Louis Vullion

The maddog is a psychotic killer, as the book opens. He is originally from East Texas where his first victim was a high school classmate who had offended him. In his second year of law school in Dallas, he killed a hooker, his second victim. The maddog is a meticulous planner who tries to perfect his techniques with each killing. As a lawyer in the Twin Cities, he studies various murder investigations and further develops his techniques.

He associates sexual pleasure with killing since he experienced his first orgasm as a child when he was torturing and killing squirrels. As he grows older, the killings take on a more intellectual thrill. He is playing a game against the police and is certain that he can't be caught. Louis saves the newspaper stores and tapes some of the television coverage. He is basically obsessed by the press coverage...