Chapter 441 Guilt and Explanation
Emily helped Jiejie deal with the media who were stopped outside the cordon, while Rhett took photos of the patterns and numbers painted on the bus windows.
Jack and Rosie boarded the bus from the rear door. The bodies of six passengers lay scattered in the carriage. Some fell on the seats, and some were lying in the aisle with their backs to the front of the bus. Everyone's necks were Without exception, they were all hit.
“After the murderer got into the car, he used a gun to force the driver to change the original route and drive to this secluded road. He must have done some reconnaissance in advance and determined the nearby environment.
Then He asked to stop here, and perhaps at first everyone, including the driver, thought he just wanted to rob, until..."
"Until he shot the driver to death." Rossi continued after Jack's words, "Some people panicked and tried to escape, and were shot in the back. Most other people didn't even react."
" The wedding rings of Mr. and Mrs. Lenesa," said Hotchner, who had been standing at the front of the car, looking at the driver's body.
The two of them followed his gaze and saw the ring on the ring finger of the driver's left hand.
“What did he take this time?” Jack looked at the car of corpses with a headache.
The murderer seemed cruel and crazy, but he planned carefully before committing the murder. He had seen many big scenes, but looking at the corpse of the victim in this carriage, I still felt creepy.
Many times, what scares people more is the invisible and intangible threat hidden in the darkness.
"Is this important?" Hotchner turned around and got out of the car without saying this.
Rosie and Jack looked at each other and noticed something was wrong with his mood. Seeing him walking quickly into the alley, Rosie quickly chased after him.
Jack also got out of the car after the two of them, slowing down a little and following behind them. At this time, Emily came over, patted him on the shoulder, and asked softly, "What's wrong with him? "
Jack shook his head. Apart from the previous disagreement between the couple, this was the first time he had seen Hotchner act so gloomy.
They followed the two of them and stopped at the entrance of the alley. At this time, Rossi had caught up with Hotchner, put a hand on his shoulder, and forced the other person to face him.
“What happened?”
Hotchner took a deep breath and tried to calm down before speaking.
"The Grim Reaper called me in my hotel room tonight and offered me a deal, just like he did to Tom Shaunas."
"So you Rejected?" Rossi finally understood why Hotchner was so upset.
Hotchner nodded and admitted, "I rejected him and hung up the phone directly, and then as you saw, he started a massacre in response."
"So you think this is all nonsense Is it your fault?" Rossi turned his head slightly, glanced at the two people who were eavesdropping at the entrance of the alley, and then looked at Hotchner in front of him.
At this time Rhett also came close to Jack and Emily, his eyes full of worry.
"Yes, yes." Hotchner's voice was choked with tears, and his eyes were full of tears.
"Aha, hold it, you can use my gun." In the surprised eyes of everyone, Rossi pulled out his own gun and handed it over.
"I was touched by you, you're welcome, take it, you hung up the phone, you actually killed them, so let's settle this now."
Meet Hodge Na raised his hand in embarrassment to wipe away the tears that were about to overflow. Rossi was still reluctant, "Don't let me go." Worry, we can solve this case without you, let’s do it quickly.”
At the entrance of the alley behind the two of them, Jack raised his hand to stop Emily who was about to step forward. This kind of thing is impossible. One person is enough for Xi, and their attempts to comfort her will only be counterproductive.
"David! Stop!" Hotchner took a step back in embarrassment.
"It's been ten years. I have ten years to follow up on this case." Rossi's expression gradually turned cold and he directly interrupted his next words.
"That's because Shaunas made a deal with him, so the killings stopped. He was the one who temporarily closed the case and sent away the BAU. How many cases have you handled in the FBI in the past ten years? Yourself Can you count?"
"But I have always remembered this case, and I have been doing profiling alone, if..." Hotchner already had a thick nasal voice when he spoke.
"What if? I retired before, wrote books, made a lot of money, and enjoyed life. If someone was killed while I was signing books, would I also want to Feeling guilty and blaming yourself?”
Although Rossi’s words were a bit of a change of concept, what he said afterwards did make sense.
"If you want to end up like Shaunas, take all the responsibility on yourself, do whatever you want, but I have to tell you, this is exactly what the murderer wanted.
But he It’s not your conscience that’s being used, Aaron (Hotchner’s name), but your pride!”
Rossi slowed down his tone and said with some serious words of comfort, “The deaths of those people have nothing to do with you! It doesn't matter, they were all done by the murderer. What we should do is not to think about whether these are present or not, but to try every means to bring them to justice.
We are just police officers, working in their place. As for their job, without us, there will be others to arrest them. Why do you think Jack invited CSI to help when we set off?
Because he never believed that psychological profiling was omnipotent. Solving crimes is the goal. Face a criminal of the level of the 'Boston Death', let go of your arrogance."
Hotchner lowered his head for a while, with a trace of shame on his face, and whispered, "Put the gun away."
Rosie deliberately narrowed her eyes and looked at him, looking a little unsure. , "Really no need?"
Hotchner almost broke his tears into laughter, shook his head mockingly, and looked at the people walking towards them.
“It’s such a sensational scene.” Jack and Emily, who had been watching the show for a long time, laughed like villains.
Emily stepped forward and hugged Hotchner in a comforting manner.
"My wife always says that I am a master of sensationalism." Rossi boasted proudly.
Rhett suddenly said, "Which one?"
"Every one." Rossi didn't feel dissatisfied at all.
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Of course things cannot go away that simply, but at least Hotchner will no longer regret himself. We will talk about the future later. The most important thing now is to solve the case as soon as possible.
After handing over the scene to Russell and his friends who had just arrived, everyone in the BAU was ready to return to the bureau to analyze the case overnight.
During this period, the beautiful baby-faced female researcher Morgan Brody also communicated with Jack about the progress of her research.
“I found the surgeon who had operated on George Foye. According to his recollection, George Foye’s life was indeed hanging by a thread at the time, and it was the ambulance that arrived in time that saved him.
The knife in the chest was very fatal, and the blood entered his lungs, almost drowning him. "
Jack was very disappointed, he thought his judgment was correct.
"But." Morgan Brody blinked his long eyelashes and smiled sweetly. It turned out that he had just deliberately let it go.
“I used software to restore all the wounds on his body, and then sent it back to the headquarters. Dr. Robbins, the medical examiner, is inclined to support your judgment.
The angle of the knife when a person injures himself and The direction of the force is different. At this moment, he is doing a comparison experiment with pig carcasses, and the results should be available soon."
"Thank you, Dr. Robbins," Jack shook hands with the girl gratefully. .
(End of this chapter)