Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 73: Contact

"Before getting married, which was eight years ago, Sean was 33 years old,"

William scrolled through the information on the computer, seriously reading from the screen:

"Sean used to work in sales at a real estate company, and our fourth victim, Tamara Terry, was 22 at that time and was interning at that real estate company."

"Not just that."

As William's voice faded, Mona skillfully twirled a pen with her right hand, pointing at the undercover log displayed on the computer screen, saying:

"After his wife went missing, Sean was searching everywhere for her when Agent Maren found him.

After observing him for a while, he assessed that Sean was 'intelligent, knew how to adapt, was emotionally rich, and articulate.' Thus, Maren contacted and informed Sean that his wife had been kidnapped by the 'White Horse Gang,' and the best way to save her was to cooperate with the DEA, infiltrating the White Horse Gang.

Agent Maren's judgment was correct. Six months after Sean infiltrated the White Horse Gang, he obtained human trafficking information and criminal evidence of the gang's leaders, ultimately leading to the downfall of the entire gang."

Upon hearing Mona's words, everyone couldn't help but look sideways.

Luo An, who was writing at the front of the meeting room, paused his actions and turned to ask:

"What about Sean's wife?"

"She's dead."

Mona's expression grimaced:

"According to the 'White Horse Gang's' subordinate in charge of 'transporting the goods', Sean's wife was suffocated in the transport vehicle."

Luo An pondered for a while then continued to ask:

"Did Sean consume flour while he was undercover in the gang?"

"Yes."

Mona scrolled down the computer page, carefully reexamined the undercover log, and read:

"According to Agent Maren's records, within the first week of entering the 'White Horse Gang,' Sean was forced to use flour.

After the gang was dismantled, Sean was sent by Maren to a rehabilitation institution, and he successfully left there after seven months."

Luo An nodded, wrote 'Has a history of flour use' on the whiteboard, and then asked again:

"Is there any record in the undercover log about a 'rape and murder case' that happened a year and a half ago?"

After carefully searching through it, Mona shook her head and said:

"No."

At this point, Mona suddenly turned to look at William and asked:

"William, when exactly did that 'rape and murder case' happen?"

Hearing this, William tapped quickly on the keyboard and a few seconds later looked up to reply:

"April 5th, one and a half years ago."

"OK."

Stopping the twirling of the pen in her right hand, Mona, holding a signing pen, pointed to the computer screen and said to Luo An:

"On April 29th, a year and a half ago, in the undercover log written by someone under Maren, Sean started a new undercover record, this time infiltrating the Hyena Gang."

Upon hearing this, Luo An, who was writing on the whiteboard, swore under his breath.

"Not only that."

Opening the contact record compiled by Agent Maren during Sean's undercover period, Mona seriously scrutinized it for a moment, her eyebrows tightly furrowed as she said:

"The monthly rendezvous spot agreed upon by Maren and Sean during his infiltration of the Hyena Gang was the Little Saint Phil Church.

Moreover, the timing of their meetings each coincided with the wedding dates of the first three victims!"

"Shit!"

"Son of a bitch!"

Hearing Mona's words, all the agents from Group Five cursed in unison.

After writing the last word, Luo An turned around, clearing his throat to catch everyone's attention, his expression serious as he pointed at the whiteboard and said:

"Based on the information we've gathered, we can now summarize the following clues:

First: Sean lives in the Harwood area, which is exactly within the circle centered around Little Saint Phil Church."

Second: The venue where Sean and his wife held their wedding, as well as his rendezvous location with Maren while undercover in the 'Hyena Gang,' was precisely Little Saint Phil Church.

Third: Sean's wife disappeared three months after their wedding, which is consistent with the timing of the disappearances of the first three victims after their marriages.

At the same time, the meeting between Sean and Agent Maren at Little Saint Phil Church happened at the same time as the weddings of the first three victims. Therefore, it is very likely that Sean got the personal information of the victims when he met with Maren that day, and abducted the victims three months later.

Fourth: The fourth victim, Tamara Terry, got married eight years ago when Sean was working at the same real estate company, so it is very likely that Sean attended her wedding.

