Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 213 Freedom

   "Mrs. Smith, how is your relationship with your husband?"

"fine."

   Luke took out Shirley's photo, "Have you seen her?"

  Zoe Smith glanced at it, "The last time I took notes, I seem to have seen a picture of this woman?"

   "That's right, have you seen the photo himself?"

"No."

  Luke no longer concealed, "The night your husband died, she was also at the scene of the crime."

"what do you want to say in the end?"

   "Do you know why your husband went to Mount Kapol?"

   "I don't know, shouldn't your police investigate this?"

   "Yes, the findings are out, do you want to know?"

   "Of course." Zoe Smith's expression remained calm.

   "That night your husband went to Mount Kapolei just to have a car shock with the woman in the photo. The two were robbed during the car shock. When your husband died, he was only wearing a pair of socks."

  Zoe Smith frowned slightly, "Deputy Luke, although I am very grateful for you telling me the truth, but your description is cruel and makes me feel very unfriendly."

   "Sorry, but I just said, your husband actually did it, do you know about it?"

   "No."

   "Suppose, what would happen if you knew about this?"

   "You suspect that I killed Barron?"

   "I'm not suspicious, but I've found the evidence, which is why we invited you to the police station."

   "What evidence? Just based on the photo taken in the hotel where only the hat can be seen? Are you going to convict me with a photo without a face?"

  "Mrs. Smith, the police conducted a comprehensive investigation on your situation. We not only found that you left the hotel, but also found that you had two car rental records with Herez.

  The first car rental record is from 8 am on June 25 to 8 am on June 26

  Pick-up location, downtown Los Angeles.

   Model, black Audi A6

   Rent a car for the second time.

   Car rental time, from 8 am on June 28 to 8 am on June 29

  Pickup location, Long Beach.

   Model, a gray BMW 5 Series.

  The time of the two car rentals coincides with the time of the two car shock robbery and murder cases. How do you explain it? "

  Zoe Smith was silent for a moment, and took a deep breath, "I rented a car, which doesn't mean I'm a suspect in the robbery.

  The reason I rent a car is because my BMW X6 broke down and I need to use the car, simple as that. "

  Luke took a sip of coffee, and said unhurriedly, "In order to prevent the car from being cheated, stolen or other accidents, the car rental company will install location tracking devices on the car.

  We investigated the driving trajectories of the two vehicles and found that both vehicles had been to the scene of the crime during the time period when the crime was committed. How do you explain this? "

  Zoe pursed her lips with both hands, "Even if I've been to the scene, it doesn't mean I'm the murderer."

  Luke continued, “On June 28th, you drove a gray BMW from Long Beach to Kapol Hills to commit crimes, and after killing your husband Barron, you made a detour back to Long Beach.

   When we investigated the driving trajectory, we found that you stayed for more than ten minutes on the way back.

  I found the scene based on the driving track, and found that it was a wasteland. We searched around the parking place, and found a place with excavation marks more than 100 meters away from the parking place.

  We dug it open and found a black plastic bag containing a revolver, plastic handcuffs, masks, fake goats, etc. "

   While speaking, Luke walked to the interrogation chair and showed some photos to Zooey, and the latter's face immediately changed drastically.

  Luke continued, "You are a doctor and you should be very clear that any contact will leave traces, even if you wipe the fingerprints on the surface, other biological samples may be left, such as dander, hair, secretions, etc.

  These items have been sent to the technical department for identification, and your DNA sample has also been sent for comparison. Do you still think you can escape legal sanctions? "

   "Hoo..."

  Zoe let out a long sigh, took off her glasses, wiped them, and remained silent for a long time.

   "Yes, Barron was killed by me.

  I think it's perfect enough, but I didn't expect it to be found by you. That being the case, there is no point in denying it. "

  Luke asked, "You also did the robbery in the car earthquake on June 25?"

   "Exactly."

  Luke took out the photos of the two victims, Abal and Maxine, "Is that the two of them?"

   "Yes, I robbed the man and found a revolver in the car that I used to kill Barron."

  Luke pointed to Maxine's photo, "Did you strengthen her?"

  "That's right, in order to avoid the police's suspicion, I thought of using this method to make the police mistakenly think that the suspect is a man.

  I thought I shouldn’t have exposed any telltale signs. How did you find out? "

   "I can only blame you for being unlucky and met an expert." Luke continued to ask, "Why did you rob them?"

   "This is just an attempt. I have no grievances with them, and I don't know them. It is difficult for the police to find me. Even if this attempt fails, it will be difficult for the police to find me.

   If this modus operandi is successful, I will use it against my husband. "

   "You already knew about Barron's cheating?"

   "Yes, he thought he could fool me, it's ridiculous. To be a doctor is not only about hard work, IQ and talent are also important.

   I dare say I am smarter than most people, including my idiot husband. "

  Xiao Hei asked curiously, "Why did you kill him? Is it because you still love him deeply?"

  “I do still love him, but that’s not why I killed him. If you have to ask me why I killed him, I can only say that California law prompted me to do so.

  California's legal system is problematic and disgusting. "Zoe showed a look of disgust.

