Los Angeles Detective

Lilith let out a long sigh, a little depressed.

The advantage of being born in a big family is that you can live comfortably for a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing, but there are many people in a big family and there is great competition.

There are more than a dozen brothers and sisters in Lilith's generation. If they want to be cultivated by the family and gain more voice, they need to fight for themselves and show enough ability.

If you don't have enough ability, you can only be a rich second generation who eats and waits to die.

Lilith is only about 20 years old now, and she doesn't want to start retirement life now.

This matter must be handled as soon as possible and properly.

"Da da..." There was a sound of footsteps outside.

A curly-haired man wearing a police badge walked into the auction venue. He was in his thirties, not tall, and his face looked serious.

"Miss Finn, I heard you hired a detective?"

"Hello, Inspector Yarrow." Lilith put away her phone and smiled, "You are very well informed. I did hire someone to help find the stolen auction items, but it's not a hired detective, but Ask a friend to help."

"Miss Finn, what dissatisfaction do you have about my work?"

"No, as I said, he is my friend.

I just want to find that stolen auction item as soon as possible, that's all. "

"OK, did your friend find anything?"

"He said he was going to check outside, so I called and asked him to come back. I believe he also wanted to talk to you." Lilith took out her mobile phone and dialed Luke's number.

But Luke didn't answer. Not long after, a black-haired young man walked into the auction venue, "Lilith, what's the matter?"

Lilith pointed to the curly-haired middle-aged man next to him, "Luke, let me introduce you, this is Inspector Nicolin Yarrow from the Canyon Division.

Inspector Yarrow, this is the friend I invited to investigate the case, Luke Lee. "

Nicolin Yarrow looked at Luke and frowned slightly, "Are you Captain Lee from the Robbery and Murder Division?"

"It's me, hello, Inspector Yarrow."

"Sir, nice to meet you in person." Nicolin Yarrow shook hands with Luke.

"You can just call me Luke. Miss Finn is my friend. I am only here to help in a private capacity. It depends on you to investigate the case."

"Yes sir." Nicolin Yarrow replied, looked at Lilith at the side, and said with a smile, "Miss Finn, it's really surprising that you can ask Captain Li for help."

Lilith joked, "It's really not easy to ask him for help, I begged for a long time before he was willing to come.

However, having him around is really reassuring. "

Nicolin Yarrow felt a little uncomfortable hearing this, but he could only admit that he couldn't afford to offend these two.

Luke took the initiative to ask, "Detective Yarrow, can you tell us about the progress of your investigation?"

"Of course." Facing Luke, Nicolin Yarrow has nothing to hide. One is that the other party has a higher position than himself. Secondly, the Robbery and Murder Division handles major cases, and they will not take credit for this. .

"Last night, we arrived at the club at 9:30, checked the identities of those present, and found that two employees and six guests had left the venue during the power outage.

One of the employees went to the power distribution room to check the situation.

Another employee went to the toilet.

The remaining six guests also had their own reasons.

People who left during these power outages are all suspects.

The difficulty of the current investigation is that the camera was powered off due to a power outage, and it was not captured whether these people were carrying suspicious items when they left.

We can only check the testimonials of those present. However, the venue was dark and chaotic after the power outage yesterday. No one could describe the situation in detail. This is also one of the difficulties in the investigation. Nicolin Yarrow looked at Lilith, "Besides, Miss Finn hoped that we would try not to cause trouble to the guests during the investigation, which also caused the progress of the investigation to be relatively slow." "

Luke asked, "Are there any key suspects?"

Nicolin Yarrow replied, "Yes, the employee who took advantage of the power outage to go to the bathroom and the two guests left alone, and it was impossible to prove whether they were carrying suspicious items when they left, and the other guests left together, so they can testify to each other, The suspicion is less."

Luke said, "Judging from the current situation, the theft of auction items should be committed by a gang, and the possibility of perjury by the accomplices cannot be ruled out."

"I have also considered this point. Since the power outage was caused by humans, it means that one suspect was in the power distribution room and another suspect was committing crimes in the auction venue. After the power outage, he stole the enamel on the auction platform and quickly Leaving the auction venue."

Speaking of this, Nicolin Yarrow sighed, "We checked the fingerprints in the power distribution room, but we didn't find any suspicious biological samples. The other party probably wore gloves when the power was cut off."

Luke thought for a moment, "Have you checked the auction venue carefully? Is it possible that the suspect didn't take the auction item away at that time, but put it somewhere, and then secretly took the auction item away after everyone left."

