【Cae Detective PARO】Red Dahlia

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Aslife runson, the road grows strange with faces new and near the end, the milestones into headstones changes, neath everyone a friend. -James Russelllowell

[James Russell Lowell (American writer in the 19th century): As life moves forward, strange faces appear on the journey, and the miles on the tombstone become wonderful at the end of the journey, because every friend . 】

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2017. 8, 3

Bump City Police Department Serious Crime Squad Office Time 11:30

"Is this all our files on these cases?"

"Well, at least Leishi and An Mixiu have sorted out all the electronic data found by Jin. I will ask their Internet police to send a copy to our mobile phones. Rodrey's trace department data will also be sent to them after a while. send over."

"Let's get to work then, I can't believe I'm helping them."

"Don't be so stubborn, you say that, but you know that we should help them now."

Kelly looked at Garderos with a dead duck mouth and smiled and opened a new lollipop wrapper. Garderos gave a disdainful bark at the Star Moon Witch who was mocking her behind her, and then went on with Silver Jue Post pieces of key information and character intelligence on a whiteboard dedicated to case analysis.Zitang Huan poured four cups of coffee from the coffee machine next to him, put them on the table one by one, and then walked to Kelly with a cup in his hand, and soon, Garderos and Yinjue would also be plastered all over the place. Victim information and on-site reports on the "Red Dahlia" case were sorted out on three whiteboards.The four of them looked at the dense whiteboard pasted with documents and photos in front of them, and they were all ready to organize the next case systematically.

And this is what they often do.

The four of them, as the team leaders of the major criminal investigation teams, naturally received a notice from their superiors about the news that if the case could not be solved within a week, all the relevant responsible persons would be packed up and left. The major cases that are jointly handled by the serious crime team and the murder team have nothing to do with their respective teams, or they are a little bit involved, but like Zitang Huan, the arsonist has been caught and it is under investigation.With their eyebrows on fire, they know how much pressure this will bring to An Mixiu and Lei Shi, and they also know that if they don't help the pirate and knight sitting next to them, they will send a stinky fart from above The so-called gold medal police detectives come to be their commander-in-chief. People like that kind of people feel that they are very powerful and capable. They can call the wind and rain at will and give pointers to your work. In the end, if they are unhappy, they will let you do this. The police detective went to bring him tea and water, heh, maybe they jumped the sycophant sent by the top with a pistol.They are more willing to accompany An Mixiu and Lei Shi to solve the case than to be a product of bureaucracy.

Whether as opponents, as colleagues, or as friends, they will help out.

Gaderos, Kelly, Zitang Huan and Yinjue looked at the whiteboard, thinking.

Where is the breakthrough point?

"I helped those two guys solve the case. Anyway, I have to ask them to help me write the report of the Population Crime Division next time."

"That guy Leishi didn't invite Miss Ben to have a meal at that super good French restaurant. I made him look good. Only in this way can I compensate for my hard work in helping him solve the case."

"The Michelin restaurant in the city center? The name seems to be LEBEAUTRUC?"

"It's the new vacuum-baked snails that do a good job, and their flavored apple foie gras is actually not bad?"

The three of them looked at Zitang Huan, all asking a question in their eyes, that restaurant is extremely expensive, how do you know what their signature dish is, and how do you know that their snails and foie gras taste good?Zitang, who was drinking coffee, naturally felt the sharp gazes from the other three.

"Don't ask me how I know, because my brother took me there once in mid-July."

"I thought you two had a bad relationship."

"It's not good, but it doesn't mean we can't have dinner together."

The three people no longer struggled with this problem, but returned their attention to the case posted on the whiteboard. According to the facial data recovery personnel, they could probably bring the first and second deceased to the hospital around twelve o'clock noon. The basic facial features were restored, and then the Internet police of the Internet Information Technology Department searched for the missing woman, and finally handed over the preliminary information to the four people who are currently holding a discussion and analysis meeting in the office of the serious crime team.

Then, let's start analyzing the four dead people that are already there.

"The third place is Sarah Besson, a British photographer who came here to hold an exhibition. We all know what we should know. The fool worked all night last night and didn't find any lovers, girlfriends, or even enemies, such people are really the most difficult to deal with."

Kelly pointed to a photo of Sarah, then went to the whiteboard and looked closely at the photo of her being hacked to death with an ax in the department store next to the deceased's ID photo.

"Yinjue, did the people in your anti-narcotics team really find nothing of value at the scene?"

"There was nothing of value other than a few kilos of heroin and methamphetamine, and the surveillance footage was a dead end as we knew it."

Garderos flipped through the materials that Scotland Yard had given to the Bump City Police Department, and read them carefully.

"The people in Scotland Yard said that the deceased grew up in a missionary school in London, and she has always been a kind of indifferent character. Later, she chose to study photography in college, and became a celebrity a few years later. a photographer.

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"I don't understand, aren't girls like this the most vulnerable to campus bullying according to foreign teachings?"

