North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 361 The Unlucky Case

Jimmy woke up early in the morning, first sent a short message to Nia, and then washed up and made breakfast. Of course, it was an American sandwich made with fried eggs, bacon and lettuce. There is no problem in ensuring normal work in the morning.

When he arrived at the bureau, Jimmy walked out of the parking lot to order a bouquet of flowers for Nia to deliver, and then went upstairs to work.Well, now Jimmy is responsible for his own work and rest time, as long as no one is stuck looking for him, basically no one will find that he is late and leaves early.It's just that he still commutes to and from get off work very punctually. Although there are no cases for the time being, he will not cause any trouble on purpose.

In the last month, because of the bomb case, when Chris was hospitalized and Jimmy was working on the bomb case, Hughes dismissed all the cases involving the homicide team, so that after Jimmy completed the bomb case, there was quite a window period.Jimmy looked at the list of cases, followed by the names of the corresponding detectives. He couldn't just grab the case just because he was bored.

Anyway, being idle is idle, Jimmy found Ruiz to see how his progress was going.Jimmy didn't have a deep impression of Rainer Franges, the former county policeman. The only direct connection between the two was the hijacking case together, and they were released by James.He cared about Reina, the main reason was James, and the secondary reason was that this buddy tied up the agent who was monitoring him.

Ruiz is also very busy. Gangs are making troubles all the time. There are a lot of cases, but most of them are the affairs of the police department. What he needs to pay attention to is only the leaders and backbones of various gang organizations. , of course it must be reasonable and legal.

It is actually very difficult to deal with organized crime groups like gangsters, because as the bosses, they usually don't get involved in various cases.Ruiz has the most monitoring team besides anti-terrorism agents. Basically, all major gangs will be monitored. FBI, everyone will turn a blind eye and close one eye, as long as there is no problem within the monitoring range, it will be fine.

Jimmy can't go out with Ruiz to follow up the case now, because it's not his case, and the name is not right.But fortunately, he didn't have such thoughts soon.

After a few days of leisurely life, the NYPD really reported the case. It was the murder of a taxi driver that he saw when he went to the NYPD police station last time. Moreover, the fourth case also appeared. up.

Chuck and Nia came to the FBI with the information, and because Chris was away, Jimmy took over all the information himself.Hughes temporarily raised Jimmy's authority. He can now be said to have represented the homicide squad. Although I don't know what Hughes thinks, in principle, a senior agent or supervising agent must take over Chris's position.

There were several serial murders in Los Angeles in the late 60s. After killing a taxi driver, the killer left the Zodiac pattern and the time of his previous cases on the scene, and then released the password file through the newspaper, saying Your own identity is in the decrypted content.The police and the FBI conducted a lot of investigations on the Zodiac Killer, and only came to limited conclusions. The white male, taller, aged 35-45, wore military leather boots when committing the crime.

Only the fingerprints of the driver were on the wallet. It can be inferred that the gunman was wearing gloves, or used glue or other things to form a protective film on his hands, thus avoiding the retention of fingerprints and skin debris.

Jimmy wasn't sure if the razor was inside, and it wasn't a good choice to smash the door directly. He was an FBI agent, not a gang member.He could only go back to the bureau in disappointment, and come back around the evening.

Jimmy: "Okay, Nia, don't worry, I will talk to Hughes and the others, and they will definitely be able to handle this kind of thing."

Jimmy was not idle either. He started to investigate past cases using taxi drivers as the key word, and found that the number of taxi driver deaths in New York was not low. Around 2000, an average of more than a dozen taxi drivers were killed every year, but most of these cases They were all robbery and homicide cases, and more than half of the cases were not closed.There are too few clues, the people the taxi contacts are too complicated, it is difficult to find the murderer, especially in the case that happened in winter, even if there are witnesses, it is difficult to determine the appearance of the murderer, the clothes are too thick, and many people wear hats and masks and such.

