Los Angeles Detective

Xiao Hei shrugged, "The car is just a means of transportation, I don't care at all.

But she must be a rich person who can ride such an expensive bicycle, and she is likely to be the new target of robbers.

Who is she? "

"Good question, we need to find her before the robbers do it." Luke sent a video of the driving recorder to the chat group, brainstorming to confirm the identity of the woman.

In fact, it is not very difficult to find this woman. There are road signs in the video. It only takes some time to determine the other party's community and then verify the other party's identity.

But what the police have to do now is to race against time, every minute late, the other party is more dangerous.

Fame and fortune do not come apart. Since this woman is rich, she probably has a certain reputation. Luke hopes that someone will know her.

If no one knows, you can only determine the other person's place of residence through the environment in the video, and then check the identity.

As for the use of the face recognition database, this depends on luck, but it is not very reliable and can only be used as an auxiliary means.

Not long after, Jenny came over, "Captain, I seem to know the woman in the video."

"Your friend?"

"I wish I had such a friend, but apparently not.

Her name is Muriel Baldini, and she is a well-known female entrepreneur in Los Angeles. She has appeared on many magazine covers and has a lot of personality.

Advocate equality between men and women, call for environmental protection and reduce exhaust emissions;

She is approachable, does not have an independent office in the company, does not have a nanny at home, does not even have bodyguards and drivers.

She is rich and maverick. "

Xiao Hei asked, "She publicly said that she has no bodyguard?"

"Yes."

"Oh, no wonder he became the target of robbers, and that damn bicycle is actually more expensive than my car, it's so hypocritical.

Is she vegan? "

Jenny shrugged, "I don't remember exactly, but you can ask her face to face."

"No, I don't really like dealing with people like her." Xiao Hei had already labeled her in his heart.

Jenny shook her head and laughed, "Then Muriel Baldini must be very, very sorry."

Xiao Hei said, "You'd better not tell her, I don't like to see women cry."

Luke ignored the two and first contacted Matthew to ask him to investigate Muriel Baldini's information in the police system. At the same time, he also searched for information about the other party on the Internet.

Like Jenny said, this woman is a rich woman who rides her bike to work in tracksuit every day, and the photos are also very similar to the video in the dash cam.

It is basically certain that she is the new target of the robbers.

Luke's primary concern now is not to catch the robbers, but the safety of the new target.

The fact that the robber is not at home is itself a bad omen, indicating that the other party may have already taken action.

Luke guessed there were four possibilities.

The first possibility is that the robbers have already started, and even successfully kidnapped Muriel Baldini, but the police don't know it yet, and this is the worst situation.

The second possibility is that the robber is committing a crime. If she contacts Muriel Baldini rashly at this time, it will probably bring her accidents and even be silenced by the robber.

The third possibility is that the robbers are still planning and preparing, and have not formally carried out the kidnapping operation. This possibility is most beneficial to the police, who can arrest them.

The fourth possibility is that the robbers gave up their actions and absconded. This situation can be tricky for the police.

Different situations require different approaches.

After some discussion, Jenny volunteered to go to Muriel Baldini's house to investigate the situation.

Matthew also found out the details of Muriel Baldini and confirmed the address of her home.

...

Stringer community.

This is a high-end community with a beautiful environment, well-built houses and yards, and a variety of luxury cars at the entrance of the garage.

A black Mercedes-Benz Big G drove into the community, Luke drove, Jenny sat in the passenger cab, and Xiao Hei sat in the back seat.

Luke seldom drives a Mercedes-Benz to perform tasks. First, he is reluctant, worried about getting scratched, and more importantly, it will be eye-catching.

But this time the situation is different. In this high-end community where luxury cars are everywhere, Luke's Mercedes-Benz G will not attract people's attention. If he really wants to drive a Ford SUV, it will be eye-catching.

The car was parked next to a luxury villa. The villa was beautifully built, and there were some flowers planted in the yard. This was the home of Muriel Baldini.

At this time, it was already dark, and the lights in the villa were on.

Lighting up is a good sign.

Luke parked the car, turned his head and asked, "Jenny, are you ready?"

"certainly."

"Very good. If you encounter an abnormal situation, call for support immediately."

"I understand." Jenny took a deep breath, arranged her clothes, and got out of the car with a stack of materials.

Marcus suggested, "Captain, do you want me to get out of the car and hide in the yard for support."

Luke thought for a while, "I don't need it for now, Jenny is just going to investigate. If there are too many people going, it will be easy to be exposed."

While talking, Jenny walked to the door and rang the doorbell, "Ding dong..."

After a while, the video door rang, "Who are you?"

