North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 698 Tucker Family

When driving back to the headquarters, Hope had already called the headquarters' technical department, and Peter also got the news. He opened a small command center here in advance, where technicians directly investigated the road surveillance video.

Jimmy and the others were also observing on their way back. Unfortunately, the area near the scene was too remote. Most of the residential houses they saw on the road were ordinary houses, and they were not found to have installed surveillance cameras.

The clues provided by Jimmy were relatively accurate, including the car model, color and approximate time. The investigation results came out quickly. The technical department successfully discovered the gray van in the recent traffic surveillance at the crime scene, but When tracing according to the time and the road he might go to next, he found that the monitoring of the intersection originally registered on the system was broken...

Well, this kind of thing is not incomprehensible. The surveillance in New York also has the same problem. There will be a surveillance vacuum in a large area.

Peter stood in the command center and looked at the screen in front of him. The results of the technical staff's report were in his ears. He needed to consider a problem. He did not have enough people under his command to conduct surveillance investigations along the route. If only a few people were assigned to handle it, they would at least It will take two or three days to walk around the area and check all the street surveillance cameras.

After thinking about it for a while, Peter gave up the plan of going to war. If he wanted to make large-scale dispatches, there were not many support personnel available at the FBI headquarters. He probably had to cooperate with the Metropolitan Police Department, but the police department did not contact them in advance. Now It is estimated that there will not be that many police officers who can help. He looked at the technicians and said, "Continue to expand the scope and look for recent surveillance confirmation content."

Soon Jimmy and Hope returned to the office. Hope first took Jimmy to the command center before leaving to deliver the evidence. The blood test took some time, and they had to jump in line at the laboratory, otherwise they would have to wait in line slowly. Yes, there is always a queue at the laboratory.

Jimmy: "Peter, did you find the clue?"

Peter: "Well, we found the track of the car, but because of the lack of surveillance, we are currently investigating the surrounding surveillance."

Jimmy: "Okay, then I'll wait for the news."

Peter pointed to the empty seat next to him. Jimmy didn't bring anything else, so he just sat there and waited.

Although the headquarters is only a small command center, there are still a lot of technical staff. Their division of labor and cooperation quickly confirmed that the car did not pass through the surrounding monitored intersections within the designated time. Either they did not leave, or they were there. Cars were changed in a certain area in a suburban residential area.

After listening to the technician's feedback, Jimmy spoke directly over Peter: "You continue to call the follow-up part of the surveillance, find the most recent time when that car appeared in the surveillance, and also investigate the information about that car."

Technician: "The car has been confirmed. The license plate corresponds to a car, not a van. There is no way to track it."

Jimmy held his right arm with his left hand and touched his chin with his right hand and thought for a while, "The owner information of the license plate was retrieved. They were probably together and temporarily changed the license plate to this car as a cover."

Peter looked at Jimmy in surprise, and Jimmy raised his shoulders, "I used to work as a county police officer in Arkansas, and I've seen this happen many times. It's usually when family members or neighborhood acquaintances temporarily removed the license plate for use."

Peter turned to look at the technician: "Retrieve information immediately."

Peter had never been a police officer, and he had no experience patrolling the road to read license plates. After hearing what Jimmy said, he immediately realized that this possibility was really high. As expected, Jimmy had very rich experience in all aspects, and it was true to ask him to come over. Called right.

The information of the person corresponding to the license plate was extracted. It was not from Washington, DC, but from Maryland next door. Peter frowned. Although the distance was not very far, interstate matters were difficult to handle. Jimmy couldn't do it because of that. Just run away with such a few clues.

Peter: "Jimmy, let me contact someone to go to Baltimore and have a look. You don't have to go there."

Jimmy: "Okay, remember to ask someone to check from the side whether there is such a van near the owner of the license plate, and if so, determine their location. Others continue to investigate the surveillance and determine the location of that vehicle."

Peter nodded, turned and left the command center. There is really no need for Jimmy to go to this kind of investigation. It will be gone in a day and time. Either let the local people investigate, or arrange for other agents to pass here. DC will continue here. Investigating.

