Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 259 Poisoner? (two in one)

  The chat group of the Robbery and Murder Department.

  Luke made a voice, "The ninth bottle of mineral water suspected to contain cyanide caused one death and one injury. The injured are now out of danger. Marcus and I made a statement for her.

  According to her, she and the deceased were friends. The two made an appointment to climb the mountain together. Later, the two had a relationship. One drank mineral water and the other washed his body with mineral water, resulting in one death and one injury.

  She claimed that she bought this bottle of mineral water at Shanyuan Supermarket. She bought two bottles in total, and the other bottle of mineral water was still at home. "

  Susan made a voice, "I'm still at the scene of the crime, and the forensic doctor has completed a preliminary autopsy. The deceased Ronnie did indeed die of cyanide poisoning, and the time of death was around 7 o'clock in the morning.

  The deceased had strenuous exercise, so the toxin spread quickly in the body, and the victim developed the poison in a very short time.

  No defensive wounds and binding bruises were found on the victim's body.

  In addition, the technical team also completed the on-site investigation, and the mineral water bottles found on the site contained cyanide, which belonged to the same batch number as the mineral water bottles found in the subway.

  Fingerprints of three people were found on the mineral water bottle, two sets of fingerprints belonged to the dead and the injured, and the identity of the other set was unknown. "

  Jackson speculated, "Could the other set of fingerprints be those of the poisoner?"

  The deputy team complained, "Why are we chatting and discussing the case in the group, can't we meet and discuss the case?"

  Luke said, "Because this allows us to share clues as soon as possible, I'm going to investigate at Shanyuan Supermarket later, but I don't plan to go back to the police station.

   Vice team, you have to keep pace with the times. "

   "Are you calling me old in disguise?"

"I don't."

   "That's what you mean."

  Susan interrupted the two, "OK, back to the topic. What Jackson said makes sense. We should find the fingerprints belonging to the third person on the mineral water as soon as possible. This is likely to be a breakthrough in the case."

The deputy team said, "Do you want to remind Reid to hold a press conference? If the female injured did not lie, there should be more than one place where the mineral water containing cyanide was placed. In order to avoid more citizens being poisoned, I think it should be widely advertised. .”

   "I will suggest."

  It’s not that Susan didn’t suggest it before, but the high-level police officers have their own considerations. There is a time lag for holding a press conference. After the press conference is over, all the drinks that should be drunk have already been drunk, so it’s not sure whether it will be effective.

   But the mineral water company of this brand will definitely have objections, and may even sue lapd for infringement of reputation rights, demanding sky-high compensation.

  But it’s different now, there is another toxic mineral water release site, and uncontrollable factors have increased. No one knows if there are other toxic mineral water release sites. At this time, it is necessary to spread the word.

  Susan began to assign tasks in the group.

   "Deputy team, Jackson, let's go to Jennifer's house to investigate, and we must find another bottle of mineral water.

  Matthew, you are responsible for investigating the source of cyanide. Cyanide is prohibited in the United States, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get it.

  Raymond, Jenny, the two of you contact the family of the deceased to identify the body, ask about his relationship with the injured, and see if there is any conflict between the two.

  Luke, Marcus, the two of you went to Shanyuan Supermarket to investigate and confirm the source of the toxic mineral water. "

   "Okay, Captain."

   Everyone replied, and acted separately.

  …

  On the way, Xiao Hei couldn't help asking, "Luke, do you think that the injured woman Jennifer Jinbo is suspected?

   She bought the mineral water, she was only injured, but the person with her died.

   Is it possible to use a bitter trick? "

  Luke thought for a while, "Theoretically, this is possible, but there is no relevant evidence for the time being, and no motive for her crime has been found. Let's see if Raymond and Jenny find out."

  In an open-ended poisoning case like this, the murderer and the deceased had no direct contact, nor did they have any stake in it, making the investigation extremely difficult.

   Luke has been thinking about the connection between the two locations where the poisoned mineral water was released.

SUBWAY STATION?

supermarket?

