Sure enough, Rod Det was indeed not the murderer, and his alibi was quite proven, as the guy was drinking at a bar with friends on the night of Beatrice Santos' disappearance.

Jubal contacted the local police station to bring in surveillance at the door of the bar and confirm his alibi, but then Hannah contacted the parole officer and sent him back to prison.

The reason why this slut went to jail in the first place was because of cybercrime, and now he has maliciously photoshopped other people's social photos and spread them on the Internet, seriously violating the bail regulations, and sending him back is rightfully deserved.

However, Hannah and Aubrey are not for nothing, according to Rod Det, he held a grudge for failing to hook up with Beatrice Santos, and maliciously posted the memes to a notorious "Incel" type online chat room.

"Incel" is an abbreviation for "involuntarily celibate", which, as the name suggests, refers to men who believe that they have not been able to find a female partner for the rest of their lives.

At first, it was just a purely humorous self-deprecating term, similar to the self-deprecation of singles who are often fed dog food by couples.

However, in today's popular subculture, the word "Incel" has long since become synonymous with sexist and misogynistic men.

They gather on the web to preach that all women are inherently manipulative and have the intent to exploit men, and they will refer to women who are sexually attractive to them as "Stacys" and so-called sexually successful men as "Chads".

In the eyes of these people, "Stacys" are both a source of desire and an object of ridicule, and "Stacys" are only attracted to "Chads" and see people like them as sludge on the soles of their shoes.

Jubal's expression was a little hesitant, "I'm not sure, it's a rape and murder case I dealt with three years ago, a guy named Kerry McMay raped and killed a young woman in North Westchester. ”

For example, Beatrice is "Stacys", looking down on the poor Rod Det, and Aquamans like Aubrey are naturally "Chads", and every morning they wake up with different beauties in bed.

Although IT otaku can easily break into the website firewall and obtain the IP list of logged-in users, in such cases, it is neither procedural nor necessary, and will result in the case not being able to go to court.

It is apparently unlikely that the judge will issue a warrant for this because of the privacy implications, and they are now dealing with a serial killer rather than a terrorist.

Surprisingly, analysts at the Operations Center also found information about two other victims in the chat room, which apparently was where the killer sought out his target and obtained information.

Then the only way now is to ask the website operator to take the initiative to cooperate, and this troublesome job was handed over to Isobel by Jubal, which can be regarded as a small test for her.

Jack, who had a premonition, picked up the cup and took a sip, "What does it have to do with today's case?" ”

For example, cursing the other party for being a watchman with eyes above the top, he simply invited the other party to have a glass of wine but was refused, but if he was replaced by a handsome man who drove a luxury car, Beatrice would take the initiative to give him a hug and so on.

After work in the evening, Jack was about to go back to his dorm room in his new office in Long Beach to sleep, when Jubal asked him to go to a bar alone.

Then the trouble is, although the scale of this kind of website is not large, and the number of active users is even less than 10,000, all of them are anonymous, and there will be no fool who uses his real name to register.

He took the initiative to order a glass of bourbon for Jack, but ordered himself a glass of iced lemonade, and only after a moment of hesitation did he make a request, "I want to ask you to help investigate an old case." ”

In fact, Rod Det didn't just make a malicious P picture of Beatrice Santos's photo and make it into an emoji, he also uploaded the other party's measurements, work location, address and other identity information, which are true and false, and even contain some malicious conjectures.

Jack probably knew why Jubal looked so unrelenting during the day, "The tools and methods of the crime are the same as in today's case, they all use wires to tie stones to sink corpses under the water, and the knots are all square knots?" ”

Jubal nodded, feeling that talking to a smart person was effortless, "The cause of death is the same, they are all strangled by people, and the wedding ring on the deceased's hand is also missing." ”

At this point he paused, "Actually, we didn't take any important clues about the ring's disappearance at the time. ”

Jack thought for a moment, "Three years ago, the murderer shouldn't have been parole so soon, right?" What are you worried about, copycats? It's not right, that guy just killed a person, could it be that the case was very sensational in the local area or something special? ”

Jubal covered his forehead, looking deeply troubled, "Here's the problem, this case is not a sensation, there is nothing special about it, and the evidence is conclusive, we have successfully matched the DNA left by the murderer in the deceased's body." ”

Jack probably understood what he meant, but he was still blunt, "Do you think Kerry McMae may have been wronged?" He was not the one who raped and killed three years ago. ”

Jubal's eyes flickered slightly, "No, I mean okay, I did consider this possibility. ”

Seeing his empty expression, Jack couldn't help but be a little puzzled, there will inevitably be unjust, false and wrongful cases, although he hasn't encountered them for the time being, but it doesn't mean that it won't happen in the future.

The police are also human beings, and they will make mistakes, as long as they do things according to the rules, even if there is really any problem, they can be corrected in time, unless

"No, we were pretty sure we had the right person, McMae was a violent criminal addict with a history of violent crimes, he was arrested with gibberish and the DNA evidence was conclusive, and although his sister gave him an alibi, it was not accepted in court."

Jubal muttered a lot, but it felt more like he was trying to convince himself.

"So. What really happened then? Jack heard something of the past in his telling.

"I was," Jubal hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to confess, "I remember telling you about my alcoholism. ”

"Of course, I remember you showed me your alcoholics badge, and you told me that you hadn't even touched Irish coffee since." Jack remembered the little brass badge that Jubal had shown him.

"A lot has happened during that time, my marriage is in jeopardy, I am addicted to alcohol, and I am also," said Jubal, his old face flushed slightly.

"And what else?" Jack suddenly felt that his gossip soul was ignited all at once.

"And I also cheated, although my ex-wife and I were separated at the time, and life was a mess, but this is still"

Obviously, only Jack was drinking whiskey, and someone was drinking lemonade with ice, but just looking at the faces of the two of them, Jubal looked like the one who drank the wine.

"So you now suspect that your judgment was affected by these things?" For a moment, Jack was even a little moved, the old man in front of him really regarded himself as a real friend, and he was willing to say this kind of thing.

Jubal looked dejected, his voice full of bitterness, and his fingers dug deep into his hair, "I'm not sure, but what if?" ”

Since he was so heart-wrenching, Jack naturally agreed very happily, "Okay, I'm willing to help, I'll give me the relevant case file materials tomorrow, as well as the video of your interrogation at that time, I will carefully study it and decide where to start."

Theoretically, there is indeed a possibility, after all, even if the deceased has the other party's DNA in his body, there is no 100% certainty that he is the murderer, but I want to remind one thing"

Saying that, Jack's face became serious, "You have to think about it carefully, if you find out that there is something wrong with Kerry McMay's case in the end, your entire previous case handling process will be repeatedly reviewed by the above, and as long as you are caught making a mistake, your future in the FBI will be completely ruined."

In this regard, it may be difficult for me to cover it up for you, so you had better report it to Ms. Mo Ge in advance. ”

Hearing him say this, Jubal's expression relaxed, "McMee has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and has been in a repeat prison for 3 years, if this is really a mistake, it must be corrected as soon as possible and the real culprit is caught, nothing else matters."

If you have anything new, be sure to let me know as soon as possible, and I'll explain it to Dana myself. ”

(End of chapter)