Team 5 Investigation Unit's office area.
The sound of rapid keystrokes rose, and after a while, Mona leaned her head towards the agent beside her, Luo An, and said:
"You guessed it right, Luo An. The four victims of the New Jersey Lake Case—Linda Chipo, Beatrix Leon, Natalie Carrel, and Tamara Terry—their weddings were all held at Little Saint Phil Church in the Closter Region of New Jersey."
"OK."
Agent Luo An nodded upon hearing this. Another agent, Reed, leaned in and after a few seconds raised a question:
"Is there a connection to this series of murders?"
"Highly likely."
Agent Luo An nodded and explained:
"The family addresses, workplaces, and social environnts of the four victims were completely unrelated. Even their physical appearances did not share any distinct characteristics, for instance all being blonde or redhead etc.
The only link is that they were all married won.
So now that we've found out that several victims got married at the sa church, to say there is no connection would be absolutely impossible."
Mona continued to retrieve the list of couples who were married at the church over the years and then said:
"Before holding a wedding, the church's managent has the bride and groom fill out their personal information, such as nas, ho addresses, and places of work.
According to the church's manager, unless the newlyweds co back to request this information, these details are stored in the church on paper and only processed every few years.
The murderer could have easily used that information to find the victims."
"It looks like this is where the murderer determined his targets."
After Mona's explanation, Reesi, who was hugging her waist, nodded.
Agent Luo An glanced at Reesi and asked Mona in a deep voice:
"Can we find out who might have had access to the personal information of these newlywed couples?"
"We probably have to conduct a site investigation at Little Saint Phil Church for that."
Mona spread her hands, her facial expression clearly exasperated:
"Normally, only the church's manager would have access to those records.
However, according to the couples who have had their weddings there, apart from the front hall which is clean and spacious, other areas of the church are quite modest.
Because there isn't anything valuable, there are no caras installed in the corridors, the small rooms are rarely locked, and their only security is an elderly priest.
If soone determined wanted to enter the church and steal the information, they could do it without drawing any attention."
"Alright."
Seeing the photo of the newlyweds during their wedding, with a crowd of people eating freely at the small square outside the church due to a donation event, Luo An rubbed his temples and after a long silence said:
"Alright, Reesi, you and Reed go to Little Saint Phil Church and bring back the list of couples who got married there in the past ten years. We probably need to go through each one by one."
"What?"
Hearing Luo An's words, Reed had no particular reaction, but Reesi, who was caressing Mona's slim waist, suddenly jumped on the spot, her face full of questions:
"Why do we need to retrieve records from such a long ti ago? Can't we just investigate whether the church's manager at the ti of the four victims' disappearances has an alibi?"
"We will definitely investigate that, but not now."
Seeing the puzzled looks from Reesi, Reed, and Mona, Luo An's mouth twitched, and he cleared his throat before explaining:
"Firstly, among the victims, Mara Terry got married eight years ago but died two weeks ago. We can't be sure if there is any connection between that.
Secondly, according to the forensic report, it's clear that this isn't the murderer's first cri.
So we need to check these couples from the church to see if there were any disappearances prior to this and then try to find the bodies or establish a connection between the victims."
"The more frequently the killer commits the cri, the more he exposes himself. Especially in his earlier cris, they will definitely provide us, the FBI, with a heap of evidence to discover his true identity.
At the cri scenes of the third and fourth victims, no trace was found that could relate the killer to the cri.
Even if the church administrator does not have an alibi, it's still useless because without evidence, we cannot link him to the victims.
Therefore, while investigating the church administrator, we must also find previous cases committed by the killer and gather more evidence to nail the real culprit!"
After listening to Agent Luo An's thodical narrative, Reesi and Led realized the situation and nodded decisively before departing from the office area.
Mona, however, stared at the computer and pondered for a mont before tilting her head and asking:
"But when the newlyweds were getting married in the church, there were so many people who ca for the donation event to freeload food and drinks—what about them? We can't rule out their suspicion either, can we?"
"..."
Luo An glanced at Mona and was about to answer when Augustus suddenly entered the office with two white-suited agents and shouted:
"Luo An! Co to the eting room!"
"Okay, Chief."
After patting Mona on the shoulder, Luo An instructed her to log into the FBI database to search for cases in the Little Saint Phil Church area, focusing on murder, violent assault, and stalking cases before he entered the eting room.
As soon as he entered the eting room and closed the door, Augustus pointed to the two white agents and introduced them to Luo An:
"This is Agent Norton from the FBI's Organized Cri Division on the left. And on the right is Agent Maren from the Drug Enforcent Bureau."
The job of the FBI's Organized Cri Division is mainly to focus on gangs.
The DEA, or Drug Enforcent Administration, primarily targets illegal flour transactions and usage within Arica.
Note! It is illegal flour!
They don't bother with the legal ones.
"Hello, just call Luo An."
Raising an eyebrow, Luo An extended his hand to shake with the two agents, then tilted his head and asked:
"May I ask what brings you two here today?"
"Hello, Agent Luo An."
The special investigation agents from the two departnts exchanged glances, and Norton from the FBI's Organized Cri Division explained:
"The thing is, our two departnts have been investigating the Hyena Gang for a year, trying to put their boss Lu Lai'en behind bars..."
In simple terms, after the FBI and the DEA perford the Great mory Recovery Skill together on the black man nad Joan who Luo An arrested today, he revealed so clues that were insignificant to Joan but very important to the DEA and FBI.
So the two agents are here today to express their gratitude to Agent Luo An of Team Five.
Seeing the check for 1000 US dollars passed over, Luo An was slightly taken aback—catching a black man randomly could earn money?
With so many black n on the streets...
Luo An cast a side glance at Augustus with his big belly and dark complexion, and quickly tossed aside the thoughts in his mind.
"Thank you."
He accepted the check and politely expressed his gratitude.
Just then, Luo An caught a glimpse of DEA Agent Maren coughing and about to speak. His eyes sparkled as he quickly pocketed the check and grabbed the hands of the two agents, smiling warmly:
"As an FBI agent, I've always admired the work of your two departnts!
Feel free to call on whenever you need assistance—I'm always ready to help with anything except for high-risk tasks such as going undercover, assassinating gang leaders, gathering gang intelligence, planting bugs, secretly filming, or seducing the gang boss's wife... other than those, I'll definitely help you out! Believe , solving cases is my forte!"
Maren: "..."
Norton: "..."
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