Peter confirmed that Jimmy wanted to continue the investigation, and it was considered to have completed the information to be confirmed today, since Jimmy wanted to continue, then some processes would have to go through, and it always took some reasons and processes to take the task directly back to the headquarters from the DC office, and it was always necessary to meddle in the work of the branch at will, and the people in the headquarters were also under pressure, although the branch boss was not of a high level, he could be regarded as a party member, and it was not someone of Peter's level who could be bullied.

Jimmy saw that Peter didn't seem to have much to say, so he asked a question that he had been waiting for a day, "Peter, have you found their bodies?" ”

Peter sighed, drank the beer from the can, and opened another can, "Found it, but after soaking in the sea water for a few days, it has been seriously decomposed, and they still have many wounds on their bodies, which need to be identified, it is very troublesome, and now at the Baltimore Forensic Center, it should be sent back in a day or two." ”

Jimmy nodded, it's good to find the body, this can be regarded as an explanation to their family and the DC branch, although they have clearly known about Baker's death, before seeing the body, there is always a little bit of hope that the body has been found, so the next thing is to think about the arrangements for the future.

This is not the first time Jimmy has encountered the death of an FBI agent, but every time he encounters this kind of thing, his mood is always heavy, as if he saw or heard the death of a police officer when he was a police officer.

Jimmy and Peter touched the beer can, "When is the memorial service set?" ”

Peter: "Not yet, I haven't met with their families yet, I'll talk about it when they come back." ”

Jimmy nodded, as the person in charge of the case, no matter from which point of view, he needed to participate.

Jimmy: "I'll be notified when it's confirmed, and besides, I need to go back to New York and start the follow-up investigation when I get back." ”

Peter nodded, "I'll put together the relevant information these days and wait for you to come back." By the way, do you have any requirements for a partner? ”

Jimmy: "No, don't interfere with me, nothing else." …… Wait, you have to be able to write reports. ”

Peter was speechless, "Okay, I'll see who's free." Two days, is it enough? ”

Jimmy: "Yes, two days is just two days, and when you come out for a while, you always have to go back and rest for two days." ”

Peter: "That's it, I'll arrange the follow-up." ”

Peter went back, Jimmy also packed up and prepared to go back to New York tomorrow, there is no need to check out of the hotel room, and the house booked by the headquarters here will not let him pay, so it will be a waste of waste.

It's also necessary to go home, and it doesn't take a long time to come out this time, but the case of the imprisoned girl will be investigated later, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take a long time, after all, it will take a day or two to investigate across several states, and this kind of thing will not be able to be solved in a day or two.

Nia didn't have any special ideas, but she was also taken aback when she learned about Jimmy's case, she had never done this kind of case before, and she had only heard about the abuse of young girls in her home, and the tragic situation that Jimmy had seen with his own eyes could make Nia feel very sick and uncomfortable through his brief description.

Everyone has empathy, as a policeman, she has seen too many miserable things, and some things have been immune, but she still feels a little resentful about the inhuman torture suffered by the flower girl.

After two days of rest and a break with Nia, Jimmy called Ruiz to confirm his secondment assignment for a period of time, and the matter in New York was temporarily over, so he could go to investigate the case with peace of mind.

Poor Mark and Julia, two novices, their boss always disappears for a while inexplicably, although the murder team does not have many tasks, but it is not a matter of always doing this, Ruiz has already contacted Peter's side before Jimmy's call, and it has been determined that the case that Jimmy is about to investigate involves multiple states, and it may take a long time, and he has begun to think about the arrangements for the rest of the period.

Jimmy is an important asset of the Manhattan office in New York, naturally it is impossible to directly let him float outside, but at the same time, he is also famous, he has been seconded by other offices in New York over the years, and it is difficult to refuse some things directly, these are all things that Ruiz needs to consider, and the homicide team, the person in charge has been absent, and there are still a lot of people in the Manhattan office who can sit in this position.

Secondment is the meaning of the above, so they have to admit this favor, maybe this is also an opportunity.

Jimmy said goodbye to Nia and returned to Washington, DC, this time it was not a short-term secondment, and he had to be prepared for a long-term battle, so he drove directly to his Sabo class in New York, and he also brought the equipment bag on it, body armor, long and short guns, plus the reserve ammunition he put in the car, which was enough to support him to hang out for a long time.

It's just that Jimmy miscalculated, he thought he was investigating in the Eastern States, but it turned out that Peter's interrogation was obviously a little more than Jimmy's three or five minutes of interrogation, and Mark confessed a network of human trafficking, in which the direct contact was not near Washington, D.C., but in Missouri, which was too troublesome to drive at this distance.

Jimmy didn't set off directly, Agent Baker and the bodies of the two of them had been sent back to Washington, DC, and two days later was the memorial service prepared in advance, Jimmy, as the main investigator of the case, naturally had to participate, so the time for the investigation of the operation also needed to be postponed for a few days, but fortunately, the case was not supposed to be investigated in a few days, and the time was still very rich.

The F.B.I.'s memorial service didn't have the pomp and circumstance of police cars escorting a parade like the police, and the number of people was not very large, and after the burial in the cemetery, the detectives' family members walked up to Jimmy and Hope to thank them, and Jimmy and they comforted them and left the cemetery.

This time it was the unlucky Hope who accompanied Jimmy's investigation, in fact, Peter originally planned to change another person, Hope gained a lot this time, it was when he wanted to continue to work on other cases in the bureau to increase his bargaining chips for promotion, this kind of long-term case needs to be far away from the headquarters, which is not cost-effective.

Peter also told Hope about his plans, but after a few days of working with Jimmy, Hope suddenly felt that he was still a lot worse, and he still wanted to follow Jimmy for a while.

