Chapter 763 New Corpse
After Jack finished speaking, Jubal's expression looked a little bitter, "You are right, but I thought that as a psychologist, you would express it in a more tactful way."
"Because you don't need a psychiatrist, and I don't charge by the hour. I even treated you to a meal as a friend."
Jack won't be able to get his master's degree until next year, and by then he can barely make up for his last shortcoming.
By the way, in the United States, a master's degree is the minimum academic qualification to become a officially licensed clinical psychologist. The requirements may be more stringent than a doctorate. You need to accumulate at least 3,000+ hours of clinical experience under supervision, and there are many more. Few very specific requirements.
It is foreseeable that Jack will continue his studies in the future. He has not yet decided whether to choose a PhD or become a PsyD, but he must study.
PhD is the so-called "Doctor of Philosophy". It does not mean that you really want to study philosophy. It is just a type of doctorate. To be precise, it should be called an academic doctorate.
There are academic types and professional types. This type can also be called "taught doctorate", which is more practical. For example, a doctorate in psychology is called PsyD (Doctor of Psychology).
The issue of academic qualifications seems to be the same everywhere. If ability and interpersonal relationships are the driving force for advancement, then academic qualifications are the ladder and can also be seen as the height of the ceiling.
Jubal really doesn't need any psychological counseling, nor does he need anyone to tell him what to do. All he needs is support from a friend.
"I can't guarantee anything, but since you took the initiative to mention that old case, it is equivalent to opening the scar with your own hands. The leadership of the matter after that is neither in your hands nor in my hands."
The reason why Jack spent most of the day today on Jubal's old case was not only to find out the doubts, but also to confirm whether he had made any mistakes in the process of solving the case.
Although everyone knows that this wanted criminal group is a special task force created by Dana Moge in order to retain someone, the nominal boss is Jubal.
Jack didn't want to lose the detective in charge before his team was officially established, but he also didn't want to see his future partner be someone who would do anything to solve the case.
In the final analysis, he and Jubal did not get along long enough, or the friendship between the two parties was not enough to fully understand each other.
From another perspective, this is not entirely a bad thing. He has now basically determined that Jubal did not make any mistakes in this case, at least in terms of procedures. Of course, the incident of secretly drinking during the interrogation must be removed.
With this premise, the problem is actually not too big. Even if it is later confirmed that it was indeed an unjust case, the impact will not be too serious.
Jubal confessed everything to Jack, naturally with a hint of asking for help, but Jack couldn't promise something right away, even if there were two big guys standing behind him, some things were even just a matter of words.
Whether it's money or favors, casually vouching for others is an extremely immature or even irrational act, but he has no intention of sitting idly by.
"My previous suggestion is to forget about McMahe for the time being and focus on the current case. Of course, in order to avoid certain past events from recurring, you'd better go back to the new office with me these days. I will put away any information containing... Alcoholic stuff.”
Jack finally suggested helplessly. He originally wanted to take the girl back to the dormitory, but ended up bringing an old man with him. He was doing his best for his friend.
Jubal was thinking too much and his mood was not right. In order to avoid some vulgar plots, Jack could only temporarily adopt this strategy. At the same time, this could be regarded as a disguised promise.
Early the next morning, as soon as Jubal arrived at the Federal Building, he went to Dana Moge's office, and when he came out, he was in a much better mood.
But everyone's mood soon soured as another body appeared, this time of course not in Central Park, which was now filled with workers and construction machinery and half of the area was closed off.
New York State Police found the body of a woman in her twenties, tied with wires and without clothing, in a woods near a lake in northern Westchester.
Jack immediately took Hannah, Jie Jie and Aubrey to the scene. When they arrived, the state police had surrounded the woods around the crime scene.
A shy old police sergeant with a beer belly received the four FBI. While stroking his chin that looked like a carefully groomed beard, he introduced the situation to the four FBI.
"The identity of the deceased should match a missing person reported last night, but we have to wait for further confirmation with his family. The cause of death seems to be strangulation. I noticed the notice issued by your FBI, so I contacted you as soon as possible. them.”
Several people stepped on the thick leaf litter and humus soil in the woods. Although it was close to the hot summer, the temperature and humidity in the woods made people involuntarily get goosebumps.
"Are there any snakes here?" Aubrey walked very carefully, even a little tremblingly.
"Of course, but most of them are non-venomous, mainly garter snakes." The old police chief looked at him with a smile on his face as he looked at people in the city.
The scientific name of the garter snake is the garter snake. It has several obvious stripes on its body. At first glance, it may make people think it is highly poisonous. It likes to live in wetland environments. It is very common in areas north of New York and is more widely distributed in Canada.
Those who like to watch horror movies may be familiar with the sound of this snake. Every year as the temperature rises and it enters the courtship period, this snake will make a chirping sound, which is very similar to the sound of hitting stones. When people are nervous, it is easy to hear it as footsteps.
Following the old sheriff in the woods for nearly 20 minutes, everyone finally saw the body in a stream about one kilometer away from the road.
The stream is narrow and deep. It may be because there has not been much rain recently. It is closer to a nearly dry ditch. The body just lay naked at the bottom of the stream, and the gurgling water flows under and on both sides.
Jack couldn't help but feel moved. The deceased was obviously violated. The current environment is different from being underwater, and the death time is very short, maybe even less than 12 hours, which means that the DNA in her body is likely to be well preserved.
He squatted down by the stream and carefully observed the body. The binding was done with No. 14 wire, and the method was the same as the three bodies found in Central Park. The only difference was that the murderer did not tie a heavy object to the feet of the body.
"We also found obvious dragging marks nearby, extending all the way here." The old detective pointed to a mud mark beside the stream.
"I speculate that the murderer dragged her all the way from the car parked by the road. He may have wanted to throw her into the lake, but for some reason, he finally threw her here. Maybe she was scared by something, or she was too tired to drag her."
"Thank you, your discovery is very helpful to us." Jack thanked the experienced old detective and began to test his teammates.
"Then use your imagination and talk about your ideas."
Hannah was the first to say her idea, "Well, check the surveillance at the surrounding intersections. There is only one road nearby, and the crime happened at night. There are not many vehicle samples available for screening. Compare it with the vehicles that have entered and exited Central Park before, which can save a lot of time."
"Good idea, any more?" Jack nodded in agreement.
Jiejie squatted by the stream and shone a flashlight on the body. After carefully observing it for a long time, she asked uncertainly, "If the body was indeed dragged all the way here, there should be serious scratches on such a long journey, but at least we can't see them on the upper parts at present."
"So the murderer should have used some kind of wrapping, something like plastic cloth, and took it away carefully afterwards." Aubrey answered quickly.
"So what does this mean?" Jack continued to ask.
Aubrey hesitated for a moment and glanced at Jiejie. After all, this was her discovery. If he continued to talk about it, he would be suspected of stealing the limelight.
Jiejie smiled and spread her hands, indicating that she really hadn't figured it out yet, but it didn't matter.
"This means that even if we can't find DNA samples in the body, we may be able to find fragments of the wrapping on the dragging traces along the way. Plastic is one of the best DNA trace carriers, and the murderer is likely to leave something on it." Aubrey analyzed excitedly.
"Good idea. I have a hunch that the murderer is so careful that we may not find enough DNA evidence on the body. Your idea may be the key to solving the case." Jack took out his cell phone and called CSI Mike Taylor.