Chapter 414 Untitled
Learning from the past, Jack also equipped his new car with a car satellite phone. If he encounters a horror road movie in the future, no one can stop him from calling unless his car is blown up. A heart of reinforcements.
Everyone wanted to experience the surging power of the new car. Even Hotchner changed his usual proactive attitude towards driving. In the end, Red drove the Saber and followed Mammoth.
After everyone felt the top-quality leather seats and the comfortable push-back feeling, and chatted about the car for a while, they turned the topic back to the current case.
"Currently, there are four related door-to-door robbery and homicide cases, which span about 6 weeks. The first one was in Bakersfield in early August, followed by Fresno two weeks later, and eight days later. Chico City
Then in early September, he changed direction again and headed south to Sacramento."
Because there are at least two cars out every time, everyone is used to turning on their mobile phones and using external voice broadcasts on the way. They were chatting, but today Rhett was driving behind him alone. Listening to his usual mumbling when he was writing and drawing on the map, Rossi couldn't help raising his voice to remind him.
"Dr. Reid, concentrate on driving. Now is not the time to draw a map. These crime locations are distributed within a radius of four hundred miles. We can study them slowly when we get to them. "
Reed's confident voice came from the phone, "It's been almost a year since I came to Los Angeles. I just need to recall the map of California in my mind. "
Rosie was choked, but fortunately Emily spoke in time to cover up her embarrassment, "How many serial killers are there, any of them running around committing crimes like this? ”
"Very few." Rossi shook his head. "I divide such serial killers into two categories. One is homeless wanderers, wandering around with no fixed abode.
The other is homeless people. Their careers require them to travel around, so they can commit crimes when they are on business trips. "For example, a truck driver?" Jiejie is now more frequently involved in case discussions, with Rossi and Hotchner. They all supported her in changing her career direction to professional psychological profiling.
"Is Jiejie talking about the long-distance truck driver Bruce Mendenhall? After shooting the victim, he took the victim's body across 4 states and then dumped it near the freight station. Corpse." Rhett answered.
“But Mendenhall only selected high-risk victims, usually sex workers or female hitchhikers.”
Jack objected, "If it's a truck driver type murderer, he needs a tool truck. Although the victim in this case lives in a remote community, if a strange large truck appears, it will definitely attract people's attention. Right?
But in these four cases, the neighbors said that they did not even see a strange car. "
The type of truck driver Jiejie mentioned. Serial killers are very difficult to catch, not only in a country like the Federation where the barriers between states are serious, but also across the world.
Even in the vast majority of cases, these serial killers who target sex workers and single female backpackers are difficult to detect because of the special nature of their profession.
For example, the arrest of long-distance transport driver Bruce Mendenhall was a complete coincidence. The trucking station where the body was found was located near the junction of three states. Due to jurisdictional issues, the local police department asked The FBI steps in to assist.
After some investigation, the FBI found more similar cases and suspected that this was a serial murder case, but there was no good way to identify the murderer.
An old local police detective was unwilling to accept it. After repeatedly watching the blurry parking lot video N times, he placed the target of suspicion on a yellow truck.
Then on his way to the trucking station again, he saw a similar passing truck. He stopped it on a whim, and found a large amount of blood in the cab.
After subsequent identification, a total of eight women's blood stains were found in the bloody cab, and so far only the bodies of three of them have been found.
If they are facing this type of serial killer this time, Jack really doesn't think they can successfully catch this kind of suspect. Maybe the BAU team will cause their first Waterloo since its establishment.
However, Hotchner also agreed with Jack's view, "I am more inclined to be a salesman. They will knock on the door everywhere and it is difficult to attract other people's attention."
Rossi added, "It may also be a computer engineer. "They were running around, coming to people's homes to install software and repair computers." Then everyone pointed their suspicions at housing agents, real estate appraisers and other occupations that are not noticeable but require traveling around, but no one mentioned maintenance electricians.
A few hours later, two cars and a group of six people arrived at the Sacramento Police Station. As soon as they entered the task force office, everyone was shocked by the surging scene in front of them.
A whole flat floor was filled with police detectives in civilian clothes and police badges who were extremely busy. Jack smiled and joked, "I work in the LAPD." I haven’t seen so many police detectives all year.”
A muscular black police detective with a shaved head quickly came up to the crowd and extended his hand enthusiastically.
"I am Detective Lyman, welcome to all the amazing psychologists from the FBI."
"I am Detective Jean Re." Jiejie smiled and shook hands with him They shook hands and introduced everyone to him.
"We have reserved a room specifically for you. Please come with me." The bald black police detective led everyone into a large conference room.
There are also several police detectives in the conference room who are busy sorting out information.
The first thing that caught everyone's attention was that they used an entire wall as an evidence board. In addition to a huge map, there were various photos of the scene.
Besides the huge map is an A4 paper with only a few words typed on it, "The route of the 'Highway 99 Killer'."
"It seems you "My job was stolen." Emily quietly nudged Red with her elbow, and she and Jiejie looked at each other and smiled.
Hotchner stood in front of the map and looked at it for a while, then turned around and asked, "Who gave this code name?"
Detective Lyman walked up to him and tilted his head. He seemed quite proud, "I did it."
"Well, I'm going to prepare a PR release for the media." Knowing that Hotchner was going to show off his power, Jiejie quickly found an excuse to leave.
“Let me help you!” Emily followed her away smartly. In this situation, whoever stayed behind would be embarrassed.
"Rosie, do you want some coffee? I just saw a good cake shop, can I bring you one by the way?"
Jack saw that the two girls wanted it without loyalty. He greased the soles of his feet, put on a foodie vest, and pulled the dumbfounded Red out of the office.
Only Rossi found a table and sat down on his own, took out a stack of information from his briefcase and sat down to pretend to study.
The four of them walked to the door of the office and stopped together, pretending to be discussing something, but secretly pricked up their ears.
In the conference room, the bald black police detective Lyman was unaware of the difference in the atmosphere and was still explaining endlessly.
“I thought since he committed crimes along Highway 99, why not just call him the ‘Highway 99 Killer’. I have notified the California Highway Patrol to increase the police presence and patrol frequency along Highway 99. "
"Wait, don't be impatient." Hotchner spoke slowly, but his tone was firm and could not be refuted.
“We will send a memo to everyone involved in the investigation requesting that this codename be withdrawn.”
Detective Lyman's face stiffened, he opened his suit and put his hands on his hips, "I don't know what you mean."
Please give me some monthly tickets.
(End of Chapter)