After leaving the No. 5 Investigation Team office area and walking in the corridor outside, Special Investigator Mullen of the DEA looked gloomy.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked back behind him and saw August hugging Luo An's shoulders and laughing, and the corners of his mouth immediately turned down.
"I said it before, Maren."
Seeing the look on his friend's face, Agent Norton of the FBI's Organized Crime Division patted him on the shoulder and laughed:
"Although Luo An became a full-time agent from a trainee agent in less than a week, he has already solved a serial murder case.
He is not one of those stupid boys who willingly went undercover in the gang after being fooled by you. "
"Hey, Norton, it's not stupid to be an undercover agent, okay?"
Hearing Norton's words, Mullen was immediately unhappy. Just as he was about to explain, Norton spread his hands and asked:
"How many of the people you sent as undercover agents from the DEA managed to come back alive? How long have they been undercover? After they were undercover, were they promoted when they came back? Are there any bonuses after they come back?
Your DEA method of sending people undercover is too rough. Roan Greenwood is a promising FBI agent. I told you before that he would never agree to do this kind of work for you. "
Without waiting for Mullen to answer, Norton chuckled, patted him on the shoulder, and strode into the elevator.
The work of the FBI's Organized Crime Division is also about gangs. Although I don't know the full data on the DEA's undercover success rate, I can make a rough guess.
Not high anyway.
"......snort."
With a cold snort, Malen stopped talking nonsense, glanced coldly at the No. 5 Investigation Team area, and strode into the elevator.
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"Well done, Roan."
At the gate of Investigation Team No. 5, he saw Norton and Mullen entering the elevator. August patted Luo An on the shoulder, laughed with satisfaction and nodded repeatedly:
"When you took the check just now, I originally planned to remind you, but I didn't expect you to see through the DEA's thoughts yourself. Yes, you have a brain and are smart enough!"
"Thank you, sir."
Luo An chuckled and said nothing more.
As a killer, the most important thing is to trust your own instinct. When he first met Agent Mullen, Luo An felt that the agent made him feel uncomfortable.
I originally thought that something had happened to the black man Yoon, or that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and that Mullen was here to cause trouble, but he didn't expect that the other party was here to deliver a check.
However, after receiving the check, Mullen still felt uncomfortable. Thinking of the content of the DEA's work, Luo An easily guessed the other party's purpose:
I want to force myself to be an undercover agent!
Regarding the job of being an undercover agent, Luo An only had one word in mind:
hehe.
Being an undercover agent is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
If you want to survive until the end, brains, strength, luck, and a reliable commander are all indispensable.
Without one of them, you'll wake up to find yourself sinking to the bottom of the Hudson River.
Luo An lowered his head and looked at himself. He had money, good looks and a future, so why did he do such a thankless job?
And it’s not the FBI’s job?
So just now he decisively blocked the other party's mouth with words: Thank you for the check. If you need it in the future, I will provide you with all support except help!
The two walked back to the office area of Investigation Team No. 5. Augustus tilted his head and asked:
"How about it? Do you have any clues about the [Lake Female Corpse Serial Murder Case]?"
"A little."
Luo An nodded and told Augustus that he had now found the connection between the four victims, that is, the marriage experience at Little St. Phil's Church, and then said:
"I'm going to check the list of newlyweds who got married in that church to see if I can find new victims and find out more information about the murderer."
"OK."
Regarding Luo An's thoughts, Augustus didn't say much. He nodded affirmatively, saying that he would send a message immediately if he needed support, and then turned to Veranith's office.
It is said that Verenis came to him for something.
Sitting back at her desk, Mona at the desk next to her was waving her fingers on the keyboard. When she saw Luo An coming back, she immediately stopped her movements, pointed at the computer and tilted her head with displeasure:
"One good news and one bad news, Luo An, which one do you want to hear?"
Luo An moved for a moment and said speechlessly:
"Let me tell you the bad news first."
Mona curled her lips, pointed at the computer and said:
“The bad news is that if you ask me to investigate murder cases, rape cases, stalking cases, obscenity cases, etc. with the Little St. Phil’s Church as the center, I won’t be able to investigate them at all!
The area is too big and there are countless cases! There are more than a dozen murder cases that have not been solved by the New Jersey police alone!
This was reported to the police. Some people died on the streets. After the New Jersey police sent people to collect the bodies, there was no conclusion..."
After hearing Mona's words, Luo An's head was full of black lines.
As expected of the United States, where an average of 120 people are killed by gunfire every day. The death of a person is really not a big deal in New York and New Jersey, two densely populated places.
"What about the good news?"
Mona pursed her lips, and after typing on the keyboard a few times, a circle appeared on the computer screen:
"According to your request, when I investigated cases near the Little St. Phil's Church, I drew a circle with a radius of 3 miles.
It was found that the lake at the state border where the bodies of the four victims were found and the homes of the four victims were located within this circle. "
"What did you say?"
Seeing the circle on the computer, Luo An's eyes widened and he was very surprised.
But when he saw the unfinished list of cases on the computer, Luo An suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth, thought for a moment and then said:
“Because the disappearance and death of the first victim, Linda Chibo, was eight months ago, when you next inquire about the case, set the time within nearly a year.
At the same time, the murderers have been caught and there is no need to investigate the cases in prison. The main focus is on people who have been released from prison within a year and are still living within a three-mile radius centered on Little St. Phil's Church. "
"All right."
After hearing Luo An's arrangement, Mona sighed, took a sip of bitter coffee and patted her face. The crackling sound of the keyboard sounded again.
After a long time, Ryder, who was holding two large cardboard boxes, and Lacey, who was holding a large cardboard box, also rushed back.
"call--"
Throwing the cardboard box on the floor of the conference room, Lacey and Ryder let out a long breath.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Luo An poured a cup of coffee for the two of them, and then began to flip through the papers containing information about the newlyweds.
"Luo An, these three boxes contain only the information records of the newlyweds at Little St. Phil's Church in the past two and a half years."
After taking a sip of coffee, Lacey sat down on the chair, her face tightening:
"Little St. Phil's Church receives new people every day. If there are many people, one session takes 15-35 minutes, and it can receive 8 couples a day. If there are few people, one session takes 45-60 minutes, and there are 3-4 couples a day.
If you really want to check all the newcomers' information within ten years, then don't check it. The ten people in our No. 5 Investigation Team can't check it at all. "
"That's right, that's right."
Ryder on the side nodded repeatedly, put down his coffee cup and said, "On our way back and forth just now, Little St. Phil's Church received another couple."
Luo An frowned when he heard this. After a long silence, he suddenly patted his head, stood up, shook the paper in his hand and said:
"No, we still have to check."
Seeing Lacey and Ryder's faces fall down after hearing what he said, Luo An shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"But next we will focus on checking the records of newlyweds and couples within the past seven months, and the records of newlyweds and couples within the past two weeks."
"Why?"
Ryder perked up after hearing this, but Lacey asked doubtfully:
"But you said before that Mara Terry got married eight years ago, but died two weeks ago. This..."
