Chapter 156 New case
The shooting case is relatively complicated, involving multiple victims and the shooter, the social impact is relatively large, and the time for closing the case is relatively long.
In the second half of the month, Squadron 1 was mostly busy sorting out the closing procedures and files.
Taking advantage of the time when he was not busy, Luke got off work on the hour every day, and used up the three newly drawn study cards.
are profile cards, observation cards and micro-expression analysis cards respectively.
These three skills have also improved a lot, and Luke feels very fulfilled.
Soon, it entered June, and the weather temperature was slightly higher than the previous two months.
The clothes became cooler and cooler, and Luke began to wear half sleeves.
In the morning, Luke drove a Harley into the police station, attracting many people to watch.
The modified Harley is cooler, with a more perfect streamlined body, wider tires and more dazzling colors.
Stylish domineering fits Luke's temperament very well.
"Hey, the Harley is well modified." Captain Jones came over and patted the back seat of the motorcycle.
Luke smiled, "You have a good vision, too."
"Any time? Let's talk."
"I thought you simply liked my car."
Jones laughed, "There is no conflict."
The two reached the smoking area, and Jones handed Luke a cigarette.
"Captain Jones, what do you want to talk to me about?" Luke really couldn't figure out why Jones was looking for him.
Jones took a puff of cigarette, "Can we talk about David?"
"What happened to David?"
"I know that David's investigation style is relatively hard-line. He has offended many people and been investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I don't think he is very suitable to stay in the Robbery and Murder Division. Maybe it is more suitable for us to come to the Anti-Mafia and Anti-Drug Division. I There is a good job for him.
But before the official invitation, I want to know more. You are his partner, and you should be the person who knows him best. "
Luke frowned slightly, "If David went to the Anti-crime and Anti-drug Division, what position could he hold?"
"Deputy team.
The former deputy team has been transferred, and there is no suitable candidate in the team. I have the qualifications to recommend. Of course, whether the transfer can be successful depends on his personal ability. "
"Sounds good." David is in his thirties and has been in the Robbery and Murder Division for seven or eight years. He is indeed qualified to be promoted to the deputy team.
A squadron generally has one or two deputy squadrons. The first squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division already has Vinson’s deputy, and it is only a matter of time before Luke is promoted.
Either get Luke away, or get the deputy team back. It is a chance to be transferred to the anti-crime and anti-narcotics department. Of course, the key depends on what he thinks.
As for Luke, it doesn't matter much.
The Anti-Mafia and Anti-Drug Department is just downstairs from the Robbery and Murder Department. We can often meet each other on and off work, and we can go to the bar to drink together at night.
In addition, the relationship between the two is very good. They are in different departments and can exchange news, which is beneficial to each other's future development.
Luke explained David's situation objectively.
There is no need to be overly prettified at this time. Even if David is successfully transferred, he was the deputy team in the past. If his words and deeds are different, his immediate boss Jones will not be happy.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes, and Jones almost understood everything, "Luke, don't tell David yet, and talk to him after I have definite news from my side."
"OK."
Jones patted Luke on the shoulder again, "I'll go first, next time I have a chance to buy you a drink."
Luke smiled.
I believe you ghost, if you want to buy me a drink, it would be nice to go to the bar to chat at night, you need to take me out early in the morning to chat.
However, this is good news. Luke will send a letter to David when he finds a suitable opportunity.
As for Jones, he didn't bother to care.
The relationship is far and near. Luke can't tell the truth.
come back to the office.
David pointed out the window, "Your motorcycle is so flamboyant."
Luke smiled, "This is standard equipment for tough guys, you just envy and hate."
David raised his chin and pointed to Xiao Hei's desk, "Our squadron has already lost a tough guy, maybe you will be next."
Xiao Hei held his chin, looking listless.
Luke shook his head, he can't control it, one tough guy is enough in this office.
Matthew walked into the office and greeted, "Luke, is anyone looking outside?"
