LFER Operative Found Dead in Hotel Room, Police Say

Janitor who discovered the body is now arrested and charged with murder
 
BROOKLYN (AP) — An LFER Operative, Samuel Cominksy, under a protective custody arrangement, was found dead of decapitation in a Motel 6 hotel room located on Utica Ave and Winthrop Street early on Sunday morning, June 22nd.
 
Video footage made available to the Associated Press show that Rosario Gutierrez, a member of housekeeping staff, was the last person to enter the room moments after Mr. Cominsky entered the room at 8:07PM. Ms. Gutierrez then left the room at 8:11PM.
 
The following morning, Ms. Gutierrez can be seen entering the room again at 10:07AM after which she hurriedly leaves and returns to the front desk where she calls the authorities, reporting Mr. Cominksy’s death.
 
Though Ms. Gutierrez denies the allegations, authorities quickly located Mr. Cominsky’s head in the trash bag of Ms. Gutierrez’s janitorial cart. A murder weapon has not been recovered, but video footage and physical evidence tying Mr. Cominsky’s death to Ms. Gutierrez seem to be overwhelming.
 
Paul Garcia from the King County District Attorney’s Office spoke about the grisly murder at a press conference this morning that was planned to include a commemoration of the NYC Blackouts two years ago.
 
“We have incontrovertible evidence that Ms. Gutierrez is responsible for the gruesome gang-style killing of Samuel Cominsky. My office will be pursuing the harshest punishment available under the law.”
 
This is a developing story. We will update as the situation develops.

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Once she was far enough away from the hotel, Layna found an unmonitored alleyway and — after inhaling and exhaling deeply — changed into the form and likeness of a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk around the corner. She emerged from the alleyway and began walking back to the Pharmacy.
 
Only ten paces from the alleyway, Layna was startled by someone tapping on her shoulder; she stopped and turned around to find a gloved hand protruding from thin-air, holding a letter with a deep purple colored wax seal bearing the number “37”.
 
The letter contained a typed message organized in verse:
 
There is a narrow path that leads
To life beyond the veil
Where Mother smiles eternally
Awaits her little girl
 
Before you now a moment comes
To join the one you yearn
Obey my words and in due time,
The Hollow you will earn.
 
At the bottom of the letter, a handwritten note concluded the mysterious missive:
 
You are quite nearly untraceable. Levels above me call you a maven of human shape and form. So that’s what we call you, “Maven”. We’ll meet soon. — J
 
Layna was struck by the strangeness of the moment — not afraid, but curious. Desperate even. Her father’s lasts words were “Find your mother in The Hollow” and now, two years later, this mysterious letter promised that she would earn entrance into the Hollow if she followed their instructions…? Whose instructions?
 
In the coming weeks, more letters would come — delivered by an invisible person with a gloved hand. Layna didn’t even know who she was working for, but she wanted to meet her mother so badly that she obeyed.