Mahone and the others did not go directly along the prisoner's escape route. Instead, they made a half-circle from the side. They came to the first floor from the normal maintenance passage. They went down from the hole here to the ground, and saw that they had penetrated it here. of a wall.
This is a red brick wall. This kind of wall is not very safe because the red bricks are very fragile and the adhesive parts can be easily pulled out.
The hole in the wall was not big. Jimmy looked around and saw that there were still pipes on the other side of the hole. They were just large pipes. Judging from the current underground temperature, one of them must be a steam pipe for heating, and several others. The pipes should be sewage pipes and water purification pipes. The sewage pipe that Warden Wallen just mentioned was punctured can also be seen. There is a gap in it, enough for someone to get in.
Because the sewage pipe is now broken, the smell in this space is very unpleasant. Only those who have escaped from jail can endure this disgusting smell. Ordinary people, let alone getting in, just smell the smell and look at the inside of the pipe. The dirt makes me want to vomit.
Ma Hong picked up some broken bricks and looked at them, "Where did they get the tools? They definitely couldn't have made these broken bricks with their bare hands. They should have used a sledgehammer or steel bars to make them into such small pieces." piece."
Warden Wallen shook his head, "We have checked this morning and no tools were found at the scene. They should have gone out with the tools and did not stay."
Ma Hong looked at the waist-height hole in front of him and stood next to it, simulating the action of smashing it with a sledgehammer. The space here is enough to swing a sledgehammer or other heavy objects, but it will definitely take a long time to break through this wall. The two men must have been preparing their escape plan for a long time.
There were so many footprints on the ground that it was messy because there were so many people here in the morning. It was impossible to tell which ones belonged to the prisoners and which ones belonged to the police who came in the morning.
Ma Hong also looked at the pipe on the opposite side through the hole, "Where did they exit the pipe? Have you found it?"
Warden Waren: "It has been found. It is more than 100 meters away from the prison wall. The police have gone all out to trace it, and K9 has also been dispatched."
Mahone: "Let's go up and see their exit."
Outside the prison, the warden took them to a gas station, where the manhole cover was opened. "That's where they came out. The K9 lost its scent after chasing for a while. It was about 200 meters ahead."
Ma Hong looked at the manhole cover first, then looked around, "Did the people at the gas station find anything?"
Warden Wallen shook his head: "This is their blind spot. If they hadn't come to the intersection, they wouldn't be able to see what's going on here. We've already confirmed that they didn't find anything unusual, and nothing was missing from the convenience store in the gas station. Things, the two of them were not seen in the surveillance. That's all I know about the situation. The subsequent tracking is investigated by the police, and the information has not been synchronized with me."
Ma Hong: "I understand, take me to the last location tracked by k9 first."
Warden Wallen: "It's right in front of the road. There are no buildings there. There are wasteland woods and farmland on both sides of the road."
When we arrived at the scene, there was a white circle here, which should have been drawn by the police during the morning investigation. "This should be the last location confirmed by K9."
Mahone looked around and said, "Felicia, go to the police station immediately and contact them to confirm the clues they have obtained so far. In addition, investigate the situation of the two prisoners, their relatives, friends, gang members, etc. from our system. Put them on the investigation list. I will give you authorization later to investigate whether they have received calls or text messages from last night to now, and read their phone records."
Felicia nodded, "I understand."
Mahone: "Also, ask them if they found any tools or clothes around here."
Felicia nodded again, and several people turned around and returned to the prison. Felicia drove to the police station, while Mahone stood in the parking lot, considering the direction of the investigation.
Jimmy looked at Warden Warren: "Warden Warren, please prepare a map for us. It should have a map of New York State and a national map. It would be best if there is a map of nearby areas."
Warden Warren nodded and looked at the prison guard accompanying them. The prison guard understood, turned and left the parking lot. After a while, he came back with two maps, a map of New York State, a large one, hanging On the wall, another copy is an atlas.
Jimmy took out a map of New York State and unfolded it on the hood. "Where are we? Exactly."
The prison guard gave Jimmy some directions. Jimmy drew a triangle on it with a pen and began to investigate the surrounding terrain and residential areas.
