~Part One~
Text message from Nova:
-hey babe 😘-
Text message from Ryu:
-Up, Kitty?-
Text message from Nova:
-where are you? You were supposed to be at my house a half hour ago 😣-
Text message from Ryu:
-Crap…yeah not ganna work, caught up in work. Tomarrow?
Text message from Nova:
-I can’t I have ballet practice. How about Wednesday???-
Text message from Ryu:
-Mmm I could just watch you practice… ;)-
Text message from Nova:
-Mrs. Faung won’t let anyone in during practice, you know this.-
Text message from Ryu:
-I know, I know. I’ll pick you up from school on Wednesday.-
Text message from Nova:
-Ok that’ll work 🤗-
Text message from Ryu:
-Maybe make a stop at the cliff on the way home?-
Text message from Nova:
-Mmm idk… You know I’m afraid of heights. And bad things always happen at the cliff….-
Text message from Ryu:
-We can stay in the car…Have some fun.-
Text message from Nova:
-Idk…-
Text message from Ryu:
-Alright, fine. I got to go back to work now. Bye Kitty, Love you.-
Text message from Nova:
-I love you too honey bear. Don’t overwork yourself! Bye 🤗
~Part Two~
12:45 A.M.
Text message from Unknown:
-Nova-
Text message from Nova:
-Who is this?-
Text message from Unknown:
-I got by many names, but for you I’ll be anything-
Text message from Nova:
-How’d you get my number??-
Text message from Unknown:
-Little research on social media, might want to be careful. Someone creepy could come along…You never know.-
Text message from Nova:
-Who is this?!-
Text message from Unknown:
-If you really want a name for me, call me shadow.-
-That is if you don’t want to choose a name for me…up to you, Nova.-
Text message from Nova:
-How do you know my name?!-
Text message from Unknown:
-Like I said social media… besides… I’ve been watching you.-
Text message from Nova:
-Leave me alone you creep! My dad’s a cop!-
Text message from Unknown:
-I know, I won’t hurt you, Lovely.-
-Too bad daddy’s away on a buisness trip. He can’t stop me. No one can.-
-Maybe your boyfriend… What’s his name again? Oh wait, Ryu, maybe he could protect you? But you won’t see him till Wednesday, right?-
Text message from Nova:
-Leave me alone you creep!-
Text message from Unknown:
-Look outside your window.-
Text message from Nova:
-No! Go away you creep! I’m calling the cops!-
Text message from Unknown:
-I see you…-
Text message from Nova:
-Go away!-
~Part Three~
1:24 A.M.
Text message from Nova:
-Babe-
-There’s someone watching me-
-They won’t leave me alone!-
Text message from Ryu:
-What?! What do they look like?!-
Text message from Nova:
-I don’t know I couldn’t see their face!-
-They started texting me with Unknown!-
-They told me to look out my window and I did but all I saw was a black figure!-
-Their not there anymore now… What should I do?!
Text message from Ryu:
-Do you want me to come over? Comfort you?-
Text message from Nova:
-Yes please!-
Text message from Ryu:
-Alright I’ll be there in 15. Stay where you are lock the doors and windows.-
Text message from Nova:
-OK!-
-Please hurry!-
Text message from Ryu:
-I’m in the car driving to you. Did you lock the doors and windows?-
Text message from Nova:
-Yes, they’re all locked.-
Text message from Ryu:
-Good pulling into the driveway.-
Text message from Nova:
-Okay I’ll come unlock the door-
Nova and Ryu spend the night together. At 7:45 A.M. Ryu drops Nova off at school then heads back to his house.
