Ten Commandments Killer is an appellation for the perpetrator of the serial murders investigated and commited by John Lowe. He is a character in Hotel portrayed by Wes Bentley.
Story
A man purporting to be the killer has been toying with John Lowe since the detective began his investigation into a violent crime of murder and excision. First leading him on a wild goose chase to the Hotel Cortez; then, through an impersonated text from his wife, to a home with the crucified and disemboweled corpses of two men. There a man, perhaps the caller, was seen in anachronistic attire before he escaped.
The First Murders
The first two original crimes that began the ten commandments pattern were commited by a different man starting in 1926. He died before he could complete his collection:
Thou Shalt Not Steal
An infamous thief was the first victim to be killed. The killer took his right hand as a trophy and put it in a hidden chamber in Room 64.
Remember the Sabbath Day
Migrant workers who were working on Sunday were killed. The killer took their teeth for his chamber.
Later Murders
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
A dead woman was found impaled with a spear with her hands nailed to the headboard while astride her lover below. A man still living with his eyes and tongue removed and his chemically tumescent member was affixed with adhesive inside his partner. It is later revealed that they are lovers that both have families with children. They meet every Thursday afternoon at the Cortez as told by Sally. John got in their room and texted them both to meet at a specific place where he would kill them. The woman first got there and he positioned her dead on the bed. Then the man arrived and he was affixed inside his partner. John took the man's tongue and eyes for the hidden chamber in Room 64.
Honour Thy Mother and Thy Father
Two unidentified male twins were found both disemboweled and hung crucifixion style on their respective bedposts. They killed their parents in order to inherit their family's fortune and so they broke one of the commandments which led to John killing them. It was showed that he saw a man in a suit inside the house before finding the victims. He confessed to Andy that he saw himself manifested as James March. He took their hearts to be kept in the hidden chamber.
Thou Shalt Not Worship False Idols
Martin Gamboa was a movie fan, who was in possession of an old Oscar award. He was also secretly a pedophile. His head was caved in with the Oscar award and his skull was bashed. He was sexually assaulted with it, which left traces of gold paint in his rectum. John took his brain for the hidden chamber.
Thou Shalt Not Bеаr False Witness
The editors of a gossip website were found dead in their office with their tongue taken out and even nailed-up to their desks or to the ground. John ripped out their vocal cords for the chamber.
Thou Shalt Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain
A television priest was found disemboweled in a chapel with his mouth filled with coins which were also spilled randomly around his dead body. John took his spleen for the chamber. A police officer witnessed the act, but was killed by Wren, who was sent by Sally to protect John.
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife
John killed Hahn by stabbing him with a knife used for autopsy after finding out that he was dating and sleeping with his wife, Alex Lowe. John took his penis and testicles for the chamber.
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me
John killed a small community of three people worshipping "The Lady of the Shadows" at their small temple and brought their ears as a trophy to the chamber.