"The 'Green River Killer' Gary Ridgeway, who buried the victim's body in a dense forest on the outskirts of Seattle, where investigators never thought to search because they were so focused on investigating the Green River area." Hodgner Road.

"Of course, but I don't mean to offend, but in this case, we don't need to go to the jungle to find the body." Detective Lehmann was still a little unconvinced.

"All four of the victims' families live in the city, and their addresses are connected by a highway."

"But giving him such a code name is bound to be misleading, and it will create the illusion that all the police officers involved only need to investigate this highway, but you don't have evidence to prove that the murderer must only be committed along Highway 99, right?"

Detective Lehmann was silent for a long time, and then nodded a little reluctantly, "I understand, the disagreement is resolved, are there any other problems?" Sir. ”

He knew in his heart that Hodchner had a point, but he was a little embarrassed to get by, but although they didn't belong to the same system, Hodchner could still crush people to death.

After all, the BAU team was brought in to direct the investigation, and from the moment his superiors made this decision, it was destined that Detective Lehmann could only hold back even if there was anything unconvincing.

Detective Lehman said casually, but he didn't expect Hodgner to set his eyes on the bustling people outside the conference room.

"There are too many people, do these people from outside have to stay here?"

"What?" Detective Lehmann was a little suspicious of his ears.

"It's just a command, isn't it? Why are so many people staying here? Hodchner asked.

"But these people started working on this case long before you arrived, and they also came from afar."

Hodgner didn't care about the resentment in Detective Lyman's words, "A command command doesn't need so many support personnel, and I'm not trying to get them out of the task force and let these detectives go back to their respective police stations, which is obviously more conducive to the investigation to begin." ”

Detective Lyman forced himself to smile, "I'll let them go back." ”

With that, he left the conference room and walked towards the detectives outside.

"If Hodge were to be president of this country, our bureaucracy would be more efficient than ever." Jack returned to the conference room with a few cups of coffee.

"I'm just talking about things." Hodgner had a rare excuse for himself.

"I'll leave it to you, Dr. Red." As he spoke, he removed the A4 piece of paper next to the map with the words "Highway 99 Killer" printed on it, and said to Red.

"Guys, there's another latest murder, in Modesto." Jiejie walked in briskly with her phone and took a cup of coffee from Jack.

"The murderer went south again." Red walks over to the map and draws a circle around the location of the city of Modesto.

Hodchner looked at Jack, Emily, and Rosie, who had already stood up, "You three go to Modesto City, and we'll stay here for the time being." ”

"I'll drive." Rosie held out her hand to Jack with great interest.

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Modesto is only 120 kilometers from Sacramento, less than two hours by car, and Rossi was still a little unsatisfied when she parked the Mammoth on the side of the road.

"Hennessy has also launched a muscle car in addition to this pickup, the 'ZL1 Exorcist' based on the Camaro, you can consider it."

Jack remembered the information he had found on the Internet before, and with Rossi's worth, he should be able to easily get one.

Rossi seemed a little moved, but eventually shook her head, "I'm not old enough for such a high-profile sporty style. ”

The three of them came to the outside of the cordon and showed their ID to several police officers, and an old detective who looked gray-haired and was about the same age as Rosie quickly greeted him.

"I'm Detective Daniels."

"I'm Agent Tawolle, and this is Agent Rossi and Agent Plantis." Jack took the initiative to introduce himself.

Several people shook hands, and Detective Daniels took the initiative to lead the way, "Please come with me." ”

However, when he turned around, he saw the three of them standing still.

"What's the problem?"

"The family doesn't have a dog?" Jack looked around, and the victim's house was the most common kind of wooden detached cottage, with an attic, yard and garage, but he didn't see a small stake on a leash or a dog house on the lawn.

"Yes, no dogs, no alarms, not even porch lights off." Detective Daniels spreads his hands.

Teacher Rossi began to lecture, "This family has the three basic elements that the robber is looking for, no dogs, no alarms, no lights, and it also shows that the suspect has enough patience to look for homes that are easy to attack. ”

He then looked at the elderly people standing outside the cordon and asked, "Are those neighbors nearby?" ”

Detective Daniels nodded, "Yes, we just finished taking notes. ”

Emily took the initiative to take the job, "I'll go talk to them." ”

Jack and Rosie walked into the house with Detective Daniels.

The room is exquisitely decorated, the living room is carpeted on the floor, everything is well placed, clean and tidy, although the family is not a middle-class family, it is obvious that the owner is pursuing life.

Walking into the bedroom, the smell of blood came to my face, and the forensic personnel had just carried the body away, and there was splashed blood everywhere on the originally clean walls, carpets, and sheets that had been lifted to the ground.

"Is that a murder weapon?" Jack caught a glimpse of the electric iron on the bedside table that seemed to be soaked in blood.

"Yes, we found the remnants of the deceased's brain tissue on it." Detective Daniels said as he handed over a bag of evidence and motioned for Jack to open it to see a small ball of fabric inside.

Jack put on his gloves and pulled open the sealed bag, and a pungent smell suddenly filled the air.

"Banana water?"

"It should be." The detective nodded, looking a little puzzled, "I found it in the bathroom after I arrived at the scene, I don't know what the murderer used this for." ”

Jack smiled, and the identity of the killer seemed to have been partially revealed.

Rosie was also surprised to see his expression, "You actually know about this kind of thing?" ”

Jack shrugged, "Have you forgotten that I grew up on the edge of a slum?" ”

Of course, Jack didn't know if the original body understood this, this was actually a useless cold knowledge he had learned in his previous life.

In that country with strict drug control, some people have hit super glue, banana water, deodorant and even nail polish remover in order to cool off.

These things all contain chemical components that belong to the same broad category – volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, or volatile organic solvents.

Let's count your tickets

(End of chapter)