Jimmy's boredom didn't last long. Chris went out for a trip and had a new mission when he came back. However, he had not yet entered the FBI case list and was still in the NYPD.
Chris: "Jimmy, get ready, let's go to the NYPD."
Jimmy picked up the suit, "OK, what's the matter?"
Chris: "In a potentially problematic case, an investigative reporter was knocked down in the parking lot and fell to his death. You know, the person who died was a reporter, so there is a need for investigation."
Jimmy nodded and drove Chris to the police station in Brooklyn. Although Chris could drive with one hand, since Jimmy was following him, he naturally had to worry less.
Chris found a police detective and successfully obtained the case file. Chris and Jimmy were checking the file in a conference room, and the detective in charge of the case also followed.
Chris: "Harold, please, please introduce the case."
Detective Harold: "OK, from a normal point of view, this case should be that reporter Ace Perino made a mistake when driving away from the 4th floor of the parking lot, fell from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor, and the vehicle overturned. , the injuries on Ashi's body were basically impacts and abrasions. The fatal injury was to his neck. Because the car overturned, he hit the roof of the car headfirst, causing his neck to twist and die. You can take a look at the autopsy report, and at that time Photos from the scene.
But when we investigated his car and belongings, we found that he only had a wallet, mobile phone and pen in his bag, no diary and no notes.
At the same time, the car was knocked down with the front of the car. After the front of the car hit the car parked on the third floor, it flipped forward. However, the rear bumper of the car seemed to have impact marks. Because there was no surveillance inside the parking lot, we cannot rule out that his car had been hit before. There had been a car accident, but he never found the possibility of repairing it. He could only say that someone suspected of hitting him from behind the car caused him to run out of the 4th floor parking lot.
Behind are photos of the scene at the time and photos of the vehicle inspection after the car was towed to the police parking lot. "
Chris nodded. The situation shown in these photos is indeed very suspicious. In theory, if the rear bumper of the car was hit by someone, he must have chosen to report it to insurance, because Ax is a reporter and his income is not bad, so naturally You won't be like many poor people who don't care about the car at all. If there is an accident, as long as it doesn't affect your ability to continue driving, you will keep driving.
Also, as a reporter, it is completely abnormal not to carry a notebook with you. This can only be said to be that someone took the notebook away in advance or took it after dropping it.
Chris: "Has the car been checked for fingerprints? Especially the doors."
Harold: "I did. Not to mention other people's fingerprints, there aren't even fingerprints of the car owner Ax on the handle of the cab. It's obviously been cleaned by someone."
Chris: "It's interesting. Is there a video of the entrance and exit of the parking lot? Let's take a look."
Harold nodded, walked outside the conference room, and after a while brought two videotapes over. "We have edited this, from 5 minutes before Ax entered the parking lot to half an hour after he had a car accident. If there is any abnormality, this period of time should be enough for investigation."
After Harold finished speaking, he turned on the TV and VCR in the conference room and started playing. Harold had obviously played it many times. He paused in time. Chris and Jimmy could see Ax driving into the parking lot. He was the only one there, with no one traveling with him.
Harold had already made statistics in advance. In the two hours after Ax entered the parking lot and when he had a car accident, a total of more than 70 cars entered. Within half an hour after the car accident, a total of 20 cars left. In the parking lot, as for other surveillance videos, unfortunately, there is no internal surveillance in the parking lot. There are only two internal and external surveillance cameras at the entrance and exit, which monitor the entrance and exit respectively.
Chris handed the file to Jimmy: "Jimmy, you take a look at the file first, Harold, let's go out and talk."
Jimmy took the file and started to look through it. Reporter Ax is an independent investigative reporter, which means that he does not belong to a certain newspaper or TV station. Usually investigative reporters like them investigate major events and form documents or frameworks. Bargain with newspapers or TV stations and eventually sell the report.
The other is to accept the investigation of designated events by the organization. This situation is generally rare. After all, whether newspapers or TV stations, they have enough reporters to complete general reports.
In fact, this kind of people also have a side job, which is to work as a part-time private detective to investigate matters such as cheating or missing persons that are not convenient for calling the police. Especially when investigating cheating incidents, many people will hire them to investigate the whereabouts of their spouses. In the United States, divorce is a Very important decisions usually involve the division of many assets.
