Jimmy: "Investigate Joey's social relationships, communicate with his widow to find out who Joey typically saw, search the surrounding area for surveillance caras that might have captured information, and look into cases Joey handled when he was a prosecutor. That's all I can think of for now."
Chris nodded, "You handle this case."
Jimmy closed the dossier and stared at Chris in surprise, "Huh? Why? Is it appropriate for to take on such an important case?"
Chris: "Why do you think Hughes arranged for to ntor you? Because I'm about to retire. Alright, you handle this case, and rember to adjust the priority of the investigative route you just ntioned."
Jimmy took a deep breath, exhaled, and nodded, "Got it, I'll first contact the police to cooperate in checking the surrounding surveillance caras."
Jimmy opened the dossier, found the Detective who had handled the shooting case, and made a phone call. After inquiring, he learned that they had already conducted a round of checks in the vicinity after the shooting, and there were no caras facing outward on the surrounding buildings. The closest surveillance cara was 200 ters away, which was basically useless for the investigation.
The Detectives at the station weren't just idling away; they also conducted a preliminary investigation after receiving the news before handing over the case to the FBI. So, either Jimmy would have to conduct another round of inquiries himself, or he would have to accept their initial investigation results.
This was Jimmy's first ti leading a case in Manhattan, and he certainly didn't want to accept the police's judgnt so carelessly.
Jimmy asked Chris to wait here and then went to the houses next door. Unlike the police's inquiries, Jimmy judged for himself whether there were caras on the exterior or near the entrances of the houses. With the size of today's caras still being quite large unless they were deliberately hidden, it was unlikely that Jimmy would overlook them.
After nearly an hour, Jimmy made his rounds and then returned, indeed finding two hidden caras. However, due to the angle, the caras could only see their respective doorways and couldn't capture the street outside.
Back outside Joey's villa, Jimmy stood by the road contemplating the murderer's route. Based on the result of Joey being shot after opening the door, the murderer must have knocked or rang the doorbell at the front door. Fingerprint checks on the doorbell had already been carried out during the earlier investigation, and the fingerprints retrieved were a ss, indicating that many people had pressed it, making accurate extraction impossible.
So what could have been the murderer's route before ringing the doorbell?
Jimmy looked towards both sides of the public road at the entrance. It was definitely unrealistic to approach on foot. There would be no obvious traces left on the paved road by motorcycles or cars, and with the two-way traffic, it was impractical to retrieve vehicle information from both the left and right intersections.
In the end, the key to solving the case still depended on exploring Joey's social relationships and past cases.
Jimmy found Chris: "Chris, I'd like to talk to Joey's widow first."
Chris nodded; Mrs. Taylor was staying with nearby friends for the ti being. Both n drove over, and Jimmy walked ahead and knocked on the door. An elderly woman ca to open it.
Jimmy flashed his badge, "Hello, I'm Special Agent Jimmy Yang from the FBI, and this is Special Agent Chris Walker. We've co to see Mrs. Taylor."
"Please co in, I'll call her."
Jimmy and Chris sat down on the couch in the living room, and shortly after, an elderly woman ca down from upstairs.
Jimmy: "Hello, Mrs. Taylor, I am Special Agent Jimmy Yang from the FBI. I'm handling the case of Prosecutor Joey's demise. Please accept my condolences."
Mrs. Taylor shook hands with Jimmy, "Thank you, please sit," and then she sat down on an armchair next to them.
Mrs. Taylor: "Do you have any questions for ?"
Jimmy nodded, "Mrs. Taylor, I'd like to know if Joey had any disputes with anyone recently? Or was there anything unusual in his life?"
Mrs. Taylor shook her head, "Joey and I used to live in Upper West Side, New York, and after he retired, we moved to Great Neck. We've lived here for several years, only spending a few months in Orlando, Florida, during the winter each year.
Joey didn't have any special activities, only occasionally returning to Manhattan to et with a few old friends. He also didn't have any anomalies recently. I left ho in the morning to participate in a community club activity and found out when I returned in the afternoon... Joey was a good man, I really can't imagine who would be so heartless as to shoot an elderly man."
Mrs. Taylor's voice choked as she spoke, and Jimmy picked a tissue from the coffee table and handed it to Mrs. Taylor. She took one and wiped her eyes, "Thank you. I really can't think of anyone he would have had a conflict with or who would do such a thing."
Jimmy: "Please accept my condolences, Mrs. Taylor. We'll take care of this case. Here's my business card, if you rember any clues, please contact in a tily manner."
Jimmy could say he ca up empty-handed, as he followed Chris out of the villa, he said while walking towards the car, "Chris, do you think she lied?"
Chris: "Can't tell for now."
Jimmy: "I want to look into the cases Joey handled before, what's the procedure for that?"
Chris: "Just go and apply with the Prosecutor's office directly, let's go, I'll handle it for you this ti."
Jimmy nodded and the two got into the car and headed back to Manhattan.
The next day, after Jimmy t up with Chris, they went straight to the Federation Prosecutor's Office. Chris had already made contact the day before, so their visit today went smoothly, and they only had to wait a few minutes before eting Prosecutor Richard Dadario.
Chris: "Mr. Dadario, we're here this ti hoping to have a look at the cases forrly handled by the late Federation Prosecutor Mr. Joey Taylor, to see if we can find any clues."
Richard shook his head: "Case files can't be shown to you directly. Tell what you need, and I'll arrange soone to compile it and give it to you."
Chris frowned and nodded, then turned to Jimmy: "You tell him."
Jimmy: "Mr. Dadario, I'm Detective Jimmy Yang."
Richard: "Yes, I know you. Are you taking charge this ti?"
Jimmy shook his head: "The case is still led by Chris, but he hopes I can gain more experience, hope you don't mind."
Richard: "Go ahead."
Jimmy: "I hope you can prioritize checking the cases involving the mob, drugs, guns, and murder, and if possible, to investigate whether they have military service experience."
Richard: "Your reason."
Jimmy: "This ti it's a shooting, a shot to the head, clean and neat. Such a person is definitely not a novice. For such a marksman, if he is a criminal who had cases dealt by Prosecutor Joey previously, he must be a main figure in the case, and at the sa ti, have very good psychological quality.
He left after shooting Joey, and no one around noticed anything unusual. My guess is that mob shooters, drug dealers, those with military experience are the most likely, followed by serial killers with sowhat problematic psychologies."
Richard nodded without speaking, and Chris said from the side, "Jimmy, you go out and wait for ."
Jimmy stood up, buttoned his coat, and turned to leave the Prosecutor's office. Since Chris sent him out, he must have sothing to discuss privately with Richard. It seems that he did make so mistakes earlier, and now Chris had to clean up after him.
It was Jimmy's first interaction with the Federation Prosecutor, and only the second ti he had seen Prosecutor Richard, with hardly any experience.
A few minutes later, Chris ca out of the office, "Let's go, we'll head back to the station."
The next day, Chris signed for a package delivered from the Federation Prosecutor's Office to the station, which contained a thick stack of extracted docunts. It seed the Federation Prosecutor's Office had done quite a bit of overti yesterday.
Chris: "Jimmy, you start with these files. Note, this is only a part, not all of it, they're still organizing."
(I have to visit the hospital this morning, and I probably won't have ti to write after queuing up in the hospital all morning, so I'll update one chapter first, and do a double update tomorrow.)
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