Jimmy watched Peter leave, and also took out the case of kidnapping and imprisoning the girl. The victim girl has not left yet, and is still living in a safe house under the supervision of the FBI. Her parents should arrive in the next two days. Here, we will see what arrangements are made later, but no matter whether she goes home or continues to be with the FBI, this case must be handled, but it may not be handled by Jimmy. The main purpose of his coming is still the two FBI agents. case of missing members.

Jimmy is quite interested in this case, but it is very difficult to solve the case. The girl cannot provide relatively accurate location information, and has not obtained the portrait of the suspect yet. Many things cannot be dealt with as quickly as possible, waiting for the girl's family to arrive. From now on, the FBI will arrange for a painter to draw a portrait of the suspect. Her mental state is not quite right yet, so she needs to wait.

This kind of scumbag who kidnaps, imprisons and tortures young girls really deserves to die. Criminals are also divided into levels. This kind of criminal belongs to a level lower than human life according to Jimmy's standards. If you encounter one, you can kill him when necessary without any psychological burden. kind of.

And this kind of bad things are really not uncommon in the United States. It is difficult to get both the person and the stolen goods. In many cases, the police have no way to deal with them even if they are highly suspicious because of insufficient evidence. But Jimmy doesn't care about this. As long as he finds a way to anger the other party, he has plenty. The solution can be solved on the spot, as long as the report can be written normally.

Surveillance investigation is a very time-consuming matter. Although Washington DC has a small population, there are many cars on the road. Even in the suburbs, there are rarely no cars on the road for a long time. There is basically no way for technicians to fast forward when checking the surveillance. How much, it took a long time, and no result was given to Jimmy until the afternoon.

Before getting off work, Peter finally got good news. Just as Jimmy had guessed, the license plate was indeed real, but the owner of the license plate did not have a second car or a van. After investigating him, it was discovered that his The nephew used to own a white van, which is now under investigation by the Baltimore Police Department.

Jimmy was also happy to hear the news. At least it basically showed that they were not doing useless work. Although the van was white in the intelligence and gray in the surveillance, this was not a problem. It only took a simple disguise to turn white into gray. It can also have this effect if it is dirty or dirty.

But looking at the time, it seems that there is no chance today. It is unknown how efficient the Baltimore Police Department is. Whether the detectives can get information or even photos is unknown. So when it was time to get off work, Jimmy looked at it and directly I left the office and went back to rest.

Early the next morning, Jimmy came to Peter's office and saw the information. It was obvious that the detectives who went to Baltimore were very responsible. Not only did they find the information about the owner of the license plate, but they also obtained the information about his nephew.

What surprised Jimmy and the others was that the nephew of the owner of the license plate did not leave the local area, but worked in a local auto repair shop. According to the results of the detectives' visit, this man had not left the auto repair shop and his home these days. He didn't own the car, but lent it to a friend to drive there. He didn't know exactly where the car was now. According to traffic monitoring, the previous car had already had that license plate.

This time all the information has been investigated clearly. If there is no accident, the car is indeed his, but the color does not match. This needs to be considered. Is it because the car is so dirty that the white body cannot be seen, or they have found another one. The car had its license plate changed. After reading the information in Peter's office, they came to the command center again. The technicians were asked to work overtime last night to investigate, and now a range has been determined. The car did not leave the area, and no trace of any similar car was found in the surveillance.

Peter, Jimmy and Hope were all in the command center and looked at the marked electronic map. This area was not small. There were at least ten blocks. It would take a long time for two people to visit this area.

Peter thought for a while, called several people from the DC office, and briefed everyone on the results of their current investigation in the conference room. He also summoned agents from the DC office and people from the Support Agent Joint Headquarters to work on this issue. The area was investigated, focusing on the car.

Jimmy and Hope were also assigned to an area, and it was a key area, two blocks not far from where the missing car was monitored. This time they wanted to investigate people who dared to shoot at FBI agents, so After the two arrived at the agreed location, they took off their suits, put on a body armor with FBI markings, and a short windbreaker with FBI on it, and then started walking on the road to check.

Wearing this outfit, with the right hand on the handle of the holster on the waist, this image represents that the FBI is performing a mission, and it is definitely not a simple mission. People on the road run away when they see them. In this case, they even get close to the road. Basically, the identity of the people staring at them is somewhat questionable, except of course reporters and the like.

