KILLERS

The three young perpetrators who murdered HOUGHTON in 2016. They are approximately 20 years old and appear to be former children from Cornucopia house, likely seeking revenge.

The Three Perpetrators (THREES)

From Session 3 security footage:

three perps depicted:

• Cast:
  • MAN 1: rail-thin white man with tatoo on inner-right forearm of open-fanged mouth filled with black.
  • WOMAN: short black hair; her mouth has a lipring; ragged clothes, rainboots, army jacket
  • MAN 2: not so white, not so thin, deep scar on left hand that looks fresh

From Session 4 apartment footage:

12:09AM 8/18, early morning: 3 figures come up the stairs, matching the perps from the other video. All are ~20yo. (THREES)

two men walk up one staircase, woman walks up the other.

The Woman: ELLE GABLE

From Session 4:

prints from all three individuals, but only one shows up in the database:. ELLE GABLE, presumably the woman.

The prints hit because she had been brought to an event for the National Child Identification Database as a child.

• This was in Charlotte, NC.
• Brought by the King Torino Children's Refuge.
• She'd been housed in a children' home.
• She was 8 when the print was taken in 2005.
  • 4 when the shit went down in 2001.
• We aren't sure if she stayed at Cornucopia house.

Additional identification from Session 3:

later: camera flashes back on, WOMAN is looking directly at camera, smiling, lip ring, rotten crooked teeth, covered in sores, sunken eyes.

PUMA shoe logo on left side of neck.

raises hand right in front of camera, presenting 2 human teeth to camera.

Abduction of HOUGHTON

From Session 4:

• 12:12AM: HOUGHTON opens the door carrying black trashbag.
• Trashbag appears not to be super full.
• HOUGHTON wearing pajamas, no shoes.
• Appears very surprised to see the woman there.
• The two men begin striking HOUGHTON on the head with their fists.
• Drag HOUGHTON down the stairs.
• WOMAN walks into apartment, remains for 6 seconds, leaves with keychain.
• perps leave the door open; cat walks out. (ANIMALS)
• MEN waiting next to 1997 corolla, WOMAN opens the trunk with HOUGHTON's keychain, MEN load HOUGHTON into the trunk.
• 12:13AM: All drive off.

The Murder

From Session 3:

• 30 minute fast-fwd of WOMAN removing individual teeth from victim using pliers and matic.
  victim goes limp 20m in.
  They break victim's jaw to access molars.
  Teeth are gathered and pocketed
• victim regains consciousness, vomits blood; jaw hanging loose
• MAN 1 and MAN 2 hold victim as WOMAN drives screws into hands and right above left collarbone.
  victim goes completely limp.
  3 perps leave the scene.

Tools Used

From Session 4:

we notice that the weapons all have the name "KIM Seon-hu" and a phone number on the handles written in permanent marker. KIM Seon-hu does maintenance at the prison and has a rock-solid alibi. He's on CCTV at the prison doing maintenance work. In interview with staties, he says that the tool bucket he uses had gone missing the day before the murder. Police reviewed CCTV footage and saw that the bucket fell out of the back of a truck after KIM unloaded some bedframes. perps on footage grabbing the tools right before killing.

From Session 3:

Three bloody holes. (THREES)

presumably palms and heart. (THREES)

This is where the MD state troopers found her hangin.

Two screwdrivers and one chisel. (THREES)

Connection to Cornucopia house

• Age 20 in 2016 = age ~4-5 in 2001
• ELLE GABLE was 4 years old in 2001