Jimmy continued to use his flashlight to look for abnormalities around him. He had already scanned the area with his mind and found nothing special.
Because the image scanned by the mind eye actually requires space, that is to say, if it is an object buried in the soil and there is no gap in the middle, Jimmy cannot see it because it is all dark or gray. Once there is a gap, it can Clearly observe the voids, and then discern what the shadowed parts are.
At the same time, if the things underground are special items, and there is a color difference between the relative color and the surroundings, it can also be seen. This point appears very rarely so far, and Jimmy is not sure whether this is a rule. Now the mind's eye can't see anything abnormal, so it can only be observed visually with the naked eye.
Jimmy looked around carefully and found a slightly higher place nearby. The slope was very low, but the highest point was dozens of centimeters higher than the rest of the ground. If there was anything different around him, it was only this place. .
Jimmy swept away an area of fallen leaves with his feet. There was a layer of slush underneath. He kicked open a small piece and found a piece of rotten cloth. It rotted after being kicked a few times by Jimmy. Below was a rotten body, with bones already broken. Buried in rotten soil.
A rotten smell came, and Jimmy immediately took several steps back. He had smelled the smell of corruption when he entered the forest before, but Jimmy had smelled this smell many times in other forests before, but it didn't smell like this. It was so rich that he didn't expect that this smell would also cover up the smell of decaying corpses. Of course, the main reason was that the soil and fallen leaves on it also blocked part of the smell.
"FK." Jimmy cursed, turned around and left the woods, walked back along his own footprints, and carefully searched for the bullet casings when he passed by the place where he fired, collecting them.
Jimmy had written down the number of shots he fired, so he looked carefully and counted the number of bullet casings in his hand to determine whether he had missed any. As long as the bullet casings are collected, the warheads don't matter. In this kind of wild environment, no one will look for warheads on the ground bit by bit.
Besides, the fugitive Rob Reilly was not shot at all, and no one would think that he would shoot him when he was taken away.
Returning to the car, he took back the 44 Magnum shell casings he fired at the beginning. After making sure that nothing was missing, he took out his cell phone and dialed Hughes's number. That's right, he didn't call Mahone, but called Hughes. There was something wrong with the matter this time. He needed to communicate with Hughes to see how to arrange it. The reason why he didn't call Mahone was because of Jimmy. It is uncertain whether Mahone knew about the paranormal events.
The phone rang several times before Hughes on the other side picked up the phone.
Hughes: "Who?"
Jimmy: "Hughes, this is Jimmy. I need to see you if I need anything."
Hughes: "Aren't you dealing with the prison escape case? What's wrong?"
Jimmy: "Well, we judged that the two people who escaped from prison were separated based on clues. One went south and returned to Newburgh, and the other escaped north. I was chasing Rob Reilly who went north.
After chasing for a day, I just found Rayleigh, but he was already dead. "
Hughes: "You did it?"
Jimmy: "No, I suspect he was killed by a wraith. I judged that he needed to avoid other people during the day to prevent being discovered, and could only escape at night, so I drove slowly on the road here at night to look for anyone on the road. There was a figure waving at the roadside just now. I noticed something unusual. She was a wraith and had been killed by me. Before killing her, she ran away towards the woods. I followed the direction of her escape and found the dead Lei. Leigh. Judging from the scene, the possibility of the fugitive Rayleigh dying from a wraith is very high."
Hughes was speechless. He was silent for a while before speaking, "Where are you? Is anyone else with you?"
Jimmy: "No, I tracked down Reilly alone. Mahone and Felicia went back to Newburgh to track down another fugitive, Brown."
Hughes: "Tell me the location and I will arrange for people to support you."
Jimmy: "I don't know the location here, but I can tell you the GPS coordinates. You need the person you arrange to confirm the location by yourself."
Hughes: "Go ahead."
Jimmy turned on his cell phone. The FBI's cell phones have positioning devices, and he can see his coordinates on the cell phone. After reporting his latitude and longitude coordinates, Jimmy asked again: "By the way, do I need to contact Mahone?"
Hughes: "Notify him until it's done."
Jimmy: "OK, I'll wait here."
Jimmy moved the car, parked it from the middle of the lane to the shoulder, and turned on the double flashers. Although it is around 3 o'clock in the morning and there are no cars on the road, no one knows whether there will be crazy racing gangs who will stage life-and-death speeds on this remote road.