"Impossible. We have carefully inspected the auction venue and checked all the places where enamel can be hidden. This possibility has been ruled out." Nicolin Yarrow finished speaking and looked at Luke, "Captain Li, we Although the key investigation objects were found, the lack of key clues and evidence led to the slow progress of the investigation.

You have rich experience in handling cases, and I would also like to hear your advice. "

Luke walked to the auction site and looked around, "I've been wondering if the suspect didn't leave the scene after stealing the enamel."

Nicolin Yarrow asked, "And how did he get the enamel away?"

Luke pointed to the window beside him, "Give the enamel to the accomplice from here."

Nicolin Yarrow walked to the window and yanked it hard, "I have considered this too, but the window gap is fixed, the largest window size is 6 inches, and the girth of the enamel color is 9.5 inches. can not go out."

Luke looked at Lilith, "Help me find a bottle similar to the size of enamel paint and a woven bag."

Lilith walked outside the door and gave some instructions to an employee. Not long after, an employee trotted back, holding a transparent glass vase in his hand.

Lilith took the vase, walked into the auction room and asked, "Luke, is this bottle okay?"

"Okay." Luke took the bottle and walked to the window. The belly of the bottle was about eight or nine inches, and it really couldn't fit through the gap in the window.

Afterwards, Luke picked up the woven bag to cover the bottle, and smashed it on the ground. The glass bottle made a shattering sound and easily passed through the gap in the window.

Luke clapped his hands, "The bottle went out, but the person is still in the auction venue."

Lilith frowned slightly, "But the bottle is broken, and even if the enamel is stolen, it's worthless.

What is the point of the suspect doing this? "

Luke said, "I'm just providing an idea for investigation."

Nicolin Yarrow looked out the window and said calmly, "Captain Li, your investigation idea is very interesting, but if you can't find relevant evidence, the speculation is just speculation."

Nicolin Yarrow didn't quite agree with Luke's speculation. This kind of reasoning that only focuses on results and criminal skills is often seen in detective-themed film and television dramas, and the police pay more attention to the suspect's motives and evidence.

Ordinary thieves commit crimes for profit, and once the enamel is broken, it is worthless, so it is meaningless to do so.

"Come with me." Luke led the two downstairs, to be exact, under the window of the auction venue.

There are stone bricks directly under the window, and there is a green lawn next to it. Luke squatted on the stone bricks, pointing to the muddy lawn, "Inspector Yarrow, what is this?"

Nicolin Yarrow also squatted down to check, with a look of surprise on his face, then put on his gloves, picked up a piece of green debris from the mud on the lawn, and asked Lilith beside him, "Miss Finn, Is this a fragment of an enamelled porcelain vase?"

Lilith also came over to check and nodded slightly, "From the color and texture, it looks like fragments of enamel." After finishing speaking, Lilith asked in surprise, "Is Luke's speculation correct? The enamel was broken and thrown out the window."

Nicolin Yarrow also looked at Luke. He had heard of Luke's name before, but he had only heard of it. He was not bad at being a detective, so he was a little arrogant.

However, as soon as Luke checked the scene, he deduced the suspect's method of committing the crime and found key evidence, which made him admire.

Luke continued, "It was not only raining last night, but also thunder and lightning. I think the suspect took advantage of the thunder to smash the enamel after covering the enamel with a bag. In addition, the auction venue was chaotic after the power outage. So everyone didn't notice this.

Subsequently, the suspect threw the bag containing the enamel paint out of the window. It is likely that the mouth of the bag was not tied tightly, and some enamel paint fragments fell out.

It was dark at that time, and the suspect's accomplices may not have noticed this, or they may have noticed, but the situation was urgent, so he could only leave with the bag containing the enamel paint.

I was looking around just now, and I just found these porcelain shards, so I thought of this method of committing the crime. "

Nicolin Yarrow said, "Why did the suspect do this?"

Luke shrugged, "I don't know either, then you need to investigate yourself."

Nicolin Yarrow rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "In other words, the person who stole the enamel didn't leave the auction site at all, my investigation was in the wrong direction, and I ignored the real thief. "

Luke smiled and said, "Inspector Yarrow, I haven't talked with the relevant personnel of the case. So I just provide an investigation idea. How to investigate the case is up to you to judge."

Nicolin Yarrow said solemnly, "Thank you Captain Li, your investigation idea is very important to me.

I'd have someone scout around the porcelain shards to check this possibility carefully. "

"Waiting for your good news." Luke smiled and left with Lilith.

"Thank you, sir."