Chapter 805 The Important Discovery of the Gossip Old Lady
Tim was directing the patrolmen to seal off the scene with a sullen face. When he saw the familiar FBI, his expression relaxed slightly.
"The body was found less than an hour after the death by the husband of the deceased. We called the CSI California Laboratory and they are on their way."
Angela and John on the other side Standing at the door of the house where the crime occurred was comforting a middle-aged white man who was crying bitterly. That should be the husband of the deceased mentioned by Tim.
Jiejie was a little surprised when she heard the word husband, "You mean the victim, Mary Lenaan, is married?"
"The murderer used to target single women, but this time the risk level has suddenly increased a lot." Emily frowned and continued.
Genius Encyclopedia Reid immediately went online, "Generally speaking, serial killers will gradually lose concentration. After successful killings again and again, they will gradually become crazy, and their actions will begin to lose order and immersion. In the excitement."
Jack poked him with his elbow without leaving any trace, signaling the guy to keep his voice down. In addition to the husband of the deceased, there were other civilians at the scene who were being questioned.
Although serial killers will be exposed by the media sooner or later, it is another matter to tell them from the mouths of FBI agents, especially the BAU team.
John and Angela, the talkative kings, were calming down the family members of the deceased. The FBI were no longer in a hurry to ask about the situation. Everyone was an old acquaintance and the relationship was very harmonious. When Jack was in Los Angeles We often get together to eat and drink.
Emily and Red turned to ask the surrounding neighbors. Jack and Jiejie walked around the community and observed the surrounding environment.
This is somewhat similar to the previous crime scene. It is also a townhouse apartment community, but it is obviously more upscale. Not only is the living area of each house much larger, but the water quality is also maintained very well. public swimming pool.
The structure of the townhouses is also different from the previous community. Every five or six households form a zigzag shape, with their own independent backyards, and the front door faces the public swimming pool.
Jack touched a lounge chair by the swimming pool. It was very clean. There should be someone responsible for cleaning it every day. However, perhaps for this reason, there is no surveillance camera in the community.
“It looks like an emerging middle-class community.” Jiejie obviously understood what Jack meant.
Jack nodded, "But the supporting facilities are obviously not very complete. There is not even a yoga studio nearby. It belongs to that kind of transitional community."
When a wealthy real estate developer takes a fancy to a certain place If a high-end department store or large supermarket is built nearby, the attractiveness of the surrounding community will increase, and housing prices will rise accordingly.
At this time, whether it is building a brand new community or renovating the original community, it can attract the wealthy middle class to move in. Of course, it will also cause the poor who originally lived here to have to move out due to reasons such as rising rents. .
This kind of community in the rising stage is what Jack calls a transitional community. The poor have been driven away, the environment is gradually getting better, supporting facilities will gradually be improved, and the police station that has received sufficient funding will hire more people. The same goes for many police officers and city employees.
As a result, public security has gradually improved, and garbage can be cleaned up in time every day. If this process is not interrupted, this transitional community will gradually turn into a high-end middle-class community.
“People living in transitional communities are eager for law and order to improve as soon as possible, so they are much friendlier to the police. When law enforcement officers come knocking on the door, they are usually not regarded as a threat, but welcomed. Perhaps this is why the murderer can succeed repeatedly. "
Jack's analysis was agreed by Jiejie, and the two walked around the community and returned to the swimming pool. Rhett and Emily had just finished their conversation with a fashionably dressed modern girl. .
"She is the neighbor across the street. She should have been at home when the crime occurred, but she didn't see or hear anything." Emily sighed.
At this time, Tim also came over, "The police officers were still asking other neighbors, but they didn't get much for the time being. The bastard was like an invisible man. He just entered a strange community openly without causing any trouble. "
While everyone was talking, Jiejie suddenly turned her head slightly and looked behind everyone. Soon others noticed her expression and followed her gaze and turned to look to the side. The crime scene is laid out vertically in another apartment.
Behind a window facing everyone, an old white lady was carefully hiding behind the curtains and curiously peeking her head in. When she saw everyone turning to look at her, she quickly lowered the curtains.
"Do you think an old woman with a lot of curiosity and a lot of time might notice something?" Jack smiled.
The most important part of the people in Chaoyang District, which had a great reputation in the previous life, were those "nosy" enthusiastic retired old men and women. Jack has not had much dealings with the American old lady, but I think there should be some. commonality. Seeing Jack making an inviting gesture towards her, Jiejie gave him a white look, took out her wallet, walked to the apartment door and knocked on it.
"Madam, we are the FBI, and we have some very important questions to ask you." Seeing that there was no movement in the room for a long time, a rather helpless look appeared on Jie Jie's pretty face. Smile, lengthen your tone, and raise your voice slightly.
"Ma'am, we know you are at home."
There were finally footsteps in the room, and then a white-haired white woman in her seventies opened the door with a smile on her face. Full of guarded tension.
"I am Agent Rangre, they are my colleagues, may I ask your name?" Jiejie opened her wallet, showed her ID, and then turned around to briefly introduce the group behind her. FBI.
"Susan Groves." The old lady clutched her pajamas tightly with one hand, showing a strong sense of self-defense, but the name of the FBI obviously had some effect on her.
So she specifically explained her behavior, "My heart is not very good and I don't want to be involved in any trouble."
Jiejie always maintained her unique gentle smile on her face, "We understand this very well, madam, it's just a few simple questions that won't take up too much of your time."
At this time Jack will Red pushed in front of him and stood behind Jiejie. This guy's face was tenderer than his own, and he was a special attack type on elderly women.
Reed was a little confused, but he knew that Jack meant for him to ask questions, so he quickly said, "Did you see anyone entering or leaving the Linain house across the door this morning?"
The old lady glanced at Rhett, her expression still a little reluctant, but she finally started to speak, "Yes, I heard some noise at that time, so I looked out through the peephole.
< br>At about 10:30, I saw someone coming out of their house.”
As expected, she was a gossipy old lady. Jack was overjoyed and asked, showing a standard smile with eight big white teeth, "Can you describe the other party's appearance?"
"A very handsome man, wearing a suit. Just like you." The old lady squinted her eyes and looked Jack up and down, then forced a smile on her wrinkled face and added.
"But much worse than you." After a pause, she added without saying anything, and said to Rhett, "Not as good as you."
Rhett nodded in thanks. , "Then have you ever seen him appear here before?"
"Never." As she spoke, the old lady glanced at the apartment blocked by the security tape, showing a bit of curiosity, and whispered Asked, "Did Brian come back and find Mary cheating on him, so he killed her? That's really terrible."
Jiejie was a little dumbfounded, "I'm sorry we can't reveal the details of the case, but can I ask why you think Mary cheated?"
"That's too obvious, okay?" Sure enough, as long as this person gossips, When she got up, it was like a conversation box was opened, and the old lady began to take the initiative to talk about her findings.
"When the man left, I saw him pull down the hem of his shirt and straighten his tie, as if he had just put on clothes."
The one named Susan The old lady frowned with a disdainful expression, but her eyes were filled with excitement and gossip.
“Susan obviously doesn’t look at people very well. Although the guy is well-dressed, he has those scary tattoos, which makes people feel very bad. She shouldn’t do that behind Brian’s back. Kind of thing.”
"Tattoo?" Jack's eyelids twitched slightly. The old lady's look was quite remarkable. He quickly asked, "Can you describe specifically what kind of tattoo it is?"
Old lady Susan pointed to the left side of her neck. Side, "A spider web, right here, I happened to see him when he was buttoning his collar."
(End of this chapter)