n enhancer in the child’s drink before hypnosis.Rachel also told McEvoy of the ‘unknown substance’ found in the victim’s mouth. They suspected that this serial killer was using a condom to have sex with his victims and the lubrication from the condom was what was being found in their mouths. The field agents in Florida pieced together the first of the Poet’s homicides. The agents theorized that Poet knew Beltran. This was due to the location of the shotgun used to kill him. According to reports after his death the Smith and Wesson shotgun that detective Beltran swallowed was kept on a top shelf of a closet out of site. Another important fact that the agents found was that Beltran knew the young victim who’s homicide he was investigating at the time of his death through a local social services program called Best Pals. The agents theorized that Beltran could have been the boy’s molester, and that Beltran had also molested his killer, the Poet. From the beginning of the book The Poet, William Gladden a murderer and pedophile has been followed. Gladden served time with Horace the Hypnotist in Raiford, which brought out the possibility of Gladden killing both the child and the detectives. Gladden was arrested and then found to have killed a hotel maid, this brought some attention to himself in the Los Angeles area. During his arrest a digital camera was confiscated. The agents closed in on Gladden with the knowledge that he supports himself with the pictures of young children and possibly of the detectives, and that he would have to replace the camera. They set up a sting operation at the camera store where Gladden had ordered the camera. Jack McEvoy completely screwed the sting operation by bringing agent Thorson a cup of coffee into the camera store, while he was on watch for Gladden. Gladden, dressed as a woman, came to get the camera. As agent Thorson attempted to draw his weapon...
