Chapter 440 Murder +2
At the same time, Hotchner also used a flashlight to carefully check the situation inside the car inch by inch.
“Remember Nina Hale’s missing watch in the last case? He left it here.”
Jack followed the beam of his flashlight and saw that it was indeed the missing female watch. Two ladies' watches were seen on his right wrist.
“So, what did he take this time?”
Rossi used a flashlight from the other side to check the accessories on the two deceased people. Although the smell of blood at the scene was pungent, it did not have any impact on the two old FBI agents.
"Here, the husband's wedding ring." Rosie's flashlight light fell on the ring finger of the male deceased's left hand, where there was an obvious indentation.
Then Hotchner made a new discovery, "My wife's bag has been rummaged through."
Jack brought his flashlight closer and helped him search together, and soon he made a discovery. .
Hotchner reached out and pulled the sun visor on the passenger side, and a family photo of the deceased fell down. On it was also written the word "Fate" in the blood of the deceased, followed by a question mark.
"What do you mean?" Jack took the photo and passed it to Rosie with some confusion.
The word "Fate" has many meanings, including fate, destiny, disaster and even death. What does adding a question mark mean? Is it ridicule?
"This is for us to see." Hotchner explained.
"What he means is that this is not to be blamed on fate. We had ten years to save these people from death. These new victims are all caused by us."
"It's amazing, you can actually tell so much from a question mark." There was a bit of sarcasm in Rossi's words. Substituting one's own emotions is a taboo in this business.
Jack also sensed that something was not right about Hotchner's state. It seemed that he was in the same state as when Rosie was brooding over an old case that was more than 20 years old.
It’s just that Hotchner’s character is too introverted, and he usually keeps his emotions and anger secretive. If it weren’t for his words, I’m afraid even Rossi wouldn’t be able to detect the abnormality.
Hotchner was as unfazed as usual and did not react much to Rossi's sarcasm.
"Perhaps, my understanding of 'Death' is much more than that."
In the surprised eyes of Jack and Rosie, he continued, "Actually, for him, I Complete profiling done.”
This is not what he said before. The BAU was originally invited to participate in the "Boston Death" case, but just after it started, it was invited away by the deceased old police detective Tom Shaunas.
“You haven’t let it go and have conducted an investigation in private?” Rossi sighed. Everyone has “inner demons”. He had been entangled in a case for more than 20 years, and he didn’t seem qualified to criticize Huo. China, worry is still unavoidable.
"Yes, this is the first case I took over after becoming an official profiler of BAU. How can I let it go? Over the years, I have opened the files many times and studied the murderer alone." Huo Qina sighed.
“I know that I have always emphasized that profiling is a collaborative work, but this time is different. I don’t know what I am thinking. Maybe I am worried that if I am wrong, it will lead everyone to The wrong direction is getting farther and farther.”
“Now that you have said it, does it mean that you now feel that you were right before?” Jack added in a timely manner.
Hotchner sighed, "These two cases make me feel that my judgment is correct."
"Okay, tomorrow morning, we will listen to your profile in private." Rossi He took off his gloves and patted his shoulder.
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"The 'Boston Death' fits the characteristics of an "omnivore". Unlike most serial killers, an 'omnivore' does not have a specific victim group.
< br>To be precise, he is a hungry beast and anyone can become his prey.”
Hotchner stood at the head of the conference table and began to describe the psychological profile of the suspect that he had completed alone.
It was already early morning on the third day, and everyone held a closed-door meeting. Apart from the members of the BAU team, only Finlay participated.
The first question was also raised by Finlay, "Why, does he still pay attention to 'discooking' when killing people?"
"Because the pleasure of killing him does not come from the victim. In itself, what the murderer needs is a sense of identity and to be known to the world. As one of his characteristics, putting the belongings of the previous victim on the next victim is a display to the police. His ability.”
Hotchner said, pointing to the photo of the agreement on the evidence board.
"The letter to Tom Shonus is the best proof. He induced him to make a written compromise. The murderer knew that it was impossible to get the police to make a public statement, so he sent Police Officer Shonus to Tan put on the altar."
Reed raised his hand and interrupted, "The murderer manipulated Shaunas through his IQ that exceeded ordinary people, and gained unparalleled pleasure in the process."< br>
Emily continued, "In this case, we can actually regard Shaunas as the 22nd victim of 'Death'. His self-blame and pressure are exactly what the murderer put on him. "
"Yesterday's case also reminded me of a feature that Hodge mentioned before. "Jack stayed up all night and read everything related to "Boston Death" again. file.
"The murderer has omnivorous attributes, but the younger the victim, especially women, the more time he spends on them.
For example, 19-year-old Nina Hale was stabbed 46 times More than ten years ago, Amanda Lambert, also 19, was stabbed 67 times, and there were more similar ones before."
"Do you suspect that he is still a 'teenager'? " Rossi asked tentatively.
The so-called "pornophile" is distinguished from "copper fetishist" and refers to people who have a sexual preference for teenagers in middle and late adolescence (usually 14 to 18 years old).
Although when surfing the Internet, people often joke that men always prefer 18-year-olds, in fact, a normal man has different age preferences for the opposite sex at different ages.
But there is a type of people (regardless of men and women here) who only have sexual impulses towards teenagers.
Jack nodded, "I even suspected that he was still incompetent, so he chose to use the dagger as a weapon, stabbing the victims repeatedly as a substitute for entering their bodies."
His words made Hotchner's eyes light up. The characteristics of "omnivore" did not help frame the scope of the murderer's identity, but "youth lover" was completely different.
"Start the search from people who can be associated with 'authority', high school teachers, counselors, coaches, etc., as well as people who have a criminal record for molesting female teenagers in the past decade. "
"There is another question." Rhett raised his hand to speak again, "What about George Foye? He was also stabbed dozens of times, but he was a man and he was 28 years old at the time. does not meet this characteristic.”
Jack scratched his head, "He is indeed a special case. I am still asking CSI researchers to help investigate some doubts. If there are results, I will notify everyone as soon as possible. Judging from the situation of other victims, it is not that there are no males. "Hit multiple times."
Anyway, after three days passed and four new victims were added, the BAU team finally found a breakthrough direction, and everyone continued to be busy.
However, the "Boston Death" seemed to have fallen into madness. At 12 o'clock that night, Jack was still reading files in the hotel, and the phone rang again.
Twenty minutes later, Saboban drifted and stopped at the entrance of an alley. As soon as the car stopped, Hotchner opened the door. Others followed him and filed out. This time the group Everyone came to the scene.
Jack closed the car door, took two quick steps to catch up with everyone, walked through the alley to the secluded street at the other end, and found that everyone was standing still.
I saw a bus parked on the side of the road, with a set of numbers written in blood on one side of the window. Finlay stood beside the bus in a daze with a pale face. When he saw Jack, there was an unclear expression on his face. Cry or laugh expression.
"Jack, it seems I really need your help this time."
"How many people?" Hotchner took a step forward, and he, who was always calm and composed, spoke at this time His voice was trembling.
"Six passengers, not including the driver." Finlay answered with trembling hands as he took the cigar from Jack.
“He first killed the driver, then used a gun to knock down all the people, and finally used a dagger to finish the last hit.”
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(End of this chapter)