North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 274 Is this the case to test the trainee agents?

Jimmy and Agent Thorsten had lunch together nearby, and then separated. Jimmy went to the hotel to rest. Although Hughes asked him to go to Director Lambert today, there was no set time for him to go there.

What are you doing early? It's better to get some sleep and rest before going.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Jimmy finished his lunch break and set off for the FBI office in Dallas. Fortunately, Jimmy's rented car had not been returned yet. If he had returned the car early this morning, Jimmy would have been in big trouble.

Strictly speaking, it is allowed for the FBI to handle cases across offices, but no one usually does this because each office has its own personnel. Unless there is a shortage of manpower or a lack of experts in the relevant industry, it is generally rare to transfer people across regions like this. More

Your only option is to contact DC headquarters or the FBI Academy directly, and then the FBI laboratory, which is also in Quantico, as mentioned before.

This time Jimmy was confused for a long time at noon and didn't think clearly about what Hughes wanted to do. Moreover, for support from other offices, senior agents would definitely be given priority. Let himself, a trainee agent who has only worked for more than a month, go to other offices.

Office support, isn't he afraid of losing face to the Manhattan office?

Arriving at the Dallas office, Jimmy used his FBI ID to pass through security, entered the building, communicated with the front desk, and then came to the supervisor's office on the top floor.

Jimmy knocked on the door of the supervisor's office and said, "Come in." Jimmy took off his hat and put it under his left arm, opened the door and walked in. A middle-aged Mediterranean white man wearing a white shirt sat behind the desk.

Jimmy: "Sir, I am Jimmy Young, agent of the Manhattan office. Manhattan supervisor Hughes asked me to report to you."

Lambert: "Oh, Jimmy, you came very quickly, please have a seat."

Jimmy came outside the desk and sat upright on the chair.

Lambert looked at Jimmy and raised his right eyebrow: "Tell me, did you offend Hughes?"

Jimmy: "No sir, I just happen to be in Dallas on vacation, the closest to here."

Lambert waved his hand: "Don't be so serious. We still have more time. Let's chat casually. Are you coming to Dallas for tourism? Look at your outfit, well, it looks very Texas, especially the hat."

Jimmy: "Yes, sir, I came to Dallas mainly for vacation and tourism, and also to meet old friends."

Lambert: "Oh, what friend? Is it nearby?"

Jimmy: "My colleague from DEA, I have cooperated with him before, we are just friends. Sir, Hughes asked me to report to you, saying that there is a case that requires my assistance. What case is it?"

Jimmy couldn't stand it. Lambert and Hughes were completely different styles. Lambert was more like an old white man from the South. He was very enthusiastic and chatty whenever he liked it, while Hughes was more like a county police officer.

James, the elder, usually pays great attention to his image and doesn't talk much, but he always feels that they have something on their mind.

Relatively speaking, Jimmy is actually more accustomed to the styles of James and Hughes. Maybe he has some social fears. Jimmy hasn't interacted with too many old white men in Little Rock before.

Lambert had obviously met a lot of people. Seeing Jimmy's behavior, he roughly understood, "Oh, you're talking about the case. There's no rush for this. You need to find a place to live first. You have plenty of time. Don't rush it. Let's do it today."

Go handle the case."

Lambert pressed the intercom: "Jesse, come in."

Soon a middle-aged woman came in from outside. She was white and had red hair. She looked quite young, probably at least 40 years old. "What's the matter, Lambert?"

Lambert pointed at Jimmy: "This is Agent Jimmy from Manhattan. You arrange for him to stay. He will be working with us in the near future."

Jessica walked next to Jimmy, and Jimmy quickly stood up. They shook hands and said, "Jessica, Administration Department." "Jimmy, Agent of the Manhattan Office, nice to meet you."

Lambert: "Okay, take him there."

Jesse and Jimmy said goodbye to Lambert and left Lambert's office.

Jessica took Jimmy to another office on the same floor. Well, just because of the location of this office, Jessica's level was not low.

"Sit." Jessica sat in her desk, and Jimmy sat opposite her.

While operating the computer, Jessica asked: "Jimmy, how long will you stay this time?"

Jimmy shook his head: "It's not clear yet. I received a call from our supervisor today, asking me to report to Supervisor Lambert. He said there was a case to be handled, but I haven't seen what the case is yet."

