Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

As Elide herself said, she has been a light sleeper, and she doesn't sleep for a long time every day-a little hangover from her past life.

In the early morning of the next day, she was the first among Bau's group to arrive at the hotel restaurant, and when she sat down with the plate, the second morning bird also came.

It's Hodge.

The man changed his shirt and tie, his suit was clean and neat, and his short hair was combed meticulously. When he nodded and greeted Elide, he didn't see the tiredness from last night at all.Just looking at Hodge's attire and aura, he looks like a corporate executive or a successful businessman on a business trip to Gotham, not at all like the Quantico law enforcement elite fighting on the front line of blood and terror.

However, even if the people from bau came to Gotham University to participate in the opening ceremony, they would not forget to bring field bags... such "obsessive-compulsive disorder", Elide couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to their past experience.

When getting breakfast, Hodge seemed to be delayed at the bar for a moment, and when he sat down opposite Elide, she immediately found the answer.

Hodge lightly pushed a familiar glass bottle in front of her, with the corners of his mouth upturned and a teasing smile.

"Reciprocity, Elide, a cup of strawberry-flavored hot cocoa."

Elide stared blankly at the other party with her big blue eyes open, her lips parted, she hesitated to speak several times, and finally reached out to grab the glass bottle with a frustrated expression.

"I didn't expect you to be such a caring person... Besides, I actually prefer the hazelnut flavor, Hodge."

"Really?" The man still curled up his mouth, smiling unmovingly, "I will remember this."

After breakfast, everyone in bau gathered in the hotel lobby.Considering that the dump site is near the hotel, Hodge assigned tasks in advance: Morgan and Emily went to the medical examiner's office, Rosie and Elide went to the dump site, and he took the rest to GCPD to meet Police Yin long.

As soon as she stepped into the muddy and dirty alley, Rosie couldn't help frowning.

"New leather shoes?" Elliott asked with a firm tone, "Handmade in Italy, beautiful shoes."

"I appreciate your vision, Elliott, and I appreciate your taste as well." The elegant old Italian fox carefully avoided the puddles on the ground while looking at Elliott's attire.The clothes on her body were completely different from yesterday. They were all new inside and out. They were all casual clothes with loose styles and easy movement, but with good fabrics and designs.

"It's Alfred's taste actually, I think you know who he is - oh, we've arrived."

The chat between the two hadn't started yet, but it ended before the case, and they had already reached the scene of the crime. gcpd has already removed the corpses, except for the cordoned up at both ends of the alley, this place is no different from the alley they walked through just now, dark, damp, dirty, a place where only homeless and prostitutes pass by.

"Generally speaking, the unknown suspects who arrange the remains of the victims are women, but looking at the width of this alley, cars that can transport the corpses cannot drive in. In addition, the unknown suspects have obviously carefully dressed the victim. This criminal method He showed his desire to 'show', but the place where the corpse was abandoned was in such a remote and dirty alley..." Rossi slowly analyzed while pacing thoughtfully.

"Actually, it's not as remote as I imagined. It leads directly to the main road," Elied said, pointing to the other end of the alley. "The first rule of conduct in Gotham, 'mind your own business', in this kind of place, No one will stop you when you lose something, but soon someone will go to see what you have lost."

"Gotham code of conduct? It sounds like you made it up," Rossi said with a hearty smile, "but what you said makes sense, this place is remote and convenient, and there are many untraceable people coming Often, on-site investigations find almost two dozen different footprints here ... it's very difficult for us to pinpoint unidentified suspects from this area."

"We can't get much effective information from the scene, we'll go to gcpd first, and hope that others will have better luck than us."

-gotham police department gcpd-

The job location Sergeant Yin found for Bau was exactly as Hodge requested. The room was very spacious, and there were three information boards inside, one of which was pasted with the largest base map of Gotham City. In addition to the big round table, there were also There is a workbench made up of several square tables, which happens to be used for Garcia's work.

This room is located on the second floor of the police station. Through the window of the room, one can see the lobby on the first floor at a glance. gcpd has started a new day of work, the hall is full of people coming and going, and it looks messy, and there are still a few drunken alcoholics or delirious addicts locked up in the row of temporary detention rooms against the wall.

As soon as Rosie and Elliott enter the office, they see an unexpected acquaintance: Dick.Considering his police status, outstanding professional skills, innocence and integrity, and his knowledge of Gotham, Sergeant Yin agreed to his request to assist in the investigation.