Of course, Jimmy's knowledge of this also relies on the rich information in the FBI's archives, and there are records to some extent of things involved in all walks of life.
The police currently only have these on-site investigation reports, and Ashi's residence has not been searched. Applying for a search warrant requires reasonable grounds. Relying solely on these police guesses is not enough for a judge to issue a search warrant for Ashi's residence.
Yes, generally search warrants are for suspects, searching for possible evidence, etc. But the current search for the deceased is still to investigate the cause of death and possible murder circumstances. In order to be lazy, it is normal for the judge not to issue it. . You must know that it is easiest to simply close this case as an accidental fall, and no one except the police detectives will have any objections. The scene was really well disguised.
Chris and the others didn't know what they were talking about outside, and Jimmy was already thinking wildly. He didn't know whether the detective reported this case to the FBI, or whether Chris found it himself. If Chris had come here by himself, the police detective would probably not be very happy. If no one paid attention to him, he would feel awkward and close the case.
Chris and the others talked outside for a few minutes. After coming in, Chris took the file and returned it to Harold, "I won't take the case away, you can handle it first. Goodbye, Harold."
After Chris finished speaking, he picked up his windbreaker and was about to leave. Jimmy followed and left the conference room.
Arriving at the parking lot, Jimmy stopped Chris and said, "Chris, how do you handle this case?"
Chris: "What do you think?"
Jimmy shook his head: "It's not that we have any ideas, it's the detective that wants to close the case by accident?"
Chris nodded, said nothing, and continued to look at Jimmy.
Jimmy: "There are a lot of doubts about this case. I think we can investigate it, but..." Jimmy said this and pointed at the police station.
Chris: "It's okay, we can still investigate even if the case is closed. Are you interested?"
Jimmy nodded. It was obvious that this reporter must be involved in some case. Investigating this kind of case might not reveal anything in the end, and there would be no results, but at least it would be interesting enough.
Chris nodded, "Okay, you can follow up on this case, but don't ask for the case."
After Chris finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the passenger seat, opened the door and got in the car.
Jimmy drove Chris back to the office, turned on the computer and began to investigate Ax's information. He had already written down his name and birthday when he read the file, and the rest of the investigation in the system was much simpler.
Ax comes from Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Yes, it has the same name as Paris, France. In many cases, in order to distinguish it, it will be translated as Paris City.
After graduating from the University of Kentucky, he came to Brooklyn, New York. There was a record of working as a real estate agent in the system, but it disappeared later. It seems that he had changed industries a long time ago and became an investigative reporter.
Unfortunately, he is not a well-known figure. Currently, there is only basic information in the system, and there are no previous reports related to him. It seems that there is a lot that needs to be done to investigate.
Jimmy took the notebook and excerpted Ax's personal information, then turned to Chris and asked: "Chris, do you want to go investigate with me?"
Chris shook his head: "This is your private investigation, you can handle it yourself. Remember to answer the phone at any time."
Jimmy shrugged. It seemed that Chris also knew that there was no case here and he was idle, so let's take a walk. Jimmy took the clothes and went downstairs. He first went to Ax's house to have a look. Although there was no search warrant, there might be someone at his house. The NYPD had notified his family after confirming his identity.
An apartment building in Brooklyn, the address registered by Ax in the system is here, but the owner's name is not his, so he should be renting. Jimmy knocked on the door, and a woman's voice said from inside: "Who?"
Jimmy: "FBI, please open the door."
The woman opened the door, with the anti-theft chain still hanging on it. She looked young, in her 20s. Jimmy took out his ID and flashed it, "FBI Special Agent Jimmy Young, is this the home of Ash Perino?"
The woman nodded: "What can you do?"
Jimmy: "Excuse me, who are you?"
Woman: "Ginny, Ax's girlfriend."
Jimmy: "Ginny, please excuse me. Can I come in and talk?"
Ginny bit her lip and thought for a moment, then opened the anti-theft chain and Jimmy entered the room. It was a small apartment, about the same size as the apartment Jimmy rented before.
Jimmy: "Ashi once gave me some information, so he can be considered my informant. Sorry, I just learned about his accident."
Ginny: "What's the matter with you?"
Jimmy: "That's right. Ax left too suddenly this time. Do you know what he was investigating recently?"
Ginny shook her head, "His job never speaks to me."
