North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 616 Investigation
Jimmy took the case file from Mark and the others and felt a little queasy when he opened the first photo he saw.Looking at the photo, the deceased should be in the kitchen. Similar to the previous case, his head was beheaded. However, the difference is that in the previous case, the detectives judged that the deceased was beheaded while standing, while in this case, the deceased was upside down. After being on the ground.

This murder occurred much later than the case handled by the Hudson Valley Office. It occurred before Christmas. The NYPD had already investigated the deceased, but they had no clue who the murderer was.

This case was not an interstate or serial murder case, so it was not reported to the FBI. Instead, it was investigated by police detectives. If there is no news after a while, it will be in vain. Maybe someone will find him at some time in the future and restart the investigation.

Jimmy checked the information and gave the file to Mark, "Mark, Julia, go to the scene and take a look, and also re-investigate the identity of the deceased and his family, and check his occupation and related people.

In addition, check the scene. The deceased was beheaded after he fell to the ground. Check whether there are sharp blades or axes in and around his house. "

Mark: "Is this case related to the field office?"

Jimmy: "There is no connection at the moment. The deceased was in a different state when he died, and there are no stab wounds on the deceased from the previous case. Go to the medical examiner's office to find their original records, and confirm with the medical examiner whether there are any other injuries to the deceased. Wounds or drug effects.”

Mark: "Got it. Julia."

Mark and Julia returned to their positions, checked their equipment, and left the office with the toolbox.

With Julia being a computer expert, Jimmy applied for an FBI internal laptop for her. It would be much more convenient to check information on site. In the past, Jimmy was only one person. He didn't know much about computers and only used them in basics, so he used to I just have to call someone to ask for information or wait until I get back to the office to check the information. It is indeed much more convenient now.

The only problem is that Julia's level is not high enough, and some information requires Jimmy to enter the authorization password before he can view it, but it's not a big problem.

It's really nice to have someone to do things for. Jimmy can leisurely fish in the office and wait for news.

However, his leisure time was not long. After Mark and the others arrived at the scene, they started to check the room. They found something a little uncertain, so they called Jimmy and asked him to come to the scene to confirm.

Jimmy was really a little depressed when he received the call. Mark and the others had done a good job when he was away. They directly contacted the Newark office to handle matters. It would save them a lot of trouble. Why didn't he have so much subjective initiative when he came back? ?
Reluctantly, Jimmy got up and left the office, and drove to the Bronx.This case occurred in the suburbs of the Bronx, very close to the city of Yonkers. Frankly speaking, if he hadn't clearly known that this was New York, Jimmy would have thought it was in the suburbs of Yonkers when he saw it.

New York City and surrounding cities have been connected together to form the New York Metropolitan Area. If it were not for the administrative divisions, the border areas would basically be indistinguishable.

Jimmy stopped the car and came to the front of the single-family house. He took a closer look. It was just an ordinary two-story house with a garage and a basement. He didn't find anything special.

Jimmy walked into the room, "Mark, Julia, tell us what you found."

Julia: "OK, let me tell you. The deceased died in the kitchen. The location marked on the floor. Based on the location of the blood, your guess is correct. He fell to the ground and was beheaded. The tiles on the floor were damaged. There are two shallow pits, which need to be sent to the laboratory for recovery to determine what the weapon is. It is speculated that it should be an axe.

These have been collected before. The anomalies we found are not here, but in the bedroom and basement. Take a look. "

Julia took Jimmy to the bedroom, "Mark found this painting on the wall."

There is a painting on the wall of the bedroom with a white background. It shows a tilted and broken red wine glass. The glass shards are falling and the red wine is spilled a little.

Jimmy: "Mark, what's wrong with this painting?"

Mark: "Look here, the pattern in the lower left corner, I have seen it abroad before. It is an inverted triangle with a less obvious S inside it. The one I saw before was a K. I doubt they are related in any way."

Jimmy took a closer look. The pattern was an inverted triangle. There were some lines inside the triangle, but the hollow part in the middle did look like an S shape. It was considered an artistic design and not so monotonous.

Jimmy: "The K you saw was like this too?"

Mark: "It's very similar, except that the K doesn't have such a complicated pattern. We once carried out a beheading mission, and one of the people was the one with the K icon. I was very impressed. Because he was very strong, three of my brothers had to retire early. , we are lucky, at least no one died."

Jimmy: "Do you think the deceased was connected to him?"

Mark: "Yes, these two patterns are so similar."

