North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 293 The Troubled Disappearance Case
The town of Tata is near the border between Texas and Oklahoma. There are forests in the east and west of the town, and a small lake in the north. It is not far from the Red River at the junction of the two states. There is only one road from the town The southwest direction connects to the side road.

Jimmy drove along the road to the road leading to Tata Town. This road is a one-way, single-lane paved road. There will be a forest on both sides of the road. It can be seen that the people here are very concerned about the surrounding environment. It's pretty good. Although there are many trees, the ground next to the road is not overgrown with weeds, which should be controlled intentionally.

The road is not long. It is about 2 kilometers outside Tata Town. Jimmy opened the briefcase, and there was a business card in the file. It was the phone number found by the sheriff of Tata Town. He dialed the number .

Jimmy: "Sheriff Chad, this is FBI Agent Jimmy Young."

Chad: "Welcome, Agent Yang, please wait for me where I am, I will be right there."

Chad hung up the phone, took the keys from the table, left the police office, and drove to the outskirts of town to pick up Jimmy.

Chade drove an F150 pickup truck with a black background, the logo of the Sheriff’s Office of Tata Town and the words “sheriff” on it, which was very conspicuous. The window reached out to motion for Jimmy to follow.

Jimmy followed Chad's car to the police station near the town center. This police station is not big, it's a two-story building with a small square and parking lot in front, and a small gas station next to it.

Jimmy parked the car and got out with his briefcase.Jimmy was still dressed casually in jeans, a jacket, and a cowboy hat. He walked up to Chad, shook hands with him, and then took out his FBI ID from his pocket and flashed it: "Sheriff Chad, FBI Agent Jimmy Young, call I'm just fine with Jimmy."

I found out that he is not tall, about 175 by visual inspection, much lower than Jimmy, but his body is very southern. He looks a little fat, and he is very strong holding up the khaki police uniform.

Chad looked at Jimmy, then at his car, and said with a frown, "Welcome, Agent Yang. Are you alone?"

Jimmy nodded: "Well, it's just me."

Chad: "Have you changed the rules?"

Jimmy smiled and said, "No, no, it's just that I'm special. I've always handled cases alone."

Jimmy took out a business card case from his pocket, drew a business card from it, and took out a pen from his inner pocket to write a phone number. "You can contact Supervisor Lambert of the Dallas office to verify my identity."

Chad took Jimmy's business card and glanced at it, "It's okay, I believe that since you can handle the case alone, there must be your reasons, let's go in."

Chad went ahead, and Jimmy followed him into the police station.This police station is really small. After entering the hall, there is a sheriff marked on the door of the room on the left, and there are three desks on the right. Behind the hall, you can see a temporary detention room with an iron door. Next to it are warehouses and stairs. It is estimated that the equipment room , financial room and the like are all on the second floor.

Jimmy followed Chad into his office. "Sit." Chad took his seat, and Jimmy sat on a sofa against the wall.

Chade: "Detective Yang, are you going to deal with the disappearance case this time?"

Jimmy: "Yes, check the sheriff, the state police handed over the file, I think your police station should have the original file, I hope you can let me see it."

Chad: "No problem, the files are there. But do you want to start today?"

Jimmy looked at Chad: "Well, this case may not be so easy to find out, let's look at the files first. Is there a hotel near here? I think it may take a few days to stay."

Chad: "There's a motel on the way we're coming, and that's the only one, and there's a restaurant next to it."

Jimmy: "That would be great, a little more convenient."

Chad turned around and went to the next bookshelf, pulled out a few file folders and handed them to Jimmy.

Jimmy took the file and asked again: "Sheriff, how many people do you have here? Is there any free space outside that I can use for a few days?"

Chad: "Three, including me, Hayden, and Nora. Nora is off today, and Hayden is out on patrol. There's an empty table outside."

Jimmy stood up holding the file, "Then I'll read the file first."

Jimmy came to the lobby and found the empty table on the right. Fortunately, although no one was using it, they still cleaned it regularly, and there didn't seem to be any dust on the table.

Jimmy put the file in his hand on the table, and took out the information given by Lambert from the briefcase, and compared the contents of the two files while looking at it.

Jimmy didn't directly look at the files in the Dallas office, because there is no place for him to read the files with peace of mind. The original plan was to find a hotel to stay in after meeting with the sheriff, and then read the files slowly, but after reading The environment in the police station seems to be better to read the information here.

Chad looked at Jimmy through the window. He was a little uncertain about the situation. This was a bit abnormal, because the FBI had two people handling the case for a long time, and now suddenly there is a case of one person handling the case. Is it true?
Chad took out an address book from a drawer, found the number of the FBI's Dallas office, picked up the phone and dialed it.

