Chapter 298 Untitled
As the old sheriff said, Medical Examiner Randy Whitehurst's position was beyond reproach, he was just conditioned by the system.
After receiving Jack's hint, he bluntly stated that he was too busy at work recently and the formal report would take at least three weeks to complete.
Different from Jane's idea, Jack does not think that the FBI bringing in a professional team to turn the reservation upside down will have any positive effect on solving the case.
Although Aboriginal women are not counted in the federal missing population statistics, and the data on sexual assault is also vague, a forensic doctor who has worked locally for more than ten years can always know something. .
What Jack just asked was this kind of question, especially the corpses found in the wild. Excluding the unnamed female corpses that were frozen to death on the roadside due to drunkenness and related traffic accidents, including those that were eaten by wild beasts until only some remains were left. Around the reservation, there are as few as three or four and as many as seven or eight a year.
According to the medical examiner, more or less, he could find evidence of suspected sexual assault, including Corey Lambert's daughter Emily.
Although the body was almost eaten by wolves, forensic doctors still found traces of suspected binding and abuse in some parts of the remains.
Maybe the two girls' deaths were not related, after all, they were three years apart, but Jack's intuition told Jack that someone, or a group, was unscrupulously targeting local women to vent their animal desires.
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When the three of them arrived at the home of the victim's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hansen, hunter Corey Lambert had already arrived first. Braxton and Aaliyah were frozen in the snow for more than two hours. We can finally get in.
"Our parents were forcibly taken away from their parents when they were five or six years old. Some of them were sent to boarding schools, and some were given to white families for adoption."
"This policy of forced assimilation has not allowed white people to eliminate discrimination against red-skinned people. They have been unable to integrate into white society, and have lost their cultural inheritance and normal family concepts."
"Our generation has been fighting this damn life since birth. We have been grazing and farming on this barren land all our lives, trying hard to teach our children."
"But clearly we failed."
Jack, Hunter Corey, and Aaliyah's father Martin Hansen sat in a small courtyard filled with snow and puffed away their smoke.
After the two fathers who had lost their beloved daughters hugged each other and cried, everyone was finally able to sit down and talk calmly for a while.
Corey's story gave Jack a better understanding of the indigenous people on this reservation, but it did not help the investigation of the case.
Because of the desperate life in the reservation, Aaliyah has longed to leave here since she came of age. However, the outside world is not friendly to the indigenous people until she is lucky enough to meet Braxton.
Aaliyah's sister Natalie also left her parents when she became an adult and lived alone. She wanted to imitate her sister and find someone who could trust her for life and leave this barren land.
Therefore, the Hansens did not know much about her current situation and could not provide many useful clues.
"I'm tired, Corey, I'm tired of these hopeless days." Martin Hansen took a deep breath of cigarette.
"Think about your son, and Aaliyah." Corey tried to comfort him.
"Oh, my son, the drug addict is his family now, and he has left this family long ago." Martin Hansen's tone was full of hatred.
"I hope you can find out that he is involved in this matter and send him to prison. Maybe that is the best place for him to end up."
"Is he still hanging out with that poisonous Sam?" Corey shook his head, his tone full of regret.
Martin Hansen nodded, "Yes." Then he looked at Jack.
"Are you a policeman?"
"A policeman on leave and a friend of your son-in-law." Jack tried to get closer.
"Son-in-law? Are you talking about that bastard who tried to insult me with money?" When it came to Braxton, Martin Hansen seemed still a little angry.
Jack also just found out the reason why the young couple was locked out of the door and not allowed in. When Braxton took Aaliyah away, he took out a 10W knife.
Then naturally there was nothing more. Although the Hansons learned afterward that Aaliyah was doing well in Los Angeles, they never forgave Braxton.
Jack extinguished Martin Hansen's anger with just one sentence, "Braxton only has one brother. They were separated for more than twenty years for some reasons, so he cherishes his family very much, but he is also not very good at it. Express feelings."
Martin Hansen seemed a little surprised, his lips trembled, and the half of the cigarette butt on them trembled, but he didn't say anything after all.
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Braxton and Aaliyah were left to accompany the Hansens. Jack still drove, Jane sat in the passenger seat, and the two leading cars in front were the old police chief and hunter Corey.
Sam the Poisonous Man's house is less than four miles away from where the body was found. Yesterday the old sheriff said Natalie wouldn't hang out with those guys, but since her brother lives there now, everyone decided to come over.
By the time they arrived at the dilapidated iron house, snowflakes were falling from the sky again. Fortunately, there was no strong wind like yesterday, so it didn't cause too much trouble.
"Sam Bart and Frank Walker live here, two absolute bastards, Hanson's son is just an idiot, and the other two are pus-soaked soles, so be careful."
The old police chief's attitude towards Jane has now changed 180 degrees, and he gradually talks more.
"Then shouldn't we call in a few more helpers?" Jane looked around. There were only four people on her side and at least three on the other side. Considering that poisonous insects like to get together, it was hard to say how many there actually were.
"Oh, Jane, in a place like this, there is no help. We can only rely on ourselves." The old police chief sighed.
"I'm going to block it in the back." Corey looked around with a telescope, but found nothing. He took a shotgun from his car and walked around the back of the tin house.
Jack followed the two of them at a short distance. Although he was carrying two guns, his identity was a bit embarrassing at the moment. It was best not to shoot unless it was absolutely necessary, otherwise it would be detrimental to the subsequent investigation.
The tin house was in dilapidated condition, and the outer walls were patched with wooden boards and even cardboard, barely blocking the cold wind outside.
Standing at the door, you could clearly hear the loud music coming from inside. Without saying a word, the old police chief stepped forward and banged the door hard.
My routine was messed up again. This chapter made me feel so uncomfortable. I felt depressed all day long.