The Blacklist

Chapter 247 There is an imitator

Seeing everyone's expressions, Carrie explained, "It should be possible. After all, this killer was caught by Gibbs ten years ago. The technology at that time was not capable of doing this. This is probably a loophole he couldn't think of!"

Thinking about the technological developments in the past decade, everyone suddenly realized that this makes sense!

Gibbs was obviously relieved. He had been under great pressure because of the five more victims. In order to make Cole Bob less complacent, he turned to Carrie for help, moved him to another place of detention, to curb his arrogance and avoid the entanglement of his lawyer. By the way, he was going to discuss the case with Carrie. He didn't expect that he might find the place where the bodies were hidden because of this. It was really a pleasant surprise.

"Oh, right." Kerry remembered something else. "Gina, tell Abby that the photo of the first victim is very old, so search forward from the time of the first victim. The photos of the last four victims are obviously very new, so search backward from the time of the last victim."

"Understood." Gina agreed and got up to make a phone call.

Gibbs' pupils shrank as he spoke, "Richard, you mean that the first victim might have been missed in the previous investigation, and the last four victims were the work of imitators after Bob was imprisoned?"

"Yes, that's my judgment." Kerry nodded, "However, the real situation still depends on the analysis and comparison of Abby and McGee!"

A copycat appeared? The other people present were all experienced detectives, and they immediately gasped. If this was true, it meant that there was a new serial killer out there committing crimes!
If similar cases of this nature are not solved in time, the court may change its decision to execute the death penalty on Saturday, and may even allow Bob to escape the death penalty.

Well, this situation has actually happened before. The criminal's lawyer will request a retrial and reinvestigation on the grounds that there are doubts about the real culprit in the case. If the imitator is not caught, or the case-handling agency cannot prove that the imitator is not the same person as the original criminal, the court may even be forced to release the criminal!

Seeing everyone's faces turn ugly, Carrie said, "Gibbs, don't worry so much. If it is really proven that the last four victims were killed in recent years, and the photos appear in Bob's photo album, it can only mean that the imitator had direct contact with Bob, gained his trust, learned the modus operandi, and knew where he hid the photo album. The scope of this possibility is not very large."

"Right!" Tony immediately jumped up and said, "Bob has been in prison for ten years. A death row inmate like him should only have a limited number of people he can come into contact with."

"Then go check it out!" Gibbs glared at him.

"OK, boss, I'll go right away." Tony said immediately, "Director Kerry, can I borrow a computer..."

Katie stood up and said, "Come on, I'll take you there!" and walked out with Tony.

Sera next to him also stood up and said, "I'll go help too!"
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An hour later, Abby returned to Carrey's office and reported, "Lee, the identities of the five new victims have been confirmed. The first one is Cole Bob's biological mother. According to records, she disappeared in 1985 and was suspected to have run away from home... Afterwards, Bob was raised by his uncle."

1985? Gibbs was shocked and said in surprise: "According to the information, when Bob's mother disappeared, he was only 12 years old!"

Everyone else was also shocked. A 12-year-old boy actually killed his mother in such a cruel way. He was a wolf cub with a cold nature! After everyone was surprised, Abby continued, "The next four new victims have all disappeared in the past three years..."

Well, now it’s confirmed - there is indeed an imitator, and he is still committing crimes!
Abby said: "In addition, I have written a terrain matching program. Aram is currently optimizing it, and McGee is extracting the terrain feature points from the photos. We will then start analyzing and comparing them..."

At this time, Tony ran in again and said, "I just found out that in the past three years, the only two people who had the most contact with Bob, besides the prison guards, were the biographer John Briggs. He made 229 calls and visited Bob 96 times in the past three years, ostensibly to write a biography for Bob.

"The other person was Bob's appellate attorney, Elle O'Neill, who would basically meet with him in jail once or twice a month...

"Compared to that, I think Briggs is more suspicious! I checked his information. He served in the army for four years and was 'dishonorably discharged' in 2002. In 2011, he was arrested for domestic violence against his girlfriend..."

"Boss, shall we go arrest someone?"

Gibbs also began to suspect that the guy he had met once and disliked was actually writing a biography for a psychopathic murderer, and he had committed serious crimes. It was indeed very suspicious... After a little hesitation, he said, "Okay, Tony, come with me to catch him! McGee, go locate Briggs's cell phone signal and report it to us at any time..."

"Wait a minute, Jethro, that lawyer is also suspicious." Carrie said, "How about this, I'll send a group of operatives to go with you to catch that writer... Gina, let Jeffrey take people to catch that lawyer as well!"

"Understood." Gina agreed and immediately made arrangements.

Gibbs pondered for a moment, but did not object. He took Tony out and left Sera to find McGee and inform him immediately if he found the place where the body was hidden.
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At 4 p.m., biographer John Briggs and appellate lawyer Al O'Neill were captured by Gibbs' Jeffrey. The former was taken to NCIS and the latter was taken to SLR, where they were immediately interrogated...

However, the terrain comparison program jointly developed by Abby, McGee, and Alam is still under query. After two hours of use, they found that the accuracy of Google Maps was not enough. In the 100,000 square kilometers of Virginia, they found dozens of terrains with 70% matching results. How could this be possible!

The three technical experts felt that their profession was insulted. Of course, it was not that the program they developed was not good, but the map was not good. So they jointly found Kerry and applied for a higher-precision map.

Kerry had not expected this problem to arise. Fortunately, he had enough connections and friends, so he made a few phone calls and obtained the two-hour use rights of two high-precision reconnaissance satellites from the NSA (National Security Agency), but the time period was at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning.

As for tonight, the three technical talents decided not to leave and sleep in the guest room on the ninth floor of SLR waiting for tomorrow morning!

(End of this chapter)