Learning from the lessons of the past, Jack also equipped the new car with an on-board satellite phone, and in the future, if he encounters a terrifying road movie, no one can stop him from calling for reinforcements unless he blows up his car.

Everyone wanted to experience the surging power of the new car, and even Hodgner changed his usual attitude of driving actively, and in the end, it was Red who drove the Saab class and followed the mammoth.

After feeling the tactile leather seats and the comfortable feeling of pushing back, and chatting about the car for a while, the conversation turned back to the current case.

"At present, there are four related entry robberies and homicides, spanning about six weeks, the first one in Becklesfield in early August, two weeks later in Flersno, and eight days later in Chico.

Then at the beginning of September, he changed direction again and turned south to the city of Sacramento."

Because there are at least two cars every time they go out, everyone is used to driving their mobile phones on the way and chatting with their voices, but today Red drove behind alone, listening to his muttering that was the same as when he used to write and draw on a map, Rosie couldn't help but raise his voice and remind him.

"Dr. Red, concentrate on driving, now is not the time to draw a map, these crime locations are distributed within a radius of four hundred miles, and we can study them slowly when we get there."

Rhett's confident voice came over the phone, "It's been almost a year since I've been in Los Angeles, and the map of California just needs to be recalled in my head." ”

Rosie was choked up, but Emily spoke up in time to hide her embarrassment, "How many serial killers, some of them are running around committing crimes like this?" ”

"Very little." Rossi shook her head, "I divide such serial killers into two categories, one is homeless wanderers, wandering around, with no fixed home.

There is also a professional need, work makes them need to run around, and when they are on a business trip, they can commit crimes by the way. ”

"Like a truck driver?" Jiejie is now more involved in the case discussions, and both Rossi and Hodgner are very supportive of her changing her career direction to a professional psychological profile.

"Is Jiejie talking about that long-haul driver, Bruce Mendenhall? He once took the victim's body across four states after shooting it, and then dumped it near the cargo station. Red answered.

"But Mendenhall only selects high-risk victims, usually sex workers or female hitchhikers."

Jack objected, "If it's a trucker-type murderer, he needs a tool cart, and although the victim in this case lives in a remote community, if a strange big truck appears, it will definitely attract attention, right?"

But in these four cases, the neighbors said that they didn't even see an unfamiliar car. ”

The type of trucker serial killer mentioned by Jiejie is very difficult to catch, not only in countries like the federal union, where there is a serious gap between states, but also in the world.

Even in the vast majority of cases, these serial killers, who target sex workers and single female backpackers, are difficult to spot because of the specificity of their profession.

For example, the arrest of Bruce Mendenhall, a long-haul driver, was a complete coincidence, when the truck station where the body was found was located near the junction of three states, and the local police department asked the FBI to intervene for assistance due to jurisdictional issues.

After some investigation, the FBI found more similar cases, suspecting that it was a serial homicide, but there was no good way to identify the murderer.

A veteran local police detective was unwilling, and after watching the blurry parking lot video N times, he put his suspicion on a yellow truck.

Then, just as he was about to go to the truck station again, he saw a similar passing truck, and he stopped it on a whim, and found a large amount of blood in the cab.

After identification, the blood of a total of eight women was found in the bloody cab, and only the bodies of three of them have been found so far.

If they were faced with this type of serial killer this time, Jack really didn't think they would be able to catch this kind of suspect, and maybe the BAU team would have their first Waterloo since their establishment.

But Hodgner agrees with Jack, "I'm more of a promoter, they knock on doors and it's hard to get people's attention. ”

"It could also be computer engineers who go around and come to people to install software and fix computers." ”

Then everyone pointed their suspicions to real estate agents, real estate appraisers and other unnoticeable professions that need to be on the move, but no one mentioned maintenance electricians.

A few hours later, two cars and a group of six people arrived at the Sacramento City Police Department, and as soon as they entered the task force's office, everyone was shocked by the crowd in front of them.

A whole flat floor, which was full of busy police detectives in civilian clothes and police badges, Jack laughed and teased, "I haven't seen so many police detectives in a whole year at LAPD." ”

A sturdy black detective with a shaved head walked up to everyone and took the initiative to extend his hand very enthusiastically.

"I'm Detective Lyman, and welcome to all of you amazing psychologists from the FBI."

"I'm a heat agent." Jiejie smiled and shook his hand, then introduced him to the crowd.

"We've reserved a room for you, please come with me." The bald black detective led the group into a large conference room.

There were also a few detectives in the conference room who were busy sorting out the materials.

The first thing that caught everyone's attention was that they used an entire wall as an evidence board, with all kinds of photos of the scene on it, in addition to a huge map.

Next to the huge map was a piece of A4 paper, on which only a few words were typed, "Route 99 Killer." ”

"Looks like you've been robbed of your job." Emily quietly poked Red with her elbow and smiled at each other.

Hodchner stood in front of the map and looked at it for a moment, then looked back and asked, "Who came up with this code name?" ”

Detective Lehmann walked up to him and tilted his head, as if he was quite proud, "I got it." ”

"Well, I'm going to prepare a PR draft with the media." Knowing that Hodgner was coming to dismount, Jiejie hurriedly made an excuse to slip away.

"I'll help you!" Emily cleverly followed her away, and it was embarrassing who left behind on this occasion.

"Rosie, do you want coffee? I just saw a nice cake shop, so I'll bring you one? ”

Seeing that the two girls wanted to grease the soles of their feet without righteousness, Jack forced himself to put on a foodie vest and pulled the stunned Red out of the office.

Only Rosie found a table and sat down, took out a stack of materials from his briefcase, and sat down and pretended to study it.

The four of them walked to the door of the office, and stopped in unison, pretending to be discussing something, but secretly pricked up their ears.

In the conference room, the big bald black police detective Lyman was unaware of the strange atmosphere, and he was still gushing explanations.

"I think since he committed crimes along Highway 99, why don't you just call him 'Highway 99 Killer,' and I've notified the California Highway Patrol that police and patrols along Highway 99 have been strengthened."

"Wait, don't worry." Hodgner's voice was unhurried, but his tone was firm and irrefutable.

"We will send a memo to all those involved in the investigation asking for the revocation of this codename."

Detective Lyman's face froze, he pulled off his suit and crossed his hands on his hips, "I don't understand what you mean." ”

Ask for a monthly pass.

(End of chapter)