  Which is the first source?

   Could it be that someone bought mineral water in the supermarket and put it in the subway station? This person is really doing charity, but it is a pity that he bought poisonous mineral water.

   There is also a possibility that the poisoner deliberately used two poisoning locations in order to avoid the police locking in the area, which dispersed the police force, expanded the scope, and increased the difficulty of investigation.

  Mere guessing is useless,

  Evidence, the most important thing now is to find relevant evidence.

  Shanyuan Supermarket is located near the Korean community, and the number of Asians on the road has increased significantly.

  Xiao Hei parked the car in front of the supermarket, and Luke and Xiao Hei got out of the car one after the other.

   Today is a sunny day, the sun is very dazzling, Luke wears sunglasses to observe the surrounding situation.

  Xiao Hei also glanced at it, and said with a smile, "Oh, these girls are all dressed up in fashion."

   "Korean girls are really good." Luke pulled down his sunglasses and glanced at his big white legs.

  Xiao Hei spread his hands, "I just said that their clothes are very fashionable, and I want to buy one for Julian."

  Luke smiled, "I'll take you to the Japanese community some other day. The clothes there are also very fashionable."

   "I really mean clothes."

   "I look at the girl, you look at the clothes, there is no conflict." Xiao Hei suddenly became serious, which made Luke feel a little uncomfortable. Is it overkill?

  Shanyuan Supermarket is located near the Korean community. The pedestrians here are mainly Koreans and whites, and there are not many blacks.

  Luke and Xiao Hei walked into the supermarket. The size of the supermarket is not too big, about 300 square meters. The clerks are both white and Korean.

Luke and Xiao Hei walked around the supermarket. There are a lot of food, including food that white people like to eat, and kimchi that Koreans like, and more importantly, there is Weisen brand mineral water. It was the purpose of Luke's visit.

  Luke took out a bottle of Weisen brand mineral water from the cold drink box and walked to the cashier to check out.

  A white female cashier glanced at Luke, "Sir, do you just want a bottle of mineral water?"

   "Exactly."

  The Caucasian female cashier picked up the mineral water bottle and scanned it, "0.2 dollars. In addition, our supermarket has a promotion, a box of 24 bottles is only 4 dollars."

   Luke asked, "What about a case of 12 bottles?"

   "There is no activity for the 12 bottles."

   "Are there many people who buy this mineral water?"

   "It's okay, but most of them are bought in full boxes, which is more cost-effective."

   "Is your boss here?"

  The white female cashier looked at Luke with some vigilance, "What do you want?"

  Luke flashed his police badge, "lapd, I want to see your boss. In addition, from now on, Weisen brand mineral water is not allowed to be sold outside."

"Why?"

   "Now is not the time to explain, do as I say, understand?"

   "Wait a minute, I'll call the boss."

   Soon a white man came over, "I am the boss here, who is lapd?"

  Xiao Hei flashed his police badge, "I'm Detective Simacus, the robbery murderer, and this is Luke's deputy."

   "The Department of Robbery and Murder? Why did my supermarket provoke your department?" The white man showed a puzzled look, and waved his hand, "Comeon, come to my office and talk, this is not the place to talk."

  The three of them entered the office behind the supermarket. The office was a bit messy, "Sorry, it was a bit late last night, and I haven't had time to clean it up yet." The white man cleaned up briefly, and pointed to a black sofa that seats two

   "Please sit down.

  Let me introduce myself, my name is Osmond Simpson, and I am the owner of this supermarket. "

   "Usually you manage the supermarket yourself?"

"Yes, I tried to hire a professional manager before, but it was a mess. A supermarket of my size must be run by itself, otherwise it will be difficult to make a profit. There are too many ways in it." Osmond sighed, Patting his heart, "I will never open a supermarket again in my next life, I am too tired.

  Two police officers, what can you do? "

  Luke took out a photo of the injured woman Jenny, "Do you know her?"

  Osmond picked up the photo and looked at it, "No, I don't know him, what's the problem?"