All the vans parked on both sides of the road would be inspected by Jimmy and Hope outside. They would also rub their gloved hands on the vans to see the background color. Soon they came to a gas station at an intersection.

Jimmy motioned to Hope about the gas station. Hope went to the front, and Jimmy walked to the side. There was a small parking lot next to it, with several cars parked here. Jimmy went to check the car, and Hope went to check the gas station's surveillance.

Soon, Jimmy found his target. A van without a license plate was parked in the parking lot. It looked similar to the car they saw on the surveillance camera. Jimmy took the walkie-talkie from his belt and said, "I found it. The suspected target was a van with a gray carriage, no license plate, and the window glass was not damaged."

Hope ran out of the store immediately. Jimmy couldn't see him in the carriage, but his mind's eye vision didn't see a human form, which was somewhat good news.

Hope also inspected the appearance of the car. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Peter's number directly, summoning a forensic team to come over. They needed to inspect the car. Before that, he also needed to inspect the gas station. The people inside took notes to find out when the car was parked here.

The investigation was not smooth. The staff determined that the car was parked here three or four days ago, but the gas station staff did not know who the driver of the car was. He didn't care at all. This parking lot belonged to a gas station, but people around were allowed to park without registering at all.

The people from the forensics department rushed over quickly. At the same time, Peter also got permission to inspect the vehicle. Because the owner of the vehicle was not identified, a search warrant was not applied for the time being. However, once the permission was obtained, the matter could proceed normally. Someone took the blame. .

The lock on the carriage was broken. After opening the carriage, there was a not strong smell of blood. As expected, dried dark red blood was seen in the carriage.

Looking at the bloodstains, Jimmy and the others could probably tell that the man's blood loss was extremely dangerous. If they didn't stop the bleeding, the probability of his survival was low.

The blood stain test and DNA matching were handed over to the laboratory. Jimmy and the others investigated the surrounding area again. In addition to looking for surveillance cameras, they also needed to interview surrounding residents to determine what happened to the car after it was parked here.

Judging from the situation at the scene, after the car parked here, they removed the license plate and left through other means of transportation. Now they are looking for the car they drove when they left.

Jimmy looked at the DC agents mobilized from behind who were busy radiating from the gas station to the nearby area. He turned to look at the gas station. It was a small gas station with only two employees responsible for refueling and cashiering in the store. Now both of them were Standing at the door of the store, watching the detectives working outside, one of them looked a little nervous.

Jimmy patted Agent Hope gently and walked towards the gas station employee. He asked Hope to ask another person. He took the nervous employee to the other side and sniffed. Jimmy asked with a smile, "You sniffed?" You lost the leaves, right? Do you still have them on you?...Don’t be nervous, I won’t get in trouble because of this, as long as you answer my questions well. You don’t want to lose this job and go to jail, right?”

Jimmy patted the young employee gently, "You know I can find your information. I'll give you time to think about it. Who was the person who put the truck here? What happened at that time?"

Jimmy originally just wanted to chat with him. In this situation, there is something wrong with a nervous person, and this kind of person is relatively easy to deal with. But he didn't expect to smell a smell of burning leaves after getting close to him. Smell, then it didn't run away, he must have lit one before they came.

Although working at a gas station is not a good job, it is an advantage for those who are willing to work.

The young employee's expression was tangled for a while. He would turn to look at another employee from time to time. Finally, he lowered his head slightly and said, "I don't want to testify, if you can agree."

Jimmy: "Very good, now we have a consensus. I can promise you, as long as you give me the news I want."

Employee: "Well, also, I want the informant fee."

Jimmy thought for a while: "No problem, my colleagues will handle it. Now, let's talk."

Employee: "I just saw them. Three people lifted two people out of the car, put them in the back of a black pickup truck, and then drove away in the pickup truck. One of them was from the Tucker family. I don't know the name. All I know is that some people call him BJ.”

Jimmy: "The Tuckers? A gang?"

The employee looked at Jimmy in surprise, "Don't you know? The biggest gangster here."

Jimmy: "I understand, just wait a minute, I'll ask a colleague to come over."

Jimmy pressed the intercom to tell Hope to come over and he would take care of the rest.

(End of this chapter)