"Thank you very much for your help." Kai walked out and expressed his gratitude to the man beside him.
"Don't be polite. Compared to the favor we owe you, this is nothing worth mentioning." The person talking to Kai was Captain Hank Boyt of the 21st Precinct of the Chicago Police Department. He had cooperated with Kai before, and they had a pretty good impression of each other, especially since Sheriff Hank also tried to recruit Kai to join the 21st Precinct, but Kai refused.
"I have asked people to pay attention to this case. As soon as there is news, we will notify you immediately."
Kai nodded and thanked her again, then walked over to Susie and patted her shoulder gently. "Come on, let's go back to the hotel first."
Susie looked at Kai with red eyes and nodded slightly.
Although Susie thinks her mother is an irresponsible bastard, no matter what, she is still her mother. Furthermore, no matter how irresponsible her mother was, she never thought of abandoning Susie as her daughter. Even in terms of material life, her mother always gave Susie the best.
In the past, Susie always hated her mother, hating her for always abandoning her and wandering among various men. I hate that she always attends endless parties and social events, but has no time to attend her parent-teacher conferences and school performances. I hate that she is always missing and is never by his side when he needs her.
She always wanted to get rid of her mother and vowed that she would never be like her in the future.
Maybe what Susie thought was right, but what child hasn't thought about it at some point? Children never think they get enough, and parents never understand them.
They may even try their best to get rid of their parents.
But at some point, you will realize that you are not as strong as you thought.
Just like Susie now, she swore more than once that she would treat herself as an irresponsible mother dead. But when she learned that her mother was really missing, she immediately felt helpless. The older the children get, the less dependent they are on their parents. Even when they grow up, they will feel that their parents are nagging them, and they will feel impatient even if they even say a few words to them. But that's because they know in their hearts that they are there. No matter how bad your attitude is, they can tolerate it because they are there.
No matter how I look outside, I always feel at ease in my heart because they are there.
But when your parents really pass away, you will realize how happy it is that 'they are there'.
"She's going to be fine. Right?"
This is Susie's biggest wish. Maybe after her mother comes back, she will continue to hate her irresponsible mother, but right now, she needs that person to be there, giving her someone to hate!
"She'll be fine..."
As a police officer, Kai had faced such inquiries countless times before. But in the past, due to his police duties, Kai would always tell the family members the worst-case scenario. For this reason, he was often criticized by his leaders. Ke Kai always believes that this is what the police should do. The police's duty is to protect people's lives and property at all costs. As for other things, it is best to seek truth from facts.
This time, Kai couldn't do things according to his previous habits.
Seeing Susie standing there pitifully, Kai couldn't bear to say those cruel guesses.
Now Kai understood that when those family members asked this question, they were not actually trying to get his assurance, they just wanted to be comforted in their hesitation. Thinking about it now, Kai felt that he was really a jerk in the past.
But let me tell you something, it has been five days since Susie's mother disappeared. Judging from this time, unless Susie's mother left Chicago on her own, the chance of her being intact is very, very small.
According to Kai's experience in handling cases in his previous life, whether Susie's mother was coerced and kidnapped or encountered some other irresistible situation, now, whether it was the kidnapper or someone else, there seemed to be no need to keep her.
Of course, this is just Kai's personal experience. Other situations may also happen, but the chance of being victimized is higher.
…
As the saying goes, there are people in the DPRK who can do things easily.
After Kay visited Chief Hank, the efficiency of the police immediately improved several notches. The Chicago Police Department sent a pair of detectives to deal with this disappearance case.
I don’t know if it was to facilitate communication, but this time the partner sent by the Chicago Police Department was an acquaintance of Kai.
Officer Kim Burgess and Detective Haley Upton are two famous beautiful police officers from the 21st Department of Chicago.
Jin used to be a patrol officer in the 21st Bureau. After the doppelgänger Solomon raided the 21st Bureau, she was promoted to the Intelligence Group by Hank because of her bravery in combat and became a police officer in the Intelligence Group. Perhaps the losses of the 21st Bureau this time were too great, so even Jin did this Young people in their early 20s all stepped forward and were promoted from patrol officers to detectives. Hailey was also promoted one level and officially became a detective.
In fact, since the gang war for supremacy, the Chicago police have been in a state of shortage of manpower. More and more police officers have resigned because of the dangerous work. After all, the salary of the police is not high, and the risk factor has increased. Those who leave will naturally increase.
