Chapter 32 Summary

Since Lounds's death in Chicago, the public has become panicked, and a countdown has begun. Graham cannot go anywhere without the press hounding him; therefore, he has taken refuge in an empty courtroom in order to pour over the evidence and attempt to make some sense of it all. Crawford finds Graham there, and they go over the newest evidence together.

The gasoline the killer used to burn Lounds is sold at a gas station that has more than forty-one stations in Chicago alone. The injuries on Lounds's face, a bruise on his head and the bitten lips, are different ages, and they found chloroform in his throat. Now, Graham has a time line from Lounds's injury and some idea how the events took place. This helps them create a search grid for the killer's home, assuming that is where the killer took...