Los Angeles Detective

Luke said softly, "The coffee is hot."

The three people around were also vigilant, and Jenny guessed, "That means the suspect, Lydia Cooney, probably hasn't run away yet."

Luke glanced around, "It might still be in the house."

Xiao Hei said, "But we have already searched the house."

"Then search again, more carefully this time." Generally speaking, it is impossible for the police to search the suspect's hiding place only once.

The first search was to confirm safety, the second was to find evidence and clues, and more detailed on-site inspections would follow.

Just now, the four of Luke only searched the room roughly to confirm that there were no armed persons or dangers in the room, and did not conduct a detailed search.

Then, the four of Luke searched again, carefully checking the cabinet, under the bed, behind the curtains, and even the refrigerator.

After the search was completed, the four of them met again on the first floor.

Jenny shook her head, "I searched all the places where people could hide, and found no trace of people."

Xiao Hei touched his chin, "Could it be that someone secretly reported that she just ran away before we entered the community."

Luke didn't speak. He felt that there was something wrong with the layout of the house. It seemed... the bedrooms on the first floor felt smaller than they actually were.

He has been buying furniture for his new home recently, and he is more sensitive to the layout of the house.

Luke re-measured the length outside the living room, and then went into the bedroom on the first floor to measure, and found that the bedroom on the first floor was 80 centimeters shorter than the actual area.

"Bang bang."

Luke knocked on the wall, feeling something was wrong with the sound, like it was empty.

The three Xiaohei also realized that something was wrong, and held guns around to guard.

Luke carefully observed the wall. It looked like a decoration, but it was actually an invisible door, but the switch and the door were locked inside.

Luke determined the approximate location of the invisible door through observation, and then Xiao Hei took the door bumper and slammed it directly into the invisible door.

"Bang!", the invisible door was knocked open.

"lapd!"

"Don't move!"

"Hands up!" Jenny and Raymond rushed in from left to right.

"Don't shoot, I don't have a weapon." A woman's voice sounded from the room.

This is a white woman in her thirties, squatting in the corner of the cubicle, with blond hair, tall figure, wearing blue-rimmed glasses, with an intellectual air.

Jenny asked, "What's your name?"

"Lydia Cooney."

Jenny exited the compartment first, and shouted to Lydia Cooney, "Raise your hands and come out from inside."

Lydia Cooney took a deep breath, stood up slowly, and walked out of the compartment according to Jenny's words, "I don't have a weapon, you can put down your guns."

"Hold your head with your hands." Jenny signaled the other party to turn around, and then searched her.

Lydia Cooney said in a dissatisfied tone, "Why did you break into my house? If you don't have reasonable reasons and procedures, I will definitely complain to you."

Luke showed the search warrant, "According to the identification of witnesses, we suspect that you are related to the arson case that occurred at the Kallman Pharmaceutical Company on the night of July 11th. We hope you can assist in the investigation."

"My God, you guys are crazy, how could I be involved in the arson case.

Who identified me? "

Luke stared at Lydia Cooney and said, "Now is not the time for you to ask questions, answer my questions first."

Lydia Cooney said forcefully, "No, I don't think there is anything wrong with me."

"In that case, why didn't you answer when we called the door, but instead hid in this hidden compartment?

This is not what normal people do. "

"You're right, I did hear someone ring the doorbell, I turned on the video doorbell, and found a strange black man standing outside, with a fierce face and a hostile look.

I was worried that he was a bad guy and would hurt me, so I hid in the cubicle. "Lydia Cooney glanced at Xiao Hei, and added, "If it wasn't for fear of you hearing, I would have already called the police. "

Xiao Hei "..."

I……

you……

fuck...

Luke said, "My colleague did not act or act aggressively. Your reason is a bit far-fetched."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to.

It may be that the arson case made me a little nervous, so I became overly sensitive. Lydia Cooney looked at Xiao Hei again, "Sir, I apologize to you." "

"No, I don't accept it." Xiao Hei didn't give the other party a good look.

Lydia Cooney shrugged, "Anyway, I have apologized, if there is nothing else, please leave my house."

Luke showed the search warrant again, "Ms. Cooney, we are conducting a legal search, and I hope you will cooperate."

