Nia and their investigation definitely needs to continue. With a good start, it will be much easier for them later. Jimmy paid attention at the very beginning, but not so much afterward, though he still kept in touch with Nia by phone to ensure safety.

It's not that he doesn't care about Nia, but he's got his own troubles here.

Mark and Julia were a bit too proactive during a case investigation, hopping over someone else's back door into a family's backyard, which led to a complaint.

When Jimmy heard the reason why OPR's agent came looking, he was stunned. Recently, he indeed wasn't paying close attention, letting them investigate however they liked since he was there to back them up. As long as it wasn't something particularly dangerous, there usually wouldn't be any issues. It turned out the problem wasn't the case itself but their violation of regulations.

Jimmy: "Are you sure?"

The agent nodded: "That household has an independent, hidden surveillance camera in the backyard, covering the back door area. Mark entered the backyard during the investigation, just took a look, and left."

Jimmy: "Did both of them go in?"

The agent shook his head: "Only Mark went in. Julia stayed outside the back door, but both of them were visible in the surveillance video. It wasn't very clear, and the homeowner filed a complaint after comparing the footage obtained from a neighbor."

Jimmy: "OK, I'll sort this out, and once they return, I'll inform them to contact you."

The OPR agent handed Jimmy a business card, they shook hands, and the agent left the office.

Jimmy kicked his feet up on the desk, leaning back as he contemplated this complaint. Such internal complaints directly reaching OPR are rare. Typically, external complaints just get recorded and uniformly processed after some time. It's unusual for an OPR agent to conduct talks. It's not a procedural error; it's just that no one wants to handle it this way.

Handling complaints is the most tedious work. The FBI also receives complaints, which is understandable, but they don't get processed quickly. By the time an internal investigation happens, the complainant might have forgotten about the issue.

But OPR getting involved so quickly this time suggests the complainant is no ordinary person, or they'd just have a regular agent notify Mark and the rest about questioning. OPR does seem to have some ideas—perhaps unable to target Jimmy directly, they're aiming for those around him.

Jimmy pulled out his phone and called Mark, asking them to drop what they were handling and come back.

By the time Mark returned, Jimmy had already finished his tea. Both of them promptly sat down, and Jimmy poured them tea, asking, "What case have you been investigating recently?"

Mark and Julia exchanged glances, puzzled why Jimmy was asking this, "A murder case. The deceased was a clerk in the IRS New York office, a federal employee, so NYPD passed it over to us.

She didn't show up for work the next day after returning home from work. Her colleagues couldn't reach her, and when they went to her home after work, they found her dead. The room had been ransacked; valuable items seemed missing, but there's no inventory to confirm what was lost.

The deceased was single, without family or relatives in New York, and had no steady boyfriend either, so no one reported it when she went missing. She was only discovered the next night.

The autopsy showed time of death was the night three days prior; cause of death was asphyxiation, likely from someone strangling her, similar to a chokehold.

Based on her height, weight, position in the room, and surrounding marks, it's deduced she didn't fight back, showing minimal struggle. It also suggests the perpetrator was likely a tall, strong male with some combat skills or street fighting experience.

No fingerprints of the perpetrator were found at the scene, possibly because he wore gloves. The body of the deceased also showed no other potential samples of the perpetrator.

We joined the investigation the day before yesterday, spending some time around the scene then and yesterday. Today, we planned to visit her workplace, checking if anyone was close to her."

Jimmy nodded as he listened, thinking the current analysis seemed alright. The only issue was the certainty of the perpetrator being male. Many women are also quite strong, though that's not a major concern.

Jimmy: "Did you climb into someone else's backyard? Mark, I'm asking you."

Mark nodded: "We checked the area around the deceased's home. Her house is in a row, with a small garden layout at the back. We visited several neighbors; two were empty, so we took a look from the backyards."

Jimmy: "Did you find anything unusual?"

Mark: "We didn't find any leads."

Jimmy: "OK, earlier an OPR agent came, they received a complaint. You were caught by hidden surveillance as you climbed into someone's backyard."

Mark looked at Julia in surprise: "Julia, did you notice the surveillance?"

Julia was shocked, shaking her head quickly: "When Mark climbed into that backyard, we didn't notice any surveillance. If we knew there was surveillance in the backyard, we would have definitely asked for it, possibly finding a lead on the perpetrator."

Jimmy: "That's interesting. You are sure you didn't find anything, right?"

Both Mark and Julia nodded, and Jimmy snapped his fingers, "Remember the address? Let's go take a look. Julia, bring a laptop and check what those people do for a living."