Los Angeles Detective

After more than 20 minutes of first aid, George was finally out of danger.

But he nearly suffocated twice, making his body more fragile. He has been put on a ventilator and transferred to the intensive care unit.

Considering the safety of the suspect George, the hospital did not allow the police to make notes for George.

In fact, even if the hospital allowed it, Luke didn't want to take notes for George.

There must be something wrong with this guy's body.

Although he was out of danger for the time being, it was only for the time being. If he died during the interrogation or fell ill again, Luke would also bear the responsibility.

Between investigating the case and protecting himself, Luke chose the latter.

Luke II has long seen clearly that the greatest kindness of a person is to love himself, arrange his own affairs well, and then take care of other people's affairs.

If the order of primary and secondary is reversed, even if you get a momentary praise, only you will understand the taste afterwards.

In the corridor, Luke saw Deputy Chief Red, who was talking to Superintendent Mercedes.

Reid also saw Luke and Xiao Hei, and praised, "Good job, if you didn't arrive in time tonight, the whole lapd will be in trouble tomorrow."

Mercedes said, "Luke, thank you for stopping this murder in time, and on behalf of the entire Western Division, thank you."

"You're welcome, this is what we should do." Luke and Mercedes met once before, "Let me introduce you, this is my partner, Detective Marcus."

Mercedes said, "Thank you Detective Marcus."

Marcus smiled, "Nice to meet you, Captain Mercedes."

After chatting for a few words, Mercedes went to see the suspect George in the ward.

Rhett called the two of them aside and asked in a low voice, "Luke, what do you think of this murder?"

Luke has been in Los Angeles for so long and has handled many cases. This is the first time he encountered a murder case under the nose of the police.

Although the gangsters in the United States are ferocious, they rarely dare to confront the lapd, because the lapd is even more ferocious.

What happened today is tantamount to provoking lapd publicly.

"George went to the hospital, and someone wanted to murder him even though he was guarded by the police, which shows that he must be carrying a bigger case. In this case, it is most likely that his accomplice killed him.

I think our previous speculation is correct, he should be related to the case of Kunel's murder.

Moreover, George is also a drug addict, in line with our previous speculation, he probably belongs to a gang organization that sells DU. "

Reid said, "George will not be interrogated for the time being. We will all be responsible for this guy's death. We will wait until his physical condition is stable.

Now we can interrogate the female nurse first to confirm her motive for committing the crime. "

"Are we in charge of this case?"

"Yes, that's what Frank meant too."

"I see."

"In addition, there are many policemen surrounding the hospital. In order to avoid complications and interrogate on the spot, I will ask the hospital to provide a separate room.

Take the nurse back to the police station later. "

"OK."

Rhett gave a few words of advice and left.

Xiao Hei on the side showed a curious look, "Frank?

Is that the Frank I know? "

"That's right, work hard, your chance for promotion is here."

"I bought Karma, are you serious?"

Luke had a hunch that this case was not just a case, but there was a huge involvement behind it.

As long as this matter can be handled well, promotion and salary increase is not a dream.

...

Conference room on the 9th floor.

The female nurse who murdered George was handcuffed and sat on a chair with a dazed expression, with a policewoman next to her in charge.

"Crack..." There was a knock on the door.

Luke and Xiao Hei walked in, and after the handover, the policewoman left the room and went to wait outside.

Luke put a document on the table and sat opposite the female nurse, "Maria, we meet again."

The black female nurse raised her head and looked at Luke and Xiao Hei nervously, "You are mistaken, I am not going to kill him, really not."

"That's right, you just want to use a pillow to make him unable to breathe. When the doctor announces that George died of suffocation, everyone will think that this is caused by the violent law enforcement of the lapd. The whole lapd will help you take the blame, so you don't have to worry at all."

"No, I never thought about it that way, really not." The black female nurse cried.

"Maria, I originally thought you were a fake nurse, but after I talked with the person in charge of your hospital, I realized that you are really a nurse of the hospital and have been working in this hospital for five years.

I still remember the shocked and disappointed expression on the head nurse's face when she heard about it. In their eyes, you are an excellent nurse.

You work very seriously and are enthusiastic about every patient. All colleagues do not believe that you will do such a thing.

You should be a respected angel in white, but you murdered a patient..."

Maria yelled, "Don't say any more, please don't say any more, I don't want to do this, and I don't want to kill anyone, just like you said, I'm a nurse, and I take care of patients every day.

