Chapter 578 [A serial murder case spanning more than ten years]
Wednesday, 10:30 in the morning, in a temporarily borrowed office in Long Island, New York.
Pushing open the door to the office area, Luo An walked into the office with Mona and said a little tiredly:
“Sorry, we’re late.”
"Thanks for your hard work."
Michelle immediately stood up and poured coffee for the two of them. Lacey walked out of the conference room nearby. Seeing that Luo An and Mona had a lot of dust on their bodies and were quite dirty, she asked doubtfully:
"What did you do? Did you fall into the pit?"
“No pits were made, but a lot of pits were dug.”
Mona picked up the coffee on the table and drank it in one gulp. She took a deep breath and replied:
“When we arrived at the beach yesterday afternoon, an old woman’s dog dug up a white skeleton in the grass.
Winslow and I planned to ask someone to take the skeleton back for testing, and then visit the caller’s home. However, Luo An asked someone to bring several police dogs over. "
“There are 9 bodies that have just been dug up on the beach and have been sent to the Trace Inspection Department.”
“…”x2
After hearing Luo An’s explanation, Michelle and Lacey looked at each other, speechless.
Several nearby communities are not very close to this beach. It takes a long time to walk, and it is difficult to discover what is happening on the beach.
In summary, from the killer's point of view, this beach is an excellent place to kill people and dump their bodies.
Luo An got himself a cup of coffee again and asked:
“Where’s Chenelle?”
Hearing this, Michelle looked confused, but Lacey thought of something, looked at Luo An and asked:
We suspect that there may be bodies on the seabed in that area, and Winslow is leading people to investigate there. "
Luo An rubbed his temples, his voice was low and a little irritated:
“So, how many more bodies did you find?”
Luo An put down the coffee cup and said helplessly:
“But I didn’t expect to find anything.”
Because of this, after Luo An found the white bones dug out by the pet dog, he had the idea of asking people to conduct a thorough investigation of the beach.
“In addition, a nearby resident who often came to this area to fish was horrified and said one thing after learning about this incident.
From the moment he drove into the beach on Long Island, Luo An discovered that the geographical conditions of this area were “very advantageous.”
Behind the rocks on the southeast corner of the beach, sometimes some clothes would be washed up on the beach. He had also caught wallets there in the past.
First of all, the area is large, with a straight line length of about 10 kilometers from east to west. Secondly, trees and grass are very lush. Even if you drive on the road at night, it is difficult to see clearly what is going on inside.
“She is in the trace examination department.”
After hearing Luo An’s description, Michelle’s face changed slightly, Lacey’s eyelids twitched and she asked:
“Do you suspect there are still bodies on that beach?”
Michelle replied:
“Just a guess.”
“Previously, the testing methods used by the Long Island police on those corpses were very crude, resulting in confusing results and very low reliability.
We can only take back the bodies that are still there and let the Trace Inspection Department do a new autopsy. "
“Good.”
Luo An nodded and then asked:
“Have you got back the victims’ information?”
“All in the conference room.”
After a short break, several people walked into the conference room. Lacey took a whiteboard, pasted 11 photos on it, and introduced:
“Arranged from the time when the bodies were discovered, the names and ages of the eleven victims are:
Yili, female, 20 years old.
Cleo, female, 19 years old.
Laura, female, 25 years old.
Charles, male, 21 years old.
Selina, female, 20 years old.
James, male, 30 years old.
Kate, female, 22 years old.
Mandy, female, 26 years old.
Jerome, male, 18 years old.
Sophia, female, 22 years old.
Lan Risa, female, 24 years old. "
Seeing the picture of the man on the whiteboard, Mona was a little surprised:
“There are three more men?”
“That’s right.
Lacie nodded, then found the photos of the three male bodies when they were found, distributed them to Roan, Mona and Michelle, and explained:
“Among the three men, the first male deceased, Charles, was wearing women’s clothing when he died, and his makeup and makeup were also biased toward women.
