Chapter 10: The Investigation Continues

It is getting late. Nick and I went back to the office to log out and getting ready to end the day at the office. I packed all my belongings, turned off the computer, and went out of the building with Nick. While on our way to my apartment, I couldn't help but think about the mysterious tattoo. The victim's spouse said he never had a tattoo, not even when he's gone missing for the past 28 hours until he was found. And the symbol wasn't tattooed with regular ink, it was a burnt mark. It was like he has branded as livestock. But it is not a fresh burnt mark, but a healed one. If he was 'branded' when he got killed, it should cause a blister. 

"Annabelle said Adrian never had a tattoo when he went missing," I reported to Nick while he was driving.  He glanced at me with an intense look in his eyes.

"The killer must have tattooed him the day he went missing