Chapter 763 New Corpse
After Jack said this, Jubal looked a little bitter, "You are right, but I thought that as a psychologist, you would use more tactful words. way to express it.”
“Because what you need is not a psychiatrist, and I don’t charge by the hour. I even treated you to a meal as a friend.”
Jack won't be able to get his master's degree until next year, and by then he can barely make up for his last shortcoming.
By the way, in the United States, a master's degree is the minimum academic qualification to become a officially licensed clinical psychologist. The requirements may be more stringent than a doctorate, and you need to accumulate at least 3,000+ hours of experience under supervision. Clinical experience, and many very specific requirements.
It is foreseeable that Jack will continue his studies in the future. He has not yet decided whether to choose a PhD or become a PsyD, but he must study.
PhD is the so-called "Doctor of Philosophy". It does not mean that you really want to study philosophy. It is just a type of doctorate. To be precise, it should be called an academic doctorate.
If there is an academic type, there will naturally be a professional type. This type can also be called a "taught doctorate", which is more practical. For example, a doctorate in psychology is called PsyD (Doctor of Psychology).
The issue of academic qualifications seems to be the same everywhere. If ability and interpersonal relationships are the driving force for advancement, then academic qualifications are the ladder and can also be seen as the height of the ceiling.
Jubal does not need any psychological counseling, nor does he need others to tell him what to do. All he needs is support from a friend.
"I can't guarantee anything, but since you took the initiative to mention that old case, it is equivalent to opening the scar with your own hands. The leadership of the matter after that is neither in your hands nor in my hands."
Today The reason why Jack spent most of the day on Jubal's old case was not only to find out the doubts, but also to confirm whether he had made any mistakes in the process of solving the case.
Although everyone knows that this wanted criminal group is a special task force created by Dana Moge in order to retain someone, the nominal boss is Jubal.
Jack doesn’t want to lose the detective in charge before his team is officially established, but he also doesn’t want to see his future partner be someone who will do anything to solve the case.
In the final analysis, he and Jubal did not get along long enough, or the friendship between the two parties was not enough to fully understand each other.
From another perspective, this is not entirely a bad thing. He has now basically determined that Jubal did not make any mistakes in this case, at least in terms of procedures. Of course, the incident of secretly drinking during the interrogation must be removed.
With this premise, the problem is actually not too big. Even if it is later confirmed that it was indeed an unjust case, the impact will not be too serious.
Jubal confessed everything to Jack, naturally with a hint of asking for help, but Jack couldn't promise something right away, even if there were two big guys standing behind him, some things were just a matter of words.
Whether it is money or favors, casually vouching for others is an extremely immature and even irrational act, but he has no intention of sitting idly by.
"My previous suggestion is to forget about McMay for the time being and concentrate on the current case. Of course, in order to avoid certain past events from recurring, you'd better go back to the new office with me these evenings. I will put away anything that contains alcohol.”
Jack finally suggested helplessly. He originally wanted to take the girl back to the dormitory, but ended up taking an old man with him. He was doing his best for his friend.
Jubal was thinking too much and his mood was not right. In order to avoid some vulgar plots, Jack could only take this temporary approach. At the same time, this was also a disguised promise.
Early the next morning, as soon as Jubal arrived at the Federal Building, he went to Dana Moge's office. When he came out, he was in a much better mood.
But everyone's mood soon became bad, because another body appeared, this time of course not in Central Park, which is now full of workers and construction machinery, and half of the area is closed state.
The New York State Police found the body of a woman in her twenties in the woods near a lake in northern Westchester. She was tied up with wires and had no clothes on.
Jack immediately took Hannah, Jie Jie and Aubrey to the scene. When they arrived, the state police had surrounded the woods around the crime scene.
A shy old police sergeant with a beer belly received four FBI. While stroking his chin that looked like a carefully groomed beard, he introduced the situation to the four FBI. "The identity of the deceased should match a missing person reported last night, but we have to wait for further confirmation with his family. The cause of death seems to be strangulation. I noticed the notice issued by your FBI, so I contacted you as soon as possible. "
A few people stepped on the thick leaf litter and humus soil in the woods. Although it was approaching the hot summer, the temperature in the woods was warm. The humidity made people involuntarily get goosebumps.
"Are there any snakes here?" Aubrey walked very carefully, even a little tremblingly.
"Of course, but most of them are non-venomous, mainly garter snakes." The old police chief looked at him with a smile as he looked at people in the city.
The scientific name of the garter snake is the garter snake. It has several obvious stripes on its body. At first glance, it may make people think it is highly venomous. It likes to live in wetland environments. It is very common in areas north of New York and is more distributed in Canada. wide.
Those who like watching horror movies may be familiar with the sound of this kind of snake. As the temperature rises every year and enters the courtship period, this kind of snake will make a chirping sound and a clicking sound when it hits stones. The clicking sound is very similar, and when a person is nervous it is easy to hear it as the sound of footsteps.
Following the old police chief and walking in the woods for nearly 20 minutes, everyone finally saw the body in a creek nearly one kilometer away from the road.
The creek is both narrow and deep, probably because there hasn’t been much rain recently, and is closer to a nearly dry ditch. The body is lying naked at the bottom of the creek, with the gurgling water flowing from under the body and Flows through both sides.
Jack couldn't help but feel something in his heart. The deceased had obviously been violated. The environment was different now underwater, and the time of death was very short, maybe even less than 12 hours, which meant that the DNA in her body was likely to be well preserved.
He squatted down by the stream and carefully observed the condition of the corpse. The binding method was the same as the three corpses found in Central Park. The only difference was that the murderer did not tie the feet of the corpse. Load heavy objects.
“We also found obvious dragging marks nearby, extending all the way here.” The old detective pointed at a mud mark beside the creek.
“I speculate that the murderer dragged her all the way from the car parked on the road. He may have originally wanted to throw her into the lake, but for some unknown reason, he finally dumped her here. , Maybe he was frightened by something, or he was too tired to move."
"Thank you, your discovery is very helpful to us." Jack thanked the experienced old detective and began to take the test. The school’s own teammates.
"Then use your imagination and talk about your thoughts."
Hannah was the first to express her thoughts, "Well, check the surveillance at the surrounding intersections. There is a highway nearby, and the time of the crime was There are not many vehicle samples available for screening at night. Comparing them with vehicles that have been in and out of Central Park before can save a lot of time."
"Not a bad idea, any more?" Jack nodded. Agree.
Jiejie squatted by the stream and shined a flashlight on the body. After observing it carefully for a long time, she asked with some uncertainty, "If the body was indeed dragged all the way, there should be serious consequences for such a long journey. There are abrasions, but at least they are not visible on the upward parts."
"So the murderer should have used some kind of wrap, plastic sheet or something, and was very careful to take it with him afterwards. Take it away." Aubrey responded quickly.
"So what does this mean?" Jack continued.
Aubrey hesitated for a moment and glanced at Jiejie. After all, this was her discovery. If she continued talking, she would be stealing the limelight.
Jiejie smiled and spread her hands, saying that she really hadn’t figured it out yet, but she said it didn’t matter.
“This means that even if we cannot find DNA samples in the body, we may be able to find fragments of the package on the drag marks along the way. Plastic is one of the best carriers of DNA traces. The murderer It's very possible that something was left on it," Aubrey analyzed with excitement.
"Good idea. I have a hunch that the murderer is so careful that there may not be enough DNA evidence found on the body. Your idea may be the key to solving the case." After Jack said that, he took out his mobile phone and called CSI's Mike Taylor.
(End of this chapter)