Chapter 16 Identification of Suspects

"Lin, these are the information about the suspects found within the scope of your designation, and they all have criminal records in the juvenile stage. ”

Sean and several colleagues came to Lin Xiuyi's new office with boxes and boxes of documents, which Musk had arranged specifically for Lin Xiuyi. Because of the rush of time, there are only a few simple pieces of furniture and office supplies in the office. But fortunately, the area is large enough, and although there are several people standing in the room now, it is still very spacious.

Sean and his colleagues put the documents on a conference table in the middle of the house, and Lin Xiuyi helped everyone divide the file boxes on the table. From now on, the search team led by Lin Xiuyi will be officially established.

Musk sent four more federal agents to join Lin Xiuyi's team to track down the whereabouts of the Green River killer. Fearing that the Green River Killers had other hostages, the FBI was now unable to conduct a large-scale search in the area.

After everyone sat down, Lin Xiuyi explained to everyone what he wanted to do today, that is, from the suspects who had been screened out of the past juvenile criminal records, and then find out the key investigation targets for the next step.

As soon as Lin Xiu explained clearly, everyone began this boring work. Although there are computers to assist in work now, because the first case of the Green River Killer happened thirty-five years ago, and the time frame for Lin Xiuyi to obtain juvenile criminal records was earlier than that time, and at that time, computers were not widely used, and many materials were still stored in the form of non-standard documents. Because they are all old cases, it is inevitable that some information will not be reflected in the FBI's criminal database for various reasons, and manual screening is an inevitable work.

"Please note that we are looking for juvenile crimes that occurred between thirty-five and forty-five years ago, and the suspect should have violent and sexual criminal tendencies, and he should have been the first time to commit the crime, and the criminal methods were still very immature, and it was a juvenile who may not be enough to take the criminal method of stifling and suffocating, so we focus on criminals who have had the experience of assault and sexual assault......"

After Lin Xiuyi explained, everyone nodded to show that they understood, and then continued to bury their heads in the pile of old papers to find clues.

Starting from work in the morning and continuing until 9 o'clock in the evening, everyone finally re-screened these old cases. After much discussion, six suspects who lived in the area and had juvenile criminal records became candidates for the Green River Killers.

The first suspect was discovered by Sean, whose name is Howard Brooks, a white male, 62 years old, who lives at 33 Rhodes Street. Brooks is a truck driver by profession, and his daily job is to deliver goods from the airport to cargo owners in downtown Seattle, in addition to which Brooks also owns a Pontiac SUV, which is very much described by Lin Xiu as a prisoner. Brooks spent a brief time in prison as a juvenile, having joined extreme racial groups as a teenager and twice committed aggravated assault crimes......

The suspect Sean found was in some ways very much in line with Lin Xiuyi's description of the Green River killer. But there is one thing that Lin Xiuyi cares about, this Howard is a racist. But Lin Xiuyi clearly remembered that in the case in 1982, one of the two victims was a black girl. While racists don't necessarily don't rape women of color. But Lin Xiuyi felt that at least he would be biased in the choice of the victim. At the scene of the crime in 1982, the bodies of black girls and white girls were also abandoned in the river, and judging from the attitude of the murderer towards the corpse, there seems to be no racist tendency.

After Sean introduced Suspect No. 1 to everyone, Lin Xiuyi did not raise his own objections. Because Lin Xiuyi knew in his heart that the Green River Killer was likely to be very different from his description. It is impossible to solve a case purely by relying on the mental description of the suspect. If you make a mistake, you are likely to mislead the entire investigation. Judging from the current situation, the FBI still has too few clues, and most of Lin Xiuyi's assumptions are actually not very solid. Lin Xiuyi was not an immortal, and he didn't dare to be 100% sure that what he was describing was the true situation of the Green River Killer. So despite his suspicions, Lin Xiuyi still included Howard Brooks among the suspects in the key investigation.

"Sir, I have a suspect here named Lynn Spencer, also a white male, who lives on a farm near Route 90. He has a meat store on Route 90, as well as a van and a pickup truck. When Lynn Spencer was 15 years old, he tried to molest a 13-year-old girl when he knocked her unconscious with his hand, but was found by passers-by and did not succeed. As an adult, Spencer served in the U.S. military in South Korea, but was forced to leave the military and return home after being implicated in three local rape cases in South Korea. However, because of the protection of the U.S. military, the South Korean side did not pursue Lynn Spencer's rape crime, so the police criminal record does not show Spencer's experience in South Korea, but it can be found in the FBI records......"

Jason Siegel, a federal agent who has just joined the investigation team, reports to Lin Xiuyi.

"I wonder if Spencer was also a suspect in the large-scale investigation in 1982?" Lin Xiuyi asked very seriously after listening to Jason's introduction.

"Sir, Spencer is indeed a suspect! But he passed two lies tests, so he was removed from the list of suspects by the FBI that year. But his father left him the farm, where Jason has lived since 1980. So the time is ......"

As soon as Lin Xiu listened to Agent Jason's introduction, he asked for the file of the suspect Linde Spencer, and this guy's resume was simply too consistent with Lin Xiuyi's description of the Green River killer. He had been in the army and should have some organizational skills. In addition, he had an unsuccessful criminal experience in his childhood and during his stay in South Korea. Isn't this exactly the Green River killer described by Lin Xiuyi

Is it?

Lin Xiuyi picked up the pen in his hand and marked a red mark on Lynn Spencer's record. He felt that this Spencer chose to live an ordinary life after returning to China, which was simply abnormal.