The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 266 Recording
Lindsay Vaughan's father, Keeson Vaughan, speaks in a very different way than the Owens.

Everyone in BAU could hear anxiety and uneasiness from his tone, but he tried his best to maintain his speaking speed and orderliness, and even kept the volume moderate so that everyone around could hear him clearly , without being too loud.

He continued, "I went into the movie theater to find them, but found nothing. The usher told me that they left halfway through the movie."

"Where did they go?" Hotchner asked.

"He said they went out to smoke a cigarette." Keeson Vaughn looked a little helpless.

"I didn't even know Katie smoked," sobbed Mrs. Owen, lying in her husband's arms.

It was no surprise to everyone. For teenagers in the rebellious period, secretly smoking a cigarette is really not a big deal. In his previous life, Jack got addicted to cigarettes when he was alone in college.

"So they never returned to their seats?" Jiejie asked.

"No." Keeson Vaughan shook his head with a sad face.

"We've been waiting here for a day, why didn't you let us in?" Mr. Owen, who was holding his wife in his arms, looked at everyone.

Before the FBI present could answer, Keeson Vaughn gave them the answer, "Because they don't know who's inside, right?"

"Why, what did they do to her?" cried Mrs. Owen, and the answer was obvious.

"Are you the FBI, right? The FBI is in charge here, right?" A slightly fat middle-aged man next to Keeson Vaughan suddenly said.

Jack directly gave an official answer, "We are here to assist the police."

"Don't you think it's a little too late?" Keeson Vaughn suddenly showed a completely different excitement from before. As soon as the words came out, he also realized that something was wrong. After speaking, he walked aside and took out a portable Pill bottle, took two tablets.

"My name is Pat Mannan." The middle-aged fat man introduced himself. "I'm Kissen's friend. Please don't mind his attitude. His wife passed away a few years ago, and now Lindsay is all he has."

No one minds. We have seen many family members of victims with bad attitudes. It is very rare for this kind of people to maintain rationality and communicate well.

Hannah came from the side at this time. As the first FBI agent to follow up on this case, she had been communicating with the sheriff of the Southeast District Bureau just now, "The medical examiner's office is now going to remove the body for further autopsy."

Kissen Vaughan suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of Hotchner and Rossi. Apparently he thought that Hotchner, who was dressed in formal attire and always had a serious face, and Rossi, who was the oldest present, were the ones who could make the decisions here. people.

"Let me try it, I can recognize it." There was pleading in his tone.

"I can tell if it's Katie or Lindsay, I can."

"Come back to the police station with us first." Rossi did not respond positively, but comforted softly.

The dead body with its incomplete skin and completely smashed head has a very small chance of being recognized by the family members, and it is very likely that the first stage of psychological grief will appear due to the overstimulation of the family members, denying the facts.

At that time, the most likely scene will be that the two sides accuse each other or even break out of direct conflict, which will not do any good to solve the case and further explore clues.

After all, one of the two girls has already been killed, so the most important thing now is to find the other one who may still be alive.

By the time everyone arrived at the southeast branch, it was past 7 p.m., and Garcia had already analyzed the audio file Jack had sent her.

"The call lasted 55 seconds, but the extracted voice only lasted 23 seconds, and then there was a dead silence." Garcia played the voice with an ugly face.

There were two girls' voices in the recording of the call. One girl was screaming for help, begging the murderer to stop, and kept repeating the words "Dad, help me!"

Apparently, she was the girl who was being raped, the dead body that everyone had seen in the drain.

The voice of the other girl was relatively calm. She only said two sentences. One sentence was to tell the girl who was violated not to resist and not to further provoke the murderer. The other sentence was particularly impressive, "Don't let them know that you are afraid!"

"I think she was strangled to death after that, what should we do next?" After listening to the recording, Emily looked at the crowd with an ugly expression.

In fact, everyone had some guesses in their hearts at this time. From the performance of the parents of both sides, they could roughly guess which family the victim was the daughter of.

Of course, this is just speculation after all, and actual evidence is needed.

"What to do? There's nothing to do. Parents can recognize their daughter's voice." Rossi replied decisively.

Emily's eyes widened in surprise, as if it was unbelievable that this sentence was said by him, maybe it was the sensitive and fragile Rossi in the last case that left her too deep an impression.

"Are you serious?"

"This is the fastest way at the moment, we need to identify the other girl as soon as possible."

Although Rossi had a sullen face, he still insisted on his ideas. Obviously, women and men have different understandings of sensibility.

Emily insisted on objecting, and the girl's screams in the recording seemed to still be in the room.

"There must be another way."

"I can try to speed up the DNA testing." Hannah also seemed to be unable to bear it, and whispered from the side.

But everyone in the room knew that even if they could be urged to jump in the line for testing, in order to ensure the correct rate, a lot of repeated tests were needed to compare the gene sequences, and it still took a lot of time.

And now even an hour is precious to another girl who might still be alive.

Jack didn't speak, just pushed the evidence board that he had just pasted together with Rhett and pushed it in front of everyone.

Above are shocking photos of the corpse. The girl who died was completely disfigured, with dense knife cuts and large bruises all over her body.
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"After discussing with my colleagues, we think it's too late to save people after we get the identification results."

In the conference room of the Southeast Division, Hotchner, as usual, played the role of blackface, and he made this dilemma.

"Of course, it's up to you, I hope this buys us more time for the girl who is still alive."

It was still Keeson Vaughan who asked the key question, "What was said in the recording?"

"That was the voice of one of the daughters of your two families before she died." Hochner confessed frankly.

"My God." Mrs. Owen, who had been relying on her husband's support to barely keep standing, let out a sob.

　I feel more comfortable after the bone setting. I ordered a course of treatment and went once a week. At the same time, I paid attention to my sitting posture when typing. I hope I can recover soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)