The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 1119 "Drug God" and the First Crime Scene
Unfortunately, even with the presence of Hannah, a tree-climbing expert, the team was unable to find more clues at the scene.

After the FBI took a round of photos, Lopez notified the local police that they could remove the blockade.

Not long after, Jiejie and Aubrey also arrived here through the border. They had previously gone to inquire about Rosie Bantal, the girl who was traveling with the victim Lee Kern.

It didn't look like they spent much time on this task.

"You mean the girl just admitted that she smuggled drugs across the border?" Jubal was a little surprised when he heard Jiejie's story.

"It's not drugs, it's prescription drugs, the purchasing of drugs like insulin," Aubrey explained.

"We found her in a nursing home where many elderly people depended on her weekly medication purchases for a living, so after discussing it with me, Jiejie decided not to pursue the matter."

It sounds like a plot similar to "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Dying to Survive", but the prescription drugs purchased by the girl Rosie are not unapproved new drugs or cheap generic drugs, but ordinary prescription drugs.

Unlike those cheap painkillers that are sold in large quantities, the prices of most common prescription drugs in the United States are outrageous.

For example, "Ofloxacin" containing antibiotic ingredients is the common ofloxacin (used for eye drops or ear drops) in Seris, and the price of one bottle is US$503.59.

After insurance reimbursement, the out-of-pocket price is $16.04. Given the high medical insurance coverage rate in the U.S., there is also a generic drug for people without medical insurance - "GoodRx", which costs $24.04 per bottle.

As for the prices of drugs such as insulin, the price difference between the United States and Mexico was once 20 times, which means that an American diabetic patient needs to spend about 30% of his or her disposable income each month on buying insulin to maintain his or her life.

There are nearly 4000 million such patients in the United States, close to 10% of the total population.

Even the congressmen could not stand such horrific prices and they launched a wave of forced price cuts, forcing the three major insulin giants in the United States - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi - to reduce the prices of their insulin products by 70%.

However, every policy has its countermeasures. Soon these pharmaceutical companies began to launch so-called new insulins that only changed the bottles but not the medicines, and gradually stopped production of those insulin products that had been reduced in price.

"So, those boys who cross the border with Rosie to Tijuana every week are actually just her cover?" Jack quickly figured out what was going on.

An 18-year-old girl traveling across the border alone frequently is not only likely to arouse suspicion, but also poses a considerable risk to her personal safety. However, bringing along a frat boy who wants to pick her up every time can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"It's a smart move, but how did they separate?" Jack asked Xiang Jiejie.

"Lee Kern drank too much and vomited violently in the back alley of a bar, but the pharmacy was about to close at that time, so Rosie had to leave him behind and rush to buy medicine.

When she came back, she found that Li was no longer there. Thinking that he had left on his own, she hurried back to San Diego.

When we found her, Roxie didn’t even know Lee had been murdered.”

Jiejie is now also a BAU-certified behavioral analyst. People don’t think that an 18-year-old girl can easily deceive her with her acting skills alone. After learning that Lee Kern was murdered, Rosie took the initiative to provide an important clue.

"When they were drinking at the bar, Lee saw someone passed out in the bathroom with a small bag of cocaine in his hand, so he took it away." Aubrey gestured the size, "It was about the size of a sandwich bag. Rosie said she warned Lee not to get into trouble, then took the bag and threw it into the trash can."

"OK, the first scene is likely near the bar. Lopez and his men have blocked off the area. We need to conduct a dragnet search."

Jubal was cheered up. It had been less than 24 hours since the crime occurred, and they still had great hope of finding more clues nearby.

The bar that Rosie mentioned was less than two kilometers away from Plaza Delgado. Following the girl's instructions, Aubrey and Clay easily found the bag of cocaine in a trash can made of an oil barrel at the door of the bar.

Lopez took off his gloves after picking up a pinch of powder and carefully observing it under the sun. "The purity is not very high, about 70 to 80 grams, but it can be sold for a lot of money on the street. Could this be the cause of the boy's death?"

"Maybe, but if the drug dealers caught Li and wanted to use him to retrieve the drugs, shouldn't they have tortured him to extract a confession? Why did they just cut his throat with a knife?"

Clay squatted on the ground, holding his nose and continued to pick through the disgusting things he poured out of the trash can, but unfortunately he didn't find anything else.

Lopez shrugged. "I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised by anything those bastards do. I'll go ask the bar owner."

"I'll go with you." Jiejie followed him into the bar.

Aubrey looked up at the alley leading to the back door of the bar. "This is where Rosie and Lee separated. It was about 10: at night."

He pointed at the vomit in the corner and led everyone deeper into the alley.

".The bar entrance would be very busy at that time, and Li's accident would not happen in public."

After winding around and passing more trash cans, wooden pallets filled with empty wine bottles, and rusty oil drums, a mud wall covered with messy graffiti appeared before everyone.

A host of flies and other insects were feasting here, for the walls and floor were covered with splattered blood.

Jack avoided the chaotic footprints on the ground and went to the wall to observe the bloodstains carefully. "I think we have found the first crime scene. These are typical arterial blood splashes."

Since the case was not being handled in their own country, they did not expect Mexico to provide any decent forensic team for support, so they could only do it themselves, putting on gloves, taking out evidence bags and starting to collect evidence.

You basically can't count on footprints, but you still have to take photos and collect evidence after they are identified. You can't expect to find the murderer through the footprints, but they can be used as evidence to convict someone later.

The ground here is not concrete, but simply hardened sand. You can see a long drag mark mixed with blood that ends abruptly at the entrance of the alley, replaced by two tire marks.

Jubal took a picture of the tire tracks with his mobile phone and took out a tape measure to measure the distance between the tires. "The murderer drove the body away and transported it to the other side of the square, which would explain how the body was hung on the tree.

Tie the other end of the rope to the bumper, and even one person can easily lift the body."

(End of this chapter)