North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 399

After working leisurely as a salary thief for two days, Mahone finally got his first case in New York.

In the conference room, Hughes, Mahone, Jimmy, and Felicia attended the meeting. Felicia had already organized and distributed the information of the case to everyone, and the surveillance video was playing on the TV.

Felicia: "The case transferred from NYPD, two rape and murder cases."

She switched the screen, "The first time was four days ago, on the banks of the Hudson River, when someone was walking the dog in the morning, the puppy found it. The deceased was a sex worker. The main activity area is the Clinton area, Hell's Kitchen , but she died in Hudson River Park next to the Upper West Side.

The deceased was naked, and no clothes or other items were found around. The fatal blow to the back of the head, judging from the wound, should be a weapon such as a wooden stick, suspected to be a baseball bat or a stick of the same size.No murder weapon was left at the scene, and no other abnormal tissues and body fluids were detected on the body of the deceased. It was very clean, but according to the forensic report, she did have sex before her death. "

Felicia switched the screen again, "Someone called the police yesterday morning, the same sex worker, the same Hudson River Park, just a bit far from the place where the body was dumped last time, the same as the previous case, No murder weapon or clues were left behind."

Felicia: "Because of the consistency of the two cases, it is preliminarily determined that the same person did it. NYPD has reviewed the monitoring of the park, but no abnormalities have been found so far."

Ma Hong: "The case has now come to our side, and now we need to conduct another investigation on the scene, Jimmy, you should be familiar with that side, let's go first."

Hughes didn't speak at all. Seeing what he meant, he just came to listen in. Jimmy nodded: "I live on the Upper West Side, and I've been to that park a few times."

Mahone closed the file, "OK, let's go." He nodded to Hughes, and the three got up and left the conference room.

Mahone really acted resolutely, Jimmy drove ahead, and Mahone took Felicia to drive the same car to follow Jimmy, and the three rushed to Hudson River Park together.

Because of the second body that was just discovered yesterday, the scene is still cordoned off. Although the NYPD patrols are no longer guarding here, and others have not crossed the cordon, at least the scene does not seem to have been damaged.

Ma Hong walked around the site twice, carefully observed the surrounding grass, and then looked up at the Hudson River not far in front of him. The river is very wide, and it is just a guardrail, which can be easily crossed. It's very convenient if you want to lose something, and there are few people here, and there is no monitoring, which is really a headache.

Jimmy is also a bit blind to this scene. Not to mention the parks in New York, the intersection surveillance is not fully covered. As long as they enter the park normally, who will know what happened to them in the park?Not to mention surveillance, there is no one in this broken place at night, and you can come in directly from the Hudson River, as long as you want.

Ma Hong walked to the edge of the guardrail, looked left and right, but found no useful clues, "Let's go to the first case to have a look."

The distance is not far, they walked directly, the cordon at the first location has been withdrawn, this is a park after all, the cordon is still pulled for a few days, it really affects the view.

This place is similar to the place just now, and it is also a grassland near the river, but it is more hidden here, because there are trees blocking it, if it is not discovered by a dog walker, you may have to wait to see if anyone will go behind the tree up.

It has been a few days, and the footprints on the scene are already messy, and they have no reference value at all. They can only observe the surroundings and speculate on the course of action.

Mahone: "Felicia, when you go back, contact the New Zealand Port Authority to see if they have found women's clothing and bags in the Hudson River."

Felicia: "Understood"

Ma Hong: "Jimmy, you are more familiar with this place, you go around first to confirm the monitoring situation."

Jimmy: "Understood."

Mahone stared at the Hudson River in a daze, and after a while, he said, "Look at the boat club and see if anyone has rented a boat for the two nights."

Jimmy glanced at Mahone, "Okay, I'll go later."

Ma Hong turned around and was about to leave: "Okay, that's all we can do for now, let's start working first."

Jimmy watched Mahone and Felicia leave, and couldn't help frowning a little. After entering the case scene, Mahone's expression basically remained the same, and he always looked very serious. Is this his personal style, or is there something on his mind?It was not like this when I was in the bureau before, and I felt preoccupied.

