Jimmy and them were feeling a bit anxious. Both of them were not from Missouri; they were outsiders to the FBI office here, and the Missouri FBI office didn't have many people. Compared to New York and Washington, D.C., it was more of a branch office, and it didn't even have as many people as the New York field office.
With fewer agents, there were also fewer forensic personnel, including the lab and equipment. So when Hope called to ask if they could send forensic personnel, he was flatly refused. They didn't have enough people and couldn't manage it at the moment.
Jimmy and Hope were speechless. They couldn't believe they ran into such trouble. They were both quite frustrated, and it didn't matter if the Saint Louis office was truly short-staffed or just unwilling to cooperate—they couldn't wait that long.