"who?"
"A fat white man, he looks quite cute."
"What the hell?"
Caucasian fat man, pretty cute? Luke was a little puzzled, who would come to find him.
Luke went downstairs and saw a familiar figure, Uncle Val.
"Uncle, why are you here?"
"I happened to pass by, and I stopped by to see you. The working environment is good, wow... This is your modified Harley? It's super cool." Val yawned and patted Luke's motorcycle.
Luke took a step back and frowned, "Have you been drinking?"
"a cup of beer."
Luke didn't believe it, the smell of alcohol almost made people faint.
"Uncle, what can I do for you?"
Val scratched his cheek, "Uh, I bought a lot of stocks recently, and I'm stuck...you know."
Luke cut to the chase, "How much?"
"Two hundred dollars."
Luke sighed softly, still took out two hundred dollars from his wallet and handed it to him.
"I will pay you back in the future, double."
Luke didn't report much hope for this, "Why didn't you call me?"
"The phone is down."
Luke "…"
Val put two hundred dollars in his pocket, "I won't always be like this, trust me."
What can Luke say, "Get a job first."
Val said, "I have a job, and I'm recording a song... Actually, at a family gathering last time, I just wanted to play my song for you to listen to. But I'm afraid your mother will beat me up."
Luke nodded, "It's possible."
"Thanks, buddy, I'll give it to you when I record the song."
"I am looking forward."
"Good." After Val finished speaking, he turned and left. After walking a few steps, he warned, "Don't tell your mother that I've been here, she's super annoying."
Luke "…"
With such a wonderful uncle, what can he say?
At this moment, David and others came down from upstairs, "Your friend is here?"
"That's right, an unreliable friend." Luke said perfunctorily, "Why are you all down?"
"There is a case."
"What case?"
"Get in the car and talk."
Subsequently, Luke, David, and Xiao Hei boarded the Ford Explorer.
David was driving, Luke was sitting in the co-pilot, and Xiao Hei was sitting listlessly in the back seat.
David said, "A female body was found by the sea."
"David, honestly, do you like investigating cases?"
“If it were possible to live a prosperous life without working, most people would choose to be unemployed.”
"That's not what I mean, what I want to say is, besides staying in the Robbery and Murder Division, have you ever thought about transferring to other departments?"
David shook his head, "Marcus is quiet, now it's your turn to talk shit?"
Luke didn't say any more. Although Xiao Hei is not an outsider, this is David's private matter after all, and he didn't directly point it out.
This matter will not come to fruition in a short while.
Soon, a group of people arrived at the scene of the crime, and the patrolmen had cordoned off the surrounding area.
The body was located on the beach not far from the road, and it was likely that the body was thrown directly into the sea and washed back.
Luke approached and checked. It was a white female corpse. She looked young, estimated to be in her twenties, with blond hair, and the corpse was not seriously decomposed. It is estimated that the death time should not be long.
Wearing a blue one-piece skirt, which has been rolled up to the waist, revealing light blue underpants, there are many scratches on the body, judging from Luke's experience, both caused by life and death after the scars.
Among them, the scar that Luke paid the most attention to was on the neck, and there was a tooth mark on the left side. At first glance, it looked like an animal's tooth mark, with two round holes left by fangs, but upon closer inspection, it looked like a human tooth mark. .
Luke couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, what kind of thing bit this?
Except for these things, there are not many traces left at the scene. This is definitely not the first scene. The body has been washed by sea water, so there is not much evidence left.
Might not even be able to prove her identity?
As for the cause of death, that is a matter of forensic medicine.
The survey team and forensic doctor who arrived later took over the scene.
Raymond, David, and Jenny went to visit nearby.
Luke took Xiao Hei to make notes for the informant.
The informant was a white man in his forties, wearing a baseball cap, with a big beard, looking a bit sloppy, and smelling like a mixture of stink and alcohol.
Luke asked, "Are you the informant Jamie Andari?"
"it's me."
