| abstract | - The Gulf Stream is a location in DEXTER. Following the discovery made by a scuba diving team in Season Two in the Bay Harbor, Dexter Morgan is forced to rethink his disposal methods in removing the corpse of the first new kill in awhile, Little Chino. As leaving bodies just hanging around at the bottom of the sea isn't a good plan anymore, Dexter bounces the idea off of Vince Masuka where the "Bay Harbor Butcher" would dispose of his victims since his "treasure trove" was found. Vince suggests the swamps in the Everglades (where they could be fed on by alligators), a terrain that was actually used by Dexter when he disposed of the remains of Mary the nurse and Juan Rinez, before he moved to using the Bay Harbor. Dexter mentions that the area would have considerable risk of being caught in the action, likely why Dexter opted for a new area in the Bay Harbor. He began investigating a new location and comes across the Gulf Stream, learning of the high speeds at which this deep-water current travels caught his attention. At night, Dexter takes his boat the Slice of Life to this location where he dumps each bag with a body part or parts into the ocean where they sink deep within the waters to be picked up by the current (triangulated by Dexter moving himself within GPS location of the current to be certain he's above it). Each bag is weighed down with rocks, so they don't float up or go off course remaining on path. According to Dexter, eventually each victim will end up somewhere in the North Atlantic and since that's a trail all the way down from Miami, there's no way to be certain where these victims come from unless positive IDs are eventually made for them. In addition, the victims are likely much harder to find and in more danger of being found by deep sea water life. So far the area has proven absolutely safe for Dexter and he has encountered no issues from law enforcement. However, he, together with Lumen Pierce, was spotted on the boat by Stan Liddy dumping the body parts of one of their victims here. This note however is disregarded, as Stan acts for his own interests and fails to mention any more details of the event to Joey Quinn. The slim chance that one of the victim's bodies washes up off of the current and is located by someone is rare, even then a single victim (they would need a hand) washing up on shore even if ID'd would not provide enough basis for a search to occur in Miami, the kill could have been made by anyone. With the Bay Harbor Butcher Investigation officially closed after the events of Season Two, potentially linking whatever body part that washes up would be impossible.
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