My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 254

“Crime prevention has a strong correlation with the possibility of punishment for crimes that can be predicted.”

Unless someone is truly insane, they hesitate to commit a crime if the likelihood of being punished is high. Of course, there are those who commit crimes regardless, but those cases are exceptional.

“If they’re locals, there’s practically no disadvantage, right?”

One of the employees listening nearby smiled wryly and said.

“That’s right. It’s not difficult to assume that the Saudi Arabian police won’t investigate properly.”

Since the chances of being punished for rape are much lower than for prostitution, the perpetrator is naturally more inclined towards rape.

“But in that case, isn’t it possible that the people working here committed the rape?”

Someone asked. Park Do-joon nodded at the remark.

“Certainly. The four-wheel-drive isn’t exclusively for the use of people here. But this place is too far.”

“Too far?”

“It took us three hours to get here. And there weren’t any signposts along the way.”

Everyone nodded at his words. And everyone exclaimed at the next statement.

“If you get lost in the desert, you die. Even if the vehicle breaks down, you die. Cell phones don’t work here either. I think that’s why we’re using two vehicles, isn’t it?”

“That’s correct.”

The two vehicles aren’t just for comfortable travel. If one vehicle breaks down in the desert, you simply die. There’s no water and no way to repair it.

Moreover, the terrain of this desert is constantly changing, and there are no signposts. The city isn’t visible either.

“If someone came all the way here to dump a body, they must have been confident in their ability to return. But would a foreign worker staying here temporarily really be confident in returning?”

“Ah!”

If it were a foreign worker, they probably would have buried the body within sight of the city. That way, they could safely return.

Coming all the way here, three hours from the city, to dump a body is an act that risks one’s own life.

“Criminals are mostly selfish. They generally try not to take dangerous actions that would threaten their own lives.”

Would they do that even in another country?

“Furthermore, the perpetrator left the body on the ground.”

Leaving a body on the ground and digging a hole to bury it results in completely different conditions for the body. According to the autopsy report, the body was left in the sun and dried out.

“Criminals generally try to conceal their crimes. What would you do with a body?”

“Bury it.”

It’s the most reliable, convenient, and commonly used method. But the perpetrator didn’t do that; they just left it on the ground. Considering that people occasionally go on desert tours or travel even in areas where people don’t usually go, that’s a pretty risky action.

“So, there are two possibilities: either they didn’t have tools, or they thought a sand dune would form and cover it up on its own. If the perpetrator was a foreign worker, I don’t think it’s very likely that they wouldn’t have tools.”

This is because most four-wheel-drive vehicles used for work are purchased with rough terrain operations in mind. If they were only working in the city, there would be no reason to spend the extra money to buy a four-wheel-drive.

And rough terrain work almost always requires a shovel. From my experience working in the military, a shovel is an all-purpose tool in rough terrain work. You can dig, cut down small trees, and even use it to draw lines.

“So, in many ways, it’s someone who knows the area well.”

“That’s right.”

“Hmm……”

“And the perpetrator is probably someone who works in the tourism industry.”

“Why?”

“As I said before, they came out here and returned safely. That means they have something that can measure location.”

Standing here, you can’t tell which way is east, west, north, or south. You need at least a compass to get your bearings.

“You have a GPS receiver, right?”

“Yes, I do. You definitely need one to come to places like this these days. Ah, could it be?”

“Yes, a compass can only give you a rough location.”

To know the exact location, you need to receive location information from satellites via GPS [Global Positioning System] to pinpoint your position.

“Ordinary people usually don’t carry those around.”

They’re not very expensive, but they’re not something you need in everyday life.

“Hmm……”

Everyone looked at Park Do-joon with amazement as they listened to his words. After all, the Saudi Arabian police hadn’t found anything for the past few months. Of course, it’s true that they didn’t do their job properly, but even so, this was the first time they had seen someone extract this much information based solely on location information.

“The perpetrator is probably a man in his 30s or 40s who works in the tourism industry, especially desert tourism. He has some wealth, but he’s not very rich. And he’s likely unmarried.”

“The tourism industry? Out of the blue?”

“It’s not out of the blue. Actually, I once watched a MyTube [Similar to YouTube] video of a woman who used to work for an airline in Saudi Arabia.”

She talked in great detail about her experiences working there. Eventually, she gave up returning to the company, even though they asked her to come back. It wasn’t about the money; it was because her quality of life was too low.

“One of the things she talked about was this.”