"Jamie, we want to take a note for you."
"Okay, but it's better to hurry up, I'm going to go back to sleep."
Luke thought he had heard it wrong. Now it's ten o'clock in the morning, and it doesn't look like bedtime. "Did you mean sleep?"
"Yes, are there any questions?"
"No, your freedom.
Can you describe how you found the body? "
Reporter Jamie recalled for a while and said, “Today I just finished breakfast, which was fried eggs and hamburgers I made myself. After eating, I wanted to go to the beach to fetch water and wash the dishes.
As a result, I saw a dead body by the sea. At first I thought I was mistaken, but when I walked in, I found out that it was real. I was terrified and called the police.
Now I haven't even brushed the pot. I don't plan to brush it anymore, I will continue to use it at night. "
Luke was a little confused when he heard it, "Wash the pot to fetch water? Is there no water in your house?"
The reporter Jamie pointed to the right, "My home is there, I live in a tent, yes, I am a homeless man.
To be precise, I am a homeless person now, not before. "
Luke nodded and asked, "Do you know the dead?"
"I don't know, this is the first time I've seen it."
"are you sure?"
"Yes."
"What time did you meet?"
"About nine o'clock in the morning?"
"Please be more specific."
"Around nine forty."
"What time did you call the police?"
"Are you close to the deceased?" Luke kept observing his expression, feeling signs of lying.
"Yes, I want to confirm her condition and see if she needs help. I found that she was no longer breathing and immediately called the police.
terrible. "
Luke probed, "Did you see any suspicious people before you found the body?"
"No."
Lie!
"Think about it again, did you forget something?"
"Really not."
Lie!
Through the transcript just now, Luke clearly saw that the other party had a lying expression.
The preliminary autopsy has not been completed yet, and Luke is not in a hurry, so he simply has a good chat with the informant to find out why he lied.
As the informant, since he lied, he must have concealed some important facts of the case, which might become the breaking point of the case.
Luke didn't expose the other party as soon as he came up, and said in a chatty way, "Jamie, why did you move here?"
"It's relatively clean here, and it's closer to the sea. I like the sea. When I have nothing to do, I can play the guitar facing the sea. It feels great."
"Can you play the guitar?"
"That's right, I haven't always been so down and out... To be exact, I just went bankrupt. Last year, I was a middle-class man with a house and a car. Then I lost my job, my wife got divorced, my credit card broke, and all my things became bank. .
I can't even afford my daughter's college tuition.
I could only move to live in a tent. I was a little uncomfortable at first, but now that I think about it, it’s good. I have more free time, and I can do what I want. Isn’t this the ultimate pursuit of human beings? ? "
There are a lot of homeless people in the United States. There are about 500,000 homeless people, accounting for 1.7‰ of the total population. There are three main sources of homeless people.
The first type is smoking alone and alcoholism.
The second type is illegal labor.
The third type, the middle class.
Americans pay attention to consumption in advance, regardless of whether it is useful or not, just buy it.
In addition, most people use credit cards, they don’t have much cash, and they can easily go bankrupt once financial problems arise.
With a bad record, it will be more difficult to find a job, and it is also difficult to rent a cheap house, and the landlord is not willing to rent to dishonest people.
Once the middle class goes bankrupt, many men will become homeless.
It's not that they want to wander, but they have to.
Huge debts are difficult to turn over.
America is very unfriendly to the middle class.
"Jamie, I'm sure you'll be fine." Luke comforted.
"Thank you, I'm having a good time now too."
Luke stared at him and changed the topic, "I sympathize with what happened to you, but this is not a reason for you to lie."
Jamie leaned back, stammering, "I...didn't lie."
Luke said firmly, "I'm a policeman, and I deal with criminals every day.
They are all good at lying, but you are different, you are not like them.
I know you are a good person, but I can't think about it for a while. I am willing to give you a chance to correct it. Tell me, what happened? "
Jamie was stunned, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and lowered his head.
