Chapter 742 Tarot Card "Death"
The reason why this pair of serial murderers is called the LAPD is a shame, not because the Los Angeles police failed to catch this pair in the next year. Cousins who act like crazy.
It was not until the LAPD arrested Kenneth Bianchi that they discovered that this guy had worked as a temporary worker at the police station during the crime, and often accompanied the police to the crime scene where the body was found. .
"So you are saying that the relationship between the two murderers is not a partnership in the traditional sense? But is it closer to a teacher and an apprentice?"
Joyner interrupted again, but almost everyone present noticed that her eyes always turned to Hotchner intentionally or unintentionally every time she spoke.
Including Hannah and Jack, everyone in the BAU was privately speculating about the true relationship between the two. Since no one thought that the rigid Hotchner would have an extramarital affair, the most voted one was that Joyner was in unrequited love.
However, according to a boring old man who wished to remain anonymous and had sufficient authority within the FBI, before joining the FBI, Hotchner had participated in Some transnational cases.
According to the time, Joyner should have been working as a police detective at Scotland Yard at that time, and the two may have had some interactions. At that time, Hotchner probably did not know his current wife, Hallie.
As for what exactly happened during this period, whether there was a relationship between the two, and whether it ended without any illness due to the separation of the two places, probably no one will know except for the two parties involved.
However, after they were alone together on the way back from the airport pick-up, Hotchner suddenly changed the way he called Joyner, from the more intimate first name to the surname. It can be easily judged that a certain Some of people’s little thoughts may have failed.
Seeing that everyone was silent and silent, in order to avoid the awkward situation, Jack could only stand up and help explain, "It may be more appropriate to describe them as dominant and submissive. Their actual relationship may be that of father and son or colleagues with a superior-subordinate relationship." Wait.”
“Is it possible that it’s a new gang?” Danny, the most familiar with street gangs among the crowd, suddenly interrupted.
Reed unexpectedly agreed with his speculation, "Although the probability is small, we cannot rule out the possibility. It may be the early form of some kind of gang or organization, and formalized it through random killings. "Gangs generally have their own territory, and they are unlikely to kill people randomly across the city, but this is indeed an idea." Emily nodded in agreement after thinking for a moment. .
Jiejie immediately thought of the role she could play, "I will contact the FBI's Organized Crime Investigation Department, and I should be able to get detailed information on various gang organizations in the New York area by early tomorrow morning at the latest."
"The NYPD also has a criminal group division that has gang intelligence. I'll contact you now." Danny just picked up the phone and the phone vibrated in his hand.
After answering the phone, Danny's face became very ugly, "A street shooting just happened on Wall Street."
At this time, Zhu, who had been staying in the big office outside, was sitting in the operations center. Barr pushed open the conference room door and said, "The murderer committed another crime." "
Everyone couldn't help but feel nervous. Previously, there was only one shooting on the street every two or three days, always at noon. But it was clear that one happened at the subway station yesterday, and it happened again today. Why does the frequency of murders suddenly increase, and what does this mean?
Hotchner grabbed his coat from the chair and said, "Everyone come with me to the scene."
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In the true geographical sense, Wall Street is actually only about 500 meters long and only 11 meters wide. It is very narrow, extending from Broadway to the East River, with a total of seven large and small intersections.
Nowadays, most financial institutions have already left Wall Street in the geographical sense and moved to midtown Manhattan with convenient transportation and wide views.
Especially after 9/11, some institutions simply moved out of New York and went to New Jersey next door. On the old Wall Street, except for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, there were almost no financial institutions left. Even the symbol of Wall Street, the big copper bull that almost everyone who comes to Manhattan, New York, wants to touch is not actually on this street, but is placed in a corner park at the south end of Broadway Street.
The location of the crime is also not on this "Wallstreet" (Wallstreet), but it is very close, at an intersection at the southwest corner of the famous "Trinity Cathedral".
The cemetery behind "Trinity Cathedral" is one of the country's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, and is one of the most famous tourist attractions in New York.
So this intersection can be said to be full of people coming and going, but despite this, no one can see the murderer's face clearly.
The deceased this time was a middle-aged, bald Jewish businessman, lying face down on the curb. Like the previous corpses, the .22 bullet was not powerful enough to penetrate two layers of skulls. , so there are only injectable injuries and no ejection injuries.
There are probably more people watching this time than ever before. Apparently many of them have read the relevant reports. While whispering, they look at the scene with a bit of panic. and fear.
Although in a free America, gun battles occur every day, there are two different things between occasional shootings and the clear emergence of a street killer. The latter is like a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head, truly achieving lifelong equality.
An ordinary person can choose not to go to dangerous neighborhoods, not to go out at night, or even not to go to schools and certain "particularly densely populated religious places", but it is impossible for most people not to take to the streets.
After Jack and Red checked the body, they covered it with white cloth again. After standing up, they looked at the surveillance camera behind them at the traffic light. From the angle, the surveillance camera could only capture the murderer's back. Obviously, this Another carefully chosen place to start.
Danny and his female partner Jenny walked back to the scene with pens and notepads, with very helpless expressions on their faces, "There were witnesses everywhere, but no one could see the murderer's face clearly. Including the burrito vendor less than 5 meters away from the deceased." Jack pointed to the pretzel in the deceased's hand, "Did you buy this from him?"
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Jenny nodded, "Yes, his stall cart had stopped at the traffic light before. According to him, the deceased was in a hurry. After buying a burrito, he walked to the intersection and prepared to hail a taxi.
< br>The gunfire rang out the next moment, and when he turned around, he saw a man in a hoodie crossing the intersection. "
Danny sighed and looked at those around him. The crowd of onlookers gathered around him, "Now I know why grandpa wanted to We said that.
People felt the same way during the 'Son of Sam' period. Completely random atrocities made people feel hopeless. The police had no way to do anything. No matter who it was, everyone knew. There is almost no way to prevent the next murder."
"Anyway, after six murders, the other party finally left us something." Rossi showed him the evidence in his hand. A card in the bag.
"What is this?" Danny asked curiously.
“A tarot card, ‘Death’, was thrown on the deceased by the murderer.”
(End of this chapter)