Peter's plan has been repeatedly disrupted, and now it is also a headache, Hope is his person, of course, not cultivated by him, but recommended by some people, and is considered a person they are optimistic about, some things are actually roughly set, and they will be sent out to other branches to increase their experience in the headquarters for a period of time, and prepare for the future, and now his requirements directly make them stay away from the headquarters for a long time in the middle, and break away from the established route, which will still have some impact on them.

He thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to Hope's request, mainly because he also believed that Jimmy's attitude towards him would definitely protect Hope.

Peter specially told Hope that this time the investigation was mainly based on Jimmy's arrangement, for this kind of field case, Jimmy is really experienced, and Hope, a long-term coordinator at the headquarters, is still relatively poor.

Jimmy's car was parked in the headquarters parking lot and he and Hope lugged their suitcases and gear bags to the airport for their flight to St. Louis, Missouri.

Although the state capital of Missouri is Jefferson, the most populous city is Kansas City, the second is St. Louis, and the FBI branch is also in St. Louis.

This is the inconvenience of going out, if in New York or Washington, DC, they have their own car to use, and the survey is also very convenient, if you go out, you can only deal with it nearby.

As for renting a civilian car, at least here in Jimmy it is not practical, because they are going to investigate the case and are prone to all kinds of accidents, and many times it is more convenient to use the FBI's own car, especially the radio and hidden police lights and sirens in the car, which are very useful in specific situations.

Another point is that they can also report to the St. Louis office, and they can also directly contact the office to apply for support when needed, not only personnel, but also intelligence support, which they need for the next investigation.

Jimmy and Hope dragged their suitcases and equipment bags on the plane, mainly because although the flight attendants could usually see a lot of people on the plane with guns, they didn't see such a complete set, so it wasn't until Jimmy and they landed and left the airport that the sight around the two of them disappeared, and those airport security guards had been watching them around them before.

Leaving the airport in a taxi and arriving at the St. Louis office, Jimmy asks Hope to come in and go through the formalities. Hope is a senior agent at the headquarters, and he came to sign the formalities a little better than Jimmy, at least he didn't need to explain why the news came from the headquarters, but it turned out that it was the New York office who came to handle the formalities.

It wasn't the first time Hope had been out of town, and he was familiar with all of these things, and soon the Saabban he had prepared for them stopped in front of them. The driver got out of the car, gave the keys to Hope, and after signing the paperwork, the car was temporarily available to them and could be used as they pleased until they finished their case and left.

Hope opened the back seat and trunk, they put their luggage on, and then went to find a hotel to check in.

They didn't contact the person who ran the company first, and the information wasn't particularly clear this time, so Jimmy and they had to do some research in front of them before contacting the designated contact person to get local information.

As for data intelligence, Hope came out with a laptop from the headquarters, which can be directly connected to the headquarters server, and there is no need to contact the branch for information.

Mark's scumbag was connected to the other party through a guy he knew in prison, and the guy in the prison is now in the FBI's sights, and Peter arranged for someone else to follow up on that clue, and Jimmy they came to find Mark's upline, the person who sold the girl from before to Mark's house.

Carlin City, Missouri (I made it up, except for some big cities, and I tried not to use real place names for smaller ones to avoid problems.) It's not big, but it's located at the junction of Missouri and Illinois, along the Mississippi River, so it's relatively convenient in terms of transportation, and the key is to take advantage of the transportation advantages built by the Mississippi River.

Mark met the upline in this small city, and it is currently known that the upline's name is Hammer, but I don't know if this is the nickname Hammer or the surname Hammer. Mark provided a relatively complete address, including the name of the street and the features of the neighborhood, but the exact house number was not clear, and he only sat in the car and waited for the other party to get in the car to meet him, and did not enter Hammer's house.

This is not much of a problem for Jimmy, or Hope is driving, Jimmy is holding a map to guide the way, although there is a bit of an accident in the middle, because the map does not match the actual road name, but they still find the target neighborhood, but they can't drive there for the time being.

It's a suburban neighborhood, but the surrounding houses don't seem to have been inhabited for a while, and it's so conspicuous that they drive a Saabban in this kind of place, and in the eyes of those who care, they are like searchlights.

After discussing it outside for a while, Jimmy asked Hope to turn around, check the neighborhood to see what was going on, including the location of restaurants and hotels, and record the names of the surrounding streets, before driving around the target street and leaving the area.

This kind of run-down and some people's neighborhoods are the most troublesome, and Jimmy and the two of them in suits and good cars are too incompatible to appear here, so just a simple glance and leave, as long as you park, it will definitely attract attention.

Turning around, Hope saw what Jimmy didn't know, but he did observe some problems, the dilapidated houses here just looked like they had been uninhabited for a long time on the outside, but there were a few houses that were inhabited inside, and he had found several houses where people were moving inside, and some people were lying down and sitting, because of the limited time, he didn't observe very carefully, but it was likely that this place had been used as a fixed base by homeless people.

This is troublesome, it was two or three years ago when Mark met that Hammer here, and according to the dilapidated situation here, it is definitely not possible for this place to become like this in a short period of time, so it is likely that this place will be abandoned by Hammer after Mark meets Hammer.

It seems that it can't be up to the two of them to investigate, Jimmy asks Hope to drive to the local police station, even if the news leaks due to the police, it is far faster than the two of them looking for it so casually.

Hope and Jimmy showed their IDs, and successfully entered the police station to meet a deputy commissioner, although it does not belong to a system, but they are only here to look for clues about the suspect, and the police are not too embarrassed for them, the deputy director assigned a superintendent to contact Hope and then asked them to leave the deputy commissioner's office.

(End of chapter)