Mahone left the homicide unit, but David White was still there. He used to be in the counter-terrorism unit. Later, because Jimmy and Mahone were seconded one after another, Hughes brought him over from the anti-terrorism unit to temporarily handle the homicide unit's cases. They stayed after that, but Jimmy was transferred to the field, and the two of them didn't actually work together for a few days.
Now Jimmy is going to take over the bombing case, and of course David White will follow Jimmy to handle it. He should have been informed of his subsequent arrangements in advance, so he didn't feel any resistance to Jimmy asking him to go out to investigate together. He simply wanted to stick to his post before leaving.
Jimmy and David came to the outside of the exploded bakery, which was still under lockdown. A cordon was set up outside, and the doors and windows were blocked to prevent the scene inside from being destroyed.
This is an apartment. The bottom floor of the apartment is just a commercial building. Residents have a separate entrance door next to it.
Because of the explosion, the area has been cordoned off. A few days later, there are still workers on site doing structural inspections of the houses. This should have been arranged by the insurance company.
Jimmy entered the bakery, looked in the kitchen at the back, compared the explosion detection and diagram in his hand, and determined the detonation point.
There is a fan wreckage in the corner. Technicians speculate that a short circuit in the fan wire produced a spark, which ignited the flour powder. No chemical explosives were detected in the explosive residue here.
Judging from the explosion itself, this is indeed very reasonable. However, the reason why Ma Hong's case has not been closed is because the concentration required for a dust explosion is very high. Under normal circumstances, such a dust concentration is impossible in this kind of kitchen.
The explosion completely messed up the kitchen. The kitchen utensils were deformed and scattered around the kitchen. The large oven was deformed. Some of the trays and other things were deformed and some were damaged. It was obvious that the intensity of the explosion was not low.
When Mahone and his team inspected last week, they found no reason for the explosive dust concentration, so they had no choice but to put it on hold.
Jimmy: "David, did you investigate the families of the three deceased people last week? Their relatives and friends."
David nodded: "After investigation, nothing unusual was found. Except for the boss's nephew who just came out of prison a few months ago, the other two chefs have no criminal records in recent years, and the most recent criminal record was more than ten years ago." . Do you also suspect that this is an explosion scene that someone deliberately faked?"
Jimmy: "Well, everything else can be said to be unexpected. The dust concentration is really hard to say."
David: "This is the only doubt here, otherwise the case would have been submitted and closed long ago. How are you going to investigate?"
Jimmy: "Let's see if they have any enemies. If not, it would be best. If they really have enemies, those who can use dust explosions are definitely not ordinary people."
David: "At least nothing has been discovered in the current investigation. The identities of the two deceased chefs are very clean. Benjamin Scott was previously sentenced to prison for burglary. In theory, he should not have such a big enemy."
Jimmy: "Let's go back and investigate again. By the way, have you investigated the material warehouse behind?"
David: "After a rough inspection, it is filled with reserved cream, butter, flour and other things. There is nothing abnormal."
Jimmy: "Let's go back to the office first."
David smiled and left the scene with Jimmy.
After watching the scene, Jimmy speculated that he was familiar with the hotel and had done a lot of research. They had professionals who could handle special requirements, such as making a death appear to be an accident.
However, this kind of talent usually targets special assassination missions arranged by others. Most of them target rich people or people with special status. What should I pay attention to in an ordinary bakery like this?
He had just observed it carefully and found no darkroom or the like in this bakery. The only thing that wasn't seriously damaged by the explosion was the material warehouse at the back. They took a look and found that it was indeed affected inside, but there were still a lot of materials that didn't seem to be serious.
Back in the office, Jimmy pulled up all the information on the three deceased people and checked all related relatives, but found nothing unusual. The bakery owner Jeffrey Adams was also in a clean mess, except for some traffic tickets. , there is no record of any other crime.
Benjamin, the only one who has ever been in prison, has only one prison record and no other criminal records.
This case was very strange. He clearly sensed a problem, but couldn't find any clues. Jimmy also confirmed that there were no supernatural phenomena that had been discovered before.
