Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 257 Murderer

  Luke calls to report to Red.

  Red let Luke take over the scene, and at the same time sent a forensic and technical team to the scene to support.

   The toxicity of cyanide is extremely strong, and the onset time is very fast. After taking the cyanide, he died within a few seconds to 5 minutes.

  According to the description of two workers, the deceased had been working on the roof for some time, far more than five minutes, so the roof is likely to be the scene of the first crime.

  After being poisoned on the roof, the deceased fell into a coma, died, and fell from the roof to the ground within a very short period of time.

  Luke inspected the crash site again, and found no suspected poisoning tools or items containing cyanide.

  Afterwards, Luke climbed onto the roof again and asked the deceased's co-workers to identify the location where the deceased fainted.

  The house has a conical roof, because the house has a large area and the **** of the roof is not very large, so it can stand firmly.

  The Mexican man pointed to the east side of the roof, "At that time, Adams was standing here, and he suddenly fell, and I didn't even react."

   "Why didn't you wear a safety rope?"

  The Mexican man sighed, "The **** of the roof is not too big, and we didn't find a suitable place to hang the safety rope. Adams didn't like hanging the safety rope either. He felt that hanging a rope on his body would affect his movement.

  It was my fault, I should have advised him that if I had insisted on putting him on the harness, he might not have…”

  In Luke's view, whether to hang the safety rope is not important, because the deceased did not fall to death, but died of poisoning.

  Cyanide is mainly taken orally, absorbed through the respiratory tract, and contacted with the skin. Among them, the absorption capacity of the skin contact is relatively weak, and the dose is generally not too large. Usually, it will not cause immediate death.

  The deceased suffered from poisoning within a very short period of time, more like taking orally or inhaling an excessive amount of cyanide.

  Luke inspected the site of the roof and found some tools for repairing the roof, but did not find any suspected cyanide poisoning items.

  Luke looked at the Mexican worker beside him, "Is there anything unusual about Adams before he died?"

   "It doesn't seem to be, at least I didn't see it."

   "Did he take anything before he died?"

   "I...I don't know." The Mexican-American worker swallowed.

  Luke stared at each other, "What's your name?"

   "Mario."

   "Are you feeling unwell?"

   "No, I'm fine."

   "Then why do you look so nervous?"

   "Uh... Maybe it's because Adams is dead, which makes me a little hard to accept."

   "Let me recall carefully again, what did Adams do in the five minutes before his death?"

   “He was just standing on the roof and doing the work, taking the broken tiles, clearing out the construction debris, and putting the new tiles on… that’s the same thing, no different.”

  Luke pointed to his forehead, "You sweat a lot, do you want to wipe it off?"

   "Thanks, it's too hot, this season is more suitable for a beach vacation than work."

  Luke looked at the other party's expression and felt that the other party seemed to be hiding something, "Adams was poisoned to death, not fell to death.

  He is taking cyanide, which is highly toxic and will die in a very short time.

  So, the death scene of Adams should be on the roof, and there were only you and him on the roof at that time.

   Mario, I know you're hiding something, and it's not wise. "

  There was more sweat on Mario's forehead, his body was a little weak, and he slumped directly on the roof, his emotions broke down, "God, why did this happen?"

   "What the **** happened?"

  Mario hesitated for a moment, and said, "The weather is very hot today, so I need to add a lot of water, so I brought two bottles of mineral water, I opened one and drank one, Adams saw it and asked if I had any more.

  I handed him another bottle of mineral water.

   This is normal. We are fellow workers, cooperating and helping each other.

  Give him water and I go to work.

   Soon, something was wrong with his state. He pressed his head and patted his chest, with a pained look on his face, as if he couldn't breathe.

  I was about to go to help him, but he fainted and fell off the roof..."

  Mario's voice trembled, "I wanted to help him at the time, but I didn't have time, it happened too fast.

  I ran downstairs to check and thought about calling 911 for an ambulance, but I checked and he was dead.

  That state is wrong, not like falling to death...

  I thought about his performance on the roof before, and I guessed that there might be something wrong with that bottle of water. "

  Luke has been observing Mario's expression, it doesn't look like he is lying, according to him, the cyanide may have been put in the mineral water bottle, "Where is that bottle of mineral water?"

   "In my backpack."

  Luke demanded, "Why did you poison Adams?"

   "No, I never thought of poisoning him. I didn't know there was poison in a bottle of mineral water, otherwise I would never give it to him."

   "You hid the mineral water bottle afterwards, which shows that you are consciously hiding evidence."

   "I just don't want to be regarded as a murderer, and I don't want to be caught and put in jail. I gave him mineral water out of kindness, not to harm him.

   I am innocent and should not be implicated. "

   "Do you have conflicts with Adams?"

"No."

   "Is there any conflict of interest?"

   "No, our relationship has always been very good. I have no reason to kill him, and I never thought of killing him."