Therefore, in order to attract young people to supplement the police force, the Chicago police had to lower the admission standards and vigorously promote young people to encourage young people to join this industry.
This does work, and many young people have joined the police industry in order to find a job. After all, the unemployment rate in Chicago is still very high, and it is really difficult for young people to find a decent job. But the disadvantages are also obvious. Those young people who have just joined the police are extremely lacking in psychology and ability, which has greatly reduced the overall ability of the Chicago police. This has also led to the deterioration of public security in Chicago.
When public security is poor, the job of the police becomes more dangerous, so more people leave their jobs. As a result, the police force is short of manpower and can only recruit new people. Too many new people lead to a decrease in the police's work ability, so the public security becomes worse, and it becomes a police force. Vicious cycle.
Fortunately, Kim and Hailey's work ability is worthy of recognition, and they can be regarded as future stars.
The two beauties were also very happy to see Kai again. Back then, these two girls had seen Kai's fighting prowess with their own eyes and admired him immensely. So this time they heard that Kai was coming to Chicago to handle the case, the two beauties immediately approached Hank to apply to help handle the case.
Yes, it’s a co-organizer. Hank has told Kai that he can investigate this case personally, while the two beauties will help him and deal with unnecessary troubles, such as showing IDs and so on.
Not to mention that Kai has no law enforcement authority in Chicago. In fact, if Kai is willing, Hank can even go directly to the mayor of Chicago and give Kai special authorization (the Chicago Police Department is under the direct jurisdiction of the mayor, and the mayor in Chicago sometimes also serves as Chief Superintendent).
There is no way, the Chicago police are short of personnel! But what is lacking is not that kind of grassroots police officer, but a strong man with excellent professional ability like Kai.
Kai has been registered with the upper levels of the Chicago Police Department. For these police officers, Kai's existence is like James of the NBA. Chicago really wants Kai to bring his talents to Chicago. Furthermore, Kai's initial favor to the Chicago police was too great. Others volunteered to help Chicago, but in the end, all the credit was given to the Chicago police.
For this alone, the Chicago police would give Kay face.
After chatting with the two beauties for a while, Kai got down to business.
"We used the phone number of the missing person you provided and found out that Maria received three phone calls before she disappeared. This is the source of the three phone calls." This is the advantage of having connections. If it doesn't matter, the Chicago Police Department will not use it. Resources check call records directly from telecom operators. Americans are very particular about privacy. Under normal circumstances, telecom operators will not disclose customers' call records at will, unless the police strongly request it, or if it involves a murder case.
Maria is the name of Susie's mother. Maria is still missing. Unless the police has a strong will, telecom operators will not disclose user privacy.
Kai took the information from Jin's hand and flipped through it. It was all Maria's call records in the past month. It was found that one of the three phone numbers had the most calls to Maria. Kai first pointed to the phone and asked, "Has the owner of this phone been found?"
"I found it. This is a virtual carrier number. The holder is also a broker, and he is somewhat famous in Chicago's upper class society."
"Very well, let's start with this person!"
…
With the full cooperation of the Chicago police, the work efficiency was very high, and soon the broker named Ed Brubacho was brought to the police station.
This guy said he was a broker, which was actually a bit of a compliment. He was at most a public helper. Rich people would come to him when they wanted to find beautiful girls to hold some inappropriate parties for children. Of course, he will also deal in some contraband. But compared with that kind of real broker, it is far behind. To put it bluntly, he is just a pimp, a little higher than those street gangsters.
When Ed Brubacher was caught at the police station, he didn't panic at all. For a veteran like him, the police station is like home. He was caught for illegal possession of illegal drugs not once or twice.
When Kai saw him, the guy was sitting in the interrogation room with his legs crossed and picking his teeth with a toothpick.
Seeing this guy's appearance, Kai knew that ordinary interrogation methods would be useless against him. So Kai tilted his head at Hailey and said, "Turn off the camera."
Jin was a little confused. This child was still too young and had a strong sense of justice. He was still in the stage of procedural justice and didn't know those methods at all. In fact, if everything must follow procedural justice, the police will never be able to defeat criminals. Sometimes resort to means is necessary.
