North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 274 Is this kind of case used to test trainee agents?
Jimmy and Detective Torsten had lunch together nearby, then parted ways, and Jimmy went to a hotel to rest.Although Hughes asked him to go to Lambert's supervisor today, he didn't set a time, why go so early, he should sleep and rest before going.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Jimmy finished his lunch break and set off for the FBI office in Dallas. Fortunately, Jimmy's rented car has not yet been returned. If he returns the car early this morning, Jimmy will be in big trouble.

Strictly speaking, the FBI is allowed to handle cases across offices, but usually no one does it, because each office has its own personnel, unless there is a shortage of manpower, or the lack of experts in the relevant industry, generally it is rare to transfer people across regions like this, more The best option is to directly contact the DC headquarters or the FBI academy, and then the FBI laboratory, which is also in Quantico, as mentioned before.

This time Jimmy was in a daze for a long time at noon and didn't think about what Hughes wanted to do, and for other office support, he must give priority to senior agents, and let himself, a trainee agent who has only been working for more than a month, go to other offices. Office support, isn't he afraid of losing face in the Manhattan office?
Arriving at the Dallas office, Jimmy passed security with his FBI ID, entered the building, communicated with the front desk, and came to the supervisor's office on the top floor.

Jimmy knocked on the door of the supervisor's office, "Come in." Jimmy took off his hat and tucked it under his left arm, opened the door and walked in. A middle-aged Mediterranean white man in a white shirt was sitting behind the desk.

Jimmy: "Sir, I'm Manhattan Office Detective Jimmy Young. Manhattan Supervisor Hughes asked me to report to you."

Lambert: "Oh, Jimmy, that's pretty quick, please take a seat."

Jimmy came outside the desk and sat upright on the chair.

Lambert looked at Jimmy and raised his right eyebrow: "Tell me, did you offend Hughes?"

Jimmy: "No sir, I just happened to be in Dallas on vacation, the closest thing to here."

Lambert waved his hand: "Don't be so serious, there's still more time, just chat casually. Are you coming to Dallas for tourism? Look at your outfit, well, it looks very Texas, especially the hat."

Jimmy: "Yes, sir, I'm mainly in Dallas for vacation, but also to meet old friends."

Lambert: "Oh, what friend? Is it nearby?"

Jimmy: "DEA's colleagues, we have worked together before, just friends. Sir, Hughes asked me to report to you, saying that there is a case that I need to assist in handling. What kind of case is it?"

Jimmy couldn't hold it anymore. Lambert and Hughes have completely different styles. Lambert is more like an old white man in the south. As long as he looks pleasing to the eye, he is very enthusiastic and talkative, while Hughes is more like a county policeman. Long James, usually pays great attention to his image and doesn't talk much, but he always feels that they have something on their minds.

Relatively speaking, Jimmy is actually more used to the style of James and Hughes. Maybe he is a little socially afraid. Jimmy didn't have many old white men in Little Rock before.

Obviously, Lambert has met many people. Seeing Jimmy's performance, he probably understood, "Oh, you said the case, don't worry about it, you need to find a place to live first, there is plenty of time, don't worry, just leave today. Go to the case."

Lambert pressed the intercom: "Jesse, come in."

Soon a middle-aged woman came in, white, red-haired, not young, estimated to be at least 40 years old. "What is it, Lambert?"

Lambert pointed to Jimmy: "This is Detective Jimmy from Manhattan. You arrange for him to stay. He will be working with us in the near future."

Jessica walked to Jimmy, and Jimmy stood up quickly, and the two shook hands, "Jessica, the Administration Department." "Jimmy, agent of the Manhattan office, nice to meet you."

Lambert: "Okay, you take him there."

Jesse and Jimmy say goodbye to Lambert and leave Lambert's office.

Jessica took Jimmy to another office on the same floor. Well, Jessica's level is not low in this office location alone.

"Sit." Jessica sat at her desk, and Jimmy sat opposite her.

Jessica asked while operating the computer: "Jimmy, how long are you going to stay this time?"

Jimmy shook his head: "It's not clear yet. I received a call from our supervisor today, asking me to report to Supervisor Lambert, saying that there is a case to be dealt with, but I haven't seen what it is yet."

