Chapter 436 Reporter
"Were any items found at the scene that should not belong to the deceased?" Hotchner asked.
“What do you mean?” Finley was a little confused.
"The 'Boston Death' will take an item from each victim and put it on the next victim so that the police will know that he did it. This feature has not been disclosed to the public. "
Hotchner's explanation made Finlay think about it, and then he started flipping through the photos on his phone, and finally stopped at the front face of the male deceased.
"Is this it?" He pointed to the glasses on the deceased's face in the photo.
"I was still wondering at first why the deceased was shot in the temple but his glasses were intact. It seems that the murderer put them on after his death."
Hotchner suddenly looked up. , "He only took glasses from one victim, the ninth one. Logically speaking, they should appear on the tenth victim, but we have never found them."
"What's so special about the ninth victim?" What's the point?" Jack asked the question for Finley.
"He is the only one who survived." When Hotchner answered, his eyes stayed on the curious crowd outside the blockade.
"Any acquaintances?" Seeing his strange eyes, Jiejie stepped forward and asked.
"Perhaps, do you still remember the book "Death in the Night" I showed you on the plane?" Hotchner nodded to a middle-aged white man outside the blockade with a briefcase slung across his body.
“That’s the author of that book, Roy Coulson.”
Under Jiejie’s guidance, Roy Coulson, who had a rather gentle temperament, walked up to the crowd.
"Agent Hotchner, long time no see. Didn't Director Vaughn say that this case was done by an imitator? What kind of strong wind brought you here?"
Roy Coulson enthusiastically stepped forward and shook Hotchner's hand.
"Assist the police in catching the murderer, long time no see, Roy." Hotchner frowned and looked at him, with neither joy nor sorrow on his face. He had no sense of rejection of the media people, but he didn't see him either. Happy to meet an old friend.
Roy Coulson sighed, "Is this what you are saying? It has been ten years, and you have really not changed at all. You are still so businesslike. I wrote a book for that guy, and... I specially sent the signed copy to you, didn’t you receive it?”
Hotchner remained expressionless and indifferent to his intrusive behavior, but emphasized with a sentence that was almost difficult to pronounce.
“Formally speaking, we have no reason to believe that this is not a copycat crime.”
"What about the informal way of saying it?" Roy Coulson showed a smile, as if he had guessed that he would say that.
Hotchner did not answer his question directly, but asked instead, "Roy, which is more important to you, obtaining writing materials or catching the murderer?"
Roy? ·Colson also did not answer directly, "I interviewed all the families of the victims, and it was I who made the unfortunate experiences of the deceased known to the world. If you have read my book, you will definitely know."
"Writing Yes, you showed enough respect for the deceased and your evaluation of our work was fair. I also know that you donated all the royalties for this book to the family of the deceased, so I am willing to talk to you."
Hotchner's words made Jack and Finlay on the side raise their eyebrows at the same time. Such reporters can be said to be quite rare in this country.
"This is Agent Jennifer Jeange. I promise you that once we can release some information, she will contact you as soon as possible."
Hochner said, introducing Jiejie Gave it to him.
After the two exchanged business cards, Roy Coulson shook hands with Hotchner again. Before leaving, he reminded in a deep voice, "If it is really him, he will strike again soon."
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The on-site investigation came to an end for the time being. Jack simply invited Finlay to get in the car and return to the FBI office in Boston together. Red and the others had sorted out all the past information.
There were a lot of cases, and they were separated by a long time, so they planned to go over the cases overnight.
Especially the pair of glasses that were discovered at the scene and originally belonged to victim No. 9. Does this mean that the murderer intends to attack the fish that slipped through the net again?
"George Foye, 28 years old at the time, victim No. 9, was also the only survivor who narrowly escaped from the murderer."
The Boston office set aside a small conference hall , for use by the newly formed task force, Rhett and others took their seats and began to play the information of victim No. 9. "A narrow escape from death." Rossi sighed as he looked at the horrific wounds on George Foye's body in the photo that were still hideous after being sutured.
"But 19-year-old Amanda Lambert, who was traveling with him, was not so lucky. She was stabbed 67 times."
As Rhett continued to press the remote control, a body appeared in the photo The bruised body of a young woman.
Hotchner continued to introduce some of the content he summarized that year,
“The murderer likes to launch attacks in or next to private cars, usually at night, near dimly lit and sparsely populated roads. .
According to George Foye, the murderer approached them disguised as a lost tourist and pretended to ask for directions.”
Reed then put a portrait sketch on the screen, "This is a portrait of the murderer drawn by the sketch artist of the Boston Police Department in the hospital at the time based on George Foye's description."
Finley Points head, "As far as I know, TV and newspapers published this sketch for three consecutive days, but nothing was found."
"And the eye he drew." Rhett put on the screen at the same time Several photos, including photos of the scene and scanned copies of the letter proposing the agreement.
What they have in common is that there is a hand-drawn "Eye of God" on them. An eye is in the middle of an equilateral triangle, and there are several lines above and below, representing eyelashes or light.
"The Eye of God, also known as the Omniscient Eye, was adopted by the Federation in 1782. Together with the phrase 'Annuitcoeptis', it formed part of the national emblem and was printed on the back of the one dollar.
And ‘Annuitcoeptis’ comes from Latin, meaning ‘God gives us everything’, and the murderer seems to compare himself to God. ”
This piece of popular science conducted by Dr. Reed actually made Jack think differently.
I remember it was mentioned in the movie "National Treasure" that he saw in his previous life, This "all-seeing eye" is also related to the "Free Masons", the predecessor of Freemasonry, and then led to a lot of conspiracy theories
Considering that one of the founding fathers of this country, Benjamin Franklin, was a man. A well-known member of the Freemasons, the conspiracy theories related to him have always been popular.
When Jack came to his senses, he only heard Jie Jie curiously asking, "What is that George Foye?" Survived? ”
Rhett then opened a voice file, and a recording came from it.
“911, what emergency did you encounter?” First came the voice of the 911 operator.
"I killed two more people." Then came a voice that was obviously changed by a voice changer.
"Sorry, sir, you mean you killed someone?"
"Targets 8 and 9, a silver car on Riverton Road behind Tyson Quarry Next to the Toyota.”
As the recording ended, Emily continued, "The call was made from a public phone booth one mile away from the crime scene. Paramedics arrived 15 minutes later. Amanda Lambert died on the spot, and George Foye died at the scene. Losing blood and dying.
According to what we found, before this, the 'Death' would call the police after committing a crime to inform the police of the specific location of the body until George Foye survived.
Perhaps for this reason, the murderer never called the police again after him. "
"It sounds like he learned his lesson," Rossi said.
"I suspect there is a reason why the murderer left those glasses at the scene of the crime. George Foye may be in danger." Hotchner said.
Jack said he had different opinions, "Then why did he go already? George Foye was only the ninth victim. Ten years ago, before the 'Death' stopped committing crimes, there were a total of 21 victims, right?"
Rosie pondered for a moment, feeling a little unsure. He shook his head and said, "No matter what, let's find him first. Maybe we can ask him about his experiences over the years."
Emily took it Picking up the phone, "I have notified Garcia, she should have news soon."
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