The Blacklist

Chapter 246 The Serial Killer Ten Years Ago

Gibbs also discovered that his three subordinates were envious of the office environment and working atmosphere here, which made him think: SLR's management style seems to have its merits!

He thought to himself, although it is impossible for NCIS to have such office conditions, the work atmosphere can be adjusted. Should we relax a little and not suppress the young people too harshly?

Seeing Gibbs' expression, Carrie thought he was not used to this atmosphere, so he said, "Jethro, this is how it is here. When there is a case, everyone is very nervous, but when there is nothing to do, they are more casual. Are you not used to it?"

Gibbs didn't know what to say, so he just smiled and said, "It should be a difference in management style! I'm fine, it's good to change the environment occasionally."

"Hahaha..." Carrie laughed. "Jethro, you are much older than me, and you have much more life experience. You must know that there is no such thing as a static management style. The key is the department style determined by the personality of the supervisor. In fact, they all end up in the same place, so there is no need to force it!"

Gibbs nodded, agreeing with this point. On the one hand, he couldn't do it if he was asked to manage like Carrie did. On the other hand, this guy Tony was probably capable of rebelling. It really wouldn't work!

At this moment, Abby, who was extremely lively, said, "Director Gibbs, I heard that you arrested a serious criminal this time. What case is it?"

Before Gibbs could answer, Tony, who was excited when he saw a beautiful woman, rushed to explain: "It's not a new case. It's a serial killer from ten years ago. He was caught by our boss at the time and sentenced to five first-degree murders and 5 second-degree murders. He's waiting to be executed in three days. You don't know, this guy is pretty awesome. He actually chose the death penalty by electrocution. It's the first case in Virginia!"

This immediately aroused everyone's interest, and they all asked him to say more...

Gibbs was drinking coffee and was too lazy to be angry with Tony, but he decided in his heart that he would never relax his control over Tony in the future. Today, in other departments, he would let him show off first!

Tony glanced at Gibbs and found that he didn't look angry. He immediately became more energetic and raised his voice to introduce the case:
The serial killer named Cole Bob, 43 years old this year, is a perverted murderer who brutally killed 22 young women ten years ago...Finally, because of the murder of a female naval officer, the case was transferred to NCIS. After months of investigation, Gibbs finally caught him.

During the trial, because only the bodies of five victims were found, the judge sentenced him to five counts of first-degree murder. Although Bob admitted to the other 5 murders, he refused to disclose where the bodies were hidden. In the end, the judge had to add 5 counts of second-degree murder and sentenced him to death.

For this reason, Bob has been appealing in order to delay the execution of the death penalty... followed by a decade of repeated appeals and reviews, and finally, there was no more time to delay, and all legal procedures had been completed. The Virginia District Court approved his execution a month ago, and the date was set for this Saturday!
But this Monday, Bob actually asked to meet Gibbs, who arrested him. He did not ask for a reduced sentence, but just wanted to talk. He said that if the talk was satisfactory, he would tell him where the bodies of the 17 victims were hidden!

After the matter was publicized by Bob's lawyer, the families of the victims naturally wanted to find the remains of their relatives for a formal burial, so they put pressure on the courts, prisons and other departments through various channels, and even contacted the Governor of Virginia; the governor personally had a video call with NCIS, but Gibbs thought Bob was playing tricks and remained unmoved.

Finally, the governor had no choice but to find the Secretary of the Navy and ask him to give Gibbs an order - he must meet him! At this point, Tony couldn't help but secretly glance at Gibbons next to him, and found that he didn't look angry. Then he straightened his back, took a big sip of the drink, and continued: "After our boss met with that guy, he found that he was talking nonsense, so he naturally didn't want to pay attention to him, but he didn't expect him to reveal a new clue..."

Tony treated the office as a storytelling scene, making the story full of suspense and attracting everyone's attention.

Gibbs also let Tony show off to see how far this kid can blow!
Tony saw that Gibbs acquiesced, so he showed off even more and said, "When the death row inmate saw that Gibbs was about to leave, he told the truth - the evidence he left after committing the crime was hidden in the chimney of his old house!
"You don't know, when we rushed to the old house that had been abandoned for ten years, it was so dilapidated! We searched everywhere..." At this point, he saw the look in the eyes of his new colleague Sera and hurriedly said, "Our agent Sera has a great figure, only she can get into the fireplace chimney...

"Of course, as a stepping stone, I also made a small contribution!
"Finally, we found a photo album with photos of all the victims, and there were more people on it than had been convicted!"

"Wow!" Hearing this, the female detectives present exclaimed in amazement. There were photos of more than 20 victims! They wanted to see them, but they were also a little nervous...

Elizabeth couldn't help but ask, "You mean, there are actually more victims?"

"Yes, there are five more people - the first person in the album and the last four people." Tony said, and when he saw that Gibbs didn't stop him, he signaled McGee to take out the album for everyone to see.

There are 27 pages of photos in the album, which show the last tragic state of the victims before their death. Their hands were tied, their tongues were cut off, and a big heart-shaped mark was carved on their backs... It was so miserable!
After everyone had looked at the album, it came into Kerry's hands. He flipped through it and suddenly said, "Abby, take McGee to find Aram. First, confirm the identities of the five new victims. Second, the background in the photo is obviously somewhere in the wild. Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the topography and then use satellite maps to compare and see if you can find this place - I think those bodies should be there!"

"Huh? Yes!" Abby jumped up immediately, ran over to grab the photo album, shouted "McGee, follow me", and ran out.

McGee said quickly, "Boss, I'm going with her!" and ran to catch up.

Tony was a little confused, blinked his eyes, and said, "Director Kerry, can we directly find the place where the body was abandoned through these photos?"

Everyone was not complete computer novices, but they still had some doubts about whether this method would work.

(End of this chapter)