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  1. NEWS • Crime Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • June 4th, 2022 - 00:30am Snuff-film survivors speak out; the two tales of Alexis and Claire After surviving a horrific ordeal at the hands of a local killer in the Los Santos County area, two survivors – dubbed Alexis and Claire – share their contrasting stories, and show the ways their strengths aided them during and after. Vinewood - Yunisa Delgado-Flores, June 1st 2022 EDITOR'S NOTE: There is an editorial regarding this article. Over the past six months, a killer, whose identity remains unknown to the Daily, has been producing snuff films and so-called “torture porn” throughout Los Santos County for their blog. The killer has been known to target female law enforcement officers and women from West Vinewood, dedicating a large portion of their online blog to stalking the denizens of the district. The killer has been known to break into people’s homes and slaughter them, both as they sleep and as they are awake. He’s also kidnapped women to carry out his crimes in more discrete locations. Throughout his break-ins and kidnappings, he documents the crime through either photographs or videos. All of which are uploaded to his blog. His blog shall not be shared on the Los Santos Daily News’ website, neither shall any of his photographs. Alexis, a survivor of one of these break-in and the subject of one of their videos, recounts her harrowing experience to the Daily. Much details about Alexis' life remains confidential for her own personal safety, however we can disclose that she is a citizen of Los Santos with a well-paying job. “I was just standing in my apartment, I was getting ready to head out and I had my back turned to the door. This guy with a mask and [a] bulky swamp-like colored jacket comes in. [He] smashes my head with a pole or something “He took pictures of me, called himself an ‘artist’.” The killer brands themselves as a photographer on their blog, yet doesn’t delve into his self-described art further than that. The blog consists of shots of: police officers, detectives, deputies, Vinewood-based bikers, and models from afar; photos taken during break ins into people’s homes – one of which showing the homeowner sleeping during the break-in; a very small amount of shots of Los Santos skylines and locales; and gruesome photographs of the aftermath of their brutal and savage assaults. In two videos he has uploaded onto his blog, one of which includes Alexis, he orders the women involved to pose for them in various positions. He repeatedly claims that they will be ‘stars’ throughout the videos. “He stabbed me with this pole in the knee” Alexis owes her ongoing recovery to a strong support circle and, after intensive physiotherapy and corrective surgery, she is stronger than ever. “The people I surround myself with really make that difference”, Alexis shared when asked about how she currently feels. “How I was feeling then, and now mentally, isn't different. It's just a tad better than before. “I just want the relief to know the guy's caught. Before he hurts someone else.” As Alexis recovers, she stated her plans to start her own company. The details of what her company would be remains confidential for the sake of Alexis’ privacy. The blog has gained traction online and it has amassed a number of like-minded followers, some of which left comments in support of their actions. These comments include “Yes brother, cleanse the world”, “I know several stupid w--res who could do with an artistic visit” and, after a hiatus, “We're expecting more from you! C'mon!” It’s theorized by a local crime expert that the killer isn’t working alone, and there is at least one other person working with them. The killer's alleged vehicle, a rusted blue Yagua. - Ashton Love, Paradise. Another survivor goes by the name of Claire. Claire is a Los Santos native, raised in Hawick, Vinewood and now local of Mission Row. She’s an example of the type of people this killer targets; the vulnerable. Throughout her adult life, after running away from an abusive home, she says that she has had a constant battle with addiction. According to Claire, the killer kidnapped her as she was leaving the apartment they were staying at. In their rusted blue Yagoua, they took Claire to an undisclosed location and forced her to pose for his snuff film. As was the case for Alexis, the killer repeatedly told Claire that his work would make her a star. “Crowbar in hand, he cut open the ties, removed my blindfold and took photos of me, saying I was going to be a star. A f---ing star.” From Claire’s report, the killer saw themselves as some twisted Bond-esque villain. Reportedly “humming classical music” as he tormented her by making her pose for his camera. After she complied with his orders to the word, the killer savagely beat her with, according to Claire, the intent of killing her. “I just felt each blow.”, Claire described, talking about her attack. “I couldn't control it. started crying. but I stayed awake. Eventually his old van pulled off after he was done. “But I was alive. I'm sure I would be dead if I wasn't on heroin.” Claire, throughout the ordeal, said that she was under the effects of heroin. She injected the drug prior to leaving her apartment. Claire claims that, due to the numbing effects of her high, she was able to withstand the pain of each blow. She managed to stay awake