Jimmy: "Take a photo and find someone to confirm it when you get back. Also make sure that the K icon is seen on something. If it is a tattoo, go to the medical examiner's office to see if the person has similar tattoos. Just now you What’s wrong with talking about a basement?”

Jimmy and the others opened a hidden door under the stairs, revealing the basement, and the three people turned on their flashlights and came down.

Julia pointed to the corner: "This place is different from other places. There should be something stored here before, but it is gone now. Based on the comparison of the dust in other places on the ground with this place, there should be something here just a few days ago." of.

I think this should be a clue. If the murderer came to find the deceased for something, then the thing here is most likely what he is looking for. Maybe it was moved away after the murder. "

Jimmy put on his gloves, touched the ground, and looked at the dust on the gloves: "It's also possible that the deceased moved the things here first, and then triggered the murderer to come and kill him.

Julia, Mark, look for the nearest surveillance camera around, look carefully, even if it's a little further away, as long as you can see here.In addition, notify the NYPD to take back all the evidence they took from here and check whether it is related to the organization that Mark suspected.

Julia, notifying the forensics department, reconnoitred the house, looking for any items bearing special markings. "

Julia and Mark nodded: "Understood."

Jimmy looked around, then looked at the ground, then came to a table not far away and squatted down, "Here, let people dig it up, the cement color is different."

Julia and Mark came over to take a look and nodded, "Understood."

Jimmy stood up, "Okay, that's it. Let's arrange for someone to handle it. Let's go out. By the way, send two K9 police officers over to check if there are any drugs involved here."

After leaving the villa, Jimmy looked around and then walked to the back of the house. Maybe it was a personal habit. Jimmy felt that the backyards and back doors of houses like this in the United States were really leaky. When he bought a big house, he must install front and rear surveillance.

Mark and Julia still didn't have enough experience. The two points they discovered did make sense, but they missed a lot of things during the inspection. Jimmy didn't point it out in person. There was a small space behind the bedroom wardrobe. Judging from the size, it should be It's a safe, and there's also a space on the wall of the storage room next to it. It should be a weapons cabinet if I look at it.

Of course, he saw these two places with his special powers, so he doesn't blame them both, but Jimmy had seen what they checked in the bedroom. He just opened the closet and took a look, but didn't move the clothes. If they had moved, they should have You can see the safe.

But this is not a big problem, and they should be able to find it out later when people from the forensics department come over for inspection.

Judging from the current clues, this case should have nothing to do with the field office, so it will be treated as an ordinary murder case. It happens that there are no other cases on hand recently, so I will use this to let Mark and Julia get familiar with it. Bar.

The arrangement Jimmy just gave them was to investigate the deceased's situation and relationship with relatives and friends, check whether there were any surveillance or other useful clues around, and the forensic department would search the evidence to determine what the missing things were. Based on these clues, they could basically deduce the cause. causing the deceased to be killed.

After telling Mark and Julia that they must investigate together in pairs and not alone, Jimmy returned to the office.

The field office sent a request for assistance in the investigation. They must be doing something here, but they must say hello to Ruiz first and let him know about it, so that no one can help if there is a problem later.

Armed with information faxed from the field office and a cigar box, Jimmy came to Ruiz's office, knocked on the open door and asked, "Do you have time?"

Ruiz: "Come in, what's going on?"

Jimmy: "It's a case from the Hudson Valley office. Oh, here's this for you. I bought it when I traveled to Miami. It tastes good."

Jimmy put the materials and the cigar box on Ruiz's desk. He casually put the cigar on the bookshelf behind him, picked up the materials and started reading.After taking a few minutes to read it, Ruiz asked, "What do you think?"

Jimmy: "This case is difficult to handle. There are no clues. The key is the way these five people died. I personally prefer that no one can kill five people so quickly and chop off the heads of two people at the same time. Just look at the photos." It can be found that there are basically no signs of resistance or escape by the people behind. In this case, either multiple people launched the attack, or... the attacker was not a human being."

Ruiz: "You want to take the case?"

Jimmy: "No, I want to contact other police stations to ask if they have such a case there, so that more police stations may know about this case. You know, then there is no way to keep it secret, but maybe it can be found Other related cases to infer the murderer."

Ruiz put the information on the table, thought for a while, and shook his head, "Don't ask in a big way. The information about this case has been blocked now. Once leaked, it will cause public panic. The police department's confidentiality capabilities are not good enough." powerful."

Jimmy nodded: "I have thought about this too, otherwise there would be no way to get clues."

Ruiz looked at the time and said, "Let me make arrangements to see if there is any information from other offices. Is there anything else?"

