Los Angeles Detective

In a black Dodge car, Xiao Hei was sitting in the passenger seat and Jackson was driving.

Xiao Hei looked at his phone and pointed to the road ahead, "Hey, turn right at the traffic light ahead."

Jackson frowned slightly, "That's not the direction to Volt Street."

"I know." Xiao Hei glanced at his watch, "It's time for dinner, why don't we have dinner first and then investigate."

Jackson glanced at him, "Are you serious?"

"Of course, I don't want to investigate the case on an empty stomach."

"There's a convenience store out front, we can go buy a sandwich."

"No, I want to eat a real dinner so I can be motivated to keep working."

Jackson said, "I prefer to finish work first and then eat."

“Don’t be stupid, by the time the work is over, all the restaurants will be closed.

Moreover, Sharon Frank drove in the early hours of the morning, so our investigation would be closer to the time of the crime. "

Jackson was finally convinced, "OK, which restaurant do you want to go to?"

"Haha, that's right." Xiao Hei directed, "Turn right ahead and keep driving. There is a great Turkish restaurant. Their barbecue is excellent and the pancakes are freshly baked.

I like it very much. "

…

Eight o'clock in the evening.

Near Dolson's Pub.

A black SUV drove over, the passenger compartment window opened, and Luke looked outside. On the right side of the road was Dolson's Bar, and on the left side was the parking lot where three girlfriends left their cars.

The car drove to the entrance of the parking lot, the railing automatically lifted, and the car drove in.

After the car stopped, Luke got out of the car and took a look. The parking lot was large and there were street lights around it. It was not very bright, but he could basically see the road conditions clearly.

The police officers also got out of the car one after another.

The deputy team member looked around and commented, "This is a very suitable place for committing crimes. As long as you hide behind the car, it will be difficult to find."

Porter looked at the bar opposite, "There are a lot of bad people here. They are drunk and can do anything."

Luke arranged the task and said, "Potter, take someone to check the surveillance around the parking lot."

"Deputy team, please take some people to visit the surrounding area to see if you can learn about the situation on the night of the crime."

Luke himself walked towards where the blue Tesla was parked on the night of the incident...

It's around eight o'clock in the evening.

Xiao Hei and Jackson finished their meal and continued driving to Volt Street.

Xiao Hei burped, "How is the barbecue in this restaurant? Isn't it great?"

Jackson shrugged, "It's just an ordinary barbecue. I don't know why you have to wait so long?"

"I know you are eager to investigate the case, don't worry, there is still plenty of time."

Jackson glanced at his watch, "Don't you want to finish investigating the case and go home early?"

"Don't be stupid. The captain and deputy have taken people to investigate near the bar. If we finish the investigation too early, we have to support them."

Jackson frowned, "So you're messing around."

"No, I think there is something wrong with your understanding. I am just allocating my time reasonably.

Only when you are full can you work more effectively, do you understand? "

"Yeah, now that you're full, can we get back to work?"

"Of course." Xiao Hei snapped his fingers and pointed at Jackson, "I will supervise you carefully, rookie."

During the conversation, the car drove into Volt Avenue, Jackson slowed down, and Xiao Hei became serious, observing the situation on both sides of the road.

At this time, it was close to nine o'clock in the evening, night was falling, the street lights were dim, and there were almost no pedestrians on both sides of the road.

In downtown Los Angeles, day and night are completely different worlds.

Jackson slowed down and made two consecutive turns on the suspicious road section, but still found nothing.

Xiao Hei glanced at his watch. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening. "Wait, there's no point in walking around like this. Pull over and park."

Jackson stopped the car and sighed, "Most of the shops on the roadside are closed, let alone people, not even a dog."

"Hey, rookie, don't be so absolute. There are still a lot of homeless people living on the roadside. Don't discriminate against them."

“You know, that’s not what I want to say.

The captain only said that the suspect's car stayed in this neighborhood for a long time, but no one knew what Sharon Frank did. "Jackson complained and analyzed, "I thought about it carefully while eating, and I think there are two possibilities.

