Chapter 17 Covert Visits

The investigation team led by Lin Xiuyi and Sean found the six most suspicious candidates from hundreds of documents. And among the six suspects, Lin Xiuyi was most suspicious of Lynn Spencer.

The next morning, Lin Xiuyi arranged for some people to focus on the six Green River Killer candidates, while he and Sean went to the crime lab of the bureau to listen to the results of the investigation of Mary's car by FBI technicians.

"The car was a Corolla from 10 years ago, and it was in terrible condition and the brake pads were badly worn. In addition to this, we found trace traces of blood in the car, as well as some hair......"

"Can you determine who these hairs belong to?" Lin Xiuyi asked curiously.

"Some belong to the deceased Mary, and some we only know belong to men, and we don't know exactly who they belong to. Barney Wellwood, the head of the crime lab, took out several hair samples and showed them to Lin Xiuyi. Lin Xiu took a look at these hair samples, and then walked away regretfully, these evidences were of little use at the moment. Only after the suspect is caught, the suspect's DNA sample is compared with the hair sample to prove whether the suspect has ever been in the car.

Barney saw Lin Xiuyi's attitude towards these hair samples, and he also knew in his heart that although these things were important, they were not needed at this stage. So I hastened to introduce the next important discovery

"In addition to the hair, we found something interesting in the tire seams of the car and on the mat in front of the driver's seat. ”

Barney led Lin Xiuyi to another table, on which there were a lot of evidence in plastic bags. Lin Xiu knew from a glance that his colleagues in the crime lab had worked this car.

"Lin, we found some iron embroidery in the dust of the mats, and the dirt in the cracks of the tires also contained quite a lot of iron embroidery. This is very noteworthy! We are still doing a detailed analysis of the composition of this embroidery rust. But it's going to take more time......"

Barney patiently explained the current investigation progress of the crime lab for Lin Xiuyi, and Lin Xiuyi could see that Barney's team had done their best, and Lin Xiuyi really couldn't ask them to do more. However, the matter of hair gave Lin Xiu a little inspiration.

After Lin Xiuyi and Sean left the crime lab, they set off for the vicinity of the butcher shop run by the suspect Lynn Spencer. On the way, Lin Xiuyi sent the latest orders to all the federal agents who were monitoring the suspects, to investigate the situation of the suspects' trash cans as much as possible, to see if there were any signs of excessive food consumption, and if possible, Lin Xiuyi hoped to find DNA samples of the suspects from some of the food in the trash cans.

Lin Xiuyi and Sean's car slowly stopped about two hundred meters away from the butcher shop run by the suspect Lynn Spencer. Jason Siegel, the FBI agent in charge of monitoring the place, saw Lin Xiuyi's arrival and walked towards Lin Xiuyi's car as if nothing happened.

Jason Siegel pulled open the door of the rear seat and quickly got into the car. Lin Xiuyi handed Siegel a cup of Starbucks cold brew iced coffee that had just been packed on the road, and then asked about the movement of the suspect Lynn Spinn.

"Sir, this butcher shop has a salesman in addition to Spencer. The back half of the store seems to have been converted into a cold store. Spencer hasn't been out since he came to the store in the morning......"

Jason Siegel reported to Lin Shuichi that he had discovered that Spencer was quite wealthy, running a butcher shop and owning a medium-sized farm of his own, which made him completely self-sufficient in food. If the investigation is conducted from the consumption of food, Lin Xiuyi cannot estimate whether Spencer is the Green River killer.

"Jason, is Spencer in the store now?" Lin Xiu asked after waiting for Jason's report to be complete.

"Sir, when I came over just now, I saw that the employees of Spencer's butcher shop were unloading goods in the cold storage, and now Spencer is looking at the counter in front of me......" Jason introduced to Lin Xiuyi.

"Sean, let's go! we're going to meet this Spencer!"

After Lin Xiuyi and Agent Jason handed over clearly, Jason left the car first. After about a few minutes, Jason, who was standing in the distance, nodded quietly. Seeing this, Lin Xiuyi and Sean immediately got out of the car and walked towards the butcher shop run by the suspect Spencer.

The distance of two hundred meters was only a few steps, but Lin Xiuyi felt very nervous. Judging from the current situation, this Spencer is the closest of the six suspects to Lin Xiuyi's portrayal of the Green River killer.

Spencer's butcher shop has a small façade, and the store's logo is in the shape of a bull's horn. The shop not only deals in raw meat products, but also sells some special cooked food, such as sausages, beef patties and so on. When Lin Xiuyi walked in, he saw a sturdy man standing behind the counter who was about six feet seven inches tall. He had a bald head on his head, and his face was a little pitted.

Spencer slowly walked to the counter and said to the suspect Spencer: "Please give me two rib-eye steaks and one beef ribs!"

Spencer didn't speak to Lin Xiuyi, he just stood silently behind the counter to prepare the goods that Lin Xiuyi needed.

Spencer took out a large piece of meat from the counter, then fixed it to the slicer, and cut two ribeye steaks according to Lin Xiuyi's request. Later, according to Lin Xiuyi's request, he took out a whole piece of beef rib bone. After preparing these things, Spencer wrapped the goods in a packaging bag, put them in a paper bag with the Spencer butcher logo and handed them to Lin Xiuyi.

After Lin Xiuyi took the goods, he used his credit card to pay for all the purchases at Spencer's butcher shop. Then he walked out with these steaks and beef ribs without looking back. Seeing this, Sean also walked out of the store.

Lin Xiu walked a few hundred meters and came to the place where he parked, and Sean walked a few steps quickly to follow. The two of them exchanged views with each other after making sure that there were no other outsiders around.

"This Spencer is too rude, and the portrait doesn't give people a sense of security. I don't think it's him......" As soon as Lin Xiuyi finished saying this, he suddenly stared at the telephone pole behind Sean and was stunned.

"What's wrong, Lin!" Sean asked strangely.

Lin Xiuyi pointed behind Sean in horror, Sean hurriedly turned around to check, it turned out to be an advertisement looking for his daughter, with detailed information such as photos, contact numbers, and home addresses. What is the daughter's name - Natalie?

As soon as Lin Xiu picked up the phone, he quickly flipped to Melanie's call log, and then clicked the dial button.

"Sorry, the user you are calling is turned off......"