Chapter 330 Unreasonable Escalation of Violence
Jack had always believed that Emily was the one in the group who could completely detach from her emotions, but at this moment he saw her staring blankly at the corpse in front of him. , somewhat distracted.
"Emily, are you okay?"
Emily woke up from a dream and waved her hands quickly, "I'm just a little shocked. I've seen crimes more bloody and cruel than this. "This is an unbridled provocation and complete destruction of social order and human morality. As a normal person, it is normal for you to feel frightened." .”
Rhett said something comforting in his own way.
"Okay, let's concentrate. Let's analyze the scene first."
Hotchner coughed lightly and signaled everyone to come back to their senses.
So everyone started talking to each other and quickly reconstructed what happened.
“Victim No. 1, the male head of the family, was thrown here after entering the door. He was seriously injured and may not have been fully conscious.”
Rossi pointed to the couch next to the door, where lay the body of a black man, about 40 years old, with a large dent in the side of his head, and the front of his face, from the bridge of his nose to his forehead, was smashed to pieces.
Relatively speaking, he may be the "lucky" one among the four. The fatal injuries were basically on his head. In other words, the pain he suffered was much less than that of the other three.
“After the suspect entered, everyone else was in the dining room and could not see the situation in the living room. At this time, the second victim came out and came to check the situation and was attacked on the porch.”< br>
Reed pointed to a small gap on the side of the porch and made a motion similar to swinging a golf club.
Victim No. 2 is the husband of another white couple. He is slightly younger than Victim No. 1, in his thirties, but not even forty.
The body fell to the ground near the porch, and there were some drag marks on the carpet. Jack pulled up his shirt and touched the waist, abdomen and chest of the body.
“After at least five to six blows, more than half of his ribs were broken. From the liver to the stomach, these internal organs should have been damaged. Under such severe pain, the victim immediately lost resistance and even The ability to call for help. "
"The murder weapon should be something like a crowbar. The baseball bat is too thick and the bruise area will be much larger."
Emily walked around Jack. When he walked into the restaurant, he saw half-eaten food on the table and said loudly to the outside, "The two female victims should have been in the restaurant at first, and then they were controlled and brought to the living room."
Hotchner's eyes fell on the bodies of the two female victims lying in the middle of the living room. He couldn't bear to close his eyes, and it took him a long time to speak.
"They knocked down the two husbands, forced the wives to take off their clothes, and then humiliated them, followed by continuous beatings. It was wrong. It was unreasonable."
Rosie took a deep breath, "They He was beaten beforehand."
Jack stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop talking. He carefully observed the positions of the two corpses, the hair scattered on the ground, and the blood stains on the wall, and then slowly spoke.
“Rape and annihilation are only one of their methods of violence, not their purpose. The two female victims, like the two male victims, lost the opportunity to scream for help at the first opportunity.”
< br>"Both men suffered heavy blows to the head, followed by repeated beatings and annihilation. They didn't even care whether the victim was dead or alive at the time, just like playing with two rag dolls."
"Their calves and arms have serious fractures. No matter how well the soundproofing of the rooms here is, it's impossible not to hear the screams at night. The only explanation is that they lost the ability to call for help when they were tortured."
As Jack spoke, he pointed to the faces of the two female victims, which were completely bloody and bloody. The jaws, teeth, and bridge of the nose were all smashed to pieces, and even the eyes were not saved. "I'm sorry, excuse me."
The burly Latino police detective Antonio Dawson seemed to be unable to listen anymore, and whispered a series of Spanish slang and swear words. Walked out.
Jack covered the four corpses with white cloth one by one. He felt that his chest was severely blocked. In fact, among everyone in the group, his ability to detach from emotions was probably only inferior to that of Garcia, who rarely went out in the field. Stronger.
The reason why he behaves more rationally than others in most situations is simply because of his detachment from the situation, and at the moment, he cannot be detached.
"So the situation is obvious. There are at least 3 to 4 suspects. One person moved the body into the house and threw it next to the sofa. Another person attacked the second victim at the same time. Another person controlled two women. "
"This is more consistent with what Jack and Red inferred based on the blood stains at the door of the apartment." Rossi concluded.
Emily's mood has basically recovered and she nodded in agreement, "According to the previous information, if the group psychology caused by the deliberate sabotage incident has developed to this point, then the number of 3 to 4 people is more reasonable. "
"This is not like teenagers committing crimes. Although they are similar in cruelty, as Jack deduced, their attacks are too efficient, emphasizing control and precision. "
"And teenagers' behavior is usually very sloppy, Dr. Red, what do you think?" Rossi asked Red's opinion.
"I can't see any tentativeness. They are very sophisticated. Everyone knows what they are doing. There is no confusion or mistakes. I can't figure it out."
Compared with before, Rhett today He spoke very little and looked confused.
“I can understand the escalation from vandalism to violent crime, but the whole process must be gradual. The first attack usually only targets one person, four victims at a time? It is also accompanied by continued violations. and violent abuse, this is too exaggerated."
"The Chicago police must have missed something, they couldn't have evolved that fast."
Hotchner's face was so dark that he was about to drip ink, "Let's meet Jiejie first. She said the conference room is ready."
There have been rumors that the Chicago municipal government has been underfunded in recent years. If those dilapidated public facilities don't mean anything, then the office of the Chicago Police Department's 21st Precinct Intelligence Unit does.
Two tables with missing arms and legs were barely put together into one. On it was placed a 52-inch LCD monitor that had a damaged corner. The model was so old that it took Rhett half an hour to put it together. The clean laptop screen is projected on.
“On April 23, the windows of fifteen luxury cars were smashed, and on April 30, the windows of a newly opened high-end clothing store were completely destroyed.”
“May On the 4th, two different high-end restaurants were damaged, the doors and windows were smashed, and the interiors were splashed with red paint.”
"On May 10th, it was also the most recent case. Another recently renovated residential house in the same community as the incident was completely destroyed before the owner moved in."
Jiejie introduced the situation while Play the photo information provided by the Chicago police to everyone.
Not only the members of the BAU team were watching, but also the leader of the intelligence team, Hank Boyt, and his agents.
“So they escalated from attacking public property to private homes, but there were no casualties.”
“This is a classic class hate revenge, they are targeting the rich, at least the For the middle class, the question is what caused their crime to escalate to this level.”
After Hotchner finished speaking, his eyes swept over everyone present.
(End of this chapter)