Horror Writer Turned Killer to Live Out Dark Fantasy | Part 2 of 2

That was not the case here.

They know this because they brought in another expert that was well-versed in tool marks.

She was able to tell from looking at the bones and the bone fragments what kind of weapon or implement was used to break them, crack them, or take them apart.

The legs had been cut through the femur bones, which drained most of the blood from the body.

This dismemberment appeared to be done with significant effort, possibly using a power saw.

Certain cuts in the bones look like what is known as a false start from a mechanical blade.

What was significant about the way that the bones were cut was that there were W's in them, which lined up with teeth of a saw, not like a smooth sword or a sharp knife with no serrated edges."

False start is what investigators call it when someone hesitates or second guesses where to cut or with what force or angle.

Think of someone without hunting or butchering experience.

They leave shallow slice marks before finally cutting all the way through.

Also, people who self-inflict wounds, we've seen them do false starts because they're scared and they're kind of, you know, I'm not going to do what I'm going to do and then they're going to do it.

So we've seen that in other cases.

In this case, the bones actually showed signs of being cracked.

There were bone spurs where it looked like a saw had been used, and once the bone weakened, it had been snapped off with sheer force.

Lauren Satcher from the GBI was the tool mark expert to remember they recovered a knife at the scene.

It was a Milwaukee brand knife, but this was not a saw.

It was small and sharp and straight, and it didn't seem to match up.

She explained if you press that blade down into something, it would make a V, not a W.

So she ruled this knife out as being used to go through the bones.

They had not found the weapon used to actually remove the limbs at this point, but a sketch of the victim's face was being painstakingly created.

And finally, by December 13th of 2022, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Liberty County Sheriff's Office were seeking the public's help in identifying this victim.

The body was described as that of a white female with brown eyes and brown hair, standing around 5 foot 9 inches to 10 inches and weighing around 190 to 200 pounds, and there were no apparent scars or tattoos.

The forensic artist's rendering of her face was attached to the press release, which was broadcasted both locally and beyond, and hoped that someone would recognize her.

They were still waiting on an official time of death, but by this point, investigators announced they believed that the body had been placed in the woods sometime after November 18th.

And that was because people had been in that area and they obviously hadn't seen the containers and things like that.