However, this time everyone entered the church in a gentler manner. They did not use kicks or bombs. Instead, a SWAT team member used a crowbar to quickly pry open the door.
There is no way, the religious atmosphere in the Federation is very strong. Although Luo An is not religious, there are still many religious believers among the SWAT team members.
"FBI!"
"Federal agents!"
"cover!"
"Speed! Speed!"
After the door was pried open, a group of SWAT team members quickly broke into the church. Since there was no light, they used the flashlights in front of their guns to quickly check every room in the church.
"Stairs safe!"
"The front hall is safe!"
Roan and Ryder followed closely behind, and soon found a room where the priest lived behind the church.
Kicking the door open, Luo An ignored Ryder's twitching mouth, rushed directly into the room, and quickly investigated the situation inside.
But unfortunately, the room was empty.
A SWAT team member came over:
"The whole church was empty."
Luo An nodded and began to observe the bedroom carefully.
The owner of the bedroom loves cleanliness, and there is no trace of dust on the corners of the bookshelf.
Not only that, the things in the entire bedroom are also arranged very neatly. The files on the table are stacked perfectly together. When you open the wardrobe, the clothes and pants inside are neatly folded without even wrinkles.
Opening the refrigerator and seeing the well-organized food arranged in categories, Ryder was speechless:
"I'm afraid the obsessive-compulsive disorder of the owner of this bedroom is not as severe as usual."
"That's right."
Luo An nodded, and then he found something behind the wardrobe in the bedroom. He moved the wardrobe forcefully, and there was a locked door behind it.
The two people in the room looked at each other. Ryder called a SWAT team member to use pliers to cut off the lock. Then Roan and Ryder opened the door and walked in together.
This hidden room is not big and the layout is very simple.
There is a cross hanging on the wall, a red carpet on the ground, and a small wooden box in the corner of the room.
Opening the box, there was a spiked whip and a glass bottle inside. The glass bottle contained a stick-like object unique to men that had been cut off with a knife.
"..."
Ryder's eyelids twitched when he saw it, he closed the box and turned around and said:
"This can't be the priest's..."
"High probability."
Luo An's expression remained unchanged. He walked out of the room and found a note on the desk in the outside room. Just as he was about to open it and take a look, a SWAT team member came over:
"Sir, we found something on the lawn behind the church."
"Um?"
Luo An and Ryder hurriedly walked out of the room, followed the leadership of the SWAT team, and walked to a green plant on the edge of the lawn behind the church.
At this time, two SWATs were busy next to the green plants, and the stench of corpses was emanating from there.
"Call the people from the Trace Inspection Department."
Luo An walked up to the body and looked at it without changing his expression, then turned around and said:
"The clothes on this body are similar to Richard's clothes in a photo on Eileen's refrigerator."
"OK."
Ryder understood the meaning of Luo An's words and immediately took out his mobile phone and called the Trace Inspection Department.
Luo An walked into the bedroom again, and just as he opened the notebook he found in front of him, the phone in his pocket rang again.
Press the answer key:
"Roan."
"It's me, Mona."
In the office area of Investigation Team No. 5, Mona looked at the information she had just found on the computer and said:
"I found out from the church's information that the Baptist pastor of your church is named Terrence Robb. He is 40 years old. A year ago, he was expelled from a well-known church in New York for making some "mistakes." I was transferred to your church.
His older brother is Holden Robb. He is 41 years old and the owner of a small chemical factory. He was also a member of the club where Paul Blake and the others were.
According to his financial situation, Holden-Rob has also had sex with others, but some time ago, Holden's chemical plant went bankrupt and Holden also committed suicide.
Holden's poker friends include not only the four Pauls, but also Richard Meyer. "
"Very good, Mona."
Luo An nodded while flipping through his notebook. This could explain the death of the four Paul Blakes, but he still had a question:
"Mona, what happened to the mistake Terrence Robb made a year ago?"
"The specific content cannot be found. You know, the materials in places like churches are all on paper."
Mona on the other end of the phone curled her lips, then tapped the keyboard a few times and said:
“But I checked the records of cases related to that church some time before Terrence Robb was transferred.
The NYPD once busted a gay bar on suspicion of gambling, and then the NYPD went to that church to investigate.
Although I did not find the specific content of the NYPD investigation, I found a screenshot of a video photo that looked very similar to Terrence Robb from the surveillance camera diagonally opposite the bar. "
"OK."
Luo An nodded. It seemed that Terrence Robb's so-called "mistake" should be the surname orientation he had been hiding. After all, a place like the church was a well-known conservative party in the Federation.
However, Luo An felt that the church was making a fuss out of a molehill. They just liked boys. There used to be pastors in Europe who liked little boys.
Is it because Terrence Robb likes older guys?
The contents of the notebook were not complicated. They were mainly requests and needs from people who came to worship in this church. Luo An did not find Terrence Robb's psychological diary as he imagined.
However, Luo An found a space in the closet. The space was not too big or too small, just enough to fit a schoolbag.
Thinking that Terrence Robb would basically commit a crime once every five days, and that the crime must be committed in advance, Luo An put the phone to his ear again:
"Mona, can you find where Terrence Robb is now?"
"There is a suspected location."
Mona on the other end of the phone tapped the keyboard a few times and said:
“There was a guy named Raymond Rakoff who was playing cards with his brother.
But I found no evidence that Raymond was involved in the incident at his brother's chemical plant, and Raymond had been abroad before and after the accident at the chemical plant. "
"Terrance will not carefully investigate Raymond's specific situation in this matter now. He has killed four people, and his movements and methods are becoming more and more proficient. This shows that he has now begun to enjoy this feeling of controlling the fate of others. .”
Luo An quickly walked out of the bedroom and said:
"Lacie, pretend to be a believer later and call Terrence Rob to ask for help. The information I found in the notebook shows that he does not discriminate against female believers.
Mona, when Lacey called, you should be able to locate the specific location of the other party, right? "
Although it is not often shown, Lacey, who came from the Intelligence Service, is not very skilled at disguising herself as other characters.
Regarding this, Lacey’s explanation is that practice makes perfect.
I don’t know where she got familiarity from.
So after hearing Luo An's words, Lacey agreed without even thinking about it. Mona also crossed her hands and stretched forward, making a clicking sound with her ten fingers:
"Believe me, if Terrence Robb answers the phone, I can find him!"
"Good."
Luo An walked out of the church and got into the car with Ryder and several SWAT members:
"Find the other party's location and send it to me immediately."
"no problem!"
Three minutes later, everything was ready. Lacey sat next to Mona, took a deep breath, pressed Terrance Rob's mobile phone number and called him.
(End of chapter)
