LA Detective

Chapter 133 Doubts (two chapters in one)
The trial ends.

Boris was temporarily detained for destroying a corpse.

Everyone was surprised by this result, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Susan called everyone together to discuss the case.

Luke introduced the content of the interrogation.

Marcus scolded, "Stabbing a living person is completely different from stabbing a dead person, doesn't that bastard feel it?"

Since being scolded by Boris, Xiao Hei has a lot of prejudice against him.

The deputy team said, "Not everyone has this kind of experience. The light was relatively dark at that time, and the guy should have been scared to death after stabbing someone.

People's IQ will drop a lot when they are overly panicked.

You can't ask everyone to be a professional psycho killer.

In fact, many murderers are first-time offenders who are caught because of their inexperience.As the number of crimes he commits increases, his criminal experience and mentality will grow, and it will become more and more difficult to catch. "

Luke said, "At least we now know why the knife was stuck in the body. It's the first mystery solved."

Marcus frowned, "I still think Boris is the murderer.

According to his statement, Courtney was dead at the time, and he stabbed a corpse, and then fled immediately.

Why was the corpse disguised as being hanged.

The situation described by Boris does not match, this guy must be lying. "

Susan guessed, "Will there be three people who have entered the scene.

The first person was the murderer, who strangled Courtney with his hands.

The second was Boris, who stabbed Courtney and mistakenly thought he had killed her.

Then a third entered the scene and disguised Courtney as if she had hanged herself. "

The deputy team asked, "I can understand the first murderer. I can also understand the second Boris.

What was the purpose of the third person to disguise Courtney as a suicide?
Isn't he worried about being regarded as a murderer?

How could he be so coincidental?
I don't think this guess is valid. "

Susan said, "I've been reading the original novel of The Gone Girl after get off work these two days.

This novel is well written, and I checked it online. There are many fans of this book, especially recently, many people have been discussing this book, and some of them are more radical fans.

I'm wondering if Courtney's death might have something to do with the novel. "Speaking, Susan looked at Luke aside, "Have you met Romit Bull, the author of the novel, do you think this is possible?" "

Luke thought for a while, "I don't see any problem, but this old man is not simple."

Xiao Hei added, "That's right, he also bought the original shares of Google."

The deputy team waved their hands, "Anyway, I still think it's a coincidence that three people entered the crime scene. Although it is theoretically possible, the probability is too small, and it probably can only exist in novels."

Susan retorted, "Don't forget, Courtney's death is just like the scene in the novel. This case is inseparable from the novel."

Luke interrupted the two, "Actually, I also have a guess, I wonder if you want to hear it?"

Susan glanced at the deputy team and nodded, "Go ahead."

"My assumption is that there were two people at the scene.

The first one is the murderer. He has read the original book of The Disappeared Lover, and he is going to imitate the situation in the book to kill people. Then he strangled Courtney to death on the bed, and was about to set up the hanging scene when he suddenly heard a noise outside the door.

He hid in the closet for fear of being discovered.

It was Boris who came, and this guy stabbed Courtney with a knife, thinking he had killed Courtney, and was frightened out of his wits.

Dispose of the fruit knife and run away.

At this time, the murderer came out of the closet and hung up Courtney's body, trying to look as consistent as the description in the book.

Of course, there is no perfect crime in this world, and the murderer also made a mistake. He forgot to close the cabinet door.

David nodded, "The choke mark on the neck, the knife on the chest, the suicide by hanging, the open wardrobe door, similar plots of novels, all the clues are basically connected in series.

I think Luke's guess is more accurate. "

Not to be outdone, Xiao Hei asked, "Why did you snatch my words?"

David glared at him, "You sycophant!"

Xiao Hei pouted, "I didn't, I just expressed my own thoughts."

"Stop! You two boring guys." The deputy team interrupted the two, "If Boris is not the real murderer, then who is the real murderer?"

Luke went on to analyze, "According to Courtney's other boyfriend, the dentist Peter.

He left Courtney's house at twelve o'clock in the evening, and Courtney was still alive at that time. If what he said was true, Courtney was probably killed between twelve o'clock and one ten in the morning.

The murderer is likely to be Courtney's house who arrived during this time.

Of course, there is another possibility that Peter the dentist lied.

He didn't leave around twelve o'clock.

He's the one who killed Courtney!"

Jenny asked, "Why do you keep using him instead of her? Could the murderer be a woman?"

The deputy team said, "Don't forget, the corpse was hoisted up in the end, it is difficult for ordinary adult men to lift the corpse, let alone a woman.

Based on this alone, it is unlikely that the murderer is a woman. "

Everyone discussed it, and finally felt that Luke's guess was the most likely.

However, the identity of the suspect still needs to be further ascertained.

Immediately, everyone split up to investigate.

Susan is going to meet the author of the novel of the disappearing lover in person. Since the murderer is imitating the plot in the novel, the original author may provide some valuable clues.

In addition, there is a deeper reason.

The biggest beneficiary of Courtney's death is likely to be the original author of the novel. He knows enough about the content of the novel and has the motive to kill.

……

after get off work.

Luke and Xiao Hei went to the canyon branch to pick up the car.

