Chapter 434 The Deal with the "Death"
According to Hotchner, the Tom Shaunas he met before was once the main person in charge of the "Boston Death" case.
Ten years ago, a serial killer appeared in Boston. In less than 3 years, he killed a total of 21 people, including men, women and children. The time and place were completely random.
After confirming that he was helpless against this mysterious "evil", Tom Shaunas asked the FBI for help.
At that time, Rossi had left the FBI, and Hotchner had just become an official psychological profiler at the BAU, so strictly speaking, the "Boston Death" case was the first case he handled independently at the BAU.
As mentioned before, before Rossi returned to the FBI and formed the current special operations team, the work of psychological profilers was more about writing analysis reports on the collected data in the office.
By the time Hotchner realized something was wrong, submitted a field application, and rushed to Boston, the number of victims of the "Boston Death" had reached 19, and the time for committing crimes was getting shorter and shorter, almost every week New bodies were found.
But strangely, just when Hotchner's profiling work had just begun and the number of victims had risen to 21, the serial killer suddenly stopped.
After six weeks of work with no progress, Tom Shounas stopped the follow-up investigation and fired all FBI personnel, including Hotchner.
So this case became an unsolved case for ten years, until not long ago, Hotchner suddenly received an invitation from Tom Shaunas and gave him an address.
In a simple apartment, Hotchner saw the old man who had been put on a ventilator.
Tom Shaunas told him that the reason why the "Boston Death" stopped was because he signed an agreement with the other party. He called it "a deal with the devil."
Speaking of this, Hotchner took out an evidence bag, which contained a piece of letter paper and typed a paragraph on a mechanical printer:
“If you let me go, I will let you go. Live with the innocent until death tears up this contract. If you agree, publish a private statement in the "Michigan Post"
Hotchner sighed, "Tom did it, he did." He said that he was completely desperate at the time and just wanted to give it a try. If it didn’t work, he would continue to investigate.”
Rhett frowned and questioned, "How can he confirm that the murderer really stopped? The other party may have just changed places and used a different method."
Hotchner continued to sigh, "I asked the same question Question, Tom said that he has been paying attention to serial murders across the country over the years, just like the murderer has been watching him, and he can guarantee that the other party will always abide by this contract. "
"He has no power. We have no right to let criminals make such a decision." Rossi looked a little ugly.
Hotchner's face looked uglier than him at this time, "Tom said he had no choice. At that time, we really didn't even touch the shadow of the murderer. Those corpses frightened him. He couldn't imagine what he was doing. How many innocent people will lose their lives before the murderer is caught?
He asked me to apologize to the families of those victims. I have been calling the families of those victims these days. "
Emily seemed to understand a little bit, "So what is he looking for you for?"
"Re-investigating the 'Boston Death', Tom was already in the advanced stage of liver cancer, and he passed away on the second day of my visit. , This means"
"This means that the contract has expired and the murderer will start killing again," Rossi continued.
Hotchner's voice became deeper and deeper, "It has already begun."
As he spoke, he opened the latest file that Jiejie gave him. At the top was a crime report Photos from the scene show an eye pattern painted in blood on the side of the victim's car.
"'God's Eye' is the symbol of 'Boston Death'. The case happened last night."
"This Detective Tom Shaunas is really..." Jack shook his head helplessly, not knowing what to do. How would you rate this old police detective?
He turned to Hotchner and asked, "If this 'god of death' also proposed this kind of deal to you, what would you do?" Hotchner replied without thinking, "Refuse, I never do anything with criminals. Deal."
"Okay, let's focus on the murderer." Rossi coughed slightly and looked away from Hotchner. It’s enough stress to be alone during this time.
Jack followed the good example, "We can first analyze the reasons why the murderer did this. From these cases, it can be seen that the 'Death' is driven by the desire for dominance, control and manipulation, but why would he take the initiative to propose a deal to prevent the release of desire?"< br>
Rossi held his chin in thought for a moment, then spoke slowly, "Killing gave him the pleasure of controlling life and death, but as the number of times increased, this pleasure gradually faded, so he decided to change his strategy.
Proposing this kind of deal and forcing the police to surrender, or in writing, can bring him the ultimate pleasure far beyond killing."
"But since he has already won, why should he do it again. A killing spree?" Jiejie asked confused.
"Because the only person who knew he won, the policeman with whom he contracted, died, and he lost the source of pleasure." Emily answered.
"He is a narcissistic serial killer who craves recognition from others. I suspect that in addition to the deal with Tom, this is also one of the reasons for his satisfaction."
Hotchner threw out a book. It's called "Dark Night Death".
Reed took the book and flipped through it, "I have read this book. The author used a documentary style to describe the public information of all the cases of the 'Boston Death' in detail.
But he The conclusion at the end of the book is that the murderer stopped because he was imprisoned for other reasons or died of illness."
Emily added another sentence to her previous explanation, "Maybe the murderer killed again. It is also to correct this wrong statement.”
She asked Hotchner curiously, "So, how did you do the profiling?"
"I only did part of it, and Tom sent me away before I could finish it." Hotchner said. Wan took out an old notebook.
"The 'Boston Death' and the 'Zodiac Killer' are similar in that they have high IQ, self-discipline, murderous nature, and are highly concerned by the media"
"Zodiac "The Palace Killer" is to the Federation what "Jack the Ripper" is to Dai Ying. This serial killer has been at large for half a century and is still an unsolved case.
“Speaking of the media.” Jiejie couldn’t help but have a headache, “Once the case that just happened spreads out, it will cause a huge stir. As long as they hear a little bit of news, the Boston Police Department will be surrounded. .”
Jack felt sorry for his sister. After pondering for a long time, he came up with an idea, "Why don't we kill the imitator to death? If this guy is really so narcissistic, maybe he will jump out on his own?"
"Let's do it first. Let's do it." Hotchner began to assign tasks. "After getting off the plane, Rosie, Red and Emily went to the local FBI office to set up a point and access all the records there.
Jie Jiehe. Jack, come with me to the crime scene."
Jack looked at Rosie, "I think CSI needs to be involved this time. Forensic technology is changing with each passing day. It may not be possible to find any clues ten years ago, but ten years later. It’s hard to tell.”
Rosie smiled and took out his phone, “I can ask Russell to pay back the favor I owed you.”
Monthly ticket! Tomorrow is the last day of this month!
(End of this chapter)