Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Soon, attorney Lindsay Dole arrived at the home, and with her was law firm owner Bobby Donnell. Donnell was more experienced and sympathetic in criminal cases, and Ronald asked him to help through Lindsay.

He called Ronald and Diane's father Bert aside and said: "According to legal procedures, Diane has been missing for less than three hours. In theory, the case cannot be filed as a disappearance. You have not received any blackmail calls from anyone, and there is no kidnapping." invalid."

Ronald and Bert looked at each other and said to lawyer Donnell, "If it was a kidnapper, would he call Bert?"

"It's possible that Diane Lane is a child star who has made several blockbuster movies. If she is really targeted, the kidnappers may have done a background check and knew that she was temporarily staying at your aunt's house."

"I'll be right back," Bert said and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, Rudy, a partner of my teacher's law firm, will be here soon. He is the lawyer representing the NYPD and has many connections in the department. You go with the police officers he brought and they will transfer the call to your home. , in order to set up the tracking device.”

Ronald felt that Rudy's name sounded familiar. When the real person arrived, he saw that it was the other party's lawyer who represented the NYPD last time and negotiated to seize his settlement plan without procedures.

"Hello, Rudy. We meet again." Ronald shook hands with him and greeted him.

Rudy is a very capable lawyer in his thirties. He looks Italian, a bit like Al Pacino, who played Michael in The Godfather, but a little thinner and with slightly prickly ears.

Rudy nodded and introduced a middle-aged man who came with him, "This is...the detective from the Southern District of Manhattan. He will be responsible for the disappearance of Diane Lane."

Although it does not comply with the reporting procedures, Ronald has a good relationship with the NYPD in the Southern District of Manhattan. The patrol officers often drink free coffee in his leg warmer shop. With Rudy's help, a detective was sent to take charge.

The detective asked the technical team to start monitoring the phone at Ronald's Aunt Karen's house, then chatted with Rudy for a while and took over the investigation here.

Rudy was very busy and left after telling Inspector Lei a few words. Bobby Donnell and attorney Lindsey Dole also left, agreeing to call them if necessary.

"Does your daughter Diane have any enemies with you?" the detective asked Diane's father, Bert.

"No, I'm just a lecturer in humanities at the City University of New York. I used to be an acting coach and drove a taxi. I don't have any enemies. My daughter is also just an actress.

There are no enemies. "

"What about you? Do you have any enemies?" the detective asked Ronald again. "Diane lives in your house, and you have a cousin who is similar in age to her. Maybe the kidnapper has seen the wrong person."

"Oh my God," exclaimed Aunt Karen, who was listening nearby.

Ronald motioned her not to worry, and then said to the detective:

"Against me? I don't have any enemies, maybe only the two religious extremists who were vegetarians last time."

The detective nodded and told his subordinates, "Let's follow this as a clue to see if the 'Children of God' people have any entry records recently." Then he turned to everyone and said:

"We will send technicians to install phone tracking devices at your home and at Diane's father's home. My team has gone to Diane's high school and the electronics store she went to to ask if there are any witnesses who have seen her.

The situation is not very clear yet, so there is no need to be nervous. Maybe I just went to a party at a friend's house and lost track of time. "

"No, Diane agreed to buy a gift for Ronald. She won't go to someone else's place halfway." Donna defended her friend from the side.

The detective shrugged. Teenagers often get off-line and go somewhere to get high. The NYPD receives dozens of such reports every day.

If Rudy hadn't jumped from the liberals of the Donkey Party to the Elephant Party, and through his connections, he was favored by the commander-in-chief and might serve as the deputy attorney general, the third-in-command of the Ministry of Justice, the NYPD would not have paid attention to this case. This time, the nypd wanted to sell a favor to Rudy, so they sent him to investigate.

Although Diane Lane is a child star, he has also seen child stars who often go offline, which is not uncommon in America. Almost every year, a child star makes the front pages of entertainment newspapers because of a scandal.

However, the detectives sent to the school talked with Diane's teachers and classmates and found nothing unusual. Diane said goodbye to her classmates normally and said she was going to the electronics store to buy something.

Normally, Diane just likes parties and doesn't show off in any way. On the contrary, her classmates think that she has no airs as a movie actress, but they get along well with her. At least they don't have any enemies in the school.

This is not good news. This disappearance is looking more and more like a kidnapping.

By nine o'clock in the evening, Bert had been escorted by police to Aunt Karen's house. The phone lines had been set up. So far, he had not received any news calls from anyone.

"Ring ring ring ring..." The phone rang. Everyone held their breath and stared at the phone.

The technician waved his hand, indicating that it was his internal phone, and handed the microphone to the detective.

The detective's result call: "...Very good. You can ask around in the shops to see if anyone has seen them later. ...You continue to pursue this clue."

The detective put down the phone and told Ronald and others that his team found the clerk who remembered Diane in the electronics store.

The store clerk said that after Diane Lane bought the latest version of the software, she talked to a middle-aged woman when she went out. It seemed that the two of them had had a quarrel and the voice was very loud.

But the clerk was attending other customers and did not pay attention to what Diane said. In the end, she and the middle-aged woman left peacefully and did not notice the violence.