Right now he's hanging out with Rhett, scribbling on a map of Gotham, as if doing geographic profiling.

"Is there any good news?" Rossi saw a few extra photos on the information board just after asking, and his tone suddenly became a little disgusted. "I guess this is not a pleasant new discovery."

"Yes, David, I checked Gotham's homicide and missing list for the past three years at Hodge's request - I have to say, both of these lists are a mile long, Gotham is really not a place to live City—then discovered the murder. The victim’s name was Jansen Gale, 28 years old, an ordinary employee of a financial company with some innocuous records such as traffic tickets and noise complaints.”

"Six months ago, his body was found in an alley near Chinatown. He was naked and all hair was shaved when he was found. The autopsy report showed that he died of suffocation and was frozen for at least [-] years after death. Two weeks. And, yes, he too was found in a rectangular box, like one of the cheapest, most crude coffins."

Garcia, who was buried in the computer, quickly answered Rossi's question. The Italian man raised his eyebrows and said "Oh", and it took a long time before he left a "impressive" comment.

"What about yesterday's victim?"

"As I said, Gotham's little beauty, the city's missing persons list is a mile long, and empirically, there are many more missing persons that have not been reported, and we have yet to identify the victims," ​​Garcia replied. Still typing on the keyboard, "Considering these computers are not as easy to use as mine at Quantico, I need more time, maybe you can go buy a cup of coffee?"

"I will remember to bring you coffee, Garcia," Hodge cut off the conversation, looking at Rossi, "Morgan and Emily haven't come back yet, you go to Gail's house with Dick and Sheriff Yin for the time being Meet his parents, Elid and I go to the gym where Gale was last seen before he disappeared - hopefully we'll have good news."

About three hours later, everyone returned to the meeting room in gcpd one after another. Hodge stood in front of the information board, looked around everyone, and said with a serious expression:

"So, let's start with Elied and me. The gym is located in the Diamond District, the environment is good, and the fees are above the middle level, which is a bit luxurious for Gail's living standard. But according to a coach, Gail is A gay, this gym is one of his places to hunt. "

"We didn't get much useful information from Gail's parents, Gail didn't even come out to them. But we found out that two or three months before Gail was murdered, he started dating a rich man. This relationship is likely to be non-public, and the other party bought him a lot of expensive gifts as compensation."

After Rossi finished speaking, he looked at Rhett beside him, who immediately cleared his throat.

"At the moment we don't have enough locations to make a precise geographic profiling, but I deduce that the unknown suspect's safe zone is Gotham City's Diamond District, the Fashion District, and the Upper East Side, plus buying gifts for Gale, post-murder Freezing corpses and other acts, I think the unknown suspect has good financial conditions, has received higher education, and has enough free time and space to complete his criminal plan."

After Rhett finished speaking, Hodge looked at the two people who were going to the forensic doctor.

"I checked the clothes on the victim. Those dresses were handmade, with good fabrics and skilled techniques. The unknown suspect may have ordered someone to order, or he was engaged in fashion design. However, those clothes lacked lining. Simply Say, they have a glossy outer shell, but they don't have an inner that keeps you comfortable."

"Anyway, the dead don't care if the thread pricks her skin..." Garcia, who was sitting behind the computer desk, muttered.

"The results of the autopsy showed that the victim had been imprisoned for a period of time before her death. She had no obvious trauma, but the unknown suspect controlled her diet and she lost weight before she was killed. The victim was killed about three days ago, and the body underwent simple Embalming, the blood is drained, and the body is filled with embalming agents."

Morgan said as he flipped through the autopsy report in his hand.

"It's also strange that the eye shadow and blush on her face are not ordinary cosmetics, but the powder of color powder sticks, and the varnish commonly used in model making is also applied on the eyelids and lips."

"When the little girls in late childhood imitate their mother's makeup, they will use chalk, pastel stick powder, water-based pens and watercolor pens as their cosmetics, but we have previously inferred that the unknown suspect is a man. Could it be that he has gender recognition? Obstacle?" Rhett reacted quickly.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out," Hodge pondered, twirling his fingers subconsciously. After a while, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Elide, "What do you want to say?"

Elide frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded hesitantly:

"Naked corpses without any hair, handmade dresses without lining, pastel sticks and varnish—I have an idea."