   "Where did that bottle of mineral water come from?"

   "I picked it up."

   "Where did you pick it up?"

"I picked it up in the subway. I took the subway to work today. I saw a Weisen brand mineral water box in the subway passage. Bottle of mineral water.

   I thought someone was doing charity, so I took two bottles of water and put them in my bag, thinking about quenching my thirst while working.

  Who would have thought that the inside was actually poisoned! "Mario pinched his forehead hard,

   "It's not my fault, I didn't expect the mineral water to be poisonous, I'm not a murderer, I'm not... Please don't catch me.

I am a good person. "

   Adams is dead, no matter what difficulties Mario has, he must bear certain responsibilities, and Luke is more concerned about the mineral water box he said now.

  Luke asked, "How many bottles of water can that mineral water box hold in total?"

   "It seems to be about twelve bottles."

   "Did you also drink a bottle of mineral water?"

"Yes."

   "Then why are you okay?"

"I don't know either."

There are a total of 12 bottles of mineral water in a box, and there are still eight bottles when Mario sees them. There are two possibilities. There are a total of 12 bottles of mineral water in the mineral water tank. bottle.

   In the second case, there are only eight bottles of mineral water in the box.

   In addition, according to Mario, he took two bottles, and he drank one bottle himself, which means that his bottle was free of cyanide.

  Luke boldly guessed that the mineral water bottle containing cyanide is not the only one, and there may be mineral water with cyanide in that box.

   It may be one bottle, it may be two bottles, three bottles... or even 11 bottles.

  Based on a 50% ratio, four to six bottles are more likely.

   That is, there may be more victims.

   At this moment, several cars drove to the gate of the yard.

  Reid led the team to the scene, and the technical team and the forensic department also came.

  Luke told Reid what he had learned, and the latter looked solemn, obviously aware of the seriousness of the problem.

  Luke found two mineral water bottles from Mario's backpack, and sure enough, residual cyanide was found in one of the mineral water bottles, and Luke's speculation was confirmed.

  The 'murderer' has been found, but the danger has not been lifted, but it has made everyone even more worried.

  The box of mineral water suspected of being cyanide is like a time bomb, which may kill more people at any time.

  In order to prevent more people from being poisoned to death, Luke led a team and escorted Mario to the subway station where the mineral water box was found.

  Everyone rushed to the place Mario mentioned, and they found a Weisen brand mineral water box containing two bottles of mineral water. The accompanying technicians conducted tests and found highly toxic cyanide in a bottle of mineral water.

   This evidence, to a certain extent, proves the authenticity of Mario's confession, which means that at least 4 bottles of mineral water were taken away by other people!

  Luke immediately notified the people at the underground station and asked them to broadcast the situation to remind passengers in the subway to pay attention to safety and not to drink mineral water from unknown sources.

   Subsequently, Luke reported the situation to Reid. As for whether a press conference will be held, that is Reid's business.

  The focus of the investigation is divided into two aspects. The first aspect is to catch the person who put the poisonous mineral water.

  Second, find the person who took the mineral water as soon as possible and remind them not to drink it.

  The investigation is mainly divided into two methods. The first method is to check the subway monitoring.

  The second way is to visit.

   Everyone investigated separately.

   Soon, the first target was discovered in the surveillance. Under the surveillance not far from the mineral water tank, a man was seen holding Weisen brand mineral water in his hand.

   Vice team and Jackson are in charge of tracking.

  The deputy team has rich experience. By observing the man's clothing and behavior, he guessed that the man was probably a homeless man.

  Through the tracking of the camera, they found the approximate location of the homeless man, searched around, and found the homeless man suspected of taking the mineral water.

  However, all they found was a corpse. The homeless man had died in the tent, and there were three bottles of Weisen brand mineral water scattered beside him.

  He was also the second victim of the mineral water poisoning case.

  The severity of the case escalated again.

   At this time, one to five bottles of suspected poisonous mineral water were missing.

  Luke's observation skills are far beyond ordinary people, and he also participated in the surveillance investigation.

  During the investigation, he found a suspicious-looking teenager.

This is a Caucasian teenager who looks to be only twelve or thirteen years old, holding a box in his hand and carrying a shoulder bag on his body. Luke zooms in on the video and finds mineral water drawn on the box, and it says Wesson two Character.

  Luke hit the space bar, and he guessed that this boy was probably the one who put the mineral water in the subway.

  The monitoring is located at the northeast exit of the subway, and the time is 8:45 in the morning.

  Afterwards, Luke told the others about the situation, and asked the rest of the team members to check the surveillance video related to the teenager.

   Soon, the police found out the boy's whereabouts in the subway.

  At 8:42 in the morning, the boy carried a box into the subway from the northeast exit of the subway. At about 8:45, the boy put the box at the corner of the subway station.

