[Trigger warning: Please tread carefully. The video speaks of violent sexual abuse. If you are not comfortable with it, please skip.]
The notepad was ready and Nash and I sat together, prepared to watch this horrifying tape.
"Don't worry. They are already tracking the IP address from which the live stream is being done," he said.
I sucked in a deep breath before pressing play.
"Hello there, bitch. Are you comfortable right now? I doubt it." The man speaking sounded like he was in his late forties to early fifties. The rumble of his voice and the slow, almost amused way he addressed the captive female was disconcerting.
But the way he stopped and spoke made it sound like he had said this speech over and over again, but he still hadn't lost the pleasure of telling his victim exactly what was happening.
This was the initiation.
So far, a woman in her twenties could be seen on the frame.
I listened to tapes of various serial killers to come up with this. It was not a fun time. I'm sorry for the evil people on the planet.