Los Angeles Detective

Luke calls to report to Red.

Red let Luke take over the scene, and at the same time sent a forensic and technical team to the scene to support.

The toxicity of cyanide is extremely strong, and the attack time is very fast. After taking the cyanide, the person dies within a few seconds to 5 minutes.

According to the description of two workers, the deceased had been working on the roof for some time, far more than five minutes, so the roof is likely to be the scene of the first crime.

After being poisoned on the roof, the deceased fell into a coma, died, and fell from the roof to the ground within a very short period of time.

Luke looked at the crash site again, and found no suspected poisoning tools or items containing cyanide.

Later, Luke climbed onto the roof and asked the deceased's co-workers to identify the location where the deceased fainted.

The house has a conical roof, because the house has a large area and the slope of the roof is not very large, so it can stand firmly.

The Mexican man pointed to the east side of the roof, "At that time, Adams was standing here, and he fell suddenly, and I didn't even react."

"Why didn't you wear a safety rope?"

The Mexican man sighed, "The slope of the roof is not that big, and we didn't find a suitable place to hang the safety rope. Adams didn't like hanging the safety rope either. He felt that hanging a rope on his body would affect his movement.

It's my fault, I should advise him, if I insist on putting him on the safety rope, maybe he won't..."

In Luke's view, it doesn't matter whether the safety rope is hung, because the deceased did not fall to death, but died of poisoning.

Cyanide is mainly taken orally, absorbed by the respiratory tract and contacted with the skin. Among them, the absorption capacity of the skin contact is weak, and the dose is generally not too large, and usually does not cause immediate death.

However, the deceased suffered from poisoning within a very short period of time, more like taking orally or inhaling an excessive amount of cyanide.

Luke inspected the site of the roof and found some tools for repairing the roof, but did not find any suspected cyanide poisoning items.

Luke looked at the Mexican worker beside him, "Is there anything unusual about Adams before he died?"

"It doesn't seem to be, at least I didn't see it."

"Did he take anything before he died?"

"I...I don't know." The Mexican worker swallowed.

Luke stared at each other, "What's your name?"

"Mario."

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I'm fine."

"Then why do you look so nervous?"

"Uh... Maybe it's because Adams is dead, which makes it hard for me to accept."

"Recall carefully, what did Adams do in the five minutes before his death?"

"He's just standing on the roof, taking the broken tiles, removing the construction debris, and putting new tiles on ... that's the same routine, it's no different."

Luke pointed to his forehead, "You sweat a lot, do you want to wipe it off?"

"Thanks, it's too hot, and this season is more suitable for a beach vacation than work."

Luke looked at the other party's expression and felt that the other party seemed to be hiding something, "Adams was poisoned to death, not fell to death.

He was taking cyanide, which is highly poisonous and would kill him in a very short time.

Therefore, the death scene of Adams should be on the roof, and there were only you and him on the roof at that time.

Mario, I know you're hiding something, and it's not wise. "

There was more sweat on Mario's forehead, his body was a little weak, and he slumped directly on the roof, his emotions broke down, "God, why did this happen?"

"What the hell happened?"

Mario hesitated for a moment, then said, "The weather is very hot today, so I need to drink a lot of water, so I brought two bottles of mineral water, I opened one and drank one, Adams saw it and asked me if I had any more.

I handed him another bottle of mineral water.

This is normal, we are co-workers, we cooperate and help each other.

Gave him water and I went to work.

Soon, something was wrong with him. He pressed his head, patted his chest, and showed pain on his face, as if he couldn't breathe.

I was about to go to help him, but he fainted and fell off the roof..."

Mario's voice trembled, "I wanted to help him at the time, but I didn't have time, it happened too fast.

I ran downstairs to check and thought about calling 911 for an ambulance, but I checked and he was dead.

That state is wrong, it doesn't look like falling to death...

I thought about his performance on the roof before, and I guessed that there might be something wrong with that bottle of water. "

Luke has been watching Mario's expression, it doesn't look like he is lying, according to him, the cyanide may have been put in the mineral water bottle, "Where is that bottle of mineral water?"

"In my backpack."

Luke demanded, "Why did you poison Adams?"

"No, I never thought of poisoning him. I didn't know there was poison in a bottle of mineral water, otherwise I would never give it to him."

"You hid the mineral water bottle afterwards, which shows that you are consciously hiding evidence."

"I just don't want to be regarded as a murderer, and I don't want to be caught and jailed. I gave him mineral water out of kindness, not to harm him.

I am innocent and should not be implicated. "

"Do you have any conflicts with Adams?"

"No."

"Is there any conflict of interest?"

"No, our relationship has always been very good. I have no reason to kill him, and I never thought of killing him."