Whether it is a kind patient or a violent patient, I will take it seriously.

It never occurred to me that..."

"But you did, the body camera clearly recorded that you were trying to smother George with a pillow, you were trying to murder him.

Why? "

Maria closed her eyes with pained praise on her face, tears streaming down the corners of her eyes.

Luke saw that she seemed to have remorse, and struck while the iron was hot, "Maria, you are not a bad person in essence, you have saved so many patients, I believe you are a kind person.

People have times when they can't think about it, and people will make mistakes. As long as you correct it in time, you are still a good person.

Give yourself a chance, don't give up on yourself, you still have a chance. "

Maria looked up at Luke, "Really?"

"I heard you have two lovely children, think about your children, they still need your care.

As long as you can assist the police in the investigation and confess who is behind the scenes, we can help you become a tainted witness. "

"Woooo..." When the child was mentioned, Maria cried even more fiercely, "Peck, Martha, my poor child..."

Luke knew he had hit his opponent's weak spot.

Seeing each other so sad, Luke decided...

Keep poking.

Luke took out a photo, "I found this in your locker, and there is a photo of you and your children on it, it can be seen that they are very attached to you.

I understand that you are a single mother.

If you end up in prison, they may be sent to foster care.

do you know? We are investigating the murder of a 14-year-old boy living in foster care.

His mother is also a prisoner.

He has been looking forward to reuniting with his mother, looking forward to her early release from prison...

He wrote a very thick diary, which recorded his thoughts on his mother.

He lived in a very poor life. Every page of paper would be used on both sides, and three things would be marked on each side.

Today's date.

Date of next visit to mother.

And, how many days will his mother have until the end of her sentence...

78 days!

This is the time recorded in his last diary.

There are 78 days until his mother is released from prison.

He was very happy because he was one day closer to his mother.

He had waited for five years for this day.

Not only did time not wear away his love for his mother, but it made this attachment and love deeper.

But after writing this diary, he left this world forever.

It was killed by someone! "

Hearing Luke's description, Maria cried even harder, as if thinking of her own future.

Luke handed her some tissues and said earnestly, "Maria, I want to help you, I really want to help you.

To be precise, I want to help your child.

I don't want to see something like this happen again.

As long as you reveal what was behind the scenes, I guarantee you a good plea deal and a quick reunion with the kids. "

Xiao Hei sat beside him with red eyes, although he knew that Luke was lying, but... he was really touched.

"Maria, think of your children, they will also..."

"Stop talking!" Maria cried even more sadly, "I don't want to do this either, and I don't want to lose my child, I just had to do this.

My child has been kidnapped!

The kidnappers threatened me to kill George, and if I didn't I would never see my children again.

I'm really scared.

I don't want to kill people.

But I can't help it.

There is really no way! "

"Who did you threaten?"

"I don't know, he sent me a picture of the child and then called me and threatened me. Tell me to kill George or kill my child."

"When did this happen?"

"This afternoon."

"Did you know George before?"

"do not know."

"Why didn't you call the police?"

"The kidnappers said that my children are in their hands. If I dare to call the police, they will kill my two children. I dare not call the police."

"How did the kidnapper contact you?"

"They called from my daughter's cell phone."

"Have you recorded it?"

"No, I was terrified, my mind went blank, I couldn't believe this was happening to me.

I'm just an ordinary nurse, God, why are you doing this to me! Maria was very emotional and burst into tears again.

Xiao Hei handed him a pack of tissues, and suddenly felt sympathetic to him, "Maria, don't be afraid, we will rescue your child.

I promise, I won't let..."

Luke patted him on the shoulder to stop him from continuing, "Maria, are you sure that the children were kidnapped? It's not that the kidnappers are deceiving you."

"I can confirm that I heard the voices of children on the mobile phone, their voices were full of panic, and after I heard this voice, I completely collapsed.

Like you said, I'm a nurse, and I wouldn't kill someone if I hadn't had to. "

Luke held a bag containing Maria's mobile phone, "Find out the photos sent by the kidnappers."

Maria took the mobile phone to operate, and then handed it to Luke.

The background of the photo is in the living room of the house. A black boy and a black girl are sitting on the sofa. When you zoom in on the picture, you can see that the two children look a little panicked. The person who took the photo is probably the kidnapper.

"Do you know where the photo was taken?"

"My family, please, save them!"

...

Sajuvan community.

Luke led the team to the vicinity of Maria's house.