As for the second deceased, James, and the third deceased, Jerome, they were in normal male clothing. "
"Forehead…"
Looking at the photo of the first male deceased, Charles, Mona frowned and pushed it aside, looked at Luo An, and said: "These are 11 corpses, 11 victims.
Including the 9 corpses we just found, there are actually 20 victims on this beach? "
“Don’t forget one thing, Mona.”
Luo An put down the photo in his hand, opened the corner of his mouth and said:
“Winslow is still busy at the beach with his people. Maybe he will have a surprise there.”
“…Fu-k!”
Mona twitched the corner of her mouth and couldn't help but curse in a low voice. Roan then looked at Lacey and asked:
“What were the jobs and occupations of these eleven victims during their lifetime?”
Lacie flipped through and found a folder and introduced:
“Yili, was a figure worker during her lifetime.
Cleo, shape worker.
Laura, shape worker.
Charles, not found.
Selina, shape worker.
James, not found.
Kate, shape worker.
Mandy, not found.
Jerome, not found.
Sophia, shape worker.
Lan Risha, shape worker. "
“There are too many people, and I can’t remember just the introduction.”
Luo An stood up from the chair, took the document in Lacey's hand, and wrote all the information of the eleven victims under the photos on the whiteboard.
Mona looked at Lacey in confusion and asked:
“What does “cannot be found” above mean?”
“That’s the literal meaning.”
Lacey sat on the chair next to the conference table, handed a folder to Mona, and explained:
“There are three main reasons why it cannot be found:
First, the victim was killed for so long that the Long Island police did not conduct a detailed investigation of a lot of information at the time, and we can’t find it even more now.
Second, these victims are almost all alone, with few relatives or friends, so it is difficult to find out what their jobs are.
Third, some of the victims do have relatives and friends, but these relatives and friends either have only a moderate relationship with the victim and do not know what the victim did during his lifetime;
Either these relatives and friends have left New York State, or even left this world due to illness, accident, etc., so we cannot find relevant information. "
“This is really…”
Looking at the information in her hand, Mona looked tense and felt like she had a toothache. At this moment, Luo An suddenly said:
“Michelle, please work hard and find someone to borrow another... borrow three whiteboards.”
Mona and Lacey looked up at Luo An after hearing this, and found that there were only 6 photos of the victims posted on the whiteboard in front of the conference table. Coupled with the information written by Luo An, the entire whiteboard no longer had any free space. .
“I’ll go right away.”
Michelle nodded, quickly stood up and left the conference room.
Looking at the densely packed text information on the whiteboard and the photos of the five victims whose information had not been sorted out next to them, Mona felt her scalp numb. She pondered for a few seconds and suggested in a low voice:
“Luo An, why don’t you call Veranith and ask her to send someone to help?”
“The phone call must be made, but not now.”
Luo An shook his head, narrowed his eyes and looked at the information on the whiteboard, and said:
“I seem to have found some interesting clues.”
Mona and Lacey's eyes lit up, and just as they were about to ask questions, Luo An's cell phone suddenly rang:
“I am Luo An.”
“It’s me, Winslow.”
Hearing Winslow's voice on the other end of the phone, Mona and Lacey cheered up, and Roan said:
“I hope you can tell me some good news. For example, there is nothing on that seabed, and your work has been in vain.”
“I hope so too.”
By the beach, Winslow looked at the items that the divers had just pulled out, smiled bitterly, and said:
“We found two bodies on the seabed.”
When Mona and Lacey heard this, they immediately closed their eyes and covered their foreheads with their hands. Luo An rubbed his temples helplessly and asked:
“How is the decomposition of the body? Can we roughly determine when the victim was killed?”
Before Winslow could answer, Mona's cell phone suddenly rang. She pressed the answer button and found out it was Chenelle:
“Mona, my name is Roan... No, you all need to come to the autopsy room!”
(End of this chapter)