"Where did that bottle of mineral water come from?"

"I picked it up."

"Where did I pick it up?"

"I picked it up in the subway. I took the subway to work today. I saw a Weisen brand mineral water box in the subway passage. Bottle of mineral water.

I thought someone was doing charity, so I took two bottles of water and put them in my bag, thinking about quenching my thirst while working.

Who would have thought that it was actually poisoned inside! "Mario pinched his forehead hard,

"It's not my fault, I didn't expect the mineral water to be poisonous, I'm not a murderer, I'm not... Please don't arrest me.

I am a good person. "

Adams is dead, no matter what difficulties Mario has, he must bear certain responsibilities, and Luke is more concerned about the mineral water box he said now.

Luke asked, "How many bottles of water can that mineral water box hold in total?"

"It seems to be about twelve bottles."

"Did you also drink a bottle of mineral water?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you okay?"

"I don't know either."

There are a total of 12 bottles of mineral water in a box, and there are still eight bottles when Mario sees them. There are two possibilities. There are a total of 12 bottles of mineral water in the mineral water tank. bottle.

In the second case, there are only eight bottles of mineral water in the box.

In addition, according to Mario, he took two bottles, and he drank one bottle himself, which means that his bottle was free of cyanide.

Luke boldly guessed that the mineral water bottle containing cyanide was not the only one, and there might be mineral water with cyanide in that box.

It could be one bottle, it could be two bottles, three bottles...even 11 bottles.

Calculated according to the ratio of 50%, it is more likely to be four to six bottles.

That said, there could be more victims.

At this moment, several cars drove to the gate of the yard.

Reid led the team to the scene, and the technical team and the forensic department also came.

Luke told Rhett what he had learned, and the latter looked solemn, obviously aware of the seriousness of the problem.

Luke found two mineral water bottles from Mario's backpack, and sure enough, residual cyanide was found in one of the mineral water bottles, and Luke's speculation was confirmed.

The 'murderer' has been found, but the danger has not been lifted, but it has made everyone more worried.

The box of mineral water that was suspected of being cyanide was like a time bomb, which could kill more people at any time.

In order to prevent more people from being poisoned to death, Luke led the team and escorted Mario to the subway station where the mineral water box was found.

Everyone rushed to the place Mario said, and they found a Weisen brand mineral water box containing two bottles of mineral water. The accompanying technicians tested and found highly toxic cyanide in a bottle of mineral water.

This evidence, to a certain extent, proves the authenticity of Mario's confession, which means that at least 4 bottles of mineral water were taken away by other people!

Luke immediately notified the people at the underground station, and asked them to broadcast the situation, so that passengers in the subway should pay attention to safety and not drink mineral water from unknown sources.

Afterwards, Luke reported the situation to Reid. As for whether a press conference will be held, that is Reid's business.

The focus of the investigation is divided into two aspects. The first aspect is to catch the person who released the poisonous mineral water.

Second, find the person who took the mineral water as soon as possible and remind them not to drink it.

The investigation is mainly divided into two methods. The first method is to check the subway monitoring.

The second way is to visit.

Everyone investigated separately.

Soon, the first target was discovered in the monitoring. Under the monitoring not far from the mineral water tank, a man was seen holding Weisen brand mineral water in his hand.

Vice and Jackson are in charge of tracking.

The deputy team has rich experience. By observing the man's clothing and behavior, he guessed that the other party was probably a homeless man.

Through the tracking of the camera, they found the approximate location of the homeless man, searched around, and found the homeless man suspected of taking the mineral water.

However, all they found was a body. The homeless man had died in the tent, with three bottles of Weisen brand mineral water scattered beside him.

He was also the second victim of the mineral water poisoning case.

The severity of the case escalated again.

At this time, one to five bottles of suspected poisonous mineral water were missing.

Luke's observation skills are far beyond ordinary people, and he also participated in the investigation of surveillance.

During the investigation, he found a suspicious-looking teenager.

This is a Caucasian teenager who looks to be only twelve or thirteen years old, holding a box in his hand and carrying a shoulder bag on his body. Luke zooms in on the video and finds mineral water drawn on the box, and it says Wesson two Character.

Luke hit the space bar, and he guessed that this boy was probably the one who put the mineral water in the subway.

The monitoring is located at the northeast exit of the subway, at 8:45 in the morning.

Afterwards, Luke told the others about the situation, and asked the rest of the team members to check the surveillance video related to the teenager.

Soon, the police found out the boy's whereabouts in the subway.

At 8:42 in the morning, the boy carried a box into the subway from the northeast exit of the subway. At about 8:45, the boy put the box at the corner of the subway station.