This was an important clue, and the detective immediately arranged for his subordinates to go to train stations and long-distance bus stations to check whether there were any travel records of Diane and whether anyone had seen her. The subordinate asked Aunt Karen for a copy of Diane's photo and copied it.

Everyone waited anxiously for another hour. Then the call came again.

"Hmm, have you found the flight information? Okay, ask the airline for a list of passengers before and after the victim." The detective hung up the phone.

"Diane bought the earliest ticket to Atlanta. Does she know anyone in Atlanta?" the detective asked Burt.

"Atlanta?" Bert thought for a long time, "I didn't remember who was from there."

"Then has she contacted any old acquaintances recently? Or made any new friends?"

"Diane's mother, Colleen Farrington, has been in contact with her again recently, but Colleen is from New Mexico and has been living in New Jersey since she and I divorced." Burt replied, and then looked at Ronald.

Ronald called Donna out and asked her what new friends Diane had made recently.

"No, she has always been very popular in high school and all her classmates know her. She usually likes to go to parties or chat with me."

"Well, Diane left New York and went to Georgia. Now this matter is no longer a New York State case. We suspect that Diane was forced or coerced into buying a plane ticket and went to Atlanta. I will contact the FBI station immediately about this matter. They will take over the New York headquarters and form a joint task force with us."

"Oh, God." When Aunt Karen heard this, she was worried about Diane and felt that she had failed to take care of her. She was ashamed of Bert and started crying. Ronald quickly went to comfort her.

Bert was also sitting on the sofa, muttering to himself with a pale face, "Atlanta, Atlanta..."

It was a sleepless night for Ronald's family.

Before noon the next day, agent Claire from the FBI's New York headquarters brought several agents wearing FBI vests to Ronald's house.

Ronald saw his acquaintance Claire and greeted her hurriedly. At that time, the FBI suspected him of being a serial killer, but Claire saw the flaw and let her go.

At this time, Claire has been promoted from special agent to senior special agent. She handles cases calmly and is good at analysis. She went to the electronics store where Diane bought software and asked the clerk on duty to find out some details.

After buying the software, Diane was stopped by a middle-aged woman at the door of the store. Before the two quarreled, there was a period of normal conversation, which showed that Diane knew this middle-aged woman.

Moreover, Diane is a 15-year-old young woman. Although she does not know whether other people are cooperating with the other party, even if she is not strong enough, she will not lose her ability to shout for help in public places such as stores and airports.

And it is unlikely that this middle-aged woman met Diane on the street. It is more likely that he ambushed her at the school, followed her to the store, and took Diane away from the school. Avoid being seen by acquaintances such as classmates and teachers, and leave a traceable portrait.

In addition, Diane bought the ticket in her own name. If she was coerced, someone at the ticket counter might remember some unusual circumstances. Diane would also have some opportunities to call for help, but none of this happened.

Taken together, it is very likely that this middle-aged woman is someone familiar to Diane, and the biggest suspect is her mother.

Ronald remembered hearing from Donna that when Diane was filming in Canada, her mother went to visit with her new boyfriend, hoping that Diane would go with her. So I asked Bert if this was the case.

"Yes, her boyfriend was with her. He saw the news about the filming of Diane on the daily variety show, and then went to the Canadian set. He secretly contacted her and wanted to take her away. When I found out, we had a big fight with her. One."

"What's her boyfriend's name? Where is he from?" Claire grasped the key point.

"I just heard Colleen call him Lawrence. He was from somewhere and had a southern accent." Burt recalled.

"Send a joint investigation report to the Atlanta, Georgia branch. Then investigate whether there were passengers named Colleen and Lawrence on the same flight." FBI Agent Claire ordered to the people from the FBI and NYPD joint task force.

By noon, there was still no news, and there was no call from the person who took Diane away. Ronald looked at Bert, Aunt Karen and others, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

After discussing with Agent Claire, he sent his aunt and Donna back to his apartment to rest. Then he returned to the original place and prepared a blanket for Bert to let him rest.

Two hours later, FBI agents who went to the airport to investigate brought back the news that there was no one named Colleen or Lawrence on the flight. More importantly, after contacting the Atlanta Airport, it was confirmed that Diane was not on that plane and buying the ticket was just a false shot.

What a cunning criminal.

Claire felt that this movie child star case was difficult. If it was not handled well, it would soon be smelled by the news media. If it was reported to the newspaper, it would be very detrimental to Diane's safety.

Agent Claire asked her subordinates to investigate the recent whereabouts of Diane's mother, Colleen. However, America is not a country that uniformly issues identification documents at the federal level. If a person does not want to be known, there are many ways to avoid it. .

"In addition, since Diane's flight ticket to Atlanta is fake, they may have used other means of transportation, or taken a car to the airport in New Jersey and then flew to their destination. The fact that they chose Atlanta as a hidden destination also illustrates some of their subconscious thoughts .

Post investigation notices to the FBI branches in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee surrounding Georgia to see if there are any reporting calls in Diane Lane's name. "

Claire's last order brought unexpected results.

On the afternoon of the third day, the FBI branch in Tennessee called. Someone in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which borders Georgia, turned himself in to the police station and stole a car. Because the car was stolen in Georgia, he surrendered in Tennessee. State, because it was an interstate crime, the police notified the FBI.

The person who surrendered was a 15-year-old girl named Diane Lane according to records.

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