Is he worried about the case?No agent can make sure all cases are solved, shouldn't it?Such a strong sense of responsibility?

Jimmy is not idle either, let's get the monitoring done first, this park is very large, it will take a lot of time to go around.Jimmy is already very familiar with the investigation and monitoring process. Before handling a case, the first priority was to investigate the scene and adjust the monitoring. Technology changes life. Monitoring is the fastest way to find clues for cases.

It's a pity that Jimmy's thinking was too simple. He spent more than an hour walking around the park twice, and only found three usable cameras, and because of the angle problem, none of the cameras took pictures inside the park.The rest, whether it is a traffic camera or a store camera, only looks at roads and doorways, which have no reference significance at all.

Two of the three monitors are the monitors at the entrance of the park, and the other is a high-altitude camera next to the park, which can cover half a block, but the clarity is too bad, and only blurred figures can be seen. It is said that it was released to avoid being destroyed. To a very high position, but this kind of shooting effect, Nima might as well not let it go.

When Jimmy saw the surveillance screen, he complained to the person who installed the surveillance, but this is the only camera that can capture the outside of the park except for the park's own surveillance.

With a few surveillance videos, Jimmy returned to the office. There was no way. A considerable part of the current surveillance is still the traditional videotape recording method. It is often recorded for about a week and then reused. It is a video that people love and hate.

The pixels are too low, unclear, and will be covered. These are all disadvantages, but the advantage is that these videos will not be modified. As long as you get the original version of the video, you can basically determine the situation on the spot without worrying about being edited.Of course, it is also feasible for someone to deliberately edit and re-transcribe, but for ordinary people, they do not have this ability.

In the office, Felicia connected to the video recorder and started playing the video. The people who checked the video were Felicia and Jimmy. The two checked and confirmed the people inside to see if there was any suspicion.Mahone is holding the case report and autopsy report again, and is investigating whether there are omissions.

"Felicia, have you found any suspicious targets?" Mahon walked over after reading the information.

Felicia did not take her eyes off the TV, and said, "Nope, people who enter and leave the park seem to be normal. The security and management personnel of the park have been investigated by NYPD, and they have not found anything unusual. The cleaning company has also contacted pass."

Ma Hong: "OK, you continue to investigate. Jimmy, you said you live on the Upper West Side, right? Are you familiar with the surrounding area? I just watched two more cases. Both women are in the 160-165 height range, and one is brown. He has red hair, is curly, and has a medium to thin body, if we are looking for someone based on these characteristics, where should we look for them?"

Jimmy turned his head and looked at Mahone, what the hell, how would I know?I've never dealt with street girls.Jimmy said speechlessly: "Am I like the kind of person who would be familiar with this kind of person and these places?"

Mahone looked at Jimmy and nodded, yes, a handsome Asian, who is still an FBI agent, lives in the Upper West Side, which means that he is not short of money, and has such a beautiful female police detective girlfriend, it really doesn’t seem like he can go anywhere side look.

Mahon turned his head to look at the TV, "There are too few conditions now, and we haven't found any common ground for the time being. I think we may need to patrol around for a while."

Jimmy directly refused, "It's not feasible. The length of the Hudson River Park is too long. If we only rely on the three of us, there is no way to monitor such a large area. Moreover, there is a three-day interval between the previous two cases, and we don't know. When will he show up, he can't just wait there all the time."

Ma Hong shook his head: "Whether it works or not, we need to do our best. We will monitor in two shifts at night. From 22:00, I will come first. Jimmy, you go back to rest early and come over in the early morning."

Jimmy: "No problem. I'll go back and rest after I finish watching this tape."

Mahone nodded, turned around and returned to his seat, Jimmy rewrote a bit of the video, reconnected to where he just started, and continued to watch.The previous feeling was indeed correct. After Ma Hong entered the case handling stage, it was obviously very different from usual. He seemed very focused, even to the point of nervousness. Isn't this too responsible?
Is this the real ace agent?Were all the bastards I met before?
Jimmy was thinking wildly while watching the video. It seems that his life will not be easy in the future, and it is probably useless to try to fish.

