North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 361 Unlucky case

Jimmy woke up early in the morning, first sent a text message to Nia, and then washed up and made breakfast. Of course, it was an American-style fried egg, bacon and lettuce sandwich. This thing is so convenient and can be made quickly, plus buying it on the way.

Coffee ensures that there is no problem in going to work normally in the morning.

When he arrived at the bureau, Jimmy first walked out of the parking lot to order a bouquet of flowers for Nia and then went upstairs to work. Well, now Jimmy is responsible for his own work and rest time. As long as no one is stuck in time to find him, he can basically

No one will notice that he is late or leaves early. However, he still goes to and from get off work on time. Although he has no cases for the time being, he will not deliberately cause any trouble.

In the past month, due to the bomb case, when Chris was hospitalized and Jimmy was working on the bomb case, Hughes dismissed all the cases involving the homicide team, so that after Jimmy completed the bomb case, there was a considerable gap period.

Jimmy looked at the list of cases, followed by the corresponding names of detectives. He couldn't just grab the case just because he was bored.

Anyway, he was idle, so Jimmy found Ruiz to see how his progress was going. Jimmy was not very impressed with Reina Franjes, a former county police officer. The only direct interaction between the two was when they were together.

During the kidnapping case, James let him go. The main reason why he cared about Reina was James, and the secondary reason was that this guy kidnapped the agent who was monitoring him.

Ruiz is also very busy. Gangs are making trouble all the time. There are a lot of cases, but most of them are matters of the police station. All he needs to pay attention to is the leaders and backbones of various gang organizations, and he must try his best to get rid of them.

, of course it must be reasonable and legal.

It is actually difficult to deal with organized crime groups like gangsters, because as the boss, they themselves are not usually exposed to various cases. It is difficult to implicate the bosses when something happens to the younger brother. The surveillance team in Ruiz's hands is also in addition to

Apart from anti-terrorism agents, most of the major gangs are basically arranged to be monitored. This is also semi-open. Of course, the gangs know about the surveillance vehicles following them, but in order not to irritate the FBI, everyone turns a blind eye.

It's over in a blink of an eye, as long as nothing goes wrong within the monitoring range.

Jimmy couldn't go out with Ruiz to follow up on the case now, because it was not his case and the name was unfair. But fortunately, he soon no longer had such thoughts.

After a few days of leisurely life, the NYPD indeed sent over the case. It was the murder case of the taxi driver that he saw when he went to the NYPD Detective Bureau last time. Moreover, what was even worse, the fourth case also appeared.

Already.

Chuck and Nia came to the FBI with the information. Since Chris was away, Jimmy took over all the information himself. Hughes temporarily increased Jimmy's authority. He can now be said to have represented the homicide unit, although he didn't know that Hughes

What Si thinks, but in principle, a senior agent or supervisory agent must take over Chris' position.

Jimmy returned to the station and went directly to Hughes. Jimmy had never done anything like dealing with reporters or public opinion. If something went wrong, he would be in trouble.

Nia: "But they didn't contact us at all and held a press conference directly. Now the police station is very passive. I guess the news will soon spread that the case has been taken over by the FBI."

Jimmy: "That's good. Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

The deceased was a middle-aged white man, similar to the first case, except that the location was different and no fingerprint clues were found on the wallet. The difference was that no one heard the gunshot this time.

He was not discovered until the next morning. By that time, it was already too late. The driver was already dead on the back of the seat. Because of the seat belt, he was slumped on the seat. His body was searched and his wallet was thrown away.

In the passenger seat, apart from the documents and cards, all the money was taken away, leaving only some coins.

However, before Jimmy arrived at the station, Nia called: "Jimmy, something happened. The spokesperson of the New York Taxi Drivers Association just held a press conference. The association expressed indignation that another taxi driver was killed.

They called on the public to actively provide clues and help cooperate with the police in solving the case."

The biggest suspicion is the fourth person, Diego Lopez. The system records that he is native-born, non-immigrant, and a registered gang member, belonging to the Latin Kings group. He has a record of wounding others and being imprisoned.

Of course, there are also some minor problems, such as theft and convenience store robbery. These are all minor things.

