After Jack's words, Jubal's expression looked a little bitter, "You're right, but I thought that as a psychiatrist, you would express it in a more tactful way." ”

"Because you don't need a psychiatrist, and I don't charge by the hour, I even treat you to a meal, as a friend."

Jack won't get his master's degree until next year, and then he will barely make up for his last shortcoming.

By the way, a master's degree in the United States is the minimum qualification to become a fully licensed clinical psychologist, and the requirements may be stricter than that of a doctorate, requiring at least 3000+ hours of clinical experience under supervision, and there are quite a few very specific requirements.

It is foreseeable that Jack will continue his studies in the future, whether to choose a PhD or become a PsyD He has not yet decided yet, but he must read it.

PhD is the so-called "doctor of philosophy", it does not mean that you really want to study philosophy, this is just a type of doctorate, to be precise, it should be called an academic doctorate.

This kind of doctor can also be called "taught doctor", which is more practical, for example, the doctor of psychology is called PsyD (Doctor of Psychology).

The issue of academic qualifications seems to be the same everywhere, if ability and interpersonal relationships are the driving force of ascent, then academic qualifications are the ladder, which can also be seen as the height of the ceiling.

It is true that Jubal does not need any counseling, nor does he need to be told what to do, all he needs is support from friends.

"I can't guarantee anything, but since you took the initiative to mention that old case, it is equivalent to uncovering the scar with your own hands, and the control of the matter after that is neither in your hands nor in my hands."

Whether it is money or favors, it is an extremely immature and even irrational act to vouch for someone casually, but he has no intention of standing idly by.

With this premise, in fact, the problem is not too big, even if it is later confirmed that it is indeed an unjust case, the impact will not be too serious.

The reason why Jack spent most of his day on the old case in Jubal today was to confirm whether he had made any mistakes in the process of solving the case, in addition to trying to find out the suspicions.

In the end, he and Jubal have not been together long enough, or the friendship between the two sides has not reached the level of fully understanding each other.

Jubal was overthinking and emotionally wrong, and in order to avoid some vulgar episodes, Jack could only make this decision temporarily, which was also a disguised promise.

Early the next morning, Jubal went to Dana Moge's office as soon as he arrived at the Federation Building, and when he came out, he was in a much better mood.

But soon everyone's mood was not good, because another corpse appeared, this time certainly not in Central Park, which is now full of workers and construction machinery, and half of the area is closed.

"I'm still suggesting the same as before, forget about McMae for the time being, and concentrate on the case at hand, of course, in order to avoid some of the past from happening again, you'd better go back to your new office with me these next few nights, and I'll put away anything that contains alcohol."

In the end, Jack reluctantly suggested that he wanted to take the girl back to the dormitory, but in the end he brought an old man, and he did his best for his friends.

Jack doesn't want his group to lose its lead agent before it's officially formed, but he doesn't want to see his future partner be an unscrupulous person who will do anything to solve crimes.

On the other hand, this is not entirely a bad thing, and he is now almost certain that Juball did not make a mistake in this case, at least procedurally, and of course, to remove the incident of secretly drinking alcohol during interrogation.

Jubal confessed everything to Jack, naturally with a hint of asking for help, but Jack couldn't promise something right away, even if there were two big guys standing behind him, and some things were even just a matter of words.

Although everyone knows that this wanted team is a special task force created by Dana Moge to keep someone, the titular boss is Jubal.

New York State Police found the body of a woman in her twenties, tied up with power lines and unclothed, in a woods near a lake in North Westchester.

Jack immediately brought Hannah, Jiejie and Aubrey to the scene, and when they arrived, the state police had already fenced off the woods around the crime scene.

An old sheriff with a shy beer belly received the four FBIs and gave them a briefing on the FBI while rubbing the beard on his chin that looked like a well-groomed one.

"The identity of the deceased should match a missing person declared last night, but we have to wait for further confirmation with the family, the cause of death seems to be strangulation, I noticed the notice issued by your FBI, so I contacted you as soon as possible."

A few people stepped through the thick layer of fallen leaves and humus in the woods, and although it was close to the scorching heat, the temperature and humidity in the woods made people involuntarily get goosebumps.

"Are there snakes here?" Aubrey walked unusually carefully, even a little tremblingly.

"Of course, but most of them are non-venomous, mainly garter snakes." The old sheriff looked at him with a smile on his face, and looked at him with the eyes of a city person.

The garter snake, known as the girdle snake, has several distinct stripes on its body, which at first glance will make people think that it is highly venomous, and likes to live in wetland environments, which are very common in areas north of New York and more widely distributed in Canada.

Those who like to watch horror movies may be familiar with the sound of this snake, every year as the temperature rises, after entering the courtship period, this snake will make a chirp, the sound is very similar to the clatter sound made when hitting a stone, when people are nervous, it is easy to hear it as footsteps.

After walking through the woods for nearly 20 minutes with the old sheriff, the group finally saw the body in a stream almost a kilometer from the road.

The creek was narrow and deep, probably because of the lack of rain lately, and closer to a ditch that was close to dryness, and the corpse lay naked at the bottom of the stream, with the gurgling water flowing under and on both sides.

Jack couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart, the deceased was obviously violated, the current environment was different underwater, and the time of death was very short, maybe even less than 12 hours, which meant that the DNA in her body was probably well preserved.

He crouched down by the stream and carefully observed the corpses, which were tied with a No. 14 wire, in the same way as the three bodies found in Central Park, with the only difference being that the killer did not tie a heavy object to the corpse's feet.

"We also found obvious trails of drag in the vicinity, all the way to here." The old inspector gestured to a mud mark beside the stream.

"I speculate that the killer dragged her all the way from a car parked on the side of the road, probably with the intention of throwing her into the lake, but for some unknown reason, he ended up dropping her here, maybe she was scared by something, or maybe she was too tired to drag her."

"Thank you, your discovery has been very helpful to us." Jack thanked the experienced old inspector and began to test his teammates in school.

"Then use your imagination and talk about your ideas."

Hannah was the first to say what she thought, "Well, check the surveillance of the surrounding intersections, there is a highway nearby, and the time of the crime is at night, there are not many samples of vehicles available for screening, and comparing them with the vehicles that have been in and out of Central Park before, which can save a lot of time." ”

"Nice idea, anything else?" Jack nodded in agreement.

Jie Jie squatted by the stream and shone a flashlight on the corpse, carefully observed it for a long time, and asked with some uncertainty, "If the corpse was indeed dragged all the way, there should be serious abrasions for such a long distance, but at least at least these parts facing upwards can not be seen at present." ”

"So the killer must have used some kind of wrapping, plastic sheeting or something, and was very careful to take it away afterwards." Aubrey hurriedly answered.

"So what does that mean?" Jack continued.

Aubrey hesitated for a moment and glanced at Jiejie, after all, this was her discovery, and if she continued to talk about it, she would be a little suspicious of stealing the limelight.

Jie Jie smiled and spread her hands, saying that she really hadn't figured it out yet, but it didn't hurt to say it.

"This means that even if we don't find a DNA sample inside the body, we may be able to find fragments of the wrap on the trail along the way, and plastic is one of the best carriers of DNA traces, and the killer is likely to leave something on it." Aubrey analyzed excitedly.

"Good idea, I have a hunch that this murderer is so careful, it is likely that not enough DNA evidence can be found on the corpse, and your idea may be the key to solving the case." Jack took out his phone and called CSI's Mike Taylor.

(End of chapter)