Profiler 3: Crime Ends

"You are right."

"You finally got to the point."

Jiao Yang and Lu Yuanli blurted out at the same time, couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled.

Blanco was stunned and looked at them, "Then... who will explain to me? What exactly is the murderer trying to do?!"

Lu Yuanli said: "I feel,? The murderer seems to be telling us on purpose,? He is wearing special shoes such as hiking boots. That is to say,... If the few unsolved cases in the school...are serial cases ,? The criminal marks of the murderer are becoming more and more comprehensive and perfect, and have their own personal characteristics."

At this time, Edmondo first checked the mouth and lungs of the corpse, then roughly checked the whole body of the deceased and said: "The deceased looks very young,? He is a young Caucasian man aged 20 to 25. His height is around 180 by visual inspection. The body weight was 70 kg. The deceased's airway was completely obstructed, apparently due to asphyxiation caused by inhaling a large amount of water through the mouth and nose, and no obvious scars were seen on the body surface. The death time is estimated to be more than ten hours based on the swelling of the corpse. , that is, around the early morning of last night. Around the scene,? No obvious signs of fighting were seen."

"No trauma?"

Blanco pointed to the sink and said, "Is this really just dye?"

Edmondo nodded and said, "At least there are no obvious scars on the body surface. There may be a slight internal bleeding, but it can't be seen now. You have to go back for an autopsy to find out. It's okay to do a blood test first."

In order not to damage the scene, the younger trace inspector just now used a collapsible bucket to pour a bucket of water into the pool to start the luminol reaction.

In the inspection of bloodstains in criminal investigation work, it is heme that catalyzes the reaction between luminol and hydrogen peroxide, showing blue-green fluorescence.

This detection method is so sensitive that it can detect the presence of blood stains as low as one part in a million.

However, after testing, there is indeed no blood component in the pool water.

The inspection by Edmondo and the others was equivalent to confirming Jiao Yang's guess about the pool water just now.

At the same time, Jason stepped forward to check the shoes worn by the deceased, stood up and shook his head at Blanco, "The deceased wore sneakers of size 42."

This proves that the deceased and the shoe traces by the pool belonged to two people. The deceased did not commit suicide or fell into the water by slipping.

Now without Lu Yuanli's words, Blanco also felt the thorniness of the case.

Blanco scratched his hair and said, "Okay, take the dead away first."

At this time, two trainee policemen brought a stretcher over.

Jason and the younger trace inspector carried the head and feet one by one, and put the deceased on the stretcher.

Suddenly something seemed to slip out of the deceased's trouser legs.

"Wait a moment!"

Jiao Yang hurriedly shouted: "What is this?!"

Jason put down the stretcher and carefully picked up the thing.

Everyone came together to look at it, and saw that it was a jigsaw puzzle that was curly and puffed up at the edges, showing red.As for the front, it also looks red, but after soaking in water for more than ten hours, it has begun to become blurred.The specific image above is somewhat difficult to judge.

Blanco punched his right hand with his left hand, "Damn it, it's another puzzle!"

"Calm down, Mr. Sheriff."

Lu Yuanli said, "Now it's Kevin who has a headache."

At this time, several school leaders rushed over and invited Sergeant Blanco to the office.

The nearest one is the School of Finance and Economics.Vice-principal Jonathan had just received the news and came from home, his shirt was unfinished and his neckline was wrinkled.There have been signs of the Mediterranean, trying to place around the central hair, also stabbing forward.

After being identified by several school teachers, the deceased was Chris Kaiser, a 25-year-old graduate student in the Department of Economics.

The deceased's mobile phone and wallet were on him, and there was no property loss.At present, the meaning of the death puzzle has not been clarified, so it can only be considered as a general homicide case.That is to first check the social and interpersonal relationships of the deceased Chris to see if there are any clues.

However, after some investigation, it was found that Chris Kaiser was an ordinary student in all aspects.His grades are above average, his family background is average, and his height and appearance are very ordinary.He has a gentle and cheerful personality, and gets along well with his classmates. He doesn't seem to have any obvious object of hatred. The first round of interrogation basically found nothing.

Later, because the death puzzle reappeared, the case was officially transferred to Kevin.

As soon as Kevin took over the case, he led CBI colleagues to conduct investigations at the school.

In the second round, the scope of the inquiry was expanded, and when Emma, ​​a female classmate of Chris’s same grade, was asked, the girl hesitated and said, “Officer, can you keep it a secret for me?”

Kevin thought for a while and said, "Of course there is no problem during the investigation stage. This is our obligation. Unless your testimony involves the real murderer and you need to testify in court, we will keep it confidential for you."

After hearing what he said, Emma felt even more hesitant, "Is it possible to testify in court?"

Kevin repeatedly assured Emma's safety, and said that her confession may not necessarily involve the real murderer.

Emma hesitated for a long time before telling what she had seen.

Emma said that recently Chris was pursuing Catherine, a junior in the economics department.