   "This lady claimed that she came to your supermarket to buy things yesterday, do you still have the impression?"

   "No, there are too many customers in the supermarket. There are at least hundreds of people every day. It is difficult for me to have an impression of each customer. What's wrong with her?"

"She bought two bottles of Weisen brand mineral water from your supermarket, and took one of the bottles of mineral water to run up the mountain this morning. She shared a bottle of mineral water with a male friend, resulting in one death and one injury. We found out Mineral water contains cyanide, a highly toxic ingredient.

   Therefore, this brand of mineral water should not be sold outside for the time being, and customers who have already purchased this brand of mineral water should be informed not to continue drinking.

  Because other mineral water may also contain cyanide. "

   "My dear, is what you said true? This... is terrible."

  Little underworld, "Our robbery and murder department never jokes, otherwise what do you think we are here for?"

   "Wait, are you sure you bought that bottle of water from my store?"

   "This is what we came to investigate."

   "How do I investigate? Is there anything I can do?"

   "First of all, we need to check the surveillance to see if the woman in the photo really came here to buy mineral water.

   If it is bought here, we will investigate the source of the toxic mineral water. "

   "Even if the bottle of water was bought from my store, there is no guarantee that it was poisonous when it was bought. Could it be that she poisoned it herself? This is entirely possible."

   "You are right, that's why we came here to investigate instead of arresting you directly."

   "I won't poison my supermarket! I'm not a fool, it won't do me any good."

   "So, our goals are the same. It is good for you and us to clarify this matter."

  Osmond sighed softly, and said helplessly, "OK, just do as you said, the surveillance video is in this room."

  Osmond turned on the computer screen and switched to the surveillance video screen.

  Luke glanced at the screen, "We will check the monitoring ourselves, you go and tell the cashier not to sell Weisen brand mineral water."

  Osmond spread his hands, "What about other brands of mineral water?"

If you don’t ask, Luke may not say it, but since you ask, there’s no need to be polite, “All mineral water can’t be sold, be smart, you won’t make much money for every extra bottle of mineral water you sell Cents, but if you sell one more bottle of poisonous mineral water, you will probably lose your fortune, I believe, you should know this better than me."

   "OK, you are the boss." Osmond left the office with a depressed face.

  Luke started to check the surveillance. According to Jennifer's statement, she came to the supermarket around 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Luke started to check the surveillance video around 2 o'clock, and he found Jennifer.

  The other party went to the cashier to check out, and the cashier took out the items to scan the QR code, and there were two bottles of mineral water among them.

  Luke pointed to the cashier on the screen, and said to Xiao Hei beside him, "Go to the car to get the fingerprint detection device, then call her in, and compare her fingerprints."

   A few minutes later, the door of the office opened, and Xiao Hei returned to the office with the cashier and boss Osmond.

  Osmond asked, "Deputy Luke, does this case have something to do with my cashier?"

Luke turned the computer screen to everyone, pointed at Jennifer and said, "This is the female victim who was poisoned. The surveillance video proves that she did come to your supermarket and bought something. It was the lady cashier who helped her. checkout.

   We need to ask her something. "

  Boss Osmond said to the female cashier, "Joy, don't be nervous, just answer truthfully."

   "What happened exactly? Am I entitled to know too?" The female cashier was a little wary in a daze.

  Luke briefly introduced the situation, pointing to Jennifer's video, "Do you have any impression of her?"

  The female cashier took a look, "Yes, she has been to our store. There are not many black customers in our store, so I have some impression."

   "This lady was poisoned this morning. The reason why she was poisoned was because she used the mineral water sold in your store. We found the fingerprints of three people on the mineral water bottle. We want to check whether one of the fingerprints belongs to you."

   "Do you suspect that I poisoned you?" Joey, the female cashier, took a step back, showing a nervous look.

  "No, on the contrary, it's normal to have your fingerprints, if you don't have your fingerprints, it may be the murderer's fingerprints."

  Joy said, "I didn't poison it, but if the mineral water was bought in a store, I might be exposed to it when I checked out."

