North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 336 Kidnapping Case

Jimmy waited for Ryan to finish handling the urgent matters and put the two captured people into the interrogation room before saying goodbye to Ryan and leaving.

Jimmy did not rush to the police station to see Chuck and his team's investigation results. Instead, he returned to the Manhattan office and went to Hughes' office.

Jimmy: "Hughes, the matter at the Queens Field Office has been taken care of, and they are handling the follow-up."

Hughes: "Good job, Jimmy."

Jimmy: "If there is nothing else, I will go to the NYPD first. There is some new progress in the case you arranged before."

Hughes: "OK, remember to notify me when there are results. Go ahead."

Jimmy went back to his office and called Chuck. The surveillance identification was still going on. The clarity of surveillance was really a problem now. Fortunately, the building where Diego's studio is located also cared about it. They arranged a few people to cooperate, and the identification speed was still the same.

Guaranteed.

The case that interests Jimmy the most now is this case. Speaking of the cases he has dealt with before, none of them were so interesting. Drug dealers, plastic surgery, doing cases cleanly, leaving no traces, starting from the clues, and catching him in the end is the best.

Okay. In fact, up to now, it has not been determined whether the shooter is a male or a female. It is also unclear whether the person with the guitar case is the shooter. In short, it is shrouded in fog, which is very interesting.

Jimmy doesn't need to worry about the Queens office. Although he was the one who fired the gun, Ryan was by his side the whole time. He didn't run away when the shootout happened. Jimmy doesn't need to worry about the report. Ryan's report will come back later.

Just sign and that's it. OPR can't find him again this time. The command lies with Ryan, and Hughes asked him to support it. Everything is easy to talk about.

It's been a long time since he had such a comfortable support mission. It reminded him of his days in Little Rock more than a year ago. How carefree he was back then. When he didn't have to go out, he could fish at the police station. When he wanted to be active, he could always go to the shooting range to practice shooting.

On duty at the same time.

While Jimmy was resting, Hughes called Ryan directly.

When they received the call from the Queens office, Ryan and the others were actually just notifying them because they needed to call in the support team. At the same time, the agent was shot and they had to report it. Hughes originally didn't want to intervene, so the detective from the field office

There were also a lot of personnel, and the support team could be dispatched at any time. But after hanging up the phone, Hughes suddenly thought of Jimmy.

For him, Jimmy's position is actually very easy to determine. Based on the arrangement of maximizing combat power, Jimmy's position is easy to handle, but he is still young, only 27 years old. It is the time to accumulate experience. If he is only a combatant,

It will almost go downhill in a few years at most. Every year, the FBI will withdraw from active duty in the military.

Jimmy does not have many advantages in selecting combatants from retired personnel. If he is not allowed to be exposed to more cases and accumulate more experience, it will be difficult for him to become the backbone of the Manhattan office after Peter and Ruiz.

Power, among the new generation of young people nowadays, there are not many such spiritual people.

After the last time he supported a school shooting, Hughes still remembered Chris's comments. Jimmy's heartfelt smile at that time impressed Chris. Maybe, in addition to normal cases, he should also be liberated a little bit. Only then can he

I asked Hughes and went directly to the office to find Jimmy. If he couldn't find Jimmy, he arranged to call him.

Ryan told Hughes about Jimmy's performance on the phone. Ryan was very interested in Jimmy, but it was impossible for Hughes to give Jimmy to him.

After understanding the whole process, Hughes also felt that there was nothing wrong with his decision. In addition to handling the case, this kind of hands-on action allowed Jimmy to go up and support a team of detectives by himself, and the effect was very good.

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After Jimmy rested for a while, he went out and went directly to the police station. It was too slow to wait for them to get clues. He finally decided to participate himself. Although he would not necessarily be better than other police officers, at least he would not be much worse.

One more person means more strength.

Jimmy came to the police station conference room. Good guy, there were four computers and large screens placed on the conference table. Four groups of people were looking at the surveillance cameras to identify the people inside. No wonder they haven’t gotten the results after a long time. It seems they chose

The surveillance video is relatively long.

Jimmy came to Nia's side and said, "Nia, how are you? Did you gain anything?"