When working for a Saudi Arabian airline, the work rules must comply with Sharia law [Islamic religious law]. Otherwise, you’ll be fired without exception. You can’t object, saying it’s unfair.

Of course, all women must cover their hair. In fact, the airline’s uniform isn’t quite a niqab [a veil for covering the face], but it’s designed to completely cover the head, leaving only the face exposed.

Alcohol and pork are also prohibited, but the biggest problem is not being able to go out freely. When going out, you have to dress according to local customs, and dating is out of the question.

Meeting someone of the opposite sex is impossible, and the atmosphere is such that going out of the accommodation after a flight is taboo.

Moreover, she said that she was subjected to all kinds of sexual harassment just because she was a woman. Ironically, while women are forced to be chaste, sexual harassment against women is considered a man’s right.

“The police said they didn’t know where she disappeared to, right? That means she at least came out of her accommodation.”

There’s no way they would allow a man into the accommodation in an Islamic country in the first place.

“So, she went to meet someone.”

“That’s right. But realistically, it’s almost impossible for a Korean woman to meet a man in this area.”

In fact, the video mentioned that one of the reasons she didn’t return was that she felt she wouldn’t be able to get married if she went back.

“There are only two possibilities for who she met.”

First, a foreigner she met by chance on the plane. But most flight attendants don’t meet customers privately. The number of men who hit on flight attendants is not small, and if they responded to all of them, their lives would be impossible.

In other words, it would have to be a love-at-first-sight situation, but the chances of that are almost zero.

“Furthermore, after checking, the victim worked in the economy class.”

Economy class accounts for the majority of seats on the plane. The number of staff is limited, and there are many people, so they have no choice but to respond with mechanical kindness.

Naturally, there’s no time to talk seriously with someone or have a conversation long enough for sparks to fly.

“So, who would she be familiar enough with to let her guard down and go out?”

“You’re thinking it’s either a company employee or someone related to her work.”

“Yes.”

But if it were a company employee, there would be no reason for them to have equipment that can pinpoint location. They work in the sky, not the desert.

“Considering that situation, it’s highly likely to be someone who works in the tourism industry.”

People who guide tourists often come into contact with flight attendants. They move when tourists get off the plane, but they also accompany them when they move to other areas, so there’s a high possibility that they know each other.

“Rape often occurs between people who know the victim.”

People commonly think that rape happens by strangers, but in reality, the vast majority of rapes occur between acquaintances.

“Hmm, that’s certainly true, but it’s difficult to track down.”

“That’s the problem.”

They’ve roughly identified the person, but the problem is tracking them down. With this much information, it would be easy to identify the person in Korea. But this is Saudi Arabia, Park Do-joon has no authority, and the embassy doesn’t have the authority to track down suspects.

“How should we catch this guy?”

Park Do-joon couldn’t do anything but narrow his eyes.

# Humans are the same everywhere

Go Gwang-soo, after listening to Park Do-joon’s concerns, licked his lips.

“You’ve already tracked them down that quickly?”

“It’s not quick. The more special the situation, the faster the solution is, surprisingly. There aren’t many people who can access special situations.”

“That’s true.”

“Furthermore, according to this statement, the perpetrator seems to have known the tourist routes as well.”

The people who found the body were a group calling themselves desert adventurers. They were people with a strong adventurous spirit who voluntarily took risks and went beyond the established desert tour routes.

“Those types often go where people don’t go. In reality, there’s nothing in that desert.”

It’s an extremely dangerous area where you can’t escape if an accident happens, so the adventurers moved with three vehicles for safety and used satellite phones to move through completely unknown routes until they found the body.

At first, they thought it was someone who had gotten lost in the desert and died. But they realized it wasn’t when they saw that the clothes were taken off. Taking off clothes in the desert means you want to commit suicide.

In the desert, you have to cover your body with clothes as much as possible to protect your body’s moisture. Taking off your clothes because it’s hot? That’s just begging to be dried out and killed quickly.

Logically, if you’re coming into such a deep desert, you should know that, so the people who realized that this wasn’t an adventurer or an accident victim quickly reported it to the police.

“First, we’ll look into the people on our side who guide desert tours. There aren’t many people who provide that service with vehicles.”

“Thank you. That will make the investigation much easier.”

Of course, they can only find out the companies or individuals, but they can’t find out who the perpetrator is, but the important thing is that they can reduce the number of suspects just by doing that much.

Profiling the Prodigy