Chapter 805 The Gossipy Old Lady's Important Discovery

Tim was commanding the patrolmen to seal off the scene with a gloomy face. When he saw the familiar FBI, his expression was slightly relaxed.

"The time of death was less than an hour. The body was found by the husband of the deceased. We called the CSI California Laboratory and they are on their way."

Angela and John on the other side were standing at the door of the house where the crime occurred, comforting a crying white middle-aged man. That should be the husband of the deceased mentioned by Tim.

Jiejie was a little surprised when she heard the word husband, "You mean the victim Mary Leann is married?"

"The murderer used to choose single women living alone. This time the risk level has increased a lot." Emily frowned and continued.

The genius encyclopedia Reid immediately went online, "Generally speaking, serial killers will gradually lose their concentration. After successful killings again and again, they will gradually become crazy, start to lose their rationality, and immerse themselves in excitement."

Jack poked him with his elbow inconspicuously, indicating that this guy should speak softly. In addition to the husband of the deceased, there were other civilians being questioned at the scene.

Although the serial killer will be exposed by the media sooner or later, it is another matter when it comes from the mouths of FBI agents, especially the BAU team.

With John and Angela, the talkers, comforting the family of the deceased, the FBI was not in a hurry to ask about the situation. Everyone was old acquaintances and had a good relationship. Jack often got together to eat and drink when he was in Los Angeles.

Emily and Red turned to ask the neighbors around, and Jack and Jiejie walked around the community and observed the surrounding environment.

This place is somewhat similar to the previous crime scene. It is also a townhouse community, but it is obviously more upscale. The living area of ​​each house is not only much larger, but also has a public swimming pool with very good water quality.

The structure of the townhouse is also different from the previous community. Every five or six households form a mouth shape, with their own independent backyards, and the front door faces the public swimming pool.

Jack touched a lounge chair by the pool and it was very clean. There should be someone responsible for cleaning every day, but perhaps it is precisely for this reason that there is no surveillance camera in the community.

"It looks like an emerging middle-class community." Jiejie obviously understood what Jack meant.

Jack nodded, "But the supporting facilities are obviously not very complete. There is not even a yoga room nearby. It is a transitional community."

When a wealthy real estate developer takes a fancy to a certain plot of land and builds a high-end department store or large supermarket nearby, the attractiveness of the surrounding community will increase, and housing prices will rise accordingly.

At this time, whether it is a new community or a renovation of an existing community, it can attract wealthy middle-class people to move in. Of course, it will also cause the poor who originally lived there to move out due to rising rents and other reasons.

This kind of community in the rising stage is the transitional community in Jack's words. The poor are driven away, the environment is gradually getting better, and the supporting facilities will gradually improve. The police station with sufficient funds will hire more police officers, and the same is true for municipal employees.

As a result, public security has gradually improved, and garbage can be cleaned up in a timely manner every day. If this process is not interrupted, this transitional community will gradually become a high-end middle-class community.

"People living in transitional communities are eager for law and order to improve as soon as possible, so they are much friendlier to the police. When law enforcement officers come to knock on the door, they are usually not seen as threats, but welcomed. Perhaps this is why the murderer can succeed repeatedly."

Jack's analysis was agreed by Jiejie. The two walked around the community and returned to the swimming pool. Red and Emily had just finished a conversation with a fashionable modern girl.

"She is the neighbor across the street. She should have been at home when the crime happened, but she didn't see or hear anything." Emily sighed.

At this time, Tim also came over, "The police are still asking other neighbors, but there is no gain for the time being. That bastard is like an invisible man. He entered a strange community without attracting anyone's attention."

As everyone was talking, Jiejie suddenly turned her head slightly and looked behind everyone. Soon others also noticed her expression and turned their heads to look at another apartment next to her, which was perpendicular to the layout of the crime scene.

Behind a window facing the crowd, an old white lady was carefully hiding behind the curtains and curiously looking around. When she saw everyone turning their heads to look at her, she quickly lowered the curtains again.

"Do you think an old woman with a lot of curiosity and plenty of time could notice something?" Jack smiled.

In his previous life, the most important component of the Chaoyang District people who had a great reputation were those "nosy" enthusiastic retired old men and women. Jack had not dealt with the old American lady much, but he thought there should be some commonalities.

Seeing Jack making a gesture of invitation to her, Jiejie rolled her eyes at him, took out her wallet, walked to the door of the apartment and knocked.

"Ma'am, we are the FBI, and we have some very important questions to ask you." Seeing that there was no movement in the room for a long time, Jiejie showed a rather helpless smile on her pretty face, stretched out her tone, and slightly raised her voice.

"Ma'am, we know you are at home."

Finally, footsteps were heard in the room, and then a white lady with white hair in her seventies opened the door, with a look of alertness on her face.

"I am Agent Rangre, they are my colleagues, what is your name?" Jiejie opened her wallet, showed her ID, and turned around to briefly introduce the FBI behind her.

"Susan Groves." The old lady held her pajamas tightly with one hand, showing a strong sense of self-defense, but the name of the FBI obviously had some effect on her.

So she deliberately explained her behavior, "My heart is not very good, and I don't want to be involved in any trouble."

Jiejie always kept her unique gentle smile on her face, "We understand this, ma'am, it's just a few simple questions, it won't take up too much of your time."

At this time, Jack pushed Reed in front of him and stood behind Jiejie. This guy's face was younger than his, and he was a special attack type against elderly women.

Red was a little confused, but he knew that Jack wanted him to ask questions, so he quickly asked, "Excuse me, did you see anyone going in and out of the Linann family across the street this morning?"

The old lady looked at Red, her expression still a little reluctant, but she finally started to speak, "Yes, I heard some noise at the time, so I looked out through the peephole.

It was about 10:30 at that time, and I saw someone coming out of their house."

Sure enough, she was a gossipy old lady. Jack was delighted and asked with a standard smile showing eight big white teeth, "Can you describe the other person's appearance?"

"A very handsome man, wearing a suit, just like you." The old lady squinted her eyes and looked Jack up and down, and forced a smile on her wrinkled face, and added.

"But much worse than you." After a pause, she added with a sense of unfulfilled desire, and said to Red, "Not as good as you either."

Red nodded to express his gratitude, "Have you ever seen him here before?"

"Never." The old lady looked at the apartment blocked by the police tape, showing a bit of curiosity, and whispered, "Did Brian come back and find that Mary cheated on him, so he killed her? That's really terrible."

Jie Jie was a little amused, "Sorry, we can't reveal the case, but can I ask why you think Mary cheated?"

"That's too obvious, okay?" Sure enough, once this person started gossiping, it was like opening a chatterbox, and the old lady began to take the initiative to narrate her findings.

"When the man left, I saw him pull the hem of his shirt and adjust his tie, as if he had just put on his clothes."

The old lady named Susan frowned, with a contemptuous expression, but her eyes were jumping with the excitement of gossip.

"Susan obviously doesn't have a good eye for people. Although the guy is well-dressed, he has a scary tattoo that gives people a very bad impression. She shouldn't do that behind Brian's back."

"Tattoo?" Jack's eyelids twitched slightly. The old lady's eyes were quite impressive. He quickly asked, "Can you describe what kind of tattoo it is?"

Old lady Susan pointed to the left side of her neck, "A spider web, right here, I just saw it when he was buttoning his collar."