"Her situation is not." Gaderos turned a page, and then read the information of the deceased, "Oh, her parents who passed away were not young. Her father was a member of Congress and a member of the board of directors of that missionary school. Mother is an investor, a role that wouldn't be bullied at school, let alone a Catholic school where the nuns would protect her as her father ordered."

"Let me see if Scotland Yard has sent the transcripts of her classmates and teachers." Zitang searched on the desk for a while, and soon found those third-party records in the folder at the bottom of the press. Transcripts of the deceased, Sarah's old classmates and teachers who had educated her before.

"She herself cut off all contact with others after the death of her parents. It is mentioned here that the dean of the church school, she said, 'Sarah is a person who will not be bound by emotions. She has few people except her parents. Will put something into friendship and love.' And several classmates who can still contact and remember Sarah said, 'She rarely talks to others, and she will not talk if it is not necessary.' Basically This is the case for the rest of the transcript."

"This is too unreasonable. What kind of person can have nothing to do with others in this era and society?"

Garderos' words also made everyone think about this question. How can we make it so that we don't even have the most basic contact with others in today's society?Sarah's parents passed away two or three years ago. She is the kind of photographer who travels the world to take wonderful photos. She has no girlfriends, friends, and boyfriends that we all have more or less. According to the information compiled by Shi and An Mixiu, she is also a blank slate on social media. Apart from posting some photos from time to time, she has no other activities.Not to mention chatting with netizens, even when netizens commented on her photos, she would not reply.She rarely reads other people's social media. For such a person, she will always act as the most inconspicuous passer-by in other people's lives. She will not intersect with anyone, and will not let anyone intersect with herself. She will always On the parallel line of anyone, you can only silently glance at it, and then disappear.Such a person, who would want to murder her, want to kill her?

"Could it be a test done by characters like gangsters in the city?"

The question Yinjue mentioned made everyone start to think about it. In many places, some gangs let you into their power and asked you to do some criminal acts. It might be stealing an old lady’s wallet, or going to the courtyard of a family of three. Take a vase from here, of course, it is also possible to let you kill a person, let your hands be stained with blood and then join them.

"This is impossible."

A voice came from behind, and everyone looked back, a young man with a white mop head was standing at the door, holding a cup of green tea bought from the coffee shop downstairs.Palos leaned against the door frame, looked at the other four team leaders, and took a sip of his own green tea.

"Palos? Don't you still have a report to write?"

"Yes, but I know from my subordinates that after you guys are here to analyze the case, you won't write it. You really are, or you won't call me."

Palos said as he pulled out a swivel chair from the desk beside him, then pushed the swivel chair to a position where he could see the whiteboard, and sat on it.

"Anyway, sooner or later I will be pulled by the boss of Thunder Lion to work as a coolie. It is better to help him as soon as possible. I will help him no matter what. It is the best policy to understand the situation early."

"Hey, Lei Shi will be very touched when he hears this, right?"

"I don't know if I am moved or not, but I have lost friends for so many years, so I have to help Boss Leishi anyway, especially this case involving so many people."

In fact, everyone has this idea in their hearts, no matter what, they have to help Lei Shi and An Mi to fix it.

"You said earlier that it was impossible?" Yin Jue brought the topic back to the case.

"Yes, it's impossible." Palos began his own analysis. "As the leader of the underworld crime team, I know a little bit about this pattern. As far as the current gangs in Bump City are concerned, the third deceased's death method is a novice murderer. "

"Palos, could it be the initiation ceremony for newcomers?"

Using indiscriminate targets as the target of killing to ensure that he can enter the gang, if analyzed according to this logic, then the third deceased, Sarah, is just an unlucky person who just happened to be selected?

"Impossible. According to the death method of the third deceased, it can actually be said to be a 'shame' for the gang."

shame?The other four people all set their eyes on Palos. Palos cleared his throat and continued.

"For any gangster or criminal organization, being able to control newcomers is something they must do. This is the so-called gangster initiation ceremony, which is something like killing people. If the third deceased If the death was done by a gang member, then I can only say that the new guy can't survive a week in the gang. A person who has to sneak up in the back with an ax to kill a woman is the only way for any gangster. It is cumbersome. For them, large weapons are a disgrace. The power to control depends on yourself and your level of ferocity. If you kill a 1.9-meter man with chopsticks, then you will become any force Everyone wants the object. On the contrary, this..."

"Now, Palos, what if it's a woman who wants to join a gang?"

"It's unlikely... just like the so-called women can't board the ship in the age of great voyages. At that time, the crew firmly believed that it was a truth that women boarding the ship would bring misfortune. The gangsters will more or less have a superstitious taste? I remember that this kind of initiation ceremony is for men, and most of the women who get along well in gangs are often not the role of thugs but the existence of lovers of high-level people."

In short, they ruled out the possibility that the third case was a gang crime, Garderos said after looking at the information.