Jessica: "OK, I see, let's go to the hotel next door. So, did you drive here?"

Jimmy: "It's rented."

Jessica: "A car, is there anything else I need to prepare?"

Jimmy continued to shake his head: "I still don't know what the case is, I'm not sure yet."

Jessica nodded, she registered on the computer, took out a card from the drawer under the table and handed it to Jimmy, then brought Jimmy downstairs, and first got a card from another department. The car keys, and then arranged for another person to take Jimmy to the basement to pick up the car, and to check in at a hotel about [-] meters away.

After Jimmy completed the formalities, the person who brought him left. Instead of going to the room, he went out with his room card and walked back to the parking lot of the FBI building. First, he drove the rented car to the original hotel to pick up the luggage and check out. After the formalities, he returned the car and took a taxi back to the hotel booked by the FBI. Jimmy settled down temporarily.

In other words, Jimmy's treatment seems a little bit wrong. An access control card, a public black Victoria Crown, and a hotel that looks at least 3 stars. Does the FBI in Dallas have so much money?And Jimmy doesn't know when he will leave, shouldn't it be a short-term rental apartment?

Jimmy also took a look at the people in the FBI building today. Most of them are wearing suits, but there are also a lot of people in casual clothes. It seems that Jimmy's clothes are not particularly awkward. If there are no special requirements, It seems that there is no need to buy a suit, and prepare it when necessary.

After a night's rest, the next day, Jimmy came to the Dallas office early in the morning, which was Lambert's office on the top floor. This time, Lambert did not shirk and procrastinate, but directly took three files from the table and handed them to Jimmy. Let him go to the conference room next to him to see for himself.

Jimmy came to the meeting room and opened the file. These three files are the same. There were three cases of murder and dismemberment. The places where the bodies were dumped were not far from each other, and they were all beside Thunder Lake.

There is a reason why the case has been put on hold. The three corpses put together so far are all mutilated. The most important head and hands have not been found, and none of the three have been found. Since the DNA library is not perfect, there is no way to use the mutilated limbs. DNA was extracted to determine identity, and there was no hand, not even fingerprints, so I had to put it aside and give up.

Jimmy hasn't read all the materials yet, but he thinks there is something wrong with this matter. If this kind of case is handed over to a trainee detective from Manhattan, who is the problem?

Jimmy put the file down and wondered why?Is this to wear small shoes for yourself?Hughes' idea or Lambert's?for what purposeGet yourself kicked out of the FBI?
Jimmy thought about it for a while, then continued to pick up the file and read it. He placed the three files side by side on the table, and the time intervals between the three corpse cases occurred.

The first happened in June 1999. Two hikers found a leg while camping next to Lake Thunder. After they called the police, the police found some other wreckage around. However, because the body was incomplete and there were no documents, it was impossible to judge. identity, the case can only be temporarily sealed.

The second was found in December 2000, northeast of Thunder Lake, and the third was found in the woods on a peninsula in the middle of Thunder Lake in March 12.

These three cases were merged mainly because of the modus operandi. Although the wreckage was cut in different ways, they have one thing in common. The head and hands were not found. The local police have searched the surrounding environment very carefully and are very sure that there is no What clue is missing.

In the dossier, there are photos of the various wreckages when they were discovered, and there are numbers marked on the map to indicate the specific location of the wreckage. Jimmy is very unfamiliar with the map of Texas, and it will be confusing just looking at the dossier.

Jimmy looked up and saw that there were very few people on the top floor, so it shouldn't be a problem for the files to be placed in the conference room.He got up and left the meeting room and came to Jessica's office.

Jimmy: "Jessica, I need your help."

Jessica: "Please."

Jimmy: "I need a map of Thunder Lake, with signs of surrounding settlements and roads. Be as detailed as possible."

Jessica thought for a while, then nodded, "I'll get it to you later."

Jimmy: "Thank you, I'm in the conference room next to Lambert." After speaking, Jimmy turned and left Jessica's office.

Ten minutes later, Jessica came to the meeting room with a few printed maps.

Jessica: "This is a satellite photo of Thunder Lake, and this is an enlarged version of the map."

Jimmy: "Thank you."

