The next day, Luke went to a car dealership he had arranged in advance and bought a used Ford Focus.
This second-hand Focus, which has been driven for more than a year, is in good condition and costs less than $10,000.
Luke drove the second-hand Ford to the police station.
At the desk, Elsa looked tired. Seeing him coming, she said, "Come on, Dustin is looking for you."
Luke followed Elsa and asked casually, "Didn't you go back to rest last night?"
Elsa couldn't help but yawn, "No, I was busy looking up Sergei's information."
Luke's mind moved: Why are we in such a hurry to investigate Sergei
When I entered Dustin's office, the head of the serious crime squad also looked tired and had an untidy beard.
When he saw the two people come in, he just nodded and signaled Luke to close the door.
After closing the door, he spoke, "Katie's case has been basically solved. Now, it's still a problem with Sergei. Luke, Elsa thinks we can go to New York and try to see if we can catch this guy. Are you willing to go?"
Luke was stunned for a moment, and asked doubtfully: "But... the police station over there is willing?"
Dustin sighed and said, "Now you guys have to go over there and see if you can negotiate a good solution."
Luke was speechless.
What the hell, he was just a rookie detective, what could he do to negotiate with the New York Police Department? That was the largest police department in the United States, with more than twice the number of people as the Los Angeles Police Department.
Dustin looked at his expression and explained, "It's like this. You go over and find out the situation and see if you can find an opportunity to arrest Sergei in a more remote place. The New York Police Department should agree to that. The chief has already discussed this case with them, and they agree. As long as you don't arrest people in crowded places, they will allow you to go over and assist them in their investigation."
Luke's balls hurt.
That being said, the initiative in this case lies entirely in their hands.
He and Elsa were just there to make up the numbers.
He looked at Elsa, who nodded slightly.
Luke knew that meant she wanted to go.
What could he do? He might have to go on a business trip the next day after coming to work
He could only say: "I will follow the boss's arrangements."
Dustin was relieved. "That's good. This operation will take two days. The negotiation with the New York Police Department has not been completed yet. Be prepared. There must be a lot of troubles waiting for you to deal with. Come on!"
Elsa and Luke nodded in agreement and walked out.
Returning to her desk, Elsa asked, "Are you okay?"
Elsa knew that she should have told Luke in advance, but for some reason, she didn't do so.
Luke shook his head. "No problem. But can we also investigate the drowned case of Sergei's fat son? We still have some time."
Elsa was stunned. She didn't expect him to bring this up.
But Luke's performance yesterday made her dare not underestimate this young man anymore, so she asked, "Do you have any clues?"
"Sergei is of Russian descent, and Katie's security guard Shelev, judging by his name, is also of Russian descent, right?" he said.
Elsa was stunned. She was so focused on Katie's murder case yesterday that she didn't think about this at all.
Now, after being reminded by Luke, he suddenly realized: "Do you suspect that Shelev secretly let Sergei's fat son into the villa? Or did he kill the fat son? Well, that's not right. If Shelev killed Sergei's son, he would definitely not be alive now."
Luke: "I asked Sally yesterday, and she said that in addition to the front and back doors being able to be opened with the remote control panel in the room, Shelyov also has a remote control device, which makes it convenient for him to open and close the door when he welcomes guests."
Elsa slapped her forehead and said, "Yes, let's go! Let's go to the villa first and check on Shelev."
Of course Luke didn't have to drive his own car this time. This was a business trip, so he just set off in Elsa's car.
In the car, Elsa couldn't help asking, "Are you sure there's something wrong with Shelyov? Do you have any evidence?"
Luke shrugged. "Forget about Sergei. After all, we are not sure whether he climbed over the wall to get into the villa. But Sergei's fat son weighs 200 pounds. I really don't think he can get into the villa from anywhere else. The front and back doors are the most likely."
He lied about this.
Just yesterday, his keen sense of smell came in handy.
He smelled Shelev's scent in Katie's room, a mixture of gun oil, gunpowder and body odor, which was too obvious in Katie's room.
He knew that although Shelev was a security guard, he could not enter and leave Katie's room at will.
And judging by the concentration of the smell, the person entered the room at least several hours ago, that is, before dawn.
A security guard entered the female employer's room in the middle of the night, and then the female employer drowned in the swimming pool.
This issue will be problematic no matter where it is handled.
Secondly, Shelev's smell also appeared on the small path outside leading to the back door, and the smell was strong, obviously he had walked back and forth several times.
