After two days of leisurely working as a salary thief, Ma Hong finally got his first case in New York.
In the conference room, Hughes, Mahone, Jimmy, and Felicia were present. Felicia had already compiled the information on the case and distributed it to everyone, and the surveillance video was playing on the TV.
Felicia: "The cases transferred from the NYPD were two rape and murder cases."
She switched the scene, "The first time was four days ago, on the edge of the Hudson River, when someone was walking his dog in the morning, the puppy found it. The deceased was a sex worker, and the main area of activity was Clinton District, Hell's Kitchen. , but the place where she died was in the Hudson River Park next to the Upper West Side.
The deceased was naked, and no clothes or other items were found around him. He was fatally injured by a heavy blow to the back of the head. Judging from the wound, it should have been a weapon such as a wooden stick. It was suspected to be a baseball bat or a stick of the same size. There was no murder weapon left at the scene, and no other abnormal tissues or body fluids were detected on the body of the deceased, which was very clean. However, according to the forensic report, she did have sexual intercourse before her death. "
Felicia switched the screen again, "This is what someone called the police yesterday morning. It's the same sex worker, the same Hudson River Park, but it's just a little far away from where the body was dumped last time. It's the same as the previous case. No murder weapon or clues were left behind.”
Felicia: "Due to the consistency of the two cases, it is currently determined that the same person was responsible. The NYPD has reviewed the park's surveillance, but no abnormality has been found so far."
Ma Hong: "The case is now on our side. Now we need to conduct another investigation on the scene. Jimmy, you should be familiar with that place. Let's go first."
Hughes didn't speak at all. Seeing what he meant, he just came to listen. Jimmy nodded: "I live in the Upper West Side, and I have been to that park several times."
Mahone closed the file and said, "OK, let's go." He nodded to Hughes, and the three of them got up and left the conference room.
Mahone was really acting resolutely. Jimmy drove in front to lead the way. Mahone and Felicia followed Jimmy in the same car, and the three of them rushed to the Hudson River Park together.
Because the second body was just discovered yesterday, a cordon was still in place at the scene. Although the NYPD patrol officers were no longer here to guard the scene, and no one else crossed the cordon, at least the scene did not appear to have been damaged.
Mahone circled the scene twice, carefully observed the surrounding grass, and then looked up at the Hudson River not far in front of him. The river was very wide, and it was just a guardrail. It could be easily crossed. It is very convenient if you want to throw something away, and there are few people here and there is no monitoring. It is really a headache.
Jimmy was also a little confused about this scene. Let alone parks in New York, intersection surveillance did not cover all intersections. As long as they acted normally when entering the park, who would know what happened to them in the park? Not to mention surveillance, there is not even a soul in this miserable place at night, and you can come in directly from the Hudson River if you want.
Ma Hong walked to the guardrail and looked around, but found no useful clues. "Let's go to the first case and have a look."
The distance was not far, so they walked directly over. The cordon at the first location had been removed. This was a park after all, and the cordon was still in place for several days, which really affected the viewing experience.
This place is similar to the place just now. It is also a grassland near the river, but it is more hidden here because it is blocked by trees. If it is not discovered by a dog walker, you may have to wait a little longer to see if anyone will go behind the tree. .
A few days have passed, and the footprints at the scene are messy and have no reference significance at all. They can only observe the surroundings and speculate on the route of action.
Mahone: "Felicia, when you go back, contact the New Zealand Port Authority to see if they have found any women's clothing, bags or anything like that in the Hudson River."
Felicia: "Understood"
Ma Hong: "Jimmy, you are familiar with this place. You go around first and confirm the monitoring situation."
Jimmy: "Got it."
Mahone stared at the Hudson River in a daze. After a while, he said, "Look for the boat club and see if anyone rents a boat for the river these two nights."
Jimmy glanced at Mahone and said, "Okay, I'll go there later."
Ma Hong turned around and prepared to leave: "Okay, that's all we can do for now, let's start work first."
Jimmy watched Mahone and Felicia leave, and couldn't help but frown a little. After entering the case scene, Mahone's expression basically did not change, and he always looked very serious. Is this his personal style, or is he worried about something? It wasn't like this when I was in the bureau before. I felt worried.
