Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Washington DC---

Walmart supermarket parking lot——

Sirens were blaring, and the rooftop near the parking lot was crowded with people.

Police cordoned off the area to prevent outsiders from entering.

Outside the cordon, some onlookers were talking a lot.

"I heard another person died."

"Yeah, I heard that the damn serial murderer killed another woman."

"That woman is so miserable. After being violated, her throat was slit——"

Like people in many places, these onlookers will use their imaginations to add fuel to the fire and make the case more bloody and erotic. So much so that when told by some people, it is comparable to some obscene novels.

Du Yongxiao followed the murderer Wang Kuin and others and arrived quickly in a police car.

If it were just an ordinary homicide, the elite department of the FBI would never be employed. The problem is that this is already the third homicide in Washington, D.C., and the locations of the crimes are all in supermarket parking lots or hotel parking lots, because the murderer is called "parking car." Field Killer".

In fact, many murderers in this era choose "parking lots" to commit crimes. On the one hand, this kind of place is relatively hidden, and secondly, there are more ways out. Most importantly, this kind of place can give the murderer an inexplicable stimulus.

Since it was a "serial homicide", the police department immediately had to hand over these cases and hand them over to the FBI.

The reason is also very simple. In terms of technology, equipment, and case handling capabilities, local police departments cannot compare with the FBI.

Secondly, this is already the third case, and citizens are complaining. If the murderer is not caught, public anger will be aroused, and the government will face tremendous pressure.

Since then, the local police officers who originally handled the case have become decorations. Their task is to guard the scene and prevent other people, especially media reporters, from entering.

…

The appearance of "King of Killers" Quinn caused a sensation. When the veteran police officers saw him, they all said, "Wow, the King of Killers is here!"

"This is not an arms or drug trafficking case. What is he doing here?"

"Yeah, I heard that he usually solves violent cases!"

It’s no wonder that these people talk about the Murder King like this. In everyone’s perception, the Murder King is that kind of rough guy, and he should handle the kind of major arms cases where he carries a rocket launcher and a rifle and shoots at criminals, or an anti-drug case. Cases, serial murders like this, should not be his strong point.

This is indeed the case.

"King of Murderers" Quinn doesn't want to take over this case. However, he wants to get a job and be in a high position. If he continues to handle those hot and major cases, the case will be solved, but the damage to city facilities and accidental injuries to the people will be inevitable. , every time since then, he has always had "the merits outweigh the faults."

As Quinn's former subordinate and now Quinn's immediate boss, George, the supervisor, was unwilling to see Quinn retire when he was still just a detective in the FBI, so he specifically handed over this serial murder case to him, hoping that he would be able to handle it. Quinn can use this to make meritorious deeds and successfully ascend to the throne.

It's not that Quinn didn't know that George was working hard, but when he arrived at the crime scene and saw the bloody and clueless scene, he knocked on his head and felt a headache.

This kind of case is different from the major arms and drug trafficking cases he handled before. He only needs to collect intelligence and then cast a net to surround him. This requires a little bit of peeling off the cocoon to solve it——

Why!

What a rough guy like Quinn fears most is doing "fine work."

Du Yongxiao also looked at the crime scene. On the dark and damp rooftop, a woman lay quietly on the cement floor, with flies buzzing around her, like an abandoned salted fish thrown into the garbage.

Her eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the sky. One hand was trying to grab something, fluttering, and her fingernails were filled with dirt and broken blood from the wall...

Her neck was cut with a knife, and the blood and flesh at the knife edge were turned out. The blood solidified into dark black and spilled all over the floor.

Looking at her lower body, it was obviously violated and was in a mess...

Du Yongxiao took a deep breath, surprised by the criminal's cruelty.

This is the third victim and the third woman to die. You can imagine what kind of stir the public opinion would cause if the media knew this news.

The police are incompetent and helpless to deal with criminals. The cries of criticism and abuse will merge into one and become the mainstream of public opinion.

Du Yongxiao took off his hat.

Snowflakes were falling outside, but he felt hot all over.

…

The person responsible for introducing the case is Sergeant Rusco of the local police station.

