Chapter 610 Lost Contact
Michael said, “According to your analysis, the deceased was a very wise man in the murderer’s mind.
The suspects in these three serial murders are likely to be followers of the Eternal Cult.
Then, the person who can be regarded as having great wisdom may be the head of the church, Bellam Solo. "
Luke frowned and said, "In the past, I also investigated an unsolved case. The murderer chopped off the victim's head so that the police could not identify the deceased.
Could this be one of the murderer’s goals? "
Louis pointed to the photo on the wall, "But this is Bellam Solo's house. There is a high possibility that he is the deceased. It is not difficult to guess."
Luke continued, "What if the murderer just wanted to mislead us into thinking that Bellam Solo was dead."
Amir touched his chin, "Your hypothesis is very interesting."
Louis asked, "Why did Bellam Solo do this?"
Luke said, “Bellam Solo made up lies to deceive believers of a large amount of money, and this lie will be discovered on Halloween, and he will most likely run away with the money before Halloween.
The FBI will not want a dead person. Once he fakes his death, his escape plan will be successful. "
Michael nodded, it was indeed possible, "I will contact the forensic team and the forensics department and ask them to carefully identify the deceased."
Michael went to the side to make a phone call, and the others also split up to investigate.
Other detectives have searched the entire house and found no trace of other suspicious persons.
Luke began to carefully search the house, looking for clues about the suspect.
First, Luke started searching from the living room. The body was located in the middle of the living room. The body was lying on the ground with its hands and feet tied. The sofa in the house had been displaced, but no obvious signs of a fight were found.
There is a bedroom on the first floor of the house, and there are obvious signs of being turned over in the bedroom. However, there are not many items in this bedroom, and Luke did not find any valuable clues.
Then, Luke went up the stairs to the second floor. There were three rooms on the second floor, including two bedrooms and a study.
Both bedrooms had signs of being turned over. It was obvious that the murderer not only wanted to kill people, but also had other purposes, either seeking money or looking for a certain item.
Luke entered the study again to search. There were not many items or furniture in the study, only a desk, a chair, a bookcase and two potted plants. The potted plants were green and growing well.
The bookcase is about two meters high and about 1.4 meters wide. The door is open and only a large safe is placed inside.
The door of the safe is also open, and there are no signs of prying on the side of the cabinet.
The style of the safe is very new. It has three unlocking methods: key, fingerprint, and password. The safe has four floors in total. There is some information on the left side of the first floor, and the other three floors are empty.
Even if ordinary people buy safes, they are small safes. It is impossible for Bellam Solo to buy such a large safe just to store information. It should also store other valuables, and those items may have been stolen by the murderer. It was taken.
Luke picked up the information in the safe and looked at it. There was a bloodstain symbol on the top of the information. Below it was the teachings of the Eternal Cult, the amount of donations, events, and a list of believers.
This list of believers is very detailed, including photos, jobs, home addresses and mobile phone numbers.
Previously, Tangji Bruns was taken away for questioning by the FBI because he hid a body in his home. He was a believer in the Eternal Cult and knew some other believers, but he didn’t know much about their identities.
Judging from the known clues, the murderer is likely to be a believer in the Eternal Religion. With this list, the FBI can conduct investigations.
After completing the search, Luke went downstairs with the list of believers and saw that people from the forensic team and the forensics department had arrived at the scene.
Luke was not familiar with them and did not exchange much greetings.
He walked out of the house and saw Michael leading people to search the black Lexus. The doors and trunk of the car were opened.
Luke walked over and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Michael pointed to the trunk and said, “We found a blood stain reaction.
Furthermore, the car's license plate nut showed signs of being tightened. Someone may have taken off the license plate recently, which is consistent with the characteristics of the suspect vehicle. "
After saying that, Michael called for people from the forensics department and asked them to collect blood stain samples in the car and conduct DNA comparisons with the two previous victims.
Six o'clock in the morning.
It is already dawn.
Occasionally, morning joggers will pass by in the community. When they see the FBI vehicle and the cordon, they will inevitably stop and watch.
At this time, Louise will take the initiative to talk to them and ask them if they heard any unusual noises last night or saw anyone suspicious.
At the same time, the forensic doctor also completed the preliminary identification and called Luke and others into the living room of the house.
The forensic doctor responsible for the autopsy this time is a white man, of medium build, who looks to be about forty years old, with some gray hair and wearing black-rimmed glasses.
He pointed to the body and said, "The victim was a male, and he was killed between twelve and three o'clock in the morning.
The cause of death was death from excessive bleeding due to severed carotid artery.
Besides the fatal wounds, two other wounds were found on his body. "
The forensic doctor turned the body over, pointed at the victim's right hand and said, "The index finger of the victim's right hand was cut off. It was cut off after death. No severed finger was found at the scene. The murderer probably took it away."
He pointed to the back of the deceased and said, "The victim had an electric shock injury at this location, and the time of injury was similar to the time of death."
Michael concluded, “In other words, the victim was electrocuted from behind, fainted and killed, and his fingers were cut off.”
