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with confidence bordering on arrogance.
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We don't know why, but he's been leaving
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large amounts of insects behind at his crime scenes.
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Normally, that would be a forensic countermeasure,
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artificially accelerating infestation of the corpse.
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Or symbolically to degrade and humiliate the victims.
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But these larvae are serving some other purpose to the unsub.
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It's like an obsession.
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They are an essential component to his kills.
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We believe he's slowly
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turning himself into the image of Russell Smith,
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an Alabama serial killer