In the office area, Lacey was contacting the New York Police Department, Mona was sitting drinking coffee and taking a break, while Luo An was checking the surveillance video on the computer over and over again.
Ryder is still wryly asking for clues in Lower Brooklyn.
"Did you find any clues?"
After finishing her coffee, Mona cheered up and walked back to her seat. She glanced around a few times and asked:
"By the way, where's my laptop?"
Just got smashed by Darren.
He raised his eyebrows and did not answer Mona's question. Luo An pointed at the surveillance video on his computer and asked:
"Mona, I just discovered that the surveillance video showed that within ten minutes before and after the man in black disappeared, only three cars passed through this neighborhood. Can you find the identity information of the owners of those three cars?"
Hearing Luo An's words, Mona's attention was diverted. She looked down at the blurry license plate number on the computer. Mona looked a little embarrassed:
"let me try."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Luo An hurriedly stood up and gave up his seat to Mona. At this time, Lacey also finished the phone call and came over:
"I've contacted the patrol, and they'll get back to me in half an hour."
Seeing Mona's fingers dancing on the keyboard again, Lacey asked:
"Any clues?"
"No, just a vague idea."
Luo An sat back on his chair, rubbed his temples and closed his eyes to rest:
"The street of Sabina's apartment is lined with apartments on both sides. There is no alleyway at all. If the man in black wants to leave that street, it is impossible not to pass by the bakeries on both sides of the street."
"That's right."
Lacey nodded and agreed with Luo An, who then said:
"So the man in black either didn't leave the street and hid in an apartment on both sides of the street. Or he changed his appearance in a way that we don't know yet and left the street. .So driving away is certainly a good way to do it.”
"Found it out, Luo An."
The sound of typing on the keyboard paused, and Mona’s voice was very happy:
"The quality of the cameras in the two bakeries is good. I can barely see the license plate numbers of the three vehicles. I have already found the owner information of the three vehicles."
"oh?"
When Lacey heard this, she hurriedly approached the computer. Luo An did not approach, but asked:
"Are all car owners male or female?"
"The car owners are two men and one woman."
Lacey looked at the information that popped up on the computer and read:
"One of the men is a lawyer and lives down the street. The other man is a supermarket manager and the remaining woman is a newspaper reporter."
A lawyer, a manager, a reporter... Luo An asked:
"Can you see that all the people driving in the video are the car owners themselves?"
Looking at the enlarged and blurry picture on the computer, Lacey's mouth twitched:
"It's impossible to see clearly. It looks like the cameras used by the two bakeries are very old and have only recently been connected to the Internet."
Seeing Luo An lowering his head and thinking deeply, Lacey thought for a while and asked:
"How about I contact the New York police again and ask them to send a few patrol officers to the homes of these three people to conduct a brief interrogation of them?"
"no."
Luo An shook his head. They didn't run the New York Police Department. They couldn't let others do all the work.
It's a trivial matter to work hard, but it would be even more troublesome if someone alerts someone.
Who knows if the man in black will choose to kill Sabina directly in desperation.
"Wait a moment."
Just when Luo An was thinking about which one of the three to investigate first, Mona's somewhat frightened voice came over:
"Come and take a look. I just checked the newspaper where the female reporter works. They issued an announcement last week saying that the female reporter had been fired because she had been out of contact for a week without any reason!"
"Fu-k!"
Lacey hurriedly turned to look at the missing person notice on the computer and said in shock:
"An announcement was made last week and the reporter lost contact for a week without any reason... This female reporter has been missing for three weeks? Then who was driving the car yesterday?"
Seeing the announcement on the computer, Luo An immediately stood up and asked:
“Where is the female reporter’s home?”
“Right in Queens!”
...
7 p.m., Queens, an apartment building.
Luo An took Lacey and several patrol officers sent by Lacey's acquaintances in the New York Police Department and got into the elevator together.
Luo An looked blank as he watched Lacey and a female patrolman make an appointment to go shopping together after the matter was over.
If his guess was correct, Luo An felt that Lacey's so-called acquaintance in the police station was 100% female.
People's hearts are not as old as they used to be, and the world is getting worse!
In my heart, I severely criticized Lacey's merciless behavior, but after thinking about it, Luo An found that he seemed to be able to do the same, and he was not much worse than Lacey...
Ding--
The elevator door slowly opened, and Luo An immediately threw aside the messy things in his mind, took out a Glock 18 and held it in his hand, and then took out a shock bomb under the surprised eyes of Lacey and the patrol officers.
"..."
Luo An shrugged, expressing his insecurity, and led the team out of the elevator.
But as soon as they stepped out of the elevator, a loud knock on the door and a man's shout reached everyone's ears. Luo An and Lacey looked at each other and hurriedly slowed down:
"Selena? Serena, are you there?"
At the door of the female reporter’s rental house, a middle-aged white man wearing a brown leather jacket was knocking on the door frantically:
"Selena, I heard you were fired..."
"do not move!"
Seeing that the door the man was knocking on was their target room, Luo An and Lacey raised their guns and controlled each other without saying a word:
"Raise your hands and don't make any unnecessary moves!"
"Hey! Hey! Don't get me wrong! I'm not a thief!"
Seeing the heavily armed Luo An and his party, Joseph Smith was frightened. He hurriedly raised his hands obediently and shouted at the same time:
"My name is Joseph, I'm a reporter, and my driver's seat is in the right pocket of my jacket! Don't shoot!"
Luo An stepped forward and took out the driver's seat from Joseph's pocket. He briefly browsed through it and handed it to the patrol officers behind so they could check the authenticity of the driver's seat. Then he asked while briefly searching:
"Why are you looking for reporter Serena?"
"She and I were partners before."
No dangerous items were found on Joseph. Luo An waved his hand and signaled Lacey and others to put down their guns. Joseph was relieved when he saw this and explained:
"I heard a few days ago that Serena was fired from the newspaper, so I wanted to come over and ask her if she wanted to rejoin my team."
Ignoring Joseph's explanation, Luo An handed him over to the group of patrolmen and prevented him from leaving for the time being. He also sent Joseph's relevant information to Mona and asked her to briefly check Joseph.
Immediately afterwards, Luo An and Lacey stood on the left and right sides of the door. After counting down to three times, they kicked the door open:
"FBI! Open up!"
The two quickly checked each room to confirm that no one was in each room.
"Safety!"
"Safety!"
There was no one in the small apartment. Luo An and Lacey looked at each other and put down their guns. Lacey sighed:
"It seems we are a step too late."
