Detective Sarah Marshall stared at the bloody handprint on the church door, wondering why the killer had chosen this place. Rain poured relentlessly against the stained glass windows while lightning illuminated the grotesque scene that awaited them inside the sanctuary. Medical Examiner Torres knelt beside the altar, examining the priest's body, which had been carefully arranged like Jesus on the cross. The victim's hands were meticulously pierced with ornate golden pins, and his white collar was stained crimson with still-wet arterial blood. "This isn't random," Marshall whispered to her partner, Detective Chen, as they observed the methodical placement of religious artifacts around the body.