The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 330 Unreasonable Escalation of Violence

Jack had always believed that Emily was the one in the group who could completely detach from her emotions, but now he saw her staring blankly at the corpse in front of her, looking a little distracted.

"Emily, are you okay?"

Emily woke up from a dream and quickly waved her hands, "I'm just a little shocked. I've seen crime scenes that are more bloody and cruel than this, but the feeling in front of me is completely different."

"This is an unscrupulous provocation and complete destruction of social order and human morality. As a normal person, it is normal for you to feel frightened."

Rhett said something comforting in his own way.

"Okay, let's focus on this. Let's analyze the scene first."

Hotchner coughed slightly and signaled everyone to come back to their senses.

So everyone started talking to each other and quickly reconstructed what happened.

"Victim No. [-], the male head of the family, was thrown here after entering the door. He was seriously injured and may not have been fully conscious."

Rossi pointed to the couch next to the door, where lay the body of a black man, about 40 years old, with a large dent in the side of his head, and the front of his face, from the bridge of his nose to his forehead, was smashed to pieces.

Relatively speaking, he may be the "lucky" one among the four. The fatal injuries were basically on his head. In other words, the pain he suffered was much less than that of the other three.

"After the suspect entered, everyone else was in the dining room and could not see what was going on in the living room. At this time, victim No. [-] came out and came to check on the situation and was attacked on the porch."

Rhett pointed at a small opening on the side of the porch and made a motion similar to swinging a golf club.

Victim No. 30 is the husband of another white couple. He is slightly younger than Victim No. [-], in his [-]s and in his early [-]s.

The body fell to the ground near the porch, and there were some drag marks on the carpet. Jack pulled up his shirt and touched the waist, abdomen and chest of the body.

"He received at least five to six blows, and more than half of his ribs were broken. From the liver to the stomach, all internal organs should have been damaged. Under such severe pain, the victim immediately lost the ability to resist or even call for help."

"The murder weapon should have been something like a crowbar. The baseball bat was too thick and the bruise area would be much larger."

Emily walked around Jack and walked into the dining room. She saw half-eaten food on the table and said loudly to the outside, "The two female victims should have been in the dining room at first, and then they were controlled and brought to the living room. "

Hotchner's eyes fell on the bodies of the two female victims lying in the middle of the living room. He couldn't bear to close his eyes, and it took him a long time to speak.

"They knocked the two husbands down, forced their wives to take off their clothes and then humiliated them, followed by a sustained beating which was not justified."

Rosie took a deep breath, "They were beaten beforehand."

Jack stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop talking. He carefully observed the positions of the two corpses, the hair scattered on the ground, and the blood stains on the wall, and then slowly spoke.

"Rape and annihilation are only one of their methods of violence, not their purpose. The two female victims, like the two male victims, lost the opportunity to scream for help at the first opportunity."

"Both of them suffered heavy blows to the head, followed by repeated beatings and annihilation. They didn't even care whether the victim was dead or alive at the time, just like playing with two rag dolls."

"Their calves and arms have serious fractures. No matter how well the soundproofing of the rooms here is, it's impossible not to hear the screams at night. The only explanation is that they lost the ability to call for help when they were tortured."

Jack said, pointing to the faces of the two female victims, which were completely bloody and bloody. Their jaws, teeth, and bridge of nose were all smashed to pieces, and even the eyes were not saved. "Sorry, excuse me."

The burly Latino police detective Antonio Dawson seemed to be unable to listen any longer. He whispered a series of Spanish slang words and walked out quickly.

Jack covered the four corpses with white cloth one by one. He felt that his chest was severely clogged. In fact, among everyone in the group, his ability to detach from emotions was probably better than that of Garcia, who rarely went out in the field.

The reason why he behaves more rationally than others in most situations is simply because of his detachment from the situation, and at the moment, he cannot be detached.

"So the situation is obvious. There are at least 3 to 4 suspects. One person moved the body into the house and threw it next to the sofa. Another person attacked the second victim at the same time, and another person controlled two women."

"This is more consistent with what Jack and Red deduced from the blood stains at the door of the apartment." Rossi concluded.

Emily's mood has basically recovered and she nodded in agreement, "According to the previous intelligence, if the group psychology caused by the deliberate sabotage incident has developed to this point, then the number of 3 to 4 people is more reasonable."

"It's not like teenagers committing crimes. Although they are similar in terms of cruelty, as Jack deduced, their attacks were too efficient, emphasizing control and precision."

"And teenagers' behavior is usually very sloppy, Dr. Red, what do you think?" Rossi asked Red's opinion.

"I can't see any tentativeness. They are very sophisticated. Everyone knows what they are doing. There is no confusion or mistakes. I can't figure it out."

Compared to the past, Rhett said very little today, and his expression was full of confusion.

"I can understand the escalation from vandalism to violent crime, but the whole process must be gradual. The first attack, usually only one person, four victims at a time? It is also accompanied by continued abuse and violent abuse. This is also too exaggerated."

"Chicago police must be missing something, they couldn't have evolved that fast."

Hotchner's face was so dark that he was about to drip with ink, "Let's meet Jiejie first. She said the conference room is ready."

There have been rumors that the Chicago municipal government has been underfunded in recent years. If the dilapidated public facilities do not indicate anything, then the office of the Chicago Police Department’s 21st Precinct Intelligence Group can clearly explain the problem.

Two tables with missing arms and legs were barely put together into one, on which was placed a 52-inch LCD monitor that was damaged at one corner. The model was so old that it took Red half an hour to project the clean laptop screen. And up.

“On April 4, the windows of fifteen luxury cars were smashed, and on April 23, the windows of a newly opened high-end clothing store were completely destroyed.”

"On May 5, two different high-end restaurants were vandalized. Doors and windows were smashed and the interior was splashed with red paint."

"On May 5th, it was also the most recent incident. Another recently renovated residential house in the same community as the incident was completely destroyed before the owner moved in."

While Jiejie introduced the situation, she played the photo information provided by the Chicago police to everyone.

Observing not only the members of the BAU team, but also the leader of the intelligence team, Hank Boyt, and his agents.

"So they escalated from attacking public property to private homes, but there were no casualties."

"This is a classic case of class-hate revenge, and they're targeting the wealthy, at least the middle class, and the question is, what led to their crimes escalating to where they are today."

After Hotchner finished speaking, his eyes swept over everyone present.

(End of this chapter)