Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 64: DEA (Seeking Follow-up! Seeking Recommendations!)

Team 5 Investigation Unit's office area.

The sound of rapid keystrokes rose, and after a while, Mona leaned her head towards the agent beside her, Luo An, and said:

"You guessed it right, Luo An. The four victims of the New Jersey Lake Case—Linda Chipo, Beatrix Leon, Natalie Carrel, and Tamara Terry—their weddings were all held at Little Saint Phil Church in the Closter Region of New Jersey."

"OK."

Agent Luo An nodded upon hearing this. Another agent, Reed, leaned in and after a few seconds raised a question:

"Is there a connection to this series of murders?"

"Highly likely."

Agent Luo An nodded and explained:

"The family addresses, workplaces, and social environments of the four victims were completely unrelated. Even their physical appearances did not share any distinct characteristics, for instance all being blonde or redhead etc.

The only link is that they were all married women.

So now that we've found out that several victims got married at the same church, to say there is no connection would be absolutely impossible."

Mona continued to retrieve the list of couples who were married at the church over the years and then said:

"Before holding a wedding, the church's management has the bride and groom fill out their personal information, such as names, home addresses, and places of work.

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According to the church's manager, unless the newlyweds come back to request this information, these details are stored in the church on paper and only processed every few years.

The murderer could have easily used that information to find the victims."

"It looks like this is where the murderer determined his targets."

After Mona's explanation, Reesi, who was hugging her waist, nodded.

Agent Luo An glanced at Reesi and asked Mona in a deep voice:

"Can we find out who might have had access to the personal information of these newlywed couples?"

"We probably have to conduct a site investigation at Little Saint Phil Church for that."

Mona spread her hands, her facial expression clearly exasperated:

"Normally, only the church's manager would have access to those records.

However, according to the couples who have had their weddings there, apart from the front hall which is clean and spacious, other areas of the church are quite modest.

Because there isn't anything valuable, there are no cameras installed in the corridors, the small rooms are rarely locked, and their only security is an elderly priest.

If someone determined wanted to enter the church and steal the information, they could do it without drawing any attention."

"Alright."

Seeing the photo of the newlyweds during their wedding, with a crowd of people eating freely at the small square outside the church due to a donation event, Luo An rubbed his temples and after a long silence said:

"Alright, Reesi, you and Reed go to Little Saint Phil Church and bring back the list of couples who got married there in the past ten years. We probably need to go through each one by one."

"What?"

Hearing Luo An's words, Reed had no particular reaction, but Reesi, who was caressing Mona's slim waist, suddenly jumped on the spot, her face full of questions:

"Why do we need to retrieve records from such a long time ago? Can't we just investigate whether the church's manager at the time of the four victims' disappearances has an alibi?"

"We will definitely investigate that, but not now."

Seeing the puzzled looks from Reesi, Reed, and Mona, Luo An's mouth twitched, and he cleared his throat before explaining:

"Firstly, among the victims, Mara Terry got married eight years ago but died two weeks ago. We can't be sure if there is any connection between that.

Secondly, according to the forensic report, it's clear that this isn't the murderer's first crime.

So we need to check these couples from the church to see if there were any disappearances prior to this and then try to find the bodies or establish a connection between the victims."

"The more frequently the killer commits the crime, the more he exposes himself. Especially in his earlier crimes, they will definitely provide us, the FBI, with a heap of evidence to discover his true identity.

At the crime scenes of the third and fourth victims, no trace was found that could relate the killer to the crime.

Even if the church administrator does not have an alibi, it's still useless because without evidence, we cannot link him to the victims.

Therefore, while investigating the church administrator, we must also find previous cases committed by the killer and gather more evidence to nail the real culprit!"

After listening to Agent Luo An's methodical narrative, Reesi and Led realized the situation and nodded decisively before departing from the office area.

Mona, however, stared at the computer and pondered for a moment before tilting her head and asking:

"But when the newlyweds were getting married in the church, there were so many people who came for the donation event to freeload food and drinks—what about them? We can't rule out their suspicion either, can we?"

"..."

Luo An glanced at Mona and was about to answer when Augustus suddenly entered the office with two white-suited agents and shouted:

"Luo An! Come to the meeting room!"

"Okay, Chief."

After patting Mona on the shoulder, Luo An instructed her to log into the FBI database to search for cases in the Little Saint Phil Church area, focusing on murder, violent assault, and stalking cases before he entered the meeting room.

As soon as he entered the meeting room and closed the door, Augustus pointed to the two white agents and introduced them to Luo An:

"This is Agent Norton from the FBI's Organized Crime Division on the left. And on the right is Agent Maren from the Drug Enforcement Bureau."

The job of the FBI's Organized Crime Division is mainly to focus on gangs.

The DEA, or Drug Enforcement Administration, primarily targets illegal flour transactions and usage within America.

Note! It is illegal flour!

They don't bother with the legal ones.

"Hello, just call me Luo An."

Raising an eyebrow, Luo An extended his hand to shake with the two agents, then tilted his head and asked:

"May I ask what brings you two here today?"

"Hello, Agent Luo An."

The special investigation agents from the two departments exchanged glances, and Norton from the FBI's Organized Crime Division explained:

"The thing is, our two departments have been investigating the Hyena Gang for a year, trying to put their boss Lu Lai'en behind bars..."

In simple terms, after the FBI and the DEA performed the Great Memory Recovery Skill together on the black man named Joan who Luo An arrested today, he revealed some clues that were insignificant to Joan but very important to the DEA and FBI.

So the two agents are here today to express their gratitude to Agent Luo An of Team Five.

Seeing the check for 1000 US dollars passed over, Luo An was slightly taken aback—catching a black man randomly could earn money?

With so many black men on the streets...

Luo An cast a side glance at Augustus with his big belly and dark complexion, and quickly tossed aside the thoughts in his mind.

"Thank you."

He accepted the check and politely expressed his gratitude.

Just then, Luo An caught a glimpse of DEA Agent Maren coughing and about to speak. His eyes sparkled as he quickly pocketed the check and grabbed the hands of the two agents, smiling warmly:

"As an FBI agent, I've always admired the work of your two departments!

Feel free to call on me whenever you need assistance—I'm always ready to help with anything except for high-risk tasks such as going undercover, assassinating gang leaders, gathering gang intelligence, planting bugs, secretly filming, or seducing the gang boss's wife... other than those, I'll definitely help you out! Believe me, solving cases is my forte!"

Maren: "..."

Norton: "..."