   "Yes, that's what I want to say, we just want to confirm whether this bottle of mineral water was bought in your store." Luke explained.

   After speaking clearly, the female cashier was relieved, and then cooperated with Xiao Hei to do fingerprint identification.

   As a result of the identification, the female cashier's fingerprints did not match the set of fingerprints on the mineral water bottle.

  The boss laughed, "Doesn't match? That means the bottle of mineral water was not bought from our supermarket, and the poisoning incident has nothing to do with our supermarket."

  Xiao Hei looked down at the fingerprint detector, "Is this thing inaccurate? Why can't it match?"

Luke watched the whole shopping video, he didn't panic, because Jennifer bought two bottles of water at that time, the female cashier only scanned one bottle of water, and didn't touch the other bottle of water, so it was only 5% Ten odds.

  Luke asked the female cashier, "If I buy two bottles of the same mineral water, will you touch them with your hands?"

   "Not necessarily, I will definitely pick up one of the bottles to scan the QR code. If the other bottle of mineral water is not necessary, I may not move it. I will multiply it by 2 when I check out."

   "Then who do you think may end up touching another bottle of mineral water?"

  The female cashier glanced at the boss and shook her head, "I don't know."

   "I'm not asking you about the poisoner, but whether the employees in the supermarket will touch the mineral water bottle under normal circumstances?"

  Joy thought for a while, "The delivery staff needs to adjust the location of the goods, and they may move."

   "You're right." Luke turned his head and looked at the boss beside him, "Call all your employees over, and I'll give you fingerprints."

  The boss was a little reluctant, "Is this necessary?"

   "Of course, it starts with you."

  …

   Soon, supermarket employees were called into the office one by one to collect fingerprints.

  Among them, the fingerprint of a Mexican female clerk was successfully compared with the fingerprint on the mineral water bottle.

  The female clerk asked three questions, and asked her if she had touched a mineral water bottle. She said that she had touched a lot of things in the supermarket.

  The other party had a legitimate reason to touch the mineral water bottle, and Luke didn't find any signs of lying, so he wrote down the other party's identity information and let her leave.

   This Mexican female clerk may not be the poisoner, but it proved one thing, the poisoned mineral water was sold from Shanyuan Supermarket.

  Boss Osmond's face was already pale, and he might have to pay a large sum of money.

   "Mr. Simpson, can you explain the source of that bottle of mineral water now?"

  Osmond said helplessly, "The Weisen brand mineral water in my store is purchased directly from the manufacturer. Even if there is a problem, it is the manufacturer's problem and has nothing to do with our supermarket."

"Don't rush to separate the relationship. It doesn't make any sense. What we have to do now is to find out the problem, so that we can find out the identity of the poisoner. If the poisoner can't be found, your supermarket will be more responsible. I I believe you should understand this."

   "But I really don't know. I swear it has nothing to do with this matter. I poison the products in my store, unless I am crazy."

   "Don't get excited." Luke reassured, "I'll ask you to answer."

"go ahead."

  Luke observed his expression and asked, "How long have you been selling this Weisen brand mineral water?"

   "About a year or so."

   "Has anything gone wrong before?"

"No."

   "Has there been a similar poisoning incident in your supermarket before?"

   Osmond hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head slightly, "No."

   lie.

  Luke felt that he was lying, and asked, "When was the last time there was a poisoning incident in a supermarket?"

   "I told you, no."

   lie.

   "Look up." Luke said in a serious tone, "Osmond, don't you know the seriousness of the problem now, someone has been poisoned to death.

  The police will conduct extensive and multifaceted inquiries and investigations, not just asking you alone.

  There are so many people in your store, I will take notes for you and them as well.

   Don't think that if you lied, the police won't know. "

   Osmond's face was a little ugly, but he still bowed his head in silence.

   Luke snapped, "I'll say it again, keep your head up."

  Osmond raised his head slowly, and Luke continued, "Osmond, let me ask again, has there been a similar poisoning incident before?"