Jimmy picked up a pen on the table in the meeting room and began to mark on the map. He carefully checked the location of the wreck found on the three files, because Lake Thunder is not a regular circular or oval lake, but a southern lake. Relatively regular, the northern part is divided into spikes by the ground protruding into the lake, so it is not so easy to mark the connection.

Jimmy flipped through the map and the file, and always felt that something was missing, time, place, person, evidence, suspect, motive, and modus operandi. It's blank, that is to say, there have been three corpse mutilation cases in a row, the most recent one has been more than a year, and no relevant suspects have been found so far?

Jimmy sorted out the files, closed them, and knocked on Lambert's door.

Jimmy: "Director Lambert, I want to ask, are these three files all there? Is there any other information?"

Lambert: "What doubts did you find?"

Jimmy: "There are no suspects in the file, not even deduced suspects. Haven't anyone taken over these cases before?"

Lambert looked at Jimmy blankly and didn't speak. Jimmy was no longer a newcomer to work. He also looked at Lambert, waiting for his reply.

Lambert looked at Jimmy and suddenly laughed. He waved, "Give me the file."

Jimmy handed Lambert, in addition to the original three files, some maps given by Jessica. Lambert picked up the map and looked at the points marked by Jimmy and the lines Jimmy drew on it. Line, nodded, "These lines are the corpse throwing line you speculated, right?"

Jimmy nodded, "It can be seen from the satellite map that there are no residents around the body throwing site, and the road conditions are not ideal. I speculate that the body throwing route should start from the lake shore, that is to say, the suspect landed on the lake shore by boat. Yes. But there is too little information, and the lake is too large to deduce where the suspect entered the lake, and the satellite photos did not mark the various small piers in the lake."

Lambert looked at his watch. It has been two hours since he handed Jimmy the case file, and it is now close to noon. However, it is already very good to be able to deduce the route based on these information alone.

Lambert: "It's good to have a conclusion, but your question is easy to answer. It's not that there is a lack of information, but that these three cases have been solved, and the content of the relevant suspects has only been removed from the file. "

After Lambert finished speaking, he put the map marked by Jimmy in the file, turned around and put it back on the bookshelf behind him.Jimmy was a little speechless, what's going on?He really thought that he was going to solve the three corpse cases by himself just now, and it took more than two hours of brain cells, but it turned out that he was here to investigate himself?
Jimmy: "Director Lambert, who is the suspect?"

Lambert: "An insane cult lunatic, when he found him, there was a shootout, the suspect was killed, and the heads and arms of three people were found in the basement. He placed them on an altar as a tribute, and later Three bodies were matched through DNA testing and their families have been notified. The case is closed."

Jimmy: "How did you find him? It's impossible to deduce this clue at all."

Lambert: "It's just luck. There was a man who was fishing in the lake and was threatened by him. The local police went to his house after receiving the report. After that, as I just said, everything went well. Many cases of this kind really need to It depends on luck, but you guessed it right, he does live in the south of Leihu Lake, we also found the boat he transported after investigation, and the blood test on it was also confirmed."

Jimmy: "Okay, but I don't get it, why are you showing me this case?"

Lambert: "It's just a pre-assessment, the following cases are really assigned to you to deal with." Lambert handed Jimmy another folder.

Lambert: "This case is handled by you alone. I will not assign other agents to assist you throughout the process, but if you need to inquire about relevant information, you can find Agent Ray Hope on the second floor."

Jimmy took the file, said goodbye to Lambert, went back to the meeting room next to him, and started to check the file. After only looking at the first point, Jimmy was a bit of a Muggle. This case seemed, maybe, might be a bit troublesome.

"A tourist found a cave on a barren mountain in Big Bend National Park. Six corpses were found in the cave. They had been decomposed and weathered. According to forensic medical examination, the death time was about 6-3 years. Since the corpses were not buried, they were just placed In the cave, some of the bones of the corpses showed signs of being eaten by animals, and the corpses were mutilated. There were obvious marks of gunfights in the cave, and dozens of bullet holes were found on the cave wall, but no weapons were found at the scene.

The case was referred by Park Police and an initial scene investigation was done by local police. "

　When I go out today, I won’t add any updates.Need to save some manuscripts, best-selling recommendation on the 19th, and two more days will be added at that time.

(End of this chapter)