Nia asked a police officer to replace her and stood up to face Jimmy. "I identified some people that no one had seen before, but the harvest was very small. It was too difficult to find people like this."

Jimmy glanced at the screen. They basically screened every person in the screen. Um, isn't it a bit aimless? "You are looking for the kind of person with a backpack or briefcase. That file is quite thick. No."

It's most likely to be carried out under clothes. People who go out without a bag don't need to look at it."

Nia shook her head: "We have already thought about it, but there is still a loophole. There is no surveillance in the underground garage of the office building. It is only at the entrance and exit. People inside the car cannot be seen there. If the gunman comes from the underground garage,

If we leave, there will be nothing we can do."

Jimmy nodded: "There's nothing we can do about it. We have too few clues now. This is the only way to find him. By the way, the guitarist hasn't committed any more crimes recently, right?"

Nia shook her head: "I haven't received it now. I have to ask Detective Chuck about this. I don't have relevant information."

Jimmy: "Then I'll go find Chuck, you guys get busy first."

After saying that, Jimmy nodded to Nia, turned and left the conference room. It was time to handle the case now, so it was better not to disturb them.

When we arrived at Detective Chuck's office, Chuck was checking something on the computer.

Jimmy: "Hey, Chuck, how's it going?"

Chuck turned around and looked at Jimmy: "Still waiting for the results. Are you FBI so idle?"

Jimmy shrugged, "I'm just interested in this case. Well, it seems you are indeed very busy, so I'll go back first."

Chuck: "OK, bye."

Well, Jimmy was kicked out like a fly, and there was nothing Jimmy could do.

Looking at the time, it was almost time to get off work, so Jimmy left the police station and went back to the apartment.

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The next day, Jimmy returned to the office and suddenly found that Chris, who had disappeared for two weeks, suddenly appeared, but he looked a little miserable. His left arm was splinted, his head was wrapped with a bandage, and his face was also covered with an OK bandage.

He was typing slowly on the keyboard with his good right hand, as if he was checking something.

Jimmy: "Chris, what's wrong with you? Why are you hurt so badly?"

Chris stopped and looked up at Jimmy: "Nothing, there was a traffic accident. How have you been recently?"

Jimmy: "Everything is fine, nothing unexpected happened. If you're so seriously injured, just go back and rest. Just let me know if there's anything you need to deal with."

Chris nodded: "I'll go back later. It's okay. Don't worry."

Jimmy: "Is the matter resolved with Vince?"

Chris: "Well, don't worry, it's fine over there."

Chris continued to operate the keyboard with one hand, then clicked with the mouse, and then closed the computer. He picked up the clothes next to him, said hello to Jimmy and left.

Jimmy didn't believe Chris's lies at all. He was injured like this in a traffic accident? This reminded Jimmy of the time when Kag went to find a drug dealer and was injured by them. Kag also told them about the traffic accident at that time.

Are you completely treating other people as fools? As long as there is a similar reason, you can explain it.

Jimmy turned on the computer and started to check the recently registered cases. For Chris to be injured like this, it seemed that what they had experienced was definitely not small. There might be some records. Since Chris is back, it means that the matter has been dealt with.

At this time, I didn't look at them to help, it was purely because I wanted to see what they had done.

Working in vain, Jimmy looked at the list of recently added cases. There was nothing special about it. That's right. Chris and the others were all old detectives, so they must have done things properly. Thinking about Kag's handling style, it was almost understandable.

.

Speaking of which, since the system has been opened, can we check Nia? Forget it, this is too cheap. Using the FBI database to check identity information when picking up girls is a bit excessive no matter how you think about it.

After checking his mail and letters to make sure nothing happened, Jimmy packed up and left the office again to go to the NYPD.

Jimmy entered the police station and went directly to Nia's position. There is a saying that girls in uniforms are indeed very cool, but police uniforms are also really unfriendly to girls. Police uniforms are not designed to be tight, and a good figure is completely covered up.

Lived.

They were lucky this time. After a day of search and comparison, Nia and the others had identified several suspects and obtained unclear screenshots of the videos. Jimmy came over just in time to take them back for image comparison.

Chuck came over: "Jimmy, this case may need to be suspended for a while. We have new cases to deal with urgently. Nia, get ready to go."