Chad: "This is Chad, the sheriff of Tata Town, please help me to pick up Supervisor Lambert." Chad dialed the office switchboard, and it was better to transfer to Supervisor Lambert through the switchboard than the mobile phone on Jimmy's business card Spectrum.

Chad: "Director Lambert, this is Tata Town Sheriff Chad."

Lambert: "I know you, what's the matter?"

Chad: "I just came here with an FBI agent, Jimmy Young. I want to confirm his identity with you. Asian, short hair, about 185 cm tall, in his 20s."

Lambert: "Yes, Detective Jimmy Young, I arranged to deal with the disappearance case."

Chad: "Thank you, Director Lambert. Also, I want to ask, have you started handling cases alone again?"

Lambert: "Don't worry, Jimmy is fine. I have other things to do, so be it."

Before Chad continued to ask about the situation, Lambert hung up the phone.Well, at least now it is confirmed that the Asian boy outside is indeed sent by the FBI, although he does not look reassuring, he is too young.

It took Jimmy an hour to read all the files of the four disappearance cases. After reading the materials, he knew that this time there must be big trouble.

Tata Town is a relatively well-known campsite nearby. You can camp next to a small lake, and you can also go fishing in the Red River together. It is a campsite that many people in the vicinity like very much.

The earliest case of disappearance was in April this year. A group of 4 college students came out to play, four men and two women. They used 6 tents when camping, two girls shared one, and four boys used one in two groups. When I woke up the next day, I found that there was one person missing, but the people in the same tent had no idea when that person left the tent.

Their camp was right by the lake, some distance away from the nearby woods, and there was no record of ferocious beasts attacking people here.

They searched around but couldn't find it, and then called the police. Chad took Hayden and Nora to search for the missing person for two days, but they didn't find it.

The second case of disappearance was in June. Someone found a small fishing boat stranded on the river bank in the direction of Tata Town while camping. There was no one on board, but there was a backpack and a set of fishing rods and fishing gear, because There were no clues to prove the identity of the owner of the ship, and all the backpacks were on board, and no one reported missing. In the end, no case was filed, and this case was reported together after the follow-up case occurred.

The third case was in July. Two people were camping by the Red River. It was still the next morning that one person was missing. After calling the police, the sheriff arranged to search around, but there was still no result.Since no person or body was found, he could only report missing.

The fourth case was not a tourist, but Akins, a resident of the town. He disappeared when he was logging in the woods to build his own holiday tree house more than half a month ago. His family only found his tools in the woods Bags, chainsaws, and axes, but no one could find them.Compared with tourists outside, the talents in their own town are the most important. After checking, they mobilized the residents to search the woods, but they still couldn't find the missing Akins.

Chade, who searched to no avail, had to apply for support from the county police. However, even with the support of the county police, the K9 team was called to investigate, but there was still no result. Since Akins disappeared, he has never been found again. Traces are gone.

Chade summarized the recent cases that happened here in the town, and found that in just a few months, four people had disappeared. As a last resort, Chade had to report the cases, and finally these cases were summarized to the FBI In his hand, Lambert gave it to Jimmy to handle alone.

Jimmy did a good job in the two previous cases, especially when he went to Little Rock alone to deal with the shooting of James. Lambert also wanted to see how far Jimmy's handling ability could go. The investigation of the cases is usually very complicated, and the reasons for the disappearances are mostly related to the locals. For a novice like Jimmy, handling it is quite a test of personal ability and experience.

Yes, this is another case that tests Jimmy's ability. Lambert doesn't even expect Jimmy to close the case smoothly. It just depends on what steps he can take in this case, what clues he can find, and how many conclusions he can draw. As for The missing person is not within the scope of Lambert's consideration.

The number of missing people in the United States is tens of thousands a year. Even in 2019, the number of missing people announced by the FBI is still more than 8. This is still under surveillance in many places.At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, there were more cases of disappearances, especially in barren mountains, deserts or other remote places. There were many cases of missing three or four people, and very few of them could be finally found, and they would not be assigned. How much police force came to investigate.

By the way, Jimmy himself has two additional backup identities, which are two driver's licenses of the same age that he found from the documents collected from those missing persons when he was a county policeman. The second warehouse he rented at that time was used One of the driver's licenses was rented.

After looking at the time, Jimmy asked Chad to have lunch together and chat by the way.Unfortunately, Chad refused, and he chose to go home for dinner, and Jimmy's approaching behavior had no effect.

Jimmy didn't insist either. He sorted out the documents, stuffed them into his briefcase, and drove to the only motel here. After opening the room, Jimmy didn't leave his equipment and documents in the hotel, but drove directly to Had dinner at the restaurant next door.

The motel is really not safe. For Jimmy, none of the things he brought with him this time can be safely placed in the motel room, whether it is the FBI's detection equipment or the case file with him. Or he carried a gun with him.