Is he worried about this case? No detective can ensure that all cases are solved, shouldn't that be the case? Do you have such a strong sense of responsibility?
Jimmy is not idle either. Let's take care of the surveillance first. This park is very large and it will take a lot of time to go around it. Jimmy was already very familiar with the monitoring process. In the past, every time he handled a case, his first priority was to investigate the scene and adjust surveillance. Technology has changed life. Surveillance is the fastest way to find clues when handling a case.
Unfortunately, Jimmy's thinking was too simple. He spent more than an hour walking around the outside of the park twice and only found three usable surveillance cameras, and because of the angle, none of the surveillance cameras took pictures inside the park. The rest, whether they are traffic cameras or store cameras, only look at roads and doorways, and have no reference value at all.
Two of the three surveillance cameras are at the entrance of the park, and the other is a high-altitude camera next to the park, which can cover half a block, but the clarity is so bad that only blurred figures can be seen. It is said that it was put up to avoid being damaged. To a very high position, but with this kind of shooting effect, I might as well not let it go.
When Jimmy saw the surveillance footage, he complained about the person who installed it, but this was the only camera that could take pictures outside the park besides the park's own surveillance.
Jimmy returned to the office with several surveillance videos. He had no choice but to do so. A large part of current surveillance still uses the traditional videotape recording method, which is often recorded for a week or so and then reused. It is a video that people love and hate.
The pixels are too low, unclear, and will be overwritten. These are all disadvantages, but the advantage is that these videos will not be modified. As long as you get the original version of the video, you can basically determine the scene situation without worrying about being edited. Of course, it is possible for someone to deliberately edit and re-transcribe, but for ordinary people, they don’t have the ability.
In the office, Felicia connected the video recorder and started playing the video. The people who checked the video were Felicia and Jimmy. They checked and confirmed the people inside to see if there were any suspects. Ma Hong took the case report and autopsy report again and investigated whether there were any omissions.
"Felicia, have you found any suspicious targets?" Ma Hong came over after reading the information.
Felicia didn't take her eyes off the TV and said, "Nope, everyone who comes in and out of the park looks normal. The park's security and management staff have been investigated by the NYPD, and they found nothing unusual. The cleaning company has also contacted pass."
Ma Hong: "OK, you continue to investigate. Jimmy, you said you live in the Upper West Side, right? Are you familiar with the surrounding area? I just looked at two more cases. Both women are in the 160-165 height range, and one is brown. He has red hair, curly hair, and a medium to thin build. If we are looking for someone with these characteristics, where should we look?"
Jimmy turned to look at Mahone directly. Damn it, how did I know this? I have never dealt with a street girl. Jimmy said speechlessly: "Do I look like the kind of person who would be familiar with this kind of people and these places?"
Mahone looked at Jimmy and nodded. He is also a handsome Asian. He is also an FBI agent. Living in the Upper West Side means that he is not short of money. He also has such a beautiful female police detective girlfriend. He really doesn’t seem to know how to travel. side look.
Ma Hong turned to look at the TV, "There are too few conditions now, and we haven't found any common ground yet. I think we may need to patrol the area for a while."
Jimmy refused directly, "It's not feasible. The length of the Hudson River Park is too long. If we only rely on the three of us, there is no way to monitor such a large area. Moreover, the first two cases were separated by three days, and we don't know." When will he show up, we can’t just wait there forever.”
Ma Hong shook his head: "Whether it is effective or not, we need to do our best. We will monitor in two shifts at night. Starting from 22:00, I will come first. Jimmy, you go back to rest early and come here in the early morning."
Jimmy: "No problem. I'll go back and rest after I finish watching this video."
Mahone nodded and turned back to his seat. Jimmy rewound a bit of the video, reconnected where he had just started, and continued watching. The previous feeling was indeed correct. After Ma Hong entered the case handling stage, he was obviously very different from usual. He seemed very focused, even nervous. Isn't this too responsible?
Is this the real ace agent? Were all the gangsters I met before?