The first possibility is that after Sharon Frank sent Marissa Hawking and Lacey Wayne to the Angelite community, she waited for Lacey Wayne to drive to pick up the body and dump it, but she just stayed in this neighborhood. For a while, I did nothing else.

The second possibility is that Sharon Frank met with other people here while Marissa Hawking and Lacey Wayne were away. This person may very well be the fourth suspect we are looking for.

I think the second one is probably bigger.

Only in this way will our investigation tonight be meaningful. "

"Then what else is there to say? Just continue the investigation according to the second scenario." Xiao Hei looked out of the car. "There is no surveillance around here. If you want to find witnesses, you can only find those homeless people."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Jackson pulled the handbrake and prepared to get out of the car.

"Wait, did you see that store with the lights on? Drive over."

Jackson looked into the distance, "That seems to be a convenience store. Are you hungry again?"

"Those homeless people are not easy to deal with. If you want to get valuable clues from them, you have to prepare some small gifts in advance."

"OK." Jackson started the car again and drove to the convenience store, "Bring me a cup of coffee."

"If you want to drink it, get out of the car and buy it. If your butt doesn't move, you might get hemorrhoids, haha."

Xiao Hei smiled and got out of the car.

Jackson followed him into the convenience store with a helpless look.

The convenience store was brightly lit, in stark contrast to the outside. There was a Mexican man standing behind the counter on the left, looking at Xiao Hei with a scrutinizing gaze.

Xiao Hei walked to the shelf on the right and picked up a handful of beer and put it on the counter. Jackson also chose two bottles of coffee.

"How much?"

The Mexican clerk looked at it and said, "Twenty dollars."

"What?" Xiao Hei thought he heard wrongly.

"Twenty dollars."

"Why is it so expensive?"

The Mexican clerk shrugged, "Because this is the only convenience store open at night on this street. Do you want to buy it?"

Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment and seemed to have thought of something, "Is your store open in the early morning?"

"24 hours."

"Have you been working the night shift?"

"Yes, I have other jobs during the day."

"If someone came to the store to buy something a few days ago, can you still remember it?"

"I'm not sure. After all, I see too many people every day. It's impossible to remember everyone."

Xiao Hei took out a photo of Sharon Frank, "Have you seen this girl around the early morning of November 16th?"

The Mexican clerk took one look and said with a strange expression, "Yes, I remember her."

"Didn't you just say you weren't sure? Why did you recognize it all at once now?"

"Because she left a deep impression on me." The Mexican clerk smiled and continued, "You are right, that girl came in the early morning, and few female customers came to the door at that time.

She walked around the store and picked up a cucumber from the fresh produce section.

At that time, I didn’t think much about it. After all, cucumbers were on sale at that time and were relatively affordable.

But she walked over to the counter and grabbed another box of condoms. "

Jackson looked surprised and confirmed, "Cucumbers and condoms."

"That's right.

If I wasn’t on duty that day, I would always ask her, ‘Hey, beauty, do you need any help? I'm happy to oblige. ’” The Mexican clerk raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly.

Xiao Hei smiled and said, "OK, I think we found the fourth suspect."

Jackson was also dumbfounded.

The Mexican asked, "Gentlemen, do you want some more beer?"

"We don't need beer, but we need more coffee. Also, give me the surveillance video of your store."

The Mexican clerk took two steps back, "Why? What do you do?"

Xiao Hei showed his police badge and said, "lapd."

…

Parking lot near Dolson's Pub.

The lights in the parking lot were brighter than usual, and there were many police officers walking around in the parking lot, causing many customers who wanted to park to turn around and leave.

A black Dodge drove into the parking lot. Xiao Hei got out of the passenger cab and shouted, "Hey guys, how is the investigation going?"

Porter said, "There is no progress yet, why are you here?"

Xiao Hei took out a bottle of filled coffee and said, "I brought coffee for everyone. Let's take a rest and drink a cup of coffee, and then you can go home and sleep."

The deputy team member walked over from the crowd and said, "It's such a loud tone, and those who didn't know better thought it was the director.

Boy, when did you have the final say here? "

Xiao Hei smiled and said, "This is just a friendly suggestion, would you like a cup of coffee?"

