Jimmy took the file and returned to his seat to open it and take a look. He suddenly felt that the days to come would not be boring anymore. This case was interesting and it would probably take a long time.
A month ago, a car caught fire in a seaside open space in Manhasset Bay, Long Island. When cleaning up afterwards, two burned arms and a calf were found in the trunk of the car, Nassau County The police intervened in the investigation, but based on DNA analysis of the remaining bones, the arms and legs did not belong to the same person.
Since the vehicle had been severely burned, the license plate had been removed in advance, and the engine number could no longer be identified, the Nassau County police were unable to identify the vehicle's ownership. There were no other related cases, so the case was temporarily sealed.
A week ago, several decomposing body parts were discovered at a garbage collection center in White Rock, Queens. After calling the police, the NYPD intervened to investigate.
Since the garbage truck had already left when it was discovered, they did not know which garbage truck dumped the garbage, so the NYPD could only conduct a simple search of the local area and shelved the case.
Then an accident happened. Because the Nassau County Police and the NYPD used the same identification center, the DNA of the stumps on both sides actually matched. It involved a cross-regional case, so the two sides merged the case, and the case was handed over to the FBI for handling.
The case involves at least two deceased people, and the remains found so far are only one person, and no other parts have been found related to the lower leg of the other person.
After Jimmy read the case, he looked up at Chris: "Is this our next case?"
Chris looked up at Jimmy: "No, I just gave you an unsolved case to kill time and think about possible investigation directions."
Jimmy was speechless. Chris was a little confused. "What about our next case?"
Chris: "You are really impatient, okay, let me show you first."
Chris picked up a file and handed it to Jimmy: "Two days ago, there was a shooting in a villa on the beach in Grayconeck, Nassau County, Long Island. The deceased was former New York federal prosecutor Joey.
The murderer used a 9MM pistol and shot Joey execution-style. He was shot in the forehead. The place of death was at the door of Joey's villa. It is speculated that he was shot directly by the murderer when he opened the door.
Since Joey is a former federal prosecutor, the Nassau County Police Department directly handed the case over to the FBI. "
Jimmy took the file and opened it. At the front were two photos of the deceased Joey. One was a normal photo of Joey sitting in the office, and the other was a photo of him lying on the floor with a bullet in his head. What follows is a preliminary inspection report made by the Nassau County Police, as well as various photos of the scene.
Joey is a former federal prosecutor who retired five years ago and has been living in the villa where the case occurred since his retirement.
Because the villa was some distance from the neighboring house, no one heard the gunshots. It wasn't until his wife came home in the evening that she discovered the gunfire, and then called the police.
There was no robbery in the villa. It was obvious that the suspect did not break into the house to rob or kill, but shot Joey with a clear target.
At present, the testing center has extracted the warhead fragments and obtained part of the bullet mark information, which can be used to match the guns used in subsequent crimes.
Jimmy: "When will we go to the scene to investigate?"
Chris: "Have you finished taking care of your business? Go ahead and apply for the car and tool box, and put the process aside."
Jimmy nodded: "I know."
Jimmy immediately cleared the table, returned the file to Chris, and then left the office to go through the process.
In the afternoon, everything was ready. Chris took Jimmy to the parking lot. Jimmy drove his own car, a black Crown Victoria. Well, this is now the standard car. There is no choice, and Jimmy is not qualified to choose.
Also, this is a plain car, that is, it does not have police lights, sirens and in-car radios, and it does not have bulletproof doors or bulletproof glass. The only good thing is that the license plate of this car is a disguised license plate, hung under a shell company run by the FBI. If anyone wants to check Jimmy's information from the license plate, they have to think too much.
Jimmy drove and followed Chris to Long Island. As mentioned before, Long Island does not belong to New York. Nassau County is northeast of Queens. The place they want to go is not too far from the junction.
Joey's villa is in a good location, with a small garden in front, a backyard in the back, and Manhasset Bay not far outside. As a former federal prosecutor and a federal prosecutor in the 1980s and 1990s, many things can be easily explained. In the current environment in the United States, it is not incomprehensible. The price of this villa is definitely not low.
