Chapter 398 Li Wei
"You are the police, not here to buy a car.
Sure enough, a man's words cannot be trusted. I never thought that I would be deceived by a man at this age. "The black proprietress Lilith's voice became sharper, as if to remind others that the police were coming.
This nonsense tone made Xiao Hei a little annoyed, and warned, "Don't change the subject, let alone play tricks, where is the car?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. As I said before, I don't have a similar car here. You can go to other car dealers." Lilith put on a closed door to see off customers.
"Do you think we are here to visit?
We have made a very clear investigation before we came here. That dark blue Cayenne is here with you. Hand over the car, and we will help you get a favorable plea deal.
This is good for everyone, otherwise, things will be bad for you. "
The black proprietress Lilith seemed to have been greatly wronged, "Sir, I respect the police, but I don't like being threatened.
We're in legitimate business, you can't scare me. "
Other employees of the car dealership heard the movement, and they also gathered around, stood behind Lilith, and expressed their support for her with practical actions, looking at Luke and Xiao Hei with guarded and angry eyes.
"Wow, wow... so many people."
Xiao Hei took two steps back, keeping a certain distance from the surrounding employees, and at the same time glanced at everyone, staring at them fiercely, "What do you want to do? Attack the police because of the crowd?"
Lilith said, "We didn't mean that."
Xiao Hei curled his lips, "But you have this kind of action, and I know the reason why you did it is to deliberately delay the time and want to hide that car."
Lilith curled her lips, seeing what can happen, there are only two of you.
Xiao Hei suddenly took out a pistol from his waist, startling the employees of the car dealership, and they all backed away.
"Bang!" Xiao Hei fired a shot into the sky.
"Ah!" Several car dealer employees were so frightened that they lay on the ground.
Lilith showed an angry look, "What do you mean? Threatening me?" Lilith raised her hands, "Just because we didn't cooperate, you are going to shoot and kill?"
Luke was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Xiao Hei to be so rigid. This doesn't seem like his style of doing things.
David possessed?
However, since it was done, Luke had to support him, with his right hand on the gun, and his eyes scanned the people present.
Whoever makes a change, the next shot will not be aimed at the sky.
"Woooooooooooo..."
At this time, a siren sounded around, and several police cars stopped at the door of the garage.
Heavily armed police officers stepped out of the car, pointed their guns at the people in the garage, and shouted, "lapd!"
"Everyone stay still, hands up!"
"God, what are you doing!" Lilith was a little crazy, she was also watching people order dishes, and she was just arguing, why did she suddenly turn her face?
"I just gave you a chance to choose." Xiao Hei waved his hand and shouted, "I received news that this dealership has hidden a stolen car.
Bring everyone here back for questioning. "
"Yes, sir."
Inspector Marcus gave an order, and the police officers handcuffed everyone in the dealership.
Lilith's lips trembled slightly, she didn't know whether she was angry or frightened, "You don't have to do this, just take me alone...I can tell you where that car is."
"There is no need for that." Xiao Hei pointed to the employees behind, "All of them can tell me."
Lilith demanded, "Hey, why did you do this to me? Did I offend you?"
"My name is not Hey, my name is Inspector Marcus, remember this name, understand?"
Lilith hesitated, "Inspector Marcus, I was wrong.
I'll tell you where that car is right now, don't grab my employees, they don't know anything. "
Marcus walked up to her and whispered, "I don't want to be so troublesome, but this time I am lenient with you, and next time someone will despise me.
I hope that through this incident, everyone will remember Detective Marcus. "
Xiao Hei gave an order, and everyone in the car dealership was taken into a police car, and the car dealership was also closed.
Luke smiled, "Inspector Marcus, you are quite impressive."
Xiao Hei breathed a sigh of relief, and rubbed his wet palms, "It's just a fox pretending to be a tiger, and I have to rely on you to support me."
Luke said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Are you trying to use this incident to gain power?"
Xiao Hei was sitting in front of a car, with his hands on his lap, "We were originally a pair of golden partners.
