Westin's house is in the east of the town. Jiade Town is a vast area with sparsely populated areas. Except for the three streets in the middle of the town, which are slightly more prosperous, people in other places live sparsely. Generally speaking, it is normal for two households to be tens of meters apart.
So when the Westin family was found, the family had been dead for three days. There are three people in the Westin family. Both parents are over fifty years old, but their son is only fifteen years old. Late marriage and late childbearing are not uncommon in the United States.
When Kai arrived at the scene, all the bodies stunk. But strangely, the female body that was half buried in the ground in the basement of Westin's house was intact. The skin is fair, even better than normal people's skin. Although the body was half buried in the soil, what was surprising was that the body did not feel dirty at all. Instead, it still smelled of body fragrance.
If it weren't for the fact that the female corpse had no physical characteristics, others would have thought it was a living person.
Kai stood in the basement, looking at the big pit in the basement and the female body in the pit. Also confused. He couldn't help but feel something was wrong, but after taking a closer look, he didn't know what was wrong.
The Westing family's basement has a concrete floor, and the pit where the body is buried is more than five meters deep. The coroner has to rely on others to help him get down. Logically speaking, even if the Westing family kills people and buries bodies, they still need to use No need to dig so deep.
"Have you found out the identity of this female corpse?" Kai asked Saji beside him.
"No, we contacted the DMV and checked. There is no such person, at least not in Minnesota. And I have also contacted surrounding police stations, and there are no similar missing persons. There is nothing on the deceased to prove his identity. s things."
Saji took a small notebook and reported to Kai.
"That's it... Then arrange for someone to ask people around to see if anyone has seen her. By the way, also ask about the Westin family to see if they have behaved abnormally recently." Wuming Bodies... This is the case the police hate the most because it means there will be very few clues.
"By the way, send a co-investigation notice to other police stations to see if anyone knows the identity of this woman."
At this time, Coroner Tommy also climbed up from the bottom of the pit.
"How's it going? Did you find out the cause of death?" Kai offered his hand and pulled Tommy up.
Tommy is a sixty-year-old white man, short and fat. He is the only coroner within hundreds of kilometers. What is interesting is that he is not a police officer or even a regular government official. He is a private coroner who specializes in contracting autopsy work in several towns within a radius. Of course, Kai could also send the body to Wyndham City, which is not far away, but that would be very expensive.
Or private contractors like Tommy are cheaper. In the United States, many small town police departments do not have forensic personnel because such personnel are generally professionals and are very expensive. It's not the kind of thing a small American town can afford. Moreover, the professional equipment required for forensics is also an astronomical figure.
So this kind of private contractor was derived. After all, the United States is a business society, so this is not unusual. Although the appraisal made by this kind of private contractor also has legal effect, if you want to conduct more professional authentication, you still need to go to the city to find professional authentication personnel.
"There are no external injuries. I need an autopsy before I can tell the cause of death." Tommy took off his gloves and shook his head. This was the first time he had seen this kind of corpse. There were no external injuries. There were no traces of any injuries on the surface of the corpse except for some bruises on the hands. "But it is certain that the deceased was tied up before his death. It should be related to kidnapping."
Kai nodded, indicating that he understood, and then continued to ask: "What about the Westin family?"
The bodies of the Westin family had been put into body bags.
When Kai asked this, Tommy's expression became even stranger. "They were tortured quite cruelly before their death...and their bodies were burned in the end. But judging from the scene, it was not done by outsiders. There were no signs of fighting and no blood in the whole house. All the traces were concentrated in the basement. , and from the information I have collected now, they are more like self-mutilation..."
"You said they committed suicide?!" Kai said in disbelief after recalling the tragic situation of the Westin family. Would someone who committed suicide be so cruel to themselves? Generally speaking, people who commit suicide pay attention to a painless and quick death method, but looking at the traces on the body, it is not like the effect that can be achieved in a short time.
"Perhaps the Westin family has joined some kind of cult?" Tommy also knew that his speculation just now was a bit unreliable. But I still thought of a possibility.