Chris and Jimmy parked in front of the villa, got out of the car and came to the door of the villa. Because of the murder, the villa has been cordoned off by the police. Joey's widow, Mrs. Taylor, is currently staying elsewhere.
They flashed their FBI credentials, set up a cordon and entered the villa. Because the murder occurred at the door, the position and shape of the body had been drawn at the door, and the surrounding blood splatter locations were marked.
Jimmy opened the case file and compared the photos inside with the scene to confirm whether there were any omissions. Chris stood at the door, staring at the marks on the ground in a daze.
Jimmy: "There is nothing wrong with the contents of the dossier. I have checked it clearly. I just don't know if there are hidden blood splatter spots that have not been found. A developing reagent may be needed."
Chris: "That's not necessary. This kind of shooting is very obvious. There is no doubt that it was a deliberate murder. The murderer probably never entered the house at all. What do you think?"
Jimmy: "Investigate Joey's social connections, communicate with his widow about the people Joey sees every day, look around to see if there are any surveillance cameras capturing any information, and investigate the cases that Joey handled when he was a prosecutor. That's all I can think of for the time being. many."
Chris nodded: "You handle this case."
Jimmy closed the file and looked at Chris for a moment: "Huh? Why? Is it appropriate to entrust such an important case to me?"
Chris: "Why do you think Hughes arranged for me to take you? Because I am about to retire. Okay, you will handle this case. As a reminder, adjust the priority of the investigation route you just mentioned."
Jimmy took a deep breath and nodded after exhaling, "I understand. I'll contact the police first and cooperate with them to investigate the surrounding surveillance cameras."
Jimmy opened the file and found the police detective who handled the shooting case. He made a call and learned after questioning that they had already conducted a round of inspections in the neighborhood after the shooting. The surrounding buildings did not have surveillance cameras facing the outside. One of the surveillance cameras is 200 meters away and is basically useless for investigation.
The detectives in the police station are not just idlers. They also conducted a basic investigation after receiving the news and then handed the case over to the FBI. So either Jimmy will conduct another round of investigation on his own, or he will accept their preliminary investigation results.
This is Jimmy's first time leading a case in Manhattan, and he doesn't want to just accept the police's judgment in such a confused way.
Jimmy asked Chris to wait here, and then he walked to other houses nearby. Compared to the police's questioning, Jimmy judged on his own whether there were cameras outside the house or near the door. The size of the current cameras was still the same. It's so big that Jimmy won't miss it unless he hides it specially.
After spending nearly an hour, Jimmy walked around the neighborhood and then returned. He did find two hidden cameras. However, due to the angle problem, the cameras could only see the location of their respective doorways, not even the road outside.
Back outside Joey's villa, Jimmy stood on the side of the road wondering about the murderer's route. Judging from the results of Joey being shot after opening the door, the murderer knocked on the front door or rang the doorbell. The doorbell had been ringed during the previous investigation of the scene. I did a fingerprint check, and the fingerprints read out were very confusing. It seemed that many people had rang the doorbell, so it couldn't be extracted accurately.
So what was the route the murderer took before he rang the doorbell?
Jimmy looked at both sides of the road at the door. It was definitely not practical to walk here. Motorcycles or cars would not leave obvious traces on the paved road. With the two-way traffic flow on the road, it was also unrealistic to read vehicle information from the left and right intersections.
In the end, the key to solving the case lies in Joey's social connections and past cases.
Jimmy found Chris: "Chris, I want to talk to Joey's widow first."
Chris nodded. Mrs. Taylor was currently staying with a friend nearby. The two drove over directly. Jimmy walked in front and knocked on the door. An old woman came out and opened the door.
Jimmy flashed his ID and said: "Hello, I am FBI Special Agent Jimmy Young, and this is FBI Special Agent Chris Walker. We are here to find Mrs. Taylor."
"Please come in, I'll call her."
Jimmy and Chris came to the living room and sat on the sofa. After a while, an old woman came down from upstairs.
Jimmy: "Hello, Mrs. Taylor, I am FBI Special Agent Jimmy Young, here to handle the case of Prosecutor Joey's murder. Please express my condolences."
