Chapter 125 Chapter 124

Carey interjected, breaking the tension. "Matt, what Danny means is that Uncle Tom may have deliberately imitated the modus operandi of other killers." "Then how many ways of strangling are there?" "Many. Some with ropes, some with hands, and..." "It's just a question, Danny." Danny hesitated, not knowing what the question meant. "Anyway, I think Uncle Tom is copying the modus operandi of John Duffy the railroad rapist, just as he copied Robert Blake." "Then why did he do that?" If the kid was going to take part in the adult debate, he'd have to make him suffer.

"I think he's researched these types of cases, picked his criminal modus operandi from his idols, looked for inspiration for his crimes. He wanted to make his name in criminal history." Matt turned to Carey and asked, "Are we serious?" "Of course. I'll follow up. The business card is a sure sign that he wants attention." "And my small team theory," Danny said. "Your what?" Matt and Carey asked in unison. "My small team theory. It's a man and a woman teaming up. You know, the modern-day Brady and Hindley, or Fred and Rosemary."

"Come on," Matt retorted. Carey somewhat agrees. "Do you know anything?" "Not sure yet. There was a case a few months ago where a woman lured a child into a white van. A little girl. She wasn't killed, or anything. Just molested. The papers almost None. I guess I remember because it involved a woman, which is unusual. I mean, of course, women molesting children. Nursery staff do it all the time. But it still strikes me as unusual. Sexual assaults by women rarely happen on the side of the road." "I agree with you, Danny." Carey shook her hair out, cascading it over her shoulders.Danny's eyes lit up.For the past ten minutes, he had barely left her eyes.This fact did not escape Matt's eyes.

Danny asked, "Do you think he was looking for the spoils?" "It's guaranteed. Every girl so far has had some clothing missing. Including the girl in the boot of the car." Matt said: "If you mean he has a fetish for little girls' panties, then don't mince words, just say it." "No, fetishes are different, Matt." "Don't you know?" Danny grinned at the grown-up, but Matt glared at him.There's a huge gap between him and him. "The funniest thing I've ever seen was America's 'Underwear Heist,'" Danny said, picking up the conversation fluently, as if he often discussed these topics with his guests. "Bruce Lyons, when was it? '88? '89?"

"'88," Carey said. "He hijacked a lingerie store at gunpoint, ordered female staff and customers to take off their panties, and then masturbated in front of them!" Matt couldn't help laughing. "Travel hunting is different," Carey said. "It satisfies a basic instinct of human beings from the hunting and gathering era, which is the need to hunt for food and conquer a mate." "Like Robert Hansen in Alaska," Danny added. "He was a big game hunter. He kidnapped women, stripped them naked, and drove them into the wild so he could track them down and hunt them."

"Oh, stop blowing it, Danny." Matt flatly denied.Danny reached for his folder. "Ok, I trust you!" Carey said: "As far as I'm concerned, Uncle Tom's leaving his victims' clothes fulfills two needs. They are the material reward of obscenity. They serve as sexual incentives as he relives the scenes in his imagination. It may also serve as a warm-up for his next crime.” As Matt frantically takes shorthand notes, the conversation slowly turns into a showdown between Carey and Danny.Both try to overwhelm the other by uncovering little-known real cases.About Uncle Tom, obviously, he knew all he could.

"I'm going to Cafe Nile," Matt announced. "Is there anyone who wants to join me?" Danny and Carey were too preoccupied to strike up a conversation. Matt had to let them go.