Chapter Twenty-Eight: New Victims
This reply can almost be concluded to be the murderer himself, and his reply confirms Mr. Isad's suspicion that the murderer is indeed extraordinary.
"Let's go, let's go to the police station. ”
Isad hurried to the police station with Roddy, and as the murderer's reply said, a second victim had already appeared.
The victim, also a sophomore at the University of History and Grammar and Horn's classmate Rick, was committed on Black Willow Street.
Rick's mother, still wearing an apron, slippers on one foot and naked on the other, was in a very confused state of mind at this time, her language was unknown, and her world was completely changed by the great grief of losing her son.
Isad and Roddy don't have time to grieve because the officers are already ready to go to Rick's house, and this time it will be the first crime scene, and they can see the crime scene in its entirety.
Leading the team was Coleman, who wore a different set of officer uniforms from the officers on duty, and Roddy remembered that until yesterday he was only a police officer on duty.
After Coleman finished the team, he took the initiative to invite Issad and Roddy to accompany him, expressing his deep feelings for the case and then expressing his gratitude along the way.
"Mr. Isad, you are a good editor, and we Sheriffs are very attentive to your reporting, and thank you very much for complimenting me in the article. ”
Isad was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that just mentioning the name of this attentive police officer in the report would raise him to a higher position, although it was something to celebrate, but Isad was not in the mood.
"We received a reply. Issad handed the note to Coleman and waited for Coleman's answer.
"This is so important!" Coleman looked at the note in shock, apologized slightly, and quickly assigned an officer to give it to the sheriff.
"Sorry, we didn't find any clues to the killer, and this note you provided will be a breakthrough. ”
This was Coleman's explanation for the unauthorized handling of the note, and Issad didn't think it was inappropriate, as long as the killer could be found out.
2-13 Black Willow Street, Rick's home.
It's very close to Cross Street, which is already relatively close to the upper town.
The door was open, and a lone slipper had fallen on the threshold, corresponding to the single shoe on Rick's mother's feet.
The officers worked together to quickly set up a cordon and arrange for the officers on duty, and Coleman led Issad and Roddy to the crime scene quickly.
The crime scene was on the second floor, Rick's bedroom, and everyone smelled a strong smell of blood before they arrived.
It was still a brutal dismemberment, and unlike Horn, this time it was not the head that was left alone, but a right hand with a broken finger, prominently placed in the doorway, and the first thing you could see as soon as you opened the door.
At this time, a man wearing gel gloves was squatting in front of the severed hand.
Roddy and Isadad knew him as Detective Morabi.
"The blood is still warm, and the preliminary judgment is that the time of death is no more than twenty minutes. ”
Then Morabi went to the desk in his bedroom, his brow furrowed.
Coleman also knew Morabi, but was not the detective he contacted, so he immediately stopped Morabi's behavior and prepared to kick him out, even if he was a detective, and was not allowed to enter the crime scene without permission.
"Let him stay, maybe he can help. ”
Issad covered his mouth, so his voice was a little muffled, and Coleman thought for a moment before agreeing to Issad's proposal.
After careful observation, it can be tentatively concluded that the murder method is consistent with Horn's case, and three handwriting in blood are found on Rick's desk.
[I was wrong]
The handwriting is sonorous and powerful, and it is even deeply seared into the table.
"It seems that this is no longer a simple case of dismemberment, but a purposeful, retaliatory case, and there may be more victims, and we must solve the case as soon as possible. ”
Morabi's face was gloomy, this was the most brutal and skillful murder he had ever encountered in his career, the murderer was like a cold-blooded python, silently hunting his target and then looking coldly at his masterpiece.
"Detective Moraby, you're right. Roddy looked at the disgusting corpse and forced himself to endure the discomfort in his stomach and told Morabi about the note.
"It's them. ”
This is not surprising to Morabi, which means that there is a unique connection between the victims, and if you find this connection, you can find the killer.
The police still had no useful information at the crime scene except for the same dismemberment in the form of blood left on the desk, and Detective Morabi left in a hurry after a short investigation.
After continuing to search Rick's room for a long time, Coleman could only start disposing of the body with a gloomy face, while Issad returned to the police station before Coleman with Roddy after gathering enough material.
On the way, Isad expressed his opinion on the case and concluded that the murderer was extraordinary.
"Roddy, most of the cases I've been exposed to are these kinds of cases, and to be honest, I don't really want you to be involved. ”
Roddy was silent for a moment, in fact his interest was much higher after learning that it was a case caused by the Extraordinary.
Is this what Mr. Issad calls the law of the extraordinary, and those who have come into contact with it will always get closer to the extraordinary for one reason or another.
Thinking of this, Roddy raised his eyes to look at Mr. Isad, and couldn't help but have a guess, Mr. Isad is an extraordinary person, or is he a person who has been in contact with extraordinary people?
"If the law of the extraordinary can't be changed, I think it's safer for me to be around you, and at least someone can tell me what I can't do and what I can do. ”
Roddy was now aware of the purpose of Police Bob's arrangement to be Mr. Isad's assistant.
If the extraordinary cannot be avoided, then choose a safe way to slowly approach the extraordinary and understand its possible consequences in order to avoid the same consequences.
Isad smiled slightly, and Roddy's answer satisfied him, enough calmness is the most needed trait to contact the extraordinary.
"Very well, you kid finally said something that pleased me. ”
Roddy scratched his head embarrassedly, this was also the first time he had heard Issad praise himself, and I have to say that being praised by his boss was indeed a pleasant thing.
Upon returning to the police station, Roddy saw Rick's mother sitting in the police station's lounge, holding a cup of hot coffee in her hand, staring blankly at the steaming steam from the mouth of the coffee cup.
"This lady... What's it called?"
Isad asks the officer on duty, and after learning that Rick's mother is named Jennifer, he motions for Roddy to wait outside, and then softly opens the door to the break room.
Roddy watched through the glass window of the lounge as Isad approached Jennifer very carefully, and said something, unable to hear the specific sound because of the glass.
The police officer on duty showed great kindness to Roddy and took the initiative to talk about Jennifer.
This is a widow, her husband is a Royal Navy soldier who has died, it is said that he was killed in a conflict with the Black Pirates, and the pension is enough for Jennifer and Rick to live an easy and prosperous life, so Jennifer quit her job to become a stay-at-home mother, and dotes on Rick so much that Rick has some petty and petite problems, and has few friends.
It's not hard to imagine what Rick's death meant to Jennifer.