby, in fact, his mind was whirling. Bobby couldn't even imagine having to live his life without Victoria by his side. What would he do if she were gone?
" Was the person who did this to her caught? " asked the doctor.
" Huh... oh... uh yes, yes he was, " Bobby replied.
"We are going to bring her up to ICU give us another half hour 45 mins." said Dr. Chafkin
"Thank You Doctor." Bobby said.
Intensive Care Unit 2:15 am
Bobby stood in the doorway of her room, trying to absorb the reality before him. She looked so small in the bed among all the machines attached to her. The nurse was finishing up her last check of the monitors, when she noticed Bobby in the doorway.
"Hi you can come in..are you the husband?" the nurse asked.
"No...boyfriend...h..how is she?" Bobby asked.
"She's stable right now and seems comfortable..her body temp has rose 1 degree since she's entered the hospital. I know that seems like nothing but it's a very good thing." the nurse reassured Bobby.
"I am staying tonight...um...can I ..hold her hand?" Bobby asked.
"Unfortunatly right now...no. We need her completely wrapped no loose ends especially the first 24 hours." the nurse said.
" Ok...thank you" Bobby said.
The nurse left the room as Alex, Carver and the Captain entered. Alex went up to Bobby and took his hand in hers.
"I can't even hold her hand." Bobby said staring at Victoria.
"It's ok Bobby you will...you will." Deakins said trying sound assuring.
"I'm staying till she is out of here." Bobby said.
"Well you start that when you come back from interrogation. He is booked and ready." Carver said.
New York State Police Rochester Headquarters 3:30 am
Alex stayed behind at the hospital to keep watch over Victoria, and to alert Bobby if anything changed. She was praying that Bobby would not do anything to jeapordize his career or personal life.
Seeing Bobby pointing his gun at Dr. Anglionby had left Alex nervous about letting Bobby go near the doctor, she did not want him to go doing something stupid out of rage or anger. Yes, Dr. Anglionby did in fact deserve a bullet in the head for what he'd done but he wasn't worth Bobby going to prison for, he just wasn't worth that.
A worn out looking Bobby arrived at the headquarters with Carver and the Captain.
"I 'm Captain Deakins from Major Case and this is Detective Goren. He will be doing the interrogation of Dr. Anglionby along with me."
"Ok he's already interrogation...and his lawyer just arrived." the officer said.
Bobby was standing outside of the interrogation room, staring through the glass at the evil person who had caused Victoria, his Victoria so much pain. Bobby sucked in a deep breath and then he opened the door and headed inside. Deakins and Carver followed.
Dr. Anglionby sitting there with his lawyer looked up when he heard the door open, began seething when he saw Bobby.
"He can't do the interrogation...there is a conflict of interest, he is emotionally attached to the alleged victim. Also assualted my client." his lawyer said.
"Attached or not counselor he is the investigating Detective...also in regards to the alleged assault... no one knows what he is talking about." Carver said.
"He is being charged with 3 counts of murder1, kidnapping, assault and battery. " Carver said.
"3 counts..there is only one alleged victim." his lawyer countered.
Bobby sat down across from the Doctor staring at him with cold steeley eyes.
"You don't fit the profile of a serial killer...a doctor..speaks several languages. A charming guy with a happy marriage and family. No substance abuse. Your associates who we questioned remained loyal...believe we have the wrong man. Your cultivated and artistic..accomplished many things from piano to archery. Seemed anything but a murderer. Generous, friendly, helpful, caring..."
"Counselor where is he going with this?" his lawyer asked.
"I don't know myself counselor..but we will soon find out." Carver said.
"Also too old. At your age..you defy the stereotype of a angry young killer who are generally in their twenties or thirties." Bobby continued.
The Doctor sat there started to grin at what Bobby was telling him. "You will not find a woman or anyone for that matter..who would say I treated them badly...unlike you."
"Really..what about all those women from Texas, Atlanta, and Philadelphia that were found murdered...when you were living there?" Deakins said
"What are you talking about counselor what's going on here?" his lawyer asked.
"We believe your client is the perputrator of another 13 murders in those areas. Three of them here...so he is looking at 16 counts and the death penalty." Carver said.
Bobby opened up his leather notebook and pulled put autopsy photos of the victims.
"Rebecca Clark Texas.. March 1990..Valerie Grams Texas..November 1990..Michelle Sisk Texas..May1991..."
"Detective..." his lawyer interrupted but Bobby ignored and continued.