Jimmy: "Can I see what he left behind?"
Ginny stared at Jimmy: "Who are you?"
The vigilance was quite high. Jimmy took out his ID and handed it to the woman: "FBI Special Agent. Ginny, Ax was my informant before, but now he has an accident, so I came to check on his situation and confirm I want to know if it was an accident. I need to take responsibility for the informant. If it is not an accident, then I need information about the incidents he recently investigated." Jimmy is investigating privately. He cannot openly say that it is the information needed to solve the case. He can only think about it. Too abrupt a reason.
Ginny took the ID and looked over it several times, but it was obvious that she had never seen an FBI ID before. She just looked at it and didn't know how to identify it.
Ginny returned the ID to Jimmy, she thought about it, nodded, turned and walked into the bedroom. After a while, she came out with a notepad. "These are Ax's work notes. He usually carries his laptop with him, so it's not at home."
Jimmy narrowed his eyes, then returned to normal: "Does he take his laptop with him every time he goes out? What else?"
Ginny: "Laptop, camera, voice recorder, he will always carry these with him, all in his bag."
Jimmy nodded, took out disposable gloves from his pocket, put them on, and took the notepad from Ginny's hand.
This notepad did not use many pages. It only recorded three pages of content. It seemed to be a shorthand chat with someone. There were not a few complete sentences. It mainly contained some time, items, and names of people. In addition, there were Transport routes.
If it were ordinary content, Jimmy wouldn't be interested, but what was recorded here gave Jimmy a chill down his back.
Jimmy raised his head and looked at Ginny: "Does he only have this notepad?"
Ginny nodded: "He doesn't usually deal with these things at home. This is a notebook he forgot to take with him when he left home."
Jimmy: "Then where does he usually write?"
Ginny shook her head: "I don't know, maybe he has a studio outside. We are not married yet, and I will not interfere with his work."
Jimmy nodded: "I need to take this book back. I think it's better for you to go out and play for a while to relax. You seem to be in a very bad state now. You can't be resurrected, so you have to look forward."
Ginny frowned and looked at Jimmy: "This is none of your business. Take it and get out of here."
Jimmy looked at the angry Ginny and knew that what he just said was wrong, but for her safety, it was best to leave.
Jimmy: "Ginny, calm down and listen to me. Ax is dead. There are too many traces of his existence here. I know you have a good relationship, but staying here for a long time will make you more haggard. You will Be sad all the time.
Maybe it's cruel to say this, but I still want to say that you and Ax, you two are not married. You are free. These sad days have made you very tortured and haggard. I think he should not want it either. See you like this now.
Go out for a walk, relax, then forget about him and start a new life. This is good for you and him. "
Ginny clenched her hands when Jimmy was halfway through speaking. When Jimmy finished speaking, she raised her hand and punched Jimmy. Of course, Jimmy had already seen her actions, so he would not be hit. He grabbed Ginny's arm and said, "Calm down, calm down."
Even if he provokes Ginny again, Jimmy has no intention of stopping. He must let Ginny leave Ax's apartment, and as soon as possible. Of course, he cannot force her to leave directly. There must be a reason.
Ginny shouted: "Get out, get out now."
Jimmy: "OK, OK, I'm leaving right now. I'm leaving now. Calm down."
Jimmy was still not good at comforting others. He backed away from Ginny and then left the apartment. Ginny slammed the door behind him, making a loud noise.
Jimmy observed the surrounding rooms with his mind's eye and made sure there was nothing unusual inside. He went downstairs and returned to his car, opened his notepad and continued to read the records above. At the same time, he also observed whether anyone would come to Ax. .
The materials and supplies recorded on the notepad are fine if you look at them individually, or there shouldn't be any problems if you change the place, but this is New York. There are no large farms in the five boroughs of New York. There is very little demand for other chemical fertilizer raw materials such as urea, nitrate, ammonium nitrate, etc. They are mainly used in special places such as gardens, but there are many records of these materials in the notebook.
There are also some special equipment recorded in the notepad, such as devices that can be used to make special gases, radio equipment, etc. These individual equipment are not a problem. It can even be said that if you just buy the equipment, it is very simple. But if paired with the above ingredients, New York will really feel sour for a while. No matter which institution, you have to drink a pot.
(End of chapter)