"Madam Muriel Baldini, please?"

"it's me."

"My name is Jenny Ravens, and I'm the new Community Relations Commissioner, and I just officially started today.

I know you, have seen your magazine interviews, know you are a busy man, so I am going to stop by at night to hear what you have to say about the community. "

A moment later, the door opened, and a tall, blond, white woman in casual home clothes stood in the doorway.

"Can I call you Jenny?"

"Of course, even though we're meeting for the first time, I've read a lot about you and you're an amazing woman."

"Thank you, I am also very happy to meet you. Can you tell me about the new plans of the community in the near future?"

"Can you stand up a bit? I'm not used to talking through doors."

"Sorry, I overlooked it." Muriel Baldini walked outside the door.

Jenny looked at her and found that there was nothing unusual, "Is there anyone else in your family?"

"No, why do you ask that?"

"Sorry, Ms. Baldini, I lied just now."

"What does it mean?"

"I'm not a community relations commissioner." Jenny flashed her police badge, "I'm a Los Angeles police officer."

"police?

What happened? Why did you come to my house pretending to be a community relations committee member? "

"Things are more complicated, let me make a long story short.

We are investigating a gang of ex-convicts, and in the dashcam video of one of them, it turns out that they have been following you some time ago.

We suspect that you may be the robber's next target, so let me make sure you are safe. "

"You mean someone is going to kidnap me."

"Yes, have you noticed anyone suspicious recently?"

"No, I don't pay much attention to this aspect, the law and order in our community has always been good, God, this is terrible.

what do I do? Will your police protect me? "

"Don't be nervous, this is just the police's speculation, the robbers may not necessarily do it.

In addition, the police will protect you secretly, and I hope you will pay more attention to yourself. "

"You're right, I was indeed negligent in this regard before, and I will pay attention."

"But don't act too abnormally. If the robbers see through, they are likely to be alert."

"I see, thank you so much.

Where are your people? I want to pour you some cups of coffee. "

"Thank you for your kindness, but the robbers may also be watching secretly. My colleagues will protect you secretly, which will be better."

"OK, after I catch the robber, I will definitely go to the police station to thank him personally."

"Close the doors and windows. This is my business card. Call me anytime if there is any situation." Jenny handed the other party a business card, and then left the house.

"Thank you." Muriel Baldini shouted to Jenny's back, turned and returned to the house.

...

Jenny returned to the car, Xiao Hei asked, "How was your chat with your idol?"

"She is excellent and has a lot of personality. I admire her a lot, but she is not my idol, at least not for the time being." After finishing speaking, Jenny said to Luke beside her,

"Captain, I talked to Muriel Baldini. She didn't find anyone suspicious. I reminded her to pay attention to safety and told the police to protect her secretly."

Luke nodded, "Although the situation at Muriel Baldini's house is normal for the time being, we can't take it lightly, I guess the robbers may commit crimes at any time.

Maybe, they were also secretly watching Muriel Baldini's house. "

Jenny asked, "Captain, what shall we do next?"

Luke had a hunch that if the robbers wanted to do something, they wouldn't have to wait too long, "Everyone will work harder tonight and take turns to keep an eye on them.

The three of us guarded the front door of the villa, and Raymond and Jackson watched the back door. "

Then, Luke started the car and parked the Mercedes a little further away.

Jackson parked behind the villa in his BMW.

If the robbers want to do something, the police can detect in advance and arrest them.

Watching the night is hard work. Luke watches the first half of the night, then Jenny, and finally Xiao Hei.

Relatively speaking, Luke's vigil time is relatively easy. After all, he is the captain, and he must maintain a good mental state in order to better command actions.

There was nothing unusual in the first half of the night.

In the second half of the night, it was Luke's turn to rest, but he slept very lightly, and he could deal with the situation as soon as possible.

However, the imagined accident did not happen, and the robbers did not do anything.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Luke yawned. Based on his experience, it was unlikely that the robbers would do anything during the day.

Muriel Baldini is a professional woman. If she is kidnapped during this time period, she will be found abnormal soon, and if she does it at night, she will have a longer buffer time.

Jenny called Muriel Baldini, everything was fine and he was going to work as usual.

Luke also began to rearrange tasks.

He originally thought that there was a high probability that the robber would attack last night, but the other party didn't, and Luke couldn't just sit and wait. If the robber changed his target or absconded directly, he wouldn't be dumbfounded.

Luke asked Raymond and Jackson to call the community road monitoring to see if there were any suspicious vehicles in the community.

Luke, Xiao Hei, and Jenny are responsible for escorting Muriel Baldini to the company.

