"Good."
Seeing the look on Luo An's face, Augustus nodded with satisfaction. He knew that Luo An had always been very measured, so he stopped talking nonsense and changed the topic and asked:
"How about it, [Lake Corpse Serial Murder Case], do you have any thoughts now? I remember Ryder got a lot of information in those days."
Hearing this, Luo An's eyelids jumped and his head hurt.
After a moment of silence, he said:
"According to the information, the murderer took away the rings on the hands of each victim. I suspect their husbands should know something, so I plan to talk to the husbands of several victims now."
"OK."
Seeing that Luo An already had an idea, Augustus took a sip of coffee, nodded and said:
"Call immediately if you have any questions. Investigation Team No. 5 is ready to support you."
"Okay, sir."
After leaving the team leader's office, Luo An first took out the Nokia in his pocket and called Mona to make sure there was no problem with the communication method. Then he took Ryder to the equipment warehouse this time.
In the equipment warehouse, Luo An put on a combat uniform and a plate-carrying vest, held a tactical helmet in his hand, stuffed five smoke grenades and ten shock grenades in his pockets, and carried two submachine pistols Glock 18 on his waist.
After taking three pistols with extended magazines, Luo An's eyes moved. This time he went to the border of New York and New Jersey. It was a bit far from the headquarters, and support could not be readily available.
So he took seven more extended magazines and rounded up the number.
"Luo An, if you are in the SWAT team, you will definitely survive until the end!"
Ryder on the side saw this scene, his eyes lit up, he decisively threw away the regular version of Glock 18, took off his small bulletproof vest, and put on the exact same equipment as Luo An.
The difference is that because Ryder's waist is wider and his strength is stronger, he can hold twenty extended magazines.
After changing their equipment, Luo An and Ryder looked at each other, laughed when they saw the fully armed opponent, and strode out.
Everyone in Investigation Team No. 5: "..."
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New Jersey, next to New York State, is the fourth smallest and most densely populated state in the United States, nicknamed the 'Garden State'.
The destination of Luo An's trip was the Northville area of New Jersey, located at the top of New Jersey.
Originally, the New Jersey police should be responsible for this case, but because the lake where the body was found is located at the junction of New York and New Jersey, the New Jersey police did not want to cause a lot of trouble due to cross-regional law enforcement, so they decisively chose to report the case to The FBI in New York.
"The first victim, Linda Kibo, was twenty-eight years old and disappeared eight months ago.
The second victim, Beatrice Leon, 34, disappeared two months ago.
The third victim, Natalie Carlisle, 25, disappeared a month ago
The fourth victim, Tamara Terry, 30, disappeared two weeks ago."
After listening to Ryder's story, Luo An sat in the passenger seat and looked down at the autopsy reports of the four victims. He nodded and said:
"Let's first go to the home of the fourth victim, Tamara Terry. She was murdered two weeks ago after disappearing. Her husband should be able to remember a lot of things, such as who targeted his wife."
"no problem."
Ryder nodded, twisted the steering wheel, turned the SUV around, and drove in the other direction.
Ryder's investigation these days is not useless, at least he now remembers the home address of each victim clearly.
When the SUV crossed the bridge and entered New Jersey, Luo An didn't notice anything unusual. He also thought New Jersey had good scenery and a lot of parks.
But the further the car drove toward the Northville area, the more Luan felt something was wrong.
Why are there more and more women wearing cool clothes on both sides of the road? And what does it mean when they grab the hands of passing drivers?
"Most of those women are women who make money from their lower bodies, some full-time and some part-time."
Seeing the doubt on Luo An's face, Ryder shrugged and said nonchalantly:
"You know, in the Federation, everyone has to work hard to make money to support themselves."
"Forehead."
When Luo An heard this, he didn't know what to say for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he tilted his head and asked:
"Don't the New Jersey police care about them?"
"Of course! But only when necessary."
Ryder nodded and then shook his head:
"The police only have so many police personnel. A police officer sometimes has three cases at the same time. How can they have time to care about these women?
And even if they are caught, the punishment is just to be locked up for a period of time. If they pay bail, they can be released early. The police are too lazy to waste time on such things. "
"understood."
Luo An pursed his lips and nodded. The police in the United States are different from the police in the East. The police here are just a kind of job, and they work every day and get paid.
Moreover, when grassroots police officers in the United States are working, their superiors will order them to consider the cost of law enforcement. Like these women on the roadside, the cost of law enforcement far outweighs the benefits of law enforcement.
Unless the top brass of the police station gives an order and is determined to conduct a sweep, or there is a major case involving a death, these police officers are too lazy to take care of it most of the time.
The dark SUV continued to move forward and soon arrived at the home of the fourth victim, Tamara Terry, a rectangular red bungalow in the Northville area in the northernmost part of New Jersey.
The two got out of the car and walked forward. Ryder stretched out his hand and patted the door of the house hard, shouting:
"Sanderson! Open the door! I'm Agent Ryder from the FBI! We've met before!"
Sanderson, husband of Tamara Terry.
There was no reaction in the room.
Ryder patted hard again, but there was still no sound.
Luo An raised his eyebrows, tilted his head and asked:
"Tell Mona to call him?"
Ryder frowned upon hearing this, and just as he was about to speak, there was a sudden sound of a heavy object falling to the ground and breaking inside the house.
boom--
"Shit, there's someone in the room!"
Hearing this movement, Ryder no longer hesitated, directly raised his pistol, kicked open the door and rushed in:
"FBI! Don't move!"
Luo An was full of swear words, but he still quickly followed Ryder's actions and searched the rooms to make sure they were safe.
There was no one in the kitchen, living room and other places. Luo An raised his pistol and rushed into the master bedroom in a tactical posture. No one was found, but there was a corner of a pajamas sandwiched in the corner of the closet door.
"The people in the closet put up their hands and come out!"
Luo An stood sideways on the side of the cabinet and shouted loudly:
"If you don't come out after three numbers, I'll shoot! Three!"
"Woooooooo..."
When he heard the shouting, the person in the closet did not come out, but the sound of sobbing came out, and Luo An was stunned when he heard it.
Because it is the cry of a child.
ten minutes later.
On the sofa in the living room, Ryder was holding a toy in both hands and softly comforting the twitching little blond girl.
Luo An, who was on the phone next to him, sighed when he saw this scene.