His right hand trembled slightly, and he didn't know whether it was from being frightened or from drinking too much alcohol.
Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Luke changed the question, "You just said that you also have a daughter. How is your relationship with your daughter?"
"Yes, I used to have a good relationship with my daughter. I would drive her out every week, and her mother. Our family of three is very happy, at least I think so." Jamie nodded to Luke .
Luke pointed to the corpse not far away, "The female victim is not much older than your daughter, she also has a father, and she is probably anxiously waiting for her daughter to come home at this time, I believe you should be able to understand that feeling.
But he... can't wait anymore.
What we can do is to find out the case and find the murderer of the girl, and maybe bring some comfort to his father.
Can you help us? Specifically, helping a father who is anxiously awaiting the return of his daughter. "
"I am willing." Jamie raised his head, perhaps thinking of his daughter, his eyes were a little red, "I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't lie."
“Everyone makes mistakes, and you still have a chance to correct it, and it’s not too late.”
Jamie nodded and took a deep breath, "I saw it, last night... no, to be exact, around two o'clock in the morning this morning, I saw a black pickup truck driving to the beach.
Two strong men got out of the car, as if they were carrying something and threw it into the sea. I was sitting at the mouth of the tent drinking beer, because I was far away and it was dark, I couldn't see what they were throwing, so I instinctively felt that it was not a good thing.
But I don't bother to care about it, I'm already confused, so there's nothing to be afraid of.
After they finished throwing things away, they seemed to have spotted me too.
The two scolded each other a few words, and then they walked towards me, and I realized that the situation was not good.
I wanted to run, but I drank too much and couldn't run fast at all, so I was quickly chased by two people.
One of them put a gun to my head and asked loudly, "What did you see?"
I just said no.
After a stalemate for a while, they took out a thousand dollars and threw it on the ground, telling me to take the money and shut up, and kill me if I dare to speak nonsense.
Also, if I told the truth to the police, the money would be confiscated.
I was intimidated by them.
They're gone, and the body is gone.
Until the body was washed back to the shore by the waves this morning, I decided to call the police.
sorry, I should not have concealed these circumstances. "
After finishing speaking, Jimmy took out ten crumpled green bills from his pocket, "This is the money they gave me. I originally wanted to buy something for my daughter...uh...but obviously, they don't belong to me."
Luke thought for a while, then glanced at Susan's direction again, "Put them away, they belong to you now."
"Really?"
"Although the police department has regulations, the regulations are dead. People are alive and have warmth. Take the money and buy something for your daughter." The Los Angeles Police Department's funding is not lacking in this. Instead of sinking into the sea, It's better to give it to those who need it more.
Of course, Luke will not make up the money out of his own pocket, as long as he says hello to Rhett and Susan, there are many ways to solve it, and the problem is not big.
"Thank you, thank you." Jimmy put the money away, obviously relaxed.
"Jamie, have you seen the face of the corpse thrower?"
“It was very dark at that time, and the distance was relatively far. I couldn’t see clearly at first. When they chased me, I didn’t dare to look back. I only knew it was a black man and a white man.
Among them, the one who pointed the gun at me was the black man. "
"Is there anything special about their clothes?"
"No, it seems to be a dark T-shirt."
"Where's the car?"
"I only remember the black pickup, and I can't see the others clearly."
"Where did the car come from, and where did it go?"
"It came from the east. I didn't dare to look at it when I was leaving. I didn't check it until a long time later. By then, the car had long since disappeared."
Luke wrote down the direction of the car in his notebook, "Was anyone else present at the time?"
"No."
Luke thought for a while, "Why didn't they kill you?"
"I don't know, I was worried that they would kill me and throw me into the sea too, but they didn't.
Honestly, I kind of appreciate them afterwards. "Jamie's expression was a little complicated.
"Did you see the corpse up close when they threw it away?"
"No, I was also terrified at the time. And the body was swept away by the sea. It was very dark, and it was very dangerous to go into the sea at this time. I didn't dare to go close to search for it.