Jimmy directly took the file and began to inquire about the identities of these four people. Sure enough, the first three were considered normal. Although they had some criminal records, they seemed to have been on the right track in recent years, driving taxis to earn money to support their families.

Ruiz glanced at the information and returned it to Jimmy: "You can go to Queens and ask him. He is quite honest in comparison."

It was not discovered until the next morning, when it was too late, the driver was already dead on the back of the seat, because of the seat belt, he was tilted on the seat, his body was searched, and his wallet was thrown away In the co-pilot seat, except for the documents and cards, all the money was taken away, and only some coins were left.

After speaking, Chuck turned and left Jimmy's office. Jimmy smiled and hugged Nia.

Ruiz: "What's wrong? Are you looking for him?"

The deceased was a middle-aged white man, similar to the first case, except that the location was different, and no fingerprint clues were found on the wallet.The difference is that this time no one heard the gunfire.

Jimmy went back to the game and went directly to Hughes. Jimmy had never dealt with reporters or public opinion before, and it would be troublesome if something went wrong.

What I just said is light, in fact, this case is very troublesome. When Jimmy saw the files of the first three cases before, he had a hunch that this thing would trick him sooner or later.From the previous three cases, it can be seen that these death cases of taxi drivers must be related to each other. Although it is not certain that they were committed by the same person, the nature of the serial case is very obvious and cannot be handled by the police. Under such circumstances, submitting to the FBI is the most convenient solution.

As for the Latin King, Jimmy had dealt with them once before, and also met a little boss.Jimmy prints out a copy of Diego's records and goes to Ruiz.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, are you familiar with King Latin? Is the razor you saw last time reliable?"

The biggest doubt is the fourth person, Diego Lopez. The system records that he is native-born, non-immigrant, a registered gang member, and belongs to the Latin King group.There is a record of wounding people and going to jail, of course there are some minor problems, theft, robbing convenience stores and the like, these are trivial things.

Because the people around heard a gunshot, it is basically certain that the shooter used an ordinary pistol and did not add a silencer.

Jimmy escorted them into the elevator and turned back to the office.

It wasn't until Jimmy saw an unsolved case that his heart tightened. Damn, don't be an imitation of this case.

Because it was morning, and it was still far from the opening of the underground casino, Jimmy came to the entrance of the underground casino and knocked on the door. There is no such thing as a doorbell here.After knocking a few times, the people inside didn't get up at all. Jimmy could see that they were still lying on the bed, probably still sleeping.

The fourth happened last night, this time in the Bronx. The deceased was a Hispanic man. He was different from the others in that he had large tattoos on his body. Usually, if it wasn’t for a young man with a bad brain If it's easy to come out, it belongs to a gang member.

Hughes asked Jimmy to go back first, and he would go and find out.Jimmy is also a little bit pained. Public opinion is a good thing, but if public opinion comes to him, it will be very bad.I hope they can persist for a while. If they leak themselves out now, they will probably be annoyed to death by reporters and paparazzi later.

It wasn't until the third case happened that it attracted the attention of the police department. They brought up the recent death of a taxi driver, and these three cases were thus linked.

As the information becomes more and more advanced, there are more and more cases of taxi driver accidents, but most of them are too old, and there are not many cases that can be solved, and most of them are not reference.

Nia: "But they didn't contact us at all, they just held a press conference. Now the police station is very passive here. I guess news will spread that the case has been taken over by the FBI soon."

Because he couldn't tell if there was a razor among the people sleeping inside, Jimmy thought about it, asked Ruiz to get his phone, and called.Unfortunately, Razor didn't answer the phone at all, probably it was his bedtime.

Jimmy: "As long as you like it. The transfer of this case to our side will not affect your assessment results, will it?"

Nia: "Well, I'm going back. There are still many things over there." Nia kissed Jimmy, and Jimmy let her go and took her to the elevator, where Chuck was already waiting.This old man is so nice, I will invite him to drink later.

The two hung up the phone after talking casually. It could be seen that Nia was still very worried that Jimmy would be involved in trouble.