Jimmy: "No, oh, we took over a case from the NYPD on our own initiative. A man was also beheaded at home. We just went to the scene to check, and based on the forensic report, we can basically confirm that it is the case with Hudson. This case at the Riverdale office is irrelevant.”

Ruiz: "Common homicide?"

Jimmy: "The current speculation is yes, it may have been done by gangsters, drug dealers or enemies. I'll leave it to Mark and the others to investigate."

Ruiz: "How are they two?" Ruiz's topic jumped quickly. Jimmy smiled and replied: "It's not bad. Apart from my lack of experience, it still saved me a lot of trouble."

Ruiz: "Well, that's it, you go back first."

Jimmy: "Okay. Goodbye."

Returning to the homicide office, Jimmy looked at the information on the computer in a daze. What he just told Ruiz was the reason why he paid attention to this case. If he wanted to kill five people with cold weapons, he would not have time for them. Escape, this is difficult, it is very difficult to construct the murderer's movement trajectory in the head, because this kind of action ability is far beyond what ordinary humans can do.

The human body is indeed very fragile, but to behead two people, it will definitely take enough time for the people in the sofa area behind to get up and run away. Unless it is done in an instant, he is more likely to believe that an unknown supernatural event happened there, but there is something wrong. .

The people in the field office are not fools. They will definitely discuss and investigate this point, but it is not reflected in the data at all, which shows that they are not sure to express the conclusion they have reached, because it is too unbelievable, and it will be difficult to express it. Being treated as if there is something wrong with the brain.

Jimmy can accept this idea calmly because although he has not experienced any supernatural events of this type, he is still well-informed.

Taking on such a difficult case at the beginning of the new year, it seems that the days to come will not be peaceful, which is not a good sign.

Jimmy did not rush to confirm, but continued to wait for Mark's investigation results.

The next day, Mark took a leave from Jimmy. He needed to go out to find someone to confirm the icon. Jimmy arranged for Julia to investigate clues in the office. She was alone and worried that she would go out to investigate. The possibility of something happening was too high. Well, the crime took place in the Bronx, not Manhattan.

Mark came back quickly, "Yang, I found something. I brought back some non-confidential photos." He opened the folder, took out two photos from it, and posted them on the whiteboard.

Jimmy and Julia both came over, and Mark pointed to the pattern on the photo, "This pattern is different from the patterns we have seen. It is simpler. There are no lines in the background pattern in the middle, just a simple inverted triangle and K. Letters, the location of the tattoo is on the right arm.

This photo is of our victim. It has an inverted triangle and the letter S. It also does not have the background pattern of the icon in the painting. From this point of view, they should be in the same organization.

Because of the confidentiality agreement, I can only tell you that this K is a Mexican. "

Jimmy: "Julia, who is our dead man?"

Julia: "Hispanics, the names of the deceased do not have the letter S. If they are really the same organization, then they should not be named based on their names."

Jimmy: "Have you found the surrounding surveillance cameras?"

Julia: "Nothing gained. If they are really a covert organization, then the place where he lives must be carefully chosen. We found nothing around."

Jimmy thought for a while and said: "Before there are no new cases, you should continue to follow up the investigation and pay attention to whether other people have the same tattoo. Focus on checking the relationship between relatives and friends of the deceased."

Mark and Julia nodded. They also understood that if it was a hidden organization, it would be difficult to find the corresponding person relying only on this connection. This case was destined to not be easy to solve.

Jimmy: “Also, give me the photo of the painting in the deceased’s bedroom, and I’ll ask someone.”

Jimmy came to the white-collar team with the printed pictures. Mahone and the others were still in the office. "Ma Hong, I need your help."

Mahone stood up, "Jimmy, what's wrong?"

Jimmy gave the picture to Mahone, "We found a hidden organization here. One of their members was beheaded. This is a painting found in his bedroom. Please help to pay attention to whether there are similar patterns in the art market." Appear."

Jimmy pointed at the inverted triangle icon. Mahone looked at it and came to the door, "Neil, come here."

Neil Caffrey has not yet finished his sentence and still needs to work as a consultant in the FBI. Although Peter has left, he can only stay, but judging from the smile on his face and the words Mahone greeted him, it seems that they The relationship is also good.

Ma Hong: "Help me take a look. Do you have any impressions?"

Neil looked at the photo carefully and shook his head: "This painting should be made by a novice and does not belong to traditional art. As for the inverted triangle pattern, I have no impression."

