Chapter 310 Behind the scene
It was past seven in the evening.
Carnegie LLP.
In a gray BMW car, Jackson sat in the driver's cab, and Jenny sat in the co-pilot's seat.
Jenny lowered the chair and reclined to make herself more comfortable, "Why are we spying on the robber Soest's lawyer?"
Before, she and Raymond were investigating the disappearance case. They were recruited temporarily and did not know the details.
Jackson introduced, "In the afternoon, the captain and I re-interrogated the three robbers.
During the interrogation, some new clues were discovered, and it was basically confirmed that Soest Victor had another purpose in robbing the Bank of North Hollywood.
The kidnapping of the Bank of North Hollywood and Muriel Baldini both involved the Baldini Fund Investment Management Company, and the captain guessed that the purpose of the robbers should be related to this company.
Sost is a desperado, and it stands to reason that it has nothing to do with this kind of company. The captain speculates that there should be a bridge between Soest Victor and the company, and this bridge may be the mastermind behind it.
Sorst has been reluctant to reveal the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, indicating that there may be other agreements between the two or that Soster attaches great importance to this mastermind behind the scenes.
In this case, the two parties may still be in contact in order to maintain this stability.
At the end of the interrogation, Soest asked to see a lawyer again, which was the only way he had contact with the outside world.
So the captain and I guessed that the lawyer might be the contact between Soest and the mastermind behind the scenes.
The robbers and the mastermind continue to exchange interests through lawyers to ensure that the robbers will not betray the mastermind. "
Jenny thought for a while and said, "Lawyers have high incomes and high social status. It is logically difficult to be bribed. After all, doing this kind of thing requires a lot of risk. If something goes wrong, not only will you be ruined, you may even need to go to jail."
Jackson said, “Every industry can become rich if you do it to the extreme.
Likewise, every industry has low-end earners.
The starting point of the legal industry is high, but it does not mean that everyone can do well.
Someone has to do the dirty work. "
Jenny looked at Jackson, as if getting to know him again, "The young man is right, but why does this tone sound a bit like the captain's?"
Jackson shrugged and said disapprovingly, "Really? Maybe I've been with the captain a lot recently."
"It can be seen that the captain appreciates you."
"I want to correct here, I have always been excellent, but you didn't notice it before."
Jenny smiled, and when she was about to say something more, her smile suddenly subsided, and she said seriously, "The target appears."
Jackson also looked forward, and several people in suits and leather shoes walked out of the lawyer's office with briefcases. One of the brown-haired men was Soest's lawyer.
"We're off to see who this guy is going to see."
Jenny asked, "Are you sure you want to drive a BMW to follow, don't you feel bad?"
"The captain said that different tracking tools are suitable for different cases. Tracking with this BMW is sometimes not easy to be suspected, and the concealment is better."
Jenny spread her hands, "It's the captain again, it can be seen that you admire the captain a little bit."
"The captain is not a few years older than me, but he is really powerful, don't you think?"
"That's right, the captain is indeed very powerful, but there is no need to put age on it, OK?"
Jackson laughed, "How much older are you than the captain?"
"One or two years old."
"Really?" Jackson asked in a questioning tone.
"Two or three years old at most." Seeing that Jackson wanted to speak again, Jenny hurriedly interrupted him, "The lawyer and his colleagues are gone, drive hard and don't get lost."
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
The lawyer drove away with several colleagues in a black Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
Ten minutes later, the car pulled up to a restaurant called crazy a few blocks away.
The lawyer and his colleagues got off the car one after another and entered the restaurant.
Jenny watched the lawyer and colleagues talking and laughing, and shook her head, "He doesn't look like he's going to meet the mastermind behind the scenes."
Jackson looked at his watch, "It's not yet eight o'clock in the evening, maybe he thinks it's too early."
An hour later, the lawyer and his colleagues walked out of the restaurant and drove away again.
Several colleagues also drove behind and rushed to the entrance of the bar two blocks away.
Jenny slapped her forehead, "It seems we have something to wait for."
Jackson stopped the car, picked up the mineral water next to him and took a big gulp, his stomach made a 'gurgling' sound.
Jenny opened her backpack, took out two breads and handed one to Jackson.
Jackson was a little surprised, "When did you buy the bread, why didn't I know?"
"I have always had the habit of preparing bread. This is the most basic thing. You should also prepare something to eat in the future. You can't learn things only by following the captain, huh."
Jackson tore open the bread bag, took a big bite, and the two chatted and laughed.
At 10:35 in the evening, the lawyer and several colleagues walked out of the bar, waved goodbye, and got into their respective cars.
Jackson said with emotion, "These guys are really rich, and no car is worse than mine."
Jenny smiled, "You know what? My childhood dream is to be one of them."
"Then why didn't you become a lawyer, but chose to be a policeman?"
“Because when I grew up and became sensible, I realized that what I really wanted to be was a policeman.”
"Oh, you're lying to your roommate now, God, who else can I trust?"
Jenny shook her head and sighed softly, "The threshold for a lawyer is too high, and it is too difficult for children from ordinary families."
"Comeon, don't make yourself so pitiful, I think you are doing well now. A heroic policewoman is no worse than a lawyer."
