Chapter 999: Still in Hawaii (Part 9)
"These people are either divorced or separated. They are all single and temporarily unemployed for various reasons. Even if they disappear, they will not attract attention. They are perfect victims."
Jack roughly compared the information of several people and couldn't help but secretly sighed. It seemed that lying down was risky.
"You mean there's something wrong with that drug trial?" Hanna looked at a few people.
Kono shook his head. With her petite body standing in front of Hanna, the two of them could go straight to filming "Beauty and the Beast" without makeup.
"The pharmaceutical company should not be involved. The entire trial has legal procedures."
"The problem lies with Ken Tanner, he is the only one who has complete information about these people." Cheng Hao looked at Jack, "You reminded me to investigate his financial situation, and then I found a bunch of problems.
This guy was on the verge of bankruptcy a few months ago. His mortgage and car loans were all overdue, and all his credit cards were maxed out. But just last month, a remittance of $500,000 saved his life. "
"The source of the remittance?" Karen narrowed her eyes slightly.
"This is the part that takes the longest time. I found some connections to speed up the investigation. The source of the remittance comes from a company called 'CF\u0026Q'."
Cheng Hao connected his mobile phone to the computer and called up several bank statements.
"That's a company under the name of Comescu." Karen recognized the company at a glance.
"Uh, I thought NCIS had taken away all his family's property?" Danny looked at the two NCIS agents in confusion.
"All illegal industries," Karen corrected.
"OK, anyway, things are basically clear." Jack has almost figured out the context of the whole thing. The matter is not complicated. What they lacked before was just enough information.
"Comescu obtained the smallpox virus from the vaccine research laboratory in Montemari. In order to verify the effectiveness of these viruses, he bribed Ken Tanner and selected four people with difficult backgrounds from the list of test drugs he had. The innocent people who attract attention are used as guinea pigs.
Palmer's escape should be just an accident. As a veteran, he burst out with a will to survive that is beyond ordinary people. This is an unexpected factor.
After realizing that Palmer's escape might lead to the exposure of the entire experiment, Comescu began to clean up his hands. First, he killed Ken Tanner and pretended to commit suicide to delay time. The next step was..."
Jack didn't finish his words, but everyone else obviously understood what he meant.
"We need to find their experimental base as soon as possible. The remaining three experimental subjects may still be alive, and they will be silenced soon." Karen pointed with his finger at the photo of the three people on the screen.
Although there is little hope, Jack said secretly in his heart.
There is no specific cure for the smallpox virus, and it can only be immunized through vaccination. This allowed Palmer to escape from the laboratory and persist until he returned home for help. In addition to his tenacious will to survive, he should have been vaccinated in the military. This is also one of the reasons.
The other three people on the screen have no experience in joining the military and have never been vaccinated. In theory, they can not last longer than Palmer.
But no matter what, we must find Comescu's virus laboratory as soon as possible. Firstly, there may be hope, and secondly, there may be more victims.
"I'm going to notify the HPD and mobilize all police forces to try to find the whereabouts of Comescu or investigate suspicious locations." Danny said as he was about to pick up the phone, but was stopped by Jack.
"I don't think it's necessary." Jack's fingers quickly slid across the screen. "Don't you think Comescu's one-time payment of $500,000 to Ken Tanner was too much? He bought those virus vials for a total of only Spend $6,000.”
His fingers stopped on one of the bank statements and he double-clicked to enlarge it. "After receiving the money, Ken Tanner spent almost half of it to pay off the bank bills, but he also spent the other half to Buy"
"Hospital bed and life monitor?" Everyone exclaimed.
"It's more than that." Jack pointed his finger at the item with the highest amount, "The negative pressure air purification system, the total price and installation cost is 140,000 US dollars. We have actually seen something similar not long ago."
Danny suddenly realized, "Isolation ward at Hawaii Medical Center!"
"Yes, Ken Tanner was much more involved than we previously thought. He was also involved in the establishment of the laboratory."
Jack googled the manufacturer selling this equipment and quickly found the delivery and installation address by phone. He looked at several locals with some confusion.
"There is a place called Sand Island near Oahu? They said this set of equipment was sent to a warehouse on Sand Island."
"Of course." A sarcastic smile appeared on Kono's lips, "Do you know what Sand Island was called in the past?"
"What?" Hanna asked in amusement.
"Isolation island." Cheng Hao gave the answer.
"Sounds very relevant to infectious diseases or something." Danny raised his feet and started to go out, "I hope we can still make it to the party."
However, Jack stopped him the next moment, "Wait a minute, are you planning to deal with a group of dangerous guys selling biological and chemical weapons?"
As he spoke, he patted his waist, where there was only a pitiful little pistol.
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A black Subaru, a silver Camaro and a red Chevrolet Malibu, three cars were driving fast on the highway near the coast.
Cheng Hao was in charge of driving the Subaru, while Jack was sitting in the passenger seat sorting out his equipment, including police bulletproof vests, ceramic plug plates, communicators, and AR-15 rifles.
What kind of task force specially appointed by the governor, the equipment is so shabby? The only sniper rifle Jack saw in the "Five-O" gun cabinet just now was an old Remington 700P, which was obviously a second-hand product.
"So, do you also drive your own car when you are on a mission?" Jack asked tentatively, and the red Malibu leading the way seemed to be Kono's car.
"There will be some subsidies from above. After all, we are only a team established less than two years ago. Although there are some special grants from the state, it is definitely not as rich as your FBI." Cheng Hao didn't seem to understand what Jack meant.
"Uh, I mean, what if it is damaged during a mission?" Jack asked tentatively.
"Go to the vehicle repair department of HPD. Their skills are quite good." Cheng Hao didn't understand why he cared about this.
Jack's cheek twitched, "I mean, the kind that can't be repaired."
Cheng Hao was stunned for a moment, as if he had never thought about this question before, "So, are your FBI missions usually so dangerous?"