Jessica: "OK, I understand, let's just stay at the hotel next door. So, did you drive here?"

Jimmy: "Rent."

Jessica: "A car, is there anything else I need to prepare?"

Jimmy continued to shake his head: "I don't know what the case is yet, I'm not sure yet."

Jessica nodded, she registered on the computer, took out a card from the drawer under the table and handed it to Jimmy, then took Jimmy downstairs, and first received a card from another department.

After receiving the car key, another person was arranged to take Jimmy to the basement to pick up the car and check in at a hotel about a hundred meters away.

After Jimmy finished the formalities, the person who brought him left. Instead of going to the room, he took the room card and went out. He walked back to the parking lot of the FBI building. He first drove the rental car to the original hotel to pick up his luggage and check out.

After completing the formalities, he returned the car and took a taxi back to the hotel booked by the FBI. Only then did Jimmy settle down temporarily.

By the way, Jimmy's treatment seems a bit wrong. He has an access card, a public black Crown Victoria, and a hotel that looks like at least a 3-star hotel. Does the FBI in Dallas have such sufficient funds? And Jimmy doesn't know yet.

When will I leave? Shouldn't I just rent the apartment directly?

Jimmy also took a look at the people in the FBI building today. Most of them were wearing suits, but there were also a large number of people in casual clothes. It didn't look like what Jimmy was wearing was particularly out of place. If there were no special requirements,

It seems that there is no need to buy a suit. Let's prepare it when necessary.

After a night's rest, Jimmy came to the Dallas office early the next day, and it was Lambert's office on the top floor. This time, Lambert did not shirk the delay anymore, but directly took three files from the table and handed them to Jimmy.

Let him go to the conference room next to him and see for himself.

Jimmy came to the conference room and opened the file. These three files were together. They were three cases of murder and body dismemberment. The places where the bodies were dumped were not far from each other, and they were all next to Lei Lake.

There is a reason why the case has been shelved. The three corpses that have been put together so far are all mutilated. The most important ones, the head and hands, have not been found. None of the three have been found. Because the DNA library is not perfect, there is no way to analyze the mutilated limbs.

Extracting DNA to determine the identity, and there are no hands, not even fingerprints, so we can only give up.

Jimmy hasn't read all the information yet, but he thinks there is something wrong with this matter. If this kind of case is handed over to a trainee agent from Manhattan, who has the problem?

Jimmy put down the files and began to think about why? Is this to put some shoes on himself? Was it Hughes's idea or Lambert's? What was the purpose? To get himself kicked out of the FBI?

Jimmy thought for a while and continued to pick up the file and read it. He placed the three files side by side on the table. There was a gap in the time between the three corpse dismemberment cases.

The first one happened in June 1999. Two hikers found a leg while camping next to Thunder Lake. After they called the police, the police found some other remains nearby. However, because the body was incomplete and there were no documents, it was impossible to judge.

Due to his identity, the case can only be temporarily sealed.

The second case was discovered in the northeast of Lei Lake in December 2000, and the third case was discovered in the woods on a peninsula in the middle of Lei Lake in March 2001.

These three cases were merged mainly because of the modus operandi. Although the remains were cut in different ways, they have one thing in common. Neither the head nor the hands were found. The local police have searched the surrounding environment very carefully and are very sure that there is no such thing.

What clues are missing?

The file contains photos of the time when each wreckage was found, and there are numbers marked on the map to indicate the specific location where the wreckage was found. Jimmy is very unfamiliar with Texas maps, so he would be very confused just by looking at the file.

Jimmy looked up and looked around. There were very few people here on the top floor. There should be no problem placing the files in the conference room. He got up and left the conference room and went to Jessica's office.

Jimmy: "Jessica, I need your help."

Jessica: "Please speak."

Jimmy: "I need a map of Thunder Lake, as well as the markings of surrounding settlements and roads. Try to be as detailed as possible."

Jessica thought for a while and nodded, "I'll bring it to you later."

Jimmy: "Thank you, I'm in the conference room next to Lambert." After saying that, Jimmy turned and left Jessica's office.

Ten minutes later, Jessica came to the conference room with several printed maps.

Jessica: "This is a satellite photo of Thunder Lake, and this is an enlarged version of the map."

Jimmy: "Thank you."

Jimmy picked up a pen on the table in the conference room and started marking on the map. He carefully checked the location where the wreckage was found on the three files, because Lake Thunder was not a regular circular or oval lake, but in the south.

