North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 399 Ma Hong takes action

After two days of leisurely working as a wage thief, Mahone finally got his first case in New York.

In the conference room, Hughes, Mahone, Jimmy, and Felicia were present. Felicia had already compiled the information on the case and distributed it to everyone, and the surveillance video was playing on the TV.

Felicia: "The cases transferred from the NYPD, two rape and murder cases."

She switched the screen, "The first time was four days ago, on the edge of the Hudson River, when someone was walking his dog in the morning, the dog found it. The deceased was a sex worker, and the main area of ​​activity was Clinton District, Hell's Kitchen.

, but the place where she died was in the Hudson River Park next to the Upper West Side.

The deceased was naked, and no clothes or other items were found around him. He was fatally injured by a heavy blow to the back of the head. Judging from the wounds, it should have been a weapon such as a wooden stick. It was suspected to be a baseball bat or a stick of the same size. No murder weapon was left at the scene.

No other abnormal tissues or body fluids were detected on the body of the deceased, which was very clean, but according to the forensic report, she did have sexual intercourse before her death."

Felicia switched the screen again, "This is what someone called the police yesterday morning. It's the same sex worker, the same Hudson River Park, but it's just a little far away from where the body was dumped last time. It's the same as the previous case.

No murder weapon or clues were left behind."

Felicia: "Due to the consistency of the two cases, it is currently determined that the same person was responsible. The NYPD has reviewed the park's surveillance, but no abnormality has been found so far."

Ma Hong: "The case is now on our side. Now we need to conduct another investigation on the scene. Jimmy, you should be familiar with that place. Let's go first."

Hughes didn't speak at all. Seeing what he meant, he just came to listen. Jimmy nodded: "I live in the Upper West Side, and I've been to that park several times."

Mahone looked at Jimmy and nodded. He is also a handsome Asian. His identity is still an FBI agent. Living in the Upper West Side means that he is not short of money. He also has such a beautiful female police detective girlfriend. He does not seem to know how to travel.

The shape of the edge.

Felicia didn't take her eyes off the TV and said, "Nope, everyone entering and leaving the park looks normal. The park's security and management staff have been investigated by the NYPD, and they found nothing unusual. The cleaning company has also contacted

Passed."

As Jimmy had predicted, they worked all night in vain and found nothing. There were many boats in the Hudson River, but they were not the targets of Mahone and Jimmy.

Mahone stared at the Hudson River in a daze. After a while, he said: "Look for the boat club and see if anyone rents a boat for the river these two nights."

Mahone circled the scene twice, carefully observed the surrounding grass, and then looked up at the Hudson River not far in front of him. The river was very wide, and it was just a guardrail. It could be easily crossed.

It is very convenient if you want to throw something away, and there are few people here and there is no monitoring, so it is really a troublesome place.

Jimmy: "No problem. I'll go back and rest after I finish watching this video."

Jimmy turned to look at Mahone. Damn it, how did I know this? I have never dealt with a street girl. Jimmy said speechlessly: "Do I look like the kind of person who is familiar with this kind of people and these places?"

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Unfortunately, Jimmy thought too simply. He spent more than an hour walking around the outside of the park twice, and only found three usable surveillance cameras, and because of the angle, none of the surveillance cameras took pictures inside the park. The remaining

Whether it's a traffic camera or a store camera, they only look at roads and doorways, and they have no reference significance at all.

Ma Hong: "Jimmy, you are familiar with this place. Go around first and confirm the monitoring situation."

Jimmy left the office, called Nia, went home to rest, and set the alarm clock. At 1 a.m., Jimmy got up and drove to the Hudson River Park.

Felicia added: "I got a surveillance video from the New Zealand Port Authority. Of course, there were too many yachts and fishing boats passing by the Hudson River that night, so all the large ones were eliminated, leaving only

There are more than a dozen, and there are ship numbers that can locate these clubs."

Ma Hong turned around and prepared to leave: "Okay, that's all we can do for now, let's start work first."

Jimmy glanced at Mahone and said, "Okay, I'll go there later."

Mahone was really resolute. Jimmy drove in front to lead the way. Mahone and Felicia followed Jimmy in the same car, and the three of them rushed to the Hudson River Park together.