"We all look at these cases as individual cases based on the psychological close-ups given by that guy Leishi's brother, but there is no way to explain those dahlias."

He took out the dahlia that was still in the evidence bag as evidence from the desk beside him.Kelly put the dahlia in the evidence bag in the palm of her hand and examined it carefully.

"This is indeed a very strange question. I agree with the criminal psychology professor's analysis in this regard. The criminal methods of these cases are too different."

"Although there are some similar cases in some cases, the scene where each of the deceased appeared in these six cases is different."

"If it is said that it was done by one person, the situation he presented is very wrong. One will be a professional and one will be a novice?"

"Perhaps he was drinking?"

The door of the Serious Crime Unit was pushed open for the second time, and a young man with a red ponytail and a hearty smile came in and greeted the five people in the room.

"Red, your report on the bank robbery last week is finally finished."

Kelly complained about the leader of the economic crime team who would stay in the office even if he was in the bureau.

"Zuma is still on the outskirts of the city. I called her just now, but she said she was at work and hung up. Later, I heard from my subordinates that all the team leaders are here, so I came."

Sure enough, I still miss Montezuma...

Red saw Garderos and walked up to say hello

"Master Garderos, you are back."

"Well, just arrived."

Reid and Garderos exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the six of them started the case analysis meeting again.Now, the six team leaders from the Office of Serious Crimes, Arson Crimes, Narcotics, Sexual Crimes, Population Issues, Economic Crimes and Underworld Crimes have gathered together, and each of them is the leader of the bureau. characters, and the six of them rarely get together because of work.

However, the situation is special, let's help Lei Shi and An Mixiu, those two idiots.

"Our current thinking is to treat these cases as individual cases, but in this case, there is no way to explain the existence of dahlias."

That's right, this will be a huge blind spot, because the similarity of these six cases is not particularly high. If all six women were killed by the same method, then they only need to find one person. up.Now the situation is that the characteristics of the people they are looking for are multi-faceted,

This is quite a headache.

"I think the possibility of one person committing a crime is too low. If it is said that there are three people, I am more convinced. And Dahlia is a token left by a small criminal gang, which means that one person commits two crimes. Then they are a three-person killing squad, or two veterans lead a novice out to commit crimes, we have seen the so-called master leading people."

The point of view put forward by Zitang was quite convincing to those present.There has indeed been such a thing, the so-called master thief bringing a novice apprentice out to steal things, but who can say that the killer is not like this?

"Generally, the reasons for killing people are not so difficult to understand. They are either for power and money, or for friendship and hatred. Of course, there are also lunatics who kill indiscriminately in the world. Now we have to think about which aspect these girls are killing. Where is the dead one?"

Although this analysis is correct, why do you sound like we are listening to an audio version of a romance novel?The five people glanced at the enthusiastic Reid, silently drinking the coffee (or green tea) in their hands

"What if it's a place sentiment?"

"Location feelings?"

Yinjue held the photo of the crime scene and said

"Well, we have also seen in our files before that some people were abused by their mothers in childhood, and when they grow up, they are jealous and hate their mothers and other characters, so they will choose places like playgrounds, parks, etc. to kill and throw their bodies. The zoo and the kind of entertainment facilities that children go to more.”

"Courts, university classrooms, high-end apartment buildings, lake pavilions in parks, Panshan Expressway and department stores...do these places have anything in common?"

"I didn't see that..."

"Me too."

While the six people were still discussing, the pointer of time pointed to 12:30 without knowing it, and Palos' cell phone rang.Unfamiliar number?After Palos told everyone, he walked aside.

"Hey?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Palos? Your takeaway has arrived."

"Eh? Oh, you guys are pretty punctual."

Palos glanced at the clock, lamenting the efficiency and accuracy of the takeaway now.

"However, the gate of the police station is full of reporters now, how are you going to get your takeaway?"

"You go to the back and you see a little black door waiting for me there, I'll go get it myself."

"Ok."

Palos put his phone back in his pocket, and told everyone not to go to the cafeteria. He had already ordered takeaway for everyone from a Japanese bento nearby.

"Oh, that's the one that's newly opened nearby and tastes good?"

"Yeah. But don't worry, I've prepared according to everyone's taste, Zitang's clam rice bowl, Gardros' pork chop rice ball, Reid's sour plum rice ball, my own tempura ramen, Kelly's omelet rice , By the way, I also want a portion of An Lijie's vegetable salad."

"Thank you, I will tell Little Lemon later."

"I'll go get it with you, and the others will continue to analyze the case."

Several people nodded in agreement, and at the same time they took out their mobile phones and transferred their meal money to Palos.Palos and Zitang Huan went downstairs to get everyone's lunch one after the other, while Kelly left the office to find An Lijie who was dealing with the reporter, leaving Garderos, Yin Jue and Reid to continue analyzing the big case.

"Leaders."

An Internet policeman opened the door and entered the office of the crime team.

"what's up?"

"We found it, we found the identity of the first dead and the second dead.