Chapter 521: Falling short
"Is there any progress?" Returning to the FBI operations center, it was just like last time, full of analysts.
This is the first time for Hannah to see such a busy scene in a large office. She has only reported for work for less than a week, and she is still used to leading a team independently when she was in the Los Angeles office. action mode.
At that time, although we could also get technical support from logistics, in addition to the monitoring teams that applied individually, most of the time, the technical logistics staff had to handle multiple cases at the same time, and it was impossible for everyone to be like this. A scene where they are all busy working on one case.
The reason why the combat center established by Dana Moger can achieve this level is because most of the technicians at the moment are not formal agents.
Some of them are employees of the FBI, and some are employees of the NYPD or other departments. Each has partial authority over the database of each other's units. This is the advantage of the joint operations center, which greatly reduces the turnover of intermediate intelligence and each application. Permission time.
“The facial recognition has produced results. We searched the advertising photos on several dating platforms, uh, recruiting websites, and found Hailey’s photos.”
Jubal waved his hand, and an analyst projected a photo of a heavily made-up person on the big screen. Jack frowned and recognized it for a long time before distinguishing the sexy beauty in the photo from the bruised one he had just seen in the hospital. poor girl connected.
"As we all know, every photo has a hidden metacode, which records the camera parameters and software information used to take the photo, so we used the parameters hidden in this photo to conduct a similar search, and found 9 similar photos of other girls.”
Although the atmosphere was not very suitable, Jack still couldn’t help laughing. Jubal’s well-known saying was obviously to cover up his ignorance in this regard. The words had obviously just been popularized by others, and now they couldn't help but show off.
He couldn't help but put his fist to his mouth to hide his awkward smile, and continued, "Then we compared all the Ukrainian visas that entered the country and found matches in all of them."
" These bastards are quite honest and don’t use photo editing software, otherwise our search would be much more difficult.”
Looking at the comparison pictures on both sides of the screen, Jack felt his teeth itch, just in that forest cemetery. There were only 18 corpses lying there, and based on Hailey's account, these nine girls were just the tip of the iceberg of many victims.
"How is the investigation of the 911 call?" Hannah asked loudly. She didn't know who was responsible for this, but this is the advantage of a large conference room. As long as the voice is louder , everyone can hear it.
"The results are already there." A bespectacled analyst turned back from the computer and was obviously stunned for a moment when he saw Hannah, as if he was a little surprised by her appearance.
"Well, the recording was made three days ago. The scooper did call the police, and he used his own mobile phone."
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"Firefighter? Tsk, this is the matter. We can't let the NYPD guys know." Jack couldn't help but grinned as he looked at the caller's message on his phone. Hannah beside him nudged him with her elbow angrily.
I don’t know if the police and firefighters in every city in the United States don’t deal with it. As far as he knows, this is the case at least in the two big cities of New York and Los Angeles. The reason is unknown.
After many days, Jack met the fire captain Owen Strand who he had rescued before. After he explained his purpose, the captain's face suddenly became ugly.
"I'm going to skin this bastard."
Owen Strand is angry for a reason. You must know that in this country, firefighters are a very popular profession. Welcome, especially in male-female relationships.
Especially in New York, a fast-paced city that advocates "fast-food" dating, few girls would refuse to spend a wonderful night with a firefighter who represents masculinity. Owen Strand didn't understand why his firefighter behaved like this, and the firefighter he called into the office alone became so nervous that he turned pale after hearing the purpose of the two FBI's. .
“Hey, listen, we didn’t come here to conduct a moral judgment on you. Captain Strand also agreed to let this matter go as long as you answer our questions honestly. , do you understand? ”
Jack knew that he was worried about losing his job, so he quickly said "relieved", even though Hannah kept secretly rolling her eyes next to him.
"I just wanted to help. I'm not as good at socializing as others. I get extremely nervous every time I date a girl." The firefighter stuttered and tried to explain.
"So you just want to spend some money and skip the dating stage?" Owen Strand was so angry that his face was distorted, which meant that it was two FBI agents who came to the door. If it were replaced by NYPD, he has the heart to tear this guy alive.
For the sake of this guy's conscience at the time, Jack didn't intend to go into details, even though Hailey also said that this guy was a regular customer, which means he was a repeat offender.
“We only need addresses, all the so-called clubs you have been to, and the places you have met Hailey, every address must be there.”
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“So were you using psychological techniques or were you really empathizing with that disgusting guy?”
Leaving the firehouse and getting on the Saber class, Hannah couldn’t help but She stabbed Jack a little. Although she had always been quite confident in this guy's integrity in some aspects and knew that he would never spend money to do that kind of thing, what if he met someone who didn't spend money?
"You know I've never been the one to take the initiative, how could I really empathize with that kind of guy." Jack clarified decisively.
Hanna came up to him with satisfaction and wanted to kiss him as an apology. She shouldn't be suspicious. After thinking about it, she felt that something was wrong. If this guy said it differently, he didn't mean that he would not reject anyone who came. Well, he was so angry that he changed kissing to biting, which made someone scream in pain.
It was Jie Jie's job to keep an eye on Jack before, but it was not difficult for Jie Jie to be transferred out of the BAU, but it would be troublesome if Jie Jie wanted to go back in the future. There was no other way. The two girls discussed it, and finally Hannah had to make the decision. The sacrifice was well-intentioned.
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One hour later, Queens.
Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, Jack and Hannah still couldn't hide their disappointment when they followed the FBI-SWAT team into a villa and found that there was no one inside.
"OK, got it, notify CSI to arrive. There is a lot of DNA evidence that needs to be collected."
Jack ended the call with Danny Regan, and the NYPD's raid on another townhouse in Brooklyn also failed.
Judging from the traces at the scene, the other party evacuated in a hurry and left a lot of evidence. However, both DNA analysis and evidence extraction take time, and those girls who were coerced are what they lack most now. It's time.
"Jack, there is a basement here." Hannah opened an inconspicuous door and found a staircase going down.
“Be careful.” Jack took two quick steps and called two SWAT members to follow him.
A few people went down the stairs. The basement was very large, almost hollowing out the entire underground part of the villa, and divided it into several rooms of different sizes.
(End of this chapter)