Chuck gave the information to Jimmy, and at the same time talked about the situation they have investigated. Some things are inconvenient to be put on paper. file.

Judging from the performance of the case, this seems to be a taxi robbery and murder case.

The second case was in the Bronx, where the law and order was more chaotic than in Manhattan. It was not the first time that a taxi driver was shot and robbed, so they just investigated the scene, recorded it and left it there to wait. Detectives from the police department arranged time to investigate.As for when this case can be scheduled, it depends on God's will.

Jimmy: "That's fine, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

The third case was different from the previous two cases except that the deceased was lying on the steering wheel, but because of the length of the seat belt, the deceased was not completely lying on the steering wheel and did not touch the car horn.At the same time, no fingerprints were found, and no gunshots were heard by those around the alley.

Nia shook her head: "The assessment is over, just wait for the process later. The current case will not affect Chuck's detection rate. As for me, I am just his assistant. I haven't been assessed yet. when."

Nia: "Thank you for the flowers."

The system records that he got his taxi license 2 years ago. Although the license plate is still owned by the taxi company, it is very likely that the taxi company has a gang background or has an agreement with them.

What Jimmy is seeing now is a case that has not been solved for 30 years, the Zodiac Killer case. This case was received by the Los Angeles Police Department and later handed over to the FBI Los Angeles Office.

Jimmy packed up and went downstairs to drive to Queens.I've been to Razor's underground casino before, and Jimmy is so smart now that he still remembers the route even though he hasn't been there in months.

Jimmy nodded, and it made sense. Since Ruiz said he was honest, it means that they are more measured in their actions, at least not the type that can bring up inhumane cases.

Jimmy: "That's a good thing, if they can gather more clues."

Jimmy nodded and handed Diego's information to Ruiz: "There are several cases of taxi driver murders. There is a man named Diego Lopez. The system records the man who used to be the king of Latin. I want to ask them."

The first case was in the Harlem district of Manhattan. The driver was an Indian immigrant. The taxi was a public car of a taxi company, and he did not buy the license plate himself.He died in a remote section of the road at night, because the law and order in Harlem was not very good, so even though he heard gunshots, no one went to check, and naturally no one called the police, and everyone cleared the snow by themselves. state.

However, before Jimmy arrived at the bureau, Nia called: "Jimmy, something has happened. The spokesperson of the New York Taxi Drivers Association just held a press conference. The association expressed its indignation at another taxi driver being killed. They call on the public to actively provide clues and help the police solve the case.”

Jimmy picked up the case again, and the fourth case appeared, which was troublesome, because he was not sure how many people he was going to kill and what he was going to do, so he might continue to commit crimes.If there are related cases that continue to occur while the case is being investigated by the FBI, it will be their responsibility, and there will be no police station to share the responsibility.

Due to the incompetence of the police and the huge social response at that time, many fake Zodiac killers appeared at one time.Until the current time in 2003, the FBI still had not completed the declassification of the encrypted files, and the killer disappeared without a trace after several cases.

Jimmy's scalp became numb looking at the case report. This Zodiac is a case in Los Angeles. The serial murder case on his side must not be a copycat crime. He doesn't think he can have as many detectives as the Los Angeles office If it is really done like this, it is estimated that this will become an unsolved case that will not be solved for decades.

Supplementary information: The internal level of FBI field agents is divided into six levels, trainee agents (interns who have just graduated from the academy), special agents, senior agents, and supervisory agents (I have not found a suitable Chinese translation for this, Supervisory special agent) , Assistant Chief of Secret Service, Chief of Secret Service. Not all FBI agents are assigned positions according to rank, but most of them are promoted according to rank. At present, Jimmy is only a special agent who has passed the probationary period. In addition, when talking about his identity to the outside world, except for his position, he is usually FBI Special Agent XX.

　During the Chinese New Year, everyone must drink alcohol in moderation. Drinking too much alcohol will hurt your body and mind.

　　
　
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