The Bronx Crux Murders

[Barbaria1]

He was thinking with the little head, rather than the big one.
Modern police work is a team effort (you got that Moore?).

Now I hope to tie up loose ends, so pose any questions you have and I'll see if I can answer them in the epilog.

He was thinking with the little head, rather than the big one.
Modern police work is a team effort (you got that Moore?).

So Donnelly is a nut which is fairly normal in academia but Gerhardt's brand of nuttiness was more diametrically opposed to his day job, did he see himself as an infiltrator or was he once a real priest?

News at 11 analysis by RR Squirrel

Some ending!
With such a shootout, Det. Moore was lucky she was not hit by a stray bullet.

That had occurred to me too!

 

[windar]

FDNY does not have 'The Jaws of Life' that could easily shear the heads of the spikes off???

OK, I wasn't sure if those would do better on wood than a chain saw, since those are used mostly on metal. They do deal with fallen trees and the like, so I guess they have both. I'm open to editing it before Madi makes the ebook.

We must blame Garcia for this... Remember that Goldman has some emotional ties to Miss Moore...

Great job, Windar and Barb!!!

Thanks.

 

[Barbaria1]

OK, I wasn't sure if those would do better on wood than a chain saw, since those are used mostly on metal. They do deal with fallen trees and the like, so I guess they have both. I'm open to editing it before Madi makes the ebook.

Tree has a point there ...

 

[windar]

Tree has a point there ...

And "Jaws of Life" sounds way cooler than chainsaw. After all, every doofus in NW Arkansas has a chainsaw...

 

[thehangingtree]

OK, I wasn't sure if those would do better on wood than a chain saw, since those are used mostly on metal. They do deal with fallen trees and the like, so I guess they have both. I'm open to editing it before Madi makes the ebook.



Thanks.

If you cut the heads off a spike you could slip her wrists and feet off the skanks... Don't edit a thing... It was great!

 

[windar]

If you cut the heads off a spike you could slip her wrists and feet off the skanks... Don't edit a thing... It was great!

What he says. I would never argue crucifixion technique with Tree....

 

[andy01]

He was thinking with the little head, rather than the big one.
Modern police work is a team effort (you got that Moore?).

Now I hope to tie up loose ends, so pose any questions you have and I'll see if I can answer them in the epilog.

This has been a great story. But it should not end yet.
There must be de-briefing, specialists getting Barbara's testimony. Almost uniquely she is alive but has hung on the nails on a cross. The bureaucrats will want full details.

 

[windar]

This has been a great story. But it should not end yet.
There must be de-briefing, specialists getting Barbara's testimony. Almost uniquely she is alive but has hung on the nails on a cross. The bureaucrats will want full details.

There is one more chapter to come.

 

[Repertor]

Saved at the 11th hour! It looks like Barb wouldn't have lasted much longer. Now she needs the best care they can give her.

Now, Goldman, give Lourdes Diaz and Rich Miller a big kiss and send some cops to arrest Donnelly and Gerhart. Hopefully Jake hasn't had time to warn them.

Stan Goldman, you did a good job. Hercule Poirot would't have done it better. The NYPD can be proud of you.

It's almost 11 o'clock. Are you ready to face the press? ​

 

[Repertor]

Modern police work is a team effort (you got that Moore?).

We don't do it like this anymore.

 

[messaline]

Aaaah ! I was right ! They were coming !

Hercule Poirot would't have done it better.

But Hercule Poirot was working on accomplished murders, not in urgency ...

Well, some remarks : it seems to me that the end is too much quick ; I could preferate a longer inquiry ...
And about these priests, what motivated them to do such a complicated enterprise ? Only the women'hate ?

I'll remember this wonderful description from Barb of her crucifixion : as usual, it was great ...
Dont worry, windar, your story is also well written ...
Perhaps that Stan and Barb are not really professional concerning the police'action (excepted into a bed ), but in writting a story, they are !
BRAVO !

 

[old slave]

If you cut the heads off a spike you could slip her wrists and feet off the skanks..

No , No , NO!

Standard first-aid practice is to leave the job of getting a penetrating object out to the medics in ER.

If a kid falls from a tree onto spiked railings, cut railings apart, take kid and metal to ER. (We didn't do removal from cross in my training, a serious omission IMO)

 

[old slave]

A great finale windar, I kept reading faster and faster to see what happened, will go back and savour the writing now.

 

[RacingRodent]

No , No , NO!

Standard first-aid practice is to leave the job of getting a penetrating object out to the medics in ER.

If a kid falls from a tree onto spiked railings, cut railings apart, take kid and metal to ER. (We didn't do removal from cross in my training, a serious omission IMO)

I took it that Tree was suggesting that was why they did not do it... as in the taking off would be accidental. Hence his suggesting the no reason to edit.

Obviously the advice is to be very careful of unplugging any wound without a supply of plasma and platelets.

 

[windar]

No , No , NO!

Standard first-aid practice is to leave the job of getting a penetrating object out to the medics in ER.

If a kid falls from a tree onto spiked railings, cut railings apart, take kid and metal to ER. (We didn't do removal from cross in my training, a serious omission IMO)

There's a show on TLC called "Untold Stories of the ER". One I remember involved a guy with a tree limb through his neck. It somehow managed to miss his spine, windpipe and major arteries and veins. They brought him in with the limb there; the docs took it out and he was A-OK. So you are right and that's what the hospital had the EMTs do in the story. They did have to cut the wood to fit Barb in the ambulance.

I remember we discussed on another thread a while back whether someone could have survived crucifixion. In Roman times maybe not, but today, a few nails in the wrists and feet are a piece of cake to deal with. Any big city ER has seen worse.

 

[old slave]

They did have to cut the wood to fit Barb in the ambulance.

Just pictured Barb+cross tied to the ladder of a fire-truck rushing to ER.

 

[Barbaria1]

I remember we discussed on another thread a while back whether someone could have survived crucifixion. In Roman times maybe not, but today, a few nails in the wrists and feet are a piece ofcake to deal with. Any big city ER has seen worse.

I should thank my lucky stars (or rodent nuts) that this wasn't a story set in Roman times

 

[Barbaria1]

Just pictured Barb+cross tied to the ladder of a fire-truck rushing to ER.

Now that's a manip I would like to see

 

[Barbaria1]

View attachment 505083 Aaaah ! I was right ! They were coming !

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But Hercule Poirot was working on accomplished murders, not in urgency ...

Well, some remarks : it seems to me that the end is too much quick ; I could preferate a longer inquiry ...
And about these priests, what motivated them to do such a complicated enterprise ? Only the women'hate ?

I'll remember this wonderful description from Barb of her crucifixion : as usual, it was great ...
Dont worry, windar, your story is also well written ...
Perhaps that Stan and Barb are not really professional concerning the police'action (excepted into a bed ), but in writting a story, they are !
BRAVO !

I'll remember this wonderful description from Barb of her crucifixion : as usual, it was great ...

Thank you Messa ... that means a lot to me

 

[old slave]

whether someone could have survived crucifixion. In Roman times maybe not,

Good deep wounds are a wonderful breeding ground for anaerobic bacteria, and they usually produce the nasty cell-killing toxins. Add in re-use of contaminated nails, you might survive a few more days after removal, though it helps to have a good butcher or barber to amputate the odd limb.