Chen Kelin came to support with the second team. They were responsible for continuing to guard Muriel Baldini's house to prevent robbers from sneaking into Muriel Baldini's house during the day.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Muriel Baldini left home in a Maserati.

Luke followed in his car.

Xiao Hei shook his head and sighed, "Sure enough, every rich person is a liar. She actually has a Maserati in her garage, so she has the nerve to talk about environmental protection."

Jenny said, "At least, she listened to what we said."

Xiao Heidao, "But she doesn't ride a bicycle now, and the difficulty of kidnapping has also increased. Will the robbers retreat in spite of the difficulties.

If the robber abandons the kidnapping, we may lose his whereabouts again. "

This is also what Luke is worried about.

Luke and Anthony were always connected, and the reason Anthony didn't show up was because he had other assignments.

Among them, the FBI has been monitoring several anonymous mobile phone cards. As long as the two suspects use the mobile phone cards, they will be located.

Secondly, the FBI has been squatting near the house of the robber Marbury Carr. As long as he dares to go home, the FBI will immediately arrest him.

But there has been no movement from the FBI. If the robbers give up on kidnapping Muriel Baldini, the two robbers are likely to disappear again.

"Jingle Bell……"

Luke's cell phone rang and Ramon's number was displayed on the screen.

"Captain, we found the traces of two robbers when we checked the community surveillance."

"Where are they?"

"Community monitoring shows that at seven o'clock yesterday evening, Soest drove a Cadillac into the community, and Marbury Carr was sitting in the passenger seat."

Luke recalled that at that time they were still investigating the scene at Marbury Carr's house, which meant that the two robbers rushed to the community where Muriel Baldini's house was before the police. Why didn't they choose to do it? ?

Is it insufficient preparation and still stepping on the spot?

"When did they leave?"

Raymond said, "There is no video of them leaving in the current surveillance."

"Are you sure they didn't leave?

Still haven't watched the surveillance video? "

"I haven't watched the monitoring yet."

"Keep watching."

"Good captain."

"Keep in touch." Luke hung up the phone.

But the doubts in his heart did not ease.

Last night, the two robbers were probably also in the community of Muriel Baldini's house. If their target was Muriel Baldini, they should not be too far away from Muriel Baldini's house.

But Luke didn't find any suspicious vehicles.

Where are they hiding?

"Jenny, are you sure that Muriel Baldini was not abnormal last night? For example, there were signs of being held hostage?"

"Impossible. She walked out of the door last night. If she was held hostage, she could tell me and let me save her, but she never called for help."

Xiao Hei said, "I remember that Muriel Baldini had already walked outside the door. Even if the robbers were in the house, it would be impossible to hold her hostage."

Luke thought about it, "Last night, what did Muriel Baldini wear? What's her figure?"

Jenny thought for a while, "She's taller than me. She's wearing loose casual clothes and a coat. Her figure isn't very obvious."

Luke asked back, "The weather was not very cold yesterday, why did she wear a coat at home?"

Jenny also seemed to have thought of something, "Could it be...do you think she has a bomb on her body?"

Luke said, "I'm not sure, but one of the robbers is good at using bombs, we can't ignore that possibility.

If Muriel Baldini had a radio-controlled bomb on her person, even standing at the door would not guarantee her safety. "

Jenny said, "Captain, if your guess is correct, then the robbers were at Muriel Baldini's house at the time, and we watched outside Muriel Baldini's house all night, they couldn't have escaped.

Are they still hiding in Muriel Baldini's house now, or should they inform Captain Chen who is watching at Muriel Baldini's house? "

Jenny's words sounded right at first glance, but it took only a little thought to detect the problem.

Thinking differently, if Luke was a robber, he would definitely not stay at Muriel Baldini's house at this time.

There is a distance limit for remote-controlled bombs. Although Luke doesn't understand it very well, this distance must not be too far.

In other words, it is impossible for the robbers to let Muriel Baldini drive to work alone. Once Muriel Baldini is out of control, they will definitely call the police, and then it will become a catch.

Luke said, "Jenny, did you remind Muriel Baldini to drive to work today?"

"No." Jenny also came to her senses, "The robbers are hiding in Muriel Baldini's car?"

Before, Jenny had a misunderstanding. She thought that Muriel Baldini was worried about her own safety, so she chose to drive.

After all, driving is relatively safer than riding a bicycle.

Assuming that Muriel Baldini was really held hostage, then this guess is not valid.

The police have deployed surveillance around Muriel Baldini's house, and the robbers may be discovered once they flee.

But hiding in Muriel Baldini’s car is different. It’s dark under the lights, and the police will instead relax their vigilance and create opportunities for them to escape.