Niles Renquist

Renquist, Niles – Chief of Staff

Appeared in Imitation in Death (September 4-12, 2059)

Personal Information

• Age: 38
• Hair: Blond
• Eyes: Sooty gray
• Address: Sutton Place
• Relationships: Pamela Renquist (wife of eight years); Rose (daughter); Lord Renquist (father); Sarah (sister)

Description

• British citizen with residences in London and New York and Chief of Staff for the United Nations delegate from Britain, Marshall Evans.
• According to Roarke he was conservative (almost stuffy), well-spoken, well-educated, a bit prissy; on the pompous and superior side.
• Tall with a good build; attractive enough with fair skin, fair hair, a prominent nose, and a high forehead.

History

• Born in London to a society debutante who was fourth cousin to the king on her mother’s side, and there was tons of money on her father’s side. The father, Lord Renquist, was a member of Parliament and a staunch conservative.
• Went to the Stonebridge School, then Eton, then Edinburgh University; served two years in the RAF and had a rank of captain.
• Had a younger sister, Sarah, in Australia; he used to physically abuse her when they were young.

Homicide Information

• Emulated serial killers from the past including Jack the Ripper, Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler), Ted Bundy, and Enrico Marsonini
• Left a note to “Lieutenant Eve Dallas, NYPSD” with every body.
  • Elegant cream-colored paper; thick, weighty, and expensive
  • Computer-generated fancy font script
  • Not recycled paper
  • Manufactured in Britain and was only available at a handful of outlets around Europe
  • One single sheet sold for twenty Euro a pop; the envelope sold for twelve
• Victims:
  • (Took trips to other cities where unsolved murders occurred); he killed a homeless woman in New L.A., LCs in Paris and London, and a woman in Boston.
  • Jacie Wooten
  • Lois Gregg
  • Marlene Cox (survived and identified him from a photo)
• He kept souvenirs from his victims.
• Intended to kill Katie Mitchell emulating Marsonini and Dallas using the MO of Peter Brent.

Interesting Facts

• Renquist had a number of former military on staff.
• Thomas Newkirk (former Captain with the RAF) was his personal assistant.
• Dallas thought he was a little amused by her questioning him.
• Fluent in Italian and French.
• Manipulated his daughter’s nanny (Sophia DiCarlo) into a sexual relationship.
• He used the name “Vincent Clarence” as an alias for the small apartment he rented at the edge of the Village. It was a play on his Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor, Lord of Clarence, who some credited with the Ripper murders of Whitechapel.