Ethan picked up a branch from the ground, walked to the female corpse, squatted down, and pushed the hair away from her face.

The girl's face was covered in blood and she could tell she was Indian.

"This is going to be troublesome."

Brock walked next to him and looked at the girl.

Ethan didn't know why. "This is a problem, isn't it?"

Brock shook his head. "Now it involves the people on the reservation. Trust me, you don't want to see a conflict between the Aboriginal people and the Amish."

Hood walked closer and patted Ethan on the shoulder.

"There is a dirt road next to here. You can drive directly from Bowman's house. If you go back and drive, this place needs to be blocked off."

Ethan nodded, threw away the branch and walked back.

Hood and Siobhan remained at the scene while others continued to search for Solomon.

Since the female body was found, it means there is a murderer.

At this time, the night was dark and the rainstorm was continuous. For fear of another accident, the others were divided into two teams.

Led by Emmett and Brock, they once again got into the rainy night.

With no one else following, Ethan went back much faster, and it didn't take long for the car to reach the dirt road next to the small pond.

The car headlights could directly illuminate the crime scene. Siobhan was standing next to the apple tree, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other, trembling.

"Where's the Sheriff?"

Ethan closed the car door and shouted loudly.

"He is nearby, trying to find new clues." Siobhan's face turned pale with cold.

She hurried over and took out the tools from the trunk with Ethan.

Everyone was soaked now, and Ethan didn't bother to take off his coat and put it on for her. The two of them took the warning tape and pulled it in a circle around several apple trees.

Just as the warning tape was pulled up, footsteps sounded, and Hood came back and shook his head at them.

The search team returned to the scene after a long time. No surprise, nothing was found.

Ethan looked at his watch with a flashlight. It was already past three in the morning. He stretched out his palm and saw that the rain had begun to get lighter.

Seeing that everyone around him was tired, sleepy, and soaked to the skin, Hood had no choice but to go over and negotiate with Bowman.

Although Bowman still wanted to continue searching, he also knew that everyone was exhausted now and had to wait until daybreak before making plans.

After discussion, Hood stayed to guard the scene while the others went back to rest.

After getting home in Siobhan's Chevrolet SUV, the two of them immediately ran to the bathroom and took a steaming bath, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

In the morning, it gets brighter.

After Ethan stood up, he looked out the window. At this time, the clouds outside were calm and the wind was gentle.

"Get up." He reached out and patted Siobhan.

Unlike the storm last night, the air in the morning seemed extremely fresh.

Ethan lowered the window, the cold morning air slapped his face, and both of them woke up instantly.

When they arrived at the place, Emmett was taking pictures of the surroundings with a camera.

"Where's the Sheriff?"

Ethan opened the car door, greeted him, and asked.

"He went back to change clothes and will be back soon." Emmett put down the camera and joked to them:

"I said you two are not together anymore, right?"

"We are just friends." Siobhan handed him a cup of coffee and said nonchalantly.

Emmett looked like he understood, and smiled and reached out to take the coffee.

Because a murder had occurred, the crowd of onlookers gradually grew, and there were disturbing discussions outside the cordon.

Not long after, several police cars drove over.

Hood got through the warning tape, raised his hand, and threw Ethan's car keys over.

Ethan took the key and looked behind him. Brock and an Indian policewoman wearing a khaki uniform walked through the cordon.

"Ethan, this is Amy King from the Chino Police Department."

Brock noticed Ethan's gaze and introduced the small policewoman with delicate skin and long black hair standing behind him.

Because it was related to people from the Chino tribe, they notified the Chino Police Department last night. Unexpectedly, the Chino Police Department only arranged for a young female police officer to come over.

"Hello, nice to meet you."

Ethan held hands with her and asked her doubtfully: "Where is your police chief?"

"Amy is here to assist us." Brock waved his hand quietly and winked at him quickly.

"Ethan, ask her to identify the body."

Ethan let go of his hand, smiled at her, and got out of the way.

Amy nodded solemnly and walked towards the corpse.

"Their Chino Police Chief, Carl Yazzie, is a veteran who wants nothing more than to retire."

Brock walked up to Ethan and continued: "Now it happened in our jurisdiction, and the person who died was an ordinary person. He didn't want to intervene at all, and just asked Amy to assist us."

Ethan shook his head, such people would exist everywhere.

After Amy looked at the body carefully, she stood up and said to Hood:

"This is a member of the Collery family, I will notify her family members to come over now.

After finishing speaking, the little policewoman picked up the phone resolutely and walked aside.

Hood nodded, squatted down and grabbed a handful of grass, looked at Emmett who was still taking pictures, and asked doubtfully:

"Didn't you notify the forensic doctor to come and check it out?"

Emmett shrugged his shoulders and pressed the shutter.

"There's only one forensics department in three nearby counties, so we're definitely not a priority."

"It rained so heavily last night and there was no evidence at the scene. All we could do was take photos and then follow the process and send the photos to Harrisburg for forensic analysis."

"It's just a procedure. Look at the axe. I know her fatal injury is on the head without any analysis." Siobhan put his hands on his hips and shook his head.

After confirming that the crime scene had been photographed, Emmett put down the camera, pressed the radio, and notified the ambulance to come and collect the body.

Not long after, an ambulance arrived at the scene, followed immediately by two rickety pickup trucks.

The back of the pickup truck was full of people from the Chino tribe. They jumped out of the pickup truck anxiously.

Brock quickly patted Ethan's arm and whispered:

"Control the scene and don't cause any problems."

Ethan nodded, and he and Brock walked quickly to the warning tape, reaching out to stop the people who were excited to break in.

"Calm down, tell us if you have any situation, and we will find the murderer as soon as possible."

When several of them saw the girl lying on the carpet being covered with a white cloth by the medical staff, their emotions broke down instantly and they wanted to rush in recklessly.

The scene suddenly became a mess, and Brock also received a few punches in the panic. He gritted his teeth and tried to control the situation at the scene.

Emmett, Siobhan and Amy from the Chino Police Department saw something was wrong and hurried over to help.

"Bang bang bang"

Several consecutive gunshots startled the people of the Chino tribe and they stopped quickly.

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