"Kate McGowan Texas...July 1991..Julie Walker Atlanta.February 1992... Now we move on to Philadelphia, where you really fed your appetite..6 women." Bobby said as he towered behind him leaning in placing down more photos.
The Doctor sat there looking at the photos of his victims showed no emotion denied knowing them.
"That seemed to satisfy your appetite.. for 5 years you resisted temptation." Bobby said.
"They were all patients of yours when you lived and worked in those cities..Doctor. They all had blue eyes that were surgically removed." Deakins said.
"That proves nothing..this a joke." Dr. Anglionby said.
"I am not a surgeon..I know nothing about eye's..immunology is my specialty..are you that dumb." Dr. Anglionby said sarcastically
"Really...then why do you have books on optic diseases and surgery?..we found these in your office and home." Bobby said. as he walked over to the Doctors chair and spun him around to face him.
" I have a family member with a rare eye disease..I was reading up on it." Dr. Anglionby said.
"We also found surgical intruments...scalpels in the room where Ms. Spencer was found. And the two perps he hired to kidnap her." Deakins said.
"They gave us the book on you... beyond creepy in the obsession department...you staked her out..."Bobby said.
"No..I did no such thing. These are all lies..you bastards..." Dr. Anglionby said.
"What she ate for lunch at work, where she grocery shopped...and where we went together..on and on. A 50 page report." Bobby said.
"There is only coincendence which is not going to stick." his lawyer said.
"On the contrary." Bobby said as he got up and went to the door. Where an officer handed him a cooler.
He placed the cooler on the table and proceeded to pull out the jars they found earlier that day at his Manhatten home. One by one he placed them in front of the Doctor, who was now fighting his emotions.
"These were found in your study earlier today..and also this sketch book hidden in your bookcase...your wife saw everything. You can't deny it anymore. You got bold with your killings...the more you got away with with them. The game you tried to play with me. You were so sure... " Bobby said
"No..not true." the Doctor said.
"You see doc..what's interesting to us is...the method in which they were killed...and how the parts were taken. You wouldn't have more than one of the same kind of person...in the same city." Bobby said.
"How did it feel..when you first saw her eyes?..it stirred that passion for the forbidden did it not..." Bobby said.
" No..no.." the Doctor kept saying.
"The one thing your mother 'forbid' when you used to go hunting with your father..and when you were shown how to skin and stuff the animals. They were lifelike...but you couldn't complete them with the glass eyes...because they were too expensive..your mother as rich as she was...was frugal. Instead you had to use buttons. How dare she deny you the one thing ..the one thing that would make them so alive." Bobby said shouting at him.
"That..bitch" the Doctor muttered.
"So when you saw Victoria's eyes...those blue pools that were out of your reach..you tasted it again. It brought back the vividness of the memory of the killings...the pleasure. You took them as souvenirs...to help you relive... the erotic sensation you felt. Also the sense of power you had gained during the killings was diminished...so you had to renew it." Bobby said
"We found 3 unsloved murderes in the last two years..that match the other killings." Deakins said
"They also were your patients...Theogony." Bobby said.
The Doctor sat there frozen at what was before him the evidence of his reign of terror. What made him feel so powerful gave him the ultimate feeling of sexual satisfaction, brought out the rage of what was taken from him.
"You son of a bitch...they were to be mine!..you don't deserve them..you don't deserve her!" Doctor Anglionby screamed.
"They were the most beautiful blue..I had ever seen...and you took them from me..you took them all from me how could you !" the Doctor continued his rage.
Bobby stood up to the raging Doctor who was now being held back by 2 officers. "How could you? your nothing but a sick selfish perverted bastard. I don't deserve her?...you covet her so much...she is laying in a hospital bed right now fighting for her life. I nearly lost her twice tonight...because of your obsession...well doc you lost...and I get to stare at those beautiful big blue eyes. Because...their mine not yours. " as he now was holding on to the collar of Dr. Anglionby's shirt.
Dr. Anglionby stared at him with cold dead eyes and then started to laugh, then began to sing.
"Know,what I'm saying
When I say to you
I've spent my life dreaming
Of a girl like you
I see myself smiling
From your eyes so blue."
"Your not even worth it anymore..get him out of here." Bobby said.
As the officers dragged him out, the Doctor sang the song over and over. Bobby went over to the table and sat down and stared at the jars in front of him. He prevented Victoria from becoming number 17, but it did not help the pain of what was before him.
"Good job Detective..he'll never see daylight again." Carver said.
"Alright Goren this is over...go back to Victoria. I'll take care of the rest." Deakins said.
Bobby just shook his head and gave the Captain a hug. "Thank You...both."
