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project?" asked Kirkland.
    "Women began learning that they could avoid the gas chamber if they begged him for sex which he eagerly indulged in. He still had them killed anyway. Along with the ones who didn't offer him sex, usually the younger girls. Those were the ones he took special pleasure in raping." Roberts paused for a moment. "Later, when he came to Auschwitz the raping didn't stop, he continued at the same time having an affair with one of the women guards, Irma Grese. She took revenge by strangling the girls with their own hair." Roberts sounded as if he was reciting a biography, James thought.  
    "If I'm not mistaken, wasn't it against the law for Germans to have sex with Jews?" asked Kirkland.
    Roberts nodded.
    "Then why would a Nazi want to have sex with a race of women he hated?"
    "Rape is a act of violence, not affection detective," said Roberts.
    "This frail old man?" quizzed James.
    "This frail old man is a sadistic fiend!" said Roberts pointedly.
    "He's been on the Mossad's most wanted list for the last 60 years. His fingerprints came up instantly when I ran them through the system," explained Stillwell.
    James mind was a whirlwind of confusion.  
    "You sure about this, Bobby? You're sure this old man is a Nazi, who's been on the run for the better part of the twentieth century?"  
    Roberts slowly walked over and looked into the face of the old man. An old man whose hands were now bound together with barbed wire and a knotted electrical cord tied around his neck.  
    "It's him," said the doctor.
    "How do you know?" asked Kirkland.  
    "I think this says it all," said Roberts.
    Kirkland's stomach turned as he saw the doctor unbutton his shirt cuff and roll up his sleeve, revealing a faded blue numerical tattoo.  
    "You were there?"
    "From 1942 until I was moved to Auschwitz in 1944."
    "Jesus, I'm sorry none of us had a clue," apologized James. Roberts nodded his acceptance.  
    "You realize Tom, I can't proceed with the autopsy."
    "Why not?"
    "Because of who he is, we have to notify the FBI, State Department, and the German Embassy, just for starters."
      Kirkland's head was still swimming from the twist the events had just taken.  
    "You just became an international celebrity Tom."
    "Great this is all I need. A case with no answers, weird serial killer kind of murders and on top of that the guy has to be a Nazi war criminal," lamented James.
    Stevens face contorted into an expression of curious puzzlement as he began placing Amanda Carlyle's clothing into an evidence bag when something metal fell from her handbag, clanging against the cold tile floor. Wayne reached down and picked it up.
    "Uh, guys, I think things just got a little more complicated," said Stevens as he held up a blood soaked straight razor.
    "Where did that come from?" asked James.
    "Inside her purse. That's not all, I think I also found what it was used on." Stevens held aloft something that was also blood soaked. The men slowly closed the gap between Wayne and themselves.  
    "Is that what I think it is?" asked Kirkland.
    "I do believe it is, Mr. Kirkland," said the doctor.
    The five men looked at one another and then at the dead corpse of Hermann Kritzler. "Wayne, slide down Mr. Kritzler's trousers," said Roberts.  
    The men gathered around the steel table holding the old Nazi's body. Within seconds, Stevens had done as ordered, and they could see a deep maroon stain on the old mans boxers. Stevens looked at Roberts. The doctor nodded the signal to continue. Stevens pulled at the stained boxers, a universal gasp emanated from the witnesses. Roberts smirked as he looked at the Nazi's pelvic area, which was now void of his manhood.  
    "No more heil Hitler's for this guy."
    "Looks like there is justice after all doc," said Kirkland.
    "Justice Mike? This monster manages to get away with raping girls, murdering thousands, and live well into the next century. Why now? Why wasn't he executed 60 years ago, with all the other Nazi slime?"