After Jimmy finished his lunch, he started to walk outside the park. Since the vacation could be canceled, it meant that the case was not small. Moreover, Jimmy had a bad guess. Since he called himself over, this case was most likely to involve violence. , not just a simple artwork case.
Although it was not off-duty time, the traffic in Manhattan was still very painful. Jimmy felt that it was very wise for him to listen to James and not drive here. In this kind of traffic situation, the most suitable one is a motorcycle, or simply a bicycle than driving. Come quickly.
But motorcycles are really unsafe. Jimmy considered this issue, but finally gave up. On the one hand, it was unsafe. On the other hand, Jimmy has now become a man in a suit every day, so motorcycles are not convenient.
You can decide which car to buy later when your consumption budget is clear. Anyway, it is not too necessary now. As long as the internship period is over, the FBI will allocate official cars. Maybe you won’t need to buy a car by yourself by then.
Back in the office, Jimmy found that Peter and the others were all there. Seeing Jimmy coming back, Peter summoned everyone to the conference room.
Peter: "OK, everyone is here. Now let me tell you about the case again. This is a home invasion and murder case that happened in the Upper East Side. There are only two sections of surveillance at the villa door."
Peter first played a video, which was a surveillance video. The position of the camera should be the upper right corner of the gate. Here you can see a black SUV driving from one side to the left side of the gate, and two people came out of the car. At this time, the surveillance time It's 0:40.
The two took out two black travel bags from the car and threw them on the ground. They should have put a lot of things in them. They looked quite full. One person took out two more bundles of ropes from the car, and the two of them each had a bundle of ropes. There should be hooks at the ends of the ropes. They threw them up to the wall, and then each of them climbed up the wall carrying a bag, and then disappeared out of the screen. .
The video then played the second part, and the time came to 1:25 in the morning. The door opened inward, and the two people came out carrying several bags and carrying something. It looked like one or two large boxes stacked on top of each other. They then opened the back door of the SUV, put the box in the car, recovered the rope from the wall, and drove away.
After Peter finished playing the video, he started playing the photos again.
Peter: "Nathan Byrd, owner of B.Z. Club, a New York gun enthusiasts club with a large woodland shooting range in Orange County, New York. This club is a partner of multiple law enforcement agencies. It also participates in the cooperation with local police stations to train police officers, and has more than a thousand registered paid members. Nathan Byrd once served in the Navy SEALs and opened this club after retiring in 1994."
Peter played the next picture, "Nathan's body was discovered by the cleaning company hired by Nathan Bird. The cleaning staff would come to clean up every two days. When they came to Bird's house in the morning, they found that Nathan "Bird had been shot on the bed. Judging from the photos, he didn't react at all. He should have been shot while sleeping. In addition, his two dogs died on the lawn of the yard."
Peter continued to play, the exterior of the house, the condition of the lawn, the photos inside the room, there were many picture frames and glass fragments scattered on the ground.
After the playback ended, Peter looked at everyone, "This is undoubtedly a home invasion and homicide case. The NYPD has already inspected the scene after receiving the alarm from the cleaning company. Since there is no surveillance in the house, we don't know whether these two people are in the house." actions here.
The two murderers were absolute professionals. They left no traces in the house, not bullet casings, fingerprints, hair, nothing. It can be seen from the surveillance that both of them were wearing hoods, gloves, and sneakers. They could only I found a few clear footprints on the lawn, but basically no discernible traces left on the other ground.
It is currently speculated that the two entered the villa over the wall and first met two dogs on the lawn. Both dogs were shot and killed. One of the bullets and the bullet on Nathan's body were identified as belonging to the same gun.
After killing the two dogs, they should have used the key to open the door. Because the electronic alarm was not triggered, they may have prepared the key in advance and obtained the password for the electronic alarm system.
Nathan was a former SEAL and had been practicing firearms training since he retired. Such a person would definitely react when he heard the sound of gunfire. However, he was shot directly on the bed.
It was basically deduced that the two of them should have used reduced charges and silencers. This can also be testified by the neighbors. Because it was midnight, it was already very quiet, but no one around heard the gunshots.
According to the janitor's testimony, Nathan Byrd was something of an art lover. He bought a lot of art, sculptures and paintings, which were once spread throughout the villa. As you can see in the photo just played, the paintings on the wall and the small sculptures placed in the room have disappeared. According to the surveillance footage, the last two suspects went out The box I was carrying should be the missing artwork.
The NYPD submitted the case to the FBI and requested assistance. After we checked the data, we discovered something unusual.
Nathan Bird is not just a club owner on the surface, he also has an identity, a war broker.
According to existing information, Nathan provides intermediary services to other organizations or mercenaries in his club. The DEA previously suspected that Nathan had provided intelligence to a certain Mexican guerrilla group, which led to the failure of one of their beheading operations. However, there is no direct evidence to prove that. So I never touched him.
This case has also changed from a simple homicide case to one involving organized crime. It has been transferred from the NYPD to the FBI Organized Crime Section for investigation, and Ruiz is in charge.
Now for our mission, we are not responsible for this murder case, but we need to provide help to them to find these missing artworks. These two suspects took so much trouble to take the oil paintings out of the frames, If they move the statues again, they will definitely find a way to sell these artworks. As long as we can find clues about their sales of artworks, we can follow the clues to find their traces.
But there is a problem. Although Nathan Bird has a room full of various paintings and sculptures, we don’t have any photos or names of these artworks. Because Nathan doesn’t like taking pictures, there are no photos of these artworks in his room. , of course, we have also checked Nathan’s name through several auction houses and galleries. He is not their client, so the source of this batch of artworks is very problematic.
The only thing we know so far is that, according to the cleaners, Nathan didn't have the artwork when they were there in his early days, and it all popped up three years ago. "
(End of chapter)
