The Axe

One final suspect was william sfield. He had been suspected in two other murders prior to valiska, which didn't help his case. No prints were found, suggesting a killer who was worried about being identified by prison records. In the end, though, mansfield was able to provide an alibi. His name was apparently on the pay roll records for a business several hundred miles away. The axe is about as iconic as it gets. Some of the oldest man made tools that scientists have discovered are hand axes. Their vicious arc is the stuff of nightmares. And for the moore family, those nightmares became real.