Mind of the            Hunters

Session 0
On January 24, 1952, Louisiana Highway Patrol responded to a body discovered along the Mississippi River near Route 90. Detectives from the NOPD Homicide Squad, led by Lt. Adonis LeBlanc documented evidence, and identified the heavily decomposed victim as Seb Pinnick. The team collected physical evidence, examined the surrounding terrain, and began reconstructing the victim’s final movements to establish a timeline and possible suspect vehicle.

Session 1

Autopsy findings helped determine the condition of the body and probable cause of death, while interviews with Seb Pinnick’s widow and nearby witnesses established behavioral patterns, financial stressors, and reports of suspicious vehicles. Detectives also reviewed police archives and financial records to identify individuals connected to Pinnick before his death. This process was important because linking victim history to financial transactions and associates can reveal motive, accomplices, or suspect movement.

A second crime scene discovered on January 25 provided critical connections. Blood evidence, drag marks, and vehicle damage patterns indicated a violent struggle had occurred recently. Investigators recovered blood samples for laboratory comparison, documented blood spatter and movement patterns to reconstruct the sequence of events, and issued a statewide APB for vehicles matching the observed damage. A matchbook from the “Silver Screen” bar was collected as trace evidence to identify potential suspect activity.

Session 2

Laboratory analysis later identified two separate blood types at the abduction scene, showing that both victim and offender had likely been injured. Comparing blood evidence allowed investigators to separate victim movement from attacker movement and connect scenes across different crimes. Fingerprint recovery from evidence, including a nearly complete handprint, was prioritized because latent prints could directly identify or eliminate suspects through comparison. 

The investigation increasingly focused on forensic linkage analysis. Handwriting examinations of letters sent by the killer were compared against samples from known associates and military acquaintances.  Lasse analyzed patterns, misspellings, and writing habits to determine whether the letters were genuine or deliberately misleading. 

Financial and military records also became key evidence. Bank documents connected large payments to missing individuals, while military records revealed that several suspects had served together under Colonel Derek Um during World War II. Detectives examined these shared histories because common military service, trauma exposure, and prior relationships could explain coordinated behavior, motives, or psychological patterns among suspects.

Psychological profiling further refined the suspect pool. Dr. Stewart developed a behavioral profile based on crime scene organization, offender communication, victim selection, and escalation patterns. Profiling was used to determine whether suspects fit the behavioral characteristics of the offender and to predict future actions.

As additional murders and abductions occurred, investigators compared boot prints, blood evidence, fingerprints, and victim injuries across scenes. Matching physical evidence allowed detectives to connect crimes to a single offender or offender group. The investigation also highlighted concerns about information leaks within police headquarters, as confidential forensic details repeatedly appeared in newspapers before public release, potentially compromising the case and alerting the offender to investigative progress.

Session 3

After analyzing the handwriting, military, payment, and other records, the detectives were able to find Edward Sumner Grant as the prime suspect due to his matching DNA profile, matching handwriting to letters left by the killer, and the car registration to a very specific truck. Due to this, LeBlanc and Stewart questioned Grant and learned about his views of freedom and control, and how that impacted his views of his life. 

After brief questioning, a plan was set to obtain more psychological evidence, as Stewart would accept Grant's date, and while she was protected by Lassé and Hoover, LeBlanc would be searching through Grant's townhouse to find physical evidence and any possible living victims. However, Grant had tricked the NOPD, as Stewart was stood up but received a package from Grant at the restaurant containing Aaliyah Browne's head, and Grant was at the townhouse and kidnapped LeBlanc at gunpoint.

Session 4: The Raid

The final session was the response to LeBlanc's kidnapping, and on April 1st, at 3 am, the raid was lead on the main suspect, ultimately the killer, Edward Sumner Grant, at the address of the missing Albert King that was connected to Grant due to the irregular transfer of funds out of King's account into an account that Grant had made a payment with of the exact amount. The consistency between Grant and the evidence left by the killer created reasonable cause for the raid, as well as the confirmed kidnapping of LeBlanc by Grant.

When arriving to the scene, two groups formed out of the present agents and members of the NOPD. Hoover and Paul Lawyer were the first to enter the house, finding a tied man with a gun directly across from them in the hallway, causing the first shots to be fired by Lawyer and injuring Richard's leg, a victim and PI for Grant. Meanwhile, Stewart, Lassé, and Luis Kirkman investigated the garage and found Grant's truck. After a very brief inspection, they entered the house and entered the gunfire.

Grant had become found at the scene after a near fatal grenade thrown at Kirkman and Hoover, Grant revealed his position, and after both Kirkman and Hoover survived but sustained injuries, Grant fired a fatal shot into Kirkman's chest.  In an attempt to neutralize Grant, Hoover fired a shot that missed Grant and ricocheted off the wall and into Stewart's leg, followed by another attempt to neutralize Grant by Lassé, who dove and fired at him, but missed and fell on the floor. 

After the detonation of the grenade, LeBlanc's struggle to escape the basement became a greater necessity, creating the adrenaline and strength needed to break the duct tape binding his legs to the chair, use the chair to break the door out of the basement, and attack Grant at the top of the stairs while still in metal handcuffs. When reaching Grant, both had lost their balance and fallen down the stairs, fighting and taking injuries as they fought, until LeBlanc had used his cuffs to choke Grant until he had just lost consciousness and became neutralized.

Grant was read his Miranda rights after regaining consciousness, and taken to the NOPD to be held until his trial.