  At 8:47, the teenager appeared on the subway surveillance again. This time he had no suitcase in his hand, and only a shoulder bag on his body. At 8:49, he left the northeast exit of the subway again.

  The police also temporarily lost track of him.

   Soon, Luke focused his investigation on the teenager.

  First of all, call the monitoring along the way outside the northeast corner of the subway to find the trace of the boy.

  At this time, the road surveillance was not very effective. Luke asked people to investigate the surveillance around the store, and sure enough, they found the trace of the boy.

  But not every store has installed external monitoring, so in addition to the investigation and monitoring, the police also arranged for people to visit and investigate, asking surrounding shops and pedestrians if they had seen the boy.

  After some tracking and investigation, the teenager finally entered an apartment building and took the elevator up to the 7th floor.

   Luke and his party went up to the 7th floor. There are twelve households on the 7th floor of the entire apartment.

  Luke is going to knock on the door from 701 to investigate.

   "Boom..." Luke knocked on the first door.

  The person who opened the door was a white man in his sixties, "Who are you? What's the matter?"

  Luke showed a photo of a white teenager, "Do you know him?"

   "This is a bad boy, last time I smeared chili sauce on my cat's butt, my cat barked all night and almost died.

   What are you looking for him for? "

  Luke flashed his police badge, "lapd, where is he?"

   "I knew this bad boy had an accident a long time ago, so I wasn't surprised at all." The white old man gloated, pointing to the door of 705,

   "That's his house.

  Don't say I told you, my poor cat can't take it anymore. "

"What's his name?"

   "Tom."

   "Bang!" The old white man closed the door of the apartment.

  Xiao Hei laughed, "Poor cat.

   Still, this kid reminds me of a childhood playmate. "

   "Do your playmates know that you are getting married?"

   "Most of those bad boys are in prison. Even if I tell them, there is no way to participate, so forget it."

   "Dong Dong..." Xiao Hei walked over and knocked on the door of Room 705.

   No response.

   "Keep knocking." Luke was not in a hurry, someone was guarding outside the apartment, and this kid couldn't escape even if he climbed the window.

   "Hey, why are you crowding around my door?" A white woman came over with a bag containing many items.

   "We are lapd." Xiao Hei showed his police badge, and then took out a photo of the white boy Tom, "Do you know him?"

   "Yes." The woman was a little wary, "What do you want him for?"

   "What is your relationship?"

   "I'm his mother? What happened to him?"

   "We are investigating a criminal case and would like to ask him for some information. Is he at home?"

   "I bought it." Tom's mother showed a helpless look, "What is the case? I am his guardian, and I have the right to know."

   "Poisoning case."

   "What poisoning case? How could Tom be involved in the poisoning case."

   "We've already told you. As for the details, we won't know until we meet him. Where is he?"

   "I don't know, maybe at home, maybe outside."

  Luke raised his chin, "Open the apartment door."

   "Don't scare him, he is still a child, I will go in and talk to him first, and then you can go in."

   "OK." Luke agreed, but secretly made a gesture.

   "Crack." Tom's mother opened the door.

   "Bang!" Raymond slammed open the door and rushed in with the people.

  Mother Tom questioned, "Why are you doing this? Did you just promise me that you wouldn't scare the child?"

   "Ma'am, this matter is far more serious than you imagined. Your son is suspected of being involved in a major poisoning case, which is extremely harmful to the city. We must take urgent measures."

   Raymond came over and waved, "Luke, we found that boy."

   "What is the poisoning case, and why is my son related to the poisoning case?"

   "You should ask him." Luke finished and walked into the room.

  Ramon whispered, "The boy is dead, and the body is on the sofa."

   "Fuck!"

  Luke frowned slightly, and walked to the sofa to check. The teenager's lips were blue, his skin was flushed, and there were no other obvious scars on his body. There was also an upside-down Wesson brand mineral water bottle on the sofa.

   "Tom! What's wrong with you?" Seeing this scene, Tom's mother wanted to go forward to check, but Jenny stopped her.

   "Ma'am, sorry to...

  He is dead, please forgive me. "

   "No! No! No! Why is this happening? It's not possible...

  Tom, my son...

  I don't believe it, I was fine when I left, you can't be.

impossible! "

  Tom's mother was crying and fussing, and the three police officers worked together before dragging her aside to prevent her from destroying the scene and the corpse.

  Luke approached the corpse, examined it carefully, and picked up a bottle of mineral water. With his professional sensitivity, he smelled a faint smell of bitter almonds.

  Young Tom was also probably poisoned to death by mineral water.

   There were no obvious wounds, no traces of binding, it is very likely that he took poison voluntarily.

  According to the surveillance video, he is the suspected poisoner, and now he was also poisoned to death by mineral water.

  Why is this happening?

  What is his purpose?

   The situation has not been very good in the past two days, and the new case is also a little stuck.

   Be steady.

  (end of this chapter)