Chapter 259 Rosie’s inner demons

"This is the murder weapon we found at the time, a long-handled axe, but the blood was wiped clean, and my eldest daughter Connie told me that her dad bought it a few months ago before Christmas to cut down the Christmas tree. "

"Now when it comes to Christmas I think about it and I never decorate a Christmas tree myself."

As Rossi spoke, his eyes gradually became moist, and everyone fell into silence.

After a while, Jiejie asked in a low voice, "It said that this family has three children, and none of them were harmed?"

Rossi shook his head. "He just killed his parents and left."

"For the only fingerprint at the scene, I asked Garcia to find help from Jefferson Lab to do image enhancement, hoping to find a match."

Jack told him his arrangement, but Rosie's words disappointed everyone.

"Over the years, I have asked countless fingerprint experts to analyze that precious fingerprint, but no match has been found. There must be other places, such as the open back door and the water glass left in the kitchen, but they have all been wiped clean."

"That doesn't make sense." Rhett was stunned, holding the martini in his hand.

"He casually grabbed the tool at hand and used it as the murder weapon, and let three witnesses go. This shows that the murderer was impromptu. However, except for a fingerprint, no evidence was left. This was clearly premeditated."

Rossi drank more than half a glass of whiskey in one gulp. "I have thought about it countless times. I have been thinking that if there is one more clue and other discoveries for us to investigate further, the answer must be right in front of us."

Emily coughed slightly, looked at Rossi seriously and said, "Have you ever thought that the murderer might be dead?"

"I have to make sure he's dead." Rossi turned his head and stared at her, water gleaming in his eyes.

"When we got to the scene, before other units arrived, I heard the children crying even though I hadn't stepped out of the car yet."

"It was a sunny morning. The windows on the second floor were open and the sound was very clear. They were crying for their parents. The three frightened children looked at their murdered parents and kept crying."

"Even though I'm used to seeing death and pain, that sound..."

Rosie choked up and used the remaining whiskey in the glass to suppress her increasingly excited emotions, "It's been 20 years, but to this day, that voice has been echoing in my ears, with a tearful, heart-rending voice. shouting."

"If I couldn't tell those three children with certainty that the murderer would never commit another crime again, the ringing in my ears would never stop."

From his expression, everyone could see that this deep obsession had been imprinted in his heart and became his lingering inner demon.

Is this why Rossi returned to the FBI after leaving for many years?

Jack rubbed his chin, lost in thought, "Is that house still there? And the police detective at that time."

He looked at the file and found a name on it, "Detective Giles?"

"If we are going to reopen the investigation, there has to be a focus."

Rossi sighed deeply, "I got off the plane at noon today and went directly to the scene of the crime. I also made an appointment with people from the Indianapolis Police Department, but they told me that Captain Giles had already been there for a year. Died before."

"Is it the house where the crime happened? We can take a look together." Reid asked.

"I am the owner of that house now." Seeing the surprised looks from everyone, Rossi continued to explain.

"Two years after the incident I bought the house at an auction and the money went to the grandmother of three who raised the children after what happened."

"But she also passed away a few years later, and the three children still live in their grandmother's house. As for that house, I paid a sum of money and someone will come to maintain it regularly every year."

Several people looked at each other. In this case, there was no need to go to the crime scene. Rossi must have checked it countless times.

Now we have reached a dead end. After so many years, the only evidence is a fingerprint that cannot be matched and nothing else. How can anyone investigate it?

Jack somewhat understood why Rosie didn't want them to intervene now. Before new clues emerged, this case was destined to be just a dead end case that wasted time and resources.

"Can Garcia please re-cross-reference the unsolved cases in Indiana and surrounding states in the years before and after the crime?"

Jack looked at the other three people. He couldn't think of any better way. He could only try his luck in this way.

"Regardless of the outcome, I really appreciate you guys coming."

After Rossi finished speaking, he stood up unsteadily and walked towards the elevator with a slight stagger.

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The next day, everyone who still had no clue suggested meeting the three surviving children. Although everyone didn't say anything, they all hoped to relieve Rosie's mood.

Everyone could see that he had reached his breaking point.

"I don't think this is a good idea. Judging from the information found by Garcia, their eldest daughter Connie is a stripper, their second son George does odd jobs for a living, and their youngest daughter Alicia is a homeless person."

Early in the morning, from the time the four of them gathered in the restaurant to enjoy a delicious breakfast at a five-star hotel, Rhett was harping on his objections.

"Obviously, although only the eldest daughter, Connie, who was 10 years old at the time, may have suffered from PTSD, the second son, who was five years old, and the younger daughter, who was three years old, were more or less affected as they grew up."

"The psychological conditions of family members will affect each other, especially when they have to depend on each other."

"I know what you're worried about." Emily angrily poked her fork into a large piece of maple sugar cake.

"Do you think I, Jack, or even Jiejie don't know this?"

"Hey!" Jiejie showed a hurt expression. Although she is indeed the best at profiling among everyone, she still has a bachelor's degree in psychology. Compared to Jie, who is nothing now, paper data Just crush it easily.

Why should she be ranked last?

"Red, you are overly worried. Rossi has experienced more crimes than all of us combined. His psychology is not so fragile. Now he is just stuck in some kind of self-emotion."

Jack finished the Iberian ham sandwich on his plate in a few strokes, took a sip of milk and continued.

"It would be a good thing if they could comfort Rossi and let him not push himself too much and ease his guilt."

"But if it's three bastards and they see Rossi and all they think about is using his guilt to get some money, that's not a bad thing."

Rhett blinked blankly, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about.

"In that case, at least they are moving forward, and the pressure on Rossi will also be relieved."