Chapter 434 The deal with the “God of Death”

According to Hotchner, the Tom Shaunas he met before was once the main person in charge of the "Boston Death" case.

Ten years ago, a serial killer appeared in Boston. In less than three years, he killed a total of 21 people, including men, women and children, at completely random times and places.

After confirming that he was helpless against this mysterious "evil", Tom Shaunas asked the FBI for help.

At that time, Rossi had left the FBI, and Hotchner had just become an official psychological profiler at the BAU, so strictly speaking, the "Boston Death" case was the first case he handled independently at the BAU.

As mentioned before, before Rossi returned to the FBI and formed the current special operations team, the work of psychological profilers was more about writing analysis reports on the collected data in the office.

By the time Hotchner realized something was wrong, submitted a field application, and rushed to Boston, the number of victims of the "Boston Death" had reached 19, and the time spent committing crimes was getting shorter and shorter, with new bodies being murdered almost every week. Discover.

But strangely, just when Hotchner's profiling work had just begun and the number of victims had risen to 21, the serial killer suddenly stopped.

After six weeks of work that produced no progress, Tom Shaunas shut down the investigation and fired everyone in the FBI, including Hotchner.

So the case became an unsolved case for ten years, until not long ago, Hotchner suddenly received an invitation from Tom Shaunas and gave him an address.

In a simple apartment, Hotchner saw the old man who had been put on a ventilator.

Tom Shaunas told him that the reason why the "Boston Death" stopped was because he signed an agreement with the other party. He called it "a deal with the devil."

Having said this, Hotchner took out an evidence bag, which contained a piece of letter paper and typed a paragraph using a mechanical printer:

"If you spare me, I will spare the innocent until death tears up this contract. If you agree, publish a private statement in the Michigan Post."

Hotchner sighed, "Tom did as he was told. He said that he was completely desperate at the time and just wanted to give it a try. If it didn't work, he would continue to investigate."

Rhett frowned and questioned, "How can he confirm that the murderer really stopped? The other party may have just changed places and used a different method."

Hotchner continued to sigh, "I also asked the same question. Tom said that he has been paying attention to serial murders across the country over the years, just like the murderer has been watching him. He can guarantee that the other party in this contract has always been there. obey."

"He has no right to make such a decision, and we have no right to indulge criminals." Rossi's face looked a little ugly.

Hotchner's face looked uglier than him at this time, "Tom said he had no choice. At that time, we really didn't even touch the shadow of the murderer. Those corpses frightened him. He couldn't imagine that before the murderer was caught, How many innocent people will pay their lives.

He asked me to apologize to the families of those victims on his behalf. I have been calling the families of those victims these days. "

Emily seemed to understand somewhat, "So why is he looking for you?"

"Re-investigating the 'Boston Death', Tom was already in the advanced stage of liver cancer. He passed away on the second day of my visit, which means"

"This means that the contract has expired and the murderer will start killing again." Rossi continued his words.

Hotchner's voice became deeper and deeper, "It has already started."

As he spoke, he opened the latest file that Jiejie gave him. At the top was a photo of the crime scene. On the side of the victim's car, there was an eye pattern painted in blood.

"The 'God's Eye' is the symbol of the 'Boston Death'. The case happened last night."

"This Detective Tom Shonus is really..." Jack shook his head helplessly, not knowing how to evaluate this old detective.

He turned to Hotchner and asked, "What would you do if this 'god of death' also proposed this kind of deal to you?"

Hotchner replied without thinking, "No, I never make deals with criminals."

"Okay, let's focus on the murderer." Rossi coughed slightly and turned everyone's attention away from Hotchner. He had been under enough pressure alone during this period.

Jack followed the good example, "We can first analyze the reasons why the murderer did this. From these cases, it can be seen that the 'Death' is driven by the desire for dominance, control and manipulation, but why would he take the initiative to propose a deal to prevent the release of desire?"

Rossi held his chin in thought for a moment, then spoke slowly, "Killing gave him the pleasure of controlling life and death, but as the number of times increased, this pleasure gradually faded, so he decided to change his strategy.

Proposing this kind of deal proactively, forcing the police to surrender, or in writing, can bring him the ultimate pleasure far beyond killing. "

"But since he has already won, why does he want to kill again?" Jiejie asked confused.

"Because the only person who knew he won, the policeman who contracted with him, died, and he lost the source of pleasure." Emily answered.

"He is a narcissistic serial killer who craves recognition from others, and I suspect that this is one of the reasons for his satisfaction in addition to the deal with Tom."

Hotchner threw out a book called "Death in the Night."

Rhett took the book and flipped through it, "I have read this book. The author used a documentary style to describe in detail the public information of all the cases of the 'Boston Death'.

However, he concluded at the end of the book that the murderer may have stopped because he was imprisoned for other reasons, or because he died of an illness. "

Emily added another sentence to her previous explanation, "Maybe the murderer killed again to correct this wrong statement."

She asked Hotchner with some curiosity, "So, how did you do the profiling in the first place?"

"I only did part of it, and Tom sent me away before I could finish it." After speaking, Hotchner took out an old notebook.

"The 'Boston Death' and the 'Zodiac Killer' are similar in that they are highly intelligent, self-disciplined, murderous, and receive great media attention."

The "Zodiac Killer" is to the Federation what "Jack the Ripper" is to David. This serial killer has been at large for half a century and is still an unsolved case.

"Speaking of the media." Jiejie couldn't help but have a headache. "Once the case that just happened spreads out, it will cause a huge stir. As long as they hear a little bit of news, the Boston Police Department will be surrounded."

Jack felt sorry for his sister. After pondering for a long time, he came up with an idea, "Why don't we kill the imitator? If this guy is really that narcissistic, maybe he will jump out on his own?"

"Let's do this first." Hotchner began to assign tasks. "After getting off the plane, Rosie, Red and Emily went to the local FBI office, set up a point, and retrieved all the records there.

Jie Jie and Jack, go to the crime scene with me. "

Jack looked at Rosie, "I think CSI needs to be involved this time. Forensic technology is advancing rapidly. It might not be possible to find any clues ten years ago, but it's hard to say ten years later."

Rossi smiled and took out his cell phone, "You can ask Russell to pay back the favor he owed you."

Monthly ticket! Tomorrow is the last day of this month!