It is relatively regular, but the northern part is divided into spikes by the ground that protrudes into the lake, so it is not so easy to connect the marked locations.

Jimmy looked through the map and the file, always feeling that something was missing, time, place, people, physical evidence, suspects, motive, method of committing the crime. Now there seemed to be a lot of things in the file, including complete suspects and motive.

It's a blank, which means that there have been three corpse dismemberment cases in a row. The latest one has been more than a year ago, but no relevant suspects have been found yet?

Jimmy organized the files, closed them up, and knocked on Lambert's door.

Jimmy: "Director Lambert, I would like to ask, are these three files all there is? Is there any other information?"

Lambert: "What suspicions did you find?"

Jimmy: "There are no suspects in the file, not even inferred suspects. Has no one taken over these cases before?"

Lambert looked at Jimmy expressionlessly and said nothing. Jimmy was no longer a new employee. He also looked at Lambert, waiting for his reply.

Lambert looked at Jimmy and suddenly laughed. He waved, "Give me the dossier."

Jimmy handed Lambert, in addition to the original three dossiers, there were also several maps given by Jessica. Lambert picked up the map and looked at the points marked by Jimmy and the lines Jimmy drew on it.

Line, nodded, "These lines are the corpse dumping lines you speculated, right?"

Jimmy nodded, "As you can see from the satellite map, there are no residents around the place where the corpse was dumped, and the road conditions are not ideal. I speculate that the corpse dumping route should start from the lake shore. In other words, the suspect sailed a boat and landed on the lake shore.

"But there is too little information, and the lake is so large that it is impossible to deduce where the suspect entered the lake, and the satellite photos do not mark the various small piers in the lake."

Lambert checked his watch. It had been two hours since he handed Jimmy the case file, and it was already close to noon. However, he was pretty good at inferring the route based on this information alone.

Lambert: "It would be great to have a conclusion, but your question is easy to answer. It's not that there is a lack of information, but that these three cases have been solved, and the relevant suspects have only been removed from the files.

"

After Lambert finished speaking, he put the map marked by Jimmy in the file and turned around to put it back on the bookshelf behind him. Jimmy was speechless. What was going on? He really thought he was going to solve these three corpse cases by himself just now.

Yes, I spent more than two hours on my brain cells, and the result is to examine myself?

Jimmy: "Director Lambert, who is the suspect?"

Lambert: "A mentally disturbed cult lunatic. When he found him, there was a shootout. The suspect was shot dead. The heads and arms of three people were found in the basement. He placed them on an altar as tribute. Later,

Through DNA identification, three corpses were matched, and their families have been notified. The case has been concluded."

Jimmy: "How did you find him? It's impossible to deduce from this clue."

Lambert: "It was just luck. There was a man who was fishing in the lake and was threatened by him. After receiving the call, the local police went to his house. As I said just now, everything went well. Cases like this often really require

It depends on luck, but your guess is correct, he does live south of Leihu Lake. After investigation, we also found the boat he transported, and the blood stain identification on it was also confirmed."

Jimmy: "Okay, but I don't understand, why are you showing me this case?"

Lambert: "It's just a preliminary assessment. The following cases are really assigned to you." Lambert handed Jimmy another folder.

Lambert: "This case will be handled by you alone. I will not assign other agents to assist you throughout the process, but if you need to inquire about relevant information, you can go to the second floor to find Agent Ray Hope."

Jimmy took the file, said goodbye to Lambert, returned to the nearby conference room, and started to look at the file. After just looking at the first bit, Jimmy felt a bit like a Muggle. This case seemed, maybe, to be a bit troublesome.

"A tourist discovered a cave on a barren mountain in Big Bend National Park. Six corpses were found in the cave. They had been decomposed and weathered. Forensic doctors determined that the death time was about 3-4 years ago. Since the corpses were not buried, they were just left in the cave.

In the cave, some corpse bones showed signs of being eaten by animals, and the corpses were mutilated. There were obvious traces of gun battles in the cave, and dozens of bullet holes were found on the cave wall. No weapon residue was found at the scene.

The case was submitted by the park police and preliminary on-site investigation was conducted by local police."

I'm going out today, so I won't update it for now. I need to save some manuscripts, and I will recommend them on the bestsellers on the 19th, and I will update them in two days.

(End of chapter)