Chapter 381 Mystery on the Beach (2)
Several people’s mobile phones rang at the same time, and then a video call came to Jack’s mobile phone. He handed the phone to Red, who fiddled with it for a while. The video was transferred to the conference room screen.
"Dang Dang Dang, guys." A happy Garcia appeared on the screen.
"I have found out the identities of several deceased people and sent them to your mobile phones." As she waved her hand, the information about the deceased was refreshed on the other half of the screen, and each person's photo was marked below. Basic information such as name, age, etc.
“None of these three people are locals. They are on a business trip to the town of Playa Derri.”
Everyone found a seat and sat down, and then began to compare the basic information of the four deceased people. After a while, Emily was the first to give up.
“Damn it, there’s no similarity in age, race, social background, or even appearance.”
Jack is also a bit big-headed, “Looks like a If you are not a picky eater, this is not good for profiling."
Reed hesitated for a while before he said hesitantly, "Sean Taylor, the third deceased, the one who was not wrapped in plastic film. There is an unmarried cohabitant who is gay.
What special meaning does this have? In contrast, the murderer seems to be more 'respectful' of the other two deceased."
Rossi looked down at his phone and shook his head, "The fourth deceased just discovered, Joseph Klaus, was also castrated after death and was not wrapped in plastic film. He was 42 years old and had a wife."
Reed also felt that the basis for his judgment was not sufficient, and he just retorted weakly, "That does not necessarily rule out the possibility of homosexuality."
The young police chief Quinn Parker responded. , "Joseph Klaus's wife has just arrived at the police station, and other relatives are also on the way by plane."
Hotchner put away his mobile phone and stood up, and arranged, "I'll come Talk to Mrs. Claus, Jiejie contacts other families of the deceased to come and talk, Rosie and Jack go to the latest abandoned body site.
Emily helps Red and asks about other people around the South Bay. If there are any abnormalities in the police stations around the beach recently, we will delineate key areas and, if necessary, expand them to the entire California area.”
Sheriff Parker widened his eyes and said in surprise, "Do you know how long the coastline of California is?"
"840 miles, I will delineate the area as soon as possible." Rhett answered very quickly, which made the former His expression froze, and he didn't know for a moment whether he was answering seriously or just making nonsense.
The other people in BAU had different expressions. Rossi pursed his lips, looking proud to be our little encyclopedia.
Jiejie and Emily made faces at each other. Jack tried very hard not to laugh out loud, so as not to appear too rude. Only Hotchner was still playing poker like an old well. Face.
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On the way to the scene, Jack was driving as usual, with Rosie sitting in the passenger seat. "I heard that you did a good job in New York?"
"What specific thing are you referring to?" Jack replied to him. Smile.
The old man was stunned for a moment, "What else have you done?"
Jack briefly explained the nursing home case that the old Hunters asked him for help. Rosie was silent for a long time before speaking. He let out a depressed breath.
“Shit, this country never used to be like this.”
Jack shrugged and said nothing.
In his previous life, in this country now, if young people complained about the current situation, they would usually hear similar words from older people.
In the country on the other side of the Pacific, young people are also complaining about the current situation, and there will always be older people comforting them by saying that things are good now, but you don’t know how they used to be.
As for the present world, Jack can only say that although it is late, it is coming soon.
"Is there anything I can do?" Rossi held back his words for a long time. "Let's take a look at the progress on the IRS side first. Joe Mason's problem has been temporarily solved. Although he lost a lot of property, Marla Grayson finally relented under the pressure of the two lawyers. < br>
Before Joe Mason's villa is redeemed, he will go back to Los Angeles with the old Hunters to stay for a while and recuperate. I heard that he received a lot of sedatives there, although his body has not recovered. What a big problem, but my overall condition is much worse. "
It was Jack who suggested that Joe Mason come to Los Angeles to recuperate. He estimated that it would be some time before the plot of "Red Flame Battlefield" begins.
Joe Mason in the original play The main reason why he chose to die calmly when the protagonist group was surrounded, and attracted the attention of others, was that he had advanced liver cancer at the time, and had long been tortured by the pain.
Jack planned to take advantage of this old guy. Before he was diagnosed, he secretly used skills to help him get rid of the root cause of the disease. Although he didn't want to join those awesome Sunset Red agents to destroy the world,
But it's close, there's nothing wrong with learning some secret agent skills and understanding the other side of the world. If someone wants to detonate a nuclear bomb or something, he can know where to hide in advance, right?
"In any case, I would suggest that Professor Cahill give you full marks for group psychology. The way you helped that couple was very innovative." Rossi said.
Jack said modestly, "It's nothing more than the method of controlling public opinion on the Internet. Now the method of controlling public opinion through Internet trolls is very mature. I just learned from it."
Rosie smiled. Shaking his head, "I am old, but I am not out of touch with contemporary society. Whether it is through traditional media such as newspapers and television, or through computer networks and social software, it is just a way to guide public opinion.
How to grasp the tipping point of public opinion is the key. In my opinion, whether it is the effective impact on psychological groups mentioned in "The Crowd" (a classic of group psychology worth reading) or the psychological group will show extremely high The moral realm,
You did everything very well, well done boy. "
Jack was very happy in his heart. As soon as he returned to Los Angeles, his dear Professor Maureen Cahill praised him fiercely, in every sense.
This made Rossi's indifferent verbal praise seem a little bit worse.
While talking, the two came to Manhattan Beach, and Jack drove the car directly to the beach. The police have set up a cordon, and several forensic team members are busy
Jack easily climbed up the lifeguard tower from the safety ladder, turned around with a smile and tried to reach out to give Rosie a hand, but the old man stopped him. He slapped him away angrily
"Another newly rebuilt lifeguard tower." Rossi touched the railing and felt that the paint hadn't even dried completely.
The local government has spent a lot of money to revive the tourism industry.
Not only did they clean up a large amount of garbage from nearby beaches, they also imported a lot of high-quality quartz-rich sea sand from South America and rebuilt the nearby lifeguard tower.
The hope is to attract more visitors from the traditional western beaches where homeless tents are increasingly popping up.
This is probably why the local police asked the BAU directly for help through the LAPD.
After all, attracting investment is a top priority. No matter how good the hardware conditions are, once news of poor public security spreads, tourists would rather come face to face with homeless people than live in the same corner as a serial killer.
“Quite unscrupulously.” Rossi looked down at the small wooden plank road that normally leads to the lifeguard tower. Above it was a long dragged out path that had dried up into Reddish brown, with blood mixed with sand.
The blood trail led all the way into the hut. The body of a middle-aged white male with a naked upper body and beach shorts and a typical fat belly was lying on the floor.
Jack checked it over. It was a typical abandoned corpse scene. There was no obvious evidence left. There were footprints, but he couldn’t see anything special. He didn’t know if calling CSI could analyze anything. Come differently.
"So now we have four corpses, two wrapped and two not. Why? Why did the murderer treat them differently?" Rossi wondered.
Jack spread his hands, and he didn't understand, "The one inside was shot in the head, castrated after death, and the techniques were clean and neat. These are exactly the same as the first three deceased people. Is it true that as Red said, the murderer followed the instructions? Are the deceased treated differently depending on their sexual orientation?”
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