My story takes place in modern (2013) Texas.
At the very beginning of the story, a preacher is murdered on a college campus by a former professor of Philosophy who worked there. My Main Character and his four friends witness the murder, but after an arrest was made, the murderer somehow never made it to the police station.
The main character finds a list of seventeen names in an abandoned church while they're investigating (they have sufficient clues to go there), two of which had already been murdered in the last two days.
MC's car and phone are stolen. Killer uses the phone to lure MC's ex-girlfriend and another friend to the park, where one is killed, but the other escapes.
After a police report is filed, they go back to the park to get the ex-girlfriend's truck back, and find the other friend, dead.
This makes three total murders.
Later the Main Character is abducted and taken (possibly across state lines, not sure yet) to a small building that acts as a jail cell.
The killer, and a couple dozen others, live together as a commune, but it's really more of a "sustainable community" where they grow their own food and live off the land.
There's much more to the story, but my question is this: Given that there are multiple murders, an abduction, and the possibility of more murders coming, surely the FBI would get involved at this point right?
The inspiration behind this story is the Waco Seige - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege
I'm very much a novice at crime related story-writing. I've done some research already, but I would love someone who is more knowledgeable to give me any advice/guidance on this story.
At the very beginning of the story, a preacher is murdered on a college campus by a former professor of Philosophy who worked there. My Main Character and his four friends witness the murder, but after an arrest was made, the murderer somehow never made it to the police station.
The main character finds a list of seventeen names in an abandoned church while they're investigating (they have sufficient clues to go there), two of which had already been murdered in the last two days.
MC's car and phone are stolen. Killer uses the phone to lure MC's ex-girlfriend and another friend to the park, where one is killed, but the other escapes.
After a police report is filed, they go back to the park to get the ex-girlfriend's truck back, and find the other friend, dead.
This makes three total murders.
Later the Main Character is abducted and taken (possibly across state lines, not sure yet) to a small building that acts as a jail cell.
The killer, and a couple dozen others, live together as a commune, but it's really more of a "sustainable community" where they grow their own food and live off the land.
There's much more to the story, but my question is this: Given that there are multiple murders, an abduction, and the possibility of more murders coming, surely the FBI would get involved at this point right?
The inspiration behind this story is the Waco Seige - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege
I'm very much a novice at crime related story-writing. I've done some research already, but I would love someone who is more knowledgeable to give me any advice/guidance on this story.
