Dark Aeons

VII

  OFFICER’S REPORT

  “Let it be known that this man, Leonard Harrison Bradshaw, died suddenly on May the 21st, 2011, after having been taken into custody for the murder of three children in Central Park. The cause of death is unknown, but as he told me of the visions he had been receiving up to this point, he suddenly began to choke, then shake, and then his eyes rolled back into his head. He collapsed onto the ground, and blood gushed forth from his eyes onto the tile. He died in less than ten seconds – how, I’m not sure anyone will be able to tell. Enclosed is a transcription of his exact words. He was pretty damned eloquent for a backcountry hick.”

  –INSPECTOR DARRELL O’MONTAINE, NYPD