Although Catherine is several levels lower than Chris, this is considered a normal thing among students.

However, one afternoon, Emma once saw that Louis, a well-known problem student in their school, rushed into the corridor of their graduate student classroom with several of his partners, and snatched Chris away while no one was around.

She happened to come out of the toilet at that time, and when she saw this, she immediately hid back.

When she was in the toilet, she heard Louis threaten Chris, saying that Chris, an old rusk, should not be interested in young girls.If you show him again, Chris harassing Catherine, let him look good.

Chris retorted a few words, and Louis seemed to punch him hard in the stomach a few times, and warned Chris not to let him see Chris appearing next to Catherine again, or he would kill him.

After Louis led the people away, she heard Chris beat the wall in frustration, so she dared to come out to comfort Chris, and gave him a pack of tissues to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Emma looked a little regretful, "Louis is rich and powerful in his family, and he has a lot of people. I dare not provoke him. Moreover, I saw what Chris meant, and I didn't want others to know, so I didn't report it to the teacher. But if I know that something will happen to Chris in the future, and it will definitely not be like this! Sorry, please forgive my cowardice at the time!"

Kevin saw that Emma's eye circles were red, and asked subconsciously, "Do you like Chris?"

Emma forced a smile, didn't answer, didn't say yes, and didn't deny it.

However, Kevin felt that Emma still cared about Chris very much.

Kevin felt that this clue was very important, so he notified the school and asked Catherine, a third-year student in the Department of Economics, to find out about the situation.

Country M is different from Chinese universities that are strict in entry and exit. On the contrary, the higher the grade, the heavier the classwork. Jiao Yang has a lot of courses. Even with Lu Yuanli's trump card in hand, if he wants to graduate smoothly, he will not be able to follow Kevin all day long. Running around with Blanco.

Therefore, Jiao Yang was not present during the first round of ordinary police inquiries at the school.

However, Jiao Yang and Lu Yuanli have been paying close attention to the death puzzle case, and when they heard that a key witness had been revealed, they asked for leave and brought Lu Yuanli to attend the hearing.

Before Catherine finished class, the three exchanged their views on the case.

Jiao Yang said: "I think we are still investigating this case with the idea of ​​an ordinary case this time. Did we find any evidence of imitating the crime?"

"Of course not at the moment."

Kevin shook his head helplessly, "But it's such a simple three-piece puzzle now, and the other two pieces are very unclear. Whether it is in the database or on the Internet, it can't be compared. What kind of puzzle is he? I can't find out the puzzle It is not clear what the murderer meant by putting puzzle pieces. But this is already three cases in a row, and the higher authorities put a lot of pressure on us. Although there is no deadline to solve the case, they have been staring at us to ask about the progress.

Every time I go to the director for a meeting, my side is blank.If this continues, I will, as you said, really be laid off! "

Lu Yuanli said: "So at present, you can only investigate according to ordinary cases, expand the scope of investigation as much as possible, and want to cover this case on a large scale to find a breakthrough, right?"

"As expected of an expert in psychological problems."

Kevin said: "Our current guiding thinking is indeed like this."

Just as Jiao Yang was about to say something, the police officer outside came in and said that Catherine came over after class.

Catherine is 21 years old this year. She has long dark brown hair and lake green eyes, but she neither wears makeup nor dyes her hair. She looks younger than her actual age, only eighteen or nineteen years old.This is a very rare situation when a lot of thirteen and fourteen-year-old girls all look at the tall Ou M.

Perhaps because of this, Catherine's popularity in the school is very high, and her status in the economics department is second only to the murdered Elena.

Catherine was carrying a schoolbag and wearing a very ordinary T-shirt and denim. She looked like a good girl next door.She stepped forward a little cautiously and said, "Officer, are you looking for me?"

"Yes."

Kevin greeted, "Hi Catherine, I'm Kevin Smith, the CBI's criminal investigation team leader."

Kevin turned around, pointed at Lu Yuanli and Jiao Yang, and said, "Professor Thomas, I don't think I need to introduce him. He is a teacher in your school and an expert in criminal psychology. He helped us solve this case. Hugo is his Assistant, also a student of this school."

Catherine greeted Lu Yuanli and Jiao Yang politely.

Kevin said: "We invited you here this time to learn about Chris from you."

Hearing Chris' name, Catherine's face showed a trace of sadness, "Chris is a very good person, I didn't expect anyone to want to hurt him."

"You really didn't expect it?"

Kevin's colleague Lucas suddenly interjected, "Chris is chasing you, right?"

Catherine was startled, and asked nervously: "I, we have dated before, but does this matter have anything to do with the case?"

"Catherine, don't be nervous."

Kevin smiled and said, "We are just making a routine inquiry now. Since you have dated Chris alone, you should know him better than other students, right? You know, has Chris encountered any trouble recently? Or in People who are hostile to him inside and outside the school?"