Since local law enforcement officials had no way of connecting these crimes against women, and were unaware of the crimes in foreign countries, many of them referred to the man as a Person of Interest. Some officials questioned if it was only one man committing these crimes because the modus operandi continued to change from woman to woman. The name used by the suspect also changed from woman to woman, heightening the multiple suspect hypothesis. The nature of the crimes was evolving, with some of the victims never actually seeing the perpetrator. Not being able to describe the suspect, led some agencies to question if the crime actually occurred, thus impugning the victim's validity.
The description of the Person of Interest varied to the point that the multiple perpetrator hypothesis gained support. The only common denominator in his physical description was that he was tall. Another baffling aspect of the numerous cases was the Person of Interest had access to a new exotic drug that law enforcement was referring to as a compliance drug. It was far more sophisticated that any drug available that merely made the women unconscious. The women remained cognizant, acting normally, but were susceptible to the Person of Interest's suggestions. This exotic drug allowed the Person of Interest to leave a bar or restaurant with the victim, with no one suspecting anything was amiss. In the past, the military had attempted to develop such a drug for use in combat, but had been unsuccessful. Who could produce such a drug?
The Person of Interest had the financial wherewithal to travel worldwide, with victims as far south as the Lesser Antilles, as far east as Accra in Africa and from New York to Seattle in the US. He confused not only the victims, but also law enforcement, by leaving sums of money with each woman. Local law enforcement was reluctant to request help from the FBI because each crime appeared to be an isolated incident and not of a serial nature. But there was common ground where the victims were concerned: all between twenty-five and forty years old, all somewhere between attractive and stunningly beautiful, and none of the women had children. Would enough evidence ever be gathered where the Person of Interest became a suspect?
