Chapter 8 Findings on Surveillance Video
"Xiu Yijun, the script adapted from the Futu Village incident has been approved by the production committee, and it is expected to be broadcast at the end of the year as a New Year's special, remember to pay attention to it then!"
Lin Xiuyi got up early in the morning and saw the message from Kanako, since the last trip to Futu Village, Lin Xiuyi and Kanako have gradually become familiar with each other, and the two sometimes send messages to each other to contact them.
Kanako's job is a screenwriter, and she has been in charge of the script creation of some variety shows before, and this time she can participate in the creation of the script of Fuji TV's popular mystery drama, which can be regarded as a big breakthrough in Kanako's career.
"Congratulations, screenwriter Kanako, come on!"
Lin Xiuyi added a few emojis at the end and clicked the send button. Lin Xiuyi also ushered in a new day of his own.
Lin Xiuyi got up from the bed, left the bedroom and walked into the living room, and turned on the TV in the living room casually. After that, Lin Xiuyi went into the bathroom and began to wash.
"The Green River killer who killed two underage females 35 years ago is committing the crime again, and just yesterday, the FBI found the bodies of three more murdered women near Green River. After 35 years, the crime is committed again, and we will wait and see if the FBI can catch the real culprit this time......"
Hearing that the Green River Killer was mentioned in the news, Lin Xiu walked out of the bathroom with a toothbrushing cup. He didn't expect the reporter to poke the matter out so quickly.
When Lin Xiuyi took a taxi to the FBI Seattle branch, the car had just arrived at the gate when he saw a group of reporters gathered there. Seeing this, Lin Xiu hurriedly got out of the car and squeezed through the crowd.
"Lin, good morning!" Sean, who was sitting at the desk, took the initiative to say hello when he saw Lin Xiuyi.
"Good morning, Sean, did you see the group at the door?" Lin Xiuyi asked casually.
"Hey, some of them have a headache now, and all the vacations of everyone in the entire bureau have been canceled, all of which are caused by this damn Green River killer!" Sean complained to Lin Xiuyi in the elevator.
"By the way, Sean, what's going on with that surveillance video!" Lin Xiuyi took the initiative to ask about the case of Natalie's disappearance.
"Oh! If you don't say I've forgotten, the technical department has informed me that I'm almost done, and I'll take you to see it later!"
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Lin Xiuyi and Sean dealt with the matter at hand for a while, and then came to the crime laboratory in the substation together. The surveillance footage obtained from the gas station on Route 90 was handled by technicians here.
However, when Lin Xiuyi and Sean arrived here, Matthew, the FBI technician in charge of processing the images, was doing the final steps.
"You're just in time, wait a little longer and you'll see if that woman is what you're looking for!"
Matthew said as his fingers kept tapping on the keyboard. As the image gets bigger and bigger, the sharpness starts to plummet. Because of the light, the woman's face captured by the surveillance camera has been processed to the limit. However, Matthew found a reflection on the glass of the counter, which was easier to deal with than to directly capture the woman's face.
As the image became clearer with little by little technical corrections, everyone stared at the face on the screen with wide eyes and anticipation.
"Ahh......h
Lin Xiuyi and Sean were equally surprised, because the woman on the screen was none other than the female victim that Lin Xiuyi and Sean saw at the scene of the Green River crime yesterday.
"What's going on, how did you find the surveillance footage of the Green River victims?" asked Matthew curiously.
"We didn't know that we were actually looking for someone else, a girl named Natalie. The victim in the image had used Natalie's credit card at a Route 90 gas station before his death!" Sean explained to Matthew.
Lin Xiu's heart suddenly cooled when he saw this scene, the victim on the screen was using Natalie's credit card at that time, which meant that there was some kind of connection between the victim and Natalie. So did Natalie also fall into the hands of the Green River Killer?
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"Lin, what are you going to do!"
After coming out of the crime lab, Sean quietly asked Lin Xiuyi. Natalie's disappearance is now linked to the Green River Killer, and it's no small feat. Now the FBI can't afford to pay attention to it.
"I'm going to find out what happened to Natalie's credit card first, and why it ended up in the victim's hand?" Lin Xiuyi whispered as he pulled Sean aside.
"Okay, there's anything I can do to help you!"
"Sean, help me check the spending history of Natalie's credit card and see if I can find her main range of activities. In addition, I think we can start with the girl who was killed, although the bureau is also investigating, but if we wait for the results of the bureau, it will only be a waste of time. If she could find Natalie earlier, maybe she would still have any hope of surviving!" Lin Xiuyi discussed with Sean in a whisper.
"What do you think are the chances that Natalie is still alive now!" Sean didn't know what the relationship between Natalie and Lin Xiuyi was, because Lin Xiuyi didn't tell Sean that he just met Natalie's mother by chance. So Sean hopes that Lin Xiuyi can have a mental preparation, and once Natalie is confirmed to have been killed, Sean hopes that Lin Xiuyi will not be hit too hard.
"For now, there is still a certain chance of survival, that pervert likes to torture these poor girls, and the five victims who are already known to have been abused for a long time in their lives. It's only been a month since Natalie's disappearance, but the 1982 autopsy report found bruises on the victim's body from a month ago. So I think that after kidnapping these girls, the Green River Killer will torture them for a while......" Lin Xiuyi analyzed to Sean.
After Lin Xiuyi and Sean quietly discussed, they walked out of the corner. Both now know what to do next. Sean took the initiative to walk into the office of his boss, Director Elon Musk, and informed Director Musk of the clues they had found at the Highway 90 gas station. Director Musk naturally attaches great importance to this clue.
"Sean, this is the only good news I've heard today, tell me! What do you have in mind now?"
"Director, if I can, I'd like to go it alone with my partner, and please help us investigate the credit card records of that missing girl, Natalie......"