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Chapter 212 The Unlucky Couple ()

"How many of these cases do we have the opportunity to re-autopsy the body?" Rossi asked.

JJ looked at the information and replied, "There are at least two cases that have not yet been completed. The bodies should still be in the coroner's office. Well, there are three cases. Among them, the bodies of a couple have not yet been claimed by relatives. "

"Contact D.B. Russell at the Las Vegas Crime Laboratory, send the information, and ask them to intervene and re-autopsy, hoping to help us locate the murder weapon, and most importantly, determine whether the female victim suffered any injuries during her lifetime. It’s time to force X.”

Rossi paused and continued, "Don't let those vehicles go, even though the report says that the driving recorders have been destroyed and the GPS data cannot be restored."

"But I've been looking at these crime lab reports recently, and the trace evidence analysis now allows us to roughly determine the location of the crime scene, which is very useful to us."

Jack raised his head in surprise and glanced at the 60-year-old profiler. He didn't expect that he was really not just talking about it before. He had been studying hard and understanding new things.

"These crash sites are located on the highways around Carson City, Lake Tahoe and Reno. The nearby cities are places with intensive travel by travelers. It is the ski season, and there are also seasonal workers mixed in."

As a local, Jack analyzed some of the information he knew. He had been in California for several years and had heard about this tourist destination between the two states.

"That means there are a lot of potential victims to choose from."

Hotchner said, "Judging from the victim's experience, whether it is a severe beating or an assault, it requires a private space and a long time to commit the crime."

"It means that the murderer is a local, or owns a local property or has lived there for a long time." Emily also put forward her own ideas.

Everyone said something to each other, and although it was just a simple inference based on the information on the paper, a general framework was quickly drawn up.

A psychopathic rapist specializes in targeting couples or lovers who pass by. Later, he uses a large truck on the highway at night to fake traffic accidents to cover up the evidence.

"How much do the local media know?" After listening to everyone's analysis, Rossi suddenly raised his head and asked JJ.

JJ shrugged, "The media didn't know about it. As usual, they reported the incident as a traffic accident."

Emily understood instantly, "This is our advantage. The murderer doesn't know that he has been exposed, so he lacks vigilance."

"Yes, JJ, you will contact me later."

Hotchner lowered his head and glanced at the information in his hand, "Chief Bruner, explain to him the importance of confidentiality. If the suspect finds out that he is being investigated or paid attention to, he may change his modus operandi or go elsewhere to select victims. .”

The briefing on the case did not take long. After all, the current information was still very limited. The final deployment arrangements were made by Hotchner.

"Everyone, go back and rest early today. We will leave early tomorrow morning. The bureau has assigned us two cars. Jack and I will drive one each. Please remember to bring enough warm clothes."

Because Nevada is right next to California, there is no need to use the Gulfstream business jet this time, and it only takes four hours to drive there from Los Angeles.

Early the next morning, two brand-new Saber cars left Los Angeles one after the other and drove due north along Highway 1.

Reno City is located near Lake Tahoe. It is one of the most famous ski resorts in the United States. The eastern section of the Sierra Nevada Mountains just extends here. There are dozens of ski resorts of various sizes dotted nearby.

Now is the ski season, the time of the year when there are the most tourists. You can see all kinds of RVs, large and small, traveling in the same direction on the road. Some of them have sleds or even canoes on their roofs.

Many people know about the casino city of Las Vegas, but they don't necessarily know that Reno is the second largest casino city in the United States after Las Vegas. It was once known as the "Divorce City."

In the early 20th century, that is, from the 20s to the 50s, divorce was still a disgraceful thing for beautiful Chinese people. Maybe it is unimaginable for people now, but it was true at the time.

In order to revitalize the economy, the city of Reno changed the law in 1931, stipulating that a couple could divorce without reason as long as they lived here for 6 weeks. Suddenly, thousands of old Americans came to this small western city.

At its peak, divorced people who came here crowded hotels, family hotels and even local farms. Some people couldn't find housing and simply set up their own tents. They would rather suffer for a few weeks than to be single again. free.

Reno also has the famous Virginia Street Bridge, which is a well-known attraction. In those days, newly divorced ladies would stand on the bridge and throw their wedding rings into the river, so the Truckee River under the bridge became known as the "Divorce River". "An alias for.

The above content all comes from the popular science that Dr. Reid talked about along the way. After all, no matter how big the Sabo class is, it can’t hold a table of mahjong. It’s an early morning departure, and no one needs to catch up on sleep in the car. Everyone is basically there. A casual chat.

At noon, two Saber cars drove into the local police station, and a middle-aged police sergeant with gray hair received them.

"I'm Bruna, welcome."

"Hi, Chief Brunner, we spoke on the phone before, these are my colleagues."

Lake Tahoe is a typical alpine lake. The average altitude around it is close to 2000 meters. It is winter again, and the average temperature is close to minus 10 degrees. Coming here from the warm California coast, everyone is wrapped in thick clothes as soon as they get off the car. Thick down jacket.

As the "diplomat" of the BAU team, JJ introduced the two parties to each other.

"The space here is not big, but it should be enough."

Sheriff Brunner, who was short and thin, and seemed very capable at first glance, took the initiative to shake hands with the two obviously oldest people in the crowd, Rossi and Hotchner.

This is a small local police station, larger than the one in the small town of Margrave, but much shabby compared to the police stations in developed cities like Wilshire.

"All we need is a table and an evidence board."

Hotchner didn't care about this. Without his instructions, Rhett had already pushed an evidence board next to him, pasted the photos he had rearranged into categories, and used a whiteboard marker to write names and relationships on the side. Key Information.

"Chief, if you don't mind, my team members would like to take a look at the scene." Rossi made the request directly without any nonsense.

Chief Bruner seemed to appreciate the vigorous and resolute behavior of everyone in the BAU, and nodded repeatedly.

"I'll arrange for the deputy chief of police to take you there right away."

"Oh, by the way, people from the CSI Crime Laboratory in Las Vegas arrived early this morning. They are re-autopsying the bodies, and some people are examining the vehicle wreckage. They have initially ruled out two cases and can confirm It was indeed a traffic accident.”

"That is to say, we now have a total of four cases that are connected."

Reid, who was busy, nodded, took the information from Chief Bruner, removed a few photos that were already on the evidence board, and then hung a map of the surrounding area in the blank space.

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