Jimmy left the office, called Nia, went home to rest, set the alarm clock, and at 1:[-] in the morning, Jimmy got up and drove to Hudson River Park.

It’s actually not far from where he lives. It’s really not far. It only takes 20 minutes to walk, but you can’t do without a car. If something happens, you can’t chase him with your legs.So even if the distance is not enough to heat up the car, you still have to drive to the side of the park to replace Mahon and Felicia.

After explaining to Felicia, Mahone and Felicia asked her to drive back to rest, while Mahone and Jimmy went to both ends of the park separately.When they came out this time, they brought a walkie-talkie. For the scope of the park, the distance of the walkie-talkie is enough, which is much more convenient than the phone. In the past, Jimmy seldom brought a walkie-talkie when he went out because he had no support, and it was useless to carry a walkie-talkie alone. .

When Chris was there before, Chris was basically with Jimmy, and there were not many opportunities for separate investigations, so the walkie-talkie was useless. The reality is like this, and Jimmy can’t help it. Good things are useless. It's too awful.

The park at night is very quiet, with occasional birds and insects singing. It is forbidden for homeless people to sleep in the open. In theory, Jimmy and Mahon are the only ones left in the park now except for the security guards who stay on duty. up.

Jimmy began to walk around the park. He was in much better condition than Mahone. He had slept for several hours before, and now he had the blessing of mind, so he was not afraid of the dark at all. .

There are a lot of stray cats in this park. I didn’t notice it before. Now you can see small animals walking around in every corner. Judging from their size, they should be stray cats. Stray dogs are much bigger. Kitten, basically there is no security problem.

As Jimmy predicted before, they worked all night in vain and found nothing. There were quite a few boats in the Hudson River, but they were not the target of Mahone and Jimmy.

In the morning, Mahone notified Jimmy to go back to rest, return to the office in the afternoon, and then took a taxi to the hotel.Jimmy is also very helpless, this kind of stop and go all night, he is really tired, and I don't know how Mahon persisted, he patrolled for several hours longer than Jimmy.

In the afternoon, Jimmy returned to the office. Mahone and Felicia were already in the office. It seemed that Jimmy was still too lax. He suddenly felt that he and Mahone's style didn't quite fit together. Don't you think so?Although this is your first case since you came here, it doesn't have to be like this, right?

Mahon: "Jimmy, here is a list of yacht clubs, part of which Felicia sorted out in the morning, we need to communicate with them to see if there are any cruise ships in the evening."

Felicia added: "I got a surveillance video from the New Zealand Port Authority. Of course, there were too many yachts and fishing boats passing by the Hudson River that night, so all the large ones were removed, leaving only More than a dozen, with ship numbers, these clubs can be located."

Jimmy nodded: "Understood, we need to confirm whether they observed any abnormalities when they were on the river at night, right?"

Ma Hong: "Although it may not be useful, we still need to investigate."

Jimmy: "OK, should we investigate separately?"

Mahon shook his head: "Together, we are not familiar with New York, and we need you to show us the way."

Jimmy nodded: "No problem, let me check the locations of these clubs first." Jimmy turned on the computer, inquired about the locations of the corresponding clubs, and marked them on the map. back and forth.

Jimmy can be regarded as seeing a little bit of Mahone's characteristics. As long as the case is involved, all the small clues around will not be let go, and he will do his best to investigate and try to restore the traces of the scene and the murderer.

Jimmy has no interest in communicating in a place like this that needs to investigate huge clues, especially a high-end place like a yacht club, and it is too easy to cause trouble.

Jimmy's scalp is actually a little numb now, and he is considering whether to communicate with Hughes. The FBI is really good, but it is below a certain level. For the rich and high-end people, the FBI is nothing.

Now that Mahone is going to ask the yacht club to provide ship information, there are nine out of ten that something will happen, and it will definitely not be a trivial matter.That group of people sails a yacht at night, so what activities are there on board?
(End of this chapter)