1960: My uncle is the FBI Director

Chapter 265 Data Doesn't Lie
Billy Hawke also joined in.

He picked up another file folder and looked through it:

"Why are these all arrest records and interview transcripts?"

"I thought there would be photos."

Bernie looked at him and shook his head:

“Few prostitutes are allowed to have their photos taken unless it is to solicit business, such as by handing out flyers. Only then will pimps allow them to have their photos printed on small cards.”

"Although they earned a lot when they were young, they actually had almost no property of their own except for the clothes they wore."

"Even the clothes they wore didn't belong to them; they were bought by pimps."

"To prevent prostitutes from escaping and getting out of control, pimps keep a close watch on them. In some places, pimps will even take away the prostitutes' clothes and shoes after they finish their business and only return them when they go out to work, just to prevent them from escaping."

"On the contrary, it's like these few."

He shook the file bag in his hand:

"When they grow old and lose their beauty, and lose their ability to earn money, the pimps will drive them away when they find that the cost of supporting them is more than what they earn."

"At this point, they can actually own their own property."

"The money they earn is their own."

Billy Hawke hesitated for a moment, then asked Bernie:
"Is this also police experience?"

Bernie nodded:
"After police training, they are usually assigned to the streets and start as street patrol officers."

"It's a very tough job; you have to patrol the streets every day."

"But in this position, you can learn everything about the streets."

Theodore stared at him, his eyes filled with suspicion.

Billy Hawke, somewhat disappointed, asked Bernie:

"Where's the police station?"

"With so many arrest records, how come not a single photo was taken?"

Bernie pulled a stack of arrest records from the file folder:

"According to regulations, each time a prisoner is arrested, a photo of them must be taken, and the photo will be stored in the prisoner's criminal record."

"But as you can see, this 'lucky star' lady alone has so many arrest records."

“If the police department strictly follows the regulations and takes a photo of her every time she is arrested, the cost of purchasing film alone would be enough to exhaust the entire budget.”

"Therefore, many police stations only take a photo of the offender on the first occasion when they are frequently arrested."

"Some police stations also skip this process."

"Moreover, cases of prostitutes dying are usually put on hold at the local police station."

“Previously, these cases were directly classified as cold cases. Later, in order to improve the case closure rate, these cases were put on hold and remained under investigation for many years.”

He gestured:
“The cases will still be assigned to police officers as usual, but almost no officer will actually devote special effort to investigating the death of a prostitute.”

Billy Hawke was somewhat disappointed.

He also considered showing the photos to John Doe to identify the deceased.

As a result, there wasn't even a photograph of the deceased.

Bernie, recalling his collaboration with the Third Precinct in the Bonnie and Clyde impersonation case, offered his suggestion:

"Perhaps we could hire a portrait artist to draw their portraits based on the descriptions in these conversations, and then have John Doe identify them."

Billy Hawke thought it was a good idea and immediately added:
"Why don't we just bring all these people here and have the portrait artist ask them questions himself!"

The two of them looked at Theodore.

Theodore shook his head:
"During questioning, officers from the 7th Precinct repeatedly confirmed with them the resemblance between the deceased's appearance and Maggie Doe."

"They also showed us a picture of Maggie Doe." "The pimps and prostitutes already knew that the police were looking for a deceased person who looked like Maggie Doe."

“They would unconsciously try to make the deceased look like Maggie Doe when describing her.”

"This will lead to a distorted portrait that does not necessarily match the appearance of the deceased when they were alive."

Billy Hawke and Bernie were both somewhat disappointed.

Bernie asked Theodore:

"Now how to do?"

"With these things, there's simply no way to fully confirm their identities."

In fact, at this point in the case, whether or not the identities of the three deceased have been confirmed is no longer important.

The reason this work is still ongoing is that Theodore hopes to obtain as much background information as possible on the people involved in the case in order to improve the case record.

A brief silence fell over the office.

Martin Joseph Cronin broke the silence.

He walked with the speed of the wind, rushing into the office, bringing two pieces of good news:

"We're using fairway 18 for tonight's game."

Billy Hawke and Bernie were very happy.

Each lane has subtle differences, which are factors that cannot be eliminated immediately. Therefore, bowling matches at this stage require the two players to switch lanes in the sixth round to eliminate the impact of these differences.

Martin Joseph Cronin nodded to the two men:

"That's right, it's the same fairway we've been using for training these past few days."

"Statistical data shows..."

He paused, glanced at Theodore, and continued:
“88% of the participants are regulars at DuPont Bowling Centre and are very familiar with the bowling lanes.”

"Different fairways may not have a significant impact on them."

Billy Hawke and Bernie didn't seem so happy anymore.

Martin Joseph Cronin then brought up another matter:

"The personnel department has just replaced two substitute players."

"Their official team members had to go on business trips last night and are unable to participate in tonight's game."

Before anyone could ask, he took the initiative to introduce the two substitute players.

The substitute players are somewhat weaker than the regular players.

According to training results that Martin Joseph Cronin somehow found, neither of them ever hit a perfect shot, and their number of rebounds was significantly lower than that of the regular players.

Martin Joseph Cronin concluded:

"The departure of two official team members will greatly weaken the personnel department's strength, which is a good opportunity."

He took out the rough-edged notebook again and flipped through it:

"Of course, even if we win this game, our chances of advancing are still slim."

"According to statistics, the four teams that will ultimately enter the playoffs should be the Office of the Public Counsel, the Office of the Legal Counsel, the Criminal Investigation Department, and the Laboratory."

Billy Hawke was displeased with his behavior of intimidating others before the battle even began and boosting their morale.

Bernie also asked him how he came to this conclusion.

Martin Joseph Cronin wanted to explain, hesitated for a moment, and then chose to show them the contents of the notebook:
"This conclusion is based on their training results."

"Data doesn't lie."

Billy Hawke and Bernie were speechless.

(End of this chapter)