Chapter 10 Chapter One

Hello, my name is Sampson Christophers and I am the former head of the New York Bureau of the FBI.Our operation this time is mainly to cooperate with the police in hunting down a pair of desperate, vicious and insane desperadoes who are running around.In Pennsylvania, an inmate escaped with the help of his female accomplice.The suspects were smart and moved quickly, and it was clear they didn't want to be caught by the police.Police and FBI agents must apprehend criminals before they escape the country.Based on the clues left by the criminals and the electronic information that can only provide limited intelligence, the police began to track the absconded criminals across the state, but it always seemed to be one step too late.

On September 25, 1993, a friend of the 74-year-old Charmian Fasnich called the Palmyra Police Department. "Hi, this is 911. Can I help you, ma'am?" the operator asked. "I can't find my friend, I'm worried about him, can you help us?" Because he hasn't seen Charmian Fasnich for a long time, his friend is worried. "Okay! Where does he live?" the operator asked. His friend gave police the home address of Charmian Fasnich, and two officers went there immediately.Charmian Fasnich is a renter here, and the police quickly found his landlord and hoped that he could open the door of Charmian Fasnich’s house and let the police go in for investigation.

"Okay! I have the key here!" The landlord took the key and brought two policemen to Charmian Fasnich's door, then opened the door and said, "I haven't seen this old man for a long time , he doesn't seem to like coming out very much. Maybe he's sleeping at this time!" "Well, thank you, we need to go in and have a look!" Two policemen walked in, but as soon as they entered the door, the police immediately found dried flowers and newspapers scattered on the floor, as well as some broken porcelain pieces, and the whole room was in a mess.There were solidified bloodstains on the ground and walls, extending from the room to the basement.The landlord who brought the police in saw this scene, his legs were a little weak, and he shouted: "God, what happened here!"

The two policemen looked at each other, and they both saw the uneasy look in the other's eyes.The blood on the ground indicated that a violent incident was likely to have occurred here, and the messy room showed that it was likely to have been stolen or robbed.Reminiscent of the fact that the person living here is just a 74-year-old widowed old man... Realizing that something was wrong, the two policemen picked up the communicator to call for support, drew out their guns and carefully followed the blood on the ground to the basement, where they found a dead body.Seeing the corpse for the first time, the expressions of the two policemen were a little unnatural.Although they have been police officers for a long time and have seen many corpses and photos of corpses left after various cases, they are obviously not mentally prepared to face a highly decomposed corpse.As for the landlord, the first time he saw the corpse, he immediately vomited it out.

A policeman on the left frowned: "Take him out, don't spoil the scene." The other policeman nodded and walked out with the landlord whose legs were already weak.And the remaining one, after a simple survey, also exited the basement. "Headquarters, headquarters, code 3, code 3, a corpse was found here, we need a forensic doctor!" Before the technicians arrived, the two policemen decided to leave here to protect the scene as much as possible.At this time, the bloody smell in the entire basement has not dissipated, and the smell here is particularly uncomfortable. Detective Sandra Cliff of the Lebanon County Criminal Investigation Department was the first to arrive at the crime scene, and the County Criminal Investigation Department soon began assisting the township police in the investigation.He found it ransacked, with drawers opened and the contents of the house strewn about.On the way from the basement to the small storage room, and of course on the steps, traces of dragging can be clearly seen.

People saw a shocking scene in the storage room. The victim's hands and feet were tied behind his back.There were multiple layers of plastic bags over the head, sheets and blankets, and lots of tape and wires.The neck was also tightly bound with a rope.It was either duct tape or wires on the deceased.The plastic bag is wrapped with tape on top of the cloth sheet.You can imagine how painful it was before he died. In order to find the traces left by the criminals, the on-site criminal investigators carefully inspected every corner of the room.The fingerprints were collected carefully, and a roll of tape was found on the table. The criminal investigators suspected that this was the tape used by the criminals during the murder.Since there were no witnesses, criminal investigators could only find some clues by carefully examining all items.Simply collecting evidence is only the first step in solving a case, and then it depends on the loss of the victim's property.