Fifth: One month after the rape and murder case, Sean went undercover in a gang again, which was probably the condition Agent Maren agreed to in order to provide him with a false alibi."

After hearing Luo An's words, all the agents nodded in agreement.

The information was correct, and they saw no problems with Luo An's reasoning.

One coincidence is accidental, two coincidences are luck, three are random, but four or five coincidences...

As they looked at the writing on the whiteboard, everyone present was certain that Sean was definitely the real culprit in the serial murders.

However, with only these clues, Luo An and his team could not arrest anyone, as they were all indirect evidence.

Next, they needed to find direct evidence.

Luo An walked over to Mona's workstation to check the undercover data on her computer.

"The autopsy report has not come out yet, so we do not know if there is any DNA from Sean at the crime scene."

Mona stood up from her seat and looked at the whiteboard at the front of the office area, then cocked her head and asked:

"I remember there were footprints left by the killer at the crime scene, can these footprints link directly to Sean?"

William picked up a photo from the crime scene investigation report, his eyes lit up, and he began typing on the keyboard, then suddenly slapped his hand:

"Sean's credit card record shows that he bought a pair of shoes three months ago, and the pattern on the soles is exactly the same as the footprints at the crime scene!"

"Good!"

Upon hearing this, Mona's eyes sparkled, and she quickly turned her gaze towards Luo An:

"Let's go apply for a search warrant now! If we find those shoes and analyze the soil on them, we can prove that he was at the crime scene!"

The gray sedan was also a key piece of evidence, but considering that there were no records of Sean buying a gray sedan, and since the Hyena Gang that Sean infiltrated dealt with stolen cars, Mona felt it was highly likely that the gray sedan would not be found.

"NO."

Hearing Mona's words, Luo An, who was looking at undercover data on the computer, slowly shook his head and said:

"We need to report this first."

Applying for a search warrant was not an issue, but Sean was an undercover agent for DEA, and was currently on a mission with the Hyena Gang.

Arresting him or searching his residence would be easy, but if the DEA was planning to rely on Sean for an upcoming operation, capturing him could cause the mission to fail...

Luo An did not care about those DEA people, but dealing with the ensuing bureaucratic issues would definitely require a higher authority, so he had to inform Augustus first.

Also, the FBI's Organized Crime Division was also monitoring the Hyena Gang along with the DEA. Luo An might not care about the DEA, but he could not ignore his own Organized Crime Division within the FBI.

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"So, the perpetrator this time, is an undercover agent?"

After listening to Luo An's narration, Augustus rubbed his temples and asked in confusion after a moment of silence:

"Why would an undercover agent, already living a tense life, still find the time to kill?"

Although Augustus had never been undercover, he knew from a former colleague who had been that it was not a job for him.

His colleague had come back alive but had spent a year straight with a psychologist, which made Augustus realize this job was definitely not suitable for him.

"Perhaps it is because the intense daily life and the constant mental strain, yet he cannot show it on his face or in his words."

Sitting across from Augustus, Luo An sipped his coffee and shared his speculation:

"The first time Sean went undercover, it was for his wife, which gave him mental support.

But after his wife's death, he developed a drug addiction while undercover; these nightmarish experiences made the originally mere real estate salesman Sean, not want to go through that again.

The alley rape and murder case, where Sean sought help from Maren, who agreed to provide false testimony for Sean but on the condition that Sean went undercover again, so..."

"So this time, Sean went undercover just to avoid jail without any mental support."

Thinking of the DEA people, who sometimes, in order to complete their missions, not only fail to care for the undercover agents' emotions but also pressure them to undertake certain tasks, Augustus couldn't help but purse his lips.

Luo An nodded: "I just checked Agent Maren's records, and on the morning of the days when the four victims disappeared, it was when Agent Maren met with Sean.

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So it must have been during their morning meeting when Agent Maren mentioned something that upset Sean, who was also under tremendous psychological stress, consequently, to vent, Sean ultimately chose to abduct a woman who had gotten married three months prior at the Little Saint Phil Church whom he remembered."

Without hesitation, upon hearing Luo An's speculation, Augustus immediately took out his cellphone:

"I'm going to contact the Organized Crime Division right now."