At 8:47, the boy appeared on the subway surveillance again. This time he had no suitcase in his hand and only a shoulder bag on his body. At 8:49, he left the northeast exit of the subway again.

Police also temporarily lost track of him.

Soon, Luke focused his investigation on the teenager.

First of all, call the monitoring along the way outside the northeast corner of the subway to find the trace of this teenager.

At this time, the road surveillance was not very effective. Luke asked people to investigate the surveillance around the store. Sure enough, they found the trace of the boy.

But not every store has installed external monitoring, so in addition to checking and monitoring, the police also arranged for people to visit and investigate, asking surrounding shops and pedestrians if they had seen the boy.

After some follow-up and investigation, the teenager finally entered an apartment building and took the elevator up to the seventh floor.

Luke and his party went up to the 7th floor, and there were twelve households on the 7th floor of the entire apartment.

Luke is going to knock on the door from 701 to investigate.

"Dong dong..." Luke knocked on the first door.

The person who opened the door was a white man in his sixties, "Who are you? What's the matter?"

Luke showed a photo of the white teenager, "Do you know him?"

"This is a bad boy, the last time I put chili sauce on my cat's butt, my cat barked all night and almost died.

What are you looking for him for? "

Luke flashed his police badge, "lapd, where is he?"

"I knew this bad boy was in trouble a long time ago, so I'm not surprised at all." The white old man gloated, pointing to the door of 705,

"That's his house.

Don't say I told you, my poor kitty can't take it anymore. "

"What's his name?"

"Tom."

"Bang!" The old white man closed the door of the apartment.

Xiao Hei laughed, "Poor cat.

Still, this kid reminds me of a childhood playmate. "

"Do your playmates know you're getting married?"

"Most of those bad boys are in prison. Even if I tell them, I can't participate, so forget it."

"Boom..." Xiao Hei walked over and knocked on the door of Room 705.

No one responded.

"Keep knocking." Luke was not in a hurry, someone was guarding outside the apartment, and this kid couldn't escape even if he climbed through the window.

"Hey, why are you crowding around my door?" A white woman came over with a bag containing many items.

"We are lapd." Xiao Hei showed his police badge, and then took out a photo of the white boy Tom, "Do you know him?"

"Yes." The woman was a little wary, "What do you want him for?"

"What is your relationship?"

"I'm his mother? What happened to him?"

"We are investigating a criminal case and would like to ask him for some information. Is he at home?"

"I bought it." Tom's mother showed a helpless look, "What is the case? I am his guardian, and I have the right to know."

"Poisoning case."

"What poisoning case? How could Tom be involved in the poisoning case?"

"We've already told you. As for the details, we won't know until we meet him. Where is he?"

"I don't know, maybe at home, or outside."

Luke raised his chin, "Open the apartment door."

"Don't scare him, he's still a child, I'll go in and tell him first, and then you can go in later."

"OK." Luke agreed, but secretly made a gesture.

"Crack." Tom's mother opened the door.

"Bang!" Lei Meng knocked open the door and rushed in with the people.

Tom's mother asked, "Why are you doing this? You just promised me that you won't scare the child?"

"Ma'am, this matter is far more serious than you imagined. Your son is suspected of being involved in a major poisoning case, which is extremely harmful to the city. We must take urgent measures."

Raymond came over and waved, "Luke, we found that boy."

"What is the poisoning case, and why is my son related to the poisoning case?"

"You should ask him," Luke said, walking into the room.

Lei Meng whispered, "The boy is dead, and the body is on the sofa."

"fuck!"

Luke frowned slightly, and went to the sofa to check. The teenager's lips were blue, his skin was flushed, and there were no other obvious scars on his body. There was also an upside-down Wesson brand mineral water bottle on the sofa.

"Tom! What's wrong with you?" Seeing this scene, Tom's mother wanted to go to check, but Jenny stopped her.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry...

He is dead, please forgive me. "

"No! No! No! Why is this happening? It's not possible...

Tom, my son...

I don't believe it, I was fine when I left, you can't be.

impossible! "

Tom's mother was crying and fussing, and the three police officers worked together before dragging her aside to prevent her from destroying the scene and the body.

Luke approached the corpse, examined it carefully, and picked up a bottle of mineral water. With his professional sensitivity, he smelled a faint smell of bitter almonds.

Young Tom was also probably poisoned to death by mineral water.

There were no obvious wounds and no traces of binding. It is very likely that he took poison voluntarily.

Judging from the surveillance video, he is the suspected poisoner, and now he has also been poisoned to death by mineral water.

why?

What is his purpose?

The situation has not been very good in the past two days, and the new case is also a little stuck.

Be steady.