Jimmy: "What case?"

Chuck: "Kidnapping, my family just called the police, we are leaving now."

Jimmy nodded, and returned to the FBI office with the images that Nia and the others found. The kidnapping case was not a major case, and the local police could handle it well. Unless it was a big shot with enough influence, or a federal employee, or a former employee, it would be handled by

The FBI took over directly.

Jimmy called Chris. His permission had been revoked after searching for information before. Image comparison was not something he could do directly. Chris had gone home to rest, but he would call Hughes for him.

, apply for permission to open again.

The image comparison is not as fast as in the movie, the criminal database is still quite large, and the comparison is not 100% successful, so after Jimmy scanned a few images, he threw them there and waited for the results.

Hughes called, and Jimmy came to his office again. This time Hughes was not alone. There was also a blond woman in the office.

Jimmy: "Hughes, I'm here, what do you want?"

Hughes: "Jimmy, this is Kimberly Rice, who is responsible for the kidnapping and disappearance case. You temporarily join her team to help deal with a kidnapping case."

Jimmy shook hands with Les: "Jimmy from the Homicide Squad, it's our first time meeting you. Please take care of me."

Kimberly Rice: "Kimberly Rice Hughes, let's go."

Hughes nodded, and the two left Hughes' office.

Les and Jimmy went downstairs together. She took a photo to Jimmy: "Jimmy, this case is a kidnapping case. Sadie McCullough, a contracted model of ESS Agency, French nationality, this time

She came to New York to participate in Fashion Week, and she disappeared after her show the day before yesterday. The agency arranged for agents to search for her, but she was never found. Yesterday afternoon, they received a call and the kidnappers demanded a ransom of 5 million."

Jimmy: "This kind of kidnapping case should be handled by the NYPD, right? Why did it come to our side?"

Les glanced at Jimmy: "Because Sadie McCullough is not only a model, but also the daughter of the boss of a multinational company. Now let's go to ESS Company."

Jimmy drove behind Les and arrived at an office building in midtown Manhattan. Les took Jimmy upstairs. There were already some people wearing FBI jackets in the office installing surveillance equipment.

Les: "Did the kidnapper call again?"

A surveillance agent shook his head, and Rice walked towards Bruno Melton, the agent of the agency and the person who reported the crime this time.

Rice: "Melton, have McCullough's family been contacted?"

Melton: "I have been contacted, but his family is in France and he will not come to New York until tomorrow."

Rice: "OK, let's sort out the current situation. When was the last time you saw McCullough? Has anyone had contact with her?"

Melton looked at Rice: "The night before yesterday, after the catwalk, McCullu changed her clothes and left the backstage. She was supposed to go directly to the car at the back door, but we waited for a long time and didn't see her. We contacted

The people inside don't know when McCullough left. What they can confirm is that there is no problem with the show itself. Her last show ended at 9:45 pm, and we contacted them at 10:15.

"

Les: "Are there surveillance cameras backstage at the show?"

Melton: "No, only the front entrance of the building is monitored. We waited at the back entrance. There is nothing over there."

Les nodded and looked at Jimmy: "Jimmy, go to the show with Ryan to investigate. Ryan!"

A male agent in his 30s next to him raised his hand to signal. Jimmy nodded and walked towards Ryan. The two came to a building next to Central Park.

Ryan should be an experienced agent. He took Jimmy to the McCullough show. After contacting the exhibition, he conducted a round of questioning of the backstage staff, and then checked all the way through the backstage entrance and exit channels.

Come to the main entrance.

After that, it was routine operation. I contacted the building security personnel directly, and after obtaining the consent of the management staff, I retrieved the video of the front entrance from the night before and started checking it.

Finally, Sadie McCullough was found in the surveillance video. She left the building with a man, got into a car at the main entrance, and left the building.

Ryan immediately called Les: "Les, the surveillance showed that McCullu left the building with a man, got into a car and left. Due to the angle of the surveillance, only the back of the man was photographed, and there was no frontal image. I

Come back right away."

Ryan asked them to make a copy of the surveillance video at the scene, and returned to the ESS agency with the video and Jimmy.

(End of chapter)