The town of Tata is located near the border between Texas and Oklahoma, with a forest on the east and west of the town, and a small lake in the north, not far from the Red River on the border between the two states, with only one road connecting southwest to the main road next to it.

Jimmy drove along the road to Tata Town, this road is a one-way, single-lane paved road, there will be a forest on both sides of the road, it can be seen that the people here are very well maintained in the surrounding environment, although there are many woods, but the ground next to the road is not overgrown, it should be intentionally controlled.

The road was not long, about 2 kilometers or so to the outside of Tata Town, Jimmy opened his briefcase and held a business card on the file, which was the phone number found by the Tata Town Sheriff, and he dialed the number.

Jimmy: "Sheriff, I'm FBI agent Jimmy Young. ”

Chade: "Welcome, Agent Yang, please wait for me where I am, I'll be there shortly." ”

Chad hung up the phone, took the key from the table, left the police office, and drove to pick up Jimmy on the outskirts of town.

Chade was driving an F150 pickup truck with a black background with the logo of the Tata Town Sheriff's Office and the words "white sheriff" on it, which was very conspicuous, and when he saw the unmarked Victoria Crown parked on the side of the road, he turned around on the road and reached out from the window to signal Jimmy to follow.

Jimmy followed Chade's car to the police station near the town center, which was not large, a two-story building with a small plaza in front of it, which doubled as a parking lot, and a small gas station next to it.

Jimmy parked the car and got out of the car with his briefcase. Jimmy, still dressed in casual clothes of jeans, jacket, and cowboy hat, walked up to Chad, shook hands with him, and then took out his FBI ID card from his pocket and lit it up: "Chade Sheriff, FBI agent Jimmy Young, just call me Jimmy." ”

He is not tall, about 175 by eye, much lower than Jimmy, but his body is very southern, he looks a little fat, and he is very strong in an earthy yellow police uniform.

Chad looked at Jimmy, then at his car, frowned, and said, "Welcome, Agent Yang." Are you the only one? ”

Jimmy nodded, "Well, it's just me." ”

Chad: "Have you changed the rules?" ”

Jimmy smiled and said, "No, no, it's just that I'm special, I've always been a one-man caser. ”

Jimmy took the business card case out of his pocket, pulled a business card out of it, and took out a pen from the inside pocket of his shirt and wrote a phone number. "You can contact the director of the Dallas office Lambert to verify my identity."

Chad took Jimmy's business card and glanced at it, "It's okay, I'm sure since I can let you handle the case alone, there must be your reasons, let's go in." ”

Chad walked ahead, and Jimmy followed him into the police station. This police station is really not big, after entering the hall, the door of the room on the left side is marked with sheriff, there are three tables on the right, and you can see a temporary detention room with an iron door behind the hall, next to the warehouse and stairs, it is estimated that the equipment room, the financial room and the like are on the second floor.

Jimmy followed Chad to his office, "Sit." Chad sat down in his place, and Jimmy sat on a couch against the wall.

Chade: "Agent Yang, is this the disappearance case to be dealt with?" ”

Jimmy: "Yes, sheriff, the state police handed over the file, I think your police department should have the original file, I hope I can see it." ”

Chade: "No problem, the files are all there." But are you going to start today? ”

Jimmy looked at Chade: "Well, this case may not be so easy to figure out, let's take a look at the file first." Don't know if there are hotels nearby? I think it may be necessary to stay for a few days. ”

Chad: "There was a motel on the way here, and this was the only one, and there was a restaurant next to the hotel. ”

Jimmy: "That's great, it's a little bit more convenient. ”

Chad turned to the bookshelf next to him, pulled out a couple of folders from them, and handed them to Jimmy.

Jimmy took the file and asked, "Sheriff, how many of you have here?" Is there a spare space outside for a few days? ”

Chad: "Three, including me, Hayden, and Nora. Nora is off today, and Hayden is out on patrol. There is an empty table outside that can be used. ”

Jimmy stood up holding the file, "Then I'll look at the file first." ”

Jimmy went to the hall and found the empty table on the right, and fortunately, although no one used it, they still cleaned it regularly, and it didn't seem to be any dust on it.

Jimmy put the file in his hand on the table, and took out the information given by Lambert from his briefcase, and compared the contents of the two files as he looked at it.

Jimmy didn't look at the files directly in the Dallas office, because there was no place for him to read the materials at ease, and the original plan was to find a hotel to stay in after meeting with the sheriff, and then read the materials slowly, but after looking at the environment in the police station, it seems that it is better to read the materials here.

Chade looked at Jimmy through the window, he was a little unsure of the situation, which is a bit abnormal, because the FBI has been a two-person case for a long time, and now there is a sudden situation of one person handling the case, is it true?

Chad took out an address book from a drawer, found the phone number of the FBI's Dallas office, picked up the phone and dialed it.

