Chapter 348: Ghost possession is a mental illness
"So. So, why did she do this?" TC Riordan's face was full of doubts, as if he was carefully recalling the few interactions with the psychic. Several contacts.
"Uh, don't get me wrong, she's not really interested in you when she imitates your wife." Jack opened an encyclopedia entry on his mobile phone and showed it to everyone.
“Have you ever heard of hysterical possession by gods and ghosts?”
Everyone looked confused.
"This is a hysterical mental disorder that is mostly related to superstition, religion or region. Patients generally have an ideological basis for believing in the existence of ghosts and gods, and have personality traits that are receptive to suggestions."
"When the disease attacks, The patient claims to be God, a god, or the incarnation of the soul of a deceased person, and will speak in the tone and identity of these possessed persons, and the tone of voice will become special.
The cause of the disease is usually a strong spirit. Stimulating or repeated psychological suggestions. ”
“Therefore, mediums who often engage in self-suggestion and play the role of soul possession are also a group prone to this disease, and some even turn away because of this disease. People who work in this industry usually call themselves sensitive people.”
Jack remembered the scene when he was talking to the psychic Karen. At that time, she directly thought of herself as Natalie in the conversation.
"You mean to say that her so-called spiritual summoning ritual, which allowed Natalie's soul to possess her, was actually a manifestation of her mental illness?"
TC Riordan was a little unbelievable.
“Didn’t you already know that her performance was fake?” Jack looked at him with a smile until a scornful expression appeared on his face, and the people eating melon on the side couldn’t help but look sideways.
“When Karen, the psychic, accuses you of cheating on her in Natalie’s tone, you know the spiritualism is fake because you have never cheated on your wife.
The Natalie that psychic Karen imagined, or the ghost she tried to imitate, was constructed from information she collected from various media reports in San Francisco at the time
I asked a friend to help me check the original news. After Natalie's death, all kinds of news were overwhelming. The reporters dug up a lot of gossip, and the interviewees ranged from Natalie's best friend to her elementary school classmates. "
TC Riordan had an inexplicable look of loss or relief on his face. He leaned completely on the back of the chair with some slump.
"Yes, at first. She did scare me, and she told many things about Natalie's past, but the last two times, I gradually realized that something was wrong, until last night. I was very angry at the time and asked her to leave directly. "
Russell has completely understood.
"So, because the psychic Karen regarded herself as the imaginary Natalie, and the problem is, Karen thought that TC and the nanny Shelby ·Brice has an affair, but she doesn’t know about surrogacy.
Therefore, she naturally hated the woman who took TC away, and eventually killed her and took away her child.
The same goes for taking away the ring. What she wanted was not a ransom. The goal from beginning to end was the wedding ring that belonged to Natalie. Maybe it had a special meaning to her. "
"Isn't Hubble very dangerous? "TC Riordan stood up subconsciously and looked at everyone with pleading eyes.
"Please find him as soon as possible and don't let that crazy woman hurt him. I beg you. "
Old detective James Burress called a police officer in, "You accompany Riordan home first, and arrange for a group of people to guard outside the villa to protect his safety. ”
After watching TC Riordan leave, everyone changed to a conference room. Russell took out a paper map and showed it to everyone.
“The metal particles on Karen’s bed helped us locate the northeastern suburbs of Vegas, but the area is very large and there are too many abandoned buildings nearby.
The electricity hasn’t come yet, Most of Detective Brace's men are busy maintaining public security and cannot spare too many manpower. We need to further narrow the scope." Before he finished speaking, Sarah Seidel walked in from the door, "Maybe. I can provide some help."
"Nick and I examined the body of the man in the red hat. His name was Trevor Raymond. One of the fingerprints was a tent pattern. Matches the fingerprints on Karen's headboard and bloody note
So he was confirmed to be an associate of psychic Karen, a former magician. "
Jack lowered his head and flipped through his phone. It was really troublesome to have no battery. The screen of the phone was too small and it was very difficult to check the information.
"I found it. Karen was a magician when she was young. Assistant who specializes in performing at various casinos. "
Everyone was convinced that they were right now. Russell smacked his lips with regret.
"Unfortunately, due to the power outage, the FBI cannot access the local database. Karen's information is The address is still in San Francisco. ”
Sarah Seidel then took out an evidence bag, "Trevor Raymond had his driver's license with him, and we went directly to his house and found this."
The evidence bag contained I received a wire transfer form showing an amount of US$10,000.
“Pay attention to the signature.” She reminded.
Jack pointed the flashlight at the signature of the wire transfer and murmured, "Natalie Riordan? This woman seems to have been possessed for a long time."
Almost At the same time, the lights suddenly turned on, and the computers in the police station also restarted.
Everyone was overjoyed. The call came in time. Russell shouted as he walked out, "Sarah, please notify Nick immediately. You and Detective Brace will go to the northeastern suburbs to meet up. I will go back to the laboratory to find out the specific address." Sent to you."
Jack quickly followed, not with Russell, but with Sarah Seidel.
That psychic Karen is a ruthless character who has already killed two people. The combat effectiveness of these CSIs is far from their level of analysis in the laboratory, so he should be safer.
There was no conversation all the way. Jack and Sarah Seidel were completely unfamiliar with each other and only discussed a few words about the case.
On the way, Russell sent the confirmed address.
The property under Karen's name had been sold a few years ago and she had no local address. However, she pretended to be Natalie Riordan and rented an old house in the northeastern suburbs for psychic work. room.
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"LAPD! Bah, FBI!" Jack yelled, holding up the Glock, and kicked open the dilapidated wooden door in front of him. He hadn't kicked the door for a long time. , I got excited and even called out the wrong identity.
"Karen Chavalla! Show up immediately."
"LVPD (Las Vegas Police)!" Old Detective James Burress behind him turned He rolled his eyes, raised his pistol, and led several police officers to search house to house.
"No one!"
"Safe!"
"No child found!" The police officers' shouts made everyone's hearts sink.
"There is something going on here, you'd better take a look." The old detective's voice came from the innermost room.
(End of this chapter)