The lobby of the police station was chaotic, with phones ringing from time to time and the noise of captured thieves and gangsters. Gideon walked through the crowd and walked to a door to ask Emily who was standing outside.
"what's the situation?"
Emily was looking through the glass at the couple with tears on their faces and shaking in panic, and told him what she had just learned: "Their daughter Fanny Vincent disappeared on the way to work. Her colleagues saw her She hadn't arrived at work yet, and no one answered her calls. Thinking of the discovery of the body today, I called her home worriedly to inquire."
"Her parents called her many times, but they didn't get through. They were afraid that the body found today was their daughter, so they came here to call the police."
Gideon looked at the scene inside the door and asked, "Have you investigated the road surveillance?"
Emily: "Garcia has been contacted."
The speed and frequency of committing crimes were so fast that everyone smelled danger. They all realized that if the murderer was not caught, he would become even more unscrupulous.
How long has it been? The FBI came here just yesterday because of the third deceased person. A body was also found in the morning, and now another woman is missing.
"Ward Bernal." Gideon said suddenly: "There may be a breakthrough in his body. He is the only male among the victims. It is unknown why the suspect wanted to kill him? Was it a random selection or another reason? ?”
Everyone in the BAU gathered in the conference room and held a brief meeting. They focused on Ward Bernal for analysis and investigation.
Ward Bernal is a well-known wealthy son in the school, and his family is wealthy. His parents run a small company, so his spending power is much higher than that of his friends.
In school, people who are rich, handsome, and not difficult to get along with are naturally very popular. When school started this fall, Ward Bernal met the new student Winnie Green in the parking lot. He was attracted by her appearance and pursued her.
It's a pity that Winnie Green doesn't seem to have any interest in him. Those exquisite little gifts that are always good for him have no effect in front of him, because Winnie Green is also a child born into a wealthy family.
He was used to being chased, and he couldn't stand loneliness. When he was pursuing Winnie Green, he had no shortage of girlfriends around him, so he was irritated by Winnie Green's words in the elevator.
Looking through Ward Bernal's information, Gideon and the others did not find a breakthrough. In fact, many schools have people like this. What cheerleading sweetheart, tall and handsome jock, dull nerd, rich playboy. Ward Bernal's behavior will indeed make some students jealous, but it will not reach the level of murder.
Morgan, a handsome dark-skinned man, held his pen in thought and made a guess: "Judging from the victims the unknown criminal suspect initially selected, his target was only women at the beginning." If the deceased found today is the first victim, then Hua Hua De Bernal was actually the third.
"When he killed the first two victims, he did not prepare the murder weapon in advance for the first one, so he used his own belt. For the second one, he was prepared and still chose to kill by suffocation. But when it came to Walter Burr Here, he brought a knife. He knew that the target he chose this time was unusual. Did he choose a man on a whim, or did he choose Ward Bernal?"
Gideon paces slowly,
Imagine the scene at that time: "He hired a prostitute that day. Maybe it was due to experience or physical reasons that caused premature ejaculation. Enid Nathaniel may have expressed it in his words and expressions. He became angry and strangled him with a belt. He killed her. Then he wrapped her in her coat and buried her in the trash at the dump station while it was dark."
Because it is winter, the garbage disposal station is not disposing of it so frequently. The bacteria and decay there will cover up the corpse. Maybe with luck, the corpses will be used as fertilizer or burned along with the garbage.
"He quickly moved on from the murder, and even found fun in it, and then started the second murder." Gideon's eyes fell on the photo of the second deceased, "Because As a result of his previous premature ejaculation, he did not assault the second victim. He put a bag over her head and strangled her neck with a leather cord."
Emily questioned Gideon's words: "Why wasn't the bag put on after the victim died?"
After hearing this, Rhett said: "Because he has a fantasy about 'her'. The object of this fantasy is not the victim, but the person in his mind. He is replacing the victim with the person in his mind. He fantasizes about that person." The woman writhed in his hands. He couldn't get her so he hired a prostitute, which was not a pleasant process."
Emily gave a look of disgust.
"We have been guessing before that the person is the female elder of the unknown suspect or someone else. Perhaps Ward Bernal has already given the answer." Hodge folded his arms and looked at everyone: "Ward Bernal "Nal was the most special of all the victims, as he was involved with unknown suspects, which aroused the murderer's jealousy and anger."
A man who is unavailable as a suspect but is involved with Ward Bernal?
Emily's eyes widened slightly: "Winnie Green! Although there may be other girlfriends of Ward Bernal, Winnie Green is the one he has never been able to pursue, and Ward Bernal She happened to follow her to the mall on the day she disappeared. When Ward Bernal was following Winnie Green, the murderer was also following them. This man had witnessed everything, so when Ward Bernal returned to the underground parking lot, the murderer was also following them. At that time, he kidnapped Ward Bernal and drove away,"
Garcia, who was listening to the conference call at the headquarters, had to interrupt: "Friends, I discovered something."
Hotch: "Say."
