[Comprehensive] Runaway Witch

Morgan and Rosie called to determine the size of the murder weapon, and Rosie and Emily would be on the scene looking for a matching knife.

Seeing Alina drinking coffee with the forensic doctor who had taken off his mask, Morgan knew that Alina had almost understood the situation, asked a few questions, and was about to leave.

The female forensic doctor gave her business card to the two, and Alina happily accepted it, but Morgan was a little surprised.

"Isabella Brown, why did she give us business cards?" Morgan asked Alina before getting into the car.

"I can chat with her quite well, you... probably by the way." Alina directly broke Morgan's imagination, who made this forensic doctor a beautiful woman, otherwise Morgan would not have thought about it.

By the way, this is shameless, and the handsome chocolate boy let out a dissatisfied voice: "Humph!"

"..." Alina held back her laughter and got into the passenger seat.

Seeing Morgan driving with a serious face, Alina wanted to laugh even more, but she didn't laugh blatantly.

"Laugh if you want, I'm even more twisted when you're like this!" Morgan also smiled, because Alina obviously couldn't help laughing.

Morgan was so easy to talk, but Alina was embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject, "Let's talk about the case, now it seems that what you said is more in line with the current situation, if the knives were all found on the spot, there is no evidence to show that the unsubscribe If you have a medical background."

"If it's like I said, suspicious fingerprints and DNA should be found at the scene. There have been three scenes, but nothing has been found..." Morgan was looking for loopholes in his guess.

"I couldn't have hoped to find unsub so easily. How did unsub find these victims?" Alina felt that the technology of investigating crimes is improving, so why not the technology of criminals.

"It would be great if we could find a way. We can stop the unsub, and we can find a way to catch him, but we have no clue now." Morgan feels that Alina is getting more and more comfortable with the work of BAU, and her thinking can always be similar to theirs. go together.

"Now I can only hope that Rosie, Emily, or Rhett will get something." Alina also thinks so, but it's a pity that they haven't called Garcia yet, looking for unsub.

Rosie and Emily decided to go to all three scenes, the first case where the victim had a roommate, while the last two victims lived alone.

From the information, BAU knew that the discoverer of the first case was the victim's roommate, and in the latter two cases, the reporting telephone was a public telephone near the scene.

According to the analysis of the forensic department, the last two calls came from the same person.

In this way, the already special first case becomes even more special. It is different from the other two cases, and the difference means a lot.

After Rossi and Emily observed the first scene very carefully, they also asked Sergeant Smith to bring the roommate who reported the crime to the scene.

Something must have happened in the first case that caused unsub to avoid victims with roommates in favor of women living alone in later cases.

The roommate, who had moved out, was politely invited in by the sheriff.

The informant, Miss Williams, was very young, and she could see her usual beautiful face, but today she was obviously haggard, her face was pale, and her expression was tense.

"I'm really sorry to let you come back here, but we need your help." Rossi was a little worried about the mental state of the girl in front of him. He suspected that she had PTSD because he found the crime scene and because the scene was too tragic.

"I... I'm willing to help. I hope this will end soon." Miss Williams sat very upright, clasping her hands.

"Okay, that's good, can you recount your actions on the day you found the body?" Rossi's tone was soft and encouraging.

"This... I've already said it all, everything!" Ms. Williams was flustered when she heard that she wanted to recall everything. She obviously didn't want to recall it any more, so she looked at Sergeant Smith for help.

"Don't be nervous, we need some details in your memory, you know, after being frightened, we tend to forget things that we think are insignificant, but that's exactly what we need." Emily sat down to William Miss Si's side, holding her hand gently, comforting her.

"But I'm really scared. There's so much blood in the place I'm most familiar with. It's like I died here myself." Miss Williams looked into Emily's eyes, conveying her panic.

Miss Williams' words were a bit strange. What did she mean by dying here? Emily couldn't help but exchanged glances with Rossi.

"Miss Williams?" Seeing that Miss Williams was still in a daze, Emily called out to her to regain her spirits, "Why do you think that the dead roommate is you?"

"Susan was...dressed very much like me at the time. We were roommates. We all had a few clothes, and I had that one. It's just that Susan didn't wear it often, but I often wore it. The first thing I saw She, she was covered in blood, my first reaction was to see myself..." Miss Williams spoke intermittently, obviously nervous and scared.

"Did you find out when you came home from late work that day?" Although Emily was puzzled by Miss Williams' statement, she still asked about the discovery process.