Mrs. Taylor shook hands with Jimmy and said, "Thank you, please have a seat." Then she sat on the single sofa next to her.
Mrs. Taylor: "Do you have anything to ask?"
Jimmy nodded: "Mrs. Taylor, I would like to ask, has Joey ever had any disputes with anyone before? Or is there anything unusual in his life?"
Mrs. Taylor shook her head: "Joy and I used to live in the Upper West Side of New York. After we retired, we moved to Gray Neck. We have been living here for the past few years, except that every winter we go to Orlando, Florida to live for a few months.
Joey usually doesn't have any special activities. He only occasionally goes back to Manhattan to get together with a few old friends. There is nothing unusual about him recently. I went out to participate in community club activities in the morning, and when I returned in the afternoon, I found... Joey is a good man. I really can't imagine who would be so heartless to shoot an old man. "
Mrs. Taylor choked up as she spoke. Jimmy took a tissue from the coffee table and handed it to Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor took one and wiped her eyes, "Thank you, I really can't think of anyone he would have a grudge with, who would Do something like this.”
Jimmy: "Sorry, Mrs. Taylor. We will handle this case. Here is my business card. If you think of any clues, please contact me in time."
Jimmy could say that he found nothing and followed Chris out of the villa. As he walked to the car, he said, "Chris, did she lie?"
Chris: "I can't tell right now."
Jimmy: "I want to first investigate the cases that Joey handled before. What are the procedures required for this?"
Chris: "Go directly to the prosecutor to apply. Let's go. I'll help you handle this time first."
Jimmy nodded, and the two got in the car and returned to Manhattan.
The next day, after Jimmy and Chris met, they went directly to the federal prosecutor's office. Chris had contacted him in advance yesterday. Their arrival today went smoothly. They only waited a few minutes to meet with prosecutor Richard Da. Dario.
Chris: "Mr. Daddario, we are here this time hoping to check out the cases handled by former federal prosecutor Mr. Joey Taylor to see if we can find any clues."
Richard shook his head: "The case files cannot be shown to you directly. You tell me your requirements and I will arrange for someone to compile them and give them to you."
Chris frowned and nodded. He turned to look at Jimmy: "You tell me."
Jimmy: "Mr. Daddario, this is Agent Jimmy Young."
Richard: "Well, I know you. Are you going to handle it this time?"
Jimmy shook his head: "Chris is still leading the case, but he hopes that I can have more experience. I hope you won't mind."
Richard: "Go ahead."
Jimmy: "I hope you will give priority to checking gang-related, drug-related, gun-related, and homicide cases. If possible, it is best to investigate whether there is military service experience."
Richard: "Reason."
Jimmy: "This is a shooting case, one shot to the head, clean and tidy. Such a person will definitely not be a novice. For such a gunman, if it is a prisoner that Prosecutor Joey has handled before, then he must be a criminal in the case. The main staff also have very good psychological quality.
After shooting Joey, he left, and no one noticed anything unusual around him. I guessed that gang shooters, drug dealers, and people with service experience were the most likely, followed by serial murderers with some psychological problems. "
Richard nodded and said nothing. Chris said from the side: "Jimmy, go out and wait for me."
Jimmy stood up, buttoned his mouth, turned and left the prosecutor's office. Now that Chris has removed himself, he probably needs to communicate with Richard alone about something. It seems that what he did just now seems to be a bit wrong, and he needs Chris to wipe his ass.
It was Jimmy's first time dealing with a federal prosecutor, and only his second time meeting Prosecutor Richard. He had no experience at all.
A few minutes later, Chris walked out of the office and said, "Let's go back to the station."
The next day, Chris signed for a package sent by the federal prosecutor's office at the bureau. Inside was a thick excerpt of documents. It seemed that the federal prosecutor's office worked overtime yesterday.
Chris: "Jimmy, take a look at these files first. Note that this is only part of it, not all of it. They are still sorting it out."
(I have to go to the hospital this morning. I queued up at the hospital in the morning and probably won’t have time to type when I get back. I will update one chapter first and two updates tomorrow.)
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