Chapter 761 Unjust case?
As expected, Rod Det was indeed not the murderer, and his alibi was quite sufficient. On the night Beatrice Santos disappeared, this guy was drinking with his friends in a bar.
Jubal contacted the local police station and called in the surveillance at the entrance of the bar to confirm his alibi, but then Hannah contacted the guy's parole officer and sent him back to prison.
The reason why this bitch went to jail in the first place was because of cybercrime, and now he has maliciously photoshopped other people’s social photos and spread them on the Internet. This is a serious violation of the bail regulations. Send him back for processing. As it should be.
However, Hannah and Aubrey did not find nothing. According to Rod Det's account, he held a grudge because he failed to hook up with Beatrice Santos, and then sent those emoticons to malicious P-pictures. In a certain notorious "Incel" online chat room.
The so-called "Incel" is the abbreviation of "involuntarily celibate". As the name suggests, it refers to those men who believe that they will never find a female partner in their life.
At first, this was just a self-deprecating name with a simple humor, similar to the self-ridicule of single people who are often fed dog food by their couples.
However, in today's popular subculture, the word "Incel" has long become a synonym for sexist and misogynistic men.
They gather on the Internet and preach that all women are naturally manipulative and have the intention of exploiting men. They will call women who are sexually attracted to them "Stacys" and call so-called Sexually successful men are called "Chads".
In the eyes of these people, "Stacys" are both a source of desire and an object of ridicule, and "Stacys" are only attracted to "Chads" and regard them as the soles of their shoes. sludge.
For example, Beatrice is the "Stacys", and she looks down on the short and poor Rod Det from the top. Aquaman like Aubrey is naturally the "Chads". Every morning when he wakes up, there is a different beauty lying on the bed.
In fact, Rod Det not only maliciously photoshopped Beatrice Santos’ photos and made them into emoticons, he also included her body measurements, work location, address, etc. Identity information was uploaded, some of which were true or false, and even contained some malicious conjectures.
For example, if you cursed the other person for being a hypocrite, and you simply invited the other person for a drink but was rejected, but if you replaced him with a handsome man who drove a luxury car, Beatrice would He will take the initiative to throw himself into his arms and so on.
Unexpectedly, analysts at the operations center also found information about two other victims in the chat room. Obviously, that chat room was where the murderer found his targets and obtained information.
Then here comes the troublesome question. Although this kind of website is not large in scale, with less than 10,000 active users, everyone is anonymous, and no fool will use their real names to register.
A judge is obviously unlikely to issue a search warrant for this because it involves privacy issues, and they are dealing with a serial killer rather than a terrorist.
Although geeks in the IT department can easily break through the website firewall and obtain the IP list of logged-in users, doing so in this case is neither procedural nor necessary, and will result in the case not being able to go to court in the end. .
The only way now is to ask the website operator to actively cooperate. This troublesome task was handed over to Isobel by Jubal, which was regarded as a small test for her.
After get off work in the evening, Jack was preparing to go back to his dormitory in the new office in Long Beach to sleep, but Jubal invited him to a bar alone.
He took the initiative to order a glass of bourbon for Jack, but ordered a glass of ice lemonade for himself. After hesitating for a long time, he made a difficult request, "I would like to ask you to help investigate an old case."< br>
Jack, who had already had a premonition, picked up the cup and took a sip, "Is it related to today's case?"
Jubal looked a little hesitant, "I'm not sure, that was what I did three years ago. In a rape-murder case, a guy named Kerry McMay raped and murdered a young woman in North Westchester."
Jack probably knew why Jubal was exposed during the day. He looked so distracted, "The tools and techniques of committing the crime are the same as today's case. They used wires to tie stones to sink the body at the bottom of the water. The knotting techniques were all square knots?"
Jubal nodded. Head, I feel that talking to smart people saves effort, "The cause of death is the same, they were all strangled, and the wedding ring on the deceased's hand was also missing."
He paused at this point, "In fact "About the missing ring, we didn't regard it as an important clue at the time." Jack thought thoughtfully, "Three years ago, the murderer wouldn't have been paroled so quickly, right? What are you worried about, imitator?" That’s not right, that guy just killed one person. Was that case very sensational in the local area or was there something special about it?”
Jubal covered his forehead, looking like he had a headache, "That's the problem. This case is not sensational, and there is nothing special about it. The evidence is conclusive, and we successfully matched it. The murderer's DNA left in the body of the deceased."
Jack probably understood what he meant, but he still said bluntly, "Do you think Kerry McMay was wrongly accused of rape and murder three years ago? It's not him."
Jubal's eyes flickered, "No, I mean okay, I did consider this possibility."
Seeing his guilty expression, Jack. He couldn't help but have some doubts. Unjust, false and wrongful convictions would inevitably occur. Although he had not encountered them yet, it did not mean that they would not happen in the future.
The police are also human, and they will make mistakes. As long as they act according to the rules, even if there is a real problem, they can just correct it in time, unless
"No, we were very sure that we had found the right person, McMahon." is a drug addict with a history of violent crime. He was talking nonsense when he was arrested, and the DNA evidence was conclusive. Although his sister gave him an alibi, it was not accepted in court. "
Jubal muttered a lot. , but it feels more like trying to convince yourself.
"So. What exactly happened at that time?" Jack heard a certain smell of the past that he couldn't bear to look back on in his story.
“I was” Jubal hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to tell the truth, “I remember telling you about my drinking.”
"Of course, I still remember you showing me your sobriety badge. You told me that you haven't even touched Irish coffee since then." Jack still remembered the small brass badge that Jubal showed him.
"A lot of things happened during that time. My marriage was in jeopardy, I was addicted to alcohol, and..." Jubal said, his old face turned slightly red.
“And what else?” Jack suddenly felt that his soul of gossip was suddenly ignited.
"And he also cheated on me. Although my ex-wife and I had separated at the time and our lives were a mess, it was still"
Obviously only Jack was drinking whiskey, and someone was drinking What they had was just lemonade with ice cubes, but just looking at the faces of the two of them, Jubal looked like the one who had drunk wine.
"So you now suspect that your judgment at that time was affected by these things?" For a moment, Jack was even a little moved. The old man in front of him did treat him as a true friend, and he was willing to say such things. come out.
Jubal looked frustrated, his voice was full of bitterness, and his fingers were deeply inserted into his hair, "I'm not sure, but what if?"
Since he was so careful Jack naturally agreed readily, "Okay, I'm willing to help. Give me the relevant case files and the video of your interrogation tomorrow. I will study it carefully and decide where to start.
< br>Theoretically speaking, there is indeed a possibility. After all, even if the other party’s DNA exists in the deceased’s body, we cannot be 100% sure that he is the murderer, but I want to remind you of one thing.”
Speaking of Jack His face became serious, "You have to think carefully. If it is finally found that there is a problem with Kerry McMay's case, your entire previous case handling process will be repeatedly reviewed by the superiors. As long as you are caught with a few mistakes, your future in the FBI will also be ruined." It's completely over.
In this regard, it may be difficult for me to help you cover it up. You'd better report it to Ms. Moge in advance. "
Hearing him talk about this, Jubal's expression became relaxed, "McMay has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and has been in a felon prison for 3 years. If this is really a mistake, It had to be corrected and the real culprit caught as soon as possible, nothing else mattered.
If you find anything new, be sure to notify me as soon as possible and I will explain it to Dana in person. ”
(End of this chapter)