The world of American TV series: Starting with the L.A. Patrol.

According to data from female supervisor Natalie, the FBI has a total of 1152 active agents in the greater Los Angeles area. The murderer in the video is obviously a white male, but after excluding women and African Americans, the number should not be less than 600. .

The workload of screening so many people in a short period of time is not small. The trouble is that because it is a secret review of internal personnel, they cannot use too many manpower.

Although in Jack's opinion, it is not very likely that the murderer is a serving FBI agent, after all, all FBI agents are required to keep their mobile phones away from them 7/24, and there are traces of where they appear.

But this case obviously cannot be prioritized according to the probability. After some simple discussions, Hotchner decided to keep Jiejie and Rossi. The three of them stayed in SCIF to cooperate with Garcia in retrieving files. After personnel screening, Jack left first to find Emily and Red to learn about the case.

Originally, the BAU team also had a newcomer, Luke Elvis, but he had recently completed training in a behavioral analysis course and returned to Quantico to take the exam.

Emily was sorting out files in the team office. She showed a surprised expression when she saw Jack appear, but then realized that something was wrong, "Has it been confirmed?"

Of course, Jack knew that she was referring to the suspicion of insiders committing the crime. He smiled and shook his head, "It's not that fast. They are still trying to rule out this possibility. I'll come over and take a look at the case first."

"OK." For some reason, Emily felt a lot more at ease after seeing Jack, and placed the three files on the table in front of him.

"The first case occurred three days ago. The deceased Gertrude Smiles died at the home of Igor Rock. The second case occurred the day before yesterday. The body of the deceased Isabella Jane was found yesterday morning. Found at her home in Atwater Village."

"The two places are less than 5 miles (8 kilometers) apart?" Jack easily found the two locations on the map.

Emily nodded and continued, "Yes, the bodies of the two victims were wrapped and placed in the bedroom. Gertrude was wrapped in a carpet, and Isabella was wrapped in her own sheets. The cause of death was both suffocation.

The police detective who took the case had received training from us and was keenly aware of the commonalities between the two cases. He was worried that the murderer was a developing serial murderer, so he contacted us directly. "

"It turns out that the detective's judgment was very correct. The third victim appeared after you took the case?" Jack said, picking up the third file.

"Yes, that's right. It was early this morning. The deceased's name was Patricia Brannon. You should have seen the surveillance video of the community where she lived."

Emily sighed and continued while posting photos on the evidence board.

"The first two deceased lived in a single-family house, while the third deceased lived in an apartment community and was more likely to be seen or heard by neighbors. The murderer is becoming unscrupulous."

Jack's focus was not on this. His eyes fell on the photos of the three deceased people. The three deceased people in the photos at the scene were all tightly wrapped, with only two feet exposed.

"Gertrude is 29 years old, with blonde hair, Isabella is 42 years old, with brown hair, and Patricia Brannon is 48 years old, with black hair. They also look different. It seems that the murderer has nothing to do with his choice of victims. A specific category?”

At this time, Emily had finished posting the photos, "There were no signs of robbery at the scene, and we found no connection between the victims. Their lifestyles and occupations were also in the low-risk category.

Gertrude is a marketing executive for a toy company, Isabella works from home handling various medical bills, and Patricia works the night shift as a veterinary assistant at an animal hospital. "

Corresponding to low risk is naturally high risk. For example, strippers and the like are properly high-risk occupations.

"Where did Rhett go?" Jack looked around. Rhett usually did the work of drawing maps and putting up evidence boards. It was said that it would make it easier for him to straighten out the logic and ideas of the case.

“Given the fact that the three victims were all wrapped up, we suspect that it was some kind of suffocation-style lovemaking method, or it was an expression of remorse, and we judged that the murderer might have known the deceased.

Red seems to have a different view. He thinks the murderer may have claustrophobia, so he just went to the medical examiner's office to verify this. "

Emily's answer stunned Jack, "But doesn't claustrophobia focus on one's own experience?" He then suddenly realized, "Is it impression projection? He projects his own fear onto the victim."

"Red said the same thing." Emily smiled.

Jack took out his cell phone and checked the time, then said to her, "I'll go to the medical examiner's office first, and when we get back we'll go to the community where the third victim lives."

Emily gestured to express receipt. As Jack walked to the elevator, he called Jubal and briefly explained the situation in Los Angeles. He and Jiejie might have to return to New York a little later.

Half an hour later, he drove the bulletproof version of the "Mammoth" belonging to Braxton to the medical examiner's office and found Red and the medical examiner on duty. The large autopsy room that could dissect 6 corpses at the same time was lined up in a row. Three bodies were opened.

Jack was not very familiar with the forensic doctor in Los Angeles. He had never met this man before. He was a white male, no more than 30 years old, no more than 40 years old. He was young but had a big bald head, but he was not a familiar part-timer face.

However, this is the first time Jack has seen Red wearing formal attire to handle a case. The thin silk and linen fabric does not look out of place even in the hot summer of Los Angeles. The slim-fitting British suit style makes his still slightly thin body It brings out a bit of elegance.

Laila is worthy of being a star, at least in terms of aesthetics, she is impeccable, and she suddenly transforms someone's nerd image into the appearance of a young and promising university professor.

"So, is the thing wrapped around the third deceased the curtain of her house?" Jack walked to Red and turned on a light. The light shined through the hung curtain, revealing a bite mark.

"This shows that the deceased was wrapped while he was still alive." Rhett frowned, his expression a little uncomfortable.

"Yes, just like the first two deceased people, I also found a bruise and tear on the inside of her upper lip." The bald forensic doctor handed Jack a pair of gloves.

Rhett pointed at the face of the corpse while Jack was putting on gloves for inspection. "The skin around the nose and mouth is white, as if someone covered the mouth and nose with their hands."

Jack rolled the corpse's lips, checked the position of the lower front teeth, and nodded in agreement, "It was done with great force. There were signs of bleeding in the gums, and the front teeth were loose."

He then glanced at the instruments on the autopsy table and felt a little surprised, "There are no signs of sexual assault?"

The bald forensic doctor's expression was a little tangled, "To be honest, it's not easy to judge this point. The trace evidence I extracted from the private parts of the three deceased people all contained artificial leather components, but there was no presence of body fluids or DNA, and there was no lubrication. Oil."

Red glanced at Jack, "So, suffocating the victim in this way is more about a specific technique or ritual?"

"I bet you can also find similar artificial leather components in the deceased's mouth and nose and the corresponding position of the wrapping." Jack said to the medical examiner.

"He first put on gloves and covered the victim unconscious, then molested the victim, then wrapped the unconscious victim in a sheet, carpet or other things he found casually, and covered their mouth and nose again until the victim suffocated to death. ”

Rhett frowned and concluded, "So our murderer is a perverted murderer who is thoughtful, has certain experience, is physically incompetent, and can only obtain sexual pleasure and satisfaction through ritualized killing methods?"

"He's not very picky about food. He doesn't care about the other person's appearance or age, as long as he's of the opposite sex with a body shape that he can easily control. And as you have judged, his ritualized killing method is likely to come from him. My own claustrophobia.”