The Phantom (Paleocacherian serial killer)

The Phantom
An Taibhse
Born	Unknown Paleocacher
Nationality	Paleocacher
Other names	The Phantom
Employer	Paleocacherian Mafia (assumed)
Wanted by	Paleocacherian Department of Justice
Details
Victims	6 (known)
Span of crimes	2011–present
Country	Cospania Gjorka Groffenord New Gandor Paleocacher Reia

The Phantom (Eusazy: An Taibhse; pronounced: [an ˈt̪aiph.s̪ə]) is the pseudonym of an unidentified Paleocacherian serial killer who is known to have murdered six people in six different countries since 2011.

Murders

Confirmed murders

The first murder attributed to The Phantom took place in Liberty City, Paleocacher on 10 July 2011. Sixteen year-old Ellamay Dugan was abducted while biking home from school in the city's Bohan district. Her body was found the next morning in Bataraidh Park. Police investigating the murder found an hourglass pendant next to her body, but little physical evidence. Despite investigation numerous suspects and dozens of leads, the case went cold and was shelved in September 2011.

The second murder attributed to The Phantom was committed on 4 November 2012 in Iornbarron, New Gandor. An elderly man named Horation Clemms walking his dog was struck over the head with a rock in a city park. A witness reported a figure wearing dark clothing left the park shortly afterward. Police found an hourglass pendant at the crime scene, but the connection to the other homicides wasn't made until 2021.

The third known murder attributed to The Phantom occurred in Gjorka City, Gjorka on the night of June 23, 2016. Jeff Keiszler, a film actor and millionaire philanthropist was having work done on his manor house. The freshly repainted roof had a road flare thrown on it shortly after ten pm. The inflammable undercoat of paint that the work crew had applied to the house's roof burned quickly and in only a few minutes the entire structure burned to the ground with Keiszler inside of it. Investigators determined the cause of the fire was arson and they discovered an hourglass pendant left behind in the home's front yard.

A fourth murder attributed to the suspect took place in Tanjō, Reia on the 23rd of September 2019. A female escort, Shimabukuro Hanako, was found suffocated in a motel room in the city's Adachi district. The investigation determined she had been taken to the room by a middle aged man using the alias of Mr. Aries, dosed with melatonin and had a plastic bag placed over her head. An hourglass pendant was found in the motel room.

The fifth known murder attributed to the serial killer took place sometime between the 29th and 30th of January, 2021. On February 9th a Quebecshirite flagged sailboat was found adrift off the Paleocacherian territory of Nara Island. An investigation determined the boat, the Le Phoque, had a murder victim on board. The victim, a Quebecshirite man named Charles LeBorg had last been heard from on the 29th of January. He had been shot once in the head and an hourglass pendant was found on the boat. Based on the last sited location of the victim's boat it is believed to have been in international waters just outside of Groffenford's EEZ.

The sixth known murder was discovered on March 4th 2021. In Cispaltania, Cospania police found the body of a missing rideshare driver, Marius Acsandro who had been reported missing on March 2nd. His body was found in a duffel bag sunk in a lake outside the city. The authorities announced a ₤100,000 reward for information leading to the identification of the killer. An hourglass pendant was found inside the duffel bag with the body.

Current status of investigations

The international investigation wasn't begun until 2021, when Paleocacherian law enforcement discovered the body of 43 year old Quebecshirite bank manager Charles LeBorg aboard his sailboat, the Le Phoque. He had been shot in the back of the head with a .38 caliber revolver of Creeperian manufacture by Figueroa Arms. The murder was discovered on the ninth of February but had taken place on the 29th or 30th of January. The ten plus days of exposure to the elements degraded any physical evidence from the crime scene so all the authorities had to go on was the presence of an hourglass pendant. The hourglass pendant in question is a symbol of death and/or the afterlife in the Clovity religion, with one white side and one black side of the hourglass on a grey background. The presence of this pendant led the authorities to believe that the killer is Paleocacherian or had recently traveled to Paleocacher. Special Agent Franklin Dugan led the investigation. The presence of marks made by an axe or hatchet in the hull of the victim's boat suggest that the killer attempted to sink it but failed or was scared away. After speaking with the victim's family they reported that he last interacted with a Groffenordic fishing boat called the Phalanx. Witnesses aboard the Groffenordic fishing boat reported seeing the victim's boat tied up alongside a Hanabisihi motor yacht with three blue and three green stripes painted in a pattern along the hull. The Paleocacherian authorities put out an alert to TERRAPOL and to all coast guard agencies in the Kivu Ocean area. They also put out a request for information on murders where an hourglass pendant was found. The first murder to be linked to the LeBorg case was the case from Cospania that took place in the beginning of March.

Over the next several months homicide investigators from multiple different agencies corresponded on the incidences, finally culminating in an informal conference at TERRAPOL headquarters in Bostonia, Quebecshire on August 2nd 2021.

Murders committed

No.	Victim	Date	Location	Manner
1.	Ellamay Dugan	10 July 2011	Liberty City, Paleocacher	Unknown
2.	Unknown	4 November 2012	Iornbarron, New Gandor	Hit over head with a rock