Garcia spoke quickly: "If it is related to Winnie Green, I did some research because she was followed, and found that these deceased people have appeared in the same place as Winnie Green."
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sp; Everyone's eyes turned to the phone, and Garcia's voice continued.
"Greene dined at the restaurant where Enid Nathaniel worked, just this month."
"Before the murder, Green would walk with Mrs. Eisen next door, and Tracy Strong, the first victim found, often took her children to play in the small park."
"Ward Bernal is Green's suitor."
"Eona Hetty is the owner of the fruit shop that Green frequents."
"The convenience store where Fanny Vincent works is on the way to Green's school, and she often goes there to buy things."
"Wait a minute." JJ suddenly asked, "What's the name of that convenience store?"
Garcia: "Becky's Convenience Store."
JJ showed a surprised and shocked expression.
Morgan asked keenly: "What's wrong?"
Rhett stood up, looked at everyone and murmured: "Winnie said that the first time she met Chebman Tulsi was at Becky's convenience store, and she saw Tulsi follow him to the door of her house."
Winnie also said that because she was afraid, she went directly to Aisen's house after returning home and stayed there until very late.
In fact, it was Lisa who took the initiative to call her over that day in order to reveal to her the supernatural events that occurred at Gordon's house.
Rhett: "The murderer may have planned to kill her from the beginning! This was also the purpose of following and observing her life. He regarded this excitement as an obsession. These victims who appeared around her were just simulation exercises before he killed Winnie."
Emily: "For someone like him, this might be love. Only death can fully possess her."
So she was jealous that Walter Bernal could appear around her openly, but his appearance was warned by the outside world.
Gideon: "What would he say if he caught Grimm? 'I killed them all because of you.'"
No one can bear such a big impact. And this is exactly what the murderer wants to see, this is revenge, revenge for the school to intervene and warn.
Hotch strode out and said as he walked: "JJ is going to contact Winnie Green to confirm her safety, and then call their school to ask if Chibman Turs went to school today."
In just two words, everyone in the conference room walked out. If it is determined that the murderer is Chibman Turs, some people will need to arrest the suspect, while others will need to find the kidnapped hostages.
Fanny Vincent's parents noticed the movement outside, and they stopped the passing police officers. Her mother trembled her lips and asked, "Have you found the murderer? Or, have you found another body?" This sentence said At the end, the mother's tears that had just stopped burst out again, and her husband standing next to her supported her with trembling hands.
The police officer looked at the frightened parents and comforted them: "It's not a body, but the murderer may have been found, and we are going to arrest him now."
JJ called Winnie, but no one answered the call, probably because she was in class. She hung up and called the school. After asking the teacher in charge, she learned that Chibman Turs did not attend class today.
After notifying Hotch of the incident, she continued to try to contact Winnie, and Winnie's call came back shortly after.
Winnie: "Hello, I'm Winnie."
JJ was covering her forehead with one hand and holding her phone in the other. After hearing Winnie's voice, she put down the hand covering her forehead and looked relieved.
JJ: "I'm JJ. We found out that Chibman Tours may be related to the serial murder case. He has followed you before. You have to be careful. Captain and the others have already gone after you. You must prevent him from suddenly attacking you." Please pay attention to safety and don’t act alone in school, do you understand?”
Winnie held the phone tightly on the other end of the phone, her expression was terrifyingly cold, but her voice was panicked: "Why? Is he targeting me? Did he kill Ward Bernal because of me?" Winnie hated Bernal very much. Naer, but she doesn't want anyone to kill someone in her name. Can't she lift the knife? Bernal hates it, but the crime does not lead to death!
It was true that Chebman Turs killed Ward Bernal because of Winnie, but JJ couldn't say that, "No, you are also a victim, and you are not wrong. It was Turs who chose to kill, even if it wasn't You could also be another girl, and you're just unfortunate enough to be targeted by him."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and JJ asked worriedly: "Are you okay? Winnie?"
After a while, Winnie's voice came from the receiver: "What about when he killed other people? Was it also because of me?"
JJ was hesitant to tell her. Not telling her would make her feel at ease, but telling her would make her realize the danger of Turs.
In the end, in order to avoid the inner condemnation of this girl with a gentle personality and soft heart, JJ decided not to tell her: "No, it has nothing to do with you."
"You hesitated just now." Winnie said on the other end of the phone, her voice was very soft: "Because of me, isn't it?"
JJ leaned against the wall in annoyance and sadness. She could imagine the girl's current mood, but she didn't know how to comfort her: "I'm sorry."
"I will pay attention to safety, thank you for notifying me." After hanging up the phone, Winnie returned to the classroom expressionlessly.
Not long after, Winnie's car drove out of the school gate, and Louisa, who discovered that she had suddenly disappeared, called her: "Winnie? Where have you been?"
There was nothing unusual in Winnie's voice: "I have something urgent to go home now. Please help me ask for leave."
Melissa's voice also rang from the receiver. She was right next to Luisa, "What happened to your family? Do you want us to help?"
"It's okay, it's just that the sewer pipe exploded."!