Detective Sandra Cliff first discovered that Mr. Charmian's wallet was missing, and then found that the charges for the Express card and the credit card were missing; pay attention to these documents, the account number was torn off; criminal investigators also found in the bedroom A box of unsealed checks; technicians soon discovered that several consecutive numbered checks were missing from the box.That's not all, they discovered that Mr Charmian's car was also missing. Because it was a small town, Detective Sandra Cliff knew the victim.They agreed that Charmian Fasnich could not have been the target of such criminals.

Charmian Fasnich had been a gardener and had lived here all his life.The local people know him, he is very popular, and he is a well-known good guy in the town.Everyone was surprised that he died.It was evident that either this was a robbery which turned into a murder, or that Mr. Charmian Fasnich died first and the house was subsequently ransacked.Now they are waiting for the forensic report. Palmyra is a small town in Lebanon County.This is a very peaceful town, where homicides are very rare, and in the few occasional murders, most of the victims also know the murderer.During the autopsy, because the victim's face was already difficult to identify, the forensic doctor could only confirm the identity of the deceased through the dental records.According to the degree of decomposition of the body, the medical examiner concluded that the time of death of Charmian Fasnich was two weeks ago.The victim suffered multiple serious injuries, none of which were fatal.The results of the medical examination of the respiratory tract showed that the victim died slowly from asphyxiation.Additional testing is still ongoing.

Fingerprint testing was also in full swing, and investigators quickly found matches from local suspect files.The autopsy report was quickly delivered to Sandra Cliff's desk. "Alberta Ward?!" Sandra exclaimed. "Did something happen, sir?" The police officer delivering the autopsy report looked at Sandra strangely.He knew the name Alberta Ward, the autopsy report said so.Fingerprints found at the victim's home matched this guy's.In other words, this guy named Alberta Ward is very likely to be the murderer of the old gardener Charmian Fasnich. "I know this guy! Alberta Ward, this is a perpetual thief and drug addict, I personally sent him to prison!" Sandra's face was very strange, as if she saw something impossible .In fact, according to the sentence, Alberta Ward should be in prison at the moment.Because he is a habitual offender, his prison time is sentenced according to the law.There are still many years before he is released from prison.And Alberta Ward was not, on the record, a honest fellow.In other words, he should have no chance of getting a reduced sentence!

Of course, the police officer responsible for delivering the autopsy report didn't know this, he murmured in a low voice: "Oh? When was he released from prison? Didn't he want to repent and continue to commit crimes after he was released from prison? " But Sandra didn't have time to pay attention to the police officer. He immediately picked up the phone on the table and dialed the prison number: "Hi, hello. This is the Lebanon County Police Department, and I'm Officer Sander La Cliff." "Hello, how can I help you?" A young and somewhat aggressive male voice came from the opposite side.