"Yes, because I worked overtime, I went home three hours later than usual. Generally speaking, Susan is not around at this time. She works during the day, unlike me who schedules shifts." Because Emily was by my side, William Miss Muss seemed much more relieved.

"Do you often work overtime?" Rossi asked carefully.

"No, there is very little overtime. After all, it is an evening shift, and I always go home on time." Miss Williams shook her head.

"What about Susan, do you know what time your roommate usually goes to work?" Rossi continued to ask.

"Susan...she usually leaves around 8 o'clock, and occasionally later, if there is a ride." Miss Williams answered after thinking, and she was obviously very cooperative.

"So that day, you got off work three hours late unexpectedly, and then you were going home to rest, right? And then, tell me slowly, the more detailed the better." Emily patted Miss Williams's hand encouragingly.

"I was very tired, because I was working overtime, so I hurried home. The road went smoothly. I opened the door with the key as usual, and found that my slippers were not outside the shoe cabinet as usual. I just... I opened the shoe cabinet , find my slippers, and put on my shoes." Miss Williams really started to talk in detail.

"Although I was very tired, I still wanted to have a breakfast. I put my bag on the floor and went straight into the kitchen. The kitchen was obviously used, and the sink was still stained with water. I thought, Susan must be at home today. Have breakfast." While talking, Miss Williams involuntarily grabbed Emily's hand tightly.

"Thinking about it this way, I washed my hands, the sound of running water was heard in my ears, and then I vaguely heard the sound of closing the door, thinking that Susan had pulled something down and came back to pick it up, so I went out of the kitchen and found that there was no one in front of the door ..." As if the story had reached a critical point, Miss Williams' voice was sharp, and she was afraid, afraid of the ending.

"I opened the door, but I didn't see anyone, so I closed the door and came back. I called Susan's name suspiciously, wondering if she had come back, but there was no response. I was always a little uneasy, so I looked around, and then I saw Susan. Shane's in the living room, she's just lying there..." Miss Williams wept, too choked up to speak.

Emily patted Miss Williams on the back, and the other two gentlemen also looked at the crying young girl with some sympathy.

"I didn't find her. I didn't find Susan right away. She was lying there bleeding. If I hadn't worked overtime, I could have come back earlier. She wouldn't have died, would she?" Miss Williams scratched excitedly. Holding Emily's hand to comfort her, she looked straight at Emily with tearful eyes and regret.

"Don't think so much, it's all over, you didn't do anything wrong, don't blame yourself, okay?" Emily couldn't bear to face such eyes, and hugged her instead.

Emily knew that her consolation was so pale, and this self-blaming woman didn't know that everything was irreparable, but only if it was irreparable would the pain and regret be even greater.

But is this really the case?

Could Miss Williams have saved her roommate by coming home early?

Not only Emily, but also Rosie, and even Sergeant Smith, everyone found out that the unsub didn't leave at all. After committing the crime, he cleaned the murder weapon and watched the victim slowly bleed to death.

Unsub was in the house when Miss Williams came home, luckily she didn't notice him, luckily she went into the kitchen first and gave Unsub a chance to leave.

Otherwise, Emily couldn't even imagine whether the corpses found at the scene would include the sad woman in front of her.

The truth is so terrible, even more daunting than the original regret and sadness.

Except for the woman who cried bitterly, the three people knew that everyone had guessed it through eye contact, but no one told her the truth that made Miss Williams even more frightening.

Maybe the current regret and sadness will cause her a short-term psychological barrier, but through the counseling of a psychologist, they believe that she can get out of it when time and treatment are both in place.

But the truth will completely make Miss Williams live in fear. A brush with death is not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is that you know that you have a brush with death, and then you will live in fear for the rest of your life. all day long.

Such a future is not what a young lady like Miss Williams deserves, and it is not something anyone can afford.

"Miss Williams, thank you, you have helped us a lot, thank you!" Rossi really thanked her, she was brave and kind, so he wanted to repay her due gratitude and let her not So sorry and sad.

"Yes, if we solve the case, you must be credited. Don't cry now, don't think too much about it. It's our job to catch the bad guys. You have overfulfilled the task." Emily also knew how to comfort her like this , Let her feel that her memories are valuable, and she has done her part for her roommate.

Then when unsub is brought to justice, these souls who cannot sleep because of this case can live their lives slowly, and will not be haunted by nightmares forever.

And Emily has a more terrifying guess: what if the target of the unsub was originally Miss Williams?

You know, the person who was alone in this house at that time was Miss Williams, she had come home from get off work, and her roommate had left for work...