It may be the beginning of August in Anchorage, Alaska but rain and mild temperatures persist throughout the forecast.Â
That rain was nearly the reason the search for Adam Breuer was called off -- the forests surrounding Anchorage were muddy and any chance of a scent trail had been lost. However, before the APD could call off the search, a local mushroom hunter stumbled across the body.Â
“He was so pale,” the man, who asked not to be identified, recalled to reporters. “I thought he was a mannequin at first, but then I turned him over and saw the-- the wound, I guess. And his face. His eyes were open. I recognized him from the flyers and I don’t know how, honestly. He looked so different. So... I don’t even know. Dead.”
The wound the man was referring to is suspected as the cause of death. A gaping hole in Breuer’s chest, deep enough to reach the heart. “Brutal,” was a word both the discoverer and the police could agree on. While the details have yet to be officially published, news has spread that wooden splinters were also found in the wound -- a detail that, while odd, would match the deaths of at least two others in the recent string of deaths in Anchorage. While police continue deny any connection, some have grown skeptical. Until we know more, we’ll just have to keep a watchful eye on our cloudy city.
-- The Anchorage Mirror
