Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 89: Before Entering the Bank

Hearing Reesi and Mona's questions, Luo An cleared his throat slightly and continued to explain:

"The second point is that in the surveillance video, we can see the robbers' most genuine physical expressions and actions, not the second-hand narrations of on-site witnesses.

This is the most related and authentic information we can rely on when looking for the robbers.

Of course, we are only temporarily focusing all our energy on the surveillance footage to see if clues that were overlooked by Investigative Team 14 can be found.

We are not abandoning other evidence; we'll examine it all in turn, it's just a matter of the order in which we look at them."

"OK."

After hearing Luo An's words, everyone nodded in understanding, and Augustus didn't mince his words. He waved his hand and directed everyone back to their desks to start reviewing the surveillance videos.

There were a total of 6 bank robberies. Two robbers wearing black clothing, from the moment they opened the bank's main door to entering the lobby, and then one of them taking out black paint to smear the surveillance cameras, the whole process took less than ten seconds, and the fastest time was only seven seconds.

Seeing this scene, Mona's eyelids twitched, and the others also looked troubled, all turning their gaze towards Luo An.

Luo An was not affected by everyone's stares, after carefully reviewing the surveillance videos of the robbers entering the bank for the six cases, he fell silent for a while, then tilted his head towards Mona:

"Mona, can you put these six videos on the same screen and play them all at once?"

"It's possible, but if we do that, the videos will be completely unclear."

Mona shook her head. The current year was 2005, and computer screens were only so large. Six videos played together made the screen very crowded.

Moreover, the video quality of these bank surveillance cameras was also quite average, far from the clarity of later years. If you enlarged it slightly, the people in the video became blurred beyond recognition.

"Alright."

Luo An nodded, not dwelling on this issue, and began to play the videos in slow motion bit by bit on the computer.

Meanwhile, Luo An also pulled out a notebook, playing the videos while taking notes and sketches.

Seeing Luo An immersed in the surveillance videos, Augustus patted his bulging belly and picked up a folder at random.

"Reesi."

Augustus flipped through the folder briefly, turned his head towards Reesi, and inquired:

"Besides the hostages taken by the robbers, the bank employees who were frightened by the information in the transparent folders also came into close contact with the robbers. Did they mention the robbers' faces or the color of their pupils?"

Hearing Augustus' words, Reesi pulled out a folder of witness statements and looked through it carefully before shaking her head:

"Indeed, a few bank employees mentioned the color of the robbers' pupils, but they mentioned all kinds of colors - brown, black, dark brown.

As for the faces, several employees said they saw the skin was white through the two holes for the eyes in the robbers' black hoods."

"It seems that Mr. White Robber's threats have frightened these ladies."

Augustus shook his head after hearing Reesi's words, saying no more.

These bank employees were ordinary people, not professionally trained, and it was normal for their memories to be in disarray after being startled.

Especially since the robbers had also threatened their families.

"Hmm?"

Thinking of the transparent folders that the robbers had, which contained the personal information of the bank employees' family members, Augustus suddenly thought of something and asked:

"Has there been any investigation into how the robbers knew the identity information of the bank employees' family members?"

"Investigative Team 14 has already looked into this."

Hearing Augustus' words, William next to him pulled out a folder and spread his hands open:

"The robbers threatened the bank staff with information about their family members, which was just simple names, contact details, and residential addresses.

This kind of information can be obtained from various channels such as hospitals, post offices, schools, and restaurants. The scope is too broad; we simply cannot ascertain from where the robbers obtained this information."

America has always boasted about valuing citizens' privacy and protecting their personal information.

However, in reality, America is one of the countries with the most severe personal information leaks in the world.

"OK."

After listening to William's words, Augustus furrowed his brows, patted his stomach, and realized that all the angles he thought of seemed to have already been considered by Team 14, and they had investigated them, but in the end, they found nothing.

Ultimately, the main issue is the scarcity of surveillance videos in the bank's perimeter area; once the robbers leave the bank, their figures completely vanish.

"I don't know if this would count as a clue."

After some time had passed, Mona suddenly spoke up, drawing the attention of the three of them:

"I've noticed that in the six robberies, the way the bank robbers opened the bank doors differs—some pushed them inward while others pulled them outward."

Upon hearing Mona's words, Augustus and William exchanged glances, both puzzled, but Reesi on the side nodded:

"You mean to say that in cases one, two, and four, the robbers pushed the bank doors inward, and in cases three, five, and six, they pulled the doors outward, right?"

"Exactly."

Mona nodded, and then tilted her head to explain to Augustus, William, and the others:

"Luo An had previously speculated that these six bank robberies were not committed by the same group."

Seeing the confusion in Augustus and Reesi's eyes, Mona briefly introduced them to their previous investigation involving the laundry shop owner.

"This..."

After hearing Mona's introduction, William was shocked by Erkin's audacity, while Augustus appeared contemplative, tilting his head and saying:

"If these six cases were not perpetrated by the same group, that would explain why Broson failed to solve them."

If the direction is misguided, no matter how hard one tries, the desired answers will not be found.

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Augustus's words reached Reesi's ears, and she raised her eyebrows, pulling up the surveillance video on her computer, her expression solemn:

"In the six cases, the robbers' way of opening the bank doors each time was different—some pulled backwards, others pushed forwards. Based solely on this, cases one, two, and four could have been committed by one group, and cases three, five, and six by another.

But if we focus on the robbers' actions of spraying paint on the cameras, in cases one, four, and six, they painted from left to right, while in cases two, three, and five, from right to left..."

Ignoring the attire and other aspects, and considering solely the robbers' actions, although the overall methods were similar across the six cases, there were many differences in the action details, each one producing a new pattern.

A myriad of movements results in a myriad of patterns, making it impossible to deduce which cases were committed by which group.

"This..."

After listening to Reesi's words, Mona and Augustus furrowed their brows tightly.

Beside them, Luo An hadn't said a word, but his notebook was already filled with several pages of text.

The video on the computer was still playing slowly when suddenly, Luo An's pupils contracted, and he forcefully circled a line of text on one of the notebook's pages.

Mona, next to him, noticed Luo An's actions and quickly asked:

"Luo An, have you discovered something?"

"I've noticed a few small details."

Seeing that everyone had turned their attention to him, Luo An didn't hide anything, and while adjusting the video on the computer to the relevant position, he said:

"Take a look"