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In the bathroom, Locke and Madeline Hill frowned at the same time as they watched the undocumented man being photographed by William Worrell.

A gun, several bullets and a silencer were found in the partition above the bathtub in the bathroom.

“FN57, 5.7X28mm armor-piercing bullet, B&T silencer, very professional…”

William Worrell reported the model of the pistol and bullet while taking photos.

Tony Gerard stroked his unshaven chin and turned to look at Locke, “Ordinary people usually don’t choose such a configuration for self-defense, with armor-piercing bullets and silencers, like professionals…” Locke shook his head and said, “I just looked at the hands of the deceased Barbara, and there was no sign of using a gun!” Madeline Hill said, “William, I need to know as soon as possible whether there is fingerprint information of the deceased on this gun…” William Worrell replied without looking back, “I know, I have asked Jane to come to support!” The three of them left the bathroom, and Madeline Hill asked, “What do you think?” Tony Gerard replied, “I think the most urgent thing is to confirm the existence of the little girl. Hasn’t the surveillance team responded yet? If the murderer took the little girl away, no Maybe there won’t be any trace left…” Locke continued, “The little girl is likely to exist, otherwise the deceased wouldn’t have stuffed a towel in his mouth, just because he didn’t want the little girl in the closet to hear his screams during the transaction?” “So the towel was stuffed in when the deceased was trading?” Catherine Murphy suddenly interrupted, she glared at Locke fiercely, and continued, “From the blood spraying state and the trajectory of the body, the deceased did not struggle before dying…” “According to Detective Locke’s reasoning, the deceased should not want to alarm the little girl in the closet, hoping that the murderer would leave immediately after killing people…” Locke raised his eyebrows. It is understandable to stuff a towel in the transaction, but it is a bit unreasonable to suppress the instinct and not escape when he is on the verge of death and suffering a serious injury. Moreover, he did not find blood on the door handle or lock when he opened the closet door just now. With such a close-range blunt weapon attack, the murderer’s hands should be stained with blood. Tony Gerard asked, “Do we know what the murder weapon was now?”

Katherine Murphy shook her head and said, “It’s not certain yet…”

…

In the elevator, Tony Gerard asked, “What do you think?”

The two were going to the apartment building opposite to see if they could find any witnesses.

Locke shrugged, “The information we know is limited, and it’s hard to make inferences, but there’s one thing that’s strange, why did the deceased hide the little girl?”

According to the current information, the portrait that can be inferred is probably that a single mother had to become a sex worker to support the girl, and she hid her daughter in the closet while working.

It was very sad at first, but there was no trace of the little girl’s life in the room, and the little girl was imprisoned in that closet.

As William Worrell said, the traces in the room were too messy, and there were many footprints, and he couldn’t find any clues from these traces.

As soon as he got out of the elevator, he happened to meet Harry Sumner and Jack Talbot walking into the apartment.

Harry Sumner asked, “How is it? Did you find anything?”

Locke briefly recounted what he had found upstairs, “Let’s go to the apartment building opposite and see if we can find any witnesses…”

Harry Sumner said solemnly, “Is this case so complicated? Is there a little girl missing?”

Jeter Talbot said, “Mr. Lewis lied in his previous confession. He wanted to continue lying just now, but was exposed by Harry. He was one of the deceased’s clients. When he saw that the deceased’s door was open, he went in to check…”

“Fuck, this bastard I didn’t mention the little girl just now!” Harry Sumner turned around and said, “Let’s go ask him again…” Tony Gerard looked at the backs of the two people who left in a hurry, and said coldly: “Your guess is right. The little girl should have been illegally imprisoned by the deceased, otherwise the clients should not be unaware of the existence of the little girl…” Locke’s expression also became serious. After all, a child was involved. “Let’s see the results of the patrol officers’ investigation!” Madeline Hill has asked the patrol officers of the West Canyon Division to investigate this apartment and ask the tenants if they know that there is a little girl in the room of the deceased Barbara. After leaving the apartment, Locke asked Superintendent Tom Burton: “Superintendent Burton, hasn’t the landlord come yet?” Tom Burton replied: “I just contacted him and he is on the way. It will take about 30 minutes…” “Locke, this case is in charge of your second team!” Locke turned his head and greeted him, “Hi, captain Thomas…” CallHe was Steve Thomas, the chief of the West Canyon Division. He was previously the captain of the second team of the anti-crime and drug enforcement department of the detective bureau, so he also knew Tony Gerard.

“Wow, Tony, you finally have a partner!”

“…”

Tony Gerard shrugged, as gloomy and cold as ever, completely different from his attitude when facing Locke alone.

Steve Thomas didn’t mind, and punched Locke in the chest, complaining: “Locke, you are so mean. You invited Harry and Anna to the Bakersfield Ranch, but you didn’t invite me!”

Locke was speechless. Do I know you well?

He smiled and said, “Sorry, I will definitely invite you next time!”

Steve Thomas bumped fists with Locke, “OK, I’ll wait for you. I always think I should be a cowboy…”

Steve Thomas asked about the case again, and then went upstairs to contact Madeline Hill.

Steve Thomas came here after receiving a call from Tom Burton for support, so he brought more than a dozen patrol officers from the West Canyon.

Locke and his team immediately took five patrolmen to the apartment building opposite, including Superintendent Tom Burton.

Tom Burton stared at Locke in front of him, his eyes flickering, and he made up his mind to communicate more with Locke in the future.

The apartment opposite was more dilapidated than the one rented by the deceased, and there was not even an elevator. Fortunately, the stairs were spacious, and the group went directly to the fourth floor.

If you want to peek at the fourth floor opposite, you can only do it on the fourth floor and above.

Locke and his team went directly to the room on the fourth floor opposite Barbara’s room, the house number is B410.

From a horizontal perspective, only room B410 on the fourth floor can see the gap between the curtains of the deceased’s room, but on the fifth and sixth floors, at least three rooms can peek at the deceased’s room.

Tom Burton took the initiative to take the task of knocking on the door, but after knocking for at least a minute, there was no response in the room.

Tony Gerard ordered the patrolmen to knock on the door of the next room to understand the situation of the tenant in this room.

Locke walked to the door and put his ear to the door to listen to the movement in the room. Suddenly, he smelled a bloody smell.

He looked at Tony Gerard solemnly, “Deputy Captain…”

Tony Gerard immediately came over and did the same thing as him. He turned his head and ordered Tom Burton: “There is a smell of blood. We need to break the door…”