The forensic doctor nodded, "This is very likely."
“Where is the murder weapon?”
“Judging from the cut marks, it should be a saw-toothed tool.”
Amir said, “No traces of electric shock were found on the two previous deceased persons, which shows that the murderer is constantly learning and evolving.
But why did the murderer cut off one of the victim's fingers? "
Luke replied, “I found a safe in the study on the second floor. The safe can be unlocked with a fingerprint.
The door of the safe was open, and only some documents were found.
I suspect that there are other valuables in the safe, and they should have been taken away by the murderer. "
“One meter high and about eighty centimeters wide.”
Amir looked at the body of Beram Solo and said thoughtfully, "According to what Tanguy Bruns said before, Beram Solo exchanged all the money he defrauded believers into gold bars. This safe was probably used to hide gold bars. Now it seems that the murderer not only wanted to kill people, but also wanted to take away the gold bars."
Michael frowned slightly, "The murderer has committed three crimes. In the first two cases, he killed rich people, but the murderer did not touch their belongings.
Why did you take away the gold bars this time? "
Amir replied, “In our view, gold bars represent wealth, but in the eyes of those believers, gold bars are used to reshape the golden body.
The murderer is most likely also a believer.
His purpose of taking away the gold bars was probably to reshape His golden body and welcome His coming on Halloween. "
Michael nodded, “That makes sense.
It is not easy to melt a large amount of gold. The murderer will probably find a professional gold shop to make it.
I think this can also be a direction of investigation. "
Amir rubbed his chin, “Speaking of the direction of investigation, I have another idea.
If my guess is correct, the murderer will kill another person, and the body of this person should be chopped off, which represents strength.
Since we already know the characteristics of the murderer's next target, can we find the victim in advance and protect him, and at the same time make arrangements in advance to wait for the murderer to be caught? "
Louis shrugged, "This is a good idea, but we have to know who is the strong representative in the murderer's mind."
Michael blurted out, "Tom Brady, who is 1.93 meters tall and weighs 102 kilograms, is a tough guy among tough guys.
As far as I know, he was in New York recently. "
“Comon, if it was Tom Brady twenty years ago, he is already old now.” Amir rolled his eyes and said a name, “Mirovan Ibe.
Born in 1995, he is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 160 kilograms. He is the New York District Champion in the Strongman Competition.
His whole body is covered with fat and muscle. I think he can kill a lion. "
Lois looked at Luke, "What do you think?"
Luke pointed to himself.
Louise “…”
Michael smiled, "Are you serious?"
Amir muttered, "Narcissistic guy."
“What’s the problem? I’m already very strong.” Luke waved his right arm and showed off his biceps. “Everyone’s definition of strong is different. There is no unified standard and it cannot be defined.
Furthermore, the murderer probably does not know the strong man you are talking about.
And you may not know the target he chooses.
Hence, this direction of investigation is only theoretically valid and there are too many uncertain factors. "
Amir asked, "Then what can you do?"
Luke took out a list of believers. “There are seventy-six people in this list of believers, and each person’s detailed information and photos are recorded in it.
According to our speculation, the murderer should be one of these seventy-six people.
We can use the elimination method to narrow down the scope of the murderer.
For example, in the first murder case, after the murderer killed Grace Bloomberg, he happened to be seen by Grace Bloomberg’s lover Filippo Carter.
According to the clues he provided, the murderer should be a male.
There are thirty-two men on this list, which narrows the scope by more than half. "
Luke paused and continued, "Furthermore, I speculate that the murderer is probably suffering from some serious disease and has little time left, so he chose to choose a perfect body again.
This condition will make the suspected target more clear. "
Louise asked, "How do you know that the murderer may be suffering from some serious disease? Is it possible that he is looking for the body of someone he 'loved' deeply?"
Luke said, “I think this is unlikely.
Like Tanguy Bruns, his wife died of illness, but he still kept her body.
He hoped that after His coming, He could resurrect his wife. He felt that He could not only resurrect his wife, but also cure her illness.
Moreover, Tanguy Bruns loved his wife very much. If he chose to use someone else's body, then his wife would no longer be her original wife even if she was resurrected.
So I guess the murderer probably had something wrong with himself, so he wanted to find a perfect corpse to be reborn. "
Amir nodded, “I agree with this conjecture.
Moreover, in addition to the above characteristics, we have an eyewitness, Filippo Carter.
When Grace Bloomberg was killed, he saw the murderer from a distance. We can help him identify it and further narrow down the scope. "
Louis glanced at her watch and said, "I'll contact him."
Louis took the mobile phone and walked aside to make a call.
After a while, Louise came over with a solemn expression, “Guys, we can’t contact Filippo Carter.
The first call I made, he didn’t answer.
The second time I called, the phone was turned off.
What's going on with this guy? "
Amir replied, "Maybe this guy is hiding something. He received a call from the FBI again and thought we found a problem and was preparing to escape."
Michael said, "There is also a possibility that the murderer wants to silence him."
Luke said, "Could it be that you are overcomplicating things? This guy just wants to sleep in."
(End of this chapter)