Chapter 266 Recording
Lindsay Vonn’s father, Keith Vonn, gave people a completely different feeling from the Owens when he spoke.
Everyone in BAU could hear the anxiety and uneasiness in his tone, but he tried hard to maintain his speaking speed and orderliness, and even kept his volume moderate, which not only allowed Everyone around you can hear it clearly without making it too loud.
Just listen to him continue to say, "I went into the cinema to look for them, but found nothing. The usher told me that they saw them leaving when the movie was halfway through."
"They went there. Where?" Hotchner asked.
"He said they went out to smoke a cigarette." Keith Vaughan looked a little helpless.
"I didn't even know Katie smoked." Mrs. Irving sobbed in her husband's arms.
No one is surprised. For a rebellious teenager, secretly smoking is really not a big deal. In his previous life, Jack got addicted to cigarettes alone when he was in college away from home.
“So they never returned to their seats?” Jiejie asked.
“No.” Keith Vaughn shook his head, his expression gloomy.
"We've been waiting here all day, why aren't we allowed in?" Mr. Owen, who was holding his wife, looked at everyone.
Before the FBIs present could answer, Keith Vaughn gave them the answer, "Because they don't know who is inside, right?"
"Why "What did they do to her?" Mrs. Owen cried, the answer was obvious.
"You are the FBI, right? The one who calls the shots here now is the FBI, right?" A slightly stout middle-aged man next to Keith Vaughn suddenly said.
Jack directly gave an official reply, "We are here to assist the police."
"Don't you think it's a little too late?" Keith Vaughn suddenly showed a completely different excitement than before. As soon as he said the words, he himself realized something was wrong. After speaking, he walked aside and took out a portable wallet. Pill bottle, took two tablets.
“My name is Pat Mannan.” The middle-aged fat man took the initiative to introduce himself. “I am Keith’s friend. Please don’t mind his attitude. His wife passed away a few years ago. Lindsay is now him. All of them."
No one cares. We have all seen many family members of victims with bad attitudes. It is very rare for them to stay rational and communicate well.
Hannah came from the side at this time. As the first FBI agent to follow up on this case, she had been communicating with the Sheriff of the Southeast Division, "The Medical Examiner's Office is going to remove the body now. For further autopsy. "
Keithon Vaughan suddenly took two steps forward and stood in front of Hotchner and Rossi. Apparently, he thought Hotchner, who was dressed in formal clothes and always had a serious face, was present. Rossi, the oldest, is the one who can make the decision here.
"Let me try, I can recognize it," he said with pleading in his voice.
“I can tell if it’s Katie or Lindsay, I can.”
“Come back to the police station with us first.” Rossi did not respond directly, but softly comforted road.
The chance of the body being identified by the family members, which was completely intact and with the head completely smashed, was very low, and it was probably because the family members were over-stimulated and went into the first stage of psychological grief, denying the facts. .
The most likely scene at that time will be for both parties to accuse each other or even break out into direct conflict, which will not be of any benefit to solving the case and further uncovering clues.
After all, one of the two girls has been killed, so the most important thing now is to find the other one who may still be alive.
When everyone arrived at the Southeast District Bureau, it was past 7 p.m., and Garcia had finished analyzing the audio file that Jack sent her.
"The call time was 55 seconds, but the extracted voice only lasted 23 seconds, and then there was dead silence." Garcia played the voice with an ugly face. There are two girls' voices in the call recording. One girl is screaming for help, begging the murderer to stop, and repeating the words "Dad, help me!"
Obviously, she was the girl who was being violated, the body that everyone saw in the drainage ditch.
The other girl's voice was relatively calm. She only said two sentences. One sentence was to tell the violated girl not to resist and not to further stimulate the murderer. The other sentence was particularly impressive, "Don't let them know you are afraid!"
"I think she was strangled to death after that. What should we do next?" After listening to the recording, Emily looked at everyone with an ugly face.
In fact, everyone had some speculations in their minds at this time. From the previous behavior of the parents on both sides, they could roughly guess whose daughter the victim was.
Of course, this is just speculation after all, and actual evidence is needed.
"What to do? There is nothing to do. Parents can recognize their daughter's voice." Rossi replied decisively.
Emily's eyes widened in surprise, as if she couldn't believe it was him who said these words. Maybe the emotionally fragile Rosie in the previous case left too deep an impression on her.
"Are you serious?"
"This is the fastest way at the moment. We need to confirm the identity of the other girl as soon as possible."
Although Rosie had a sullen face , but still insists on his idea. It is obvious that women and men have different understandings of sensibility.
Emily persisted in her objection. The girl’s screams in the recording still seemed to have not dispersed in the room.
"There must be other ways."
"I can try to speed up the DNA testing." Hannah also seemed to be unable to bear it, and whispered to the side.
But everyone present knows that even if the test can be urged to jump in line, in order to ensure the accuracy, comparing genetic sequences requires a large number of repeated tests, and it still takes a lot of time.
And now even one hour is very precious to another girl who may still be alive.
Jack did not speak, but just pushed the piece of evidence board that he had just posted with Red in front of everyone.
Above are shocking photos of corpses. The dead girl's body was completely covered with numerous knife cuts and large bruises.
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“After discussion with my colleagues, we believe that it will be too late to save people after we get the identification results.”
In the conference room of the Southeast Precinct Bureau, Hotchner, as usual, played the role of blackface and made this embarrassing suggestion.
"Of course, it depends on you, I hope this will buy us more time, for the girl who is still alive."
It was Keith Vaughn who still asked the key question, "What was said in the recording?"
"That was the voice of one of the daughters from your two families before she died." Hotchner said frankly Tell each other.
“My God.” Mrs. Irving, who had been relying on her husband’s support to barely stay standing, let out a cry.
After the bone setting, I felt better. I booked a course of treatment and went there once a week. At the same time, I paid attention to my sitting posture when writing. I stood up and moved when I had nothing to do. I hope I can recover quickly.
(End of this chapter)