Chapter 12, One of Our Own Summary and Analysis

Judson Ray is a special agent in the Atlanta field office while the ATKID case is being investigated. Ironically, the FBI agent is almost killed by his wife. Douglas and Ray become aware of each other through a letter from the "Forces of Evil" that threatens to kill a black woman in retaliation for the six elderly white women killed in Columbus, Georgia by the Stocking Strangler who is suspected to be black. The letter on stolen military stationery from Chicago also threatens to double the number of victims if the Strangler is not caught by specific dates. This group of seven white men threatens to act as the vigilante Forces of Evil to extract ransom and retaliation if the brutal killer is not caught. Jud Ray is a black police officer and...