Chapter 217 Murderer
Screening is a process that is usually intended to eliminate options that do not meet requirements or conditions in order to better meet a need or goal.

Their needs and targets are patients working in the domestic service industry, as well as the logistics and express delivery industry.

Soon, with the combined efforts of the three, they found eleven targets that met these characteristics.

All of the patients are from the domestic service industry, as well as the logistics and express delivery industry. They are white, male, and over 1.7 meters tall.

There are specific characteristics that require screening, which is quite a lot.

It’s a relief that we were able to find it out so quickly, thanks to the hospital’s early forms.

There are height and occupation above.

This is why they need to prepare investigation regulations in advance when they ask for information involving private privacy.

"Now we just have to wait for the surveillance here." Yorks looked at Shesky and Edna who were in charge of monitoring this side.

The screening work on the monitoring side is more cumbersome.

Because it needs to determine whether the vehicle belongs to a company or an individual.

It’s fine if it’s an individual, but if it’s a company, you also need to check its employees.

See if there are any goals that meet the established characteristics and combine them with the hospital.

In other words, if someone appears in surveillance footage and is a patient in a hospital, then there is a high probability that he or she is the murderer.

At this point, Captain Gregory would ask for a warrant for the arrest.

Then the suspect will be caught and the previous semen stain data will be used to determine whether he is the murderer.

The whole process is so simple, but there is a lot of effort behind it.

York glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.

Before he knew it, it was already eleven o'clock, which meant that the entire screening process took him three hours.

"How is it?" Gregory's voice rang out, interrupting his thoughts.

Yorks glanced over and saw that Gregory and Chris had already approached Shesky and Edna.

"I haven't finished checking yet, but all the vehicle information is here." Shesky took the information that Edna had recorded and handed it over.

"Captain, you can compare it first. If you find the target, we can stop."

Gregory and Chris looked at each other, then looked at York who had caught up with them, and nodded.

"Okay, you guys continue."

After saying that, he divided the documents in his hand into three parts, one for himself, one for Chris, and one for York who followed him.

After taking a look at the rather thick document in his hand, Yorks had the consciousness of a newcomer and volunteered.

"I'll go get some coffee."

Chris smiled and said, "Sure, thank you."

Gregory also nodded: "Add me one."

"And us." Sheskey and Edna raised their hands.

Seeing this, York put down the documents and went to prepare coffee, which was essential for staying up late.

I didn't go anywhere, at most I went to the street outside downstairs to take away a few drinks.

Perhaps knowing that the police officers from the Detective Bureau would occasionally work overtime, some merchants with a keen sense of smell directly opened coffee shops and hamburger restaurants nearby, which are the stores that occupy the lives of free citizens.

Perhaps there is only one thing to say to these merchants: if it is safe and you can make money, why not do it?

So York went to a nearby coffee shop downstairs that was still open and bought five cups of coffee for himself, as well as some snacks to go with the coffee.

It’s not that the coffee in the office water room is bad, it’s just that the coffee shop will add something to the coffee to give the bitter coffee a different taste and flavor, and there are also some snacks to go with the drink.

"Remember to give me an invoice." York took the packaging bag and reminded the boss inside.

He would not miss anything that could be reimbursed.

The boss was a thin man with a turban on his head and wearing a casual uniform.

I don’t know why, but the owners of coffee shops are always thin people.

"Okay." The boss nodded and smiled, glancing towards the detective bureau building in front.

"Sir, are you a newly recruited police officer?"

York was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he realized that the owner of this coffee shop was probably someone who had been rooted here for many years.

The next second, the boss handed him the payment and a receipt, and explained to him with a smile.

"I've been here for a long time. The detectives who come here or know about this place usually don't remind me because I always give the bills. Because this is for reimbursement, right? Detective."

"Yes." York said, took the list handed over by the boss, and raised the packaging bag in his hand to the boss.

"I'll savor it."

The boss smiled, nodded, and watched the new detective leave, crossing the road and walking towards the building.

"The coffee is here!"

York returned to the office of the Fourth Squadron. Amidst everyone's thanks, he distributed the coffee and snacks in his hand and officially started working.

The screening of vehicle information is indeed much more complicated than simply screening by looking at the form.

Whenever he arrived at a company to which a vehicle belonged, he would stop first, and then use the Los Angeles Police Department's backup files and archives and his authority on his personal computer to look up the company's information and its employees, and compare them one by one.

After all this work, when York couldn't help but stretch, he looked at the time on the computer in front of him.

It was 2:30 in the morning, which meant that three hours had passed since 11 o'clock.

York couldn't help but glance at Chris next to him.

"Do you and Gregory usually fight like this?"

To be honest, he was beginning to doubt his life. Why did it feel like a detective's job was even more stressful than a patrolman's?
"No." Chris glanced at him, picked up the half-remaining coffee and took a sip, and said as if she was used to it.

“We all depend on the situation.”

York shrugged, knowing what Chris meant.

We cannot be sure how many crimes this murderer has committed, but we know that he will commit more crimes. We can only make a judgment about the murderer based on the cases that have been discovered.

That is to judge based on the time between the first case and the second case, that the murderer will strike again in a few days.

So according to the time from the first case to the second case, the murderer will commit another crime four days later.

This means that after today, there will only be two days left.

This time is indeed quite urgent.

Yorks nodded.

"I have a strong feeling that we are going to catch him." Gregory's voice sounded. This guy's office was not here, but at a workstation next to it.

"I think so too," Yorks replied, continuing to weigh the documents on the table.

