He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the side of the small boat not far away, where there was a large dent.
Luke chose this reef facing the sea. The side close to the shore was slightly raised by one or two meters, and there were some bushes not far away blocking the view, so the situation here could not be seen from a distance.
The small boat where the forensic personnel were working was in a slightly concave bay, far below the reef.
Therefore, the broken pickup truck passed by here twice and did not find anyone here.
Luke narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "Selina, let's get to work." As he said that, he jumped down from the rock on the slope and quickly rushed to the broken pickup truck.
After pulling out his badge, he yelled, "lapd, stop the car."
The broken pickup truck paused slightly, as if it was slowing down, but a moment later the engine roared and it accelerated towards us.
Luke's nose twitched, his brows furrowed, and he raised his hand and pulled out the Glock from the holster under his armpit.
Bang!
Two shots hit the left front wheel of the damaged pickup truck, causing it to tilt and rush out.
With a bang, the broken pickup truck hit a slope on the side and stopped.
Over there, Selena also put on her clothes and started rushing over here.
Luke didn't move closer, but just pointed his gun and shouted, "Open the door slowly and get out of the car."
A black man in the broken pickup truck looked at him in horror but did not move.
After Selina came over and pointed a gun at the black man from the other side of the car, Luke stepped forward, dragged the guy out of the cab, and handcuffed him.
The two people from the forensic department also stood on the reef and looked over, asking loudly: "What's going on?"
Luke waved at them and then pointed to the boat behind the broken pickup truck: "Did you notice the bow? You'd better get down and check inside the boat."
The two forensic personnel walked closer and took a look at the bow: "This bow... could it be that it hit the small boat?"
The other one moved his nose: "The stench of corpse, is there a dead body on the boat?"
The two men looked at each other, and one of them flipped over the back bed of the pickup truck and looked into the boat, where there was an object wrapped in a layer of canvas.
He easily untied the rope that was only randomly wrapped twice, and as soon as he opened the canvas, he immediately put on his mask and shouted loudly: "We found a naked body, a white female, about 30 years old, and it has begun to decompose."
At this point, he shook his head helplessly: "It seems that we have to work overtime again."
Luke kindly consoled them, "If you don't work overtime today, you will have to work overtime tomorrow. Maybe thinking this way will make you feel better?"
The forensic officer rolled his eyes and said, "Thank you for your comfort. It's really thoughtful."
Next, Luke and the other man began to interrogate the black man.
This guy looked frightened and kept hesitating and refused to say more.
Luke questioned her for a while, then winked at Selina, and she walked away to call Elsa.
Instead of wasting time here, it would be better to throw this guy to Elsa for interrogation. With her skills, she should be able to pry open this black man's mouth.
Hire a lawyer? That's impossible. This black man looks extremely poor.
If he really needs a lawyer, he will only find a government-appointed lawyer for him, which can basically guarantee that the suspect will serve a few decades in prison.
Most of the time, the level of the government-appointed lawyers in such cases is not very good, and it is even less likely that they will do their best to help the defendant in the lawsuit.
There is no money to be made from this kind of case, so the idea of the government-appointed lawyers is to close the case as quickly as possible.
How long the defendant spends in jail has nothing to do with them.
At this time, Luke also felt fortunate: Fortunately, he was well prepared and could have lunch here.
However, he and Selena had to go a little further away because it was too smelly here.
They returned to the distant reef, handcuffed the black suspect who "delivered the goods" to the back seat of the car, and the two began their formal lunch.
The combination of cheesecake and braised beef is a rare one, but Luke can accept it, and Selina is even more satisfied.
Although there are differences between braised beef and steak, for foodies, the most important thing is that it tastes good.
Half an hour later, Elizabeth and Billy came over, asked Luke and the others about the case, then looked at the naked female corpse on the boat for a while, and took the black suspect back to the police station.
Even if there is no other evidence, they can detain and interrogate him just on the charge of illegally transporting and hiding a corpse. They have enough time to pry open his mouth.
Luke and his companions finished their lunch leisurely and went to find the location of the broken pickup boat.
Luke, who had a keen sense of smell, quickly found the place, which was a simple small pier.
Luke walked around the small pier for a while, took out his phone and called the forensic personnel over there: "Congratulations, I found the first scene of the murder of the unknown female corpse."
"Hey! Can't you be a little less efficient? Damn, we still have a lot of things to do here." The forensic officer couldn't help but curse with a smile.
While Luke was on the phone, he continued to check the scene: "The body won't run away. But if there is a big storm, a large part of the site will be destroyed."
The forensic officer on the other end responded helplessly and said he would send someone over immediately.
After he hung up the phone, Selina said, "It seems that the woman didn't have a good experience."
Not far from the small pier, there was a shack-like house. Luke knew that was where the black man lived without having to go in.
Along the way from the dock to the shack there was a pair of sandals and the remains of a coat.
When we got closer to the shack, we saw even more torn pieces of clothing, including underwear.
There is no doubt that the naked woman was caught by the black man at this small pier, then raped and died here.
The black man's attitude is not difficult to understand.
Anyway, the person has been killed and he was caught transporting the corpse, so there is no point in saying anything.
There are many successful cases in the United States of keeping a shut eye and going home for the New Year.
The forensic personnel came over and looked at the large area that Luke had kindly pointed out to him. They couldn't help but shout out, "Wow, I really have to thank that guy. This guy is really energetic."
Luke patted his shoulder and said, "If you're unhappy, collect more evidence. Then he will pay the price for his excessive energy."
By the time the forensic personnel had been busy for more than two hours and had cleaned up and inspected the area around the shack, it was already past four in the afternoon.
Luke and his friend sat on the folding chairs they had moved to another spot, and watched the two forensic officers begin to pack up their forensic equipment.
The female corpse on the boat over there has been transported away. The two forensic officers now just need to deliver the evidence to their own car and then they can finish their work and return to the forensic department.
Luke's phone rang again.
Seeing that it was Elsa's number, he picked up the phone: "Boss, what's the matter?"
Elsa: "You are near Fili Swick's beach house, right?"