The Jinx
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This article was originally published on February 9, 2015.
Weve republished it to coincide withThe Jinx Part 2.
The police then manage to track down the victim: Morris Black.
Why is it such a dump?
Why is there no indication that a woman lives there?
Theres no Dorothy Ciner, deduce the cops.
Thats just a cover.
This guy [who pretends to be Mrs. Ciners brother-in-law] is renting the place for whatever reason.
They bring him in.
They cant make much sense of his appearance.
He looked like a librarian, Cody says.
They also remain flummoxed as to motive.
Why is this normal-seeming fellow from New York cutting up corpses in Texas?
It makes that NYC papers should feel proprietary.
Though police scoured the landscape, no body was ever found.
Durst became a suspect in her disappearance and presumed death.
He could, if he intended to, disappear.
Before they were serial killers, they were merely people, he notes.
These interviews are going to make up the backbone of this series.
