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Chapter 259 Rosie’s inner demons

"It was the murder weapon we found, a long axe, but the blood was wiped off and Connie, the older daughter, told me it was bought by her dad a few months ago, just before Christmas, to chop down a Christmas tree. "

"Now when it comes to Christmas I think about it and I never decorate a Christmas tree myself."

As Rossi narrated, his eye sockets gradually became moist, and everyone fell into silence.

After a while, Jiejie asked in a low voice, "It said that this family has three children, and none of them were harmed?"

Rossi shook his head. "He just killed his parents and left."

"The only fingerprint on the scene, I asked Garcia to ask Jefferson Lab to help with image enhancement, hoping to find a match."

Jack told his plan, but Rossi's words disappointed everyone.

"Over the years, I have asked countless fingerprint experts to analyze that precious fingerprint, but none of them found a match. There must be other places too. The open back door, the water glass left in the kitchen, but they were all wiped clean."

"It doesn't make sense." Rhett held the martini in his hand in a daze.

"He casually grabbed the tool at hand and used it as the murder weapon, and let three witnesses go. This shows that the murderer was impromptu. However, except for a fingerprint, no evidence was left. This was clearly premeditated."

Rossi downed half a glass of whiskey in one gulp, "I've thought about it countless times, and I've been thinking, if there is one more clue and other discoveries for us to investigate further, the answer must be right in front of us."

Emily coughed lightly, looked at Rossi seriously and said, "Have you ever thought that the murderer might be dead already."

"I have to make sure he's dead." Rossi turned his head and stared at her, water gleaming in his eyes.

"When we got to the scene, before the other units arrived, I heard children crying, even though I hadn't even stepped out of the car."

"It was a sunny morning. The windows on the second floor were open and the sound was very clear. They were crying for their parents. The three frightened children looked at their murdered parents and kept crying."

"Even though I'm used to seeing death and pain, that voice..."

Rossi choked up, and used the remaining whiskey in the glass to suppress the growing excitement, "It's been 20 years, but to this day, that voice has been echoing in my ears, crying, heart-piercing shouting."

"If I couldn't tell those three children with certainty that the murderer would never commit another crime again, the ringing in my ears would never stop."

From his expression, everyone could see that this deep obsession had been imprinted in his heart and became his lingering inner demon.

Is this why Rossi returned to the FBI after leaving for many years.

Jack rubbed his chin, lost in thought, "Is that house still there? And the police detective at that time"

He looked at the file and found a name on it, "Detective Giles?"

"If we are going to reopen the investigation, there has to be a focus."

Rossi sighed deeply, "I got off the plane at noon today and went directly to the scene of the crime. I also made an appointment with the Indianapolis Police Department, but they told me that Captain Giles has been in the police station for a year. died before."

"Is it the house where the crime happened? We can take a look together." Reid asked.

"The owner of that house is me now." Seeing the surprised looks from everyone, Rossi continued to explain.

"Two years after the incident, I bought the house at an auction and the money went to the grandmother of three who was raising the children after it happened."

"But she also passed away a few years later, and the three children still live in their grandmother's house. As for that house, I paid a sum of money and someone will come to maintain it regularly every year."

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay. In this way, there was no need to go to the scene of the crime. Rossi must have checked it countless times.

This is a dead end. After so many years, the evidence is a fingerprint that cannot be compared, and nothing else. How can people check it.

Jack understands why Rossi doesn't want them to intervene now. Before there are no new clues, this case is destined to be just a time-consuming and resource-intensive endless case.

"Could Garcia re-do a cross-comparison of the unsolved cases in Indiana and surrounding states a few years before and after the incident?"

Jack looked at the other three people. He couldn't think of any better way. He could only try his luck in this way.

"Regardless of the outcome, I am very grateful for your presence."

After Rossi finished speaking, he stood up unsteadily and walked towards the elevator with a slight stagger.

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The next day, everyone who was still clueless proposed to meet the three surviving children. Although everyone didn't say anything, they all hoped to relieve Rossi's emotions.

Everyone could see that he had reached his breaking point.

"I don't think it's a good idea. Judging from the information Garcia found, their eldest daughter Connie is a stripper, their second son George does odd jobs for a living, and their youngest daughter Alicia is a homeless person."

Early in the morning, from the time the four of them gathered in the restaurant to enjoy a delicious breakfast at a five-star hotel, Rhett was harping on his objections.

"Obviously, although only the eldest daughter, Connie, who was 10 years old at the time, may have suffered from PTSD, the second son, who was five years old, and the younger daughter, who was three years old, were more or less affected as they grew up."

"The psychological state between family members will affect each other, especially when they have to depend on each other, this effect is even more important"

"I know what you're worried about." Emily poked her fork into a large piece of maple syrup angrily.

"Do you think me, Jack, and even Jiejie don't know this?"

"Hey!" Jiejie showed a hurt expression. Although she is indeed the best at profiling among everyone, she still has a bachelor's degree in psychology. Compared to Jie, who is nothing now, paper data Just crush it easily.

Why put her last.

"Red, you are overly worried. Rossi has experienced more crimes than all of us combined. His psychology is not so fragile. Now he is just stuck in some kind of self-emotion."

Jack killed the Iberian ham sandwich on the dinner plate in twos and twos, took a sip of milk to calm down, and continued.

"It would be a good thing if they could reassure Rossi that he doesn't push himself too much, that he doesn't feel guilty."

"But if it's three bastards and they see Rossi and all they want to do is use his guilt to get some money, that's not a bad thing."

Rhett blinked in a daze, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about.

"In that case, at least they are moving forward, and the pressure on Rossi will also be relieved."