After the call was connected, Luke listened to two sentences, his face was startled, and he said, "Well, I understand."
Jennifer seemed calm, but she was paying attention to the behavior of the young detective, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Luke leaned back in his chair and looked at the clear blue sky. "Ms. Manny Scott has just died despite failed rescue efforts."
Jennifer's expression changed, and finally she just sighed, covered her face with the sun hat beside her, and lay back in the chair.
Luke just shook his head in his heart and didn't bother disturbing her silent crying.
He stood up and walked to the grass in the distance. He dialed a number: "Hello, haven't the reports on the two murder weapons come out yet? At least the report on the telescopic baton should be out, right?"
After a moment, he hung up the phone helplessly and sighed: "It seems that this guy is not really that stupid."
There are only two key points in telescopic baton forensics.
First, it was indeed the weapon that smashed Manny's head, and there was Manny's blood and hair on it.
Second, it had only one person's fingerprint on it, and that belonged to Thomson.
There is only one key point about that ladies' hard rubber item: it has Millis's blood on it, so someone used it to crack open the maid Millis's skull last night.
But there were no fingerprints on this hard rubber item...
One of the two murder weapons was found at the back door of the living room, and the other was found in a gap behind the security guard's shared bathroom.
Therefore, it is impossible to directly convict two people based on the murder weapon.
He hesitated there for a moment, and finally made a call: "Grayson, it's me, Luke. Are you free?"
Old G's calm voice came: "I'm busy. But I can give you five minutes."
Luke smiled and said, "Well, I have a case here. The murder weapon was found, but the other party used someone else's weapon, and there were no fingerprints left on it. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Old G: "What weapon?"
Luke: "Telescopic baton."
Old G: "Where did you hit? The head?"
Luke: “Yes.”
Old G: "Look on the clothes of the person you suspect to see if there is any blood from the victim."
Luke: "At the time, the suspect pretended to help rescue the injured, and his clothes were stained with blood."
Old G: "Is that so? Ask your forensic personnel to send me a copy of the photos of the bloodstains on this person's clothes, and I'll help you take a look."
Luke: "Ah? Can I?"
Old G: "I want photos, not evidence. I'll tell you if I find anything. That's it. I'm very busy. Send the photos to me within today."
Luke: “…Okay.”
After a moment, he contacted the forensic department and asked them to do so.
The people from the forensic department didn't say anything. The people who asked for the photos were top experts from the LV forensics center, and their level was among the highest in the country.
As insiders, they knew even better than Luke how famous the name Gilbert Grayson was in the forensic community, and that even if they paid money, they might not be able to hire him to do forensic work.
Less than an hour later, Old G called and said, "There are problems with the distribution and shape of the bloodstains on the evidence photos, numbered M-12, 17, and 33. They are not bloodstains that were smeared randomly, but were formed by splashing under high-speed shaking. If necessary, have your forensic department find a bloodstain analysis expert to make a judgment. It is enough to serve as evidence of the crime."
Luke: "… What if it was thrown up by hand? There were a group of people there at the time."
Old G: "It's basically impossible, unless someone threw his hand behind the suspect at the speed of a baseball. Also, the traces formed by that would be different. Forget it, there's no point telling you. Remember this number and say I introduced her. If necessary, ask her to do a bloodstain identification for this case. Besides, her fees are very high."
Old G was very busy and hung up the phone after saying these few words.
Luke thought for a moment, but he didn't dial the number. Instead, he relayed Old G's words to the people in the forensic department.
Soon, the forensic department called back and said, "Yes, there is indeed something wrong with those bloodstains."
Luke: "Will the judge believe it?"
Forensic Science Department: "Yes. Unless the suspect is very rich and finds an expert who is more authoritative than us to overturn our forensic results. So he is rich?"
Luke looked at the security guards' room in the distance and thought to himself, "Well, I guess their annual income is less than $100,000?"
Forensic Science Department: "That's no problem. Unless he saves money by not eating or drinking for a few years, he won't be able to hire these top experts."
Luke hung up the phone and pondered: This takes care of one, but what about the other
He dialed the number again: "Elsa, is there any progress on the Jennifer Perry case?"
Elsa: "The director has already asked about it once. Although he hasn't urged us yet, it will take at most two days. After two days, the pressure will be different."
Luke: "I found a suspect, and I'm sure he is the suspect. The forensic department also has him, but only bloodstain forensics can prove he is the murderer. Can you handle him?"
Elsa: "Hand over all the information, I'll take care of him. Hey, that's not right, why don't you come back?"
Luke: "Because there are two cases and two murderers, and I've only found one."
Elsa: "...Okay, I'll try to help you find some clues here."
Luke: "Don't be too stressed. It's great if you can handle him alone. I will also work hard on my end."
After hanging up the phone, Luke thought for a moment and called Elizabeth again: "Lisa (Elizabeth's nickname), help me check a person's information, including criminal record, relationship history, and personal assets. Send it to Jennifer's house when you find it. I'll be waiting for it here."
An hour later, it was already afternoon and Elizabeth drove over to deliver the information.
She looked at Luke curiously: "Any progress?"
Luke nodded slightly. She was half his student, and she was very useful, so there was no need to be pretentious. "Well, with some luck, we can close both cases here today."
Elizabeth's eyes sparkled. "So soon?"
Luke: "It's not just me who's working hard, the boss and you are also helping. If I do it alone, it will definitely take several days."
Elizabeth would not take it seriously: "No, I just helped to look up some information."
As Luke looked through the information, he asked, "Did you find anything?"
Elizabeth: "Two points. First, Thomson is in the process of divorcing his wife. Second, there have been frequent deposits into his mother's account recently. Although each deposit is not much, it is almost $50,000 a year. Guess who is depositing money into this account?"
Luke: "I guess it's definitely not Thomson's wife."
Elizabeth couldn't help but complain: "If she was so generous, she wouldn't have asked Thomson for a large amount of alimony."
Luke laughed: "Haha, I've seen it. Thank you, Lisa, this information is very useful." Then he walked inside.