Hailey was an older police officer than Kim, so she understood what Kai was trying to do. In fact, to deal with this kind of old fried dough stick, you really have to use black. Because they are not afraid of getting paid, it is indeed expensive to hire a lawyer, but Ed Brubacho can still afford it.
Kai just led Hailey into the interrogation room.
When the pimp saw Haili, his eyes immediately lit up. From his professional perspective, this girl was definitely alive, especially her cold face. Many special lovers liked this kind of iceberg beauties. But before he could say anything, Kai threw a document to him.
"Let's stop talking nonsense. I just want to ask, why did you call Maria?"
Ed Brubacher was not surprised by Kai's directness. He knew what kind of bird he was, and it was surprising that the police could be polite to him.
"Maria? What Maria? I don't know this person."
"Don't know? Don't you know you make dozens of phone calls to people in a week?"
"Can't we just chat? Phonesex, have you heard of it? I posted my phone number all over Chicago, and many girls like to call me." How could people like them be honest to the police? Naturally, he knew who Maria was, but if he told her about his dealings with Maria, he would not be able to hide his dirty deeds of organizing inappropriate parties for children and selling illegal drugs. Although he is no stranger to prison, who the hell wants to go back to his hometown casually?
Kai shook his head and said nothing more. He took out a gun and threw it on the table.
"You know how to play?" Kai said to Hailey.
"I've heard of it, but I've never done it." Hailey said cooperatively.
"What about you?" Kai turned to look at Ed Brubacher.
Ed Brubacher felt a little panicked when he saw this male policeman acting so aggressively even though he didn't agree with him. He has been on the street for a long time, so he naturally knows what it means to "grab a gun and attack a police officer in an interrogation room and then be shot to death." This routine was very popular in the 1980s and 1990s, and the police at that time liked to play like this. Anyway, even if the suspect is killed, the most he can do is make a report and then be kept in cold storage for a few months. As long as you can't find conclusive evidence, it's basically okay.
But it’s a new century now, and the police are still playing this blatantly?
"Hey, hey, don't scare me. I was brought here to cooperate with the investigation, not to be arrested! You have no reason to do this!" Otherwise, those who break the law know the law better than those who abide by the law. This guy has obviously been in and out of the police station too many times, and he knows all about the police.
"Oh, I almost forgot about this." Kai pretended to be surprised and said, "Thanks for reminding me."
After saying that, Kai threw out a small packet of white powder.
"It was just found on you. Don't worry, I'm very familiar with the medical examiner. He will write in your autopsy report that you had taken drugs before being questioned."
Looking at the white powder and listening to Kai talking about his autopsy report... Ed Brubacher really panicked. The more people like them, the more aware they are of the cruelty of this world. Don't talk about the police framing someone and breaking the law. For people like them, if the police really want to frame someone, they will basically do it right away. As long as his criminal records are laid out, whether the public or the jury will believe him or the police, is there any need to guess?
"I said! I said it's not okay?" Ed Brubacher was actually not sure that this policeman was really that cruel. But what if? His little trouble would only last a few months to a year at most. If he spent some money to find a better lawyer, he might not even have to go to jail. Since the police were pressing so hard, why did he resist?
Then things are simple.
Kai gestured to Kim across the interrogation room to turn on the monitor.
Ed Brubacher said all that needed to be said.
He did know Maria. He is one of Maria's partners. Maria is a person who knows how to do things, and the girls under her are also beautiful. For Ed Brubacho, this is also a rare resource. So in recent days, he and Maria had communicated frequently. He was one of the reasons why Maria came to Chicago to develop.
Before Maria disappeared, he did have a conversation with Maria, and the content of the conversation was nothing more than that.
"I introduced him to a client that day. I really didn't do anything else." Ed Brubacher knew about Maria's disappearance, but their separation in life and death was too common. Who knows if Maria ran away to avoid the debt, or if she took too many drugs and died. So he didn't take it seriously at all.
"What kind of customer?"
"have no idea."
Kai looked over immediately.
"I really don't know! Someone called me that day and wanted a coquettish, mature woman, and the price was quite high. So I introduced Maria to him."
"You don't know? Didn't you send Maria to the client that day?" Although Maria no longer works on the front line, she sometimes makes guest appearances. Anyway, they are all about making money. There is not much difference between the one who works for me and the girl who works for him.
