Sword and Scale Host

A puddle they trace to a mound of trash and blankets.

When they start to move it, they see skin, then bone, then what looks like a leg, then a skull.

The hallway carpet has been cut away and blood stains stretch from the kitchen into the living room, where the carpet has also been removed.

Under trash and clothing in the second bedroom, they find John Mann's body.

A mire of decomposed, rotting flesh.

Unrecognizable.

And behind him, up against the wall, they find a second figure wrapped in a wet Harley Davidson blanket.

The blanket is form-fitting.

They can see the outline of Regina's head before it's even pulled back.

She's face up, sweater rolled up above her eyes, one foot exposed and the rest of her body hidden beneath layers of filth.

A purple condom wrapper is found near her head.

At first, Tom wasn't the obvious suspect, even though he had a criminal background.

His crimes didn't involve violence against anyone, and he had a son he desperately wanted to reconnect with.

Why would he risk throwing that all away?

He already messed up by getting stupid drunk and breaking into the salons.

Stupid and sloppy, but not murder.

But because he was one of the only people who had a connection with both Regina and John, they started to dig.

Where else had Tom been staying since he got out?

Who else was helping him?

And that's when his current girlfriend came up.