Chapter 1119 "The God of Medicine" and the First Crime Scene
Unfortunately, despite the presence of Hannah, a tree-climbing expert, the team was unable to find any more clues at the scene.
After the FBI took a circle of photos, Lopez informed the local police that the blockade could be lifted.
Not long after, Jiejie and Aubrey also arrived here through the border. They had gone to question the girl Rosie Bantar who was traveling with the victim Lee Kern.
It doesn't look like they spent much time on this task.
"You mean that girl just admitted that she was smuggling drugs across the border?" Jubal was a little surprised when he heard Jiejie's story.
"It's not drugs, it's prescription drugs, insulin and other drugs." Aubrey explained.
"We found her in a nursing home, where many elderly people relied on her once-a-week medication purchase, so after discussing with me, Jiejie decided not to pursue the case."
It sounds like a plot similar to "Dallas Buyers Club" and "I'm Not a Drug God", but the prescription drugs that the girl Rosie bought were not unapproved new drugs or cheap generic drugs, but ordinary prescription drugs.
Unlike those cheap painkillers that are sold in large quantities, the prices of most common prescription drugs in the United States are quite ridiculous.
For example, "Ofloxacin", which contains antibiotic ingredients, is the common ofloxacin (used for eye drops or ear drops) in Seris. The price of one bottle is US$503.59.
After insurance compensation, the out-of-pocket price is US$16.04. Considering the high medical insurance coverage in the United States, there is naturally a generic drug for people without medical insurance - "GoodRx", priced at US$24.04 per bottle.
As for the price of drugs such as insulin, there was once a 20-fold price difference between the United States and Mexico. This means that an American diabetic patient needs to spend about 30% of his disposable income on purchasing insulin to maintain his life every month.
There are nearly 40 million such patients in the United States, which is close to 10% of the total population.
Even the men in Congress couldn't stand such horrific prices. They once implemented a wave of forced price cuts, forcing the three major insulin giants in the United States - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi - to lower the prices of their insulin products. 70%.
However, there are policies and countermeasures, and soon these pharmaceutical companies began to launch so-called new insulins that replaced the bottles without changing the medicine, and gradually discontinued the insulin products that had originally been reduced in price.
"So the boys who cross the border with Rosie to Tijuana every week are just her cover?" Jack quickly figured out what was going on.
An 18-year-old girl who frequently travels to and from the border alone is not only likely to arouse suspicion, but also poses a risk to her personal safety. Bringing a frat boy with her every time can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
"It's a smart move, but how did they separate?" Jack asked Xiang Jiejie.
"Lee Kern drank too much and vomited violently in the back alley of a bar, but the pharmacy was about to close at that time, and Rosie had to leave him behind and rush to sell medicine.
When she came back, she found that Li was no longer there. She thought he had left on his own, so she hurried back to San Diego.
When we found her, Rosie didn't even know Lee had been murdered. ”
Jiejie is now also a BAU certified behavioral analyst. No one thought that an 18-year-old girl could easily deceive her with her acting skills alone. Moreover, after learning that Lee Kern was murdered, Rosie also took the initiative to provide an important piece of information. clue.
"While they were drinking at the bar, Li saw someone passed out in the bathroom with a small bag of cocaine in his hand, so he took it away." Aubrey gestured at the size, "About a sandwich bag. Rosie said she warned Lee not to get into trouble, then grabbed the bag and threw it in the trash."
"OK, the first scene is probably near the bar. Lopez led people to seal off the surrounding area. We need to conduct a dragnet-style search."
Jubal was refreshed. Less than 24 hours had passed since the incident, and they still had great hope of finding more clues nearby.
The bar Rosie mentioned was less than two kilometers away from Plaza Delgado. Following the girl's prompts, Aubrey and Clay easily found a trash can made of oil drums in front of the bar. The bag of cocaine was found.
After twisting a handful of powder and observing it carefully under the sun, Lopez took off his gloves, "The purity is not very high, about 70 or 80 grams, but it can be sold for a lot of money on the street. This will be that boy. Cause of death?”
"Maybe, but if the drug dealers caught Li and wanted to recover these drug addicts through him, shouldn't they use torture to extract a confession? Why would they simply cut his throat with a single knife?"
Clay squatted on the ground, covering his nose, and continued to pick through the disgusting things poured out of the trash can, but unfortunately he didn't find anything more.
Lopez shrugged, "I don't know, but whatever those bastards do won't surprise me. I'll ask the bar owner."
"I'm with you." Jiejie followed him into the bar.
Aubrey looked up at the alley leading to the back door of the bar, "This is where Rosie and Lee separated. It was about 10:30 pm"
He pointed to the vomit in the corner and led everyone to continue walking deeper into the alley.
".The entrance to the bar will be very busy at that time, and Li's accident probably won't happen in public."
After passing more trash cans, wooden pallets containing empty wine bottles, and rusty oil drums, a mud wall covered with messy graffiti appeared in front of everyone.
A swarm of flies and other insects were having a carnival here, as the walls and floor were covered in splatters of blood.
Jack avoided the messy footprints on the ground and leaned against the wall to carefully observe the blood stains. "I think we have found the first crime scene. These are caused by typical arterial blood spatters."
Because they were not handling the case in their own country, everyone did not expect Mexico to provide any decent forensic team to support them. They had no choice but to do it themselves, put on gloves and took out the evidence bag to start collecting evidence.
There is basically no need to count on footprints, but you still need to take photos and collect evidence after they are finalized. You don’t expect to find the murderer through the footprints, but they can be used as evidence for conviction afterwards.
The ground here is not a cement floor, but simply hardened sand. You can see a long drag mark mixed with blood stains that suddenly stopped at the entrance of the alley, replaced by two tire marks.
Jubal took a picture of the tire tracks with his mobile phone and pulled out a tape measure to measure the tire distance. "The murderer took the body away in a car and transported it to the other side of the square. This can explain how the body was hung from the tree. .
Tie the other end of the rope to the bumper and even one person can easily lift the body. ”
(End of chapter)