But you have been growing, constantly learning various criminal investigation skills, and your position is getting higher and higher. Inspector, deputy team leader, and team leader.
I... don't want to hold back.
I also want to grow, and I know that my other abilities are not strong.
Then simply do what you are good at. "
"Do you have a goal?"
"Yeah, I wish the whole Los Angeles gang had heard about Detective Marcus instead of treating me like nobody, ignored by an arrogant fat woman."
"Good idea."
"Will you support me?" Xiao Hei also made a lot of determination before making this decision. He hoped to expand his influence in the gang through this matter.
Before, Xiao Hei also had many informants in the gang, but he maintained these relationships not because of his high status in the police station, but because he grew up in a black slum and was familiar with the rules of the gang. Most of his teenage playmates joined After leaving the gang, those who are still alive have become the middle force of the gang.
Xiao Hei also relies on these connections to gain insight into the gang, but it is really hard to say how high his status is.
He used to be a police detective, and he was promoted to detective not long ago. His reputation is not obvious. There are many people in the gang who don't sell his face, and many people have never heard of him.
"You can try it, but be careful."
"Don't worry, I'm more cowardly than you think."
As Xiao Hei said, this time, instead of arresting one or two people, he arrested everyone in the car dealership. If you don’t say anything, someone will always say it, and the tacit understanding between them has long since collapsed.
Everyone hopes to get a favorable plea deal through meritorious deeds.
These people not only confessed the hiding place of the Porsche Cayenne, but also confessed many other crimes.
After this time, Inspector Marcus became famous in the whole stolen car market.
According to the confession of the employees of the car dealership, the police quickly found the place where the stolen car was hidden.
The backyard of the car dealership is closed, and there is a row of garages that are used to store stolen cars that have not been modified.
The Porsche Cayenne is hidden in the first garage on the east side. The car was picked up yesterday, and it hasn't been refitted yet.
Luke opened the car to check. The interior of the car was gorgeous, but there was no driving recorder, and the mat in the trunk of the car was missing.
Luke felt that something was wrong, so someone brought a luminol reagent, sprayed it on the trunk, closed the garage door, and the edge of the trunk glowed blue-purple under the light.
There are bloodstains. As for whether it is the bloodstains of the deceased Ariel Gray, we will not know until it is identified.
Luke continued to search the condition of the car. There were a lot of bird droppings on the roof and front windshield, scratches on the sides of the car, and black dirt on the tires.
The traces on these cars can prove where the car has been and what it has experienced.
By asking the employees of the second-hand car dealership, the police found the person who sold the stolen car.
According to him, the car was not stolen, but 'picked up'.
The pick-up location is located in a bush near Bruce Boulevard in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
Luke and Xiao Hei drove to Bruce Avenue, found the place to pick up the car, and then searched around the woods, but found no valuable clues.
Luke had already expected this point, as long as the murderer was not stupid, he would not abandon the vehicle at the place where the body was dumped.
Then Luke thinks about the bird **** on the roof of the Cayenne and the black dirt on the tires.
There were two spots of bird droppings on the roof, suggesting the car had been sitting there for a while, but Luke found no birds around the undergrowth.
This car is likely to have been parked elsewhere, and that is likely to be the place where the body was dumped.
There is also the black soil on the tires, which is also different from the soil around the undergrowth. Most of the soil in Los Angeles is yellow soil or gray. Black soil is not common, and some rock particles should be mixed in the black soil composition.
Summing up many clues, Luke had an idea in his mind, and then Luke contacted Matthew to ask him to help find the place where the body was dumped.
First of all, bird experts are invited to distinguish the species of birds through bird droppings, so as to find out the habitat distribution area of these birds;
Secondly, find a place with black soil, this Cayenne should have been there.
Another point, since we know the location of Gray’s vacation home and the location of the abandoned car, then the location of the body dumping should be related to these two locations, and the location of the body dumping is probably between the two.
Summarize all the clues, and the places that meet the conditions are likely to be the places where the corpses are dumped.
