Burke, Leah
Appears in Ritual in Death; (c. May 2060)[1]
Personal Information
- DOB: c. 2012
- Age: 48
- Hair: Brunette
- Relationships: Divorced, one daughter (deceased)
- Occupation: Nurse practitioner at the West Side Health Clinic
History
- She is divorced and had one daughter who was killed by a drunk driver while crossing the street.
- Leah graduated from Columbia Medical School, put in ten years at the free clinic in Alphabet City, took five years as a professional mother, and worked another two years in Alphabet City. After her daughter was killed she took a year off then went back to work at the West Side Health Clinic.[2]
- She's been at the clinic for the last six years.[3]
Homicide Information
- Victims
- Brian Trosky
- Brian was drugged and hypnotized to assist the Asant Group and then to forget what he had done or else suffer pain. When his pain became too great, he used a hammer and caved in his own head.[4]
- Ava Marsterson
- Ava and Jackson Pike were drugged, without their consent, at the clinic then taken to the Roarke Palace Hotel where the group ate, drank, had sex, and murdered Ava (there were thirteen members of the group) as an offering to the One (Lucifer).[5] The ritual murder of Ava Marsterson was supposed to be a gift, a celebration of Silas Pratt's birthday; his "rebirth in the One."[6]
- Brian Trosky
- Additional charges are kidnapping, two counts, rape, inducing chemicals without consent or knowledge, including illegals.[7]
Interesting Facts
- She has a house in the Caribbean.[8]
- When asked why she brought Leah in, Dallas answered, "She cried."[9] Eve threatened to hurt Leah, in Interview, and gave her a chance to confess and be charged only with Murder Two and incarceration on-planet.[10]
- She confessed, said Silas Pratt cut Ava's throat and named a dozen names. Leah said that during the ritual, she could 'hear' Ava screaming in her head.[11]
References
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 43; Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 8 (Ritual in Death takes place days after Salvation in Death.)
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 48
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 48
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 43, 78, 79
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 78, 79, 84
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 76-78
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 80
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 72, 73
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 74
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 75
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 76, 77, 79