"That's pretty much it." The deputy took the coffee, opened the lid and took a sip.

Luke also came over, took a bottle of coffee, and asked, "Is there any progress in your investigation over there?"

Xiao Hei raised his voice, "Yes, we caught the fourth suspect."

Luke was a little surprised, "Where?"

"In the car."

The deputy looked inside the black Dodge and said, "You guys are really good at telling lies. There's not even a ghost in the car."

"It's not nothing, it's just that you didn't look carefully." Xiao Hei opened the car door and took out a cucumber from inside.

Everyone looked confused.

The deputy captain said dissatisfied, "Are you kidding us?"

Xiao Hei said firmly, "No, this is the fourth suspect we are looking for."

"A cucumber, haha." The deputy captain sneered.

The other officers laughed too.

Jenny shook her head, "Marcus, this 'prank' is not funny at all."

"Oh, it also needs a costume." Marcus took out a box of condoms and said, "Put this on and he will be the fourth suspect."

Luke understood, "You mean, someone used this to violate the deceased."

"That's right."

"Is this your guess, or have you found tangible evidence?"

Xiao Hei organized his language, "Tonight, Jackson and I went to investigate along Volt Street and found that after dark, the surrounding shops were closed, and there were no pedestrians on the road, except for a few homeless people passing by occasionally.

I was wondering, if Sharon Frank really stayed on this street, what attracted her?

What else did she do? "

Xiao Hei paused and continued, "With this question in mind, we drove around the street again, and I found that there was only one store with lights on, and it was a convenience store.

I was wondering if Sharon Frank might have been to this convenience store on the night of the crime.

Then we walked into a convenience store and asked the clerk if he had seen Sharon Frank.

Unexpectedly, the clerk recognized the other person immediately and said that Sharon Frank left a deep impression on him.

According to the clerk, Sharon Frank came to the convenience store alone on the night of the incident and hurriedly bought a cucumber and condoms. I also verified this through surveillance.

Therefore, I speculate that the so-called fourth suspect did not exist at all, but that Sharon Frank used some perverted means to violate the deceased. "

Jenny wondered, "Why would Sharon Frank do this?"

Xiao Hei said, "As for this issue, I think there are two possibilities.

The first type is that Sharon Frank and the deceased were plastic best friends, and they seemed to have a good relationship. In fact, Sharon Frank had been dissatisfied with the deceased for a long time, so even though the victim was dead, she still used perverted means to violate the other party and discredit the other party.

The second possibility is that Sharon Frank had special feelings for the deceased. She loved the deceased. After learning that the deceased had a boyfriend, she hated her because of love, so she designed to kill the victim and use perverted means to possess her. "

After Jenny heard this, she shook her head, "You really know enough about perverts."

Xiao Hei snapped his fingers, "I just thought you were complimenting me."

Jackson also looked confused after getting out of the car. He didn't expect Xiao Hei to have so much drama, and said, "If you go by your guess, the victim's death was probably not an accident, but a premeditated murder.

However, no relevant evidence has been found at this stage.

According to the confessions of the three suspects, this case was an accidental death caused by a prank. "

Xiao Hei asked, "If it was just an accidental death, why did Sharon Frank use such perverted methods to deal with the corpse?"

The deputy team member pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, we can think about it from another angle. Are there any benefits to Sharon Frank's doing this?" Without waiting for anyone to respond, the deputy team member continued, "I think there is. She successfully interfered. The direction of the police investigation.

Do you guys still remember?

When we first discovered the body, the forensic doctor determined that the victim had been assaulted. My first thought at the time was that the murderer was most likely a male.

I think most people should have similar thoughts.

Next, our focus is also on investigating the deceased’s boyfriend.

Even if we have caught three suspects now, we still cannot close the case because we still have to find the fourth suspect who violated the body.

Sharon Frank's little tricks are not clever, but judging from the results, she did interfere with the direction of our investigation.

Even if we had not discovered that Lacey Wayne was related to the case at that time, we would probably have continued to investigate in the direction of male suspects, resulting in a delay in solving the case.

This may be Sharon Frank’s true purpose. "