66. Sixty-six
γγγFor love, you need to have no scruples, no distractions, no fear, no complaints and no giving.
Liu Fanxu was stunned for a moment, obviously she didn't expect Gordon to take the initiative to ask her, but after seeing his expression, she understood that this was another rhythm to test her. However, she doesn't care, and since she has decided to participate, she will do her best.
Liu Fanxu frowned lightly, considered the sentence and said what made her wonder, her eyes swept over and stopped the discussion, and looked at her Ella, Hodge and Red, and said slowly, "I just think it's a bit early to get the reason for the crime from the clues in hand so far." And I think the interval between the times of the crime is strange. β
"He doesn't have a set rhythm for serial killers." Red looked at Liu Fanxu and said in tacit understanding.
"But from the pictures from the scene and the limited clues in hand, it can be seen that it is not a pattern of terror & terrorist attack & attack\ not to promote some kind of political & political opinion, nor does it like the pleasure of explosion, he has a specific goal" Liu Fanxu nodded and continued, "The pattern of these three cases, the only difference, is that in the second case, the bomb is not at the door of the house but in the driveway, why, is it because the package was taken from the door of the house?" β
"Or maybe he's the bombardier, and the bomb didn't go off because he was on his way to deliver it. Normally, the bombardier usually ends up blowing himself up, perhaps disguised as a victim and not wanting to affect his family. Ella said with a shrug.
"Then he would be tantamount to putting a clear sign in these three cases, and we will be the first to notice a different case from the other two." Hodge whispered.
"Maybe the only man is really just an innocent victim. His survival was just a fluke, or it had something to do with the structure of the bomb, and we need to know more about the structure of the bomb so that we can make a more accurate judgment. Liu Fanxu said.
"This probability is not impossible, and from these photos, we can probably know that there is a balancing device on this bomb." Red took one out of the photo, looked down and said, "Maybe the second victim, who happened to be walking from the door of the house to the driveway, did not tilt the package, so the bomb did not detonate at the entrance of the house." β
"But why did he blow up the third victim?" Ella said.
"Only the first two of the three cases are linked, and perhaps the real target of the killer is actually the first two victims, or only the first victim. The subsequent cases were nothing more than a cover-up for the murder to conceal his true purpose. Liu Fanxu spread his hands and put the information in his hand on the seat on the side.
"In any case, the second crime scene is the most special, let's start with the scene of the second explosion and see why it will be different from the other two." Gordon finally said.
Arriving at Palm Beach, they went to the scene of the second bombing and came to conclusions that were largely identical to what they had deduced on the plane. Just for further clues, you need to interview the only surviving victim.
So Gordon decides to work in groups, and he and Red go to the hospital to meet the second victim whose leg was blown off; Hodge, Liu Fanxu and Ella stayed at the scene to search the victim's house with the police to see if there were any clues related to the case. **After getting off the plane, they got in touch with the local news media as soon as possible, and they needed to control the content and direction of the media's dissemination.
Most of the families living in this community are middle-class well-off families, and more privileged families like the second victim generally become the focus of attention in the community. Therefore, in community gossip, there are generally no secrets to speak of. It's just that Liu Fanxu stood in the driveway of the community, looking back and forth at the empty streets around him. Because of the successive explosions, coupled with the hype of previous media reports, there are far fewer residents on the road.
In this case, door-to-door visits and inquiries will startle the snake. Of course, the only benefit of the media is that families here are now wary of the packages they put on their doorstep.
