Los Angeles Detective

Luke had also solved many murder cases, but this sentence 'just a joke' made him shiver.

To be friends with such people is to walk on the verge of death.

"Who was the mastermind behind the prank?"

"Sharon Frank."

"Who provided the tapes, ropes, hoods and other crime tools?"

"Sharon Frank."

"Did she really do this just to make a joke, or did she have some other purpose?"

"I have no idea.

Among the four of us, she has always been the one who makes the decisions. I am just used to listening to her. "

"Have you ever done any pranks before?"

“The four of us all have lively personalities and sometimes do some pranks, but nothing serious.

I swear, this time it was really an accident.

None of us thought it would be this serious, and we are devastated by Ellie Bergman's death. "

"Very sad?"

"Yes."

Luke looked at Jackson aside and asked, "What would you do if such an accident happened to your friend?"

Jackson thought for a while, "First of all, I am not a doctor, and I am not qualified to pronounce her dead.

Therefore, I will call 911 immediately and then call the police. "

Luke looked at Lacey Wayne again, "How did you do it?"

“I was so frightened and completely confused.

I wanted to call the police, but Sharon Frank refused and took my phone away.

She said that Ellie is already dead. If we call the police now, the police will definitely regard us as the murderers and we will all go to jail.

I became even more scared and had no idea, so I could only listen to her. Lacey Wayne looked remorseful, recalled for a moment, and continued, "She suggested burying the body. As long as the three of us don't say anything, no one will know that we did it."

Then we did as she asked. "

Luke wrote down in his notebook, "How did you do it specifically?"

"Sharon Frank said, I have been sitting in the back seat of the car, and the road surveillance cannot photograph me. Even if the police investigate, they don't know that I have been to Ellie's house, so the police will not suspect me and let me go home and drive. Responsible for dumping the body.

My first reaction was fear, and I didn’t want to, but...

Sharon Frank threatened me that if I didn't do this, all three of us would go to jail.

I didn't want to go to jail or leave my parents, so I agreed to her.

She drove the car near my neighborhood, then asked me to get out of the car and go home. She drove the Toyota from home. Then, she moved the body from the Tesla to the trunk of my car and let Marissa and I Hawking was responsible for burying the body. "

"How did you dispose of the body?"

"We put the body in the trash."

"Why wasn't the body buried as Sharon Frank ordered?"

Lacey Wayne cried, "I was so nervous that I forgot to bring my shovel..."

Before, Luke listened to Lacey Wayne's confession and always felt that she intentionally passed the responsibility to Sharon Frank, but now it seems...

She may not be that clever after all.

"Did the deceased have any clothes on him when you dumped the body?"

"Sharon Frank said, let's take off our clothes and bury the body so that if the body is exposed later, it won't be easy to identify the deceased.

Marissa Hawking took off Ellie's clothes. "

"What was Ellie Bergman wearing at that time?"

"Pajamas and panties."

"How did you handle it?"

"Marissa Hocking then discarded the clothes on the side of the road."

"Why do you do this?"

"I don't know either."

"Are you the only three people involved in this case?"

"Yes."

"But according to forensic tests, the deceased had been assaulted."

“Then I don’t know, but…” Lacey Wayne thought for a moment and said, “When we went to Ellie’s house, she was lying on the bed, wearing only her pajamas.

Could it be that she was having a relationship with someone at that time? "

Ellie Bergman was violated after death, so it certainly couldn't have been at that time, but it doesn't look like Lacey Wayne was lying?

He suddenly thought of a possibility...

"When you kidnapped Ellie Bergman, did she resist?"

"Yes, but the three of us held her down... so it didn't work."

This is different from Luke's speculation, which means that Ellie Bergman was most likely violated after dumping her body.

"After you dumped the body, what was the posture of the deceased?"

Lacey Wayne thought for a while, "I can't remember clearly. I was so nervous at the time that I moved the body into the trash can with Marissa Hawking and left quickly."

"Was there anyone else around at the time?"

"Probably not, at least I didn't see it."

Luke saw that the other party didn't look like he was lying, so he changed the subject, "Are you willing to identify Sharon Frank and Marissa Hawking?"

Lacey Wayne hesitated for a moment, then nodded with her parents' encouragement, "I do."

…

Kraft Community.

Sharon Frank's house.

This is a beautiful blue building. There is a blue Tesla outside the garage, and a middle-aged man is cleaning the car seriously.

"Woooo..."

Several cars drove in from the east side of the community and stopped right in front of Sharon Frank's house.

Luke opened the car door, walked into the yard, and greeted the middle-aged man, "Good evening, Mr. Aled Frank."

Aled Frank looked at Luke and others with some confusion, "Why are you coming to my house so late?"

"It's so late and you're still washing the car." Luke touched the car body with his hand, "It's already very clean."

“I didn’t have time during the day, so I had to scrub at night.

What's the matter with you coming to my house? "

"We want to meet Sharon Frank."

"What are you doing with her?"

"We have found new clues about the murder of Ellie Bergman and would like to ask her a few more questions."

Aled Frank glanced at his watch and said, "Sorry, it's too late today. Sharon Frank has to go to school tomorrow. Let's change the time."

Luke took the opportunity to ask, "When do you think the time is right?"

Aled Frank thought for a while, "I said, Sharon will have to go to school tomorrow, at least until she gets off school.

