Because of the snowstorm, Hochner and the others couldn't come quickly, so he asked Reid and Trista to meet with the head of the local police station first.

When the sheriff saw such two young people, he couldn't control his worries for a while, and his doubts about them were all on his face.

But Reid didn't mind, and immediately began to ask about the details of the case.

Three weeks ago, someone found the body of a woman in the suburbs. Her scalp was cut off in one piece, and there were more than a dozen stab wounds on her body. The cause of death was shock caused by excessive blood loss.

At the beginning, no one treated this case as a serial killer case, because they had not encountered similar cases in this area before.

Two weeks later, someone found the same body in the suburbs, and the police realized that they might have encountered a serial killer.

But at this time they still did not contact the FBI because they felt the case was still under control.

It was not until yesterday that they found two more bodies at the same time that they found BAU for help.

"These four victims are all white women, aged between 20 and 30, but their lives have no intersection, and their living areas are far apart." Trista flipped through their files, looking for them common ground.She turned on the computer and found the accounts of the four victims on social networks.

In this era, there are far more clues found on the Internet than in real life. Many words and actions that cannot be said in reality can be vented on the Internet.

"They are all beauty lovers. Although they each have different fields, they have a lot of fans." Trista quickly found some clues from their blog posts, "Those who like hair dye, manicure, and makeup , and all kinds of beautiful clothes, skirts, shoes and bags, and the standard of living is very good.”

"The engine of society is consumerism. They show their beauty, and their fans consume various products to drive sales. In turn, various brands will cooperate with them. Every blog post is a transaction. According to the level of their number of fans , There is also a difference in income, but their income must be far more than mine." Reid said honestly, "I will ask Garcia to check to see if their fans overlap."

"Oh, baby Rhett, it seems that you really don't know anything about the world of women." Garcia laughed directly during the video call, "These fans of beauty bloggers have a very high degree of overlap, and when After they become famous, they will recommend each other and help each other. If you want to find a suspect from among their fans, it is really no different from finding a suspect in a sea of ​​people."

Trista nodded. She looked at their blog posts and found that they would all be pushing a product at the same time, and this product would be a limited edition or flagship product of the brand.If you read more, you will find out the pattern of their blog posts and the effect of fans' responses.But these don't seem to have much to do with the case, because Internet celebrities do things like this.

"But the four victims are all Internet celebrities, isn't it a coincidence." Reid had a headache. Although the Internet society is not very different from the real society, and they are all reflections of human hearts, it is too direct and embarrassing for these. He still can't handle the fake social network.

Communication on the Internet is more cruel than reality, because people don't have to face each other, and they can show the most vicious and direct thoughts.The malice in life is magnified countless times on the Internet, and all kinds of like-minded people gather together to discuss the things they are interested in excitedly, regardless of whether the person behind the screen is a human or a demon.

"Well, I think the motive for committing the crime may be jealousy." Trista first tried to analyze it from the perspective of a normal person, "The lives of Internet celebrities seem to be very superior, always glamorous. They have distinctive personalities, They know how to express themselves very well. This is very attractive, but at the same time it also attracts maliciousness. You can see that most of their comments below are from normal fans, and some of them are so-called black people. These black people not only comment viciously The appearance of bloggers will also slander their personality and conduct personal attacks. Part of the reason is competition, and the other part is jealousy. Just like the mentality of hating the rich, many people also hate the United States."

"You mean that someone killed these bloggers because they were jealous of their beauty?" The police chief raised his eyebrows. He is also an experienced police officer, and he still agrees with this reason.

"It's not just the envy of their appearance, but also the envy of their lives. You can see that all the photos they post are beautiful, eating delicious food, wearing beautiful clothes, and living a life that people yearn for It is possible that the suspect is in hell, so he also wants to destroy their beauty." Reid added, he thinks Trista's speculation is also reasonable.

"He? Shouldn't it be her?" The sheriff asked again.

