ancientevilvorsoason t1_j5o2dvu wrote
Wait, why would he kill you? You already told the cops. You don't need to worry any further. He has no reason to kill you. He wanted to kill you to prevent you from telling the cops. Since you already did, you are not at more risk than others. You are at less risk since if you die, the police would know it was him. You are an extremely bad target for him. You will be fine.
w00tewa t1_j5pez0y wrote
Not necessarily. Right now OP is the only person connecting Serge to the crime. He is the only witness. If he dies, Serge has an opportunity to spin it around and claim that it was OP who killed Paul. OP's motive? Self defense, because Paul attacked him because he thought he was sleeping with Jess. Serge can then claim that he himself was the only witness and that OP tried to frame him, but got cold feet and then commited suicide out of guilt. Jess can probably verify that Paul suspected that she was having an affair with OP, which makes the lie very believable.
RagicalUnicorn t1_j5pj8gt wrote
Nah, too much other evidence. The truth drug would still be in Paul's system, others knew of the knife, OP would have called the cops mediately whilst Serge disappeared, DNA and blood all over the place except on op, possibly still a knife sticking out Paul's heads with Serges fingers on it, and the biggest thing is a quick cross check of suspicious deaths in New Mexico while Serge was stationed there.
That slam dunk is so hard the back board would shatter.
All Serge would do in killing op is risk being caught and getting more years.
w00tewa t1_j5pl7ia wrote
You're onto something but are we sure that OP never touched the knife? If he did, even with Serges finger prints on it, Serge could spin it around and say either that it was his knife but that 1) he handed it to OP earlier because OP wanted to check it out, or 2) it was on the table and OP grabbed it.
Do we know when OP called the cops? I doubt he ran straight to the police. Most likely he went home, probably told his family what happened or even tried to get them to come with him to the car so they could leave town ASAP. When in danger you always think of the people you need to protect first. It's rare that people remain focused and logical during these situations. But if he did go to the police immediately, it's still important that they actually did draw blood to determine that the drug was in his system at the moment of his confession. If they didn't, there's no proof, and it might be too late to have it tested now. Their best bet is to get a strand of hair tested because drugs can usually be detected in hair far longer than blood or saliva.
The amount of deaths Serge committed to isn't alarming and wouldn't raise eyebrows unless OP was able to give a detailed description of them. Such as exact time and location, and what the victims looked like.
ancientevilvorsoason t1_j5q850h wrote
Except you are forgetting that he admitted to THREE killings while in the army. This makes it a JAG matter and that means that it gets kicked up the ladder right away making it a priority since he also killed another soldier. Even this confirmation of a death while S was present in the particular base absolutely makes it sure that he has a lot bigger issues than just the police.
As I said, if S has not left the country, which I believe he has, going after out protagonist is very unlikely. Basically there are multiple instances in which S becomes a suspect, which means that looking over existing evidence increases the chance of evidence being found for which our protag is not needed at all.
Basically the SMARTEST line of action is if S makes sure our protag is in a great health and alive. Otherwise it would make it even worse for himself. In an ironic turn of fate, this makes it almost 0 likely that S would go after him.
RagicalUnicorn t1_j5s3cra wrote
The knife could be verified through receipts, bank records, or third party witness accounts of it being his knife. You are also avoiding the fact that he would have been covered in blood.
Like I said, the drug would be in Pauls body, and they would verify this story more by going to the lab and talking to the tech who would be able to not only give them samples of the substance to cross check, but confirm whether or not Paul had taken any.
Regardless of when they contacted the police, they did. Personally I have been in a few emergency and life threatening circumstances, and though not everyone is going to react the same, I believe I am not alone in wanting to contact authorities asap. I would not be leading a possible serial killer back to my family home.
Why are you being so flippant about a bunch of murders that are easily going to be verifiable? Wouldn't raise eyebrows? Mate, murdering one person gets a big ol raised eyebrow from 99% of the population. Those murders not only leads credence to OP's story, but shows a pattern by Serge for violence and murder. That is a massive piece of evidence.
You are ignoring all the actual evidence to speculate (please never get into law enforcement), including the biggest factor that Serge has fled the scene and is not making any of the arguments you are stating. What's his story going to be exactly? "Yeah so after I saw OP murder Paul I was super stressed so went on a long camping trip to unwind but HERES WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!", that's gonna hold up in court about as well paper umbrella in a hurricane.
If Serge is smart, and wants to continue his life of knife partyin, he is long gone and not going to come back, OP is safe and definitely not going to be accused of this murder.
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Mooreeloo t1_j6bgjbz wrote
Also, if people in labs are making truth serums, it's not too crazy to assume the FBI has their own dose, just give one to either Serge or OP and get them to talk about what happened, case closed.
Unlikely-Rutabaga110 t1_j5qhood wrote
he would do it out of spite, at this point he's basically lost everything already
ancientevilvorsoason t1_j5qi3du wrote
But he mentioned he doesn't want to kill him at all since he is an old friend and why would he kill him out of spite, when it wasn't his fault? No, S is a smart killer, an opportunist, this doesn't fit the character.
Unlikely-Rutabaga110 t1_j5qreov wrote
well later on he says "I'm going to kill you" while still influenced by the serum, just because he didn't want the serum didn't mean he wasn't going to
ancientevilvorsoason t1_j5t5ci0 wrote
In order to prevent him from going to the police.
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