The new information speeded up events considerably. Charlton and Collins knew each other, and committed a murder together, for which they were never held responsible. In the meantime, Bobby and Myles gave an account of their meeting with Jenkins.

- We talked with Jenkins – Myles said. – He told us that years ago, he was sent on a common action with Konrad. They got into a dangerous situation, in which Jenkins almost died, and Konrad, although he could have helped him, did nothing; his own security was much more important to him. Their relationship had been hostile since then. Konrad was sorry about his act; after this, his mates were understanding towards him, but Jenkins was unable to forgive him.

- Do you think he may have something to do with the murders? – D. asked.

- No… after this case, Jenkins certainly didn't like Konrad too much, but he wouldn't have been able to take the life of anyone away.

- I searched for more information about Collins – D went to the board. – I talked with his children and some of his friends. It seems he wasn't that perfect husband and person as his wife told us. They said he had had problems with alcohol for years, he hurt his wife and children regularly… both physically and psychically… one of his sons said that as a child, he saw several times that Collins beat his wife while being drunk.

- Why do women beaten by their husbands try to keep it a secret that their husbands intimidate them… - Bobby said musing.

- When we were talking to Mrs. Collins, it was obvious that she was still in love with her husband – Tara said. – Intimidated women usually keep hoping that their husbands will change their behaviour… no matter how much they are terrorized, women often keep believing that they can change the person whom they chose as their companion for their lives.

- Whenever he hurt his wife, Collins promised not to do that again… but of course, he couldn't control his temper later either… His wife suffered and endured this without complaining, she didn't talk to anyone about being beaten by her husband… - D. continued.

- What could be the reason for some people to think that the solution for their problems and concealing their minority complex is that they hurt the weaker people… - Sue said, thinking back on her own years in high school.

- I found the man with whom Collins got into a fight… - Tara said. – Rodney Baker, he had extended relations with the mafia…

- Where can we find him? – D asked.

- He's dead… he was murdered a few months ago in a fight in the underworld...

- This is bad news, it would have been useful to question him as well… - Jack said. – What else do we have?

- It turned out that Calhoun wasn't that innocent man whom we got to know from what his brother told us – Bobby said. – I examined his past a bit, talked to his former mates, and found something interesting… As a teenager, he took part in the robbing of a shop, together with a friend. During the robbery there was a shooting, as a result of which a man was killed.

- Do we know who shot him? – Jack asked.

- No… all the evidence was destroyed… Calhoun's brother was a rich businessman, who had great political influence. As a result of his influence the case was covered up, and the evidence was annihilated… In the weeks following the case the fortune of several officials increased significantly, and I doubt this is merely the result of their great work…

- So the murder might have been committed by Calhoun, and his brother made it covered up, so that Calhoun wouldn't get to prison… but it could have been the friend as well, and the case was covered up in order Calhoun not to be held responsible, and to prevent any damage to the reputation of his brother…

- Bring Calhoun in! – Jack ordered.

- Mr. Calhoun, it seems you forgot to mention that your brother took part in the robbing of a shop and got involved in the murdering of a man. Are you aware that you may be sentenced for withholding significant facts and hindering justice? – Myles asked angrily, putting his palms on the table of the interrogation room. – You concealed some important information from the FBI.

- I wouldn't have thought it was of any importance… my brother is dead… Whatever he did in the past, nothing can bring him back… I didn't want to besmirch his memory…

- Mr. Calhoun, your brother and his friend committed a robbery, in which a person died! –Bobby said angrily. You can really not call that an insignificant fact!

- My brother was broken after the death of our parents… and I didn't spend enough time with him either… This must have been the cause that he got involved in a crime… He was such a good guy, he surely wouldn't have done such a thing on his own… But from one moment to the other, he was left alone… and Daniel appeared just then… Ray needed a friend, someone who helps ease the pain caused by the death of our parents… But he was so young, life was still ahead of him… I couldn't let this juvenile blunder put an end to his future…

- A robbery and a murder… you have interesting ideas about "juvenile blunders", Mr. Calhoun… Who shot that man?

- Daniel… it was Daniel… but I couldn't risk my brother being sentenced and put to prison… he had lost his parents, and even that was too much of a tragedy for him.

- What happened to his friend?

- Daniel died a few years ago…

- Did you know him?

- Yes, but we didn't meet to often… He ruined Ray's life… I know that I should have talked to the FBI about this sooner…

- You should have realized this a little bit earlier – Bobby said.

- This is very interesting… Something came into my mind… at first I thought it made no sense, but I looked at the data about the victims once again… - Tara said suddenly. – I found it strange that three out of four victims had the same family name… and I was thinking about it… the sounds „K" and „C" are usually pronounced the same way… After this, I checked the full names of the victims… and I found something which almost surely isn't a coincidence… All four victims have the same middle name… Joseph.

- Maybe our killer is strongly bound to the name „Joseph"… Maybe somebody, who has this middle name, did harm to him or his family… - Myles said.

- Check whether there is any allusion in the diaries or letters to a certain Joseph, whose family name starts either with C or K! – Jack said, feeling that they were close to solving the case.

- Jack… - Sue said. – I found something in one of the letters… Konrad mentions a certain Alfred Joseph Krüger… it seems they knew each other…

- Tara, try and find out everything about this Krüger! – Jack said.

Tara nodded and turned back to her computer. A few minutes later she learnt everything she wanted to know about that man. She went to the board to write the information she found in her computer.

- Alfred Joseph Krüger, born in Germany, but his mother was American, this is why he has an English middle name. He served in the German army, and then moved to the States. He brutally killed a woman thirty years ago. He was never caught, and he died a few months ago. The woman had a son, George Morris, who was eyewitness to his mother's murder.

- He is most probably our killer – Jack interrupted. – Lucy, find his address out!

- Just a moment – Lucy said. – Here you are – she handed Jack a sheet of paper a few minutes later.

Jack and Bobby went to Morris' apartment. They didn't have to wait for long, and the man came to the door.

- George Morris, I arrest you with the charge of killing Harold Charlton, Raymond Calhoun, Roger Collins and Walter Konrad – Jack said, then they took Morris to the interrogation room. The man didn't deny committing the murders.

- As a child, I had to watch how that crazy person killed my mother… Can you imagine what kind of a horrible experience that is? Ah, how could I presuppose such a thing, how would you know. That villain was never caught… But I couldn't let him get away with it… And before he could have got his well-deserved punishment, he died… but if law wasn't able to do justice, I had to do that! Someone had to suffer for the murdering of my mother!

Jack had interrogated lots of suspects as an FBI-agent, but he rarely met with such infamy. How can anyone be so wicked… - he asked himself, as he did so many times before.

- As a child, Morris was eyewitness to Krüger murdering his mother – Jack summarized the case later in the bullpen. The horrible experience caused a huge trauma in his psyche, which was proven by the psychological test as well. The man was never captured… He had wanted to take revenge since then. Krüger died before he could have punished him, but Morris felt he had to take revenge for the death of his mother. This is why he chose people who had committed a crime, but escaped punishment. Krüger was German and a soldier, and Morris chose his victims on the basis of that. He murdered people whose family name reminded him of Krüger's, and whose middle name was the same as his. And he killed Konrad because he was German, like his mother's murderer… and their family names started with the same letter.

- How mentally ill must one be to be capable of such a thing… - Myles said.