Santa's Cottage

Santa's Cottage is a location in Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER.

It's a small, Christmas-themed area set up on a boardwalk. It turns into a roped-off crime scene when The Ice Truck Killer leaves body parts wrapped up as presents under a Christmas tree.

Location
Biscayne Mall

Miami, FL

Description
It has North Pole setting, complete with fake falling snow and little people dressed as elves. There are surrounding palm trees which look out of place.

Season One

 * “Truth Be Told”

Two quarreling “elves” are questioned by Sgt. James Doakes and Det. Debra Morgan after one of them finds a human head and calls it in. They have little information to offer.

Dexter Morgan arrives on scene and is told by Lt. Maria LaGuerta that the victim is a female, cut up into pieces. He is surprised that The Ice Truck Killer has struck again so soon. Maria shouts out for someone to turn off the “goddamn snow machine.”

Debra takes Dexter over to the Christmas tree where she notices that a nearby clock is set to 1:03. Those particular numbers were a mysterious clue at the Marina View Hotel crime scene.

Dexter thinks this crime scene doesn’t make sense, and states that it’s not the killer’s usual style, as it seems rushed with body parts scattered and a broken ornament. Vince Masuka remarks that one of the hands is missing.

Dexter finds a videotape under the torso of the terrified victim reading a message. Debra realizes that she is hanging upside down due to the direction of her tears.

Captain Thomas Matthews becomes annoyed when he is questioned by reporters about the Neil Perry case.

Quote

 * “That’s how he bleeds them out. He strings them up like meat.” -Dexter (when viewing the video)

Related Pages

 * Brian Moser
 * Ice Truck Killer Case
 * Max
 * Monique
 * Patty
 * Prosthetic Hand
 * Reporter (Santa's Cottage)