"I want to check the information on Alberta Ward. We have a case here that seems to be related to him!" Sandra controlled the speed of her speech, trying to make herself calm. "Alberta Ward?! No need to check, I know this guy! He escaped from prison two weeks ago, and we are currently hunting him down with the various state police agencies!" An exclamation came from the opposite side. "Prison break?" Sandra cried out.Then he immediately read the official documents of the recent period.Sure enough, in the middle of the pile of official documents was a document about the arrest of Alberta Ward. Sandra was mainly responsible for general criminal cases, so he didn't pay much attention to this wanted document at the time.But now it seems that I was really too negligent at the time. Although some criminals escape from prison in news reports, please pay attention to the news, but in fact, it is not so easy to escape from prison, or it is close to impossible!There are all kinds of strict monitoring facilities in modern prisons. Since the prisons are all criminals, many of them are very dangerous, so the prison guards are equipped with live ammunition.They have the right to shoot anyone who dares to defy the law and get away with it!Because of this, jailbreak is simply impossible without human negligence and violent rescue. And now, such an impossible thing happened in front of Sandra.And this escaped prisoner was sent to prison by himself! Sandra immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.Ordinary prisoners, if they are not forced to do so, will not escape from prison.Because not only is the risk high, but federal law has severe penalties for jailbreaking.Once recaptured, you are almost guaranteed to die of old age in prison! Therefore, almost all those who choose to escape are probationers, or criminals who have been sentenced to life imprisonment, but this Alberta Ward is not.He was arrested that year for theft.Although he has a criminal record and is a habitual offender, his charges are actually not too big. The judge gave him a sentence of four years in prison.This is not an unacceptable punishment for criminals.Sandra remembered that Alberta Ward was arrested on Christmas Eve the year before last for stealing while the family was away.He was finally caught on the spot by neighbors. In this way, he has spent half of his four-year sentence.Compared with the remaining two years in prison, the price to be paid for escaping from prison is too high!Once the jailbreak is successful, it means that you must live in panic in the future.Never being able to identify yourself to others, or even seeing your family again.Is there any reason why he had to escape from prison?Sandra thought puzzledly. "Can you tell me the specific situation?" Sandra wanted to know the specific situation.Because under normal circumstances, escaped prisoners will have a deformed fearlessness.They think they have completely opposed the government, and then they don't care about federal laws.After escaping from prison, they usually choose to take revenge on those who had enemies with them back then.For Alberta Ward, Sandra is clearly the most obvious target.It was Sandra who sent him to prison with her own hands.Sandra is not afraid of Alberta Ward's revenge, but he must consider the safety of his family. "The specific situation? If you want, I don't mind talking to you." The assertive voice came from the phone. "Thank you." Sandra was in no mood to talk nonsense with him, he just wanted to figure out the current situation.Why did Alberta Ward escape from prison?What does he want to do after he breaks out? "Officer Sandra, you should know that in prison, as long as there is no bad record, you can get a few hours of prison time every week, right?" The voice from the opposite side asked. "Yes, I know. But what does this have to do with Alberta Ward?" So-called probation.When a criminal has been approved by psychological counseling during his imprisonment and believes that the criminal will not be a danger to society, the psychological counseling can submit a written application for relaxed treatment to the prison.Although this application cannot reach the point of reducing the sentence, it can give the prisoner a little freedom, that is, to get a few hours out of prison every week or every month.This period of time is free, without any police officers following, and criminals can do whatever they want without violating federal laws.At this time, most prisoners will choose to stay with their families and enjoy the rare warmth.Of course, this application is not so easy to obtain.Because, once the criminal has any problems while serving his sentence outside prison, the psychological counseling must take full responsibility.Therefore, psychological counseling will not prescribe this easily.Because of this, the criminals are very jealous of this precious application. "Alberta Ward was doing so well in prison that he was presented with an application by a counselor." "Damn it!" Sandra cursed in a low voice.I don't know if he was talking about Alberta Ward or the psychological counselor, "After getting this application, he immediately chose to escape from prison?" "No, no, no! It's been a while since he got this application for serving a sentence outside prison, and it's precisely because of this that we have neglected him." The prison guard on the other end of the phone explained, "He can Come back on time, and as time goes by, everyone has become less wary of him..." The prison guard on the other end of the phone looked a little embarrassed.However, he seemed to be very good at talking, and immediately changed the topic: "Although Alberta Ward escaped from prison two weeks ago, the specific implementation should have started a long time ago." Sandra asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" "A few weeks ago, Alberta Ward met a woman named Katrina Kitto who was a waitress at a bar. Katrina soon became Alberta Ward's daughter-in-law. Friend." Speaking of this, the prison guard suddenly let out a burst of admiration: "I have seen that woman before, she is a beautiful black chick, her figure is really hot!" "Ahem..." Sandra was almost choked by this sudden sentence, "Police officer, please watch your words!" "You really have no sense of humor." Since it is not a system, the prison guard on the opposite side obviously has no fear of Sandra. After complaining slightly, he continued, "Afterwards, Alberta Ward He would go to her every week, and then he would go back to the prison when the time outside the prison was almost up. Until two weeks ago, he applied for a leave of absence from the prison, hoping to stay out for a few more days to deal with his own affairs .Because of Alberta Ward's good behavior, the prison approved it. But this time, when his vacation was over, he still did not come back..." After pondering for a while, Sandra asked, "Then have you investigated this woman named Katrina?" "Officer, we are just prison guards. This kind of work should be done by your police station." The prison guard said helplessly. "Okay, thank you." After finishing speaking, Sandra hung up the phone directly. He was afraid that if he said a few more words to him, he would ruin his heart, which was not very good.