The fourth case happened last night, this time in the Bronx. The deceased was a Hispanic man. What was different about him was that he had a large number of tattoos on his body. Such people usually don’t have brains when they are young.

If it's easy to do something, then he belongs to a gang.

The system recorded that he had obtained a taxi license 2 years ago. Although the license plate still belonged to the taxi company, it is possible that the taxi company had a gang background or had some agreement with them.

Jimmy nodded and handed Diego's information to Ruiz: "There have been several murders of taxi drivers. There is a person named Diego Lopez. The system records people who were once Latin Kings. I want to ask them about it."

Nia: "Thank you for the flowers."

Nia shook her head: "The assessment is over, let's wait for the process later. The current case will not affect Chuck's detection rate. As for me, I am just his assistant, and I haven't been assessed yet.

time."

After hearing this, Hughes asked Jimmy to go back first and he would go and find out more about it. Jimmy was also a little bit worried. Public opinion is a good thing, but if the public opinion is directed at him, it would be very bad. I hope they can persist for a while.

, if I leak myself now, I will probably be annoyed to death by reporters and paparazzi later.

Ruiz took a look at the information and gave it to Jimmy: "You can go to Queens and ask him. Comparatively speaking, he is quite honest."

Jimmy: "Okay, Nia, don't worry, I will communicate with Hughes and the others. They will definitely be able to handle this kind of thing."

Jimmy: "That would be a good thing, if they can collect more clues."

Jimmy nodded, and that made sense. Since Ruiz said he was fairly honest, it meant that they were relatively measured in their actions, at least not the type that would commit inhumane cases.

Because it was morning, and it was still far away from the opening of the underground casino, Jimmy came to the entrance of the underground casino and knocked on the door. There was no such thing as a doorbell here. After knocking a few times, no one inside got up at all. Jimmy could

Seeing that they were still lying on the bed, they were probably still sleeping.

Judging from the appearance of the case, this seems to be a taxi robbery and murder case.

Because he couldn't tell whether there was a razor among the people sleeping inside, Jimmy thought for a while, asked Ruiz to get his phone, and called him. Unfortunately, razor didn't answer the phone at all. It was probably his time to go to bed.

Nia: "Well, I'm going back. There are a lot of things over there." Nia kissed Jimmy, and Jimmy let her go and sent her to the elevator, where Chuck was already waiting. This old man is really

Okay, I'll invite him to drink later.

I just said it lightly, but in fact this case is very troublesome. When he saw the files of the first three cases, Jimmy had a hunch that this thing would trick him sooner or later. It can be seen from the first three cases that these taxi drivers died

The cases must be related to each other. Although it is not certain that they were committed by the same person, the nature of the serial cases is very obvious. When the police station cannot handle it, submitting it to the FBI is the most convenient solution.

It wasn't until the third case occurred that it attracted the attention of the police detective bureau. They called up the recent death case of a taxi driver, and these three cases were connected.

What Jimmy is seeing now is a case that has not been solved for thirty years, the Zodiac Killer case. This case was picked up by the Los Angeles Police Department and later handed over to the FBI's Los Angeles office.

Regarding the Latin Kings, Jimmy had dealt with them once before and got to know a small boss. Jimmy printed a copy of Diego's record and then went to find Ruiz.

The third case was different from the previous two except where it happened. The deceased was lying on the steering wheel. However, due to the length of the seat belt, the deceased did not lie completely on the steering wheel and did not touch the car horn. At the same time, there was no

Fingerprints were found, and no one around the alley heard the gunfire.

Jimmy was not idle either. He started investigating past cases using taxi drivers as keywords, and found that the number of taxi driver deaths in New York was quite high. Around 2000, an average of more than a dozen taxi drivers were killed every year, but most of these cases

They are all robberies and murders, and more than half of the cases have not been closed. There are too few clues and the people contacted by the taxi are too complex. It is difficult to find the murderer, especially the cases that occurred in winter. Even if there are witnesses, it is difficult to determine the murderer's identity.

Look, the clothes are too thick, and many people are wearing hats and masks.

Jimmy: "As long as you like it. If the case is transferred to us this time, it won't affect your assessment results, right?"

