More than forty minutes later, Agent Nell from the Trace Inspection Section came out of the second bedroom.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Luo An, who was rummaging around in the kitchen, saw this and hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and shook Agent Nell's chubby hand, and then asked with a serious expression:
"What is the identity of this corpse?"
A smile appeared on Agent Nair's round face:
"The body is well preserved. Judging from the face alone, it should be the Kenori Martin you mentioned."
Hearing this, Luo An nodded solemnly, and then continued to ask:
"What's the exact time of death of the body?"
"The specific time of death will not be known accurately until the autopsy is completed."
Upon hearing this, Agent Nair chuckled, and then said:
“But based on the experience of my colleagues, the death time of this body should be about three days.
As for the cause of death, there were strangulation marks on the neck of the body, and it can be roughly judged that it was mechanical asphyxiation. "
Having said this, Agent Nair took out a transparent evidence bag from behind his buttocks, which contained a ball bearing that Luo An had found in the bedroom before.
Seeing the roller bearing, Luo An raised his eyebrows:
"If I'm not wrong, these things should be used to make bombs."
"That's right."
Agent Nair nodded, and then said with a serious face:
"My colleague just detected traces of some special oily substances in the second bedroom.
Coupled with these wires, ball bearings and nails, my colleague judged that the other party was trying to make a timed exothermic bomb. "
Luo An raised his eyebrows when he heard the name of the timed thermal bomb.
It was one of the improvised explosive devices made by the can-pop people in their previous lives to resist the United States.
"Okay, thank you."
Hearing Luo An's words, Agent Nair smiled and waved his hands, and after agreeing to have a chance to go out for a drink together in the future, he left the house with his colleagues and the body.
Jingle Bell--
At this moment, Luo An's cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"It's me, Lacey."
The voice on the other end of the phone was a little noisy. After a slamming of the door closing, the noise became much quieter, and Lacey's voice came over:
"Half an hour ago, you asked me to come to the hospital where Martin works to investigate Martin's specific situation. I have almost completed the investigation."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Luo An nodded, sat down on the sofa in this room, and asked in a deep voice:
"What is the specific situation?"
"According to several nurses who often go out with Martin to pick up people, Martin hasn't come to work these days."
Lacey on the other end of the phone sounded very unhappy:
"The person who actually drove the ambulance was Martin's distant cousin, a middle-aged white man named Thomas."
Hearing this, Luo An frowned:
"What's going on with Thomas?"
"The nurses said that this kind of thing is very common. If someone has trouble at home, they just ask a relative to work for a few days. The hospital doesn't care."
Lacey said with an ugly face:
"I looked through the surveillance videos in the hospital over the past few days, and Thomas never took off his mask during surveillance.
Later, I asked the nurses. They had never seen Thomas take off his mask in the past few days, so they didn't know what Thomas looked like.
The only thing that is certain is that this Thomas is not young, his voice is a little high-pitched, and his hair is a little long and has a lot of white hair. "
"OK."
Lacey's description was written on a piece of white paper. After a brief chat, the two parties hung up the phone.
Ryder, who had been waiting for a long time, saw this, pushed the door on the sofa to the side, and asked with a stern expression:
"Roan, do you think this Thomas and Jacquel are the same person?"
“No, they are definitely not the same person, this Thomas should be the helper that Jacquil found.
Moreover, this Thomas was most likely the one who tampered with Evander's car and ultimately caused the car accident. "
Hearing Ryder's question, Luo An shook his head and explained:
"The information on Jacquel obtained by the CIA shows that Jacquel is 36 years old, has a strong build, and has a short haircut with no gray hair."
Having said this, Luo An led Ryder into the kitchen, opened the door of the cabinet containing the tableware and explained:
"I just took a closer look and found that there are two pieces of tableware that have been used recently.
Martin died three days ago. He could not have used it. The only people who used two sets of cutlery could be Jacquil and Thomas. "
"OK."
Ryder had just seen the scene where Luo An checked the tableware and then handed it over to the Trace Inspection Department and asked them to try to find fingerprints, so he continued to ask:
"What do we do next?"
"I have asked William and the others to investigate the surveillance near this building. It is expected that the investigation will be completed in thirty minutes. Thomas and Jacquil may be there by then."
Luo An handed the paper in his hand to Ryder, then leaned his chin and pondered for a long time. Suddenly he remembered something, tilted his head and looked at Ryder and asked:
"By the way, did you find any credit cards in this room just now?"
"NO."
Ryder shook his head.
"The Trace Inspection Department and I didn't find anything either."
Seeing Ryder shaking his head, Luo An's eyes lit up and he took out his cell phone and called Mona.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Mona's question, Luo An said directly without any nonsense:
"Mona, check Martin's credit card record to see if he has made any recent purchases?
I suspect it's still in the hands of Jacqui and Thomas. "
If Jacquier really used Martin's credit card today and yesterday, then Luo An and the others would be able to find each other as quickly as possible.
"OK."
Mona didn't hesitate and immediately started typing on the keyboard.
A few minutes later, Mona spread her hands and said into the phone:
"I'm sorry, Luo An, Martin's credit card has no consumption records at all in the past two days."
On the other end of the phone, Ryder frowned when he heard Mona's words. Roan held his forehead and thought for a moment before continuing to ask:
"What about before this? Did Martin buy anything wrong?"
"What kind of wrongness are you talking about?"
Mona looked at the consumption records in the computer and said with some confusion:
"This week's consumption records show that Martin used his credit card to buy clothes, pants, meals...etc.!"
As Mona was talking, she was suddenly startled, and then shouted loudly:
"Luo An, Martin's credit card consumption records show that he bought a very expensive schoolbag three days ago!"
“But we didn’t find the bag here!
Moreover, Martin is alone, has no girlfriend or relatives, so what is the use of buying a schoolbag? "
After hearing Mona's words, Ryder's eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly turned to look at Luo An:
"Just now Agent Nell from the Trace Inspection Section said that the roller bearings in the second bedroom can be used to make timed exothermic bombs!
Then this schoolbag must have been bought by Jacquil and the others with the purpose of making a schoolbag bomb! "
Luo An touched his chin and nodded slowly:
"That's most likely the case!"
Hearing Luo An's affirmation, Ryder grinned widely, put his hands on his hips, and showed a proud smile.
"but."
Before Ryder could be proud for too long, Luo An raised his head in confusion and asked a question:
“The actions of Jacquel and Thomas were clearly motivated by revenge.
Then they must have a target they want to blow up when making bombs. Who could this target be? "
Ryder: "..."
(End of chapter)
