Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 56 Contact

   Half an hour later.

  Susan rushed to the scene with the site survey personnel.

  Susan asked, "What's the situation at the scene?"

  David is not a showman, motioning to Luke.

   "We opened Lawn's private warehouse, which contained a lot of oil paintings and a large box. After opening the box, there was a corpse lying inside.

  The corpse has been placed for at least half a month, and it is completely decomposed. Only a man can be identified, holding an oil painting in his hand, and his identity cannot be confirmed for the time being. "

  Susan asked, "Have you talked to the person in charge of the storage center?"

  Luke pointed to the fat man beside him, "Borret is the day shift manager, he checked the records for us, and there were two visit records in Lawn's warehouse in the past three months.

  One time was on the night of February 26, and another time was the night before. "

  Susan asked, "Can you confirm the identity of the visitor?"

   "There is no monitoring inside the storage center, only two cameras are installed in the reception room, and it is not yet known whether the identity of the visitors can be photographed.

   Also, I've contacted the night manager, who may know more. "

  Susan entered the warehouse with the inspectors. The rotten smell dissipated a lot, but it was still disgusting.

  A lot of oil paintings were scattered in the warehouse, some of which were damaged, and there were obvious signs of fighting.

  Susan wore a mask and walked to the box. Inside was a corpse full of maggots. His eyes had collapsed into two holes. The original color of the clothes could no longer be seen.

   "Captain Susan, please step aside, we are going to move the body outside." The person who spoke was Sheila, the forensic doctor in charge of the autopsy. She was wearing tight protective gear and could not see her face clearly.

  Susan exited the warehouse to make more room for the forensic and survey personnel.

  …

  The police borrowed an empty warehouse as a temporary office, and investigation orders were issued from here.

  Marcus checks the surveillance in the reception room.

   Raymond and Jenny are looking for witnesses. Although it is unlikely, they still have to try.

   Luke and David are responsible for taking notes for the personnel in the storage center.

  The night shift manager is called Romy, a Mexican of about forty years old.

  Luke cut to the chase, "Romy, were you on the night shift the night before?"

   "Yes." Romy nodded.

  There is a big difference between a night shift manager and a day shift manager in terms of job content, salary, and authority.

  The night shift manager is only required to be on duty, register and record attendance.

  The day shift manager is responsible for more work, such as handling business, auctioning abandoned warehouses, and managing attendance.

   In terms of specific work arrangements, the night shift manager should also obey the day shift manager.

   To put it bluntly, it is more like a positive and a negative.

   Luke continued to ask, did someone open warehouse 53 the night before? "

  Looking at the entry and exit records, Romy recalled, "Yeah, it's a white woman."

   "The tenant of Warehouse No. 53, Lawn, is obviously a man, why did he let a woman in?"

"According to the company's regulations, as long as you have the warehouse key and the tenant's certificate, you can enter the warehouse." Romy pointed to the record book and said, "Look here is the record, the lady showed Lawn's driver's license, I have no reason Don't let her in."

  Luke turned on his phone, showing a photo of Caroline, "Do you know this person?"

  Romy looked at the photo carefully, "Yes, that's her, I remember, a very elegant lady."

   "Did she come alone, or with other companions?"

   "I came alone... It was fine when I came, but it was a bit abnormal when I left."

   "What kind of abnormal law?"

   "She seemed to be frightened and ran away in a panic. I was a little puzzled at the time, why did she come to the warehouse at night?"

   "How long was she in there?"

  Romy spread his hands, "I don't know the exact time, it should be less than ten minutes."

According to Luke's guess, Caroline came to the storage center the night before yesterday, probably because she wanted to get something from the warehouse. The light in the warehouse was relatively dark, and there was no one around, so it was a bit scary. Caroline opened the box with anxiety. .

   As a result, I didn't see the desired item, but saw a rotting corpse.

  Anyone will be frightened.

  Luke said, "On the night of February 26, someone also came to Warehouse No. 53. Do you still have any impression?"

  Romy shook his head, "It's been so long, I don't remember it. But looking at the information on the record sheet, the other party used Lawn's social security card, and it should be the storage center that drove into it."

   After finishing the notes, Luke returned to the temporary office and reported the situation to Susan.

   Judging from the degree of decomposition of the dead body, it is likely that it was put into the warehouse on February 26.

  The investigation progress of all parties has also been summarized one after another.

  Mary entered the temporary office, took off her gloves, "Is there any coffee?"

  Susan shook her head, "No, when I get back to the bureau, I invite you."

   "OK, we have completed the preliminary investigation of the scene. There was a struggle in the warehouse, and there were obvious signs of dragging. This should be the scene of the first crime.

   We also found some blood and hair.

  However, no documents that could prove the identity of the deceased were found, and there was no mobile phone. "

  Susan asked, "Where's the murder weapon?"

"No."

"Thanks for your hard work."

   "I will notify you when the test report comes out." Mary finished speaking and left the temporary office.

  The deputy team said, "According to Mary, the warehouse should be the scene of the crime. If it was a premeditated murder, they should not choose to hide the body in the warehouse.

  The reason why this group of people came to the warehouse should be to **** Lawn’s things. I think it is very likely that there was a fight between the gangs due to the uneven distribution of spoils. The deputy team asked, "Do you know who I thought of?" "

   Luke guesses, "Tim."

  "That's right, Tim has been refusing to turn into a tainted witness. At that time, he speculated that he might have other criminal records, and the deceased might have been killed by him, so he didn't dare to confess to another accomplice.

  Once the accomplice is caught, Tim's murder will be exposed. "

  Susan asked, "Deputy Captain, are you sure you can make him confess?"

  The deputy team thought for a while, "No, Tim is very suspicious, but he is very vigilant. If no definite evidence is found, he will definitely not admit it."

   That's when Marcus walks in, "Hey guys, I've found a big clue."

  Everyone has long been used to him being surprised, Luke asked lightly, "What clue?"

  Marcus smiled and did not answer. Instead, he put the tablet in his hand on the table and played a video.

  In the video, a black Volvo drove to the gate of the storage center, and the driver in the cab was Tony Weir. He submitted his documents, registered, and then drove the car into the storage center.

  Marcus pointed to the video and said, "The corpse of the deceased is so rotten that you can't see his face clearly, but Tony's clothes in the video are very similar to those of the deceased. Tony Will is probably the deceased."

  Luke added, "It could be the killer, too."

   He had a question in his mind, why did Tony Will have something to do with Lawn's case?

  Who the **** is he?

  (end of this chapter)