It was nearly 9 p.m. when Jack saw Hank Boit again, and the old sheriff returned to the Intelligence Unit office with a little alcohol.

Seeing that the lights in the office were bright, and everyone at BAU was still busy with their heads down, he was stunned for a moment, "Don't you FBIs need to rest?" ”

"We've just talked to all the victims' families, and we haven't learned much, and Red and Jack are still sorting out the surrounding area, and although we've done some screening, the number of suspicious people is still 713."

Hodchner said helplessly.

"Oh, that's a big job." Hank Boyt's words were somewhat ridiculous.

"And what about your side?" Rosie is a person who refuses to suffer, even if it is verbally, and asks rhetorically on the side.

Hank Boitt looked a little helpless, "Evan and Antonio have made some noise through their informants, but they haven't received the news yet. ”

"I went to the nearby territories belonging to the two gangs of BPS (Black P. Stone) and GD (Gangster Disciple) and talked to their bosses separately, but they have been fighting each other recently, and the people below should not have time to do this kind of thing."

"In addition, there are rumors that there are several small gangs under MC (Mickey Cobras) that have been active in the neighborhood recently, they are fashion-conscious, well-dressed and clean, and they like to develop teenagers in middle-class families."

Rosie shook his head, "You've seen the scene too, it's not like an adolescent young man can do it, it's more cruel, but it's usually more chaotic." ”

Hank Boitt pouted, and it was clear that he didn't care much about the initial profile of the BAU group.

"Who knows, maybe the adults took the lead and took a few teenagers to do it."

Then his gaze fell on the large long table at the end of the room and the new large screen, his expression a little surprised.

"Wow, how did you do that? Sheriff Pratt is so good at talking now? ”

Sheriff Trudy Pratt, downstairs from the Intelligence Group, the front desk sergeant of the 21st Precinct to which they belong, is also the housekeeper of the entire police department.

A fifty or sixty-year-old arrogant old woman, even Jiejie, who is invincible in social communication, touched a soft nail in front of her, which led to the tattered desk and broken LCD monitor before.

Rosie seemed to be reminded by him, and raised his wrist to look at the time, "I almost forgot, I promised Sheriff Pratt to accompany her for a drink after work." ”

Jack held back a smile and glanced at Jiejie, this was still the two of them pleading Rosie to betray the "male color" a little.

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The next day didn't go well, and the BAU team worked for another day with nothing, and as expected, the suspect didn't seem to care about being revealed.

There is a lot of physical evidence at the scene, but there is no surveillance, which is also a major feature of the country, even in public areas, surveillance cameras are few and often damaged.

DNA testing was also inconclusive, and it took only 12 hours for the FBI's crime lab in Chicago to complete the extraction and comparison, but it ran through the entire federal crime database and found no corresponding suspects.

Everyone knows that these guys, who seem to have appeared overnight, will be caught sooner or later, but time is not on the police's side, and they must stop these people before they can cause more damage.

Hank Boyt's mood became a little irritable, and he and his men received a lot of messy messages, none of which could be sifted to the point.

This is also a disadvantage of street informants, which seem to make the police's job easier and keep up to date with the street movements, but sometimes in order to get a bonus, they will also provide some specious rumors, which is a great test of the detectives' ability.

These murderous thugs disappeared into the surrounding area like a fish into the sea, without a trace, making people feel like they had no idea what to do.

Early in the morning of the third day, it was not yet six o'clock, and in the hotel room, Jack had just woken up, lying on the bed flipping through a forensic monograph, when Jiejie's mobile phone next to him suddenly rang.

The call was from Erin Lindsay, and in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, there was another homicide.

It took only 1 hour for the BAU team members to arrive at the scene, and as soon as Jack got out of the car, he saw Erin Lindsay standing outside the cordon with an unbearable look.

"Go in yourselves, Boyt is inside."

On the ground next to a cheap Fiat car, two bodies were covered with white cloths, and Hank Boit stood with a solemn face.

"Are there any witnesses?" Hodchner, who was at the front, asked.

"No, right in the middle of this damn parking lot, blocked by other cars." Inspector Boytt's voice was a little more hoarse, and he looked quite angry.

"Surveillance footage?" Jiejie looked around.

"There's only a camera on the door outside the restaurant, so it's not very useful." Inspector Boitt casually pointed to a fast-food restaurant not far away.

Rossi asked, "Who found the body?" ”

"The manager of the fast food restaurant, the lady over there, she came over in the morning to open the door, the breakfast here is good, damn it, I came here to buy a chicken sandwich."

Evan Olinsky, who was next to Inspector Boyt, said, his expression even more ugly than Boyt's.

"Has the victim been identified?" Red asked.

Pointing to the body on the left, Boyt said, "Judging by the driver's license, this is a waitress at a fast-food restaurant named Jessica Miller." ”

"Next to her should be her boyfriend who came to pick her up from the night shift, Doug Taylor."

"Possibly?" Hearing him say this, Jack already knew it.

The movement of his hand paused, stopped his right hand that was about to lift the white cloth on the ground, and looked back at Jiejie, "Jiejie, you might as well go and talk to that manager." ”

Although she has seen photos of the scene, the real scene and the photos are completely different things, and there is no need for her to experience this visual impact.

When Jiejie left, Jack lifted the white cloth, and two unrecognizable corpses appeared in front of everyone's eyes, not so much corpses, but even rotten flesh, and could only barely judge the gender by the clothes the corpse was wearing.

Emily couldn't bear to look away, only Red crouched down beside Jack and examined the corpse with him.

With the exception of severe blows to the face, where it was completely impossible to distinguish facial features, the rest of the two bodies were severely beaten, all with blunt force injuries.

There were very serious injuries on the limbs, chest and abdomen, and even on the back, and the cause of death was very intuitive, he was beaten to death.

"They are becoming more and more brazen and start killing people in public places." Red sighed.

(End of chapter)