Jenny said, "You're right, apart from being too busy to have time to fall in love, everything else is really pretty good."
Jackson joked, "Even if you are a lawyer, you don't have time to fall in love. This is life."
"Fuck the **** fate, I want to have a good relationship right now."
Jackson said with a smile while driving, "Shall I introduce you to a boyfriend."
"Aren't you also single, this sentence will be more convincing when you get out of the single..." Jenny was halfway through speaking, and then changed the subject, "Lawyers and colleagues are separated, don't get too close."
"Don't worry, I'm ranked first in the training and assessment results."
Jenny said, "This is not training, continue to reduce the speed."
"We're far enough away."
Jenny pointed ahead, "Didn't you notice? His car was driving more and more sideways, and the traffic flow was getting less and less.
If we continue to follow like before, we will look very dazzling. "
"But if it was farther away, I wouldn't be able to see his car."
Jenny took out the binoculars, "This is the meaning of my existence, you drive, I will show the way."
The two followed the lawyer's car all the way.
After driving for about ten minutes, the lawyer's car drove to Karmi Mountain. This mountain is not high, and there are two ring roads built around the mountain.
The black Mercedes-Benz drove to the mountainside, slowed down, turned right and parked in an open space on the side of the road.
Jackson also saw the black Mercedes-Benz car, "The lawyer has stopped, are you going to meet the mastermind here?"
Jenny reminded, "Don't stop, just drive over."
The gray BMW continued to drive forward, about a mile along the mountain road, and stopped in the open space on the side of the mountain.
This is a ring mountain road, and the straight-line distance is not that far.
Jenny got out of the car, climbed up a dwarf pine next to her, took out her binoculars and looked in the direction of the lawyer.
The terrain here is relatively high, and you can just observe the open space where the lawyer is. The lawyer got out of the car and lit a cigarette. He stood beside the car and smoked quietly.
About ten minutes later, a gray Volvo came from another direction, slowed down, and stopped in the open space.
The lawyer turned his head and glanced at the gray Volvo, stubbed out his cigarette, opened the Volvo passenger door and got in.
Immediately, the lights of the Volvo car were also turned off.
Jenny was still looking through the binoculars, but because it was dark, she couldn't see the situation inside the car clearly, nor could she see the license plate.
The night is very quiet, you can hear the sound of the wind blowing leaves.
Ten minutes later, the door of the passenger cab opened, the lawyer got out of the car and entered the cab of the Mercedes-Benz car, turned on the lights, and the car left the open space.
Jenny didn't move, she hid in the tree and looked through the binoculars.
After a while, the gray Volvo also started, heading in the opposite direction.
According to previous speculation, the mastermind behind the case is likely to be in the gray Volvo sedan.
Jackson said while starting the car, "I have reported to the captain, and the captain and Marcus will support at the foot of the mountain."
"Very well, I thought the captain forgot the two of us."
Jackson laughed, "I think the captain believes in our ability."
"That's right. Compared with other combinations, the two of us are more reliable." Jenny agreed deeply, and bumped fists with Jackson.
Jackson drove to the foot of the mountain. In order to avoid being spotted by the suspected vehicle, Luke and Xiao Hei followed in a black car.
The speed of the gray Volvo is not very fast. After driving for about ten minutes, the car stopped on the side of the road.
A man stepped out of the cab, wearing a gray baseball cap and having a thin build.
Because of the long distance and dark sky, the telescope could not see the face of the other party clearly, but Luke felt like a woman.
The woman walked quickly to the intersection ahead, and waved for a taxi.
"Marcus drove and the suspect got into a taxi."
Xiao Hei said as he started the car, "These guys are quite cautious. They went around and changed cars now. Regardless of whether they are related to the robbery and kidnapping in North Hollywood, they must have done nothing good."
Although Xiao Hei is glib and has a somewhat unreliable personality, his driving skills are not bad, and he has been following the taxi not far or near.
"That's right, if you drive further, you will be in the community of Muriel Baldini's family."
"What? Muriel Baldini? Isn't he the victim of being kidnapped by Soest? Why did he secretly contact the kidnapper's lawyer?
Could it be that she bought the robber's lawyer and wanted to blackmail the robber? "Little Hei's brain was wide open, but he denied himself after speaking,
"Impossible, we just caught the robber, how could she know that the other party is the robber's lawyer?
If she was this powerful, she wouldn't be kidnapped. "
While talking, the taxi really drove to the community of Muriel Baldini's house, and it happened to stop near the door of Muriel Baldini's house.
The woman in the gray baseball cap got out of the car, looked around, and quickly entered Muriel Baldini's house.
Luke's guess was confirmed.
At the same time, more doubts arose in my heart.
If Muriel Baldini was behind the North Hollywood case, why did the two robbers kidnap her?
Luke feels that there should be two possibilities. The first possibility is that due to some unpredictable reasons after the robbery in North Hollywood, Soest and Muriel Baldini had a conflict of interest.
Sost kidnapped Muriel Baldini instead in order to achieve his goal.