~Part Four~
Text message from Unknown:
-How is school Nova?-
-Education is important.-
Text message from Nova:
-What do you want?-
Text message from Unknown:
-You-
-But you already know that right?-
Text message from Nova:
-What do you want with me????-
Text message from Unknown:
-Your heart.-
Text message from Nova:
-Why???-
Text message from Unknown:
-because…-
-…-
-I love you-
Text message from Nova:
– You don’t even know me you creep!-
-The cops are involved and are tracking you as we speak. The more you talk to me the better chance there is of finding you-
Text message from Unknown:
-Lie-
-I can’t be tracked.-
– I’m careful not to be careless silly girl.-
Text message from Nova:
-I’m not lieing their tracking you. And when they do, you’re going to prison for a long time.-
Text message from Unknown:
-Meet me. Let’s meet up.-
Text message from Nova:
-That’s pretty dumb of you, but sure let’s meet up and my father can take you away-
Text message from Unknown:
-You’re cute.-
-I can’t wait to get my hands on you.-
Text message from Nova:
-You’re not laying a single finger on me.-
Text message from Unknown:
-I already have.-
– … while you sleep-
-Your skin is so soft-
Text message from Nova:
-You’re such a creep!-
Text message from Unknown:
-Thank you-
Text message from Nova:
-It’s not a compliment-
Text message from Unknown:
-After school. Meet me behind the school.-
Text message from Nova:
-Fine.-
3:10 P.M.
Text message from Nova:
-Where are you? The only people here are my boyfriend and the cops-
Text message from Unknown:
-Exactly, I’m here looking at you-
-And you see me-
Text message from Nova:
-Come out of the bushes like a man you creep-
Text message from Ryu:
It’s me baby, I’m the shadow, now come here, my love.
~Part Five~
10:41 A.M.
October 31, 5 months after Nova Prescott’s murder
Location: Police department
Recorded interview
Woman Interviewer:
“Interview 1 of the Nova case.
Emily Roberts here with Ryu Rodriguez. Ryu, what was your relation with the victim?”
Ryu:
“I was her boyfriend.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Where did you meet the victim?”
Ryu:
“I was a senior at her high school while she was a junior. We met in physics class, she was my partner in that class.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Approximately how long would you say you knew the victim?”
Ryu:
“About a year.”
Woman Interviewer:
“What made you hate her after you became friends? Or have you hated her from the start?”
Ryu:
“I never hated her. I love her so much.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Then why did you kill her if you “loved” her?”
Ryu:
“Because I want her to always be mine… and now she is. Forever.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Was her being alive not enough for you?”
Ryu:
“Hah. Being alive she was in the sight of other men. Now she belongs to me and only me. Besides killing is my hobby. To see the light fade from a persons eyes is the best feeling in the world.”
Woman Interviewer:
“So you’re saying you’ve killed other people before?”
Ryu:
“Of course not. She’s my first.”
Woman Interviewer:
“So you’re saying you’ve only killed one person, yet you like killing? So you’ve killed animals then?”
Ryu:
“Exactly. I started off with rats then hamsters eventually I started killing cats and dogs. Ripping their fur from their body and slicing them up. Their cute whines and whimpers were like music to my ears.”
Woman Interviewer:
“How did you kill Nova? The same way you did with animals?”
Ryu:
“I grabbed her hair in my hand that night. Picked her up and she screamed, kicked and even bit me once. I felt her all over her body as well, took her sweet virginity. I dug my nails into her skin scraping her up. I bit her neck and bathed into her blood with skin in my mouth. That’s when her heart stopped. After that I chopped her up into smaller and smaller pieces that’s when the police came.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Where did you do this?”
Ryu:
“Behind her school.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Why did you choose to text her with an unknown number?”
Ryu:
“To allow her fear to build up and build up and to see the expression on her face when she found out it was me. I love it. I love her.”
Woman Interviewer:
“Why did you kill her behind her school? Why not in the woods or somewhere secretive where there wouldn’t be any witnesses?”
Ryu:
“So I can be thrown in jail then commit suicide”
Woman Interviewer:
“I’m sure the guards won’t allow you to do that”
Ryu:
“I will find a way.”
12:00 A.M. Next day
Ryu Rodriguez pronounced dead in his cell hanging from the ceiling.