After struggling with the case for two days, Jimmy visited the deceased and the owners of the bakery, but still found nothing.
After David's persuasion, he gave up the case because if the case was not closed, the insurance company would not be able to complete the damage assessment and complete structural inspection of the house. A bunch of people were waiting. Although Jimmy wanted to look for clues, he still couldn't. There is no way to keep putting it off.
In the end, a closing report could only be submitted based on the cause of the explosion given by the testing center, and the case was shelved.
The first case he had just returned to the field ended with such an imperfect result. Although Jimmy was unhappy, he had no choice but to go to the bar after get off work to have a drink and chat with Isaac and Woody to relax.
When she got home, looking at Jimmy's drunken appearance, Nia knew that he had gone to the bar again. While Jimmy was taking off his coat, Nia took out Jimmy's glass, put a handful of tea leaves, and burned it. The kettle was turned on, and by the time Jimmy came out of the bathroom, the water had already boiled.
Nia poured boiling water into the glass, "What's wrong? You don't look happy?"
Jimmy: "Hey, the first case after returning to the field is closed, but there are still some things I can't figure out."
Nia: "As long as the case is closed, don't think too much about it. We still have many cases here that we can't even close."
Jimmy: "Well, I'm just a little reluctant, that's all. How was your day today?"
Nia: "It's still the same, the case will never be solved."
Jimmy: "By the way, have you told Kevin and the others that we plan to buy a house?"
Nia: "Well, as I said a few days ago, my father meant to wait until we get married before buying it. You know, there are marriage tax benefits when husband and wife submit a tax application together."
Jimmy nodded. He hadn't thought about it before, but since it was Kevin's idea, let's leave it behind. It was nothing more than the difference between individual property and joint property. As long as there was no divorce, it wouldn't be a problem.
Nia: "By the way, I heard something today. Four students were traveling together. Their families came to the police station to report the crime. They lost contact three days ago. The last contact was made by one of them to their family on Saturday night. I made a phone call and couldn’t be contacted again.”
Jimmy: "Missing? Where did they disappear?"
Nia: "The last contact they had was when they went to Lake Ontario, and the phone call was made by the lake in Rochester."
Jimmy: "There's nothing we can do. Just send an investigation assistance notice to the Rochester police station. Hey, there are 100,000 people missing in the country every year, and only a few can be found. Just wait for them to contact you."
Nia: "The main reason is that they are only seniors and will soon graduate and enter the society. If they disappear at this time, their family members are going crazy."
Jimmy: "If you don't seek death, you won't die. When traveling, you must find well-developed scenic spots. No one can guarantee that people who just run around will not encounter emergencies. Many places have no mobile phone signal at all. If something goes wrong, no one can help them.”
Nia slapped Jimmy: "Why don't you have any sympathy?"
Jimmy picked up the tea and tested the water temperature: "It's not that I don't have sympathy, but I've read too many files, and I've seen this kind of situation so many times that people are numb.
The FBI has previously released data. The number of missing people reported in the country every year fluctuates between 80,000 and 120,000, and a large number of them go out for travel and then lose contact. Unfortunately, no one thought that this kind of loss of contact would happen to them, they didn't pay attention to various notifications, and they didn't prepare backup plans and rescue plans for themselves. "
Nia sighed. They were the police and knew more about things that were not announced than the general public. The natural environment of various national parks in the United States is really great. Every year, many people get lost or fall in the parks, are attacked by wild animals, or encounter criminals. It usually takes a long time for their families to call the police. I don't know where to look for it.
Nia thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any plan to find missing persons?"
Jimmy frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head: "I have no impression, maybe because I have participated in fewer groups. Regarding missing persons, what I have the impression is that the headquarters will compile the data reported by each police station every year, and then Post a total.”
Nia: “What about your investigators?”
Jimmy: “If you’re near the station, handle it yourself. If it’s far away or there’s no branch, contact the local police station or state police to assist in the investigation. Usually, if it’s not particularly important, we won’t go to the scene.
