Los Angeles Detective

Fake.

Although Maxine didn't see it, judging from the other party's occupation, Luke still believed her words.

If the suspect really uses props, in Luke's view, there are three possibilities.

The first possibility is that the suspect has a mental problem and is a pervert.

The second possibility is that the suspect has physical problems, no.

The third possibility is that the suspect is a woman.

In the first and second cases, it is necessary to investigate whether the male persons involved in the case have similar tendencies, and at the same time investigate whether there are relevant criminal records or medical records.

In the third case, investigate the suspects of the women involved.

Looking at the overall situation, Luke feels that the third situation is bigger.

First of all, let’s analyze the 6.25 car earthquake robbery and health care case. In addition to the victim Maxine, the female involved is also the wife of the male victim Abal Frick.

If Mrs. Frick knew that her husband was looking for a young lady, it might be possible to retaliate against her in this way.

However, the suspect committed the crime again on June 28 and killed the second male victim, Barron Smith, which is somewhat unreasonable.

At least for now, there is no obvious relationship between the two parties and insufficient motivation.

Luke felt that her suspicion was not too great.

Let’s talk about the persons involved in the June 28 car earthquake robbery case, including the victim Shirley, who is a female. The suspicion of Shirley can be ruled out from the witnesses. Then the remaining female persons involved in the case include the dead male Barron Smith. wife.

Luke made notes to Mrs. Smith, she is a female doctor from Maines Hospital, her full name is Zoe Smith.

According to her description, she was not in Los Angeles on the night of the incident, but was on a business trip in Long Beach.

A patient at Maynes Hospital, which has a branch in Long Beach, required surgery.

On the morning of June 28, she rushed to the Maines Long Beach Branch, and first performed a full-body examination on the patient to make sure that the patient's physical condition was suitable for surgery.

That night, she checked into the Dragon Milan Hotel in Long Beach, called the victim Barron at 8:00 p.m., and went to bed from 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.

The next morning, she had to rush to the hospital to prepare for the operation.

When taking notes for the first time, Luke didn't see any signs of lying on the other side.

However, Zoe Smith had a motive for committing the crime. Her husband, Barron, and the female victim, Shirley, were behind her back. She had enough motives to take revenge on her husband.

The premise is that she knows about her husband's cheating.

The reason why the police did not include her as a key investigation target at that time was mainly because the female victim Shirley was strengthened by the murderer. She believed that the murderer was a man, and the police also focused their investigation on the male suspect.

Now that there are clues provided by another female victim, Maxine, the murderer is likely to be a woman, and the suspicion of Zoe Smith also rises accordingly.

The first thing to check is Zoe Smith's alibi.

Long Beach is the second largest city in Los Angeles County. It is not far from Los Angeles. Luke checked it on the Internet. It only takes more than an hour to drive from the Dragon Milan Hotel in Long Beach to Mount Copper in Los Angeles.

The time for going back and forth to kill is enough, and it does not delay the operation the next day.

Afterwards, Luke reported the situation to the captain, the two discussed it, and divided the first squadron into three groups for investigation.

The first group is Susan, the deputy team, and Matthew. The three of them are responsible for checking whether the male personnel involved in the case have psychological or physical problems, as well as the criminal personnel with relevant criminal records.

The second group is Raymond, Jenny, and Jackson. They rushed to Long Beach City to investigate, mainly investigating whether Zoe Smith had left the Dragon Milan Hotel on the night of the incident, and whether there was an alibi.

The third group is Luke and Xiao Hei, responsible for investigating Zoe Smith's situation in Los Angeles.

...

First, Luke investigated the cars under the name of the Smiths. There were two cars in total, one of which was a Mercedes-Benz S, which was the car driven by the deceased Baron Smith at the time of the crime.

The second was a BMW X6.

Assuming Zoe Smith is the murderer, she will definitely return from Long Beach to Los Angeles to commit the crime.

She definitely needs transportation, most likely a car.

Therefore, Luke and Xiao Hei began to investigate the monitoring near the crime scene on June 25th and June 28th.

On June 25, the investigation focused on Mercedes-Benz and BMW X6, and Zoe Smith was likely to drive one of the cars to commit the crime.

On June 28, only the BMW X6 was checked, because the Mercedes-Benz was driven by the deceased Baron Smith.

Of course, the possibility of the suspect driving other vehicles is not ruled out.

At the same time, the cars that have appeared at these two scenes are also the focus of investigation.

Luke and Xiao Hei checked all afternoon, but found no trace of any suspicious vehicles.

On the contrary, Raymond's investigation has progressed.

According to the monitoring of Long Milan Hotel, Zoe Smith suspected that she left the hotel after 7:00 p.m. and returned to the hotel after 5:00 a.m.

The reason why it is called suspicious is because there is no surveillance video at the door of the hotel room where Zoe Smith lives, and Zoe Smith has been dressed up, deliberately wearing a round sun hat, and the police cannot identify her appearance from the surveillance.

However, judging from the size of the suspicious person and the floor where he was located, it should be Zoe Smith.

Whether this can be used as evidence for conviction is still uncertain, but the investigation by the police is enough to speculate that there is a problem with Zoe Smith's alibi.

Then, the focus of the police's next investigation will also be on Zoe Smith.