Before they came, Jimmy looked at the road next to the forest. He walked in again, but he changed the route and took a few more lines, which was easier to explain.
More than an hour later, the sound of a helicopter came. Jimmy turned on the flashlight and shook it in the direction of the plane. The plane landed directly in a wasteland next to it.
Jimmy walked over with a flashlight, and three people got off the plane. All three of them came to Jimmy's side with flashlights, "Agent Yang?"
Jimmy nodded: "It's me. Thank you for coming to help so late. What do you call me?"
The leader stretched out his hand to shake Jimmy's hand: "Just call me Mike and tell me the process."
Jimmy nodded and asked Hughes to call out the person to handle the matter at this time. Jimmy didn't have to hide too much. They returned to Jimmy's car. Jimmy pointed out to Mike the location where the ghost appeared and the direction in which it fled. .
Following this direction, Jimmy took them directly into the woods and came to the location of the fugitive Reilly's body.
Jimmy: "This is the escaped prisoner Reilly I am tracking this time. When I came in, I found him dead. I highly doubt that he was killed by the ghost from before."
Mike nodded: "Check it." One of the two people following him walked forward, squatted down next to Reilly and began to check.
Jimmy: "One more thing, look at the mound next to it. I found a rotting corpse there. I didn't touch that place, I just moved to a small area."
Mike shook his head, and the last person behind him walked over. Jimmy shined a flashlight, and he took out a cross from his clothes and whispered something in his mouth, which was definitely not English.
Jimmy switched to the mind eye mode and found nothing unusual, which was very strange. Before, whether it was Father Reuter from Little Rock or Father Horton from Dallas, they always acted like this when casting spells. There was nothing abnormal about them, but they could Mobilize special energy to kill evil spirits.
Moreover, Father Horton seems to be better than Father Reuter. When his cross turned into a sword-like shape, Jimmy could see it in his mind's eye state.
The man in front of him was similar to Father Reuter, and Jimmy didn't notice any special energy on the small cross he was holding.
He came to the mound, knelt down on one knee, put the top of the cross against his forehead, and chanted in a low voice. After a while, he looked up at the mound, made some moves that Jimmy couldn't understand, and finally stood up and took back the cross. .
"There is indeed a special energy residue here. Judging from the scene, it has the highest concentration here, but it is currently dissipating. It has indeed disappeared."
Mike turned to look at Jimmy: "How did you do that?"
Jimmy pulled out his Monty Python revolver, "I could see her and I shot her, dozens of shots to take her out and eventually she dissipated."
Mike: "I understand. What's the condition of the body?"
The person who checked the body stood up and came to Mike's side: "There are special energy residues on the body, and it is basically determined to be the work of a wraith."
Mike nodded, "OK, since everything is fine, let's go back first. Jimmy, it's safe here. You can call other support to end this case."
Jimmy's eyes widened. He originally thought they were here to help him deal with Reilly's affairs. Was it just because of the wraith? Jimmy: "Are you leaving now? How do I explain that I found Rayleigh?"
Mike: "That's your problem, you need to solve it yourself. Come on, let's go back."
With Mike in front and Jimmy behind, the group left the forest. Jimmy watched them get on the helicopter and take off to return. He was still a little confused. These three people should be members of the special department. They only deal with special incidents. Their own prison escape cases have no meaning to them.
Jimmy thought for a while, took out his cell phone and dialed 911 directly.
"911, what's your emergency?"
Jimmy: "I am FBI Special Agent Jimmy Young. Please help me contact the Orange County Sheriff's Office and arrange for two police units to come over. We also need an ambulance."
911: "I need to confirm your identity, Agent."
Jimmy reported a number, asked the operator to record the GPS coordinates, and then waited in the car. Ten minutes later, a convoy of two police cars and an ambulance arrived.
Jimmy led them into the forest, "What's the smell?" Jimmy had come in several times, and he was used to it, but it was the first time for these new policemen and emergency personnel to come in, and the smell of corruption was still relatively strong.
The suspect Reilly was put on a stretcher by emergency personnel and was sent directly to the coroner's office to examine the cause of his death.
Under Jimmy's guidance, the police saw the decomposed body.
