Chapter 15: Leading the Search
"Hey, Lin, how did you come up with the idea of a gas tank!"
"Hey, I also remembered it by accident!"
"Lin, if we can find the Green River Killer this time......
Early the next morning, after Lin Xiuyi drove his rented Dongying God of War - a 500-horsepower GTR R33 to the substation, many agents who were not familiar with him in the past took the initiative to come over to greet him. Lin Xiuyi is really not used to the enthusiasm of his colleagues.
But when you think about it, it's easy to understand that for the first time in thirty-five years, someone has demarcated the hiding place of the Green River killer within a radius of fifty square miles. For the first time in thirty-five years, federal agents in the Seattle bureau felt they had hope of catching the pervert with their own hands.
Lin Xiuyi took the elevator to the floor where he was, and as soon as he got out of the elevator, he ran into Sean, who stayed in the substation all night and didn't go home, but his spirit was very excited. In fact, it's not just him, the agents in charge of the Green River killer case on the entire floor are now very excited, the FBI and the police's Green River killer who claimed to be challenging sent the clues to the FBI themselves, thirty-five years ago, federal agents almost screened one percent of the entire Seattle males of school age, but the police spent a lot of manpower, time, and money, but finally failed. This time, searching for the hideout of the Green River Killer within a radius of fifty miles estimated that the probability of success was about 80% based on previous experience.
When Lin Xiuyi was pulled closer to the conference room by Sean, the originally noisy conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone wanted to hear what Lin Xiuyi would do next.
"Gentlemen, all we need to do now is to look for a suspect within a radius of fifty miles, who has the following characteristics. He is between 50 and 65 years old, is likely to have committed violent and sexual assault as a minor, and the suspect may have owned more than one car, one of which is likely to be a van or pickup truck. The suspect's appearance should have a certain affinity that can make an adolescent girl let down her guard against him. At the same time, the suspect's economic conditions should be quite affluent. He has a secluded place where he can imprison the victim of his choosing......"
Lin Xiuyi began to describe the Green River Killer based on some of the information he had already mastered, and it should not be an impossible thing to find a criminal suspect with the above characteristics within a radius of fifty miles.
However, Lin Xiuyi also made a suggestion of his own, it is very likely that there are other victims in the hands of the Green River Killer now, and these victims are likely to be alive. If the FBI were to conduct a search in this area with great fanfare, it would likely make the killer dog jump over the wall and kill all the girls he kidnapped, and then leave Seattle and disappear.
"So, if possible, I would like to ask everyone to investigate within this range as much as possible, and not to make too many irritating and aggressive attempts to suspect the suspect. This is for the safety of the hostages that may exist......"
Lin Xiuyi was once appreciated by the Shenmu Police Department in the Metropolitan Police Department, and led the search for the murder and abandonment of corpses in the port area. So when he was directing the search at the FBI, he didn't feel overwhelmed. Lin Xiuyi explained some matters that need to be paid attention to in the search operation, and Musk wanted to add two sentences at the end, but when Lin Xiuyi finished guiding the search operation, Musk felt that there was nothing to add.
After the meeting, Lin Xiu began to seriously study the 50-square-mile area. This stretch encompasses a portion of downtown Seattle and the suburbs, through which Route 90 and the Green River pass through. Because it is close to the highway, it is at the junction of urban and rural areas. So not only is there a large middle-class community, but there are also some warehouses, large parking lots, and motels. In general, the security here is much better than that of striptease streets.
Because the specific target chosen by the Green River Killers is the ** on the strip street, this group will not attract the attention of others if they suddenly disappear. Therefore, Lin Xiuyi couldn't estimate how many hostages the Green River Killer had. Lin Xiuyi was worried that once the Green River Killer found out that he was limited in the scope of his activities, he would take some kind of extreme move. Therefore, the search of this area is still not to be taken lightly.
Lin Xiuyi and Sean spent the morning highlighting some suspicious places on the map. Lin Xiuyi planned to go to these places to take a look. Before leaving, Director Musk arranged for almost all civilian personnel in the whole world to participate in the investigation of suspects with criminal records in the area.
Just when Lin Xiuyi was about to leave the substation, his phone suddenly rang, Lin Xiuyi took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that it was Natalie's mother Melanie.
"Ms. Melanie, what's wrong?" Lin Xiuyi asked curiously. Although Melanie asked Lin Xiuyi to find Natalie's whereabouts, Melanie was not the kind of person who stalked her, she rarely called Lin Xiuyi directly, and only occasionally sent a message to Lin Xiuyi. So after receiving Melanie's call, Lin Xiuyi was actually quite surprised.
"Officer Lin, it's Natalie, she's ...... She ......"
Melanie was a little incoherent on the phone, and she didn't say anything for a long time, Lin Xiu comforted Melanie while asking what happened.
"Police—officer, I received a call just now, but I asked for a long time, but I didn't ...... No one responded, and I wondered if the call was made by Natalie......"
Melanie was overjoyed, and although she had received a call that went unanswered, it was enough to give her some confidence. It's just that Lin Xiuyi knew very well in his heart that this kind of call was probably meaningless. But Lin Xiuyi couldn't break this truth. Now the Green River Killer is still planning his next hunt, and the victim, Mary, has a relationship with Natalie. Lin Xiuyi felt that there was a chance that Natalie would also be involved in the Green River case. Now Lin Xiu hopes that Natalie is still alive.
Lin Xiuyi talked to Melanie for a while before hanging up the phone. Before the end of the call, Melanie had been thanking Lin Xiuyi for his selfless help. Lin Xiuyi felt very ashamed, he didn't know how to communicate with Melanie about her daughter. After Lin Xiu sat in the car and sighed, he left the bureau with Sean.