The smell also appeared at another location, near the swimming pool.
However, the smell that was similar to his was the smell of another person, which was also the smell of gun oil and gunpowder with body odor, and even some smell of chloroform.
The autopsy results showed that the anesthetic in Katie's body was chloroform.
This man who smelled of chloroform had also entered Katie's bedroom, and there was also a faint smell of chloroform in Shelev's scent.
The reason why Luke closed his eyes in Katie's room was that he was using his keen sense of smell to distinguish smells.
So, there is only one truth: Shelev is the mole.
It was he who secretly let Sergei into the villa, and might even have cooperated with Sergei to knock Katie unconscious and then throw her into the swimming pool.
Finally, he sent Sergei out through the back door again.
Only in this way can we explain the many doubts in this case.
Only in this way can the scent track that Luke smelled make sense.
Luke went out through the back door and followed the scent, but he completely lost the clue when he reached the main road.
Therefore, he was sure that the surveillance camera at the back door of Ginny's house must have captured Sergei.
It was a rather troublesome case, but with his newfound ability, he easily found the murderer and the traitor.
The two arrived at Katie's villa, rang the doorbell, and Sally opened the door.
After entering the house, Elsa asked, "Where is Shelyov? We have something we want to ask him."
Sally: "Oh, I saw him go to the backyard just now. Should I go call him?"
Elsa and Luke looked at each other, and she said, "Let's go together. It will only take a few words."
The two didn't want this guy to get alert and run away.
But in the clearly visible backyard, there was no trace of Shelev at all, only the open small iron gate.
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(Before the release, I won't just post a comment. The public version is free, so don't accuse me of wasting words.
First, I just want subscriptions. For other rewards, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, etc., please give some if you like it. However, book friends who have the ability can try to subscribe to support.
Secondly, let me tell you something that made me laugh and cry. A few days ago, my editor suddenly asked me: What happened to your recommendation votes
I was completely confused, what was going on? Because it was removed from the new book list on the 14th, I didn't ask for recommendation votes, nor did I pay much attention to it.
From the time my last book was published to the time it was finished, the editor never asked me a single question. This is not to complain about the editors, but they are really busy and will not contact the author unless there is something special.
After thinking about it, I realized that what it meant was that I went to Taobao to order a package and brush my data.
I was torn: if I tried hard to explain and prove my innocence, it would seem like too much effort.
If you just say "I didn't do it" calmly, you might be suspected of trying to get away with it. If others make excuses, why don't you make excuses? Are you feeling guilty
After thinking for a while, I suddenly slapped my forehead and said: I have become obsessed with writing, thinking about rationality every day.
I simply told the editor that I had never spent any money on marketing since I started writing books. I was poor and couldn’t bear to spend money on marketing.
Finally, tell the editor that it will be on the shelves during National Day.
Well, do you understand? I think it is not necessary to say that. Subscribing to it is definitely more realistic than me explaining that I did not cheat on the recommendation votes.
More than 3,000 recommendation votes a day is nothing special... Well, but I looked at the recommendation vote list for next week, and there are not many new books and new people ahead of me.
The key point is that some of the new books before mine have sent out red envelopes for recommendation tickets, but it seems that no one has sent out such things for my book, and I don’t want to send them either, as it will interfere with my viewing of normal data.
No wonder the editor doubted my number of recommendation votes.
Having said so much, I just want to ask for your subscription.
Don’t let the ratio of recommendation votes to subscriptions be too huge, otherwise it will really look like I’m inflating the data.
Thank you to every book friend who subscribes and supports, and thank you to every book friend who also gives extra rewards to support.
Finally, update the plan.
I will update 10,000 words every day in the first month of the release, which means five chapters. But many people asked me if I would update 100 chapters on the first day of the release.
I thought about it, well, then... give it a 10% discount, ten chapters on the first day, and five chapters every day thereafter.
There is no fixed time for the ten updates on the first day, so I will try to open VIP membership in the early morning so that five updates can be made first, and the remaining five updates will be sent out twice between noon and evening.
Subsequent updates will also be scheduled during these two time periods as much as possible.
I have never mentioned the matter of rewards for more chapters. I never ask for rewards because everyone has already paid by subscribing, and it would not be nice to ask for rewards again.
Besides, I can't write this book quickly, and it's even more difficult to write it quickly.
So, just for the sake of it, if there is a reward of 50,000, I will update once more (twice for the leader), just treat it as a supplementary clause that is not needed.
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