Jimmy nodded: "OK, just help me keep an eye on it. It's not too urgent. Then, I'll go back first."

Jimmy left the photo with Mahone. It would be best if they could gain something. If not, it would be regarded as their own efforts. No one can know everything, right? Even if the case is not solved and becomes an unsolved case, there is nothing that can be done. People can guarantee a 100% crime detection rate.

That's all for now, and it's time for Jimmy to start working on the case in the field office.He called Ruiz, arranged for Mark and Julia to continue working, and drove to the Hudson Valley office.

The reason why I want to go there myself is to see the crime scene with my own eyes. After all, I have a keen eye and can observe many things that others cannot see, if it is really a supernatural case.

Jimmy hadn't paid attention to the surrounding environment before. He didn't realize the problem until he was about to arrive. The house where the crime occurred was a suburban house. It was surrounded by such single-family houses, and many of the houses were separated by large woods. Look. The environment here is very good, but it is definitely not a wealthy area, it is more like being close to the countryside.

In this environment, if something happens in the house, it is very likely that people around will not notice it at all. Also because of the remoteness, it is impossible to have perfect surveillance in these places. No wonder there are no clues in the field office.

Because he called in advance, two field office detectives were already there when Jimmy arrived at the single-family house where the crime occurred.

Jimmy got out of the car with a smile, "Jimmy Young, Manhattan Office."

The older agent stepped forward and shook Jimmy's hand. "Bill Randall, from the Hudson office. This is Carlos Rodriguez. Thank you for stopping by in person."

Although Jimmy looked younger than both of them, Randall definitely didn't mean to look down on Jimmy and acted very friendly.

Jimmy: "Thank you, let's go in and have a look."

Rodriguez stepped forward and took out a key to open the door. "This place has not been touched since the murder. The landlord has been contacted. He will not list or rent the house for the time being."

Jimmy walked behind Rodriguez, his eyes opened. From the outside, there was nothing unusual about the house, but when he entered the living room, he discovered a problem.

The door is in the middle, with an aisle in front and stairs further ahead. The living room is on the left, and the kitchen and dining room are on the right.The dead and injured bodies are marked with white lines. Of course, the bodies have been taken away, but their positional relationship can still be seen from here.

In addition, because it was not cleaned up, there were still dried blood stains on the scene, and the smell in the room was very unpleasant. It had been several days, and although the temperature was relatively low in winter, the smell of decay was still very unpleasant.

The reason why Jimmy discovered the problem was that the moment he entered the door, he felt that the temperature seemed to be lower than outside. However, he did not find the fog-like thing in his mind before, which seriously affected his judgment. In the past, he found that the abnormality was basically basic. They all rely on the mind’s eye, and now I’m a bit unsure.

Jimmy switched back and forth between his normal vision and his mental vision. He put on his gloves and squatted down to check the dust on the ground, and observed some blood stains. He stood up and observed the positions of the deceased, and began to simulate the assailant's route at the scene. No matter what, There is no way to kill five people so smoothly.

Bill Randall watched from behind as Jimmy moved back and forth in the living room, making various movements with his hands. He knew exactly what he was doing and couldn't help but nod.Given his reputation, Jimmy must have a lot of skills, but he has never cooperated with him before, so he doesn't know his habit of handling cases. Looking at his actions now, it is obvious that Jimmy belongs to the experiential group who puts himself into the logic of the murderer's behavior.

Without disturbing Jimmy, he pulled Rodriguez back a little, giving Jimmy more space.

Jimmy had to give up after several rounds of simulations. Even if it was a multi-player action, there was no way it could be so smooth.He turned around and came to Randall's side and shook his head, "No, I can't construct the murderer's trajectory. There are still many mysteries to investigate here."

Randall: "Well, we have the same result here."

Jimmy: "Let me look at other places." After saying that, he began to inspect the entire house. It was said to be an inspection, but in fact it was more of a show.

When he left the room and stood outside, he clearly felt that his body temperature was rising. There was definitely something wrong with this house, but he didn't know when more abnormal things would appear.

For investigating this kind of incident, it is better to find Father Rodney nearby. Their people should be more professional than Jimmy.

He took out his phone and dialed Father Rodney's number. The priest soon answered, "Jimmy, what's the matter?"

Jimmy: "Father Rodney, are you convenient now? I need to talk to you about something."

Father Rodney: "Sorry, it's inconvenient these days. I'm not in New York right now. I'm in Middletown."

Jimmy: "Are you dealing with something? So when can you come back?"

Father Rodney: "I'll let you know if I go back."

(End of this chapter)