Chapter 1153 Another SEAL
Jack noticed that the girl's palms and knees were stained with dried blood.
Although he had experienced so many cases, it was still hard for him to imagine what a tragic experience it would be for a ten-year-old girl to return home happily only to see her mother lying in a pool of blood.
"Is this your fortress, soldier? Did you build it yourself?" Jack knelt down in front of the girl, trying to act like an amiable big brother.
The vigilance on the little girl's face was finally no longer as strong as before, and she responded, "My dad helped me set it up. Have you found him?"
Jack pretended to look at the time. In fact, they arrived in a hurry this time. NCIS was still busy searching for survivors and rescuing data servers in the half-collapsed building.
In other words, there is currently no help available there.
Under normal circumstances, the wanted criminal team would directly contact the state police or the local police station, and things would be simpler.
At least there won't be a situation like when they came with a blind eye, and during the flight from New York, they didn't get any useful information except the address of a crime scene.
Fortunately, it was only a waste of time. When they got off the plane, Alice went directly to the police station in the local town.
In fact, not to mention the FBI, even the local state police and town police were confused just now. It was clearly stated that NCIS would take over the case because it involved suspected navy personnel and their families, but now it was a bunch of FBI.
After re-confirming the jurisdiction, it was not until Jack and Jubal finished questioning the neighbors that Alice settled in a conference room at the police station.
"Don't worry, we will help you see him soon." In fact, Jack still hasn't figured out which department or unit of the navy the girl's father, Lieutenant Colonel Barnes, belongs to until now.
But he didn't want to lie to a little girl who was only ten years old, so he used a euphemism.
This little girl named Rachel is much smarter and more mature than Jack imagined. The light that just lit up in her eyes dimmed again when she heard these words.
"Can you please don't let me leave here." The little girl begged softly, "I will be safe hiding here. Even if they come back, they can't hurt me."
"Who are 'them'? Rachel." Jubal's face darkened and he asked quickly.
"Those bad guys who want to kill my father." The little girl's innocent big eyes were full of worry.
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In the conference room of the small town police station, Clay and Hannah arrived belatedly.
"The victim, Valerie Barnes, is a clinical psychologist at a psychological counseling service in Richmond, and she is half a colleague of you and Jack."
Hannah took the pure water that Jiejie handed her and almost drank the bottle to the top in a few sips without even having time to say thank you.
“After asking around the neighbors, Clay and I went to where she worked and chatted with her colleagues.
According to Valerie's colleagues, she is a good person, and no one has had any problems with her recently, including her patients. ”
"I'm here to contact the judge and need to get all her medical records." Jubal took the initiative to take over the task.
"Where is her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Barnes? Has the Navy declassified the files?" Jack looked at Alice, who was busy with her head down. They waited until people from the child welfare department came to take away the little girl Rachel before leaving. Alice's work was still not going well, and the Navy had not yet synchronized the information.
Alice replied without raising her head, "I just received it. Ryan Barnes is a commander of the SEAL team. It will take time for more information to be synchronized.
However, he is currently undergoing survival training in an anti-terrorist action group. I have notified him and he should be able to get here tonight. ”
She used the word "SEAL," which meant that Lieutenant Commander Barnes was a regular SEAL belonging to the Naval Special Warfare Group, not Clay's previous SEAL Team Six.
There was no surprise on Clay's face. Only the identities of members of the special forces could be declassified after going through layers of approvals, which took such a long time.
The printer spit out several sheets of A4 paper. Aubrey stepped forward to pick it up and quickly read through it. His expression was a little strange, "Another commander with outstanding merits. He successfully carried out nearly 20 missions during his time as a SEAL."
"Put away those offensive thoughts in your mind." Clay looked at the boy with dangerous eyes. "Not every seal is a murderer. Our guns will always be aimed at the enemy."
"I didn't mean that. I respect all soldiers who serve the country." What really threatened Aubrey was not Clay's fierce eyes, but his thick arms with bulging veins.
Three of the seven people in the team are women, and Jubal is the commander and is a bit older, so Jack and Aubrey are the only real opponents for Clay during training.
In this matter, Aubrey and Jack are on an equal footing. After all, no one can beat one, and no one can beat the other.
So naturally, among everyone, he was the one who received the most punches from Clay, even though they were all wearing protective gear.
It's just that in the first case they handled for NCIS not long ago, the murderer was a veteran who retired from the Navy SEALs. It's no wonder that Aubrey's expression was so weird.
Jubal thought of another possibility, "Is it possible that the murderer's real target was actually Lieutenant Colonel Barnes? The murderer just killed his wife to vent his anger?"
Everyone immediately thought of what the little girl said before, and then Jack asked in detail. Unfortunately, a ten-year-old girl couldn't be expected to know too much.
Rachel told the FBI that she learned from conversations between her parents that her father had received some kind of threat not long ago due to "work" matters, and her mother was very worried about this.
Jack looked at Clay and saw that he frowned and said nothing. He was also not very sure. "It is unlikely based on the killing method, but this possibility cannot be completely ruled out."
"I'll prepare a safe house right away." Clay understood.
"I think your guess is very reasonable." Alice said suddenly at the side.
"While I was waiting for NCIS to synchronize the files, I checked the name Ryan Barnes on the Internet, and then I successfully found out his identity as a SEAL."
"This is impossible! Whether it is SEAL Team 6 or ordinary SEALs, the identity of each team member is strictly confidential." Clay quickly walked behind Alice and looked at the computer screen in front of her.
(End of chapter)