I didn't dare to look closer until I saw the body again in the morning. "
Luke sighed. Sure enough, this is just the scene of the corpse throwing. After the corpse is washed by the sea, many clues will disappear. If Jamie has seen the corpse before being washed by the sea, it may provide some valuable clues, but now it is obviously Impossible.
Luke asked a few more words, then left a business card and left.
Luke suddenly thought of his uncle. If he hadn't had a reliable father and sister, he would have lived on the streets long ago and became a member of the homeless.
Luke briefly reported the case to Susan.
The technical team also quickly completed the on-site survey task.
They did not find any valuable clues, nor did they find items that could prove the identity of the deceased.
Forensic doctor Sheila found something.
Sheila completed the preliminary autopsy, called Luke and the others over, pointed to the corpse and said, "The deceased was washed by seawater before his death, which to a certain extent affected the judgment of the time of death. It is roughly estimated to be between 9:00 p.m. .
No features that can prove the identity of the deceased have been found for the time being.
The deceased was about 25 years old and about 165cm tall. He had many abrasions on his body, including defensive injuries during his lifetime and scratches after death, but none of them were fatal.
The more special scars are on the neck. Sheila pointed to the tooth marks on the neck, "You can see that there are obvious bite marks here, but unfortunately after being washed by sea water, it is difficult to extract valuable biological samples. "
Luke looked again at the neck scar and asked, "Did she get bitten?"
David said, "In my experience, it should not be. It is impossible for a person to bite out two blood holes. They are more like animal fangs, longer and sharper."
"Both of you are right, but not entirely right.
Most of the bite marks of the deceased had the same characteristics as human tooth marks, but the two blood holes were indeed not caused by human teeth, but more like animal fangs.
So..." Sheila also seemed a little hard to judge.
Jenny said, "This is very similar to the legendary... vampire."
Sheila nodded, "Yes, it does look a bit like it."
"Comeon, there is no such creature in this world, even if it existed, it would have been wiped out by humans long ago." The deputy team was a little disdainful.
Susan asked, "What was the real cause of her death? A bite wound to the neck?"
Sheila shook her head and sighed, "No, she has no fatal injuries."
"Then how did she die?"
"Scared to death."
Luke thought he heard it wrong, "Are you kidding me?"
Sheila explained, “No, when a person is in a state of extreme panic, the adrenal glands will suddenly release a large amount of catecholamines, causing the heartbeat to suddenly increase, blood pressure to increase, and the oxygen consumption of myocardial metabolism to increase sharply.
Excessive blood circulation hits the heart like a flood, tearing the myocardial fibers, bleeding the heart, causing cardiac arrest and death.
It was the same as her autopsy, so she should have been frightened to death. "
Jenny took a deep breath, "How can people be scared to death... Are there really vampires?"
Calvin died yesterday. Another late update.
The outline of the new case did not go well.
In fact, it is not difficult to actually code words. If you work there for 12 hours, you will definitely be able to write 10,000 words.
What I am most afraid of is that the case will not be sorted out smoothly, and I will not be able to write the desired feeling.
I write about one more case per week. The most difficult thing is the design of the case. It must not only be novel, but also logical and cool.
It is very likely that a case cannot be sorted out in two or three days.
I can only write, sort out, and check information at the same time.
I wrote until twelve o'clock in the morning last night, and I still haven't finished a chapter. I'm so sleepy that I can't keep my eyes open, and my mind is messed up, so I can only sleep first.
Still thinking about the update, I woke up at five o'clock in the morning, so I quickly got up and continued writing.
I really didn't touch fish.
Don't worry, everyone, the case has been sorted out smoothly, and there will be more updates on the running order.
I also know that everyone is waiting for the update in a hurry.
Actually, I am more anxious.
In the future, for the convenience of everyone reading, we plan to fix the update time.
What do you think is appropriate?
(end of this chapter)