Chad: "I'm Sheriff Chad, Tata Township, please help me pick up Lambert's supervisor." Chad's call was from the office switchboard, and the switchboard was more reliable than the cell phone on Jimmy's business card.

Chad: "Director Lambert, I'm Sheriff Chad, Tata Township. ”

Lambert: "I know you, what's the matter?" ”

Chad: "I've just got an FBI agent here, Jimmy Young, and I'd like to confirm his identity with you. Asian, short-haired, about 185 cm tall, in his 20s. ”

Lambert: "Yes, Agent Jimmy Young, I arranged to go over to deal with the disappearance. ”

Chad: "Thanks, Director Lambert. Also, I'd like to ask, are you guys working alone again? ”

Lambert: "Don't worry, Jimmy is fine. I've got something to do, so be it. ”

Before he could continue to ask about the situation, he was hung up by Lambert. Well, at least now it's clear that the Asian kid out there is indeed from the FBI, although he doesn't look reassuring, he's too young.

Jimmy spent 1 hour reading all the files of the four disappearances, and after reading the information, he knew that this time he must be in trouble.

Tata Town is one of the more well-known campsites in the vicinity, camping next to a small lake, and you can also go fishing in the Red River, which is a very popular campground for many people in the vicinity.

The earliest case of disappearance was in April this year, when a team of six college students, four men and two women, went out to play, they camped in three tents, two girls shared one, and four boys used one in pairs, only to wake up the next day to find that there was one person missing, and the people in the same tent did not know when that person left the tent.

They camped on the edge of the lake, some distance from the nearby woods, and there were no records of beasts attacking people.

They searched around but couldn't find it, then called the police, and found that they took Hayden and Nora for two days without finding the missing person.

The second case of disappearance was in June, when someone was camping on the Red River, a small fishing boat was found stranded on the river bank in the direction of Tata Town, there was no one on board, but there was a backpack and a set of fishing rod and fishing gear, because there were no clues to prove the identity of the owner of the boat, and the backpacks were all on the boat, and no one reported the disappearance.

The third case was in July, two people camped by the River Red, still the next morning, found that one person was missing, and after calling the police, the sheriff arranged to search the surroundings, but there was still no result. Because no one or body was found, they had to be reported missing.

The fourth case was not a tourist, but a resident of the town, Akins, who disappeared more than half a month ago when he went to the woods to cut wood to build his holiday cottage, and his family only found his kit and chainsaw and axe in the woods, but no one could find him. Compared to the tourists outside, the people in their own town are the most important, and they mobilized the residents to search the woods, but still did not find the missing Aikins.

Chade, who searched for no results, had to apply to the county police for support, but even with the support of the county police, the K9 team was called to investigate, but there was still no result, and Eakins has not been able to find any trace of his existence since he disappeared.

Chade summarized the recent cases that happened here in town, and then found that in just a few months, four people had disappeared, and as a last resort, Cha had to report the case, and finally these cases were summarized in the hands of the FBI, and Lambert handed over Jimmy to deal with alone.

Jimmy's previous two cases were done well, especially when he went to Little Rock alone to deal with James's shooting case, Lambert also wanted to see how much Jimmy's ability to handle the case could go, this kind of case of multiple disappearances in the same area is usually complicated to investigate, and the reasons for the disappearance are mostly related to the locals, for a novice like Jimmy, it is quite a test of personal ability and experience to deal with.

Yes, this is another case that tests Jimmy's ability, and Lambert didn't expect Jimmy to close the case smoothly, just to see what steps he can go in this case, what clues he can find, and how many conclusions he can deduce, as for the missing person, it is not within Lambert's consideration.

The number of missing persons in the United States is in the tens of thousands every year, and even in 2019, the number of missing persons released by the FBI is still more than 80,000, and this is still under surveillance in many places. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, there were more cases of disappearances, especially in barren mountains, deserts or other remote places, and there were more incidents of missing three or four people, and very few could be found in the end, and not much police force would be allocated to investigate.

By the way, Jimmy had two additional alternate identities of his own, two driver's licenses of similar age that he had recovered from the documents collected from the missing persons when he was a county police officer, and the second warehouse he rented at the time was rented from one of them.

After looking at the time, Jimmy asked Chade to go to lunch and talk by the way. Unfortunately, Chade refused, and he chose to go home for dinner, and Jimmy's near-behavior had no effect.

Jimmy didn't insist, he sorted out the materials, stuffed them into his briefcase, and drove to the only motel here, after opening the room, Jimmy didn't leave his equipment and materials in the hotel, but drove directly to the restaurant next to him to eat.

Motels are really unsafe, and for Jimmy, none of the things he brought with him this time could be safely kept in the motel room, whether it was the FBI's testing equipment, the case files he carried, or the gun he carried with him.

