Los Angeles Detective

Chapter 398 Establishing Prestige

“You are the police, not here to buy a car.

 Sure enough, I can’t believe what a man says. I didn’t expect that I would be deceived by a man at this age. "The black boss lady Lilith's voice became shrill, as if to remind others that the police were coming.

This nonsensical tone made Xiao Hei a little bored, and he warned, "Don't change the subject, let alone play tricks. Where is the car?"

"I don't know what you are talking about. I have said before that I don't have similar cars here. You can go to other car dealerships and have a look." Lilith pretended to be closing the door to see off customers.

“You thought we were here for a visit?

 We have made a very clear investigation before we came here. The dark blue Cayenne is here with you. Hand over the car and we will help you get a favorable plea agreement.

 This is good for everyone, otherwise, things will be very bad for you. "

Lilith, the black boss lady, seemed to have been greatly wronged, “Sir, I respect the police very much, but I don’t like to be threatened.

 We are doing legitimate business, you can’t scare me. "

When other employees of the car dealership heard the commotion, they also gathered around and stood behind Lilith, showing their support for her with practical actions. They looked at Luke and Xiao Hei with wariness and anger in their eyes.

 “Wow, wow...there are so many people.”

Xiao Hei took two steps back, keeping a certain distance from the surrounding employees. At the same time, he glanced at everyone and stared at them fiercely, "What do you want to do? Attack the police with the help of a large number of people?"

Lilith said, "We don't mean that."

Xiao Hei curled his lips, "But you acted like this. I know the reason why you did it was to deliberately delay time and hide the car."

Lilith curled her lips, what if you see through it, there are only two of you.

Xiao Hei suddenly took out a pistol from his waist, startling the employees of the car dealership and all of them stepped back.

 “Bang!” Xiao Hei fired a shot into the sky.

“Ah!” Several car dealership employees were so frightened that they fell to the ground.

Lilith showed an angry look, "What do you mean? Threatening me?" Lilith raised her hands, "Just because we didn't cooperate, you're going to shoot and kill?"

 Luke was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Xiao Hei to be so tough. This was not like his style of doing things.

David possessed?

However, since he did it, Luke had to support him, his right hand on the gun, and his eyes scanned the people present.

If anyone makes any move, the next shot will not be aimed at the sky.

 “Woo woo…”

At this time, sirens sounded all around, and several police cars stopped at the entrance of the dealership.

Heavily armed police officers got out of the car, pointed their guns at the people in the car dealership, and shouted, "lapd!"

 “Everyone, stop moving, raise your hands!”

 “God, what are you doing!” Lilith was a little crazy. She was also looking at the dishes. She was arguing just now, why did she suddenly fall out?

“I just gave you a chance to choose.” Xiao Hei waved his hand and shouted, “I received news that this car dealership has hidden a stolen car.

 Take everyone here back for questioning. "

  “Yes, sir.”

  Inspector Marcus gave an order, and the police officers handcuffed everyone in the car dealership.

Lilith's lips trembled slightly, whether she was angry or frightened, "You don't have to do this, just take me alone... I can tell you where the car is."

"There's no need for that." Xiao Hei pointed to the employees behind him, "All of them can tell me."

 Lilith asked, "Hey, why are you doing this to me? Have I offended you?"

“My name is not Hey, my name is Detective Marcus, remember this name, do you understand?”

Lilith was scared, "Inspector Marcus, I was wrong.

 I will tell you where the car is now. Don’t arrest my employees, they don’t know anything. "

Marcus walked up to her and whispered, "I don't want to be so troublesome, but I'm going to be a little more lenient with you this time, and someone will look down on me next time.

  I hope that through this incident, everyone will remember Inspector Marcus. "

Xiao Hei gave an order, and everyone in the car dealership was taken into police cars, and the car dealership was closed.

Luke smiled and said, "Inspector Marcus, you are quite impressive."

Xiao Hei breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his wet palms, "It's just a fox pretending to be a tiger, and I still have to rely on you to support me."

Luke said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Do you want to use this incident to establish your authority?"

 Xiao Hei sat in front of a car with his hands on his legs, "We were originally a golden couple.

