On the morning of May 24th, 2004, 53-year-old Oki Kite, who everyone referred to by his middle

name, Hal, was a no-show for work at his Denver area engineering firm.

A series of phone calls would eventually lead to police performing a wellness check on

his townhouse in Aurora, Colorado, but what they found inside of Al's home would horrify

everyone in this community.

Hal Kite was a middle-aged bachelor who enjoyed the outdoors, who was known as a kind, warm,

and amiable person.

But the discovery of Al's body in the basement of his townhome, which he had been attempting

to find a new tenant for in the weeks before his death, led to numerous unanswered questions.

For starters, it was learned that Al's final hours had not been quick or painless.

For some unknown reason, this unidentified killer had managed to lure Al into the basement,

and there proceeded to hog tie and torture Al for several hours before finally killing

him.

It was then learned that this unknown individual had likely posed as a potential tenant,

and might have even planned on moving into Al's basement on the evening that Al was killed.

Yet this killer had left behind a very confusing puzzle in his wake.

He had somehow managed to avoid being directly seen by any of Al's neighbors or loved ones,

had supplied Al with fake information on his rental application, and had committed a number

of bizarre acts in and out of Al's home in an effort to confuse the investigators.

By all indications, this gruesome murder had been planned well in advance by this psychopath,

but the reasoning why would remain the most confusing part of this case for years to

come.

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