Two dismembered torsos are found near residential properties, making them unidentifiable for three weeks. Finally, by chance, police get a lead from a man simply walking down the road. Luckily, this was just the lead police needed to find out who committed such an atrocious crime - one for which the motive varies.



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Music by:

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"Daemones"

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"Coal Miners"

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