The three-episode TV series "Des", based on "Killing For Company" by author Brian Masters (I feel that the translation of the book "Killing for Companion" might be more comfortable), is a real one Serial homicide.
In 1983, in the suburbs of London, England, the sewer of an apartment at 23 Cranley Garden Road was blocked. During the repair process, plumbers found that the culprit of the blockage may be a few bones. Faced with these indistinguishable bones with flesh, the plumber immediately contacted the police. After identification, these bones are indeed part of human hand bones. Police determined that the source of the bones was the home of a top-floor resident. The occupant on the top floor is Dennis Nelson, who works in the employment center. The police immediately came to the door to find Dans who had just returned home. When the police entered Danse's apartment, they immediately found the foul-smelling apartment to be suspicious.
"Stop pretending, where is the rest of the body?"
"In the cupboard."
Danse was taken back to the police station, and in the police car, Danse made an astonishing speech: "At least 15, 16". During the trial, Danes explained some of the details of the crime, but insisted that he forgot the names of most of the victims. Danse is often on the road, in bars, looking for lonely men, taking them home, giving them wine and food, and then killing them. Strained with a homemade rope, then submerged in the bathtub. Someone who went through this and was still lucky not to die, and Danse would actually save him, kill and save.
In the garden of Danse's former residence, and in the apartment he lived in at the time of the incident, a large number of buried animal and human remains were found, some of which had been burned and some had been boiled. The forensic doctor determined that there may even be as many as 20 victims.
The long time since the murder occurred, the cumbersome and hard work of excavating the wreckage, the difficulty in finding the identity of the victim, and the cunning and sophistry of the murderer, all made the police's work difficult.
The most chilling thing is that Dan Si, who confessed to the crime, talked to the detective as if he was chatting with an acquaintance, calmly as if he was discussing what to eat for the next meal.
The volume of the three episodes of the series, trying to discuss a lot of things, the social status quo at that time, the problem of judicial procedures. The legal systems of different countries are different, but all existing laws cannot be satisfactory, and there will be various regrets. Today's lawyers can only seek justice in procedural justice and strive to improve the law.
The actor David Tennant of Dans, the former Doctor Who, and later the favorite angel, contributed further acting skills in this play. After wearing the retro glasses, his appearance is also similar to the real Danse. There are many moments that really make people feel that he is the murderer himself, cold-blooded and neurotic.
Danse is of course a tragedy himself, his sexuality, his curiosity about death, his obsession with corpses, his avoidance of separation, which prevent him from living a normal life. But he brought harm to more people, including the victims and their families, and even affected the lives of the investigators.
The view of many is that studying how murderers become murderers can help stop murderers. But in fact, there are some murderers who are born to be murderers. No matter whether he lives happily or suffers misfortune, he will become a murderer. Whether the reasons are complicated or simple, in the final analysis he just wants to kill. If another person was in his situation, no matter how hard it was, he would not have done such a thing to hurt others. Once you cross that line, don't make excuses.
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