Jimmy woke up early in the morning and sent a short message to Nia, and then washed up and made breakfast, of course, an American fried egg bacon and lettuce sandwich, which was so convenient that it could be done quickly, plus the coffee bought on the road, it was no problem to ensure a normal work in the morning.

When he arrived at the bureau, Jimmy went out of the parking lot to order a bouquet of flowers for Nia to send before going upstairs to work. Well, now Jimmy is in charge of his own schedule, and as long as no one is stuck looking for him, basically no one will find out that he is late and leaves early. It's just that he still commutes to and from work on time, although there are no cases for the time being, and he won't deliberately make any trouble.

In the past month, because of the bomb case, when Chris was hospitalized and Jimmy was engaged in the bomb case, Hughes divided all the cases involving the homicide team, so that when Jimmy completed the bomb case, there was a considerable window period. Jimmy looked at the list of cases, followed by the names of the corresponding detectives, he couldn't just rob the case because he was bored.

Idle anyway, Jimmy found Ruiz to see how his side was going. Jimmy was not impressed by Rainer Franges, the former county police officer, and the direct intersection between the two was only a kidnapping case at the beginning, which was let go by James. He cares about Reina, the main reason is James, and the secondary reason is that this guy kidnapped the agent who monitored him in the first place.

Ruiz is also very busy, the gangs are making trouble all the time, there are a bunch of various cases, but most of them are the affairs of the police department, all he needs to pay attention to is the leaders and backbones of various gang organizations, and if he wants to get rid of them as much as possible, of course, it must be reasonable and legal.

It is actually very difficult to deal with organized crime groups such as gangsters, because as the bosses, they usually do not come into contact with various cases, and it is difficult for the younger brother to implicate the bosses in an accident. Ruiz's monitoring team is also the most in addition to anti-terrorism agents, and the major gangs will basically be arranged to monitor, which is also semi-public, of course the gangsters know the monitoring car behind them, but in order not to stimulate the FBI, everyone will turn a blind eye and pass, as long as there is no problem within the monitoring range.

Jimmy can't go out with Ruiz to follow up on the case now, because it's not his case, and the name is not right. But fortunately, he soon had no such thoughts.

After a few days of leisurely life, the NYPD side really sent the case, which was the murder of the taxi driver he saw last time he went to the NYPD police department, and it was even more excessive, and the fourth case also appeared.

Chuck and Nia come to the FBI with the information, and since Chris is not there, Jimmy takes over all the information himself. Hughes temporarily promoted Jimmy's authority, and he can now be said to have acted as the Homicide Squad, although I don't know what Hughes thinks, but in principle, a senior agent or supervising agent will definitely need to take over Chris's position.

Chuck gave Jimmy the information, and at the same time told him about the situation they had investigated, some things were inconvenient to fall on paper, and after verbal communication, it was up to the person who took over to decide the follow-up investigation, and whether the results of the investigation would be included in the file.

With that, Chuck turned around and left Jimmy's office, and Jimmy smiled and hugged Nia.

Nia: "Thank you for the flowers. ”

Jimmy: "If you like it." This case is transferred to our side, it won't affect your assessment results, right? ”

Nia shook her head: "The assessment is over, just wait for the process to follow." The current case will not affect Chuck's solving rate, as for me, I am just his assistant, and it is not yet time to evaluate me. ”

Jimmy: "That's good, don't worry, I'll take care of it." ”

Nia: "Well, I'm going back, there's a lot going on over there. Nia kissed Jimmy, and Jimmy let go of her and took her to the elevator, where Chuck was already waiting. This old man is so good, go back and invite him to drink.

Jimmy drops them into the elevator and turns back to the office.

What I just said is light, in fact, this case is very troublesome, and when I saw the files of the first three cases before, Jimmy had a hunch that this thing would pit itself sooner or later. It can be seen from the first three cases that these taxi driver death cases must be related to each other, although it is not certain that the same person shot it, but the nature of the serial case is very obvious, and in the case that the police station cannot handle it, submitting it to the FBI is the most convenient way to deal with it.