Liu Fanxu, who was observing the environment, heard the mobile phone ringing, and immediately connected, it was a call from Red, his voice was slightly wheezing, obviously he was calling her while walking. Liu Fanxu's face unconsciously smiled, and she said softly, "Hi, Spencer, how is it?" β
"It's not him, he's not a murderer, we just talked to him, and his personality and hobbies don't fit the profile." Rhett said as he walked, "Aga, be careful, I did a geographical profile, and the murderer's living area is in this community. He was a resident there. β
"Yes," Liu Fanxu looked around with only the police and the separation zone, and slowly walked to the middle of the lane, where it was safer to talk and not have to worry about being heard. She lowered her voice and continued, "If we can sift through the list of residents in this community, we may be able to narrow down the suspicions very quickly." β
"The media has caused panic and the killers will be more cautious, so we can't confirm what their daily routine is like." Red frowned and continued, "Gordon said, and will post a profile when he goes back to the police station. β
"A non-confrontational person, who does very organized, very delicate craft work, must have a separate workshop that can ensure that he can produce a sophisticated device without interruption." Liu Fanxu whispered, she raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, "Hey, Spencer, this is very common here, most people will have such conditions, you know, this community belongs to the middle-class consumer group, most of them are blue-collar or white-collar workers, similar to the second victim will be an alternative here." β
"Then we may be able to cross-check this large list with the list of skilled people in the handicraft industry who had been in contact with the widowed old lady of 74." Red then said, "We can focus on investigating these suspects who have been circled. β
"I'll call Garcia," Liu Fanxu was about to hang up the phone, when Red's voice rang on the phone again, and he sternly instructed, "Don't act alone, Aga, pay attention to safety." β
"Okay," became extremely happy because she heard Rhett's words, and after she hung up the phone, her face was still full of sweet smiles, so when Garcia answered the phone and heard Liu Fanxu's voice, she immediately asked sensitively, "Hi, Aga, what's going on?" β
"Ahem, it's nothing," Liu Fanxu cleared his throat and said seriously, "I need you to provide a list." β
"I'm here for you, my dear," Garcia got up quickly, and after saying hello to Morgan, he hurried back to his office, and when he was ready, she immediately screened out a list of people who were not very long but not very short according to Liu Fanxu's request.
Because there are no new clues to sift through for the time being, Liu Fanxu can only take the list he got from Garcia and report to Hodge. Several of BAU's field workers gathered in their makeshift offices, exchanging information with each other, and for a moment the only clue left was the list of a dozen names in their hands.
"We work in pairs to visit the people on this list." Before Hodge could finish speaking, the phone rang, and it was Morgan who brought a new clue. The killer in this case was a copycat who was impersonating the murderer who gave Gordon stress disorder, and the murderer was serving a life sentence in federal prison.
Liu Fanxu looked at Gordon and saw that he was a little stunned, but fortunately, it was only for a moment, and he eased up and quickly made new arrangements. He offers to go to the federal prison to meet the clever but cruel bombardier himself, and Red goes with him.
"Maybe we can get a new filter from the fans who have contacted him." Liu Fanxu raised the list in his hand and gestured to Gordon and Red.
Red nodded, then stepped forward to pull her aside, and once again instructed, "Aga, you have to be safe, and always remember that life is the most important thing. He meant something, and she understood what he was trying to say. She nodded, agreed, then raised her hand and rubbed his frowning brow, and said, "You too, Spencer." β
Red leaned over and kissed her forehead, quickly turned to follow Gordon, and the two strode away.
"Wow, what a relationship." Ella slipped to Liu Fanxu's side and teased her with a smile.
"Yes, it's not bad." Liu Fanxu was not embarrassed, she responded to this fact quite calmly. Seeing that Ella raised her eyebrows and smiled even more heartily, she also grinned, raised the list in her hand, and continued, "So are we going to start work, before Red provides new clues, I think we can briefly divide the order of home visits?" β
"Considering you don't have a weapon, and my marksmanship is not bad, I'll protect you when we act together." Ella's pretty eyes rolled and she said with a smile. She looked at Hodge and saw that he was looking down at the materials in his hand, so she continued, "Hey, Hodge, even foreign aid needs self-defense weapons, when can I apply for a handy weapon for Aga?" β
"I'm applying." Hodge looked up at them and smiled slightly, "You know, I actually prefer Aga to officially join, not just as a supernumerary." β
Liu Fanxu shrugged his shoulders and did not answer, but walked directly to the table, sat down and began to divide the ranks of the people on the list. Ella followed her, and when she saw that the person she was at the top of the list was actually an antique dealer, she asked suspiciously, "Davy Volker, is there anything special about him?" β
"No, nothing, I just have a feeling, well" Liu Fanxu frowned, and continued as he pondered his sentences, "The first victim's hobbies were raising cats and collecting coins, and this David Volcker once sold her a batch of coins that were said to be quite collectible before the victim was killed. For this reason, the old lady also wanted to insure the coins for a while, but in the end it seemed to be abandoned because of the problem of the insurance policy. It's weird! Was it the old lady who suddenly changed her attention, or was there something wrong with the coins? β
"Do you think this Volcker faked and sold a batch of worthless coins to an old lady, and she found out that she had been scammed while insuring those beloved coins." Ella continued with a frown.
