"Several people on the crew have said that Toth was away for a while before Saran's body was found, but that time was very short, less than five minutes," she said.
Having said that, she did not continue: "That's probably the situation."
Luke nodded and looked at Elsa.
Elsa concluded: "So, Toth is indeed a suspect, but there is no direct evidence."
She looked at Luke: "What else did you find?"
Luke shook his head: "No."
Elsa frowned and thought for a moment: "Then let's call it a day and go back to the police station."
If the suspect is Toth, it is unlikely that he, a minor celebrity in the industry, would abandon his job and run away.
It is very rare for the police to come up with a result in one day. The two cases involving Jennifer were solved so quickly because Luke happened to be very capable.
Luke: "We need to interrogate Mike again, at least to find out why he was almost killed."
Elsa nodded: "He was taken to the hospital. We will be there soon."
Next, everyone breathed a sigh of relief because they could finally go home and rest.
But then Pierce's words made the crew members feel bad, and the filming was suspended for a day.
We will inform you tomorrow when the work will start.
Meanwhile, Elsa took Luke and the other man to the hospital to find Mike, while the other three went back to work overtime to organize the information.
When they arrived at the hospital, the three found Mike's bed.
The crew paid for this guy's hospitalization, and he almost lost his life on the crew. Although it was his own fault, Pierce was unwilling to make big news for such a thing.
Seeing the three people come in and Luke closing the door, Mike's expression became nervous.
After being beaten up by Luke, he was still very afraid of this young detective.
Luke didn't step forward to ask questions, but handed the task to Elsa.
After a while, under Elsa's various hints, Mike finally told what he knew.
The person who invited him to the studio to scare people was... Sharan Poch.
The three of them looked at each other and felt a sense of weirdness.
Saran hired someone to pretend to be a hanged corpse, but soon she herself became a real corpse.
Well, she was even worse off than Mike. At least Mike was still fully clothed, but she was hung naked on the ceiling.
Elsa continued to make Mike reveal more interesting situations.
In order to convince Mike to pretend to be a corpse to scare people, Sharan mentioned: This was arranged by assistant director Toth and decided by the directors of the crew, so Mike will not have any trouble.
Mike also had a dream of becoming an actor, and he knew who Toth was, so he agreed without much hesitation.
The three of them looked at each other again: Sure enough, there was something wrong with Toth.
But there was no need for him to kill Mike.
Just think about it, when Sharon saw Mike's acting skills, no one thought there was anything wrong with her. Even Pierce, who had always been dissatisfied with her acting skills, didn't notice anything unusual.
Therefore, after Sharan's death, Mike only heard this statement from Sharan. Who knows if Sharan herself was defrauding people under the name of Toth
Of course, if Mike died tonight as well, then Toth would have even less to do with Shallan’s death.
Subsequent inquiries yielded no results.
Mike has only had contact with Sharon and has never even seen Sharon and Toth together. What he said cannot be used as evidence, it can only be regarded as a direction for investigation.
This is how police handle cases, they rely on evidence.
But Mike's words also made Elsa more convinced of Toth's suspicion.
It is much easier to focus on Toth and investigate than to find the suspect among more than 50 crew members.
After finishing this, everyone went home to rest.
The three newcomers naturally had to work overtime, so Elsa only needed to call back and ask them to investigate the relevant information, and then she went back to sleep.
This is the treatment that newcomers receive.
If you want to gain a foothold in the serious crime squad, you have to work hard.
After returning home and having dinner, Luke and Selina did some low-intensity training before going to bed, and then Selina went to bed.
Luke continued to stay up late and work hard.
He actually doesn't care much about this new case.
It is normal to find evidence to arrest Toth at any time, or even to never find evidence to arrest him.
He has handled hundreds of cases in the serious crime squad, but has solved just over thirty of them, making his team the team with the highest crime-solving rate in the squad.
In this position, you have to learn to give up at the right time.
Someone who is too kind and saintly cannot be a good detective. After working for a year, such a person will probably quit because he can't stand it anymore.
The next day, the two arrived at the police station and went to Elsa's office, where they saw three newcomers with tired faces reporting to her.
The two of them didn't say anything, just nodded and listened from the side.
After listening, Elsa looked at Luke and said, "It seems that this case is not easy to handle."
Luke nodded: "No matter how many suspicions we have, without evidence to support them, we can't convict Thoth."
In fact, everyone present knew that the real problem was Thoth's identity.
It’s not that he is powerful, but that he knows too many people, and most of them are from the entertainment industry.
If only a few of these people spread rumors to the media, the West District Police Department would have a headache with media opinion issues because they have no evidence.
Elsa thought for a moment and said, "Elizabeth and the others will follow me on this case. You can take other cases first."
This arrangement not only allows her to train the three new detectives, but also ensures that her team's efficiency in solving cases will not be reduced too much.
Luke nodded: "I will go to Jennifer's place and ask her if she has any news."
Elsa didn't waste any words, just nodded in agreement and let everyone go about their business.
Luke and his friend went out, and he called Jennifer.
It was Jennifer's personal number, and he had gotten it yesterday.
Jennifer hesitated for a moment and finally said she would reply to him later.
A few minutes later, her phone rang back: "Pierce is here, do you need to talk to him?"
Of course Luke was willing to do so.
Compared to Jennifer, Pierce is Toth's old partner who has worked with him for more than ten years and is also an easier target to dig out intelligence from.
When they arrived at Jennifer's house, Luke and his friends discovered that the security guards were no longer the same three people as before.
After checking the police IDs of the two men, the two new security guards let them in.
In the familiar back garden, Luke and his companion met Jennifer and Pierce.
The two sat under a parasol, drinking coffee quietly.
Luke and the other man went over and sat down. Jennifer called over a maid, a middle-aged woman in her forties with a kind face and a little bit of weight on her body. But her service attitude and the coffee she served afterwards were both very good.
After the maid left, Jennifer spoke up, "Pierce, these two detectives are very capable. Something happened here a few days ago, and they solved the problem in one day. I still have to go get a facial mask, you guys talk first." Then she left.