I found a serial killer’s cell phone. Part Three.

Part Two

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Text Log (11/7/18) Beginning 10:23am
You: Image uploaded 1A23110718.jpg
You: His name is Harry Parks. I met him at a coffee shop near the hospital. I’ve seen him before but never talked to him. I just made small talk in line and then took the picture after making contact. He shouldn’t know I took the pic or suspect anything.
BRNR3: Very good. I like you being careful. I’ll be in touch soon.

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Text Log (11/7/18) Beginning 2:18pm
BRNR3: Are you at work?
You: You know that I am.
BRNR3: :) I know that my phone is at the hospital. Are you at work?
You: Yes, I am.
BRNR3: Go to a secluded place and open the Polterzeitgeist app.
You: Ok. Just a min.

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Chat Log from “Polterzeitgeist! Find that ghost!†app (11/7/18) Beginning 2:23pm
Revenant: Hello there.
You: Is this you? BRNR3?
Revenant: Of course.
Revenant: I liked your pick. You failed to mention in your “detailed report†of how you met him that he was an armed out-of-uniform police officer. I’m assuming you knew he had a gun and that he was law enforcement?
You: Yes. I didn’t lie to you. I had never talked to him before. But I had seen him in uniform at the coffee shop a couple of times, and he did have a gun in a back holster today. It was under a jacket, but I saw it when we were in line.
You: But I figured it wouldn’t be any problem for you anyway.
Revenant: :P
Revenant: I appreciate your confidence in me. It’s well-placed.
Revenant: Video Received eating.mp4
You: Oh god.
Revenant: Yes.
Revenant: Now it’s your turn again. Listen carefully, because while I appreciate your attempt at being clever, I am not in the mood to repeat myself or listen to you whine. Are we clear?
You: Yes.
Revenant: Good.
Revenant: This app has many functions, but one of them is to serve as a guide. It contains a map that will show you where you need to go. When we finish talking, go to the map and you will find a yellow star on it. You need to reach that star no later than 4:45pm. Do not leave work to reach the star earlier than necessary, but keep watch on the map regularly. Make sure you can reach it on time. Get stuck in traffic or lose your way, and you will have failed.
Revenant: And what happens if you fail will make what the cop went through look like a paradise.
You: I won’t fail. I promise.
Revenant: Good. I have faith in you.
Revenant: When you are within 15 meters of the person the star represents and the time is 4:43 or later, you will receive further instructions from the app on how to complete your task.
Revenant: It should go without saying that you should avoid being conspicuous, be aware of any security or surveillance, and generally avoid getting caught. If you get caught, that counts as failure too.
You: Ok. I’ll do it.
Revenant: After you hit “Accept†on the task it gives you, the app will start recording video. Leave the app open until the task is completed. When you are finished, hit “Send†and wait for me to contact you. Understand?
You: Yes. I won’t mess it up.
Revenant: We’ll see.

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Chat Log from “Polterzeitgeist! Find that ghost!†app (11/7/18) Beginning 5:15pm
Revenant: Good job.
You: My hands are shaking. ****. You made me do that.
Revenant: No, you chose to do that. You decided you valued yourself more than a stranger.
You: Who was she?
Revenant: Her name was Alison Murphy.
You: Why her?
Revenant: She used to have a fairly boring job as a law clerk that one day led to her having some excitement. Seeing a small part of how this all works.
Revenant: She was invited to participate, but declined. Instead, she decided to just talk to others about things she didn’t understand. Her talking about it wasn’t the problem. Her lack of participation, however…well, you know how I feel about people that don’t want to participate.
You: Did you know where she’d be? That she’d be alone at the top of that parking garage like that?
Revenant: I knew she’d most likely be at one of six places at that particular time. She had established several relevant patterns of behavior in the past few weeks. One of those patterns was parking her car occasionally at the top of that particular garage, which she did this morning at 9:44am. Another was returning to her car between 4:40 and 4:55pm when it was parked at that location. All of this, combined with the app tracking, made the place you found her the most likely place she would be.
You: But that’s still just an educated guess. What if she did something different? Came back early or late? What if at 4:45 she was in the middle of a grocery store full of people?
Revenant: Then you would have had to “figure something else outâ€. Just like you would have had to find other places to stick your poison and knife if poor old Chester wasn’t there to kill.
You: Okay. But what if she had just left her car this morning, got on a bus and went to another state? Went somewhere I couldn’t reach in time?

Revenant: Lol! Oh no. Did you think this was all about you? That you’re the only one I’m connecting with? You did, didn’t you? (

Source.