The kidnapper made a call from Maria's son's mobile phone at four o'clock in the afternoon, and sent a photo to Maria at that time.

Afterwards, around six o'clock in the evening, the kidnappers called Maria's son's mobile phone again, threatening Maria to kill George.

Judging from the existing situation, the kidnapper is likely to be a child kidnapped from Maria's home, with the purpose of threatening her to kill George.

Based on Luke's experience, it is unlikely that the kidnappers will stay in Maria's house.

The reason is simple. Since Maria was coerced, no one can guarantee whether she will call the police.

Even if she doesn't call the police, Maria is very likely to be arrested.

Therefore, it is unlikely that the kidnappers will continue to stay at Maria's house.

However, the first direction of investigation was placed on Maria's house. Since the kidnappers have been here, they are likely to leave some evidence.

Secondly, the previous confession was only Maria's one-sided statement, and it was impossible for Luke to trust her unreservedly.

In addition to Luke and Xiao Hei, there were also Raymond, Jenny and several patrolmen at the scene.

During the interrogation of Maria, Luke had already asked about the structure of the house. The house was not too big, with only one floor, three rooms, two bathrooms, and a kitchen.

Luke made a simple arrangement and took out the thermal imaging camera from the trunk of the car.

The infrared thermal imager uses infrared thermal imaging technology to identify suspected targets that are heating by detecting the infrared radiation of the target.

When the situation in the house was not confirmed, Luke did not dare to rush into the house rashly. One was that the sky was dark and he was worried that the police officers would be injured.

Another one, it is easy to accidentally injure hostages without understanding the situation.

This responsibility is great.

Luke scanned the house with a thermal imaging camera, but found no suspected human-like fever.

After all, this is the first time to use this device, and Luke is not sure if it is reliable, so he should be careful when searching the house.

Then, Luke began to arrange specific actions.

Four patrolmen stood guard outside the house, and Luke and others and two patrolmen went in to search through the back door of the house.

"Bang!" Xiao Hei kicked open the door and shouted, "lapd!"

There was no movement in the house.

Luke was the first to enter the house and turned on the light on the right wall. The room was empty and no one was seen.

Later, Luke led people into the room to search.

"Safety!"

"No target found."

"Safety!"

...

Soon, Luke took people to search the house, but no kidnappers or targets were found.

But this kind of search is only rough, and the next step is to investigate the scene to find clues left by the kidnappers and hostages.

Luke first searched from the living room, which was where the two children took pictures at that time. Luke deduced the location of the photographer based on the angle of the photo, and determined that the photographer should be shooting on the left side of the TV.

Luke observed carefully and found no obvious shoe prints, so he had no choice but to search for other evidence.

The living room gave Luke the impression that it was messy and clean.

Chaos refers to the chaos in the house.

Clean means that the kidnappers did not leave any valuable clues.

The good news is that no blood was found and no body was found, indicating that the two children are safe for the time being.

At the same time, if the kidnappers want to take the two children away, they must need transportation.

"Luke, I found something here." Raymond walked out of the room holding a photo album.

Luke took the photo album, all of which were photos of Maria's family, mostly of the mother and child.

Among them, there was a photo that caught Luke's attention. There were four people in the photo. In addition to Maria, mother and child, there was also a photo of a black man.

Judging from the ages of the two children in the photo, this should be a photo from a few years ago, and the man in the photo is very similar to the other man in Luke's criminal detective sketch.

That's where it gets interesting.

According to what Maria said, she didn't know George, let alone the kidnapper.

The reason why the kidnappers kidnapped her child was because she happened to be working at the hospital and had the opportunity to reach out and kill George.

In fact, Luke had doubts at the time.

George was arrested in the morning, and the kidnappers quickly set their sights on Maria, who was working in the hospital, and also found her home address and children.

The kidnapping was carried out in the afternoon.

Not impossible?

But to do these things, the kidnapper is definitely not alone, there should be a lot of power behind him.

The old photo discovered by Raymond brought the case into a different direction of investigation.

First of all, if the man in the photo is really an accomplice of George, then he is probably also the mastermind behind killing George.

Judging from the photos, this man has a very close relationship with Maria's family of three, and they are likely to be lovers.

Luke knew the family of Maria, a single mother with an unidentified father.

Based on this information, Maria should know the kidnappers.

Then, whether she was coerced by the kidnappers to kill George is a question mark.

Luke thinks there are two possibilities. The first one is that the man has a close relationship with Maria and knows that Maria works in the hospital where George is treated. He pretends to be a robber and coerces Maria to kill George.