What was originally a fairly thick stack of documents had been reduced to only a thin one-fifth.

At the same time, there is even better news: Shesky and Edna have finished their work and can now participate in the screening and comparison work. Now, with two more people, the screening work will be faster.

Just as time passed by little by little, until the wall clock stopped at four o'clock, Edna suddenly stood up with a document in her hand.

"I think I found him!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue. Everyone, including Yorks, looked at Edna.

"Captain, come over and take a look." Edna shouted.

Gregory stood up suddenly and walked over, as did Chris and Shesky.

York seemed a little lazy and followed behind.

"Zida Moving Company is a moving company, but its business is quite extensive. In addition to serving household users, it also provides packing and relocation services for companies, and includes the packaging and relocation of artworks.

Their vehicles all passed by the crime scene.

And after my inquiry, I found out that this person works for the Freedom Moving Company, his name is Tenasi Willie, and he is 1.81 meters tall." Edna said on the side.

Hearing this, York, who was standing behind him, glanced at the two documents in Gregory's hand.

With just one glance, he knew why Edna said she had found the target.

He is a white male. His company’s cars had appeared in surveillance cameras in both cases. He is 1.81 meters tall.

What’s important is that this person happens to be among the eleven targets selected by the hospital.

This means that the man named Tenasi Willie also has this physical defect.

Overall, it completely matches the characteristics they described in their profile of the criminal.

It's such a coincidence among coincidences, and when everything fits together, it's really hard to say that there is nothing wrong with this person.

What he was sure of was that if things went as expected, this man was most likely the murderer.

Because there are not so many coincidences in this world.

Gregory took a deep breath and handed the two documents in his hand to Chris, one with the suspect's personal information and the other with the hospital's information.

"You all take a look and confirm it."

Chris nodded, took a closer look, and then handed it to Sheskey according to her status. There was a hint of excitement on her tired face.

After Shesky read it, he handed it to him as well.

York glanced at it briefly and then handed it back to Gregory.

Gregory said, "Let's make sure it's this person first."

Everyone nodded, with a look of relaxation on their faces.

Yorks thought of something and reminded, "Captain, we still have ropes. We can first confirm whether the ropes at the crime scene are the ones that this company usually uses.

At the same time, before the arrest, it is also possible to investigate whether the two victims had ever planned to move.

If all of them match, then there is a high probability that he is the murderer. "

Gregory nodded: "Of course."

He knew that York was doing this to provide more important application conditions for the arrest warrant.

Finally we found the target and everyone became more motivated.

They began to work together to investigate the ropes used by the suspect's company.

Through careful comparison, it was unanimously confirmed that they were exactly the same type of ropes.

Now, the target named Tenasi Willy has more suspicions.

Although it was difficult to investigate whether the victim had ever planned to move because it was late at night, we could start directly from the suspect.

Because the fisherman's knot that tied the victim's hands and feet was the clue.

Everyone worked together to investigate Tennessee Willie's whereabouts, and through the government and Los Angeles Police Department's information network, they finally found his residence and address.

Although he lives in Los Angeles, it can be confirmed that the house under his name is in the suburbs and is only ten kilometers away from Castaic Lake.

Castaic Lake is one of the largest and most accessible swimming lakes near Los Angeles.

The main lake offers boating, fishing and horseback riding, while the western shore adjacent to the lagoon is famous for its summer outdoor movie screenings and has a wide sandy beach.

The important thing is
"Come and take a look. This guy can't run away now!" Shesky said excitedly.

"I checked the social media apps he usually logs into, and they are all fishing photos. He must be the murderer!"

Everyone came over and saw a photo of Tenasi Willie holding a big fish on a social software that allows people to share photos of daily life.

Yorks heaved a sigh of relief when he discovered that the folded pages were all about holding fish or fishing.

There are people who meet these characteristics, but it is quite rare to meet all of them.

Just like Sheskey said, this guy must be the murderer.

Thinking of this, York subconsciously glanced at Captain Gregory.

Gregory looked at the computer screen and said only one sentence: "Prepare to arrest someone."

"Yes!" everyone including York answered.

This also means that they have to survive the night and wait until daytime to catch people.

As time passed, the sky gradually brightened.

Greg and Chris have left the 4th Squadron's office to get the arrest warrant and the follow-up procedures.

York sat at his workstation, holding his Walther P99, and checked it before doing anything.

As Shesky and Edna looked up, he moved his hands slightly, and the Walter P99 was like a tree, with parts one by one slowly appearing on the desk in front of Yorks like leaves falling.

Edna opened her mouth. To be honest, she was stunned by this scene. Although she knew that this handsome guy knew guns, this action that seemed to have been done thousands of times was still quite amazing.

"Wow! How cool!" she quickly expressed her thoughts.

York just raised his eyebrows as a signal and continued with the inspection and maintenance.

Unlike the stability of a revolver, a pistol like this needs to be checked all the time. Although the risk of a sudden jam has been greatly reduced now, he doesn't want to take the risk.

Every time he did something or left the safe house, he would do a temporary check to make sure that if there was an emergency, the first shot would definitely not jam.

This is also the reason why he used Colt M1873 before. After all, the stability of the revolver is still very outstanding.

"I knew you were no ordinary guy!" Shesky said.

"Haven't you tried it yourself?" Yorks said as he was doing maintenance.

Shesky complained, remembering the handshake from before.

"What did you grow up eating?"

"I drink milk." York gave his answer and began to put the gun back to its original state.

(End of this chapter)