Jimmy watched Mahone and Felicia leave, and couldn't help but frown a little. After entering the crime scene, Mahone's expression basically did not change, and he always looked very serious. Is this his personal style, or is he worried about something?

It wasn't like this when I was in the bureau before. I felt very worried.

Ma Hong turned to look at the TV, "There are too few conditions now, and we haven't found any common ground yet. I think we may need to patrol the area for a while."

Jimmy: "Got it."

Ma Hong shook his head: "Whether it is effective or not, we need to do our best. We will monitor it in two shifts at night. Starting from 22:00, I will come first. Jimmy, you go back early to rest and come here in the early morning."

Jimmy is not idle either. Let's finish the monitoring first. This park is very large and it will take a lot of time to go around it. Jimmy is already very familiar with the process of adjusting the monitoring. He was the first to do it every time he handled the case.

The priority is to investigate the scene and adjust surveillance. Technology changes life. Surveillance is the fastest way to find clues when handling cases.

Because the second body was just discovered yesterday, a cordon was still in place at the scene. Although the NYPD patrol officers were no longer guarding the area, and no one else crossed the cordon, at least the scene did not appear to have been damaged.

In the afternoon, Jimmy returned to the office. Mahone and Felicia were already in the office. It seemed that Jimmy was still too relaxed. He suddenly felt that his style did not match Mahone's and theirs. No, what about you? Although this

It's your first case since you arrived, so there's no need to do this, right?

Ma Hong: "Although it may not be useful, I still have to investigate."

Mahone: "Jimmy, here is a list of yacht clubs. Felicia compiled part of it in the morning. We need to communicate with them to see if there are any evening cruises."

Jimmy started walking around the park. He was in a much better state than Mahone. He had slept for a few hours before, and now he had the blessing of his mind and was not afraid of the dark at all. As he walked along the path, he looked around to make sure there were no humanoid objects.

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In the office, Felicia connected the video recorder and started playing the video. The people who checked the video were Felicia and Jimmy. The two checked and confirmed the people inside to see if there were any suspects. Mahone took the case report and

The autopsy report is under investigation to see if there are any omissions.

Jimmy: "OK, investigate separately?"

The pixels are too low, unclear, and will be overwritten. These are all disadvantages, but the advantage is that these videos will not be modified. As long as you get the original version of the video, you can basically determine the scene situation without worrying about being edited. Of course,

It is possible for someone to deliberately edit and re-transcribe, but for ordinary people, they don’t have the ability.

Ma Hong walked to the guardrail and looked around, but found no useful clues. "Let's go to the first case and have a look."

Ma Hong shook his head: "Together, we are not familiar with New York, and we need you to show us the way."

Two of the three surveillance cameras are at the entrance of the park, and the other is a high-altitude camera next to the park, which can cover half a block, but the resolution is so poor that only blurred figures can be seen. It is said that it was put up to avoid being damaged.

To a very high position, but with this kind of shooting effect, I might as well leave it alone.

Jimmy was also a little confused about this scene. Let alone parks in New York, surveillance cameras at all intersections are not fully covered. As long as they act normally when entering the park, who would know what happened to them in the park? Let alone surveillance cameras in this poor place, there is no surveillance at all at night.

There is no one around, and you can come in directly from the Hudson River if you want.

Felicia: "Understood"

In the morning, Mahone notified Jimmy to go back to rest. He returned to the office in the afternoon, and then took a taxi to the hotel. Jimmy was also helpless. He was too tired after doing this kind of stop and go all night. He didn't know how Mahone persisted.

After coming down, he had been patrolling for several more hours than Jimmy.

Mahone explained to Felicia and asked her to drive back to rest, while Mahone and Jimmy headed to both ends of the park separately. This time, they brought walkie-talkies with them. For the scope of the park, the walkie-talkie distance was enough.

This is much more convenient than making a phone call. In the past, Jimmy rarely brought a walkie-talkie with him when he went out because he had no support and it was useless to carry a walkie-talkie alone.

Ma Hong: "OK, you continue to investigate. Jimmy, you said you live in the Upper West Side, right? Are you familiar with the surrounding area? I just looked at two more cases. Both women are in the 160-165 range, and one is brown.