In order to thank Luke and Xiao Hei for helping him catch the car thief, rookie patrol John wants to invite them to a bar for a drink.

But they both declined.

Xiao Hei couldn't wait to leave on his Harley.

Luke is going to Daisy's tonight.

Drinking with a middle-aged uncle is not as refreshing as communicating with a beautiful young lady.

When Luke rushed to Daisy's house, she hadn't come back.

Luke waited for her while cooking.

Western food is relatively simple to make, fried steak, semi-processed pizza in the oven, vegetable salad, boiled prawns, and a bottle of red wine.

In his previous life, Luke also bought raw steaks, but every time he cooked them, they were not very tasty.

The steaks in western restaurants taste good, but Luke always feels that they are synthetic steaks.

When he arrived in Los Angeles, he often ate steaks, but with some experience, he discovered two secrets to frying steaks. The first one is the heat.

This has long been known.

Second, meat quality is very important.

Raw cut steaks also vary widely.

After dinner, Daisy also came home.

After a brief wash, help Luke set the tableware together.

Luke quite liked the feeling of living at home.

It would be better if Daisy wasn't so busy.

The two chatted while eating.

Although it is a good habit to eat without talking and sleep without talking.

But both of them are very busy at work, if they don't take advantage of the meal time to talk, it will take up the time to play poker.

This will not work.

Daisy asked concerned, "Did Harley find it?"

"I was just about to tell you. The case has been solved, and the car was just brought back this afternoon. It's up to you then."

"Can you tell me about the case?"

"Of course, you are my lawyer now." Luke briefly described the case.

"The modification fee cost 1.2 US dollars?" Daisy was a little surprised.

Luke smiled and said, "That's right, that guy really put a lot of thought into it, and I really can't bear to replace it."

Daisy took a sip of the red wine, showing a thoughtful look.

Luke pressed, "How do you want to sue him?"

"I will ask a detective to investigate his situation. If his family conditions are average and his personal matching ability is average, then the amount of compensation will be reduced.

If his family's economic conditions are well-off, the claim price can be increased appropriately. "

"I agree." Luke doesn't think too much money.

"Also, I think you can sue the owner of the repair shop. From my experience, there is probably something wrong with his repair shop. I think he should be willing to pay a sum of money for an out-of-court settlement."

"Good idea." Luke felt that he should change his career to become a lawyer. This industry was tailor-made for him, "However, Marcus helped find Harley, and the owner of the car repair shop is his friend, so it's best Or give up claiming against him."

"Okay, so let's increase the claim against the car thief, how about $4?"

Luke was satisfied with the amount, "Can I get the full amount?"

"It's difficult, but increasing the amount claimed can increase the amount of compensation to a certain extent. Of course, it must be within a reasonable range. If the amount claimed is too exaggerated, it will also arouse the disgust of the judge."

Luke nodded, "That's $[-]."

"Tomorrow I will prepare the prosecution materials, happy cooperation, Mr. Luke." Daisy stretched out her hand.

"Looking forward to your good news." Luke shook hands with her, and suddenly had a bold idea, "I think of the theme of tonight's exercise, Miss Lawyer."

……

In the early morning, a super cool modified version of Harley drove into the police station.

Harley's acoustics are great, playing a hip-hop track, "Black Buddafly Bad Girl
black eyed peas - my hump..."

Xiao Hei sat on the Harley, took off his black sunglasses, looked arrogant, and felt that he was the most beautiful boy in Los Angeles.

It's a really cool car, and he's already made up his mind to save up for a Harley after he buys the Cadillac.

He also wants to get a big baby and a small baby like Luke.

Xiao Hei parked the car, swayed his body, and walked into the building rhythmically.

"Hi Detective Marcus, we meet again."

Marcus turned his head and saw that it was the annoying lawyer Potter from yesterday, "Why are you here again?"

Potter smiled. "You don't want to know."

Although Xiao Hei didn't respond quickly, he was not stupid, "Are you here to bail that Green Arrow?"

"Yes."

"That pervert even stabbed a dead body, it's not easy to get him released on bail."

"You don't have to worry about this, he has prepared a large amount of bail, which is enough." Lawyer Porter looked as if you understood.

Xiao Hei pouted, "Look, that bastard will come in sooner or later. I said so."

Potter smiled, but did not refute. He and Xiao Hei did not conflict on this point.

If everyone didn't commit crimes, he would be out of a job too.

ten o'clock in the morning.

Robbery Murder Division.

Luke yawned.

There are dozens of days every month when I don't want to work.

The day before yesterday, he had just been given a shot of chicken blood by Rhett.

It can be said that he was full of energy yesterday. He thought he had caught the murderer, and was going to take him down with all his might.

However, it turned out that it was just an ordinary pervert who destroyed the corpse in the end, and the real murderer still has no clues.

That kind of anger was vented all at once.

"Buzz..." The phone rang.

Luke picked up his phone and saw it was a bank text message.

Salary is paid.

When Luke saw the transfer amount, he immediately showed joy.

16 million dollars!
In addition to the salary, subsidies and overtime pay in April, this money is more of a bonus.

Bonuses in two cases to be exact.