In the afternoon, Jimmy drove to the lake in the north of Tata Town. Because it is a relatively well-known campsite, the surrounding roads have been basically hardened. Although it is still a dirt road, at least it is no problem to drive.

According to the file records, the previous three cases of disappearance have clear locations. Jimmy came here to check the locations of these three cases, walked along the locations of these three cases, and observed the surrounding environment at the same time.

Because these three cases have passed for a long time, there is no trace of the disappearance case at all, and the specific location can only be located based on the photos taken at that time in the file.

Jimmy also opened his mind eye to observe the visible position. They must have checked it countless times. Compared with them, Jimmy's advantage is the mind eye. He can observe the position invisible to the naked eye.

However, nothing special was found in the underground here. The darkness means that there is no invisible space in the underground here. However, this area is very large. If Jimmy wants to walk through it all, it will take a lot of time. few.

It took a lot of time to check the surrounding location of the first case, but found nothing. Jimmy drove back to the motel directly. The case is not in a hurry to get it done in a day, and it is impossible to get it done in a day. Location.

Back at the motel, Jimmy packed all the things in the car, put them in a bag and took them to the room. It is definitely not safe to put things in the car, and he would not hope that the law and order here can be so good.

After resting for a while, Jimmy's phone rang suddenly. After a glance, it was Dr. Mary Walter in New York, and he pressed the connect button.

Jimmy: "Hi, Dr. Mary."

Mary: "Jimmy, are you still in Dallas?"

Jimmy: "Well, the secondment here is not over yet."

Mary: "It's been more than a month. Does the secondment take so long?"

Jimmy: "I don't know why. I'll contact Hughes when the case is over. By the way, what can you do for me?"

Mary: "Nothing, just ask when I think of it."

Jimmy and Mary chatted for a few words, then hung up the phone, looking at the phone, he suddenly felt that something good was about to happen.

While Jimmy was still thinking wildly, the phone rang again, but he didn't look at it, and connected directly.

Jimmy: "Is there anything you forgot to say?"

Jones: "Um, was it wrong when I called?"

Listening to the male voice on the phone, Jimmy put the phone in front of him and glanced: "Ah, Jones, it's you, what's the matter?"

Jones: "Of course, you told me to help look after the apartment, but did you forget something?"

Jimmy thought for a while: "It's nothing, I just asked you to go after get off work to help me see if there was any accident. I should have forgotten nothing."

Jones was also speechless: "You've been away for too long, did you forget to pay the rent?"

Jimmy: "Uh, I really forgot. Speaking of which, I have been away for more than a month. How did the apartment manager find you?"

Jones: "He knew we were friends, so he came to ask why you weren't here."

Jimmy: "Why didn't he call me? That's weird. I forgot to pay the rent."

Jones: "Do you still want him to call you? The phone number you left with the apartment manager before has two digits wrong! If he didn't know we knew each other and came to me, your things would have been stolen Pack it up and throw it out. The number you wrote yourself can still be wrong!"

Jimmy smiled awkwardly: "Calm down, I made a mistake for a while. I have to be seconded in the Dallas office for a while, so please help me pay the rent first. Please."

Jones: "When are you coming back?"

Jimmy: "I don't know. I'm investigating a case now. I'll ask Hughes later."

Jones: "Okay, I'll help you with the apartment first, and that's it. See you later."

Jimmy: "Goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, Jimmy reached out and patted his forehead. He was not in New York, and the rent for the apartment over there was so long in arrears. Fortunately, it was very wise to rent in the same apartment building with Jones.

With the help of Jones, it also saved me a lot of trouble. Among other things, I kept the FBI gun Glock in my room.

When he came to find Roland, he was on vacation, so he only took his revolver out. After Dallas learned that he was seconded, he notified Jones to help take it away.If you lose that gun, you will be in big trouble.

But there is still a problem. Jimmy cleaned out the Little Rock warehouse before, and couriered some things to New York. They have been kept in the apartment. There are too many things, and he has not found a safe place to store them.

I originally planned to buy a house, and then I bought a larger safe, so I could put a lot of things in it, but this secondment disrupted the steps. Jimmy called the agent twice but was postponed because he was not in New York for the time being. I don't know if the agent will continue to help find housing when I return to New York.

Sitting on the bed leaning on the head of the bed while watching TV and thinking wildly, I always feel that my current life seems to be in a mess. I don’t have the pleasure of being a salary thief when I was a county policeman. Instead, I have all kinds of troubles and pressure. I don’t know When can I relax.

Checking the time, Jimmy got up and checked the doors and windows to make sure they were all closed and locked. Then he turned off the TV and the lights, and went to bed early.

(End of this chapter)