He has red hair, curly hair, and a medium to thin build. If we are looking for someone with these characteristics, where should we look for him?"

A few days had passed, and the footprints at the scene were messy and had no reference significance at all. They could only observe the surroundings and speculate on the route of action.

The park is very quiet at night, with the occasional chirping of birds and insects. It is forbidden for homeless people to sleep in the open, of course on the surface. In theory, Jimmy and Mahone are the only ones left in the park except for the security guards who stay on duty.

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Jimmy refused directly, "It's not feasible. The length of the Hudson River Park is too long. If we only rely on the three of us, there is no way to monitor such a large area. Moreover, the first two cases were separated by three days, and we don't know."

When will he show up, we can't just wait there forever."

It's actually not far from where he lives. It's really not that far. It's only a 20-minute walk. But you can't do it without driving. If something happens, you can't chase him on your legs. So even if the distance isn't enough to warm up the car, you still have to drive.

He drove to the park and took over from Mahone and Felicia.

There are a lot of stray cats in this park. I didn't notice this before. Now you can see small animals walking around in every corner. Judging from their size, they should be stray cats. Stray dogs are much larger. For

Kittens basically have no safety issues.

When Jimmy saw the surveillance footage, he complained to the person who installed the surveillance footage, but this was the only camera that could take pictures outside the park besides the park's own surveillance.

Jimmy nodded: "Understood, we need to confirm whether they observed anything abnormal when they were on the river at night, right?"

Jimmy returned to the office with several surveillance videos. There was no way around it. A large part of today's surveillance still uses the traditional videotape recording method, which is often recorded for a week or so and then reused. It's a video that people love and hate.

Mahone nodded, turned around and returned to his seat. Jimmy rewound a bit of the video, reconnected it where he started, and continued watching. The feeling before was indeed correct. After Mahone entered the case processing stage, he was obviously very different from usual.

, he seems very focused, even to the point of being nervous. Isn’t this too responsible?

Is this the real ace agent? Have all the people I have encountered before been bastards?

Jimmy was thinking wildly while watching the video. It seemed that his life would not be easy in the future, and there would be no chance of fishing.

When Chris was here before, Chris was basically with Jimmy. There were not many opportunities to investigate separately, so the walkie-talkie was not used. The reality is like this, and Jimmy has nothing to do. There are good things but they are useless.

Too miserable.

This place is similar to the place just now. It is also a grassland near the river, but it is more hidden here because it is blocked by trees. If it is not discovered by a dog walker, you may have to wait to see if anyone will go behind the tree.

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Is he worried about this case? No detective can ensure that all cases are solved, shouldn't it? He has such a strong sense of responsibility?

Mahone closed the file and said, "OK, let's go." He nodded to Hughes, and the three of them got up and left the conference room.

"Felicia, have you found any suspicious targets?" Ma Hong came over after reading the information.

The distance was not far, so they walked directly over. The cordon at the first location had been removed. This was a park after all, and the cordon had been in place for several days, which really affected the viewing experience.

Mahone: "Felicia, when you go back, contact the New Zealand Port Authority to see if they have found women's clothing, bags or anything like that in the Hudson River."

Jimmy nodded: "No problem, let me check the locations of these clubs first." Jimmy turned on the computer, looked up the locations of the corresponding clubs, and marked them on the map. This area requires a lot of time, but one day is enough for them.

Went back and forth.

Jimmy has finally seen some of Mahone's characteristics. As long as a case is involved, he will not let go of any small clues around him, and will try his best to investigate and try to restore the scene and the traces of the murderer.

In a place like this where a huge number of clues need to be investigated, especially a high-end place like a yacht club, Jimmy has no interest in communicating, and it is too easy to get into trouble.

Jimmy is actually a little numb now, and is considering whether to communicate with Hughes. The FBI is indeed very good, but it is below a certain level. For the rich and high-end people, the FBI is nothing.

Now that Mahone is going to ask the yacht club to provide boat information, there is a high probability that something will happen, and it will definitely not be a trivial matter. Those people are sailing yachts at night. Needless to say, what activities are there?

(End of chapter)