Jimmy was thinking wildly while watching the video. It seemed that his life would not be easy in the future, and there was probably no chance of fishing.
Jimmy left the office, called Nia, went home to rest, and set the alarm clock. At 1 a.m., Jimmy got up and drove to the Hudson River Park.
It's actually not far from where he lives. It's really not that far. It's only a 20-minute walk. But you can't do it without driving. If something happens, you can't chase him on your legs. So even if the distance is not enough to warm up the car, we still have to drive to the park to take over from Mahone and Felicia.
Mahone explained to Felicia and asked her to drive back to rest, while Mahone and Jimmy headed to both ends of the park separately. They brought walkie-talkies with them when they came out this time. For the scope of the park, the distance of the walkie-talkies was enough, which was much more convenient than using the phone. In the past, Jimmy rarely brought walkie-talkies with him when he went out because he had no support, so it was useless to carry a walkie-talkie alone. .
When Chris was here before, Chris was basically with Jimmy. There were not many opportunities to investigate separately, so the walkie-talkie was not used. The reality was like this, and Jimmy had nothing to do. There were good things but they were useless. It's too awful.
The park is very quiet at night, with the occasional chirping of birds and insects. It is forbidden for homeless people to sleep in the open, of course on the surface. In theory, Jimmy and Mahone are the only ones left in the park except for the security guards who stay on duty. .
Jimmy started walking around the park. He was in a much better state than Mahone. He had slept for a few hours before, and now he had the blessing of his mind and was not afraid of the dark at all. As he walked along the path, he looked around to make sure there were no humanoid objects. .
There are a lot of stray cats in this park. I didn’t notice this before. Now you can see small animals walking around in every corner. Judging from their size, they should be stray cats. Stray dogs are much larger. For Kittens basically have no safety issues.
As Jimmy had predicted, they worked all night in vain and found nothing. There were many boats in the Hudson River, but they were not the targets of Mahone and Jimmy.
In the morning, Mahone notified Jimmy to go back to rest, return to the office in the afternoon, and then took a taxi to the hotel. Jimmy was also helpless. He was too tired after doing this kind of stop and go all night. He didn't know how Ma Hong persisted. He had patrolled for several hours more than Jimmy.
In the afternoon, Jimmy returned to the office. Mahone and Felicia were already in the office. It seemed that Jimmy was still too relaxed. He suddenly felt that his style did not match Mahone's and theirs, wasn't it? Are you guys concerned? Even though this is your first case since arriving, it doesn’t have to be like this, right?
Mahone: "Jimmy, here is a list of yacht clubs. Felicia compiled part of it in the morning. We need to communicate with them to see if there are any evening cruises."
Felicia added: "I got a surveillance video from the New Zealand Port Authority. Of course, there were too many yachts and fishing boats passing by the Hudson River that night, so all the large ones were eliminated, leaving only There are more than a dozen, and there are ship numbers that can locate these clubs.”
Jimmy nodded: "Understood, we need to confirm whether they observed anything abnormal when they were on the river at night, right?"
Ma Hong: "Although it may not be useful, I still have to investigate."
Jimmy: "OK, investigate separately?"
Ma Hong shook his head: "Together, we are not familiar with New York, and we need you to show us the way."
Jimmy nodded: "No problem, let me check the locations of these clubs first." Jimmy turned on the computer, looked up the locations of the corresponding clubs, and marked them on the map. This took a lot of time, but it was enough for them in one day. Went back and forth.
Jimmy has finally seen some of Mahone's characteristics. As long as it involves a case, he will not let go of any small clues around him. He will try his best to investigate and try to restore the scene and the traces of the murderer.
In a place like this where huge clues need to be investigated, especially a high-end place like a yacht club, Jimmy has no interest in communicating, and it is too easy to get into trouble.
Jimmy is actually a little numb now, and is considering whether to communicate with Hughes. The FBI is indeed very good, but it is below a certain level. For the rich and high-end people, the FBI is nothing.
Now that Mahone is going to ask the yacht club to provide boat information, there is a high probability that something will happen, and it will definitely not be a trivial matter. That group of people are sailing on a yacht at night. Needless to say, what activities are there?
(End of chapter)