But you have been growing, constantly learning various criminal investigation skills, and your positions have become higher and higher, such as detective, deputy team leader, and captain.

 I... don’t want to be held back.

 I also want to grow, but I know that my other abilities are not strong.

Then just do what you are good at. "

 “Do you have a goal?”

“Yeah, I wish the whole Los Angeles gang had heard of Inspector Marcus instead of treating me like a nobody who was ignored by an arrogant fat woman.”

 “It’s a good idea.”

"Will you support me?" Xiao Hei also made a lot of determination before making this decision. He hoped to expand his influence in the gang through this matter.

Before, Xiao Hei had many informants in the gang, but maintaining these relationships was not because of his high status in the police station, but because he had lived in a black slum since he was a child and was familiar with the rules of the gang. Most of his teenage playmates joined the gang. After joining the gang, those who are still alive now have become the middle force of the gang.

Xiao Hei also relies on these connections to become a smart person in the gang, but it is hard to say how high his status is.

 He was just a police detective before, and he had just been promoted to detective. His reputation was not very good. There were many people in the gang who did not sell his face, and many people had never heard of him.

“You can try it, but be careful.”

 “Don’t worry, I’m more cowardly than you think.”

Just like Xiao Hei said, this time it was not just one or two people who were arrested, but everyone in the car dealership. If you don’t say it, or if he doesn’t say it, someone will always say it, and the tacit understanding between them has long since broken down.

Everyone hopes to get out of the crime by meritorious service and obtain a favorable plea agreement.

These people not only revealed where the Porsche Cayenne was hidden, but also confessed to many other crimes.

 After this incident, Detective Marcus became famous in the entire stolen car market.

 This is also a good thing for Luke. Xiao Hei has progressive ideas and works hard in this direction. The greater his influence in the Los Angeles gangs, the more helpful he will be to Luke.

With the confessions of the car dealership employees, the police quickly found the location where the stolen cars were hidden.

The backyard of the car dealership is enclosed, and there is a row of garages used to store stolen cars that have not yet been modified.

The Porsche Cayenne is hidden in the first garage on the east side. The car was collected yesterday and has not had time to be modified.

  Luke opened the car to check. The interior of the car was gorgeous. No driving recorder was found, and the mat in the trunk of the car was missing.

Luke felt something was wrong, so he asked someone to bring luminol reagent, spray it on the trunk, close the garage door, and the edge of the trunk glowed blue-purple under the light.

There were blood stains. Whether it was the blood of the deceased Airel Gray would need to be identified before identification.

Luke continued to search the car's condition. There was a lot of bird droppings on the roof and front windshield, there were scratches on the sides of the car, and there was black mud on the tires.

The traces on these cars can prove where the car has been and what it has experienced.

By questioning the employees of the second-hand car dealership, the police traced the clues and found the person who sold the stolen car.

 According to him, the car was not stolen but ‘picked up’.

 The location where the car was picked up was in a bush near Bruce Avenue in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

  Luke and Xiao Hei drove to Bruce Avenue and found the location where the car was picked up. They then searched around the woods, but found no valuable clues.

Luke had already anticipated this. As long as the murderer was not stupid, he would not abandon the vehicle at the place where the body was dumped.

 Then Luke thought about the bird **** on the roof of the Cayenne and the black dirt on the tires.

There were two spots of bird droppings on the roof of the car, which indicated that the car had been parked for a while, but Luke found no birds around the bushes.

 The car was probably parked elsewhere, and that was probably where the body was dumped.

There is also the black soil on the tires. It is also different from the soil around the bushes. Most of the soil in Los Angeles is yellow soil or gray. Black soil is not common. The black soil should be mixed with some rock particles.

 After summarizing many clues, Luke had an idea in his mind. Later, Luke contacted Matthew and asked him to help find the place where the body was dumped.

 First of all, bird experts are asked to identify the species of birds through bird droppings to find out the habitat distribution areas of these birds;

Secondly, find a place with black soil, this Cayenne should have been there.

One more thing, since we know the location of the Gray family's vacation home and the location where the car was abandoned, the location where the body was dumped should be related to these two locations, and the location of the body dumping is most likely between the two.

