<strong>Detective Lawrence Johnson</strong><br/><br/>For a few weeks now, the Paradiso Police Department has been on the search for a serial killer nicknamed the "organ thief."  The basic description had been drilled into the minds of everyone in the precinct: a male between the ages of 20 and 45, right handed, who uses a butcher knife to cut people open seemingly at random, snatching whatever organs he can get.  It is believed that the man has no actual medical experience based on the sloppy workmanship of the initial few victims.<br/><br/>Because of the high price of organs on the criminal market, there are some expectations that he might be involved in organized crime, but no leads have been found so far.  Every police officer knows that there must be organized crime in the city based simply on the patterns which emerge, but it's like trying to catch smoke with a net; any petty thief who is caught claims to have worked alone, or takes the fifth if direct evidence proves that they had help from others.<br/><br/>Things have only gotten worse over the last few years.  Thankfully, the media hasn't gotten onto the story yet; they would have a field day with pet names for the perpetrator, tear-spraying interviews for the victims, and any method of sending the city into hysterics that they could manage for a tenth of a percentage point of ratings.<br/><br/>Larry's current assignment was to speak to an Oksana Mozheika, one of the most recent victims...or rather, attempted victims.  Police had found her cut open in Grayson Park, without a heartbeat and significantly lost blood, but she had gotten up and left the morgue before the autopsy.  Doctors on staff had been too shocked to even get her to go to the hospital.<br/><br/>Sargeant Lancaster left the file with her picture, description, address and the like upon Johnson's desk this morning, along with a note: "Get what you can of information from her, but don't force her back to the hospital if she doesn't want to go.  She probably doesn't have health insurance."  Her address was listed as the Shadyside Apartment Complex at Barker Street, apartment 306.