Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

-Hartley House, Ross, Michigan-

Hartley House is located in the northernmost part of this small town. It is a two-story building that looks ordinary. There are gardens in the front and back. There are trees as tall as a person planted on both sides of the street. The alarm system is very old-fashioned—to paraphrase Morgan : "If I were an unknown suspect, I would also choose such a target."

Of course, what the black sportsman said was just a sigh of hatred for iron and steel. The three of them crossed the yellow cordon under the leadership of the sheriff. As soon as they entered the house, Morgan went straight to the basement.

Hodge was not in a hurry to go down, but asked the sheriff about the situation. Elide stood half a meter behind him with her hands down, without saying a word, just observing the environment in the house calmly: this is a building with old furniture. , The decoration is simple, the house is more practical than beautiful, it is really suitable for vacation.

"Hey, Hodge, come here!" Morgan, who had already gone down to the basement, quickly came out again. He stood on the stairs and called out, "I found something."

Soon, a group of people stood in the basement.Michigan faces the lake on three sides, and Ross City is close to the Huron National Forest Park. The climate is humid and cold, and even the basements of these houses have a musty smell that lingers for years.

But now, no matter what the smell was, it was covered by the thick blood. The forensic doctor had already transported the victim's body away, but the blood that flowed and sprayed inside the house hadn't had time to get rid of it. The eyes were scarlet, which looked extraordinarily terrifying.

"Look at the positions of these chairs and the bloodstains," Morgan pointed to the bloodstains on the floor and the wall one after another, and then pointed to several chairs in the room, "That chair belongs to Marx, if I stand in his position superior……"

Morgan stepped over in two steps, turned around and faced Hodge, Elliott and the sheriff standing at the door.

"Just adjust the angle," the man said, turning slightly sideways. "My parents, brother and sister are just two meters away from me. I look at them like I'm watching a stage play... The unknown suspect's hobby is still there. What a pervert!"

"...What is he doing?" The sheriff looked at Hodge suspiciously.

"Bring yourself into the unknown suspect's mind to replay the scene and analyze the other party."

Elide was looking up at the blood splattered on the wall, and after hearing the sheriff's question, she answered it without a hitch.It took a second or two before she realized that both Hodge and Morgan were looking at her.

"Oh, pretty girl, how do you know?" Morgan raised his already high-spirited eyebrows even higher.

"...that's what a friend of mine did, um, Dick Grayson from the Bludhaven Police Department, you should know him."

Elide certainly can't say she's seen her adoptive father Bruce Batman Wayne do this, and she and Dick both assisted Gotham's "Dark Knight."At the critical moment, Dick, who appears to be a policeman, can only be used to save the scene.

However, looking at Hodge's suspicious expression of slightly raised eyebrows... Elide immediately turned her head with a stern face, and raised her finger to the bloody "stage" in Morgan's mouth.

"According to the results of our previous discussion, the unknown suspect used the child to threaten adults: If the mother does not pull out the nails, and if the father does not pull out the teeth, he will smash the elder son's fingers and tighten the rope wrapped around the younger daughter's neck... Parents have to do it to protect their children, but it doesn't change anything."

"That's right, the unknown suspect abused the victims to gain pleasure from their pain and fear. After the planned abuse project was over, he disposed of these 'tools' in his eyes and killed them ’” Morgan then added, “shot in the heart and bled to death . . . but what about Mr. Hartley’s feet?”

"Compared to Lisa who pulled out eight fingernails, Lucas only pulled out three teeth in total. Maybe Lucas' performance disappointed the unknown suspect, so he smashed Lucas' foot as a punish."

"You're quite right, Elied, if you follow this line of thought—"

Morgan praised Elied and focused on the scene again. After about 10 minutes, they completed the preliminary analysis of the crime scene.Hodge ordered Morgan and the sheriff to inspect the entire house together and try to collect some "physical evidence" that was ignored by the local police, while he took Elide to visit two families near Hartley's house.

They were lucky and got an important piece of information from the second family: the Hartleys originally planned to go camping at a campsite in the national park, which is why they didn't show up for two days, but they didn't arouse suspicion.

"The information we have now is not enough, let's go back to the police station and see what Rossi and the others have gained."

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-Ross City Police Department (rcpd), Ross, Michigan-

"Want a cup of tea, Hodge?"

The man who was about to pour the coffee stopped what he was doing and looked back at Elide.The woman was holding a paper cup with "rcpd" printed on it. The clear and clear green tea exuded an elegant tea fragrance, mixed with a faint floral fragrance, which made people feel refreshed and happy.

After being slightly taken aback, Hodge reached out to take the teacup, first nodded to Elide to thank him, and then took a big sip of tea.The warm tea flowed down the throat to the stomach, and the rising warmth instantly made him relax a bit.The man doesn't know much about "tea", but his tongue can taste different tea leaves: this is definitely the best tea he has ever tasted!

Huo Qi looked surprised, and praised without hesitation: "It tastes really good, did you bring this?"

"That's right, the field bag is always available. In fact, it is better to drink black tea now, but considering the color of the tea," Elide said, shrugging, with a "you understand" expression, "I think green tea would be more suitable choose."

After hearing Elide's words, Hodge turned his head and looked at the place where the bau people were working. Rosie and Rhett were standing at the big round table, both holding paper cups, drinking tea and talking.

It was seven o'clock in the evening. Two hours ago, they got a second more detailed autopsy report. In this report, the forensic doctor indicated the detailed cause of death, approximate time of death and various wounds of a family of five. formation time.With the help of this report, and the data collected and sorted out by Rossi, Rhett, Emily, and Garcia from various places, they have successfully restored the timeline of the tragedy and roughly straightened out the entire incident.

With one final check of the details of the case, they could issue a profile of the unknown suspect to Ross City police.

In order to ensure the efficiency of this link, Hodge gave everyone a 10-minute break.At this moment, the time was not over half, the man took another sip of tea and decided to have a chat with Elied.

Hodge knows that he lacks a sense of humor and looks a bit serious and domineering in the eyes of others, but he has always regarded bau as his second home and will never put him above any team member.Even if there are many problems with Elide's file and the way she appeared, since he decided to give her this opportunity, he will completely treat her as Bau's new intern, guide her patiently, and praise her without hesitation.

"You did a great job, Elide, especially with the previous analysis of Lucas' foot injury."

"Really?" Elide immediately became happy, her eyes brightened a little, but the joy quickly turned into a weird look with a bit of self-deprecation, "But maybe it's just because I'm from Gotham, Abnormality and neurosis are our local characteristics."

When facing others, Elide would more or less show a lack of emotional response, but in front of Hodge, her expression in this regard was a bit exaggerated.Hodge always finds this feeling very strange, he always feels... It seems that he didn't just meet Elide.

"You're from Gotham? I remember you were born in Metropolis—"

"Oh, Hodge, you just said this morning that any qualified profiler could see that there was something wrong with my file—yes, there were a lot of problems with my file. For example, the file showed that I was Both were born and adopted by a local couple when I was ten years old, but in fact, I was adopted when I was eight years old. They are from Gotham. It’s just that this adoption did not meet the normal procedures, and my adoptive father paid for it It's settled."

"Wait," Ellid's words sounded too informative, and Hodge's face suddenly changed, "Could it be—"

The young woman suddenly laughed, her smile was as fresh and moving as that cup of tea, she reached out to touch Hodge's arm holding the teacup, and briefly touched it, she seemed to want to express comfort, but Don't dare to get too close to Hodge.

"Don't think too much of it, they're nice people—you'll have a chance to meet them, I promise."

"Emily and Morgan are back, though, and it's time for us to go. Work is more important, isn't it?"