Custer, Ned
Mentioned in Strangers in Death (Tuesday, March 18, 2060 – Saturday, March 22, 2060)
Personal Information[]
- Description: Baxter described him as a blue-collar asshole, pissing it away on cheap brew and loose women with a nice wife and a couple of cute kids at home.[1]
- Age at TOD: 38
- Height: 5 feet, 9 inches (175.26 cm)
- Relationships: Suzanne Custer (wife); Todd (son); Maizie (daughter)
- Occupation: Building Maintenance for an office building downtown
Description[]
- He was a player and screwed around regularly, cruising bars and clubs once or twice a week to score – usually paying for it.[1]
- He liked sex fast, rough, and cheap.[2]
Homicide Information[]
- TOD: 1:30 a.m.
- He had his throat slashed and his penis sliced off in a rent-by-the-hour flop down on Avenue D. He went in with a red-headed woman nobody remembered, and nobody remembered seeing her leave.[3]
- He was sliced once from behind and still alive when his penis was cut off. There was no blood trail and no trace of blood in the bathroom.[4]
- Case Number: HC-20913.[5]
- Ava followed Ned for a few nights and studied his habits and routines. She picked Ned up in a bar and went to the flop where she went to the bathroom and dressed in a suit like what doctors wear. She told Ned to turn around and close his eyes and, when he did, she came up behind him and cut his throat. Cutting off his penis was a symbol.[6]
Interesting Facts[]
- Baxter and Trueheart caught Ned’s case a couple of months ago (c. January) and it was stalled.[7]
- Suzanne knew he was cheating on her. He also beat her.[1]
- Just Sex was a sex shop where Ned made several purchases in the six months before his murder. He made multiple purchases of a product marketed as Hard-on as well as various sexual aids and toys; cock rings, probes, textured condoms, and vibrators.[8]
- Since Ned’s murder, Suzanne was better off financially.[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 34
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 146
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 33, 146
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 34-35
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 304
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 314-315
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 33
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 286
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 288