"None of the victims were violated, but they all died of hemorrhagic shock after the trauma. It is very difficult to determine the age of the suspect for the time being, and we need more clues." Reid only used HE to refer to the suspect, but Now he is not sure its gender.

Trista was also a little puzzled. Judging from the current situation, the suspect is very likely to be a woman.But it is not a simple matter to assassinate a person, and the entire scalp must be cut off, which is not a characteristic of female crimes.

The wind and snow were a little lighter, and Hochner's plane could finally take off.But it will take hours for them to get here.

"We can go to the scene and take a look, maybe we can find some new clues." Trista propped her chin and looked at Reid who drew a circle on the map.

"Are you sure?" Reid raised his head, his face full of doubts.He usually goes with Morgan when he goes to the scene. If he is going now, it will be the two of them.

His marksmanship is fairly accurate now, but he is not sure if he will be able to handle it if he encounters danger.

"Forget it, it looks too cold outside." Trista hugged her coffee and decided to wait.

"Hahaha." The sheriff laughed, and now he understood that these two were just blind-eyed scientists in the FBI, not field personnel.

It wasn't until seven o'clock in the evening that Hotchina's plane landed.At this time, the snow began to fall again, and it seemed that the weather would not get better.

The sheriff took them to the hotel with a sad face. It was impossible for them to go to the scene in such weather.

Red and Trista only had one room, but they didn't immediately fall asleep in each other's arms. Instead, they sat together and started researching social networks.

Trista turned on the computer, she selected several Internet celebrities' accounts, asked Reid to profile them, and then compared them with ordinary people's perspectives, analyzing the hidden stories behind these Internet celebrities.

Reid didn't want to play this game at first, but after he analyzed the first Internet celebrity, he became interested, "This muscular guy who looks like he lives in a luxury house, drives a luxury car, and hangs out with beautiful women is actually not One photo was taken by himself. Looking at the background of these coasts, the plants, the sunlight and the details in the street view are completely different, and he didn’t even pay attention to whether these photos were from the same hemisphere.”

"And he will never show his body when he shows his face. Judging from his neck muscles, it is impossible for him to have such a strong body..." Trista actually found out a long time ago that this internet celebrity is just holding others Many people just foolishly believed it.

"On the Internet, you can easily believe in other people's lives, because most people don't think that someone is so boring to construct an illusion in the virtual world." Reid looked at the second Internet celebrity again , this time it’s a girl, “Her figure, location, and clothes are real, but her so-called friends have never shown up, except for work photos. Her food looks like it’s been taken several times It’s like a girls’ party, but there’s no group photo, it’s so weird.”

"Well, if you make the picture big enough, you can see through the glass or something, she is actually a person. To prove that she is also very good at socializing in real life, she may click Several servings of food, pretending to be at a party.” Trista opened one of the photos and zoomed in until the screen was full of mosaics, “Many Internet celebrities can only live in the online world, just like our Not all of these victims are as beautiful as they appear in the videos or photos."

"Well, only one of them lives in a high-end middle-class community, and the other three are people from very ordinary backgrounds, and there is even one who is receiving food stamps?" Rhett showed a confused expression, " How can they afford so many big-name products when they are living in poverty?"

"In fact, only two of the four victims are relatively successful, and the other two have relatively few fans. It is almost impossible to get sponsorship at this time. Therefore, they need to save money as much as possible, spend all their money on these luxuries, and receive food. It’s not surprising.” Trista heard Harley say that many girls live a miserable life behind their backs in order to look good.In fact, she also has some understanding of their practices, not everyone is born with a golden spoon in their mouths.In a city like New York, if you want to go to the top without a good background, you need to work many times harder than ordinary people.

"What's the difference between hundreds of fans and tens of thousands of fans?" Reid doesn't mix social networks, and he doesn't know enough about the hierarchy here.

"Well, it's like the difference between someone who can only get a D in every subject in middle school, and you and me." Trista gave an example he could understand.

"Oh, it's no wonder that food stamps are required." Reid shook his head, and immediately had a deep understanding.

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