Rusco is fifty-three years old and has served as police chief for ten years. During these ten years, he has solved many major cases and is known as the "Sherlock Holmes" of Washington, D.C.

Rusco is proud of this, so he hopes to solve another major case before retiring and bring a perfect end to his life as a police sergeant.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the idea came to him, three murders occurred in the jurisdiction.

Rusko was furious at first. Someone dared to commit a crime in his own jurisdiction? Then there was excitement again. Isn't this a God-given opportunity to make a perfect kill before retiring?

Rusco immediately devoted all his energy to the "Parking Lot Killer" case and led his subordinates to prepare to solve the case.

But he was only halfway through the investigation when he was told by his superiors that the FBI would take over the case.

Immediately afterwards, Rusco heard that the famous FBI "King of Murderers" Quinn was taking over his case this time.

Rusko immediately understood that they wanted to give the credit to Quinn, so he used the excuse that the "serial murders" were of a bad nature to let him change hands.

Rusko, scoffed.

"Those FBI bitches will always take advantage of you!"

Therefore, Rusko was not in a good mood when explaining the ins and outs of the case to Quinn and others.

"The specific situation is this-"

Rusco spoke eloquently, and although his mood was a bit perfunctory, he still told the story of the case from beginning to end.

Du Yongxiao followed and listened carefully.

Today, July 16, 1973, the Washington, D.C., Police Department received a report that a janitor found some bright red liquid on the stairs on the 10th floor while working in the underground parking lot of Wal-Mart Supermarket.

Because there were so many shopping malls nearby, the cleaner didn't expect the liquid to be blood. He just felt strange. He was cleaning so hard, so why did someone spill the "drink"?

So, she followed the traces of "drink", but when she found the nearby rooftop, she found a young girl lying in a pool of blood without any signs of life.

The cleaner screamed and immediately ran to call the police.

Sheriff Rusco led his men to the crime scene and protected the scene. After surveying the scene, we immediately made a judgment: this was a homicide!

Then, Rusco immediately started a routine inquiry to the cleaning lady who called the police: if she had seen any suspicious people around the crime scene. Although the cleaning lady was very frightened, she still cooperated very cooperatively.

According to her recollection, there are many entertainment venues near the basement here, including a large shopping mall, so the flow of people is relatively large, and there are many customers coming and going.

But on the afternoon of July 16, she noticed a man walking very hastily, and the man deliberately avoided her eyes when he saw her. The man is thin and about 1.8 meters tall. In addition, the man's left arm appeared to be injured.

Confirmed by other witnesses, everyone indeed saw the man described by the cleaning lady one after another near the 10th floor and the parking lot on the 9th floor that day.

However, this evidence is not particularly favorable to Sheriff Rusco. Because according to eyewitness descriptions, there are tens of thousands of men in Washington, D.C., with such appearance and physical characteristics, and the police have no way to accurately determine who the suspect is.

"The specific situation is roughly like this. These are all the clues we got after dispatching the police. Yes, God, the criminal is so cruel!"

Sheriff Rusco took off his hat with a heavy expression.

But after he finished speaking, his eyes revealed a trace of imperceptible contempt, and he asked the big man Quinn: "After speaking, do you have any objections to this?"

Obviously, this is a test question.

"King of Murderers" Quinn felt his head hurt after hearing this.

He hates cases like this, which are rudimentary. He needs something rough. A case where you can pick up a submachine gun and "chunk" it.

Of course, Quinn would not express his complaints on the surface.

Pretending to be calm, he turned around and said, "Squirrels, hyenas, crows, and octopuses, what do you think?"

Raise troops for a day and use them for a while.

Quinn knew that he was not good at detection, so he pinned his hopes on his four men.

These four people have followed him through life and death for many years. They are all elites among the elites, and they will never be as stupid as himself.

It's a pity that neither the female agent Squirrel nor the male agents Hyena, Crow, and Octopus can find a clue to everything in front of them, nor to the statement of the old Sheriff Rusko.

This suggestion was to cast a net to catch fish, draw a portrait of the murderer, and then arrest them one by one for questioning.