In addition, she is still a minor and needs my presence to be interviewed by the police, so she still has to see what my arrangements are for tomorrow.

Why don't we make an appointment tomorrow. "

"I don't think it needs to be so complicated." Luke showed the arrest warrant, "I'm going to take her away now."

Almost at the same time, the deputy team also led people to arrest Marissa Hawking.

The police questioned them overnight.

…

The next morning, eleven o'clock.

Office of the 1st Squadron, Robbery and Murder Division.

Everyone was busy until midnight last night before going home, so Rhett deliberately postponed everyone's work time today.

Perhaps because he stayed up late last night, Luke felt his eyes were burning, as if he was a little angry. He poured a cup of green tea and walked out of the captain's office.

"Guys, it was already late at night after the interrogation yesterday, and the case hasn't been summarized yet. Let's talk about it."

The deputy team said, "Marissa Hawking has admitted to the fact that she accidentally killed Allie Bergman, and her confession is basically consistent with Lacey Wayne."

Jackson said, "Sharon Frank has a tough mouth, and even though we presented evidence, she still refused to admit it.

Until we told her, two best friends were ready to identify her.

She then confessed that the prank accidentally led to the death of Ellie Bergman. "

Luke said, “I was also involved in the trial of Sharon Frank…

I always feel like she has something to hide. "

Jackson said, "Sharon Frank refuses to admit that she is the mastermind of the case. I feel that she may be hiding something in this matter."

Matthew asked, "Guys, now that we've caught the murderer, can the case be closed and we can have a nice drink tonight?"

"Wait, it's too early to say this now." Xiao Hei interrupted Matthew, "There is another suspect in this case, the bastard who violated the deceased."

Jenny said, "In other words, there is a fourth person in this case."

Jackson snapped his fingers, "I have been thinking about this issue. I think the fourth suspect probably found the body after dumping it and then violated the body."

"Hey, I've said this inference before, I said it first." Xiao Hei interrupted Jackson and looked at the deputy team aside, "Do you remember the homeless man from before? I think he is suspicious.

He wouldn't even let go of the deceased's clothes. If he saw the deceased's body...

He must be able to do such a thing. "

The deputy team member was a little dissatisfied, "Are you accusing me of letting him go?"

"Guys, this kind of argument is meaningless. Since there are doubts, let's go investigate." Luke raised his voice and looked at Xiao Hei, "Marcus, if you suspect that there is something wrong with the previous homeless man, then let's investigate again." Go talk to him."

"Understood, I have already thought of a way to test him."

"That's fine."

"Deputy team, take people to investigate near the scene where the body was dumped. Expand the scope of the visit to see if anyone has touched the body."

The deputy team complained, "This damn bastard, why would you do such a perverted thing when you can solve the problem for a hundred dollars?"

"Pah!" Luke clapped his hands, "OK, let's split up."

After everyone left, Luke was not idle. After returning to the office, he placed all the clues and evidence on the table and began to sort out the case from the beginning, not missing a single detail.

At noon, he only had a sandwich and a cup of coffee.

After half a day of research, Luke straightened out his thoughts, found out the loopholes in the investigation, and formulated an action plan for the night.

The victim was violated after death. The last possibility is that after the body was dumped, someone discovered the body and violated it. The deputy team led people to investigate near the place where the body was dumped, but there were no new clues.

If this investigation idea is wrong, then there are two possibilities.

The first possibility is the parking lot near Dolson's Pub.

At that time, three best friends went to the bar to have fun, and the victim was left alone in the trunk of the car. Could someone have taken advantage of this gap to open the trunk of the car and violate the body?

If this is the case, the situation will be more complicated. The three suspects played in the bar for nearly two hours. A lot of things may have happened in these two hours.

Suppose that the victim was not dead at that time and made a noise in the trunk, attracting the attention of others. Someone took the opportunity to open the trunk and saw the tied victim. Not only did he not rescue him, but he had bad thoughts. .

During this process, the victim resisted fiercely and died unexpectedly.

Afterwards, the murderer violated the body and put the body back into the car.

Then, the three girlfriends came out of the bar and found that the victim was dead, and then made a plan to dispose of the body.

If this is possible, the whole case will be overturned.

But in view of the fact that the victim was violated, Luke had to continue the investigation and find the fourth person who committed the crime.

After investigating the route of Sharon Frank driving the blue Tesla after leaving the bar, Luke also found a clue.

After Sharon Frank dropped Marissa Hawking and Lacey Wayne in the Angelite community, she drove away alone.

According to the surveillance video time at the intersection, the car stayed between Volt Street and Carpo Street for a period of time. During this time, she stayed alone with the body, and no one knew whether she had contacted other people.

You know, this girl is not very old. After discovering the death of the victim, she was not only not frightened and panicked, but also immediately made a "two-light and one-dark" plan to dispose of the body, which is not simple.

Luke suspected that there might be a "military advisor" behind her.

And this military advisor, is it possible that the fourth person.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

The team members who went out to investigate returned one after another, and Luke called everyone together to tell his speculation.

Everyone also expressed their opinions on these two possibilities, but due to the lack of evidence, no one could convince anyone else, and they still had to rely on field investigations.

Then, the first squadron split into two groups, Xiao Hei and Jackson went to Volt Street and Carpo Street to investigate and look for new clues.

Luke led the team to the parking lot near Dolson's Bar to investigate whether there were any suspicious people around when the suspect vehicle was parked.