Chapter 803 Red’s Guess and Autopsy
According to the data from female supervisor Natalie, the FBI has a total of 1,152 active agents in the greater Los Angeles area. The murderer in the video is obviously a white male, but remove the women and After African Americans, the number should not be less than 600.
The workload of screening so many people in a short period of time is not small. The trouble is that because it is a secret review of internal personnel, they cannot use too many manpower.
Although in Jack's opinion, it is not very likely that the murderer is an active FBI agent, after all, all FBI agents are required to keep their mobile phones away from them 24/7, and there are traces of them wherever they appear. Circular.
But this case obviously cannot be prioritized according to the probability. After some simple discussions, Hotchner decided to keep Jiejie and Rossi, and the three of them stayed in SCIF to cooperate. Garcia retrieved files for personnel screening, and Jack left first to find Emily and Red to learn about the case.
Originally, the BAU team also had a newcomer, Luke Elvis, but he had recently completed training in a behavioral analysis course and returned to Quantico to take the exam.
Emily was sorting out files in the team office. She showed a surprised expression when she saw Jack appear, but then realized that something was wrong, "Has it been confirmed?"
Of course Jack knew that she was referring to the suspicion of insiders committing the crime. He smiled and shook his head, "It's not that fast. They are still trying to rule out this possibility. I'll come over and take a look at the case first."
"OK." For some reason, Emily felt a lot more at ease after seeing Jack, and placed the three files on the table in front of him.
“The first case occurred three days ago. The deceased, Gertrude Smiles, died at the home of Igor Rock. The second case occurred the day before yesterday. The deceased, Isabella ·Jane's body was found yesterday morning at her home in Atwater Village."
"The two places are less than 5 miles (8 kilometers) apart?" Jack easily found the two locations on the map.
Emily nodded and continued, "Yes, the bodies of the two victims were wrapped and placed in the bedroom. Gertrude was wrapped in a carpet, and Isabella was wrapped in her own sheets. The cause of death was both suffocation.
The police detective who took the case had received training from us and was keenly aware of the similarities between the two cases. He was worried that the murderer was a developing serial murderer and contacted us directly. "
"It turns out that the detective's judgment was very correct. The third victim appeared after you took the case?" Jack said, picking up the third file.
"Yes, that's right, it was early this morning. The deceased's name was Patricia Brannon. You should have seen the surveillance video of the community where she lived."
Emily sighed and continued while posting photos on the evidence board.
“The first two deceased people lived in single-family houses, while the third deceased lived in an apartment community and was more likely to be seen or heard by neighbors. The murderer is becoming unscrupulous.”
Jack's focus was not on this. His eyes fell on the photos of the three deceased people. The three deceased people in the photos at the scene were all tightly wrapped, with only two feet exposed.
"Gertrude is 29 years old, blonde, Isabella is 42 years old, brown hair, Patricia Brannon is 48 years old, black hair, they also look different, they look like murderers There seems to be no specific category for selecting victims?”
At this time, Emily had finished posting the photos, “There were no signs of robbery at the scene, and we did not find any connection between the victims and their lives. Methods and occupations are also in the low-risk category
Gertrude is a marketing executive for a toy company, Isabella works from home handling various medical bills, and Patricia works the night shift as a veterinary assistant at an animal hospital. "
The counterpart of low risk is naturally high risk. For example, strippers and the like are proper high-risk occupations.
"Where did Rhett go? "Jack looked around. Red was usually the one doing the work of drawing maps and putting up evidence boards. It was said that it would make it easier for him to sort out the logic and ideas of the case.
"In view of the three victims, With all the wrapped characteristics, we suspect that it is some kind of suffocation-style love-making method of committing the crime, or it is an expression of repentance, from which we can judge that the murderer may have known the deceased.
Red seems to have a different view. He thinks the murderer may be claustrophobic, so he just went to the medical examiner's office to verify this. Emily's answer stunned Jack, "But doesn't claustrophobia focus on one's own experience?" He suddenly realized, "Is it impression projection?" He projects his own fears onto his victims. ”
"Red said the same thing." Emily smiled.
Jack took out his cell phone and checked the time, then said to her, "I will go to the medical examiner's office first, and when we come back we will go to the community where the third victim lives."
< br>Emily gestured to express receipt. Jack walked to the elevator and called Jubal to briefly explain the situation in Los Angeles. He and Jiejie might have to return to New York a little later.
Half an hour later, he drove the bulletproof version of the "Mammoth" belonging to Braxton to the medical examiner's office and found Red and the medical examiner on duty. The large autopsy room could dissect 6 corpses at the same time. At this time, three corpses were lined up inside.
Jack was not very familiar with the forensic doctor in Los Angeles. He had never met this man before. He was a white male, no more than 30 years old, no more than 40 years old. He was young but had a big bald head, but he was not a familiar part-timer face.
However, this was the first time Jack saw Red wearing formal attire to handle a case. The light silk and linen fabric did not look out of place even in the hot summer of Los Angeles. The slim-fitting British suit style made him still The slightly thin body exudes a somewhat elegant temperament.
Laila is worthy of being a star, at least in terms of aesthetics, she is impeccable. She abruptly transformed someone's nerd image into the appearance of a young and promising university professor.
"So, the thing wrapped around the third deceased was her curtain?" Jack walked to Red and turned on a light. The light shined through the hung curtain, revealing a bite mark.
"This shows that the deceased was wrapped while he was still alive." Rhett frowned, his expression a little uncomfortable.
"Yes, just like the first two deceased people, I also found a bruise and tear on the inside of her upper lip." The bald forensic doctor handed Jack a pair of gloves.
Reed pointed to the face of the corpse when Jack put on gloves to prepare for inspection. "The skin around the nose and mouth is white, as if it was caused by someone covering the mouth and nose with their hands."
Jack rolled the lips of the corpse, checked the position of the lower front teeth, and nodded in agreement, "The force used was very strong, the gums showed signs of bleeding, and the front teeth were loose."
He then glanced at the instruments on the autopsy table and felt a little surprised, "There are no signs of sexual assault?"
The bald forensic doctor's expression was a little tangled, "To be honest, this is not very easy to judge. I The trace evidence extracted from the private parts of the three deceased people contained artificial leather components, but there was no presence of body fluids, DNA, or lubricating oil.”
Red glanced at Jack, "So, suffocating the victim in this way is more about a specific technique or ritual?"
"I bet you can also do the same in Similar artificial leather components were found in the deceased’s mouth and nose and in the corresponding locations of the wrapping,” Jack told the medical examiner.
“He first put on gloves to cover the victim unconscious, then molested the victim, then wrapped the unconscious victim in a sheet, carpet or other things he found casually, and covered their mouth and nose again Until the victim suffocated to death."
Reed frowned and concluded, "So our murderer is a thoughtful, experienced, physically incompetent person who can only obtain sex through ritualized killing. A perverted murderer of pleasure and satisfaction? "
"He is not very picky about food. He doesn't care about the other person's appearance and age, as long as he is of the opposite sex with a size that he can easily control, and he will judge you. Just like him, his ritualized killing method is likely to come from his own claustrophobia."
(End of this chapter)