That suggestion is to peel back the cocoon and interview the witnesses again, trying to avoid picking the wrong person.

After hearing this, Quinn rolled her eyes.

What my subordinates have said is like saying nothing.

Quinn looked at Du Yongxiao. Du Yongxiao glanced at the body and said lightly: "Maybe this is not the scene of the first crime." After speaking, he pointed to the blood stains on the ground and said: "Just like the cleaning lady saw, the blood stains of the deceased were all the way." The activity area extending from the stairwell to the rooftop was relatively wide, which shows that the deceased was still trying to escape after being injured."

"So, why didn't anyone lend a helping hand to the victim? I guess these witnesses saw the victim running away with injuries, but human nature is selfish. Maybe the bystanders were surprised by the sudden accident They were so frightened that they were full of fear of unknown dangers and feared that they would be implicated after they rescued her, so that no one even helped the victim, which ultimately led to her bleeding to death."

After listening to Du Yongxiao's words, Quinn was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the old police chief Rusco.

Rusco looked at Du Yongxiao in surprise for the first time.

That's right, he deliberately concealed this when he presented the case just now. The purpose was to make these people who thought they were FBI agents look bad, but unexpectedly, they were exposed by the young Chinese agent in front of him.

"Detective Quinn, your subordinate is very powerful!" Rusco praised Du Yongxiao lightly.

Although he thought Du Yongxiao was a little clever, he still didn't take him seriously.

Chinese - much stupider than white people.

Quinn smiled: "You mean - you still have something to say about the case?"

Rusco stopped pretending, "Indeed! I just talked about the first half, and I haven't had time to talk about the second half."

Quinn stared at Rusco: "Then I hope you can make it clear now! Yes, I hate the way of saying half and half of everything, it's very annoying!"

Rusko knew that his "reservation" angered the big man, so he immediately looked at Quinn, then at Du Yongxiao, and then spoke again.

…

As Du Yongxiao said, the blood stains on the deceased woman showed that the rooftop was not the first crime scene.

So Rusco and the others followed the blood stains and found a car in the underground parking lot on the ninth floor.

The car was a Buick brand. There were a lot of blood stains near the body, with the most blood on the seat backrest. There was also a lot of blood on the items in the car. This also proves that this Buick car should be the scene of the first crime.

Through the search, Rusko soon discovered another wallet in the Buick. After examining the documents inside, it was determined that the deceased's name was "Penny."

Not far from the scene of the first crime, the police quickly collected another piece of physical evidence stained with blood, which was a handkerchief. After identification, the blood on the handkerchief was type O, while Penny was type B. This proved that the handkerchief may have been left behind by the murderer after wiping the blood.

Since there were only two different blood types at the scene, the police made reasonable guesses: one was from the victim and the other was from the murderer.

So, since both of them were bleeding, did they have a dispute at the first scene of the crime?

In addition, combined with the clues provided by previous witnesses, the murderer is most likely the white man they saw, who is also about 25 years old, because his arm seemed to be injured when he left.

After listening to Sheriff Rusco's story, Quinn bit his cigar, slapped his thigh and said, "So, that white man is the murderer!"

"Yes, it must be him!" His subordinates Squirrel and others also said.

Rusko smiled, with contempt in his eyes: "If the case is so simple, why bother with your FBI? You know, there are so many white men who meet this condition! Do you want all the FBI to go out and find the needle in the haystack?"

After Rusco sneered, he looked at Du Yongxiao and said with disdain, "Young man, what do you have to say about this?"

In his opinion, even white people like them couldn't solve the case, let alone this stupid Chinese - as for just now, maybe he was just lucky and stepped on cow shit!

Du Yongxiao originally wanted to keep a low profile, but Rusco refused to let him go. Just when he was about to think about how to answer, he suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up and said: "What did you say? The victim's name is Penny? Then who is her father?" Isn’t he a local wealthy businessman named Jon?”

"Huh?" This time it was Rusco's turn to be stunned, "How do you know?"

He didn't talk about this just now!

Not at all!