The United States is known as the world's most developed country, but it is no worse than other countries in terms of superstition. There are so many cults in the United States. Qigong masters from China are just little kisses in the United States. The teachings of many cults here are deceptive and even a bit insulting to the IQ, but the amazing thing is that some people actually believe them.
The United States can be said to be the country with the most cult organizations. According to a survey report, there are as many as 2,000 to 5,000 cult organizations in the United States, and 10 to 20 million people are involved in cult activities to varying degrees.
For example, Scientology, the largest cult in the United States, is a broken church founded by a science fiction writer. Its teachings are extremely nonsense, and it is very similar to the background of Star Wars (you can search it online, it is very interesting). But such a cult has now become a behemoth, and even Hollywood star Tom Cruise is a devout believer. (The deeds of this cult are quite impressive. Others have turned science fiction into formal religious books)
In short, it is not uncommon in the United States to believe in cults, nor is it uncommon to commit suicide because of cults.
Kai shook his head. "I remember that the Westin family is a devout Christian. They go to mass every week. It shouldn't be because of a cult."
"Then I don't know." Tommy didn't argue with reason. He was a forensic officer, not an investigator. He would only give scientifically verified evidence, and reasoning was not his responsibility.
…
After Tommy loaded the body into the car and took it home, Kai started visiting with people. In Jiade Town, such vicious cases rarely happen, where an entire family was killed. It can't be taken seriously enough.
But the results of the visit were not good. There aren't many clues.
The Westin family has a good reputation in the town as being kind and enthusiastic. Mr. Westing runs an auto repair shop and a farm in his family, and Mrs. Westing is a housewife. The Westing children are in high school. They are neither good nor bad in school, just ordinary children. All in all, there is nothing special about the family, and there has been no unusual behavior recently. They had planned to go to Wyndham for a few days before.
Because of this, the neighbor didn't see Mr. Westing and his family for three days and didn't pay attention. If Mr. Westin hadn't mentioned this matter to his employees, and the employees in the store saw that Mr. Westin hadn't come to the store or made a call for three days, so they came to find him, they would probably have discovered the body at the same time. put off.
However, Kai still found out from his neighbors that the Westins originally planned to renovate the basement into a game room. They originally planned to start construction after they returned from traveling. For this reason, Mr. Westin also specially said hello to the neighbors, saying that it would be a little noisy at that time.
Kay immediately followed this clue to see if the Westins really wanted to rebuild the basement or if they were really burying the body. Although it is unreasonable to bury the body so deeply, what if others are more cautious? It is believed that the body is less likely to be found if it is buried deeper. This possibility is not impossible.
But after a day of investigation, it turned out that the Westin really seemed to be just planning to expand the basement.
Because this incident originally happened because of the Westin children. He said in school that he wanted a game room that could be used as a secret base. Children in this period always have all kinds of strange ideas, and all the friends of the Westin children at school know this.
In addition, Mr. Westin's recent consumption records can also prove that Mr. Westin obviously loves his son very much and started preparations as early as three months ago. For this purpose, he also specially consulted a construction company and asked the construction company to do the work. Evaluate and build plans. After that, he also purchased three game consoles, a pool table and some toys.
To say that Mr. Westin began planning a murder three months ago...that would be magical. He's not a professional killer, and he prepared three months in advance... Real killers don't have the patience.
Of course, this does not rule out Westin killing people and burying their bodies. But at least it wasn't intentional.
This case is still confusing, and the key to it is the corpse. The origin and cause of death of the female corpse are both a mystery.
…
While Kai was investigating the case, a black Chevrolet Impala left Kai's residence in Windham City and drove toward Garder Town.
There were two men in the car, wearing standard FBI agent attire, black coats and black suits.
"Dean... maybe we really have a brother. A brother we have never heard of." A man with long hair parted in the middle said hesitantly to the man driving the car sitting in the passenger seat.
