At the same time, Hodgner also turned on his flashlight, carefully checking the situation in the car inch by inch.

"Remember the watch that Nina Hale didn't see in the last case? He stayed here. ”

Jack followed the beam of his flashlight, and sure enough, he saw two women's watches on the right wrist of the deceased woman.

"So, what did he take this time?"

Rossi called a flashlight from the other side to check the ornaments on the two deceased's bodies, and although the smell of blood at the scene was pungent, it did not have any effect on the two old FBI.

"Here, husband's wedding ring." Rossi's flashlight fell on the male deceased's left ring finger, where there was a noticeable dent.

Then Hodchner made a new discovery, "His wife's bag had been turned over. ”

Jack approached his flashlight and helped him look for it, and it didn't take long for him to make a discovery.

Hodgner reached out and pulled the visor on the passenger seat, and a family portrait of the deceased fell off, on which the word "Fate" was also written in the blood of the deceased, followed by a question mark.

"What do you mean?" Jack took the photo and handed it to Rosie with some confusion.

The word "Fate" has many meanings, fate, fate, disaster and even death, what does a question mark mean, is it ironic?

"Here's for us." Hodgner explained.

"What he means is that it's not to be blamed on fate, we had 10 years to save these people from dying, and we caused all these new victims."

"It's amazing, you can tell so much from a question mark." Rosie's words were a little sarcastic, and substituting his own emotions was a big taboo in this business.

Jack also sensed that something was not quite right with Hodgner, as if it was a bit of the state when Rossi was haunted by the 20-year-old case.

It's just that Hodgner's personality is too introverted, and he usually doesn't show signs of mood, if it weren't for his words, I'm afraid even Rosie wouldn't have been able to detect the abnormality.

Hodgner, as usual, was unfazed and didn't react much to Rossi's sarcasm.

"Perhaps, I know more about the 'Grim Reaper' than that."

In Jack and Rosie's surprised eyes, he continued, "Actually, I've done a full profile of him. ”

That's not what he said before, BAU was invited to participate in the "Boston Grim Reaper" case, and was invited away by the deceased veteran detective Tom Shaunas at the beginning.

"You haven't put it down and done an investigation in private?" Rosie sighed, everyone has "demons", he was not entangled in a case for more than 20 years, and he didn't seem qualified to criticize Hodchner, but worry was still unavoidable.

"Yes, this is the first case I have taken on since I became an official profiler at BAU, how can I let it go, I have opened the file many times over the years and studied the murderer alone." Hodchner sighed.

"I know I've always emphasized that profiling is a collaborative work, but this time it's different, and I don't know what I'm thinking, maybe I'm worried that if I'm wrong, I'll lead people further and further in the wrong direction."

"Since you said it, it means that you now think you were right before?" Jack answered at the right time.

Hodchner sighed, "These two cases make me feel that my judgment is correct. ”

"Okay, tomorrow morning, we'll listen to your profile privately." Rosie took off her gloves and patted him on the shoulder.

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"The Boston Reaper fits the profile of an omnivore, and unlike most serial killers, omnivores don't have a specific group of victims.

To be precise, he is a hungry beast of prey, and anyone can become his prey. ”

Standing at the front of the conference table, Hodgner began to recount the psychological profile of the suspect that he had done on his own.

It was early in the morning of the third day, and everyone had a closed-door meeting, with only one outsider, Finlay, except for the members of the BAU group.

The first question was also asked by Metre, "Why, does he still pay attention to 'cooking' when he kills?" ”

Because the pleasure of killing does not come from the victim himself, what the murderer needs is a sense of identity, to be known to the world, just as one of the characteristics of his crime, to put the belongings of the previous victim on the next victim.

It was a show to the police, to show off his abilities. ”

Hodgner said, gesturing to the photo of the agreement on the evidence board.

"The letter to Tom Shaunas is the best proof of this, he induced him to make a written compromise, and the killer knew that it was impossible to get the police to make a public statement, so he put Detective Shaunas on the altar."

Red raised his hand and interjected, "The killer manipulated Shaunas, through his superhuman intelligence, and in the process obtained unparalleled pleasure. ”

Emily continued, "In this case, we can actually think of Shaunas as the 22nd victim of the 'Grim Reaper', and his self-blame and the pressure he was carrying were imposed on him by the murderer. ”

"Yesterday's case also reminded me of a trait that Hodge mentioned earlier." Jack stayed up all night last night and went through all the dossier related to the "Boston Grim Reaper".

"The killer is omnivorous, but the younger the victim, especially the woman, the more time he spends on him.

For example, 19-year-old Nina Hale was stabbed 46 times, while Amanda Lambert, who was also 19 years old, was stabbed 67 times more than a decade ago.

"Do you suspect he's still a 'green-lover'?" Rosie asked tentatively.

The term "cypnophilia" is distinguished from "copper fetish" and refers to people who have a sexual preference for mid- and late-adolescent adolescents (usually between the ages of 14 and 18).

Although when surfing the Internet, it is often joked that men always like 18-year-olds, but in fact, a normal male has different preferences for the age of the opposite sex at different ages.

There is a group of people (both male and female) who only have a surname impulse for teenagers.

Jack nodded, "I even suspect that he is still incompetent, so he chose to use the dagger as a weapon and repeatedly stab the victim as an alternative to enter their bodies." ”

His words made Hodgner's eyes light up, the "omnivore" trait did not help frame the scope of the murderer's identity, but the "green lover" was completely different.

"We started the search from people who could be associated with 'authority', high school teachers, counselors, coaches, etc., as well as people who had a criminal record for harassing young women for more than a decade."

"There's one more problem." Red raised his hand again to speak, "What about that George Foyer, he was also stabbed dozens of times, but he was a man, and he was 28 years old at the time, so he didn't fit this characteristic. ”

Jack scratched his head, "He is indeed a special case, I am still asking CSI researchers to help investigate some suspicious points, if there is a result, I will notify everyone as soon as possible, judging from the situation of other victims, it is not without men who have multiple stabs." ”

In any case, after three days and four new victims, the BAU team finally found a breakthrough and everyone continued to get busy.

However, the "Boston Grim Reaper" seems to have fallen into madness, and at 12 o'clock that night, Jack was still in the hotel looking through the files, and the phone rang again.

Twenty minutes later, Saboban drifted and stopped at the mouth of an alley, and as soon as the car came to a stop, the door was pulled open by Hodgner, and the others followed him, this time the group was all on the scene.

Jack closed the car door, took two quick steps to catch up with the crowd, and walked through the alley to the secluded street at the other end, where he found everyone standing still.

I saw a bus stop on the side of the road, a set of numbers written in blood on one side of the window, Finlay stood beside the car in a daze with a pale face, and when he saw Jack, he had an expression on his face that couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing.

"Jack, I really need your help this time."

"How many?" Hodgner stepped forward, his always calm and composed, and his voice trembled as he spoke.

"Six passengers, not including the driver." Finlay took the cigar from Jack and replied with trembling hands.

"He first killed the driver, then put everyone down with a gun, and finally finished the mending knife with a dagger."

At the beginning of the month, come and get a monthly pass?

(End of chapter)