  Summarizing all the clues, the place that meets the conditions is likely to be the place where the body was dumped.

In addition, you can also use road monitoring to check for car traces.

 After various investigations by the police, the location of the abandoned body was gradually determined.

ˆ First, the Gray family vacation home and the abandoned car location were used as the diameter, and the surrounding area was used as the key investigation area.

According to the identification of bird experts, the guano on the roof of the car belongs to the Black Phoebe Flycatcher, which is a relatively common bird in California. It has a very cute round body and has many habitats in Los Angeles.

Secondly, find an area with black soil and add up these three conditions. The overlapping area is likely to be the place where the body was dumped.

 After filtering these three conditions, a total of two general areas that meet the conditions were found.

  Luke asked people to check the road surveillance in these two areas and found that a dark blue Porsche had stayed in one of the areas.

 This area is not small, and it is not easy to find the body. Luke immediately applied for the use of tracking dogs.

This is a bloodhound, with long big ears, a long tongue, a thick neck, and black and yellow fur. It looks naive and cute, more like a well-behaved pet dog.

Luke found the clothes of the deceased Ariel Gray and used them as a scent source for the bloodhound to sniff. Following the handler’s command, the bloodhound started running with small steps.

 The bloodhound has entered working mode, and the dog's face has become more serious and has the temperament of a police dog.

 Luke and his group also followed the police dog.

 Led by the bloodhound, the group left the road and entered a wasteland. They walked several hundred meters and entered the Gobi.

 Luke squatted down and discovered that the dirt was indeed black, very similar to the dirt found on Porsche tires.

The bloodhound was still running forward. Luke and the others were afraid of affecting the tracking of the police dog, so they did not dare to follow too closely, so they followed closely.

After a while, the bloodhound stopped, turned around in a circle, and seemed to have some direction. The dog handler took out Ariel Gray's clothes again and let him sniff them. After giving the order, the bloodhound went again. He ran forward.

After running for nearly half a mile, the bloodhound stopped and barked at the handler several times, "Woof, woof..."

　　Two front paws scraped the black dirt on the ground.

 The dog handler gave the order, signaled the bloodhound to stop, and shouted to the people behind him, "The target is suspected to have been found."

 Hearing this, everyone was a little excited and wanted to get closer to take a closer look.

Luke stopped everyone and asked them to wait where they were, so as not to ruin the scene due to too many people.

Luke walked forward to check alone and saw tire tracks and shoe marks around the bloodhound.

Luke glanced around. Normal people would not come to such a desolate place.

Luke summoned Jackson and Potter and asked them to dig up the spot marked by the bloodhounds.

The two men dug very quickly, and in a short time they dug a hole 34 centimeters deep.

 Looking at the ease with which the two men dug, it meant that the soil was loose, and Luke felt more and more that something might be buried underneath.

 I don’t know if it was a mental effect, but he vaguely felt a foul smell.

Jackson pushed the shovel down without moving, and used the shovel to push away the soil on the surface. "Captain, something was found down there."

 “dig up.”

The two men continued digging, and soon dug out a black mat that looked like the mat on the trunk of a Porsche car, with some small red dots vaguely stained on it.

Potter put on his gloves and pulled the black mat away, and suddenly the smell of corpses hit his nostrils.

Luke couldn't help but step back and put on a mask.

Jackson took a step slower, coughing due to the smell of corpses, his stomach was churning and rising, and he almost vomited.

After a while, when the smell dissipated, Luke walked closer to check. A corpse was exposed in the pit. The corpse had begun to rot. He was wearing a dark blue housecoat, and he could vaguely identify it as a corpse. male.

Luke walked to the side and ordered Xiao Hei, "Notify the technical team and the forensic doctor."

  “Yes, sir.”

　Judging from the available evidence, this corpse should be that of Airel Gray.

 This is consistent with his previous guess.

 The murderer is probably his wife Mrs. Grey.

 In order to convict Mrs. Grey, the body alone is not enough, you also need to find evidence that she committed murder.

 Subsequently, Luke led people to carefully search the area around the scene...

 (End of this chapter)