  Xiao Hei asked, "Did you kill your husband because of alimony?"

  "Yes, California is a no-fault divorce state. As long as one party files for divorce, there is no need to explain the reasons.

  The original intention of this law is to help those women whose marriages have been broken to regain happiness, but it is getting more and more left.

   Cheating is also considered no fault, and you can’t even mention it in court. You need to understand generously and tolerate the other party’s true love.

  I have never understood that California has established a complete integrity system. Isn’t cheating a breach of integrity?

   Isn't this irresponsible and betrayal of marriage?

  Why don't you need to be punished?

  fuck! "

  Zoe Smith showed an angry look, "If I don't kill Barron, do you know what will happen?

The first one is that I acquiesced to Barron’s cheating. I worked hard in the hospital every day and faced all kinds of patients, but he could take my money to go around, find more women, and let those women spend my money together. .

  Second, Barron and I had a big fight, and Barron asked me for a divorce, and I was forced to agree.

   What's even more exasperating is that I have to pay him alimony.

   My annual salary is more than a million dollars, and I have to give him at least more than three hundred thousand dollars a year in alimony, after taxes.

   To ensure that he can live a material life equivalent to that before the divorce after divorce.

  Laws of bullshit.

  He cheated, and I have to pay $300,000 a year in alimony until he gets married.

   Do you know what the result will be?

  He doesn’t need to get married or work at all. The 300,000 US dollars in alimony I gave him is enough for him to look around the world and find all kinds of women.

this is not fair.

  He's like a disgusting vampire.

  I don't want to keep him forever, it will make me feel like a fool.

  So, the best and only way is to kill him.

  No betrayal, no alimony, no disgrace, I am free.

   True Freedom! "

  The reason for the murder was so good that both Luke and Xiao Hei had nothing to say.

  California is indeed a bit left.

   Speaking of alimony, before Luke came to Los Angeles, he had also heard that alimony should be paid for divorce in the United States, but at that time most of them heard that men gave alimony to women.

  It was only when I came to Los Angeles that I realized that this was not the case. It was the alimony paid by the party with the higher income to the party with the lower income.

   If the couple has been married for more than ten years, unless the lower-income party remarries, they will have to pay alimony for life.

   This is one of the reasons why Luke doesn't think much about getting married.

  Marriage involves too many things, which is very troublesome.

  Marriage is very happy, but the couple always quarrels. American women are also more independent, and they leave as soon as they say it.

  Once divorced, you have to pay alimony.

  People are no longer married, just live with their boyfriend, you have to pay alimony, maybe the rent is paid with your alimony.

   Did you say disgusting?

  Luke said, "Actually, the first time I saw you, I suspected your motive for committing the crime, and I have been observing your reaction at that time, but I didn't find any signs of you lying.

  Can you tell me the reason? "

  Zoe said slowly, "Most people are caught lying, not because of guilt, but because of nervousness.

  If it's an insignificant matter, you don't take it to heart, and the other person doesn't take it to heart, even if you lie, it doesn't matter, there will be no psychological burden, and you won't be nervous.

  Before committing the crime, I thought the police would question me.

  I killed someone. Once the police ask me about the relevant case, I am very likely to be nervous. When I get nervous, I will make mistakes, and even experienced police will see through.

   To avoid this, I did some research beforehand.

  There are some methods, such as enhancing the psychological quality and having a strong heart. When you don’t care about killing people, you won’t be too nervous.

  This method cannot be done by ordinary people in a short time.

  I can only choose another method, record the questions that the police may ask, and then practice the simulation in front of the mirror over and over again, and recite all the questions and answers back and forth, so as to minimize the tension.

  Plus, my husband died, and it's normal for me to have some mood swings.

   It seems to work well, I succeeded. "

  Hearing the other party's explanation, Luke understood why the two questions asked before were inconsistent.

   The first question, Luke asked her if she had left the Long Milan Hotel on the night of the incident?

  She said no.

   Luke saw no signs of lying.

   Later, Luke pulls out a photo of her leaving the hotel wearing a bowler hat and asks if it's her.

   She said no.

  This time Luke clearly found signs of lying.

   Actually, she lied both times. Only the first time Luke didn't see it.

  Because Zoe has thought of the first question a long time ago, and has practiced it many times, so she will not be nervous when answering.

   But when Luke took out the surveillance photos of her leaving the hotel, she became nervous and showed her feet, so Luke could see that she was lying.

  Xiao Hei on the side asked abruptly, "Zoe, if you were given another chance, would you still marry Barron?"

   "No, absolutely not." Zoe replied very simply, "I also fantasized about love when I was young, and Barron was very handsome at that time, with a humorous conversation, very attractive to girls.

  In fact, compared with money, most women are more likely to be confused by male sex.

  When we first met, my parents were against it. I was a promising intern, and he didn't even have a serious job.

  But...he is really handsome, has a sweet mouth, and is good at coaxing women.

  I thought it was love, romance, much more noble than money, but in the end... it was just a chicken feather.

   Marriage is not for everyone. "

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  (end of this chapter)