Chapter 802 Chris's "Fallout Shelter" And the Suspected Fake Agent Case
Jack spent three days in Los Angeles, and in addition to a pile of paperwork to sign, he also visited the "fallout shelter" 15 meters underground between Chris and Braxton's family farm and Jack's small farm. .
Not only did they build an enlarged version of the underground safe house based on the drawings sent by Jack (Chapter 568) to be used as Justin's secret data center, they also used tunnels to connect the two farms.
In fact, California's geological conditions are not suitable for building shallow underground facilities because it is located right on the San Andreas Fault and earthquakes are extremely frequent.
At the same time, large amounts of groundwater are overexploited every year and used for agricultural irrigation, resulting in very serious surface subsidence in many places, especially in the central region.
In addition, there are serious soil problems, so unless there are special needs, shallow basement structures are rarely seen in California buildings.
Of course, some issues are usually only related to cost. In addition, the locations of the two farms are quite suitable. With the brothers' investment regardless of cost, a safe house located 15 meters underground and the tunnel connected to it have taken shape.
The money they got from a certain Mexican drug lord and most of the funds on hand were basically spent on it, otherwise Chris wouldn't need to sell the paintings.
Although part of his money with Chris was also spent, because it was converted into shares of the new company, Jack didn't mind. It's hard to comment on the lack of security, especially in this strange world and this strange world. s country.
It will take at least a year to complete the entire project, and there are still a lot of problems that need to be solved, such as earthquake resistance and server room cooling. However, this cost is a drop in the bucket compared to the money-burning project that is about to be launched.
The cost of future short videos and new social media projects will be in the tens of millions of dollars, which is why Zoe must get a Senate seat in Congress as soon as possible.
"This is a video of the townhouse complex where the third victim in this case, Patricia Brannon, lived. We found images of the murderer entering the complex before committing the crime."
"Aren't you in charge of a serial home invasion, rape and murder case? Did something happen? It's not another damn terrorist, is it?" Jack now has some psychological shadow over those terrorists who like to cause trouble.
Although the Anderson family has a strong influence in California, it lacks enough voice at the federal level, especially in Congress. They want to avoid the same fate as Jack's previous "TikTalk" in the future, supporting a member of Congress of his own. Member of Parliament became an urgent matter.
"It's not an accident, but we noticed something unusual. The results derived from this may be something no one wants to see." Rossi said, motioning Jack and Jiejie to take their seats, and played a surveillance video on the screen. Video.
The last time Jack entered the SCIF (Sensitive Information Isolation Facility) underground in the FBI's Los Angeles field office building was when Emily encountered a crisis. Rosie took them there to meet with the top brass of "CWS" (Clear Water Security).
There were no outsiders present here this time, Rosie and Hotchner, only a female supervisor was present. Jack had some impression of her, her name was Natalie, who used to be Hannah's direct superior and was responsible for the homicide case.
This time he didn't have time to gather with the BAU people when he came back because they were busy with this unexpected case.
I heard from Jiejie that three female victims appeared in succession around Los Angeles in the past two days, and they were suspected to be the perpetrators of the same murder. The LAPD and LASD state police were confused and contacted the BAU directly.
Just when Jack was about to take Jiejie back to New York after visiting this secret underground space, a call from Rosie summoned them to another long-lost, deeper underground facility.
Following Hotchner's introduction, the back of a white man in formal attire, a black suit and a white shirt, with neat short brown hair appeared on the screen.
"He's dressed professionally?" Jiejie raised her eyebrows. Combined with everyone's serious attitude, she suddenly had several bad guesses in her mind.
"Garcia used the image analysis tool from the last New York bombing, but this time it was not very accurate due to the angle. It was estimated that the height of the murderer was between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches (1.7 to 1 meter 78) and weighs approximately 160 pounds (72.5 kg).”
Hotchner's face was solemn. Although he usually wore a poker face except when facing his family, people who had been with him for a long time could still detect some clues from his micro-expressions most of the time.
This surveillance video has been edited and spliced. Although there is no sound, the pixels are still clear. You can clearly see the murderer knocking on the door of one of the apartments. A middle-aged woman appeared at the door and the two started talking.
"Didn't you take a picture of his front face?" Jack asked. The murderer in the surveillance camera always lowered his head to see his face clearly. He only looked forward when his back was turned to the surveillance camera.
Hotchner shook his head and said, "No, it can be seen from this video that he is very alert and very calm. Except for deliberately avoiding the camera, he spends the rest of the time strolling around, as if he is a resident living here."
The murderer in the picture briefly exchanged a few words with the middle-aged woman with his back to the surveillance camera, and then made a movement on his hand, and the other party invited the stranger into his home with great confidence.
"Is he showing his ID?" Jiejie was a little confused. This action was too familiar to her because she often did it herself.
Based on this scene in the surveillance video and the murderer's clothes, Jack had guessed why Rossi called him here. The murderer was most likely to impersonate a law enforcement officer to let a single woman let down her guard so quickly and invite someone into the house.
"Los Angeles police, whether LAPD or state police, usually only show their badges. Most people are used to pinning their badges on their waists or hanging them around their necks with chains. They rarely take the initiative to show their IDs, so you suspect he is one of us?"
The "we" that Jack mentioned here not only refers to his own field agents, but also agents of the entire federal law enforcement agency. Of course, the most common and well-known of these agents is naturally the FBI.
"Yes, that's what we are worried about. We must rule out this possibility as soon as possible, or arrest him as soon as possible." Hotchner replied.
If a serial killer really appeared in the FBI and was reported to the media, it would be unimaginable how bad the impact would be.
You should know that the FBI's management of its subordinate agents is quite strict compared to local police departments. Not only does each assigned car have a positioning system, but the specially issued mobile phones also have one.
Although there are scum, they usually commit crimes in the workplace, and there has never been a serial perverted killer in the FBI.
Even if it is not the FBI, but agents from other federal law enforcement departments, they cannot take it lightly. Although Jack tends to believe that the murderer is impersonating an identity, the former possibility has too bad an impact.
Even if the murderer is just holding a fake ID to cheat, the case must be solved as soon as possible, because it is related to the public's trust in federal law enforcement officers.
No one wants to see such a scene. When federal agents visit and show their IDs, they are not cooperated by the public but get vigilant eyes or even guns.
The expression on the face of the female supervisor Natalie was more nervous, because the field detectives in charge of criminal investigations under her would be the most suspicious.
The surveillance video was paused at the moment when the murderer showed his ID. Unfortunately, the picture was not clear enough, and the camera angle was behind the murderer, otherwise Jack's lip reading would come in handy.
"Now you know why I asked you to help. If this son of the beach is really one of us, I hope you can take him down yourself." Rossi rarely swore.