Alarion finds what he thinks is the first occurrence like this from some 9 years ago. The reports read much like the ones in later years -- the crimes are reported individually, with no hint of connection to each other except for the proximity in time, and also it is noted now that the killings are perpetrated in the same order each time: first the wench is slain, then the ne'er-do-well, thiefly type, and then the clergyman. And another oddity is noticed, too: the killings always occur immediately following a severe winter storm, when it is extremely, hideously cold in Lauralie Summerhome, fit for neither man, woman, elf, nor dwarf to be out exposed to the weather.
OOC: Maybe you should talk to the priest again? He seemed to enjoy telling you stories, maybe you can glean some glimmer of a clue from them?