Jimmy: "That's why I asked you to come here. I smelled a very bad smell when I was chasing the escaped prisoner Rayleigh, and then I found this."
The police glanced at Jimmy, and the four of them came to one side and exchanged words in a low voice. Then they returned to Jimmy and said, "Thank you, Agent Yang, we've taken over here."
Jimmy nodded: "Thank you for your hard work. This has nothing to do with my case. You can handle it yourself. Then I will go back with the ambulance. Goodbye."
The police officers and Jimmy came out together. They had to wait here. The forensic officers had to wait until dawn before coming back to work. The four unlucky guys could only sit in a daze in the police car.
Jimmy looked at the time and saw that it wasn't long before dawn, so he decided not to disturb Mahone and the others and wait until dawn.
In the coroner's office, Jimmy sat on the sofa, drank coffee, and soon fell asleep directly against the sofa.
It wasn't until the coroner went to work and woke Jimmy up that he woke up. Staying up all night was not a problem for Jimmy at all. He had something on his mind before, so he was still very energetic even in the early morning. When I arrived at the coroner's office, I felt relaxed and fell asleep very smoothly, even while sitting.
Jimmy stood up and shook hands with him: "Sorry, I was busy all night yesterday. FBI Special Agent Jimmy Young, who are you?"
Coroner: "Dr. Matthew Reese, I've received a call from the Sheriff's Office."
Jimmy: "Excuse me, please complete the autopsy as soon as possible. Not all the prisoners who escaped this time have been captured yet."
Dr. Matthew Reese nodded, "You take a rest and I'll give you a report when it's over."
Jimmy watched Dr. Reese leave. He turned and went to the side to pour himself another cup of coffee. Since Dr. Reese said to let him wait, he would definitely give priority to his affairs.
Jimmy took out his cell phone and dialed Mahone's number. He must have been up by then.
Jimmy: "Hey, Mahone, I found him, but he's dead."
Mahone: "What's going on?"
Jimmy: "He died in the woods, and now I'm at the Orange County Coroner's Office, waiting for their autopsy results."
Ma Hong: "I understand. Let me know when there are results."
Jimmy: "Where are you?"
Mahone: "We are still looking. The Newburgh police have arranged for people to temporarily blockade several surrounding blocks. However, our time is limited and we cannot continue to block it like this."
Jimmy: "Okay, I will rush over to find you when there are results here."
Ma Hong: "Well, that's it, we have to keep looking for people."
Jimmy hung up the phone. He was lucky, but Mahone and the others didn't seem to have much luck.
Jimmy checked his watch. There should be enough time. He got up and left. After consulting the security guard, he bought breakfast nearby to fill his stomach. During yesterday's day of investigation, except for breakfast, he spent the rest of the day eating reserve food. That is, biscuits and chocolates, as well as bottled water in the car, and my stomach is already empty.
After breakfast outside and a double espresso, Jimmy returned to the coroner's office. The autopsy was over and Dr. Matthew Rhys was already sitting in his office writing a report. As expected of a coroner, he completed the autopsy and determination of the cause of death in such a short time.
Dr. Reese: "Agent Yang, wait a moment, the report will be completed soon."
Jimmy smiled and said, "Don't worry, you work first."
Soon, a printed autopsy report was handed to Jimmy. Jimmy opened the autopsy report, and the words and photos were perfect.
Fugitive Rob Reilly suffered multiple frostbites on his body. There were no external injuries on his body and no damage to his internal organs. Homicide can be ruled out. The corpse spots were bright red, the body was stretched in a natural state, there were many bleeding spots in the body, edema appeared in the lungs, edema occurred in the myocardium, and muscle fibers were broken, which is consistent with the phenomenon of freezing to death.
Although Jimmy knew that he was actually killed by a wraith, since the coroner gave the conclusion of freezing to death, Reilly must have frozen to death. No matter what, he must have frozen to death, so that Jimmy could also Save yourself the trouble.
Jimmy thanked the coroner, Dr. Reese, and left the coroner's office with a relaxed look.
Taking out his mobile phone and dialing Mahone's number, Jimmy asked for their location. Jimmy took the autopsy report and drove to Mahone's location, preparing to participate in the hunt for the second person. This time the case was half over.
(End of chapter)
