Chapter Twenty-Nine: The So-Called Amber Alert
"Emma Christina, 19 years old, female college student, disappeared a month ago, her dormitory roommate reported the case 3 weeks ago, and the police have filed a case and have not found her whereabouts."
"Did the victim reveal the name of the hijacker?"
Hannah shook her head: "The victim didn't know where he was being held, and after escaping, he continued to run until he ran out of energy because of emotional stress. ”
"Until you drive her over in your car?" Detective Mota is unrelenting, looking like a underdog.
Jack hurriedly put his arm around Hannah to prevent her from impulsive.
"It was an accident, no one along the way was willing to lend a hand to help this poor child, and her first reaction when she saw the police car was to rush up for help, and she collapsed in front of the car because she was physically exhausted."
Jack accentuated his tone as he spoke, feeling a little more disdain for this detective, perhaps in addition to those plot characters he knew, the Mota detective in front of him represented the real side of the police of the beautiful country.
Detective Peggy may be more pleasing to the young and handsome Jack, and also stops her partner from being disrespectful again.
"We're going to step up our search for the kidnapper's residence, did you just ask for any clues?"
Hannah glanced at Superintendent Gray beside her and whispered a few words to him before nodding at Jack.
Jack handed over his notepad: "Here are some details provided by the victim, this kid is very calm and sensible enough, please do not hesitate to tell us what else we need." ”
"Go to the neighborhood to check and wait for us to confirm the specific address."
"That's it." Superintendent Gray said.
"I'll arrange for three patrol police cars to work in shifts all night, including Hannah and Jack, the two of you."
"Roger, Jack, let's go." Hannah turned away without saying a word, apparently her patience with the bald fat man in front of her had reached its limit.
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"Let's eat something first, it's afternoon, you need to replenish your strength."
It was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, and Jack handed Hannah the heated food box in his hand, which contained the soup dumplings he had made last night.
Hannah put down the walkie-talkie in her hand, carefully bit the skin, took a sip of the delicious soup, and found that it was not very hot, so she took one of the two bites, and let out a satisfied sigh.
"I've asked Tim to help find the suspect's address through his connections at the Detective Department, and Superintendent Gray has also reported the situation, and once we have a specific address, we don't need to wait for the Crime Squad to send us a search warrant directly."
Jack also picked up a soup bag and swallowed it directly, he was already hungry, and after his physique broke through 20, his exercise intensity skyrocketed, and the corresponding amount of food also increased greatly.
"I have a question, why doesn't the Serious Crime Unit pay so much attention to this kind of missing minors?"
Hannah replied as she gobbled it up.
"Do you know how many people go missing a year in this country? Nearly 100,000 people! As of last year, there had been no progress on the case of more than 800,000 people in the case of disappearances, especially in the case of minors. ”
Seeing Jack's mouth open in disbelief, she continued.
"In a populated area like Los Angeles, there are cases of missing children almost every day, but how many times have you heard [Amber Alert]? The conditions for the release of [Amber Alert] are quite strict, and in a case like Kara's, as long as the bald detective insists that the evidence is insufficient, it is impossible to release it. ”
"Well, when I didn't ask." Jack lamented in his heart the plight of the people of the beautiful country, and snatched the soup packets from the food box with Hannah.
"But I don't understand, Kara was running barefoot on the street, and passers-by turned a blind eye?"
Hannah shrugged and pointed to a few passers-by in fancy clothes on the street.
"This is L.A."
Jack was still a little entangled, but after thinking about it, he didn't continue to ask, maybe the kidnapping case was really just this country, or maybe it was the daily life of this world.
That's when Tim's voice came over the intercom.
"Hannah, Jack, we found out the identity and address of the suspect, Angus Lucius, male, 47 years old, former Marine, lives at 2699 Pickford Street, John and Angela are leaving the police station with a search warrant."
Hannah struggled to swallow the food in her mouth and picked up the walkie-talkie: "About three blocks away from our victim, this should be the place, we are the closest, and we will be there in 5 minutes." ”
Jack hurriedly threw the food box into the trunk, sat in the driver's seat and started the police car, sounded the siren and drove to the destination.
Three minutes later, Jack turned off his siren, slowed down, turned around the corner at normal patrol speed, and drove slowly past Pickford Street, Hannah looking at the map and inspecting the surrounding houses.
"Gray bungalows, red brick roofs, yes."
Jack looked in the direction Hannah had indicated, and found that the doors and windows of the house were closed, and the parking lot in front of the door was empty, and a bad feeling arose in his heart that they might be late.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, Tim and Lucy's police car arrived first, followed by Angela and John's police car to get the search warrant, still commanded by the veteran Tim.
"Angela and John outflanked through the back door, Lucy and I covered on the side, Hannah and Jack broke through the front door, you two be careful."
Everyone nodded, because according to the victim's description, the suspect was in possession of multiple weapons, all of whom were carrying rifles, and Jack was holding an Ithaca-12 shotgun filled with a special [Door Breaking Bullet].
The others, all armed with M16s, fearing that the suspect were taking hostages, followed Hannah's shout: "LAPD, open the door!" ”
Jack directly shot the door lock, and Hannah kicked the door open behind him, and everyone rushed in and cleaned up the house.
"Nobody!"
"Nobody!"
"Nobody!"
Jack's hunch came true, Angus Lucius ran away without packing his things after discovering Kara had escaped, and Tim found the basement entrance, but it was empty except for a foul smell.
"Hey, guys, come down here and see what I find."
John's voice comes from the bedroom, and Jack walks into the room to see an open collection box containing assorted women's accessories and underwear.
Tim turned on the ultraviolet light mode of the flashlight, and under the irradiation of ultraviolet light, the puckled body fluid residue on the underwear was clearly visible.
"These underwear come in several sizes, and there are many more victims!"
Lucy exclaimed, and the faces of everyone present turned extremely ugly, especially Angela and Hannah, the two female police officers.
Tim's gaze swept over the crowd and nodded at Jack.
"Jack and I go to the backyard to have a look, the others continue to look for clues, we need to find the whereabouts of the suspect as soon as possible, the girl named Emma is running out of time, once the suspect thinks he is safe, he is likely to kill someone."