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Speculation is mounting that the attacker is a cab driver—or someone who travels for their job—as bodies with identical wounds have appeared in Edgware and Tottenham Hale, but clues are very limited. In a bid to prevent copycat killings, Rising won't reveal the killer's typical trademarks, other than the basic outline of the mutilations. "If the killer doesn't live in this area, we assume they have done in the past. They know this area well," she says.Another grim facet of the case, says Rising, is that the killer appears to enjoy watching the victim find his or her own murdered animal. "We knew they liked to leave the cats at the owner's doorstep—although they have got it wrong in many cases, which would suggest they have time enough to watch the cats leave a specific address."In another case, the killer may even have returned to move the body a second time. "We received a call from a lady in Thornton Heath who had found a tail and a leg of a cat," says Rising. "We asked her to take photos and to cover the scene to stop it being tampered with or children finding it. She did this, placing a green recycling tub over the body parts, and bin bags around it. When we arrived the parts were gone. They had definitely been there as the lady had a photo. There is no way an animal had taken them and put the bin and bags back exactly in the same place."We're offering a £5000 reward for information on the Croydon cat killer.— PETA UK (@PETAUK)January 17, 2016
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