The Killer Sapphire

INTRODUCTION

During all my time as a truth seeker (or “conspiracy theorist” if you want to be blunt), this has been the most work I ever had to put in an investigation. Something about it captivated me from the beginning and I knew I wouldn’t stop until I had gathered all of the information I physically could. When I started to dive into this story, back in 2011, I would’ve never imagined a bloody necklace would drag me into such a deep rabbit hole. The conclusions I have arrived at about this case, thus far, are based on web research, interviews and extensive historical research (plus a bit of hacking).

HOW IT STARTED

I can’t possibly explain to you what I believe the Killer Sapphire is without telling you first how I got dragged into this rabbit hole to begin with. Otherwise, you would probably find the notion ridiculous and dismiss everything else I’d have to say.

It began in 2011. If you live in England, or anywhere in Europe for that matter, you’ve probably heard about the Green Camps Killings that happened that year. If you haven’t, I’ll summarize it briefly. Don’t worry, we shall dive deeper into this particular story later. But all I knew then - and all you need to know now - is that a woman called Eileen Wolf, 35, was accused of killing three people who lived in Green Camps, just like herself. Eileen worked at the Green Camps Wax Museum, recently opened in town, at the time. According to the press, she knew all three victims personally. The first one was a woman who was engaged to Eileen’s brother, Christian Wolf. The second one was the woman’s brother. The third one was a police officer involved in the investigation of her previous killings. By the time the police got to Eileen, she was already in the process of taking her own life by jumping from a bridge into a river. Her body was missing, but specialists assured everyone that she could not possibly have survived.

At the time, I wasn’t interested in looking deeper into the situation. It didn’t really get my attention, specially being so buried in work as I was. However, I would lose my job soon after, so I had a lot of time in my hands. I was spending a good portion of it with an old friend who works in art restoration. Let's call him "Bob". He was telling me about this rich family who hired him and other two people to restore some old family paintings: the Atwoods. I was able to spend some time in his studio during the restoration process and it was quite fascinating. It was like the portrait was turning back in time.

When the restoration was finally complete I wasn’t present, but he invited me over to see the result of the first one. It was the portrait of Agnes Catherine Atwood. When I saw it, I couldn’t help but feel there was something oddly familiar about it. I know I had never seen that portrait before in my life, but I couldn’t shake that feeling.

The next day, I was doing some cleaning with the TV on and they talked about the Green Camps Killings in the news again. Naturally, they showed pictures of Eileen Wolf. And that’s when I realised why I had found the portrait Bob was restoring familiar. One of the images shown of Miss Wolf depicted her in a party or social event of some sort. I saw it instantly. She was wearing the exact same sapphire necklace Agnes Atwood was wearing in her portrait. I didn’t know what to think of it. That just felt weird. Not even three months had passed since that alleged killer jumped to her death, and suddenly a friend of mine is hired to restore a painting depicting the same jewelry she was wearing. It was such an odd coincidence, I kept thinking of it during the day. At night, I messaged Bob telling him about it. He found it strange too, but didn’t seem too bothered by it.

Well, I was intrigued as hell. That is why I tried doing some research on Eileen Wolf to know if her or her family had any connection to the Atwoods. But, of course, since Miss Wolf was an ordinary person before her killing spree began, Google searches didn’t take me very far. I also didn’t care about insisting too much, at the time.

Still, I kept visiting Bob’s studio as he continued to work on the Atwood portraits. The second painting was of Agnes’ father, Silas Atwood. There was nothing out of the ordinary in his portrait and, by that point, I confess I began to think I was being silly. Maybe Eileen Wolf’s necklace wasn’t even the same one. Maybe it was a cheap replica, at most. And even if it was the same one, so what? It didn't even mean anything. At least at that moment it didn't. I was starting to think all of that was just a very curious coincidence.

Then, Bob revealed the third and final portrait. That was the portrait of Katrina Atwood, Agnes' mother. Even with the damage, I could already see it. There was the pendant again. Still, I wasn’t too excited about that. It was obvious that the necklace was a family heirloom, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary that Agnes would also pose wearing her mother’s necklace.