until an ambulance came searching for her presumed dead body. “The ambulance he called to find my dead body drove past, and I screamed at it. I mean screamed. I think it heard me and it stopped. I tried standing. managed to walk a step or two before collapsing into a deputy’s and a paramedic's arms” “Then I was out.” Claire, after the ordeal, spent a month within Pillbox Medical Centre to recover. She was promptly questioned by law enforcement officials. She was under the effects of withdrawal medication alongside a number of other medicinal drugs to treat her injuries. During her stay within the infirmary, she gained a passion for writing. “I wrote a blog while I was in there. posted it, but I'd rather that stay out there for people to find on their own. [It] was cathartic I guess. A piece on addiction. “The lack of support for anything and anyone.” Many states throughout the United States have some form of survivor assistance program for those who suffer from violent crimes. Oregon has the Crime Victim and Survivor Services, Texas’ attorney general’s office has the Crime Victims’ Compensation program, New York has the Office of Victim Services. The state of San Andreas, nor the city of Los Santos, has no program that offers support to victims of violent and traumatic acts as of this article’s publishing date. Claire, when leaving the care of Pillbox, didn’t have the benefits of Alexis. She went back to the street. The lack of such a program is partly attributed to the Los Santos City Government’s struggle to search for a director of the Department of Health and Humans Services. A job posting was listed on February of this year and, as of writing this article, remains open. The Daily News reached out to the Los Santos city government’s communications director on June the 1st to question the difficulties that they have faced in their hunt for a director of DHHS via email. In response, the communications director noted how the LS city government hasn’t received many applicants for the role. “A PR campaign will be established in order for us to find a suitable candidate for the position of Interim Director of Health and Human Services, as we haven't had many applicants for the position in a long while. We are limited in such aspects due to the sole fact that applicants are nonexistent.” The government noted how, after finding a director of DHHS, the department’s next project would be to revive the B.J. Smith Community Centre; a hub for information, employment, societies and support for those living in the south central region. The job posting can be found at the following link. While there isn't a governmental body specifically dealing with victim support, nor any program offered by the Department of Health and Human Services, the District's Attorney Office of Los Santos County offers the Victim Restitution Program. From it's web page, it describes itself as "an extrajudicial process that helps victims of [c]rime and their families obtain financial assistance for losses incurred as a result of crime and is not governed by state statute." For people to be eligible for the program, they must meet the eligibility requirements. The requirements include that the crime was violent in nature, the perpetrator was found guilty or pleaded guilty in their trial, and the victim cooperated fully with law enforcement. Violent crimes are defined as the following; homicides, any level of battery, kidnapping, torture, human trafficking, armed robbery, rape, statutory rape, sexual battery, hit and run, firearm discharges that result in injuries or loss of property. Once the killer is tried, and if they are found guilty for or plead guilty to their crimes against Claire and Alexis, they both may be eligible to receive compensation for their injuries. More can be read on this program at the following link. Pillbox Medical Center,- Alan Kim. May 15th, 2022. 11:12PM Claire, after her stay in Pillbox Medical Centre, kept up the hobby of her own blogging. The blogging bred from the monotony of the rest she had to take as a part of her recovery, according to Claire. “Even then I barely ever saw a nurse after the first day. That's why I got to writing, took some photos once I got out and posted it.” Under her request, the Daily News will not share a link to her blog. Both Claire and Alexis were both offered witness protection by law enforcement. However, they both refused it for respective personal reasons. The identity of the killer is known by law enforcement, and they intend to reveal as much details about this killer’s identities and to answer any and all questions in a press conference at a later date. Editor's Note: 08/06/2022. 11:10am Within this article, we made a claim that the city government of Los Santos nor the state government of San Andreas offered a victim support program. While this remains true, where neither of these governmental bodies offered such a program, the phrasing and the article's tone as a whole made it seem that San Andreas and Los Santos County did not have such a program in place across all of it's governmental bodies. Upon further research, this is not the case, and was missed due to an oversight. The Los Santos County District Attorney's Office offers such a program. The following paragraphs has been added: Comments are enabled: * The phrases "Allison7521" and "allison7521.weebly.com" have been blacklisted. 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