Ann Elizabeth Smith

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Smith, Ann Elizabeth

Appeared in Dark in Death (late February, 2061)^[1]

Description: Ordinary, average looking
DOB: March 14, 2018
Age: 42
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel, edging toward brown
Address: Brooklyn
Relationships: Unnamed father; unnamed stepmother; unnamed mother; unnamed stepfather; two unnamed stepsisters in Savannah from her mother’s second marriage to a widower; half-brother from her father and his second wife; nephew from the half-brother
Occupation: Seamstress, most recently for Dobb’s

Rosie Kent^[2]
- Strangled with a white sash, which was then tied into a neat bow: on the left side of her head
- No sex, no DNA, no trace, and the tox showed an OTC sedative mixed with cheap wine in her system
- Case was caught by Reineke and Jenkinson about five weeks ago, with Reineke taking lead
- Modeled after the crime in Dark Falls by Blaine DeLano, the first book in the Deann Dark series that spun off from The Hightower Chronicles
Chanel Rylan^[3]
- Killed by an ice pick to the back of her neck during a screening of Psycho at the Vid Galaxy
- Modeled after the crime in Dark Days by Blaine DeLano, the second book in the Deann Dark series that spun off from The Hightower Chronicles
Loxie Flash^[4]
- Killed by a poisoned pomtini (martini flavored with pomegranate) at Screw U, an edgy, popular dance club
- Modeled after the crime in Dark Deeds by Blaine DeLano, the third book in the Deann Dark series that spun off from The Hightower Chronicles

A.E. Strongbow as author of Hot Blood, Cold Mind and many fan letters to Blaine DeLano^[5]
Chris Bundy, who picked up the mantle of fan letter writing in April, 2060, after the manuscript was returned unopened, presumably named for Ted Bundy, twentieth century serial killer^[5]
Jesse Oaks after that, presumably named for Stan K. Oaks, twenty-first century serial killer^[5]

Born and raised in Wilmington, DE, parents divorced in 2027, father relocated the same year and remarried six months later. Her mother was a seamstress who ran her own shop, Fit for You, established 2023.
When her mother remarried and relocated in 2036, she took over the shop management (her mother still owned it) until her mother closed it in 2059 and she moved to Brooklyn.
Her scenario for killing Eve was to lure her into an abandoned warehouse, where she would go in alone, without backup, without notifying anyone she’s pursuing a lead on a serial killer. Then she’d get the drop on Eve and kill her with her own weapon. Eve says that was a terrible plan.^[6]
She said “Strongbow” was because a strong bow is a lethal weapon.^[6]