In the afternoon, Jimmy drove to the lake north of Tata Town, because it is a relatively well-known campsite, so the surrounding roads have been basically hardened, although it is still a dirt road, at least it is no problem to drive.

According to the archival records, the first three disappearances have clear locations, and Jimmy is here to check the location of these three cases, walking along the location of these three cases, while also observing the surrounding environment.

Because these three cases have passed for a long time, there is no trace of the original disappearance, and the specific location can only be located based on the photos taken at that time in the archives.

Jimmy also turned on the mind-eye observation, the visible position, they must have checked it I don't know how many times, compared to them, Jimmy's advantage is the heart eye, he can observe the position that is not visible to the naked eye.

However, nothing special has been found underground, and the darkness means that there is no invisible space underground, but this area is very large, and it will take a lot of time for Jimmy to walk through it all.

It took a lot of time to check the surrounding location of the first case, and found nothing, Jimmy drove directly back to the motel, the case is not in a hurry to be solved in one day, and it is impossible to get it done in one day, it is not bad to go back early to rest, take care of yourself and continue to check other locations tomorrow.

Back at the motel, Jimmy packed everything in the car, packed it in his bag and took it to his room, it was certainly not safe to put things in the car, and he didn't want the security here to be very good.

After a short break, Jimmy's phone rang suddenly, and at one glance, it was Dr. Mary Walter from New York, and he pressed the connect button.

Jimmy: "Hi, Dr. Mary. ”

Mary: "Jimmy, are you still in Dallas?" ”

Jimmy: "Well, the secondment here isn't over yet. ”

Mary: "It's been more than a month, is it going to take that long to be seconded?" ”

Jimmy: "I don't know why, I'll contact Hughes when the case is over." By the way, what are you looking for me? ”

Mary: "Nothing, just ask when you think about it." ”

Jimmy and Mary chatted for a few words, then hung up, and looking at the phone, he suddenly felt as if something good was about to happen.

While Jimmy was still thinking nonsense, the phone rang again, and he didn't look at it, just connected.

Jimmy: "Did you forget anything?" ”

Jones: "Well, was it wrong when I called?" ”

Jimmy listened to the male voice on the phone, put the phone in front of him and looked at it: "Ah, Jones, it's you, what's the matter?" ”

Jones: "Of course, you told me to look after the apartment, but did you forget something?" ”

Jimmy thought for a moment, "It's nothing, it's just that you were asked to get off work and help me see if anything happened, I shouldn't have forgotten anything." ”

Jones was also speechless: "You've been gone for too long, have you forgotten to pay the rent?" ”

Jimmy: "Well, I forgot, I've been out for over a month. How will the apartment manager find you? ”

Jones: "He knew we were friends, so he came and asked why you weren't there." ”

Jimmy: "Why didn't he call me?" It's strange that I forgot about paying rent. ”

Jones: "You still want him to call you?" The phone number you left with the apartment manager before had two digits wrong! If he hadn't known that we knew each other and came to me, your stuff would have been packed up and thrown out. You can write the number yourself, and you can still write it incorrectly! ”

Jimmy smiled awkwardly: "Discourage, a momentary mistake." I'm on loan to the Dallas office for a while, so you can help me pay the rent first. I'm sorry for you. ”

Jones: "When are you coming back?" ”

Jimmy: "I don't know, I'm investigating a case right now, I'll ask Hughes when I get back." ”

Jones: "Okay, I'll take care of the apartment for you first, that's all." Good bye. ”

Jimmy: "Goodbye. ”

Hanging up the phone, Jimmy reached out and patted his forehead, he was not in New York, and the apartment there had been in arrears for so long, but fortunately, it was so wise to rent an apartment building with Jones in the first place.

With Jones's help, it also saved me a lot of trouble, not to mention that I had an FBI gun Glock in my room.

When he first came to Roland, he was on vacation, so he only took his revolver out of the house, and when Dallas learned that he was seconded, he asked Jones to help take the safekeeping. If you lose that gun, you'll be in big trouble.

However, there is still a problem, Jimmy cleaned up the Little Rock warehouse before, couriered some things to New York, and kept them in the apartment all the time, there are too many things, and he has not found a safe place to store them.

I was going to buy a house, but when the time comes, I will buy a larger safe, and a lot of things can be put in, but the steps were disrupted by this secondment, and the agent called twice and was postponed by Jimmy because he was not in New York for the time being, and I don't know if the agent will continue to help find a house when he returns to New York.

Sitting on the bed and leaning on the head of the bed while watching TV while thinking wildly, I always feel that my current life seems to be very chaotic, and I don't have the pleasure of being a salary thief in the county police at all, but I have all kinds of troubles, and the pressure is very high, and I don't know when I can relax.

Looking at the time, Jimmy got up and checked the doors and windows to make sure they were all closed and locked, and then he turned off the TV and turned off the lights, and went to bed early.

(End of chapter)