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After the almighty Garcia recovered the data of the electronic products that the first three victims carried with them when they were killed, they found a piece of strong evidence that confirmed their current inference—all the photos of Shirley were deleted.

After hanging up the phone, Hodge led everyone to continue discussing the case in the conference room provided by the sheriff, "So the first three victims have actually taken pictures of Shirley, but for some reason they didn't It will be announced shortly.”

"As I said before, news about Shirley is quite scarce, and the outside world has always been curious about her appearance." JJ shook his head involuntarily, "And from the reporter's point of view, they probably want to use the scandal to spread the news to the public first." The attention to her has been drawn to the commanding heights. Waiting for the right time to release her photos will obviously have a better effect."

Morgan smacked his lips, "They want to gain greater benefits for themselves through this method, but unfortunately they have no luck."

"Okay...let's focus on today's victim." Rossi said out loud to bring the focus back to the case itself, "There is no grievance between Unsub and him like the previous three, so no Need to beat the victim as before to vent his anger. And his murder... Judging from the change of the dump site, the time when the crime happened, and the signatures left behind, it is not difficult to infer that this is just to announce to the police—— The murderer was not Shirley, but someone else."

Reid couldn't help frowning, "It's just that most criminals tend to report to the police through anonymous phone calls or letters at this time, but our unsub directly adopts this extreme method. And, although some patterns have changed, but The identity of the victim is still a reporter, which shows that he himself has a lot of resentment towards the reporter."

Emily: "He is very self-protective and will not take risks to clear Shirley's grievances. This may be because he vented his anger in the name of admiring Shirley, or because he The brutality in his bones allows him to do whatever it takes for his own ends."

Morgan flipped through today's photos of the victim and the forensic test report, and continued: "However, he hesitated to kill, and judging from the quality of the photos, he was quite flustered at the time. He probably hasn't realized that he has started to kill. And the longer the time drags on, I'm afraid his anger will spread faster and he will be completely reduced to a thug."

The crowd fell silent, and Hodge said, "So we have to stop this as soon as possible. Rossi, Emily, and I will tell Shirley the profile. Morgan, Rhett, jj, you go and release it to the police. Profile. I will first tell the sheriff to convey the news that Shirley is only assisting the investigation to the media, hoping that this will make unsub restrain himself for the time being."

Everyone nodded in agreement, Huo Qi and the other three informed Beth of the situation before looking for Shirley, and then entered the interrogation room.Hodge spoke first, "We have made some progress, I hope you can cooperate with us as much as possible."

Shirley didn't know much about the three reporters, so she nodded in confusion, "No problem."

Rossi: "We'll tell you some of the characteristics that unsubs have, and you just try to think of people you know that match them."

Shirley frowned, "...So Unsub is someone I know?"

Emily licked her lips, and added: "It may be someone you are not familiar with, but you have had a brief contact with."

Thinking of what the sheriff said at the beginning, Shirley couldn't help but frowned, "...You mean he killed people because of me?"

When Rossi and Emily were still looking at each other, Hodge said, "I'm afraid that's right."

Shirley nodded and leaned back straight away, raising her hands to smooth her bangs backwards.Quickly regaining consciousness, he paused and asked, "...Sorry, is it convenient for you to give me a cigarette?"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, Emily silently put the prepared pack of cigarettes, a lighter and a small ashtray in front of Shirley, causing Shirley to smile wryly at her, "Thank you."

Watching Emily smile, Shirley raised her hand to light a cigarette.After taking a puff, he turned to the side and exhaled a circle of smoke, then looked back at Hodge, "We can start."

Then Hodge said, "What we are looking for is a white man, his age is between 20 and 25 years old. His face belongs to the gentle category, his body is thin and quick, and he feels Not offensive."

Shirley thought about it carefully, let the cigarette between her fingers light alone, dusted off the ash and heard Emily's voice, "He may have been by your side all the time, or he may have only appeared a few times. He has been with you There have been contacts at work, but his personal presence is not very strong."

Xue Li frowned slightly, and excluded some people one by one in her mind, leaving only some vague figures.She tried her best to recall, but the effect was not good. She raised her hand and took another puff of cigarette, and then heard Rossi add, "You may have helped him, you may have praised him, and all of this has been remembered in his heart. He doesn't It is too likely that I have confided my love to you, but I must have had similar eye contact with you."

The figures in her mind gradually dissipated, and Shirley turned her head to blow out smoke rings.He crushed the cigarette in the ashtray, shook his head dejectedly, "I'm sorry..."

The three looked at each other, and Huo Qi shook his head without paying too much attention, "It's okay, if you think of anything later, please tell us immediately."

Shirley looked up at him apologetically, nodded, "I will."

Watching Hodge and Rosie turn, Shirley reached for the cigarette case.However, Emily reached out to take the cigarette box back first, and met her innocent face with doubts, "I've finished smoking one cigarette."