New York is an exception. Your NYPD has a relatively wide coverage. If you want to investigate someone, you will probably contact your local branch and ask them to send patrol officers to investigate first, and then our people will go to the scene. "
Nia: "Well, it seems we have to wait for the reply from the Rochester Police Department, but it probably won't be soon."
Jimmy picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Well, just wait for the news. If there are people you are familiar with among them, then you can consider investigating them. If they are not relevant, just follow the procedures."
Nia picked up her cup and thought for a while, "If we say there is a familiar person, there is indeed one, but it is not one of the four of them. Do you still remember my two former model classmates, right?"
Jimmy thought for a moment, "I have an impression. I saw him in a bar, right?"
Nia: "Well, one of them seems to have not appeared for a while, and there was no reply to AIM's message."
Jimmy: "They are models, they must be participating in events or going abroad."
Nia: "I don't know, but we don't meet each other usually. They usually come back when they have activities in New York. They are usually in Los Angeles. Well, let's not talk about them. They should wait until Christmas Will return to New York."
Jimmy: "We are all adults and have their own lives. Maybe she just doesn't want to contact other people. After all, she has been working for many years. Whatever happens is understandable."
Nia nodded: "It's just that there are fewer and fewer contacts with old classmates. Many of them don't even have their contact information."
Jimmy: "I miss them so much, I'll take advantage of the Christmas holiday to have a class reunion with them. I guess most of them will be free by then."
Nia: "What about you? Haven't you contacted your old classmates?"
This question directly stopped Jimmy. Where did he get his old classmate from? Nia: "By the way, it seems that none of your classmates came when we got engaged last time."
Jimmy: "Well, you know, my career means that I can't contact those former classmates. Well, under special circumstances, there is no way."
Nia: "But now you are an FBI agent. This profession is definitely worth it."
Jimmy: "Come on, I'm afraid I'll throw them all in jail if I get excited."
Nia was really speechless. What happened to Jimmy's former classmates? They didn't seem to be on the right track.
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The next day, Jimmy still came to the office early, before it was time to go to work, so he just made tea and read the newspaper to kill time. In fact, it's not that he wants to come so early every day, it's mainly because he needs less and less sleep now. It's boring to lie in bed after waking up. It's better to get up, make some breakfast, and go out early.
During work hours, Ruiz came over to see Jimmy. He needed to deal with things that had been arranged in advance. David White needed to get familiar with the anti-gangster team as soon as possible. According to the above arrangement, the time left for Peter was only a little more than a month. If you want to sort out the huge data and relationships of the anti-gangster group, it cannot be done in a day or two.
Jimmy: "Ruiz, I have no problem with David coming over, but I don't have anyone here anymore."
Ruiz: "Don't worry, I will tell Peter about it, and I will arrange it for you after selecting a new person."
Jimmy: "Hey, you are all bosses, you have the final say. Drink tea."
With Jimmy, a pure Chinese, here, over the past few years, they have really become accustomed to drinking tea, at least not in the initial state where they felt the taste was weird and stopped drinking it.
Ruiz: "By the way, one more thing. I got a message from an informant. Your information has been leaked. Some people are very afraid of it, but there are also many people who plan to use you as a suspect. You’re on the stepping stone, so be careful.”
Jimmy: "Stepping stone? Do gangster gunmen have this ability? I don't really believe it."
Ruiz: "Don't underestimate them. These rat-like people might be hiding somewhere and shoot you in the back."
Jimmy: "I understand, do you have a goal?"
Ruiz shook his head: "No, there is just such a rumor. You know, this group of gangsters are completely inaccurate in their words. Unless the mission requires you to be killed within a time limit, no one knows what they think. "
Jimmy: "Then let them do whatever they want. If anyone dares to stretch out his claws, I'll cut them off. If they don't want to be implicated in the whole gang, they'd better be smarter."
Ruiz sighed, how could anyone think that killing a god like Jimmy would increase his reputation? It would be a miracle if he survived after killing him.
(End of chapter)
