"This was the murder weapon we found at the time, a long-handled axe, but the blood was wiped clean, and the eldest daughter, Connie, told me that it was bought by her dad a few months ago before Christmas to cut down the Christmas tree."

"Now I think about it when it's Christmas, and I never decorate my own Christmas tree again."

As Rossi spoke, his eyes moistened, and everyone fell silent.

After a while, Jie Jie asked in a low voice, "It says that this family has three children, and none of them have been harmed?" ”

Rosie shook his head, "He just killed his parents and then left." ”

"The only fingerprint on the scene, I asked Garcia to find the Jefferson Lab to help with image enhancement, hoping to find a match."

Jack says what he has planned, but Rosie's words disappoint everyone.

"Over the years, I have asked countless fingerprint experts to analyze that precious fingerprint, but I have not found a match, and there must be other places, the back door with the hole open, the water cup left in the kitchen, but they are all wiped clean."

"It doesn't make sense." Red held the martini in his hand in a daze.

"I grabbed the tool at hand as the murder weapon, and let go of three eyewitnesses, indicating that the murderer had a temporary intention, but except for a fingerprint, no evidence was left, which was clearly premeditated."

Rosie drank most of the whiskey in one gulp, "I've thought about it countless times, and I've been thinking that if there is one more clue, there can be other discoveries for us to investigate further, and the answer must be right in front of us." ”

Emily coughed lightly, looked at Rosie seriously and said, "Have you ever thought that the murderer may be dead?" ”

"I have to make sure he's dead." Rosie turned her head to look at her, a twinkle in her eyes.

"When we arrived at the scene, I heard the children's cries before the other units arrived, even though I hadn't stepped out of the car at the time."

"It was a sunny morning, the windows on the second floor were open, the voices were very clear, they were crying and screaming for mom and dad, three frightened children, looking at the parents who were killed, crying and crying."

"Even though I'm used to seeing death and pain, the voice."

Rosie choked up and used the remaining whiskey in the glass to suppress her growing emotion, "It's been 20 years, but to this day, that voice continues to echo in my ears, with a crying, heart-rending cry. ”

"If I can't tell those three children for sure that the murderer will never do it again, the sound in my ears will never stop."

From his expression, everyone could see that this deep obsession had been imprinted into his heart and became his lingering demon.

That's why Rosie returned to the FBI after years away?

Jack Mo rubbed his chin and pondered, "Is that house still there?" And the detective at the time."

He glanced at the dossier and found a name on it, "Detective Giles?" ”

"If we're going to reopen the investigation, there's always going to be a focus."

Rosie sighed deeply, "I got off the plane at noon today and went straight to the scene of the crime that year, and I also made an appointment to meet with the people from the Indianapolis Police Department, but they told me that Captain Giles had passed away a year ago. ”

"Is it the house where the crime occurred? Let's take a look together. Red asked.

"The owner of that house is now me." Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Rosie continued to explain.

"Two years after the incident, I bought the house at an auction and gave the money to my grandmother of three, who was raising them after the incident."

"But a few years later she also passed away, and the three children are still living with their grandmother, and as for the house, I paid a sum of money, and someone regularly visits to maintain it every year."

Several people looked at each other, so there was no need to go to the scene of the crime, Rosie must have checked it countless times.

Now it's completely a dead end, so many years have passed, and the evidence is just a fingerprint that can't be compared, and there is nothing else, which makes people how to check.

Jack somewhat understood why Rosie didn't want them to intervene now, and until new clues emerged, the case was destined to be a headless case that wasted time and resources.

"Would Garcia please re-cross-compare the unsolved cases in Indiana and surrounding states in the years before and after the crime?"

Jack looked at the other three, and he couldn't think of a better way to try his luck this way.

"Regardless of the outcome, I am very grateful for your presence."

After Rosie finished speaking, he staggered to his feet and staggered to the elevator.

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The next day, the still clueless group suggested to meet the three surviving children, and although they didn't say anything, they all hoped to ease Rosie's mood.

Everyone could tell that he had reached a tipping point.

"I don't think it's a good idea, and from what Garcia has found out, their eldest daughter Connie is a stripper, their second son George works odd jobs for a living, and their youngest daughter Alicia is a vagrant."

Early in the morning, from the moment the four of them gathered in the restaurant to enjoy a delicious breakfast at a five-star hotel, Red was babbling on his objections.

"Obviously, although only the eldest daughter, Connie, who was 10 years old at the time, may have had PTSD, the second son, who was five years old, and the younger daughter, who was three years old, were more or less affected growing up."

"The psychological condition of family members can affect each other, especially if they have to depend on each other."

"I know what you're worried about." Emily puffed and poked her fork into a large chunk of maple cake.

"Do you think I, Jack, or even Jiejie don't know this?"

"Hey!" Jiejie showed an injured expression, although she is indeed the most proficient in profiling among the people, but she also has a bachelor's degree in psychology, compared to Jie who is nothing now, the paper data is easy to crush.

Why put her last.

"Red, you're worrying too much, Rosie has been through more crimes than all of us combined, he's not so fragile psychologically, and now he's just stuck in some sort of ego emotion."

Jack finished the Iberian ham sandwich on his plate in two or two clicks, took a sip of milk, and continued.

"If they can comfort Rosie and let him not push himself too hard and ease his guilt, that would be a good thing."

"But if it's three bastards, they see Rosie and all they think about is using his guilt to get some money, and that's not a bad thing."

Red blinked blankly, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about.

"That way, at least they'll look forward, and the pressure on Rossi will be lessened as well."

(End of chapter)