One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.

First, Julie was shot, and then Antonio's son was kidnapped.

After receiving the news, several people upstairs took quick action and rushed to the scene of the crime.

Antonio's wife runs a pastry shop.

When they arrived at the place, several patrol cars had been parked outside, and the cordon was also pulled up.

Through the window glass, I saw Antonio hugging a Latina woman.

The two of them were talking excitedly.

"I'll go to the back and take a look."

Ethan closed the car door and confessed to Hank.

The patrol officer maintaining order at the scene saw him lifting his police badge from the corner of his clothes and raised the cordon to let him in.

Rushing footsteps sounded from behind: "Detective, wait for me."

Ethan turned around and Rusek came behind him: "Why are you following me?"

"study."

Rusek spread his hands: "And help."

"The Sheriff said that at this time, the last thing we can do is act alone."

Ethan said nothing and walked back around the cake shop.

On the way, I glanced up from time to time.

"Detective, what are you looking for?" Rusek followed him and looked around, but he didn't know what he was looking for.

"Camera."

Ethan pursed his lips: "If there is a video of the kidnapper, it will be of great help."

According to information provided by the patrol, Antonio's son Diego disappeared in the back alley.

Ethan took Rusek quickly around to the back alley, where there were also several patrolmen.

Unfortunately, there were no cameras along the way.

Just then, an old man in an apron squeezed through the crowd outside the cordon, muttering something.

In his hand, a piece of white paper was shaking.

The patrolman quickly stopped him and prevented him from entering the cordon.

Seeing this, Ethan quickly walked over and asked, "Sir, do you have any clues to provide?"

The old man in the apron was dancing, but Ethan couldn't understand a word he said. He looked at Rusek: "Can you understand Spanish?"

Rusek shook his head decisively: "I don't understand."

Seeing the old man in the apron waving the paper in his hand, Ethan grabbed it into his hand.

"Let him in."

Ethan glanced at the paper and stretched out his hand to raise the cordon: "Rusek, find a colleague who can speak Spanish and ask who gave him this thing."

While talking, he walked towards the back door of the cake shop.

It is full of people from the Chicago Police Department, kidnapping the families of fellow officers, which is also one of the unbearable things.

"Antonio."

Ethan shouted, walked forward quickly, and handed the paper to him.

"what is that?"

Hank asked in a muffled voice. His men were having troubles one after another, which made him nervous.

"Ba Zhao's men did it."

Ethan clicked the paper and whispered: "It says that the time is up to early this morning, and we are required to release Ba Zhao, otherwise we will kill Diego."

"Farke."

Hank cursed.

Antonio folded the paper with trembling fingers and put it in his pocket.

"I asked my colleagues just now."

Rusek also walked over quickly: "The man said that there was a guy wearing a mask a few minutes ago and gave him a hundred dollars and asked him to forward the information to the police."

"The person who forwarded the information was wearing black clothes."

Antonio grabbed his collar excitedly: "What other physical characteristics are there?"

"No."

Rusek shook his head nervously: "With his cap and mask, he can only be seen as white."

"I've asked the patrol to search the area."

"Let him go."

Ethan grabbed Antonio’s arm: “Calm down, we will help you get your son back.

"Eight claws."

Antonio let go of Rusek, who growled and quickly ran out of the house.

"You stay here."

Hank looked at Ethan and Rusek, and then returned to the police station with Olinsky and Horsted.

Looking at the cars leaving quickly outside, Ethan took out his notebook from his pocket.

"Mrs. Dawson."

Ethan walked up to Antonio's wife and said in a deep voice: "I need you to answer a few questions. Don't worry, we will try our best to help you get Diego back."

Although the patrol officer must have asked before, it is necessary to find out for yourself.

"Call me Laura."

Antonio's wife Laura wiped the tears on her face: "I understand, just ask."

From Laura's mouth, Ethan learned.

Just twenty minutes ago, she asked her son Diego to help dump garbage in the back alley, but after waiting for several minutes, she did not see Diego come back.

When I went out to look for it, I only saw garbage scattered on the ground.

After looking around and finding no trace, she quickly called the police.

Ethan listened and quickly wrote down the information.

An ordinary person's child cannot be considered missing at this time, but a police detective's child will attract great attention.

Not only because of their own personal reasons, the families of police officers are inherently vulnerable to retaliation.

The piece of paper just now also proved that Diego was indeed kidnapped.

Ba Zhao had already planned it, and Antonio's family had been targeted.

"Detective."

At this time, a patrolman came over:

"Just now, a neighbor provided clues and said that he saw a white van wandering around the neighborhood half an hour ago."

Ethan quickly turned his head: "Driver and license plate number?"

"No." The patrolman shook his head:

"She was an old lady. I just remember it was a white van."

Ethan reluctantly closed the record sheet: "Thank you, please ask your neighbors door to door to see if anyone can provide more detailed information. We are from the 21st Precinct."

"If you have any clues, ask the main station to forward them to us directly."

"no problem."

The patrolman nodded and turned to leave.

There was no use staying here anymore. Ethan comforted Laura with a few words, and then walked out of the cake shop with Rusek.

Hank left a car for them outside.

As soon as he got in the car, Rusek asked excitedly: "Is there really a conflict in the reception hall just now?"

He had been watching Ba Zhao in the garage, wondering what was going on.

As soon as they learned something about it, the Bureau issued a gag order, prohibiting everyone from discussing the conflict between the Intelligence Team and the Violent Crime Team.

"That's right."

Ethan turned the steering wheel, took out a cigarette with one hand and lit it: "Now is not the time to discuss this, please focus."

Soon we returned to the police station, and the atmosphere became even more depressing.

Hank stood up from the table: "What did you get?"

"It's basically the same news."

Ethan opened the record book: "A neighbor saw a white van, but there were no other details. We can only confirm that the person who asked the old man to pass the message to us was a white man."

"This white man should be Omar Rojas who bought a disposable prepaid phone at a mobile phone store."

"I've asked the patrol to go door to door to ask for clues."

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