Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Hecuthishair,buthebalkedatshavinghismustache.Theyhiredhimanyway.

           AsBoxerbaumandKlebergexaminedthephotographiccompositesandthedataprovidedbythetwovictims,everythingseemedtopointtoasingleassailant:awhiteAmericanmale,betweentwenty-threeandtwenty-seven,weighingbetween175and185pounds,withbrownorreddish-brownhair.Bothtimesthemanhadwornabrownjoggingtop,jeansandwhitesneakers.

           CarrieDryer,thefirstvictim,rememberedthattherapistworeglovesandcarriedasmallrevolver.Occasionallyhiseyesdriftedfromsidetoside—thesymptomofaneyeconditionsherecognizedasnystagmus.Hehadhandcuffedhertotheinsidedoorofhercaranddrovehertoadesolatecountryarea,whereherapedher.Aftertherapehetoldher,"Ifyougotothepolice,don’tgivethemmydescription.IfIseeanythinginthenewspaper,I’llsendsomeoneafteryou."Asiftoprovehemeantbusiness,hetooknamesfromheraddressbook.

           DonnaWest,ashort,plumpnurse,saidherassailantcarriedanautomaticpistol.Therewassomethingonhishands—notdirtorgrease,butanoilystainofsomekind.AtonepointhehadsaidhisnamewasPhil.Hecursedalot.Heworebrown-tintedsunglasses,andsheneversawhiseyes.Hetookthenamesofrelativesandwarnedherthatifsheidentifiedhim,sheorsomeoneinherfamilywouldbeharmedbya"brotherhood"thatwouldcarryouthisthreats.