Jimmy picks up the case again, and the fourth case comes up, and it's troublesome, because it's not sure how many people he's going to kill and what he's going to do, so it's likely that he'll continue to commit crimes. If there are related cases that continue to occur while the FBI is in the hands of the FBI, it will be their responsibility, and there will be no police department to share the responsibility at that time.

The first case was in Harlem, Manhattan, where the driver was an immigrant of Indian origin, and the taxi was a public vehicle of a taxi company, not a license plate he bought. At the time of his death, he was in a remote section, it was night, because the security in Harlem was not very good, so even if he heard the gunshots, no one went to check, and naturally no one called the police, and everyone swept the snow in front of the door.

It was not until the next morning that he was discovered, it was too late, the driver was already leaning on the back of the seat and was dead, because of the seat belt, he was crooked in the seat, his body was searched, his wallet was thrown in the passenger seat, except for the documents and cards, the money was taken, and only some coins were left.

The fingerprints of the driver alone on the wallet suggest that the gunman was wearing gloves or using glue or something else to form a protective film on his hand, thus avoiding the retention of fingerprints and skin debris.

Because the people around heard a gunshot, it was almost certain that the gunman was using an ordinary pistol and did not add a silencer.

Judging from the performance of the case, it seems that this is a taxi robbery and murder case.

The second case was in the Bronx, where security was more chaotic than in Manhattan, and it was really not the first time that a taxi driver was shot and robbed, so they just investigated the scene, recorded it, and left it over there waiting for the police detectives to arrange time to investigate. As for when this case will be arranged, it depends on the will of God.

The deceased was a middle-aged white man, similar to the first case, except for the different places, and no fingerprint clues were found on the wallet. The difference is that no one heard the gunshots this time.

It wasn't until the third case happened that it caught the attention of the Detective Service, and they brought up the most recent case of the death of a taxi driver, and the three cases were linked in this way.

The third case is different from the previous two cases except that the deceased was lying on the steering wheel, but because of the length of the seat belt, the deceased did not completely lie on the steering wheel and did not touch the car horn. At the same time, no fingerprints were found, and no gunshots were heard by people around the alley.

The fourth happened last night, this time in the Bronx, and the deceased was a Hispanic man, who, unlike the others, had a large tattoo on his body, and such a person usually belonged to a gang if he didn't have a bad brain when he was young.

Jimmy directly took the file and began to check the identities of these four people, sure enough, the first three are normal, although there are some criminal records, but it seems that in recent years, they have all been on the right path, driving a taxi to earn money to support their families.

The biggest suspicion is that of the fourth man, Diego López, who is recorded as native-born, non-immigrant, a registered gang member of the Latin kings. There are records of injuring people and going to jail, and of course there are some minor problems, theft, robbery of convenience stores and the like, these are all small things.

The system records that he had obtained a taxi license 2 years ago, and although the license plate is still from the taxi company, it is likely that the taxi company has a gang background, or some kind of agreement with them.

As for the Latin kings, Jimmy had dealt with them once before, and he also knew a small boss. Jimmy prints out a copy of Diego's record and goes to Ruiz.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, is the Latin king familiar with that?" Is the razor you saw last time reliable? ”

Ruiz: "What's wrong?" You're looking for him? ”

Jimmy nodded, handing Diego's information to Ruiz: "There have been several cases of taxi driver murders, and there is a person, Diego López, who has been systematically recorded as a person who was once a Latin king, and I want to ask them. ”

Ruiz glanced at the information and gave it back to Jimmy: "You can go to Queens and ask him, he is a little more honest in comparison." ”

Jimmy nodded, there is a score, since Ruiz said that he is still honest, it means that they are still relatively measured, at least not the type who can solve inhuman cases.

Jimmy cleaned up and drove downstairs to Queens. Razor's Underground Casino had been to before, and Jimmy was now in a very good mind, remembering the route even if he hadn't been there in months.

Because it was morning, and it was still far from the opening of the underground casino, Jimmy came to the entrance of the underground casino and knocked on the door, there was no such thing as a doorbell. After a few knocks, the people inside didn't get up at all, and Jimmy could see that they were still lying on the bed, probably still sleeping.