The first bonus was that after Congresswoman Riley Harry was killed, his brother offered a $20 reward as a reward to the First Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division for recovering the extortion video.

The second bonus is a donation of US$150 million from Rosie Bill, the producer of "Gone Girl", to the police department, of which US$30 is used as a bonus for solving the murder case of Abu Guerra.

The two cases were able to be solved, and Luke played a vital role, and he was also the person who received the highest bonus, with a bonus of 16 US dollars after tax.

Add in the $3.5 in stock purchases and the $1000 cash bonus, and Luke has $19.6 in hand.

In addition, there is a reserve of $8.5 in the system.

Luke's total assets are now as high as $28.

He can't wait to use the money to be cool.

However, he knew very well in his heart that this case would not be solved, and Rhett and Susan would definitely not let him go on vacation.

do it.

Luke felt energized and motivated to work again.

He began to focus his thoughts on analyzing the case again.

In fact, his previous slack was not just because of laziness, but because the case had reached a bottleneck, and new clues were needed to determine the identity of the murderer.

Once a person encounters difficulties, it is easy to slack off. The best way at this time is to keep yourself busy and start with the simple places first.

Since no new clues have been found, the suspects of known persons involved in the case should be ruled out first.

Besides Boris, Luke felt that the most suspicious person was Peter.

According to Luke's previous speculation, when Boris stabbed the knife, the murderer was probably hiding in the closet.

If this speculation is true, then it is impossible for Peter to leave around twelve o'clock.

If he left, he would not be able to hide in the closet, nor would he be able to wait for Boris to leave before hanging the body up.

Luke rechecks surveillance around the York neighborhood.

Although checking and monitoring is a stupid method, many cases are solved by this boring and stupid method.

Since we couldn't find a better direction to investigate, we simply started here to confirm Peter's whereabouts.

This time Lukecha's target was Peter's car, a silver Lexus.

Luke finds his car surveillance video.

One is a video of a car leaving the community at 4 o'clock in the evening on April 30.

From this point of view, Peter did not lie, he did leave the York community at 12 o'clock in the evening.

Then it was impossible for him to hang up the body after Boris stabbed the person away.

The other is the surveillance video of driving to Courtney’s house in the early morning of May 5 and discovering the dead body.

Luke compared the two videos and found a problem.

In order to verify whether his observation ability surpassed that of ordinary people, Luke called Xiao Hei over, "Marcus, take a look at these two surveillance videos."

Marcus came over and clicked on the video to check, "Aren't these two surveillance videos of Lexus? One is during the day and the other is at night. Peter should be sitting in the cab. What's the problem?"

Luke pointed at the screen, "You don't see the difference in this car?"

Xiao Hei checked carefully, "What's the difference?"

Luke achieved the purpose of the test, and he didn't keep it secret, pointing to the surveillance on the night of April 4th, "This is the surveillance of Peter driving to Courtney's house before the incident. driving recorder.

The second video is of Peter driving to Courtney's house again in the early morning of May 5, but this time there is no dash cam on the windshield. "

Xiao Hei compared the two videos again. Because of the monitoring angle, the driving recorder was not very obvious.

And there is a surveillance video that was shot at night, the light is relatively dark, and it is difficult to find the difference without careful comparison, "Why did he take off the driving recorder? It stands to reason that few people will take it down after it is installed."

Luke continued, "Exactly.

I guess there are three reasons, the first dash cam is broken, send it for repair or buy a new one.

The second reason is that the driving recorder captured things that should not be captured.

The third reason is that he was worried that the dash cam would capture something that should not be captured, so he removed it in advance.

If it is the first reason, it has nothing to do with us.

If it is the latter two reasons, it is likely to be related to Courtney's death.

Peter should have concealed something, indirectly indicating that he was suspected of committing the crime. "

Xiao Hei thought for a while, "Is it possible that after he left, he returned to Courtney's house to commit crimes again?

The reason why he took off the driving recorder was because he did not drive the car home as usual, but parked the car not far from the community, fearing that the police would find something abnormal after seeing it. "

Luke nodded, "There is such a situation."

After speaking, the two began to check the videos of other streets along the way. However, unlike what they expected, Peter's silver Lexus did not stop halfway, but returned to his home community all the way.

After that, I didn't come out again until early morning.

Although Xiao Hei's guess was denied, Luke still felt that there was something wrong with the act of picking up the driving recorder.

Xiao Hei suggested, "How about we take him directly to the police station for questioning?"

Luke shook his head, arresting people is easy, but what to do after arresting is the trouble, "He is in a different situation from Boris. Boris came out of Icarine's house. We can mistake him for a thief and arrest him. The police station questioned.

But it is not illegal to take off the driving recorder. If he is unwilling to say, there is nothing we can do.

Nor is it possible for a judge to sign a warrant for that reason. "

Luke couldn't be sure for a while, Peter's behavior was indeed suspicious, but according to Luke's speculation, he left Courtney's house around 12 o'clock, and it stands to reason that he should not be the murderer.

But if he wasn't the murderer, why bother to take off the driving recorder?
What is Peter hiding?
　There are three consecutive updates, and there are two more chapters behind.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)