Shirley frowned and opened her mouth. When she wanted to say something, she had to raise her eyebrows feebly.I watched Emily take away the three-piece suit in front of me helplessly, and heard her leave a sentence, "Smoking less."

"Okay..." Shirley folded her arms helplessly, and she couldn't be blamed for her thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness to this group of people in the bottom of her heart, "Thank you."

After that, Shirley thought hard in the interrogation room alone.With the assistance of Beth, Hodge and his group checked the people around Shirley one by one, trying to find out the suspects, but there was no progress.

In the afternoon, Shirley walked out of the interrogation room and saw Beth waiting outside, Rick who had just arrived to pick her up, and Charles who came with him.She raised her eyebrows lazily, stepped forward to hug the first two, and then smiled at Charles, "Thank you for caring."

"There are a lot of reporters outside." Charles glanced at Rick with a smile, and raised his eyebrows at Shirley, "Rick has already regarded me as a professional rescuer."

Shirley laughed at his description and glanced at Rick.Looking at Charles, I heard him say, "Later, Rick and I will go out the front door, and you and your sister will go through the other door. I already asked Philip to wait there. He may not drive as fast as you, but Know how to get rid of reporters."

Shirley couldn't help but frowned, "Philip?"

Charles nodded, and before he could speak, Shirley glanced at the other two and called himself to the tea room, "Can you accompany me to pour a few cups of coffee?"

Charles readily agreed, and continued the previous conversation by her side, "You may not remember him."

Shirley smiled at him, walked to the tea room and poured coffee, "I actually still have the impression that he is a very capable kid."

Charles smiled and said yes, took the coffee she offered, and watched her pour the second cup of coffee, "Has he been working for you?"

Charles took a sip of coffee and looked at Shirley who had turned to face him, "About a year ago, his original boss went to France. But he had to stay in the United States to take care of his sick sister, so the other party will He introduced it to me."

"You're so sensible..." Shirley smiled thoughtfully, and looked up at him, "Do you know what disease his sister has?"

Charles shrugged and shook his head, "He usually doesn't talk much."

Shirley smiled understandingly, took a few sips of coffee and put down the cup, poured two more cups and handed them to Charles, "Well, can you help me take them first? I want to go to the bathroom."

Charles nodded in agreement, returned to Rick and Beth with two cups of coffee, and said with a smile, "She's gone to the bathroom, let's wait."

The two nodded in agreement, and sat back on the sofa with Charles, talking and waiting.It wasn't until the coffee in the cup had bottomed out before he knew it, that Rick suddenly came back to his senses, "Why hasn't she come out yet?"

Beth got up, "I'll go and see."

Before taking two steps, Beth saw JJ walking out of the tea room with coffee.The other party smiled at her with light in his eyes, then glanced behind her, and asked curiously, "Where did Shirley go?"

Beth looked at her, moved her eyes from side to side in a daze, and then smiled at her, "She's gone to the bathroom, and I'm going to find her."

Hearing what she said, JJ was even more confused, "...but there is no one in the bathroom, I just came out."

Only then did Beth realize the strangeness of the matter, she patted her head annoyed and turned to Charles.And jj followed her closely and heard her ask: "What did Shell just talk to you about?"

Charles was dazed for a moment, and then told Beth, who was obviously interrogating himself, the content of the conversation in detail.Seeing that she seemed a little anxious, she asked puzzledly, "Is there a problem?"

JJ seemed to have heard some hints, and turned directly to Charles, "I need you to tell me all about Philip."

After hearing this, Charles, who knew a little about the case, seemed to have figured something out.Glancing at the speechless and worried Rick, he looked at JJ again, "So she wants to dismiss us?"

Seeing JJ nodding, Charles hurriedly told her the general situation of Philip.Immediately jj called Garcia, got the relevant information from the other party, comforted Beth and returned to the meeting room.

Afterwards, jj informed Huo Qi and his team about the general situation, and quickly reached an agreement with them.Just as everyone walked out of the meeting room and was about to leave, Philip entered the police station with his hands raised above his head.

And all the police officers who had just been notified by Hodge raised their guns at him, and only after hearing his trembling voice that seemed to muster courage, did they send a person to handcuff his hands, "...I am from First, I killed Steve Johnson, Thomas Franklin, Jameson Peet... and... Chris Green."

The policeman was about to take him away, but he stopped and looked back at Shirley who had just walked in behind him, "Can I ask you one last question?"

Shirley nodded and heard him ask, "What are you afraid of when the flashlight shines on you?"

Shirley smiled hesitantly, and took a few steps forward, "...What should I be afraid of?"

Philip nodded as if he understood or didn't understand, then turned and left.Morgan, who saw this scene on the other side, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, approached Hodge and asked, "It's only been four or 10 minutes... What is she mainly responsible for in the Los Angeles Police Department?"

Hodge raised his eyebrows, "Negotiation."