The second possibility is that there is no so-called kidnapping case at all. The robbers went to Muriel Baldini's house not to kidnap, but to find her to share the spoils, but they were accidentally blocked by the police.
After some discussions, the three decided to stage a bitter plan. Muriel Baldini drove the two robbers out of the house secretly. Even if they were discovered by the police, they could still pretend to be kidnapped by the two robbers.
After careful consideration, Luke felt that the second possibility was more likely, but there was still something unreasonable. Luke made a record for Muriel Baldini himself and asked about the process of the incident, and there was no Spotted signs of her lying.
Luke's micro-expression analysis accuracy is relatively high. He can see some problems when the previous suspects lied.
Only talking to Muriel Baldini, Luke didn't see the slightest sign of lying.
This woman is not simple.
Xiao Hei parked the car on the side of the road, the victim became the mastermind behind the case, he was also a little confused, "What should we do now?
Do you want to arrest people directly? "
Luke looked in the direction of Muriel Baldini's house, thought twice, and gave up the plan to arrest people directly.
It is easier to arrest people than to convict them.
Just because Muriel Baldini met Soest's lawyer, it cannot be said that Muriel Baldini is the mastermind behind the case.
The case investigation pays attention to the evidence.
What Luke lacks now is precisely the evidence that Muriel Baldini is behind the scenes.
…
The next morning.
Luke led the team to the home of missing person Jacob Johnston.
Jiakobo Johnston was an employee of the Baldini Fund Investment Management Company. His death is likely to be related to the North Hollywood bank robbery, or his death triggered the North Hollywood bank robbery.
Luke had someone contact the family of Jacob Johnston. Jacob Johnston has never been married, and his immediate family members and mother have been hospitalized because of his disappearance.
Jacob Johnston lives in a white middle-class community. According to the police officers in charge of investigating the disappearance, they went to Jacob Johnston's house to investigate and found nothing suspicious.
Luke is preparing to re-investigate, not because he doubts the ability and responsibility of the police officers who investigate the missing case, but the focus and intensity of investigations by police officers from different departments are also different.
The people who came to Jacob Johnston’s house to investigate this time included not only members of the first squadron, but also people from the technical team. Luke gave a few simple instructions, and everyone split up to investigate.
Luke walked around the house. Because he lived alone, there were not many things in the house. Except for the master bedroom, the guest room and study room only had some simple furniture, and there were not many kitchen utensils in the kitchen. The whole house was for Luke. The impression is simple.
Luke searched the house and found nothing suspicious. He went out of the room and searched the yard. The lawn in the yard was a bit messy and hadn't been mowed for a long time.
Luke didn't find any abnormalities, so he could only pin his hopes on the technical team.
At this moment, a black SUV stopped by the side of the road. Anthony stepped out of the passenger cab and greeted, "Luke."
"How did you find it?"
"You are a busy person, I want to talk to you, so I can only chase you closely."
Luke took out a box of chewing gum and ate a piece himself, "Do you want it?"
"Thanks."
Luke handed him a piece of chewing gum, "Is there any progress in the investigation against Soest?"
"We did find something."
"what?"
"Uh, Luke, you said before that if I can find clues to convict Southest, I will hand him over to the FBI for interrogation."
"Anthony, even if Soest is in the police station, you can still interrogate him, just sit next to me."
"That's different." Anthony looked around and whispered, "He killed one of my detectives, and now there are two wounded detectives in the hospital, I have to give them an explanation .
Only when I interrogate him in the FBI's territory can this matter be brought to a successful conclusion. "
"Aren't you worried about being gossiped, and feel that you have personal grievances mixed in?
The interrogation by the police can save you some unnecessary troubles. "
"To be honest, I did have concerns about this.
But nothing is perfect in this world. To gain something, something must be lost.
In my opinion, gossip from the outside world is far less important than the trust my subordinates have in me, and I want to seek justice for them personally. Anthony pointed to a bird in the tree,
“Just like this bird, it always likes to bark, which does affect people’s lives, but no one will move for a bird.”
Anthony picked up a stone and threw it towards the treetop.
"Chiji..." The little bird flew away with fluttering wings.
"solved."
"You have a good boss under your command." Luke had to admit that the FBI is indeed doing things on a larger scale than the police.
"If you want to change jobs, I welcome you at any time."
"Forget it, Rhett is very good to me."
Anthony said seriously, "Luke, hand over Soest to me, I owe you a favor."
If it was yesterday morning, Luke would not have handed over Soest to the FBI, but today's situation is a little different. There is another behind-the-scenes man behind Soest. Judging from the whole case, Muriel Baldini is the the most important.
"Let's talk about the conviction clues you found first. If it's reliable, I can consider it."
Anthony whispered something to Luke.
Luke's face changed slightly. The clues Anthony said are indeed of some value, but... also a little bit damaged.
Luke didn't want to use it much.
"I can hand over Soest to the FBI for interrogation, but I have one condition."
"What condition?"
"If other persons involved in the case are involved during the interrogation, it will be handed over to the police for investigation."
"No problem." Anthony readily agreed.
At this time, he didn't know that there was still a black hand behind the case.
It's the end of the month,
Ask for a monthly pass!
(end of this chapter)