The good news is that Veranith was just joking with Luo An. She just told August about the quota, so Luo An didn't need to tell him personally.
The bad news is that Augustus knew exactly who those four places would be, so he still looked at Luo An with a dark face for a long time.
Luo An had no choice but to smile and hand August a thickened and extra-large super burger.
However, the transfer to Los Angeles will be a month away after all, and the top priority is still the serial murder case in their hands.
So Luo An and Augustus chatted briefly, and Augustus, who had eaten a few burgers, waved his hand and motioned to Luo An to interrogate Magdalena first, and we would talk about the rest later.
The interrogation of Magdalena did not take long. This 57-year-old still attractive woman is obviously a smart person, with an unusually high IQ and EQ.
As soon as Roan and Lacey sat down, Magdalena mentioned that she knew a lot of things and had many clues, saying that she could tell everything and could testify in court.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, the FBI will join her in the witness protection program, and afterward, send her to a small city to spend the rest of her life anonymously.
After receiving a positive reply from Verenis, Roan agreed to Magdalena's request.
To Verenith, Magdalena was of average value, her "apprentice" and "sister", Palfrey was more important than her.
After receiving Luo An's affirmative answer, Magdalena began to seriously answer the clues she knew in this serial murder case.
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Half an hour later, Magdalena was taken away by someone sent by Verenis.
Judging from Veranith's attitude, Luo An felt that she was planning to let Magdalena give his "sister" and "apprentice" a severe backstab.
Luo An didn't have much idea about this. The most important thing was to deal with the serial murder case at hand first.
“Guys, according to Magdalena, our five victims, except for cousin Kelton Blake.
The remaining real estate agent Orson Chet, news channel host Paul Blake, hotel owner Hogan Jamie, and senior lawyer Carl Zoffer are all members of an underground club. "
Lacey stood at the front of the No. 5 Investigation Team office area and read aloud several clues obtained from the interrogation just now:
“Magdalena said there were two areas in that club.
The content of one area is similar to the movie "Eyes Wide Shut". Magdalena is mainly responsible for sending girls to the club. "
At this point, Lacey licked her lips. He was not interested in men, but Magdalena said that there was a women's section there, and Lacey wanted to see the world.
"So, what does this club have to do with this serial murder case?"
Ryder, who had just gone to the bathroom, raised his hand and asked his question.
He had never seen scenes more chaotic than that during SWAT team raids before, so he had no curiosity about this kind of thing.
After hearing Ryder's question, Luo An, who had been looking down at the information and said nothing, stood up and said:
"The second area of the club is related to finance. The people in that area are rich people. They always discuss investments, stocks, bonds and other information while playing cards, helping each other and making money together.
As for whether this club has anything to do with this case, Mona and William are investigating. "
"Of course it does matter!"
After Luo An finished speaking, Mona immediately tapped the keyboard hard, then raised her head and smiled:
"According to information in the underground club, the four deceased often played cards with one person.
The man's name is Richard Meyer, he is 37 years old and the owner of a textile factory.
I just checked Richard Meyer's economic situation and found that his textile factory went bankrupt two months ago.
The main reason for the bankruptcy was that Richard Meyer misappropriated the working capital of his factory to buy a stock. As a result, the stock fell all the way to the bottom and never got up at all. "
Luo An nodded:
"If I guess correctly, that stock was recommended to Richard Meyer by the four deceased people."
"That's right!"
William next to him continued:
"Not only that, after Richard Meyer's textile factory closed down, the land was also resold by the four deceased."
"Wow, that's terrible."
After listening to William's narration, Ryder clicked his tongue and shook his head, his face full of regret.
But Mona on the side threw a burger to Ryder and said with a smile:
“But according to Richard Meyer’s previous financial situation, this textile factory was not his at the beginning.
It was also Richard Meyer who got it from others in the club using similar means with the four deceased people. "
Ryder froze after taking the burger. Luo An, who was next to him, laughed and patted his shoulder:
"There is an old saying in the East, which is called "a dog bites a dog with a hair in his mouth" and "catching geese all day long only to be hit in the eye." You can go back and look up the meaning of these two sentences."
"All right."
Ryder opened his mouth and took a hard bite of the burger in his hand. After chewing a few times, he suddenly thought of another question:
"But if Richard Meyer is really the murderer, he can just kill people directly for revenge. Why did he cut off the private parts of the four victims in vain?"
"Um……"
Ryder's words made Lacey frown, and then she turned her eyes to William.
William shook his head, and Lacey turned her attention to Mona.
Mona smiled and tapped the keyboard a few times to display Richard Meier's photo and his credit card consumption records on the computer screen:
The Richard Meyer on the computer is just a middle-aged white man with a lot of muscles.
But his credit card records showed that he had repeatedly purchased the same toys that Roan and Lacey found in the black box at the home of the fourth victim, Carl Zoffer.
"So, Richard Meyer is most likely a gay man."
Lacey nodded suddenly, and Ryder took a hard bite of the burger in his hand.
Next to him, Luo An frowned slightly, but now it was definitely the best option to bring Richard Meyer back to Investigation Team 5 for questioning, so he patted Mona on the shoulder and asked:
"Where is Richard Meyer now? Can you find out?"
"Simple."
Mona's fingers were flying on the keyboard, and she quickly found the location of the other party based on Richard Meyer's recent credit card consumption records:
"A small community in downtown Queens, New York."
"OK!"
Luo An nodded and said directly without any nonsense:
"Lyder, Lacey, you are going to Queens with me now and bring Richard Meyer back to our No. 5 Investigation Team as a guest."
"no problem!"
Ryder and Lacey nodded, and the three of them quickly walked into the equipment warehouse together, and then drove to Queens in a brand new SUV.
When they were about to arrive at the destination, Luo An's cell phone suddenly rang.
Press the answer key:
"What's wrong, Mona?"
"The Trace Inspection Department just sent a report."
Mona on the other end of the phone said:
"The test is about the footprint you found in the home of the fourth victim, Carl Zoff.
The trace examination report showed that the murderer was wearing a size 11 Stark shoe, which is the most common work boot on the market.
Not only that, the trace inspection department also found some plant ash and small glass fragments in the carpet under the footprints that did not belong to that room. "
"Good."
Parking the SUV on the side of the road, Luo An said that he had learned about the incident, and then he and Lederacy quickly moved to the door of the apartment where Richard Meyer lived with a Glock 18.
(End of chapter)