In addition, after Raymond investigated the hotel surveillance, he found that Zoe Smith was indeed driving a BMW X6 when she entered the hotel, but she did not drive that BMW X6 when she left in the middle of the night.

Obviously, Zoe Smith has other means of transportation.

Luke guessed that in order to avoid being photographed by the surveillance near the crime scene, Zoe Smith probably chose another vehicle to commit the crime.

There are two possibilities. The first is to borrow someone else's car to commit crimes, such as relatives and friends.

The second possibility is to rent a car to commit crimes.

Luke leans more towards the second.

Later, Luke rushed to the car rental company to investigate.

The car rental industry in the United States has a certain market. There are many large car rental companies with businesses all over the world.

Very convenient, as long as you place an order on the website, you can complete it.

Luke and Xiao Hei went to the largest car rental company in Los Angeles to investigate. This car rental company is called Herez, headquartered in Los Angeles, and has some local tax exemption policies, so it is more competitive than other car rental companies. There are cars.

Luke and Xiao Hei went to Herez, showed their police badge and search warrant, searched Zoe Smith's driver's license in the company's customer list, and found two car rental records.

First time renting a car.

Car rental time, from 8:00 am on June 25th to 8:00 am on June 26th

The pick-up location is downtown Los Angeles.

car model, black Audi A6

Second time renting a car.

Car rental time, from 8:00 am on June 28 to 8:00 am on June 29

Pickup location, Long Beach.

Model, a gray BMW 5 Series.

The two car rental records coincided with the time of the incident, and Zoe Smith was very cunning. Mount Copper was well-connected, and the traffic flow was not small. The two rented cars were different. , It is also difficult to find people by car.

After finding the car rental records, Zoe Smith's suspicion of committing the crime can be basically confirmed.

Subsequently, Susan was responsible for applying for the arrest warrant, and Luke was responsible for the arrest.

...

Maines Hospital, outside the operating room.

The lights in the operating room were on.

There are several people waiting outside the operating room, standing or sitting, all with anxious expressions, they should be the patient's family members.

There were only two men with calm expressions, and they were Luke and Xiao Hei who came to arrest the suspect.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the lights in the operating room dimmed.

The family members rushed to the door of the operating room.

"Crackling..." The door of the operating room opened.

A doctor in a surgical gown came out, took off his mask, and before she could speak, the family members around him asked,

"How is my father, Dr. Smith?"

"Dr. Smith, was my father-in-law's operation successful?"

"Doctor Smith, how is my grandfather?"

...

Zoe Smith said, "The operation was successful and the patient's condition is basically stable, but he still needs to be observed in the operating room for half an hour.

You don't have to worry too much. "

"Thanks."

"Thank you so much."

"Thank you so much."

Zoe Smith nodded, her eyes inadvertently swept across Luke and Xiao Hei, and she froze.

After a while, Zoe Smith came back to her senses and walked over, "Deputy Luke, are you here to find me?"

"Mrs. Smith, we want to talk to you."

"Okay, I'm going to change clothes first."

Under Luke's signal, a policewoman came around the corner of the corridor and followed Zoe Smith to change clothes.

Zoe Smith just glanced at it and didn't say much.

Zoe Smith was very calm on the way to the police station, and she didn't take the initiative to ask why she was taken away.

Half an hour later, Zoe Smith was brought into the interrogation room of the police detective station.

Luke cut to the chase, "Ms. Zoe, do you know why we brought you to the police station?"

"It should be related to my husband's affairs. Have you found out who killed him?"

"Yes, we found her."

Zooey heard the difference in Luke's words, "You think it was a female murderer who killed my husband."

"Yes." Luke asked back, "What do you think about this?"

"I am a doctor, not a policeman, and this is not my profession. I just hope that my husband's murderer can be found as soon as possible, so that his body can be buried in the ground as soon as possible.

Since he left, I have had a hard time. I think of him every day, and think of every little thing we have together.

Fortunately, I still have a job to keep myself busy, otherwise, I don't know if I can hold on. "

Luke has been watching her expression, it's very flat, Luke can't see the sign of lying.

"The last time I made a record, I asked about your whereabouts on the day of the incident, that is, on June 28. You said that you were on a business trip in Long Beach to perform an operation on a patient.

Go back to the hotel at eight o'clock in the evening to rest, and don't leave the hotel until the next morning, right? "

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"I'll ask you again, did you leave Long Milan Hotel that night?"

"No."

Luke took out a screenshot of the hotel surveillance video, "Is that the woman who left the hotel wearing a yarmulke?"

Zooey took a look, her face changed slightly, "It's not me."

lie.

Luke has been observing her with micro-expressions. She said before that she hadn't left the hotel, and Luke didn't see any signs of lying.

But asking if it's her who's leaving in the photo, and she says no, Luke sees the obvious signs of lying.

It doesn't make sense.

If she hadn't left the hotel, how could the woman leaving the hotel with the hat on could have been her.

The only possibility is that the micro-expression analysis made a mistake.

But it's not a big problem, micro-expression analysis is not another scientific experiment, and it doesn't need to be 100% accurate.

It is only necessary to find out that there is an abnormality, and it is right to investigate in depth. This thing is like finding a loophole. No matter how well the other places are covered up, as long as there is a problem, it is a problem.

Luke suppressed the doubts in his heart, ready to investigate first, and study the reason later.

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