   "Uh... I don't know if it's a poisoning incident, but some customers did report that their stomachs were ruined because they bought something from the store."

   "Then why didn't you say it before? Why did you lie."

   "I don't want to make trouble. Moreover, I don't think the two things are necessarily related. The previous guest just ate a bad stomach, and it was not very serious. It is completely different from the situation of poisoning people this time."

   "Whether there is a relationship is not up to you. When was the last time?"

   "It's been about half a month, around August 10th."

   "Tell me about the last time."

"Uh... On the morning of August 11th, a Korean guest came to me and said that he bought a bottle of Cafira brand red wine from me yesterday. After drinking the red wine, he started to have a stomachache. He and his wife squatted all night. bathroom.

  His wife has collapsed and went to the hospital to see a doctor. Let me give him an explanation.

  I couldn’t believe it after hearing it. I’ve worked in supermarkets for so many years, but this is the first time I’ve heard people say that drinking red wine can cause stomach pains.

   Even, at first I thought he was here to scam money.

   While we were arguing about this matter, another guest came and said there was something wrong with my red wine, similar to the situation of Korean guests.

   At this time, I was a little worried.

  In order to settle this matter, I compensated them a sum of money, a large sum of money, and my work for the past six months was tantamount to nothing.

   So, I don't really want to bring this up. "

   "Where's the red wine?"

  Osmond sighed, "I threw it away."

   "Why did those red wines cause the guests to have diarrhea?"

"I don't know either."

   "Why didn't you call the police?"

   "I don't want to make things worse. I own a supermarket. If people find out that there is a problem with food safety, no customers will come again in the future, so I choose to compensate privately."

   "How many customers bought the red wine in question?"

"two."

   "Are they all the same brand?"

   "Yes, Kafira."

   "Do you know the identities of those two people?"

   "I don't remember exactly, but I have records."

   "Let me know when you find it." Luke gave him a business card.

"OK."

   "In just ten days, there were two poisoning incidents in your store? Do you think it's a coincidence?"

   "I don't know, I want to find out more than anyone."

   "Have you offended anyone recently?"

   "In our industry, we have to deal with many people every day, and conflicts are inevitable. About half a month ago, I fired two lazy employees. They were not suitable for this job and could not meet the job requirements.

   I fired them legally. "

   "You think they're taking revenge on you?"

"I have no idea."

   "Send me their details later."

"I will."

   "Besides these two employees, do you have any other suspects?"

  Osmond thought about it carefully, "It seems... there is a woman who is very suspicious. She came to the supermarket and wandered around, stayed in the supermarket for a long time, and only bought some pickles when she left."

   "Tell me about the specific time and her appearance."

"It seems to be August 22, that's right, we had an event in the store that day, around three o'clock in the afternoon, she was an Asian woman in her forties, wearing a white T-shirt, sneaky, at least stayed Twenty minutes to half an hour.

   Afterwards, I also asked the staff, she has come to our store more than once, and each time she will stay for a long time.

   Could it be that she put the poisonous mineral water on the shelf while the employees were not paying attention? "

  Luke didn't speak, he operated on the computer for a while, checked the surveillance according to the time Osmond said, and found the suspicious woman, "Is it her?"

  Osmond leaned over and took a look, "It's her, the more I think about it, the more suspicious I am."

   "She only bought kimchi?"

"Yes."

   "Do you have a membership card?"

   "I asked the cashier afterwards, no."

   "Does she have transportation?"

"have no idea."

  Luke clicked on the surveillance camera outside the supermarket. From here, he could see the parking lot outside the supermarket. There were vacancies in the parking lot, but the woman did not stay in the parking lot, but walked away from another direction.

  Luke carefully observed the surveillance video of the Asian woman again. This woman stayed for 25 minutes from entering the supermarket to leaving, and her behavior didn't look like a shopping customer. She spent most of her time in the surveillance corner.

   Judging from Luke's years of criminal investigation experience, there is definitely something wrong with this woman.

   Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass!

  (end of this chapter)