Warden Waren saw that he had nothing to do at the scene, said hello to Mahone and returned to the prison.
Jimmy: "Mahon, the terrain here is very problematic."
Mahone also came over and looked at the map. The prison is located northwest of Newburgh, and Newburgh is on the edge of the Hudson River. If you want to escape from the prison, there are many routes. You can go east to the Hudson River, and north He may have fled to Canada, heading south into the forest, heading west to other urban areas, or directly all the way to Lake Ontario. In a place like this, it is really difficult to determine the direction in which the suspect is escaping.
Because there are a lot of forests nearby, and the suspects have now left here by car, it is really not easy to determine their location.
Ma Hong: "We will look at the clues from the police station later and then consider the direction of pursuit."
The biggest problem now is the direction in which the suspects escaped, which is the border between New York State and Canada. Once it is determined that the direction in which they escaped is in the direction of Canada, they must be considered.
Soon, Felicia's call came to Mahone's mobile phone. He picked it up and turned on the playback directly.
Mahone: "Felicia, how's it going?"
Felicia: "We have obtained their current progress. Based on the smell location of the suspect by K9, it is basically determined that the suspect left in a car. Because they were wearing prison uniforms and the temperature is still very low, so they should have escaped after No prison uniforms were thrown away, and no trace of their prison uniforms or other items was found near the scene.
The police department is now investigating the vehicles that appeared on this road last night, hoping to determine which vehicle they left in. There is no result yet. "
Mahone: "What about their family members?"
Felicia: "Unfortunately, neither of them is married, and there are no registered direct relatives in the system. But Rob Reilly has an uncle who currently lives in the Bronx, New York. I have applied for his investigation."
Mahone: "The other Cameron Brown is a gang member, look into the people in his gang."
Felicia: "It's hard to be sure. You may need to contact the local police station."
Ma Hong: "Then do it, get their contact information as soon as possible and start investigating. In addition, notify the police station, issue a regional bulletin, and notify us immediately if there are relevant clues."
Felicia: "Understood."
Mahone hung up the phone, thought for a moment, and dialed Hughes' number again, "Hughes, I need to notify the state police and surrounding police stations to coordinate the investigation, and at the same time conduct personnel inspections at train stations, bus stations, and airports in surrounding cities. Check.”
Mahone didn't open the ball this time, so Jimmy couldn't hear what Hughes said, but according to Hughes' style, Mahone should have full authority to handle it.
Ma Hong: "I'm not familiar with them here. It's best to contact you over there. In addition, we may need to send some more people from the field office. If we find out the direction of their escape, it won't be easy to trace them with just the three of us."
Ma Hong: "Well, I'll wait for your news." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Jimmy picked up the map, pointed to the location near the prison and said, "Mahon, I think we need to expand the scope of the investigation. If they escaped at night, whether they hijacked a certain car or were taken away by well-wishers, Come on, the driving speed will definitely not be slow, it has been most of the day, and they have probably left the nearby area."
Ma Hong nodded: "I understand, waiting for news from Felicia, the local police are also investigating the vehicle information. The most important thing now is to confirm the direction."
This kind of troublesome thing is really painful. The biggest trouble with the jailbreak incident is this. Without any clues, it will be difficult for anyone to deal with it.
Jimmy: "By the way, I forgot to tell Felicia just now. The fastest way to confirm the car is to ask her to notify the police station and directly investigate the owner's information. Contact her by phone. If she cannot be contacted, immediately find the missing owner. The location makes it very likely that they will be kidnapped or killed by the two suspects."
Mahone was looking at the open space next to him in a daze, but after being reminded by Jimmy, he turned to look at him, then took out his cell phone and called Felicia and explained Jimmy's plan.
It has been almost a day, and if we wait any longer, we may have to continue to expand the scope of the search. Mahone's phone rang, it should be Hughes. Mahone said a few words to him and then hung up the phone, "All the surrounding cities have received the news. Now the news and radio have sent out information about prisoners escaping. As long as there is something abnormal, You should be able to receive the message.”
