Chapter 805 The important discovery of the gossipy old lady

Tim was directing the patrolmen to seal off the scene with a sullen face. When he saw the familiar FBI, his expression relaxed slightly.

"It was less than an hour after the death. The body was discovered by the husband of the deceased. We called the CSI California Laboratory and they are on their way."

Angela and John on the other side were standing at the door of the house where the crime occurred, comforting a white middle-aged man who was crying bitterly. That should be the husband of the deceased in Tim's mouth.

Jiejie was a little surprised when she heard the word husband, "You mean the victim Mary Lenaan is married?"

"The murderer used to target single women, but this time the risk level has suddenly increased a lot." Emily frowned and continued.

Genius Encyclopedia Reid immediately went online, "Generally speaking, serial killers will gradually lose concentration. After successful killings again and again, they will gradually become crazy, start to lose their order in their actions, and be immersed in excitement."

Jack nudged him with his elbow without leaving a trace, signaling the guy to keep his voice down. In addition to the husband of the deceased, other civilians were being questioned at the scene.

Although serial killers will be exposed by the media sooner or later, it is another matter to tell them from the mouths of FBI agents, especially the BAU team.

John and Angela, the talkative kings, were calming down the family members of the deceased. The FBI was no longer in a hurry to ask about the situation. Everyone was an old acquaintance and had a harmonious relationship. Jack often got together to eat and drink when he was in Los Angeles.

Emily and Red turned to ask the surrounding neighbors. Jack and Jiejie walked around the community and observed the surrounding environment.

This is somewhat similar to the previous crime scene. It is also a townhouse apartment community, but it is obviously more upscale. Not only is the living area of ​​each house much larger, but there is also a public swimming pool with very good water quality.

The structure of the townhouses is also different from the previous community. Every five or six households form a zigzag shape, with their own independent backyards, and the front door faces the public swimming pool.

Jack touched a lounge chair by the swimming pool. It was very clean. There should be someone responsible for cleaning it every day, but perhaps it was for this reason that there was no surveillance camera in the community.

"It looks like an emerging middle-class community." Jiejie obviously understood what Jack meant.

Jack nodded, "But the supporting facilities are obviously not very complete. There is not even a yoga studio nearby. It belongs to that kind of transitional community."

When a wealthy real estate developer takes a fancy to a certain land and builds a high-end department store or large supermarket nearby, the attractiveness of the surrounding community will increase, and housing prices will rise accordingly.

At this time, whether it is building a brand new community or renovating the original community, it can attract the wealthy middle class to move in. Of course, it will also cause the poor who originally lived here to have to move out due to reasons such as rising rents.

This kind of community in the rising stage is what Jack calls a transitional community. The poor have been driven away, the environment is gradually getting better, supporting facilities will gradually be improved, and the police station with sufficient funding will hire more police officers, and the municipal government will The same goes for employees.

As a result, public security has been gradually improved, and garbage can be cleaned up in time every day. If this process is not interrupted, this transitional community will gradually turn into a high-end middle-class community.

“People living in transitional communities are eager for law and order to improve as soon as possible, so they are much friendlier to the police. When law enforcement officers come knocking on the door, they are usually not regarded as a threat, but welcomed. Perhaps this is why the murderer can succeed repeatedly. s reason."

Jack's analysis was approved by Jie Jie, and the two walked around the community and returned to the swimming pool. Red and Emily had just finished their conversation with a fashionably dressed modern girl.

"She is the neighbor across the street. She should have been at home when the crime occurred, but she didn't see or hear anything." Emily sighed.

At this time Tim also came over, "The police officers are still questioning other neighbors, but they have gained nothing for the time being. The bastard is like an invisible man, and he just entered a strange community openly without attracting anyone's attention."

While everyone was talking, Jiejie suddenly turned her head slightly and looked behind everyone. Soon others noticed her expression and followed her gaze and turned to look at another apartment next to it that was perpendicular to the layout of the crime scene.

Behind a window facing everyone, an old white lady was carefully hiding behind the curtains and curiously peeking her head in. When she saw everyone turning to look at her, she quickly lowered the curtains.

"Do you think an old woman with a lot of curiosity and a lot of time might notice something?" Jack smiled.

The most important part of the people in Chaoyang District, which had a great reputation in the previous life, were those enthusiastic retired old men and women who were "meddling in other people's business." Jack had not had much experience with the American old lady, but he thought there should be some commonalities.

Seeing Jack making an invitation gesture to her, Jiejie gave him a white look, took out her wallet, walked to the apartment door and knocked on it.

"Ma'am, we are the FBI, and we have some very important questions to ask you." Seeing that there was no movement in the room for a long time, a rather helpless smile appeared on Jie Jie's pretty face, and she lengthened her tone and raised her voice slightly.

"Ma'am, we know you're home."

Footsteps finally came from the room, and then a white-haired white woman in her seventies opened the door, with a nervous look on her face.

"I'm Agent Jean, they are my colleagues, may I ask your name?" Jiejie opened her wallet, showed her ID, and then turned to briefly introduce the FBI behind her.

"Susan Groves." The old lady clutched her pajamas tightly with one hand, showing a strong sense of self-defense, but the name of the FBI obviously had some effect on her.

Therefore, she specifically explained her behavior by saying, "My heart is not very good and I don't want to get involved in any trouble."

Jiejie always maintained her unique gentle smile on her face, "We understand this very well, ma'am, it's just a few simple questions that won't take up too much of your time."

At this time, Jack pushed Red in front of him and stood behind Jiejie. This guy's face was tenderer than his own, and he was a special attack type on elderly women.

Rhett was a little confused, but he knew that Jack meant for him to ask questions, so he quickly said, "Did you see anyone entering or leaving the Linain house diagonally across the door this morning?"

The old lady glanced at Rhett, her expression still a little reluctant, but she finally started to speak, "Yes, I heard some noise at that time, so I looked out through the peephole.

At about 10:30, I saw someone coming out of their house. "

She turned out to be a gossipy old lady. Jack was overjoyed. He showed a standard smile with eight big white teeth and asked, "Can you describe the other person's appearance?"

"A very handsome man, wearing a suit, just like you." The old lady squinted her eyes and looked Jack up and down, then forced a smile on her wrinkled face and added.

"But much worse than you." After a pause, she added with unfinished meaning, and said to Rhett, "Not as good as you."

Rhett nodded in thanks, "Have you seen him here before?"

"Never." As she spoke, the old lady glanced at the apartment that was blocked by the security tape, showing a bit of curiosity, and asked in a low voice, "Brian came back and found Mary cheating on him, so he killed her. That’s really terrible.”

Jiejie was a little dumbfounded, "I'm sorry we can't reveal the details of the case, but can I ask why you think Mary cheated?"

"That's too obvious, okay?" Sure enough, once this person started gossiping, it was like opening up a chat box, and the old lady began to take the initiative to talk about her findings.

"When the man left, I saw him pull down the hem of his shirt and straighten his tie, as if he had just put on some clothes."

The old lady named Susan frowned with a disdainful expression, but her eyes were full of excited gossip.

"Susan obviously doesn't look at people well. Although the guy is well-dressed, he has those scary tattoos, which gives people a very bad feeling. She shouldn't do that kind of thing behind Brian's back."

"Tattoo?" Jack's eyelids twitched slightly. The old lady's look was quite remarkable. He quickly asked, "Can you describe specifically what kind of tattoo it is?"

Mrs. Susan pointed to the left side of her neck, "There is a spider web right here. I happened to see him when he was buttoning his collar."