Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 502 Childress Family Maintenance Company

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Zhibo and his wife, Kudo, flew to Oklahoma, where the serial murders took place last year.

Oklahoma is located in the south-central United States, more than 3000 kilometers away from California.

Originally, Qin Zhibo thought that Yukiko Kudo didn't need to come with him, but Yusaku Kudo meant that the couple was going to attend an important occasion in Massachusetts in the eastern United States recently, and they happened to be on the way.

Qin Zhibo immediately stated that he was also going to Massachusetts.

"Are you going to Boston, Massachusetts?"

Qin Zhibo shook his head, "I'm going to Arkham."

"Arkham."

Yusaku Kudo squeezed his chin, recalling his impression of this eastern town in his mind.

Except that Miskatonic University, one of the world's top universities, is located in that town, and occasionally there will be some mysterious incidents from there, such as pagan murders, witch haunts, etc.
Yusaku Kudo has repeatedly wanted to visit the city, but he just has no free time.

This time is still the same, things in Boston are very important, and I can't miss it.

"Good luck then"

Four hours later, the Boeing 747 landed at Oklahoma City Airport.

Qin Zhibo, Kudo and his wife took a taxi to the local police station and met the police chief and the two state policemen who handled the case last year, Cole Last and Martin Hart.

Last year's case made them heroes and promoted them to senior detectives.

When they heard that Kudo Yusaku came for last year's case, the two expressed strong dissatisfaction.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Martin's tone was strong, and he opened his arms and made exaggerated body movements, "We watched Regin Ledoux be shot to death with our own eyes!"

Cole glanced at his colleague Martin, and said with a serious tone: "Mystery novelists who only catch rumors in the newspapers, if you travel thousands of miles just to talk about these things, then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

Kudo Yusaku smiled slightly, the confidence in his eyes was not concealed at all.

"Will you be disappointed, just take a look at the complete case information collected in the past year."

Under the arrangement of the Chief of Police, the original photos and notes taken by Cole and Martin when they investigated the scene were turned out of the archives.

The complete case information is at least twice as much as that recorded in the dossier, and there are some photos that are of no significance to the subsequent investigation of the case.

Yusaku Kudo sat on a chair, his eyes focused on the large amount of documents on the table, while Cole and Martin stood with arms folded, watching with solemn expressions.

In the eyes of the two of them, Regin Ledoux is the ultimate criminal, and it is absolutely impossible to reverse the case.

Regin Ledoux has the same spiral pattern as the victim, manufactures drugs, and kidnaps children, which completely matches the characteristics of the murderer analyzed earlier.

It's just that when Regin Ledoux was arrested, he also said some strange words, which still impressed Detective Cole so far.

"I saw you in my dream, we are both in Carcosa now, He saw you."

"You'll do it again."

"Time is a flat circle, and the black star will rise as usual."

Regin Ledoux was not shot dead when he resisted with a gun, but after Martin saw him abducting children, he directly shot Regin who had already been captured in a rage.

In subsequent hearings, Cole and Martin made up a shootout that did not exist, explaining that Regin Ledoux died in the shootout.

When Regin knelt on the ground, he said these meaningful words, which made Cole both impatient and ulterior motives.

It was as if he had foreseen all this in his mind and was ready to sacrifice for it.

Just as Detective Cole's brain was recalling the past, a movement interrupted his thinking.

Qin Zhibo at the table raised his finger to a photo on the table, which showed an impressively green house.

The existence of the photo made Yusaku Kudo's eyes shine, and he immediately picked up the photo and observed it carefully.

【Investigation√】

【This is a photo about the house】

Qin Zhibo was able to notice this photo in a large number of documents at a glance, precisely because of the light of the investigation site.

"Looks like fresh paint."

Kudo Yusaku picked up the photo and looked at it for a few seconds before making a judgment, then turned to look at Qin Zhibo, "It seems that our reasoning is correct."

Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo's confident expressions made Detective Martin on the side a little nervous, as if the evidence of his own crime had been caught.

"Hey! Tell me clearly, what's going on!"

Qin Zhibo took over the conversation and explained, pointing to the original file of the case: "You mentioned the 'green-eared spaghetti monster' in the file, and the person who took Dora Lan away from the church was tall and scarred. man."

"But the murderer who was finally captured did not meet these characteristics, so we suspect that the murderer is someone else."

"The real murderer of Dora Lan is very likely to be a painter, and he may often do painting work in the local area."

"When was the house in this photo taken?"

Detective Martin looked at the house above, his eyes were a little puzzled, and he couldn't remember clearly.

At this time, Detective Cole, who was silent for a long time, spoke.

"Taken near the scene of Dora Lang's murder."

very good!

Qin Zhibo became more certain now.

Sitting in the police car, Qin Zhibo, Kudo Yusaku, and two detectives Cole and Martin went to the location of the green house in the photo.

The police car drove slowly in front of the house. After a year of baptism, although the color of the paint on it was a bit old, it was still much newer than the surrounding houses.

"right here."

The four got out of the car and knocked on the door, and it was an old woman who opened the door.

Detective Martin explained the purpose of coming to the grandmother, and the grandmother invited the four of them into the house.

The grandma told everyone that the maintenance company that provided painting services for her home last year was a maintenance company that specializes in serving church members in the church area, so the price is very affordable, and it only cost 250 US dollars to paint the whole house.

"May I ask if there is a scar on the chin among the painters who provide services?" Kudo Yusaku asked suddenly.

"Yes, there was indeed a young man with a large scar on his chin"

Hearing this testimony, the four of them glanced at each other and understood what it meant.

Detective Martin asked for the name of the maintenance company again, and the grandmother rummaged through the drawer for a while before finding the business card of the company.

"The Childress Family Repair Company"

After Detective Martin read the business card, he handed it out again and passed it among the people in turn.

Detective Cole took the business card from Yusaku Kudo, and frowned slightly at the surname "Childress".

(End of this chapter)