Unable to tell if there were razors among the sleeping people, Jimmy thought about it, asked Ruiz to get his phone, and called. It's a pity that Razor didn't answer the phone at all, and it was probably his bedtime.

Jimmy wasn't sure if the razor was inside, and it wasn't a good idea to just smash the door, he was an FBI agent, not a gangster. He could only return to the bureau in disappointment and come back again in the evening.

However, before Jimmy could arrive at the bureau, Nia's phone called: "Jimmy, something happened, the spokesperson of the New York Taxi Drivers Association just held a press conference, and the association expressed indignation at the murder of another taxi driver, and they called on the public to actively provide clues to help cooperate with the police to solve the case." ”

Jimmy: "That's a good thing, if they can gather more clues." ”

Nia: "But they didn't contact us at all, they just held a press conference, and now the police department is very passive here, and I guess there will be news soon that the case has been taken over by the FBI." ”

Jimmy: "Alright, Nia, don't worry, I'll talk to Hughes and them, they'll be able to handle this kind of thing." ”

The two hung up the phone after a few casual words, and it was clear that Nia was still worried that Jimmy would be involved in trouble.

Jimmy went back to the bureau and went directly to Hughes, dealing with reporters or public opinion Jimmy has never done such a thing, in case something goes wrong, it will be troublesome.

After Hughes listened, let Jimmy go back first, and he would go and find out. Jimmy also has a bit of a pain, public opinion is a good thing, but if public opinion comes against him, it is very bad. I hope they can hold on for a while, if they leak themselves out now, they will probably be annoyed by reporters and paparazzi later.

Jimmy was not idle, he began to investigate past cases with taxi drivers as the keyword, and found that the death toll of taxi drivers in New York is not low, an average of more than a dozen taxi drivers killed every year around 2000, but most of these cases are robbery and homicide, and more than half of the cases are not closed. There are too few clues, the people contacted by taxis are too complicated, it is difficult to find the murderer, especially in cases that occur in winter, even if there are witnesses, it is difficult to determine what the murderer looks like, the clothes are too thick, and many people are wearing hats and masks and the like.

As the information becomes more and more advanced, there are more and more cases of taxi drivers having accidents, but most of them are too old and there are not many cases that can be solved, and most of them are not referenced.

It wasn't until Jimmy saw an unsolved case that his heart tightened, and he didn't want to be a copy of this case.

What Jimmy is now seeing is a case that has not been solved for thirty years, the Zodiac Killer case, which was picked up by the Los Angeles Police Department and later handed over to the FBI's Los Angeles office.

There were several serial homicides in Los Angeles in the late '60s, and after killing a taxi driver, the killer left the zodiac pattern at the scene and the time of his previous cases, and then released a password file through the newspaper, saying that his identity was in the declassified content. The police and the FBI conducted a very large investigation of the zodiac killer and came to only limited conclusions, a white male, relatively tall, 35-45 years old, who was wearing military leather boots at the time of the crime.

Due to the incompetence of the police and the great social repercussions at that time, there were many fake zodiac killers at one time. Until the present in 2003, the FBI had not finished decrypting the password files, and the killer disappeared without a trace after several cases.

Jimmy's scalp tingled when he looked at the case report, this zodiac killer is a case in Los Angeles, and the serial murder case on his side must not be a parody crime, he doesn't think he can be better than so many agents in the Los Angeles office, if he really does this, it is estimated that it will become an unsolved case for decades.

Supplementary information: The internal level of FBI field agents is divided into six levels, trainee agents (recent graduates of the college), special agents, senior agents, supervising agents (this has not found a suitable Chinese translator, supervisory special agent), assistant agent supervisor, agent supervisor. FBI agents do not all set positions according to their ranks, but most of them are promoted according to their ranks, and at present, Jimmy is only a special agent who has passed the probationary period, and when he talks about his identity to the outside world, in addition to the position, he is generally an FBI special agent XX.

During the Chinese New Year, everyone must drink in moderation, and drinking too much alcohol hurts the body and nerves.

(End of chapter)