This time the incident is a bit big. There are actually not many prison escapes in the United States, but most of them occur in sub-state prisons. Federal-level prisons are relatively safe, and prison escapes are very rare. And most jailbreaks are low-security prisons. Like the current medium-security prisons, or other high-security prisons and super prisons, there are a lot of prison guards and the internal management is relatively standardized.
The internal management of federal prisons strictly abides by the regulations of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. There are corresponding internal channels for the management of prisoners and the handling of complaints, which is relatively clean. There are not so many things going on in state and sub-state prisons, and to say they are heavily shady is an understatement.
Various prisons have also severely reduced their prison staff due to funding problems, and the maintenance of equipment is also arranged based on money. For prisoners, if they want to do something, they only need to pay. This has also created a situation where gangs are prevalent in various prisons but no one cares about them.
Mahone and Jimmy waited in the parking lot for a while, but couldn't wait any longer and drove directly to the police station to meet Felicia.
The progress at the dispatch center is not fast, because the car owners need to be contacted to confirm. Many cars are not driven by the car owners, and they need to be confirmed again. So it is almost time to get off work, and there is no statistics on which cars have not been contacted.
"Agent Mahone, the dispatch center determined that a car was missing. It was a private car returning from New York's JFK Airport last night. According to the plan, it should have arrived home at 2 or 3 o'clock. His family found out that he had not returned in the morning, and Unable to contact the police, we called the police at noon. After we found out the car, we compared it with the system records and confirmed that it was this car."
Ma Hong immediately became energetic and said, "Bring me the car situation."
The police officer handed over an A4 piece of paper with vehicle information and owner information on it. Ma Hong continued to ask: "Has this car been found in other surveillance cameras later?"
Police officer: "Not yet. We still need to continue the investigation. Because this place is relatively remote, we still call the surveillance video from an intersection far away from this road."
Mahone: "Continue the investigation."
Mahone looked at the information at hand, walked to the fax machine, and sent the information back to his Manhattan office. He then called Hughes, who informed other departments to investigate the vehicle and determine whether it was in their area.
This is almost like finding a needle in a haystack. In the final analysis, it is still a lack of monitoring. In addition, it happened in the early morning, and there were no witnesses at all. Jimmy also had a headache listening to their conversation. Fortunately, he now has a boss, so he doesn't need to run around after finding a clue like before.
Mahone contacted Hughes and arranged an investigation in the surrounding cities. Now he can only wait here. This is not the time to go out to find someone. If things go the other way, it will waste more time.
At night, there was still no news, so the three of them had to find a hotel nearby to stay.
Early the next morning, before going to the police station, Mahone was notified by the police that the missing car had been found, not far from the Hudson River.
Worse, if they really crossed the Hudson River or took a boat directly to this location, it would be even harder to find it.
Mahone immediately called Jimmy and Felicia to set off and head to the car's location. When we arrived at the scene, the place had been cordoned off by the police. The car owner was still wearing his underwear, and all other clothes had been taken away. The car owner was also killed. There were obvious crush injuries on his neck. This should have been caused by someone pinching his neck. blood causing death.
Another life, the murderer who escaped from prison really has no scruples.
Mahone asked people from the police station to come and collect fingerprints as soon as possible. He put on gloves and started to check the car. Nothing was found inside the car, but a hammer and a saw blade were found in the trunk. The saw blade had been worn, and the teeth in the middle part had been ground flat and then polished into saw teeth. The width had been reduced a lot, from the normal front to rear width. It became a shape with wide ends and a concave middle.
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This saw blade may be the tool they used to open the sewage pipe, and this hammer may be the hammer used to smash the wall. In addition, according to the car owner's family, the car owner should have brought a suitcase. There is no suitcase found in the car, and it should have been taken away by the two people who escaped from prison.
This time it was troublesome. Mahone asked Felicia to contact the police station to confirm with his family what was in his luggage, whether there were weapons, etc.
Mahone took Jimmy along the car toward the Hudson River, observing as he walked slowly, trying to find traces on the ground. Their first choice of direction should be the Hudson River, otherwise they would not drive here.