"Oh, that's just a trap! It was a trap set by the devil for us! You don't really believe those nonsense, do you?!" The man named Dean obviously didn't like the middle-parted man's statement. "Sam! Do you really believe that we will have a brother we've never heard of?"
"But..." Sam hesitated and said, "Listen, brother. I don't want to believe this either. But it's not impossible, right? Dad goes out for several weeks at a time. He's not an ascetic. A hunter comes to a small town, destroys monsters, and saves beautiful women. Sometimes the girl will be very grateful..."
"Shut up, I'm reminded of the scene where dad XXOO!"
Sam curled his lips: "Maybe he didn't take care of his lower body that time?"
"Hey guy!"
"Okay, okay. But the information we found matches up. According to dad's diary, in March 1991, he was investigating a case in Minnesota, and then nine months later, Adam Mili Gen was born. At the same time, the last two pages of the diary were torn out. You have to be mentally prepared for the possibility that we might actually have a brother. A brother that dad never said he would."
Dean obviously doesn't want to believe this, because in his mind, his father's love for his mother will last forever. It is impossible for him to be with another woman, have a child, and reorganize a family!
After a while, Dean finally said, "What did you find out about that kid?"
Seeing that Dean had calmed down a little, Sam said: "Not much, I only know that he joined the army six years ago after his mother passed away. According to his neighbors, he came back once some time ago, and then left Jiade Town became the police chief, oh, by the way, he also changed his name."
"what is it call?"
"Kay Wayne."
"Look, there must be something wrong with this, otherwise why would he change his name?"
"Dean!"
"Reasonable doubt, isn't it?"
Seeing Dean's sophistry, Sam finally couldn't help it anymore.
"Listen, Dean, I know it's hard for you to accept that dad has another son outside. But you must know what we are fighting now. They are already targeting Adam. Once those monsters succeed, you know the consequences. Bar!"
"Then we should shoot him to death!"
Dean was obviously a little relieved when he heard this. But he still couldn't break away from the stereotype that his father was an infatuated person. He still couldn't believe that his father was having an affair! Although his mother has been dead for more than 20 years...
"Dean..."
"Okay, okay, I know, we don't kill humans."
After a while, Dean said again: "Only if he is human!"
Wyndham City was not far from Garder Town, and soon they saw the road sign for Garder Town.
…
"Hi, I'm Kai."
"Hello, Chief Kay, this is Chief Sheldon of the Carter Town Police Department."
Kai raised his eyebrows. Carter Town was not too far from Guardian Town. It was just next door to Guardian Town, only thirty minutes away. "Hello, Sheldon. What, what's up?"
"Um...there is indeed something." The other person hesitated for a while, and then continued: "About Tommy."
"Tommy? What's wrong with Tommy?" Kai had a bad feeling. Tommy is the coroner. If he releases the autopsy report, according to the procedure, he should be notified directly, because this is a case in Guardian Town, and police from other places are not qualified to participate, but now the chief of Carter Town told him at this moment When it comes to Tommy, it's a little unusual.
"Tommy is dead...and Tommy's son Austin is also dead. I know that their last job of the day is to perform an autopsy for you, so we need to understand the situation with you."
"Tommy is dead?"
"Yes……"
"How did you die..."
"We don't know yet, but Austin seems to have fallen to death..."
Kai was a little overwhelmed for a while.
"I'll get there as soon as possible."
"Thank you for your cooperation." Sheriff Sheldon opposite was very grateful for Kai's cooperation. After all, he couldn't control Kai. If Kai resisted, there was nothing he could do.
"It doesn't matter, I also want to know what happened." Kai suddenly thought of something in the middle of speaking. "By the way, I wonder what happened to the corpse we sent over?"
Kai didn't know why, but subconsciously felt that this matter seemed to be related to the strange corpse.
"Um... I need to look for this. There was a minor fire at the site, and a lot of information was burned. I need to screen it."
"Okay, I'll rush there as soon as possible." Kai said a little frustrated before hanging up the phone: "What a bad day."
"Yeah, what a bad day."