In addition, road monitoring can also be used to check for car traces.
Under multiple investigations by the police, the location of the abandoned corpse was gradually determined.
First of all, the diameter of Gray's vacation home and the abandoned car location is used as the diameter, and the surrounding area is used as the key investigation area.
According to the identification of bird experts, the bird droppings on the roof belong to the black phoebe flycatcher, which is a relatively common bird in California. Its round body is very cute, and there are many habitats in Los Angeles.
Secondly, find out the area with black soil and add up these three conditions. The overlapping area is likely to be the place where the corpse is dumped.
After the screening of these three conditions, a total of two general areas that meet the conditions have been found.
Luke asked people to check the road monitoring in these two areas, and found that a dark blue Porsche had stayed in one of the areas.
The area of this area is not small, and it is not easy to find the corpse. Luke immediately applied for a tracking dog.
This is a bloodhound with long big ears, a long tongue sticking out, a thick neck, and black and yellow fur. It looks naive, more like a well-behaved pet dog.
Luke found the clothes of the deceased Ariel Gray, and let the bloodhound sniff them as a source of smell. Following the dog handler's order, the bloodhound started to run with small steps.
The bloodhound has entered the working state, and the dog's face is a little more serious, with a bit of police dog temperament.
Luke and his party also followed behind the police dogs.
Led by the Bloodhound, the group left the road and entered a wasteland. After walking a few hundred meters, they entered the Gobi Desert.
Luke squatted down and found that the soil in this piece was indeed black, very similar to the soil found on Porsche tires.
The bloodhound was still running forward. Luke and the others were afraid of affecting the tracking of the police dogs, so they didn't dare to follow too closely, so they followed at a moderate distance.
After a while, the Bloodhound stopped and turned around on the spot. It seemed to be turning a little bit. The dog handler took out Ariel Gray's clothes again and let him sniff them. With an order, the Bloodhound went again ran forward.
After running for nearly half a mile, the bloodhound stopped and barked at the dog handler a few times, "Wow..."
The two front paws scratched the black soil on the ground.
The dog trainer gave an order, signaled the bloodhound to stop, and shouted to the people behind him, "Suspected to find the target."
Hearing this sentence, everyone was a little excited and wanted to take a closer look.
Luke stopped the crowd and asked them to wait in place to avoid damaging the scene due to the crowd.
Luke stepped forward to check alone, and saw tire prints and shoe prints around the Bloodhound.
Luke glanced around, normal people would not come to such a desolate place.
Luke called Jackson and Potter and asked them to dig up the location marked by the Bloodhound.
The two dug very quickly, and dug a 34 cm deep pit in a short while.
Seeing how easily the two dug, the soil was loose, and Luke felt more and more that something might be buried underneath.
I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but he vaguely felt a bad smell.
Jackson's shovel was inserted down, but it didn't move. He used the shovel to poke away the soil on the surface, "Captain, we found something below."
"Dig out."
The two continued to dig, and soon dug out a black mat, which looked like a mat on the trunk of a Porsche car, with some small red spots still vaguely stained.
Potter put on his gloves, pulled the black cushion away, and suddenly a corpse smell came to his nostrils.
Luke couldn't help but step back and put on a mask.
Jackson took a step back, coughing due to the stench of corpses, his stomach churned and surged, and he almost vomited.
After a while, after the stench dissipated, Luke came closer to check. A corpse was exposed in a big pit, and the corpse had already begun to decompose. He was wearing a dark blue home clothes, and he could vaguely identify it as a male.
Luke walked aside and told Xiao Hei, "Notify the technical team and the forensic doctor."
"Yes, sir."
Judging from the available evidence, this corpse should be Ariel Gray.
This is consistent with his previous guess.
The murderer is likely to be his wife, Mrs. Gray.
To convict Mrs. Gray, the corpse alone is not enough, evidence of her murder is also needed.
Afterwards, Luke took people to search the surrounding area carefully...
(end of this chapter)