"In order to escape the old lady's prosecution, Volcker made a bomb to kill her, and in order to cover up the purpose of the crime, he simply made the case bigger." Hodge continued, frowning as well.
"And this Volcker is still a habitual offender, I just checked, this person once went to prison for fraud, if the old lady succeeds in prosecuting this time, there will be 20 years in prison waiting for him." Liu Fanxu said.
"So, he's going to take a desperate gamble and kill the guy who might send him to jail again." Ella said.
"I'm going to apply for a search warrant." The sheriff, who heard most of their analysis of the process, turned around and was about to go through the normal process, but Hodge stopped and said, "Then it's too late." β
"I think it's best for Ella and I to go to his house first to find out what happened, if this man is really the murderer, then he's Bill's admirer and imitator, and he's likely to choose the extreme way of ending up together when he finds himself in a desperate situation."
Ella agrees, believing that Liu Fanxu's reasoning is correct, and that Hodge has concerns in this regard. He hesitated to let the two female team members take the risk, but in the end he nodded and agreed to the action.
David Volcker's house is no different from the rest of the house, with a long driveway that leads to the garage at the back of the house. When Liu Fanxu and Ella came here, they deliberately avoided the visibility angle of the garage and stopped at the corner of their sight. When the two of them reached the corridor in front of the house, it had been agreed that Ella would be in charge of the inside of the house, and she would take a detour to the garage to investigate.
Ella agreed because maybe it would be more dangerous in the house, since it was lunchtime and she thought David Volcker would be in the house instead of the garage. So when she knocked on the door and was let into the house by Mrs. Walker, a fat lady, she found that Mr. Walker was not in the house, but in the garage.
She immediately frowned worriedly, but she didn't dare to show traces, so she could only deal with Mrs. Volker while thinking about how to go to the garage to write Liu Fanxu without leaking traces.
As soon as Liu Fanxu separated from Ella, she threw a ignoring spell on herself, and then swaggered from the driveway directly to the garage door. She didn't go straight in, but walked to the edge of the window to the side, and through the gap in the curtain, she clearly saw a man working at his desk.
This man has a stiff back, and his back does not look strong, and it may even make people think that he is actually very weak. At this time, he was leaning over the workbench and assembling something. Liu Fanxu guessed that it was another bomb, she didn't delay any longer, turned to the door, first threw a few mute spells and ignore spells at the door, and then used the spell to open the door.
Without delay, she pushed the door open and went in, and found the man still quietly burying his head, apparently not seeing that she had entered his studio. As soon as she stepped into the garage and had a full view of its surroundings, she threw a petrification spell at him. No matter what he was doing, whether he was making a precision bomb or not, he would not be detonated by her rash attack.
Liu Fanxu breathed a sigh of relief, she first walked to his side, and found that he was indeed making a bomb as she guessed, so she carefully used her wand to click on a part of the part he was pinching in her hand, and let it fly carefully to the table, only to find a bundle of thick rope from the shelf next to him, and tied the murderer to his chair.
After this was done, she called Ella and told her to come to the garage, and then informed Hodge who was ambushed around. Taking advantage of the gap, Liu Fanxu modified his memory slightly, and then unlocked the petrification spell for him.
While Liu Fanxu was waiting for them, he was distracted and looked at the garage that was used as a workshop, where most of the objects piled up here were fakes made by David Volcker, and it was simply a counterfeiting workshop. Apparently the antique dealer was a scammer who specialized in selling fakes, and the reason he killed the old lady was indeed that his counterfeiting was discovered by the old lady, and after the 74-year-old widowed old lady found out that the coins were forgery, the stubborn and stubborn old man insisted on suing him, so it caused him to kill him.
What an incredible reason to use another more extreme means to cover up the fraud, to escape the 20-year prison sentence, and to kill the old lady who might sue him. And the people who were killed and injured after the explosion were just pawns in his attempt to hide people's eyes, and they were all innocent and implicated unlucky people who were randomly selected by the murderer.
After Liu Fanxu roughly searched the garage, she was about to take out her mobile phone to notify Red, when suddenly her body stiffened, and a chill suddenly rose in her heart. She immediately turned to look at the door of the garage, and sure enough, a black shadow flashed quickly in front of the door, and Liu Fanxu chased it out without thinking.