"I really don't know. I just sent Maria to the Horn Hotel and left." In their line of work, there is a commission for introducing business. Generally speaking, they will keep an eye on the girl while they work, but Maria didn't. Likewise, she is well-known. He would not waste this little money, not to mention that they had so many cooperations. Ed Brubacher did not believe that Maria would waste his share, so he left after sending Maria to the place.
"I really don't know where Maria went after that. It was only after that I found out that Maria was missing."
When Ed Brubacher was giving his explanation, Kai kept monitoring his expression, small movements and heartbeat. Found out he wasn't lying. Super perception is very useful in many situations. If Ed Brubacher can hide this from Kay, then he can definitely go for an Oscar, so why bother doing this?
"Do you recognize these two phone numbers?" Kai said and took out the other two phone numbers.
Ed Brubacher explained everything, so there was no need to hide this matter.
"do not know."
Kai nodded, then stood up and walked out. "Let's go to the Horn Inn!"
"Eh? What about me? What should I do?"
Ed Brubacher was a little confused when he saw the police just walking away.
"Jin, arrange for someone to prosecute this idiot. He just confessed his crimes." Prison education for this kind of person is useless, but locking him up is better than leaving him outside.
…
The Clarion Hotel is located near Chicago's South Chinatown area. The security here is much better than that of Chicago's South Side, which generally refers to the area south of 60th Street. However, it is much worse than the city center. There are often policemen at night. A robbery occurred.
Some less formal hotels will settle here.
When Kai and the others found the hotel, they found that it was closed. After Jin and Hailey learned about the situation, they learned that the hotel had recently been closed due to renovations. So based on the information from the local police station, they called the owner of the Clarion Hotel, but the call was always on.
I made more than a dozen phone calls like this, and it's still the same.
So Kai followed the information given by the police station and went to the boss's residence.
But when they found the boss's residence, they found that his door was filled with various bills and letters. It seemed that no one had taken these things for a while. When Kai walked to the door, he immediately asked Jin to notify the police station, and then he and Hailey broke down the door.
Just now Kai asked about the smell of blood and putrefaction, and there were corpses inside!
Not long after breaking in, Hailey ran out and vomited crazily while holding on to the mailbox.
There are indeed dead people inside, and the conditions of death are extremely miserable.
The hotel owner died at his dining table. His body was highly decomposed. His hands and feet were tied to a chair with wires, and his upper body fell on the dining table, which was filled with rotting food. The boss was a fat man, but his belly was obviously too big, which was very inconsistent with his body shape. Combined with the piles of food on the table, it was obvious that he had eaten a lot before he died.
The deep and shallow wounds and bruises on the fat man's body and the round marks on his head. Kai took out his gun and compared them with the round bruises on the back of his head. He found that they were consistent. This showed that someone was obviously Use a gun to force him to eat like this!
Soon the local police station came over immediately, cordoned off the scene and conducted an on-site inspection.
After preliminary investigation, the cause of death of the fat boss was visceral failure caused by severe infection after internal bleeding.
This shows that the victim died very slowly...
A very cruel way to die.
But this is not good news for the case Kai wants to investigate. Kai walked around the room again and found traces of being moved under the refrigerator. The fat man obviously didn't like cleaning the house. There was an obvious accumulation of dust around the refrigerator. It could be seen from the traces of dust that this refrigerator It was moved and then moved back to its original position.
Kai moved the refrigerator and found the word "gluttony" written in grease on the back of the refrigerator!
Although he didn’t understand why the murderer left such a clue, it confirmed Kai’s previous guess that the fat boss was strangled to death!
In English, gluttony refers specifically to gluttony among the seven deadly sins, which refers to wasting food like gluttons or overindulging appetite, drinking too much, and being too greedy for pleasure. Kai didn't know what the murderer meant, but it certainly didn't look like an ordinary murder.
It can be inferred from the traces at the scene that the murderer stayed here for a long time. If it was just a simple murder, the murderer could have used more concise and clear methods. After all, staying at the crime scene for an extra second will increase the risk for the murderer himself. But he chose this most troublesome method.
You must know that if a person wants to eat until he is exhausted, it cannot be done in a few minutes. If the victim's resistance and some stress reactions are included, it will take at least several hours, or even longer.
This made Kai feel that the murderer's motive was definitely not vendetta, love murder, or murder. He had a deeper reason.