There was only the driver's fingerprint on the wallet. It can be inferred that the gunman wore gloves or used glue or other things to form a protective film on his hands to avoid the retention of fingerprints and skin debris.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, are you familiar with the Latin Kings? Is that razor you saw last time reliable?"

The second case was in the Bronx, where the security situation was more chaotic than in Manhattan. It was really not the first time that a taxi driver was shot and robbed, so they just investigated the scene, recorded it, and then left it there to wait.

The police detectives have arranged time to investigate. As for when this case can be assigned, it depends on God's will.

As the information becomes more and more popular, there are more and more cases involving taxi drivers, but most of them are too long ago, and there are not many cases that can be solved, and most of them are not of reference.

The first case was in Harlem, Manhattan. The driver was an Indian immigrant. The taxi was a public vehicle owned by a taxi company and he did not buy the license plate himself. The death occurred on a remote section of the road at night.

Because the security situation in Harlem is not very good, even if they heard gunshots, no one went to check, and naturally no one called the police. Everyone cleaned up the snow in front of their door.

Chuck gave the information to Jimmy, and at the same time explained the situation they had investigated. Some things were not convenient to put on paper. After verbal communication, the person taking over will decide the follow-up investigation and whether the investigation results will be included in the paper.

file.

Jimmy packed up and went downstairs to drive to Queens. He had been to Razor's Underground Casino before, and Jimmy's brain was very good now. Even though he hadn't been there for several months, he still remembered the route.

Jimmy wasn't sure if Razor was inside, so breaking down the door directly wasn't a good option. He was an FBI agent, not a gang member. He could only return to the station in disappointment and come back around evening.

Jimmy directly took the files and started to check the identities of these four people. Sure enough, the first three were considered normal. Although they had some criminal records, they seemed to have taken the right path in recent years, driving taxis to earn money to support their families.

It wasn't until Jimmy saw an unsolved case that he felt nervous. Damn it, this case must not be a copycat.

Several serial murders occurred in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. After killing a taxi driver, the killer left a zodiac pattern and the dates of his previous crimes at the scene. He later released a password file through a newspaper, saying

His identity is in the decrypted content. The police and FBI conducted a lot of investigations into the Zodiac Killer and only came to limited conclusions. He was a white male, relatively tall, aged 35-45 years old, and wore military uniforms when he committed the crime.

Leather boots.

Ruiz: "What's wrong? You're looking for him?"

After saying that, Chuck turned and left Jimmy's office, and Jimmy smiled and hugged Nia.

The two casually chatted for a few words before hanging up the phone. It was obvious that Nia was still worried that Jimmy would be involved in trouble.

Because people around heard a gunshot, it was basically certain that the gunman used an ordinary pistol and did not add a silencer.

Jimmy picked up the case again, and the fourth case appeared, which would be troublesome, because he was not sure how many people he wanted to kill and what he was going to do, so he would probably continue to commit crimes. If the case was investigated by the FBI

, and related cases continue to occur, that is their responsibility, and there will be no police department to share the responsibility.

Jimmy sent them into the elevator and turned back to the office.

Due to the incompetence of the police and the huge social repercussions at the time, many fake Zodiac Killers appeared. As of now in 2003, the FBI still has not completed the decryption of the password file. The killer disappeared without a trace after several cases.

trace.

Jimmy's scalp went numb when he read the case report. This Zodiac Killer was a case in Los Angeles. The serial murder case here must not be a copycat crime. He didn't think he could have as many detectives as the Los Angeles office.

The police are even stronger. If this is really done, this case will probably remain unsolved for decades.

Supplementary information: The internal levels of FBI field agents are divided into six levels: trainee agent (intern just graduated from the academy), special agent, senior agent, supervisory agent (I have never found a suitable Chinese translation for this, Supervisory special

agent), assistant special agent in charge, special agent in charge. FBI agents do not all have positions according to their levels, but most of them are promoted according to their levels. Currently, Jimmy is just a special agent who has passed the probationary period, and his identity is not disclosed to the outside world.

Sometimes, in addition to talking about the position, it is usually FBI Special Agent XX.

Everyone must drink in moderation during the Chinese New Year. Drinking too much can harm your body and mind.

(End of chapter)