Chapter 67 Reward
The excavation site is in full swing.
With Raymond looking at Dave, Luke felt relieved and leaned over to watch the fun.
This place is too far away from the urban area, so there is no way to use an excavator, so the police officers take turns digging with shovels.
Little Black Marcus went down to dig for a while.
When digging to a depth of half a meter, Little Black Marcus threw the shovel aside and jumped up, "I'm exhausted, I'm really not good at this. What do you think Tony buried underneath?"
The deputy team didn't hesitate, "The corpse. Tony comes here every year, probably to confess and pay homage. Of course, it is also possible to fill in the soil regularly to avoid the exposure of the corpse."
Luke laughed, "It might be some treasure."
Marcus became interested, "Isn't that impressionist master's oil painting never found? Could it be hidden by Tony, maybe it's underneath."
The deputy team was a little speechless, "Marcus, think about it before you speak. Can oil paintings be buried underground for preservation? Only fools would do that."
"Ordinary soil is of course not good. This is the Gobi, and it is dry enough. If it is placed in a sealed box, it may be well preserved." Marcus argued.
"Comeon, how can there be so many ifs. Tony's life is not very good, if there is, the oil painting would have been sold. I guess the oil painting is still in the hands of Lawn."
The two argued for a few words, but neither was able to convince the other.
"Clang clang." There were two sounds of metal colliding.
A digging officer yelled, "Got it, there's something down there."
Immediately attracted everyone's attention.
In order to avoid damaging items, the mining speed has been slowed down.
There is a hard object below, not small in size, with a flat surface. As the surrounding soil is dug out, the outline of the object is gradually seen.
It is a rotten old car. From the mottled rust, it can be vaguely identified as a red car.
The license plate has been rotted, and the number cannot be seen clearly.
Marcus was full of question marks, "What the hell! Did you dig out a classic car?"
The body of the car has rotted, and the progress of the excavation work is relatively slow. However, the overall style of the car can be roughly seen.
The deputy team touched his chin and said, "This model... should be the first-generation Ford Focus."
Susan also experienced that era, but she didn't understand cars, "When was the car?"
"I can't remember exactly when it went public, but it's been at least twenty years."
Luke searched on his mobile phone and found the information of the first-generation Ford Focus, "It was launched in 1998, the same model as this car."
Marcus muttered, "The car was 24 years ago, not a few years younger than me."
The on-site investigation team has taken over the scene. Mary went down the pit wearing protective gear, and looked in through the car window. "Please come over to the forensic doctor Sheila. There are two bones in the car."
The deputy team looked at the red Ford Focus car and fell into deep thought. This case...
There is a feeling of deja vu.
It took more than an hour for the car to come out of the pit. Luke approached and observed the car. The interior was rotten. There were two bones, one big and one small, in the back row, and they should have been dead for many years.
Subsequently, the car and the bones were taken back to the police station for inspection.
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After returning to the police station, the deputy team got together with Matthew, who was researching something.
Luke and others are also preparing to investigate new cases.
First, take Dave's notes again, asking if he knows more about the red car and the bones.
Although he didn't know what the old man was trying to do, he still had a bit of face, and everyone followed him in.
Susan asked, "Deputy team, what clues did you find?"
The deputy team seemed a little excited, "We are likely to solve an unsolved case from 20 years ago!"
Marcus said, "Even if this car was launched in 1998, it doesn't mean that it was buried in the ground 20 years ago. It may have been buried in recent years."
"Boy, don't interrupt me." The deputy team was a little dissatisfied and continued,
"I always felt that this case seemed a bit familiar. Later, I asked Matthew to help me check the information, and it was basically confirmed that this was a disappearance case "Tellson Manor Disappearance Case" 20 years ago.
In a manor in Heim City, a mother and two children disappeared overnight without a trace.
This case was originally investigated by the Los Angeles County Police Department. For various reasons, they did not take this case seriously, thinking that they just ran away from home and missed the best time to investigate.
Later, the person was never found, and the victim's husband made the matter worse, so the case was taken seriously.
The FBI took over the case, and after their investigation, it was speculated that the victim might have gone to Los Angeles after leaving the manor.
The Los Angeles Police Department also participated in the investigation.
But it was too late, no more clues were found, and the victim's body was not found, so it became an unsolved case.
The bones we dug up today are probably the mother and one of the children. "
Susan asked, "Are there any other similarities between the two cases?"
"Of course, there are many similarities." The deputy took a sip of coffee, moistened his throat,
“First of all, ‘the victim of the Tellson Manor disappearance also had a red Ford Focus, and then that car disappeared.
There is a suspect who is at large in the case of the disappearance of Tellson Manor, named Cole Davis. "
The deputy team took out a sketch and a pair of photos, "This sketch was drawn by Tim, and the person in the portrait is Cole Baker, the murderer who killed Tony.
And this photo was taken 20 years ago by Cole Davis, the suspect of "Tellson Manor".
Eliminate the traces of time, do you think this sketch is similar to the person in the photo? "
Marcus picked up the photo and carefully compared the sketch portrait, "yeah, they are indeed very similar, they are both ugly."
The deputy team ignored Marcus' nonsense and continued, "In addition, the most important point, the disappearance of Tellson Manor not only disappeared a family of three, but also lost a lot of property, cash, jewelry, oil paintings, including a Impressionist Master Schilder Hasson's work 'Snowy Night'.
Tony was killed and Lawn was attacked, also because of a work by Impressionist master Schilder Hasson. "
After the deputy team finished speaking, the conference room was very quiet, and everyone fell into deep thought.
Luke also links Tony, Lawn, Cole and the excavated car.
Continue to analyze according to the vice team's guess.
Tony, Lawn, and Cole are probably the suspects in the "Disappearance Case of Tellson Manor" twenty years ago.
The three of them robbed the 'Tellson Manor', killed the mother and child, and robbed the property of the Tellson Manor.
Lawn used the money to make a fortune.
Because of his guilt, Tony often came to the burial site to worship.
Cole became a suspect, but he didn't get the precious oil painting. He felt that the spoils were not evenly distributed and he was unbalanced. He turned to take revenge on Tony and Lawn, and wanted to take away the oil painting worth tens of millions of dollars.
The deputy team laughed, "Although the test results have not yet come out, judging from the above clues, Tony, Cole, and Lawn must be related to the 'disappearance case at Tellson Manor'.
In addition, there is one more thing to tell everyone.
The reward for that painting is 200,000 U.S. dollars. If the police find that painting, they can also get that reward.
Everyone, come on! "
(end of this chapter)