In conclusion, Maria was not lying.

The second possibility is that the man has a close relationship with Maria. In order to prevent George from confessing himself, he asked Maria to kill George.

In conclusion, the kidnapping was false, and the two committed the crime together. The reason why Maria said she was coerced was to reduce her guilt.

Luke felt the second possibility was greater.

As for why she didn't see that Maria was lying, it wasn't surprising.

When Maria was interrogated, her emotions had already collapsed, and her expression was full of panic and fear, covering up other emotions.

It's like if you eat spicy hot pot, and then eat other dishes, it will be tasteless.

Hearing Luke's analysis, Xiao Hei's expression was disbelieving, "Maria is lying to us?

The so-called child kidnapping and coercion to kill are all lies?

Damn liar!

I saw how sad she was, and felt sorry for her.

Woman, what a horrible animal. "

"Luke, what should we do now?" Xiao Hei had an expression of 'I'm upset' written on his face.

"Since she lied, it means she is still sensible, even if we expose her relationship with that man, she will not admit that the kidnapping is fake.

The best way is to give her a crash therapy to make her lose her mind. "Afterwards, Luke began to arrange tasks to prepare for the next interrogation.

"Jingle Bell……"

A mobile phone rang.

Luke took a look and saw Rhett's number displayed on the screen.

"Director."

"Luke, how's the investigation going?"

"We found photos of George's accomplices at Maria's house, and Maria was probably an accomplice, and she lied."

"What are you going to do?"

"Search surveillance cameras around the community, visit neighbors, investigate the whereabouts of the 'kidnapper' and the child.

After collecting new evidence, Maria will be interrogated again. "

"When the investigation is over, come to my office."

"OK."

...

Luke arranges the task first.

Susan rushed to the scene, the two made a brief handover, and he returned to the police station.

"Boom..."

There was a knock on the door of the deputy director's office.

Rhett sat behind the desk, looked up and said, "Come in."

Luke pushed the door open and walked in, "Director."

"Sit down, would you like coffee?"

"Captain Susan is searching for the whereabouts of the two children, and I will go back to sleep in a while."

Rhett looked serious, "Then let's talk about business."

"What happened again?"

"George is dead."

"Dead!" Luke showed a surprised look,

"When did it happen? Did you get assassinated again, or did you have a physical problem?"

Rhett changed his tone, "Suppose, I mean, suppose George died, what do you think would happen?"

"Citizens may have emotions towards the police, feel that lapd is violently enforcing the law, and the media may report it extensively. George's family may also sue for compensation, all kinds of troublesome things."

Rhett nodded, "You're right, but your understanding is not deep enough.

Frank received word that if George died, someone would probably make a fuss about it.

At that time, the entire lapd, and even Frank himself, will face a huge dilemma.

In fact, this can be seen from the current reaction of the media. If there is no one behind the push, this matter cannot be so big. "

Luke guessed, "So George can't die. You expect me to secretly protect George."

"That's right."

"But protecting people is not what I'm good at."

"There are many ways to protect people, and you can protect him in the way you are good at."

"What's the meaning?"

"As I said just now, assume that George is 'dead'. Then, the assassination against him will also stop, and George will naturally be safe."

Luke understood what he meant, “You want the outside world to think that George is dead.”

Rhett nodded, "When the news of George's death spreads, someone will push behind the scenes, maybe they want to target lapd, or they just want to use this incident to make a fuss.

In any case, these people have already offended lapd, they used lapd as a pawn and trampled on it recklessly.

Lapd is not afraid of anyone, and Frank doesn't like to be passive.

Since those people want to trap lapd and kill them, let them jump out. Only when we recognize the enemy clearly can we fight back better. "

"However, if lapd announces the fake death news, it will also be condemned by the media and citizens afterwards, and it will also be responsible for it."

"I never said lapd was going to announce George's death.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and it may spread through other channels. It has nothing to do with lapd, and lapd will not admit it. "

"You want to leave it to me to do it."

"Can you?"

"I don't want to take the blame."

"I won't let my own people take the blame either.

Nor is it Frank's style to blame subordinates.

As I said, lapd has nothing to do with this matter.

It's just that we will be stared at by many people in our position, and sometimes it is inconvenient to do things. "

"Leave it to me." Luke thought for a while. Being able to participate in this matter is also an opportunity for him. As for the risk, there must be some, but it is not a big problem for him.

"Be careful, Captain Luke."

"I will."