North America Gunman Detective

The situation is a bit troublesome. In the worst-case scenario, this car was used by the suspect to escape. After voluntarily abandoning the car, they doused it with gasoline and burned it. Their method of cleaning up was somewhat too professional, directly erasing traces, making subsequent investigations very difficult.

There are now two possibilities: one is that they're hiding nearby, abandoning the car as a clear signal to attract police investigation, using the blind spots of inertia thinking. As long as the police leave here, they'll be safe.

The second possibility is that they are prepared with a backup vehicle here, destroyed this car, and then immediately left in another car, making it impossible to continue tracking. The only thing left is to try to gather possible eyewitness information from the people around and then attempt further investigations.

In fact, Jimmy's judgment may be true. Alex soon received a call; the police had already tapped his home phone and mobile phone. The kidnapper just briefly mentioned that Elliot was in their hands and let Elliot speak a word to show he was still safe, and then they hung up.

The call was very short. The police's surveillance and reverse investigation hadn't gotten results before the call ended. The key is that the kidnappers also used special tools to change their voices, making it very difficult for Alex to determine through voice if the kidnapper was someone he knew.

Kevin had already left Alex's home, and the current situation was that he notified Jimmy by phone, and Jimmy could only wait for results.

Soon, the kidnapper made a second contact, using another phone to inform Alex to prepare two million in cash, and demanded it be in 20s and 50s old banknotes, and said they would contact him again for the transaction location in six hours.

It was still a short contact. The police's phone localization function was somewhat lacking, not comparable to agencies like the NSA or CIA, and this time they still failed to locate the call.

Alex Green is from an old wealthy family, their preparation of the ransom has nothing to do with Jimmy, so during this time he could only wander outside.

"Screech" Jimmy hit the brake urgently, he was startled, just now someone suddenly appeared in front of his car, almost getting hit. He slammed on the brake, his body lurched forward but was held back by the seatbelt, avoiding hitting the steering wheel.

When he looked at the road ahead again, he found there was nothing in front of the car, instead, the cars following behind also braked suddenly.

Fortunately, traffic wasn't particularly busy, vehicle speeds weren't fast, and the sudden braking didn't cause the cars behind to crash into each other.

Jimmy parked the car by the roadside, turned on the hidden police lights without the siren, and directed the cars behind to move forward. Seeing the flashing police lights, the cars following him stopped honking and cursing, and one by one the vehicles moved forward, allowing traffic to resume.

Just now he was very sure there was someone appearing in front of his car, and that presence disappeared in the time it took to make a sudden brake. There was nothing on the road indicating someone had fallen or any object was scattered, and passersby did not show any sign of gathering, indicating what appeared just now was something unusual.

While directing traffic, Jimmy started his Heart Eye Observation, scanning the road and nearby buildings, but found nothing particularly strange. Could it be that his eyes were deceiving him?

Jimmy thought for a moment, directly called Nia, "Nia, help me find out if there's been any violent crime around Walton Street before, like murder cases."

Nia: "What's wrong? What are you investigating?"

Jimmy: "Just want to know. Bronx District, Walton Street."

Nia: "Alright, I'll make a call and ask."

Nia didn't press to get to the bottom of it. She knew Jimmy wouldn't ask for such information for no reason; something must be up. As for why Jimmy wasn't investigating himself, it was likely because he wasn't in the office.

So Jimmy stood by the roadside, smoking and waiting, while turning off the car's hidden police lights for the time being.

A dozen minutes later, Nia's call came through, and Jimmy quickly answered, "Got any results?"

Nia: "Yes, there have been several shooting cases on Walton Street, and some home murder cases, quite a few. Do you want to go to the police station to have a look first?"

Jimmy: "No, not too many. Just tell me about the cases in building number 76."

Nia: "Wait a moment, I'll have them take a look."

Jimmy looked up at the apartment building in front of him, noting that it seemed to have quite some age. Judging by the fire escape outside the windows, this building must be at least several decades old.

During his earlier Heart Eye Observation, the color of this building didn't differ much from its surroundings, but some areas inside had a darker hue, which was the biggest point of suspicion nearby.

Nia: "Found it; there haven't been any murder cases in this building in recent years. The latest was in the 1980s, and the most serious case was a family murder in the 1970s, where all 7 family members across three apartments were killed. It happened on the same night, and the perpetrator was never caught."

Jimmy: "Give me the room numbers where the murder happened."

Nia: "304, 306, 307, two adjacent apartments and one opposite. They were a family, and after the two kids got married, they bought the adjacent apartment rooms."

Jimmy: "Got it. Have a good rest."