Chapter 415 Showing Power and Banana Water

"The 'Green River Killer' Gary Ridgeway buried his victim's body in the dense woods in the outer suburbs of Seattle, and investigators never thought of searching there because they were too focused on investigating the Green River area," Hotchner said. .

"Of course, but I don't mean to offend, but in this case we don't need to go to the dense forest to find the body." Detective Lyman was still a little unconvinced.

"These four families of victims all live in the city, and their addresses are connected by a highway."

"But giving him such a code name is bound to be misleading and will give all the police officers involved the illusion that they only need to investigate this highway. But you have no evidence to prove that the murderer will only follow Highway 99. Committing a crime, isn’t it?”

Detective Lyman was silent for a long time, and then nodded reluctantly, "I understand, the differences have been resolved. Are there any other issues? Sir."

He knew in his heart that what Hotchner said made sense, but he couldn't bear to face it, but even though they didn't belong to the same system, Hotchner could still crush people to death at the highest level.

After all, the BAU team was invited to direct the investigation. From the moment his superiors made this decision, it was destined that Detective Lyman could only hold back his dissatisfaction.

Detective Lyman said casually, but he did not expect Hotchner to turn his attention to the bustling and busy people outside the conference room.

"There are too many people. Do all these people outside have to stay here?"

"What?" Detective Lyman doubted his ears.

"This is just a headquarters, isn't it? Why are so many people staying here?" Hotchner asked.

"But these people started working on this case long before you arrived, and they also came from afar."

Hotchner didn't care about the resentment in Detective Lyman's words, "A command does not need so many auxiliary personnel. I am not asking them to leave the task force and let these detectives return to their respective police stations. It is obviously more conducive to the launch of investigation actions."

Detective Lyman forced a smile, "I'll send them back."

With that said, he left the conference room and walked towards the police detectives outside.

"If Hodge becomes the president of this country, our bureaucracy will become more efficient than ever." Jack returned to the conference room carrying several cups of coffee like magic.

"I'm just discussing the matter." Hotchner rarely defended himself.

"I'll leave this to you, Dr. Reed." He took off the A4 paper with the words "Highway 99 Killer" printed next to the map and said to Reed.

"Guys, another latest murder occurred in the city of Modesto." Jiejie walked in quickly with her mobile phone and took a cup of coffee from Jack's hand.

"The murderer went south again." Rhett walked to the map and drew a circle around the city of Modesto.

Hotchner looked at Jack, Emily and Rosie who had already stood up, "You three go to Modesto City, we will stay here for now."

"I'll drive." Rosie extended her hand to Jack enthusiastically.

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Modesto is only 120 kilometers away from Sacramento, less than a two-hour drive. When Rossi parked the "Mammoth" on the side of the road, he was still a little unfinished.

"Hennessey has also launched a muscle car in addition to this pickup truck. The 'ZL1 Exorcist' is a modified version of the Camaro. You can consider it."

Jack remembered the information he had found online. With Rosie's worth, he should be able to easily get one.

Rossi seemed a little moved, but finally shook his head, "My age is not suitable for such a high-profile sports style."

The three of them came outside the blockade and showed their IDs to several police officers. An old police detective with gray hair and about the same age as Rossi quickly came out.

"I'm Detective Daniels."

"I'm Agent Tavole, and these are Agents Rossi and Prentiss." Jack took the initiative to introduce himself.

Several people shook hands, and Detective Daniels took the initiative to lead the way, "Please come with me."

However, when he turned around, he saw the three of them standing motionless.

"is there a problem?"

"This family doesn't have a dog?" Jack looked around. The victim's house was the most common wooden independent villa, with an attic, a yard and a garage, but he didn't see a small stake or a dog leash on the lawn. Doghouse.

"Yeah, no dogs, no alarms, even the porch lights are off." Detective Daniels spread his hands.

Teacher Rossi began to teach, "This house has the three basic elements that a robber is looking for. There is no dog, no alarm, and no lights on. This also shows that the suspect has enough patience. He specializes in looking for houses that are easy to attack. .”

Then he looked at a few elderly people standing outside the blockade and asked, "Are those nearby neighbors?"

Detective Daniels nodded, "Yes, we just finished taking the transcript."

Emily took the initiative to take over the job, "I'll go talk to them."

Jack and Rosie then walked into the house with Detective Daniels.

The room is exquisitely decorated, with carpets on the floor of the living room. Everything is arranged in an orderly, clean and tidy manner. Although this family is not a middle-class family, it can be clearly seen that the owner's pursuit of life is obvious.

When he walked into the bedroom, the smell of blood hit his face. The forensics officers had just taken away the body. There were splashes of blood everywhere on the originally clean walls, on the carpet, and on the sheets that had been thrown to the floor.

"Is that the murder weapon?" Jack glanced at the electric iron on the bedside table that seemed to have been soaked in blood.

"Yes, we found the remaining brain tissue of the deceased on it." Detective Daniels said and handed over an evidence bag and motioned for Jack to open it and see. Inside was a small ball of cloth.

Jack put on his gloves and opened the sealed bag, and a pungent smell suddenly spread into the air.

"Banana water?"

"It should be." The police detective nodded, looking a little confused, "I found it in the bathroom after arriving at the scene. I don't know what the murderer used it for."

Jack smiled as the identity of the killer seemed to have been partially revealed.

Rossi was surprised to see his expression, "You actually know such a thing?"

Jack shrugged, "Have you forgotten that I grew up on the edge of a slum?"

Of course, Jack didn't know if the original person understood this. This was actually a useless piece of cold knowledge he learned in his previous life.

In a country with strict drug control, some people turn to super glue, banana water, deodorant and even nail polish remover in order to feel better.

These things all contain chemical components that belong to the same category - volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, or volatile organic solvents.

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