Queens, New York.
Outside an apartment in a certain community, Luo An, Ryder, and Lacey were all heavily armed, holding weapons in their hands. Two on the left and one on the right stood at the door.
Looking at each other, Luo An counted down to three, and then Ryder raised his foot and kicked the door hard.
Bang!
"FBI!"
"Do not move!"
The three of them shouted while quickly checking every room in the apartment, and then saw a young white woman in the kitchen wearing headphones and dancing with her body to cook dinner.
The young woman turned her head and saw the sudden appearance of Roan and Ryder, as well as the Glock 18 in their hands. She was startled and screamed.
"We are the FBI!"
At this time, Lacey, who had checked all the rooms, came back and shook her head at Luo An. Luo An frowned slightly, pulled off the earphones from the woman's head, and asked:
"Where is Richard Meyer?"
"I don't know, he's not here!"
After slowly calming down her mood, the young woman named Irene explained:
"It's been two months since we broke up! Why are you looking for Richard?"
"We suspect he is involved in a serial murder case."
Luo An put away the Glock 18 and said in a solemn voice:
"Do you know where Richard Meyer is now? We need to talk to him.
Or, you can explain why you keep using Richard Meier's credit card. "
"What?"
When Irene heard the word serial murder case, she suddenly took a breath of air, waved her hands repeatedly to indicate that those cases had absolutely nothing to do with her, and then confessed everything.
"Richard and I met a year ago."
Irene's identity is a waiter working in a high-end restaurant. The two met when Richard took someone there to eat.
Richard was a charming man and a factory owner, so Irene soon moved in with him.
Those toys were purchased together when the two of them lived together. After all, Eileen was young and had many different toys to play with, and Richard was also willing to try new things.
Hearing this, Lacey and Ryder looked at each other. It seemed that their previous judgment was wrong. Richard was not a barrel-sexual.
Luo An nodded calmly and continued to ask:
"And after that?"
"Then Richard's factory went bankrupt."
Erin sat on the sofa with a very complicated expression on her face:
"Richard was devastated and started drinking heavily.
A month and a half ago, Richard suddenly sent me a message saying that he was leaving New York to relax. I never saw him again and only communicated with him occasionally through messages. "
One and a half months ago, the words "send a message" and "send a message" made Luo An narrow his eyes slightly, and he thought of a possibility:
"You mean you've never had a verbal conversation with Richard over the phone since then?"
Eileen seemed to have thought of something, swallowed her saliva and nodded:
"That's right."
Ryder and Lacey looked at each other and both thought of a situation.
Luo An said directly:
"Can you still contact Richard via text message now?"
"No."
Erin shook her head, walked into the bedroom, found a mobile phone, and said:
"I sent him a message a week ago to ask when he would return to New York, but he never got back to me."
"Fu-k."
Ryder slapped his head and cursed, while Roan took the phone and handed it to Lacey and said:
"Lacie, take this phone and go back to Investigation Team No. 5 immediately and ask Mona to see if you can use this phone to locate the location of Richard's phone at this time."
"OK."
Taking the phone and nodding, Lacey quickly walked out of the apartment, started the SUV and returned to the No. 5 investigation team.
In the apartment, Ryder poured a cup of coffee for himself and Luo An, poured another cup of coffee and handed it to Irene, saying in a deep voice:
"Ms. Eileen, you must have guessed some possible state of Richard at this time.
So I hope you will think carefully about what Richard said and did before he left you. Is there anything wrong with him? "
After taking the coffee, Irene's face looked a little pale and her hands were shaking.
After thinking for a long time, Irene shook her head:
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Agent, I don't know what kind of problem you are talking about, because Richard was bankrupt at the time and there was always something wrong with him."
"Then after Richard becomes drunk, will he repeat certain words?"
Luo An sat opposite Irene and slowly guided:
"Like scolding someone repeatedly?"
"This does exist."
Erin nodded:
"He kept saying that he misjudged the wrong person, trusted the wrong person and so on."
Ryder, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Erin, and he knew who Richard was scolding.
Luo An continued to ask:
"Then did Richard say what he planned to do? For example, take revenge or something."
"No."
Erin shook her head:
"I didn't hear Richard say anything about revenge or what he planned to do. I only heard him say that this was God's punishment for him."
"God?"
Luo An's mind was racing and he seemed to have discovered something:
"Richard is a Christian?"
"Yes, Richard has always been a Protestant."
Eileen answered subconsciously, then suddenly remembered something, her body suddenly stiffened, she turned her head and said with a sigh:
"Mr. Agent, I remembered something.
After Richard went bankrupt, every time he sobered up from drinking, he drove to a church to confess.
And Richard sent me a message saying that the day he left New York, he also drank a lot, and I never saw those two cars again. "
"Excellent, Erin, this is useful information!"
Luo An's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked where the address of the church was.
Ryder next to him also grinned, straightened up and stood up. Could it be the hand of the church pastor?
"That church is in New Jersey."
Erin found a Bible that was pressed under the bed. There was a bookmark inside, and the bookmark was the address of the church.
"Good."
After taking the bookmark, Roan and Ryder immediately left the apartment, and then... took out their mobile phones and called the SWAT team.
On the one hand, their help is needed to arrest someone later. On the other hand, the SUV of Investigation Team 5 was driven away, and Luo An and Ryder needed someone to pick it up.
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The SWAT team's vehicle drove quickly towards the target location, with Luo An sitting in the back and calling Mona.
"How's it going? Have you found out where Richard's cell phone is?"
"Sorry."
Mona sat on a chair in the office area of Investigation Team No. 5 and said helplessly:
“The other party didn’t answer the phone or reply to messages, so I couldn’t find the specific location of the other party.
But we found where Richard's car was last seen, on the New Jersey and New York highways. "
Luo An was mentally prepared for this result. After briefly describing the new clues he had just obtained from Irene, Luo An finally said:
"Work with William and the others to check on the pastor of this church to see what is going on with him and whether he is suspected of committing a crime."
"OK, give me some time."
Mona nodded, hung up the phone and started working quickly with William and other technical agents.
At 9:47 pm, Roan, Ryder and a team of SWAT team members arrived at the church in New Jersey.
At this time, the church was dark. Luo An and Ryder led several SWAT team members to block the front and rear doors of the church.
After counting down to three, the two led the swat team to rush in together.
(End of chapter)
