"Calm down, calm down." Jack followed Danny as he ran wildly towards the parking lot and shouted, "We still have time, just a necklace is not enough to convict, we need more information." ”

"You drive, I'm going to contact the Tampa police directly on the road, hoping to get in touch with the family of the missing girl, we need more details about that necklace, as long as it's the same one, at least to get my sister to stop the judge from releasing Donald Bens."

Danny stood directly in front of Jack's Dodge Hellcat, their detectives' cars are shared, day and night detectives take turns to use, this guy is now partnered with Jack, and he will definitely not drive his own broken car.

An hour later, Jack and Danny reappeared at the door of the small two-story building in Long Island County.

"I said my husband was a bastard, but that doesn't mean he's a demon, and your argument is hard for me to accept."

Mudley Bens, who was standing at the door, was holding the cross necklace on her chest as she did last time, and her fingers subconsciously groped for the pearls inlaid on it with her fingertips.

This seems to be a subconscious action when the other person is nervous, just like some people will subconsciously knead the corners of their clothes when they are nervous.

"I'm sorry Ms. Bens, because of time constraints, the FBI is still investigating other related disappearances, and we don't know how many little girls your husband abducted at this time, but it's clear that Teresa and that little girl in Florida are probably not the only victims."

Danny's words are not nonsense, they have been working hard all night is not for nothing, and there are many sporadic clues that Donald Bens is the murderer, but there is a lack of key evidence such as this cross necklace.

In addition, Garcia found two more suspected files, all of which were cases of the disappearance of little girls from Catholic families, both in Florida, and this case had already alarmed BAU.

Just as they got out of the car, Jack also received a call from Hodgner, asking if he needed the support of his friends, and the Gulfstream could take off at any time.

Retracting his thoughts, Jack focused on the evidence in front of him, as long as he could confirm a little, the rest of the matter actually did not need the FBI to intervene.

"Ms. Bens, Detective Reagan just spoke on the phone with the parents of the missing girl, and they said the girl's name was Kathy, and it was engraved on the back of the cross."

Mudley Bens looked directly into the eyes of the two, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she subconsciously clenched the cross in her hand, "He said that there are words on it because this necklace is an antique bought." ”

After saying that, she froze in place, and the whole person visibly languished, seeing this scene, Jack could be sure that she should be innocent, and did not know what her husband had done.

"Ms. Bens, necklace, we need to take it as evidence." Danny waited for a while, and saw that the fingers on which she was pinching the necklace hard were white, and urged impatiently.

Mudley Bens woke up from a dream, hurriedly took off the necklace, and handed it to Danny like a hot potato, but tears could not help but fall in her eyes, "Please help me tell her parents. I don't know about me."

Although she was speechless, the two policemen standing opposite him understood what she was trying to say.

Danny placed the cross necklace in his palm and turned it upside down, revealing the five letters "Kathy" engraved on the back, visible in the sunlight.

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"Yes, that's right, I'm Erin Reagan from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and I want you to start a special process to extradite Donald Bens back to Florida and charge him with murder

Yes, yes, we found the necklace of the cross that Casey McDonald wore when he disappeared five years ago, and Donald Bens gave it to his wife.

Also, just a few minutes ago, Tampa police found the girl's body in a warehouse in Orlando, which Donald Bens rented under the pseudonym 'Monsignor Nicholas', just as he did in New York.

Okay, thanksgiving. ”

Erin Reagan hung up the phone and looked at her big brother with a smile.

"Done?" Danny raised an eyebrow.

"Yes." Erin breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to slap her big brother's palm.

"I told you I was going to get this case done." Danny raised his head proudly at his sister, his nostrils almost pointing to the sky.

"Thank you for taking care of my dumb brother." Erin ignored the smug and got up to shake Jack's hand.

"Danny is a good partner." Jack's words are sincere, although this guy is sometimes a little rough, but he has a full sense of justice, and he is not bound by procedures, and he is a partner who can rest assured that he will entrust his back.

It's a pity that it's a rough guy, if. Jack's heart suddenly moved when he thought of this, it was broken, and he almost forgot about the real partner.

Cassel had given him an invitation to attend tonight's reception, and as was customary, a female companion was required for such an event, and Hannah had just returned to New York today, so he sent her the time and place.

As a result, after returning from Long Island, he was too busy to forget about the matter because of the series of updates here, and now it seemed that the time was almost up.

Seeing that the brother and sister were still arguing inside, Jack said hello and hurriedly left the assistant prosecutor's office, and Danny's triumphant voice came from behind him, "I remember that there is a death penalty in Florida"

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This is Jack's first time on the subway since coming to New York, and the New York subway really lives up to its name, with garbage all over the ground and big rats scurrying around, office workers in suits and leather shoes and modern girls dressed in fashionable clothes, which seem out of place compared to the subway stations with a thick "sense of history".

After stepping up the stairs and out of the subway station, Jack took a deep breath, which made him feel a lot more comfortable, the smell of urine inside was really unbearable, and I don't know if New Yorkers have nose problems or if they have long been accustomed to it.

took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, his heart was relieved, and there was still time.

The venue of the reception was not far from the Museum of Natural History in New York, and when Jack walked under the steps of the ancient Roman marble columns, he subconsciously looked up and made a secret note in his heart that he must go in and visit it when he has time.

The museum isn't as well-known as the Met, but it's more familiar to Jack, as his favorite movie, Night at the Museum, was filmed here.

He wondered if the statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback in uniform at the entrance would look like Robin Williams, if the two were really similar. That's a lot of fun.

(End of chapter)