August's words made the entire No. 5 Investigation Team agents frown, and Luo An asked directly:
"When did this happen?"
"have no idea."
Augustus shook his head. The NYPD only mentioned the location of the crime and the tragic situation of the deceased's lower body being severed. They did not investigate the specific condition of the body.
"OK."
Luo An didn't say anything, he immediately turned around and said:
"Ryder, Mona, you two go and bring Magdalena back now.
Lacey and I went to this new crime scene. "
"no problem!"
Mona and Ryder stood up and walked into the equipment room quickly, followed closely by Lacey. Roan first took out his mobile phone and called the Trace Inspection Department.
Forty minutes later, in a villa area on the Upper West Side of New York.
"The deceased's name was Karl Zoffer, and he was a senior lawyer at a law firm."
The NYPD and Luo An, who were waiting at the scene, briefly exchanged greetings and then led them to the victim's death area:
"According to the explanation from the law firm, Karl Zoff took a few days off four days ago due to physical discomfort, but he didn't go to work this morning and couldn't get through on the phone, so his boss asked us to take a look at his Condition."
Walking up to the second floor of the villa, Karl Zoffer died in the study. The cause of death was also a lot of stab wounds on the chest, and the lower body was equally horrible.
Lacey glanced at it and turned around to check for other clues, while Luo An began to carefully examine the surroundings of the body and asked:
“Does this house have a security system?”
The NYPD did not answer. A detective from the Trace Inspection Section nodded, picked up the laptop in his arms and said:
"There was one, and the surveillance camera behind the house captured the murderer."
Luo An stood up and looked at the computer in the other person's hand. Inside was a man of the same build, wearing black clothes, black pants and a black hood. Even the method of picking the lock was the same.
But the surveillance camera also failed to reveal the murderer's face.
"The four victims died 15 days ago, 10 days ago, 4 days ago and yesterday. This murderer is really..."
After the video was played, Luo An was speechless, not knowing how to describe this serial killer.
Turning his head and continuing to check the study, Luo An found half a bloody footprint next to a carpet. He called the agents from the Trace Inspection Department and asked them to sort it out. Just as he was about to get up and leave, Luo An suddenly noticed that the posture of the body was a little strange. Satisfied.
According to the trace examination department and the judgment just described by the NYPD, the death time of the victim Carl Zoffer should be about 3-4 days.
At 2 to 3 days, the corpse will begin to rot from the abdomen of the human body, and the body will begin to swell after decomposition, leaving behind gas. At 3 to 4 days, the rot will begin to spread from the abdomen and the veins will become more discolored.
At this time, Karl Zoff's body did begin to grow in size, but the growth rate seemed to exceed normal conditions.
Luo An scratched his head and was about to speak to the Trace Inspection Section agent in the study when Lacey's voice suddenly came from the bedroom not far away:
"Luo An! Come to my place!"
"OK."
Entering the bedroom, an agent from the Trace Inspection Department was checking Carl Zoffer's laptop, while Lacey was looking at a large black box with a strange expression on her face.
Seeing Luo An arrive, Lacey showed the items in the big black box to Luo An. Luo An looked down and found that the big black box was full of various toys.
"..."
Luo An's mouth twitched and he turned to look at Lacey:
"Is it because of your lesbian attributes? How do you always find these things?"
The last time she went to the house of Kayden Smith's sister who stole the bomb, Lacey also dug out a bunch of items under the bed in Kayden Smith's basement that made Luan feel irritated.
"snort!"
Giving Luo An an annoyed look, Lacey took out a small box from the big black box and said:
“This is the latest model just released this year, and it can be remotely controlled.
I expected to find the remote control at Carl Zoff's place, but I didn't. "
The corner of Luo An's mouth twitched, as if he thought of something. Lacey didn't see the expression on his face, and pointed to the trace inspection department agent aside and said:
"We just found some chat records and photo screenshots on Karl Zoff's laptop, and then..."
"OK, OK, no need to say anything."
Luo An waved his hands with a complicated expression. He seemed to understand the reason why the body had grown so much:
"So, Lacey, what you're saying is that Carl Zoffer is a tomboy?"
"It's possible, but I can't say for sure."
Lacey nodded, then shook her head:
"I don't understand what these rich people think. Maybe they just want to try new things."
"All right."
Luo An nodded. He didn't understand what these people were thinking, so he turned around and asked the two Trace Inspection Section detectives in the study to wait while the body was being moved. After paying more attention to the exit of the body, he took out his mobile phone and called Mona. Called:
"How's it going? Did you catch Magdalena?"
"Well, things are a little complicated now."
Mona on the other end of the phone looked strange:
“The two of us have successfully brought Magdalena into the interrogation room, but before Ryder and I could begin the interrogation, Special Agent Director Veranith arrived at our No. 5 Investigation Team.
Veranith said that just now, a certain director of the NYPD, a certain leader of the Department of Homeland Security, a certain leader of the Department of Science and Technology, a certain leader of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), the deputy mayor of New York City, a certain member of the New York Assembly, and our FBI The deputy directors of the New York branch all called her to inquire about the case.
That’s why Verenis doesn’t let Ryder and I interrogate Magdalena now, and we have to wait until you come back. "
Luo An: "..."
After hearing Mona's description, Luo An's face twitched and he felt a pain in his balls.
He remembered a piece of news from his previous life.
In 2008, a federal jury indicted a middle-aged and elderly white woman named Palfrey, nicknamed "Mrs. Washington" on the charge of "running a prostitution ring."
According to news at the time, the "Pamela Martin Escorts" company run by Palfrey in Washington was suspected of providing pornographic services.
Palfrey herself not only obtained more than 2 million US dollars in illegal income, but most of her clients were Washington political elites, including assistant secretaries of state, members of Congress, NASA officials, Navy officials, World Bank staff, international currency Fund managers, lawyers, etc.
In order to force those "important figures" to come forward to provide favorable testimony for himself, Palfrey once provided a batch of important customer phone records to the media and stated that he would never go to prison to serve his sentence.
At the same time, Palfrey also said: "I will definitely not go to federal prison, whether it is 4 years or 8 years, if necessary, I will take all those clients in!"
Having offended so many people, one can imagine Palfrey's reaction. In the end, not surprisingly, "due to shame, Ms. Palfrey chose to commit suicide in prison only 10 days before the trial date."
Luo An didn't want to know whether Palfrey committed suicide. He wanted to know one thing now:
What's going on with this Magdalena?
The current time is 2005. Could it be that this New York is Magdalena, the predecessor of Washington Palfrey?
If when I interrogate Magdalena later, I find something irrelevant to this case, then...
Returning to the SUV in the Jacobs Federal Building, Luo An immediately took out his cell phone and called Veranith.
It’s time to ask your thighs for their thoughts and opinions.
(End of chapter)