Lydia Cooney scratched her hair and said helplessly, "I really don't know, what is there to search in my house, you are doing useless work."

Luke asked, "Where were you between eleven and twelve at night on July 11?"

"Are you going to interrogate me now?"

"Just a normal inquiry."

"I'm at home."

Luke stared at her, seeing signs of lying on her face.

"Can anyone prove it?"

"No, it's just me."

"Ms. Cooney, where is your daughter?"

"Uh... she went to my mother's house."

"When did you go?"

"July tenth."

Luke saw the lie again on her face.

"Is the arson on July 11 related to you?"

"God, I'm fed up with your groundless accusations, I'm a researcher, and I've put a lot of effort into researching new antihypertensive drugs.

How could I be willing to destroy my research results. "

"Please answer positively."

Lydia Cooney's eyes flickered, her nose moved slightly, and she choked up, "The arson case on July 11 has nothing to do with me."

Luke has been observing Lydia Cooney's micro-expressions. Her emotions are complex, with sadness, helplessness, and finally showing signs of lying.

Judging from the current situation, Lydia Cooney is likely to be involved in the arson case. As for the reasons for her participation in the arson case, there are roughly four possibilities: for profit, being bewitched by others, because of hatred, and being threatened.

Before, Luke made notes for Cam Smith, and Cam Smith said that Lydia Cooney has also put in a lot of effort to develop new antihypertensive drugs, and Luke also saw the sadness and reluctance from her expression just now, This shows that she did not want to set fire subjectively.

Cam Smith also said that he and Lydia Cooney broke up because Lydia Cooney's daughter didn't like him, which shows that Lydia Cooney cares about her daughter very much.

In addition, Lydia Cooney lied about her daughter's whereabouts just now, and Luke speculated that something happened to her daughter.

Luke said, "Contact your daughter, I want to speak to her."

Lydia Cooney showed a nervous look, "Why? My daughter doesn't know anything, what do you have to talk to her about?"

"Your daughter is really at your mother's house?"

Lydia Cooney glared at Luke, "I have no reason to lie to you."

Luke nodded, "Did you know? I have participated in the investigation of many kidnapping cases, and many of them were girls who were kidnapped.

Some girls were rescued in time, but some girls were torn apart, which is very distressing. "

"Why are you telling me this? I don't want to hear it."

"No, I think you should know.

Do you know when most of the girls who were torn apart were killed? Luke stared at the other party, asking himself and answering, "After the victim's family paid the ransom.

Because at this time, the hostages have no use value, and there is no reason to live..."

Lydia Cooney, eyes red and swollen, yelled, "Please, stop talking, I don't want to hear..."

"Hey, if, I mean, if your daughter was kidnapped and you were threatened, you should speak up so that we can rescue your daughter in time.

Every minute you delay now puts your daughter in danger. Luke glanced at his watch and continued, "It's been 36 hours since the fire, I don't want to hit you, but I have to be honest, your daughter has missed the best time to rescue..."

"No, don't say any more, my daughter will be fine, it won't be..." Lydia Cooney finally couldn't bear it any longer, she squatted on the ground and burst into tears.

Xiao Hei said, "I have seen pictures of your daughter, she is very cute.

I also have a daughter who is even cuter.

I can understand how you feel.

If I were you, I would never gamble my daughter's life on the kindness of the robbers. "

Luke said, "If you are worried about yourself, you should assist the police in the investigation. As long as you can assist the police in catching other arsonists, we will give you a favorable plea agreement."

Jenny also persuaded, "Ms. Cooney, don't hesitate any longer, your daughter is probably in danger.

Only we can save her. "

Lydia Cooney looked at Jenny, "Can you promise to save my daughter?"

"No, no one can guarantee it, but we will do our best." Luke's tone was very sincere.

Lydia Cooney pondered for a long time before sighing, "That's right, you guessed it right.

My daughter was kidnapped and they threatened me to set the company building on fire before they would let her go. "

"Why didn't you call the police?"

"I dare not, they said they would keep watching me, and if I dared to call the police, they would kill my daughter directly." Lydia Cooney's tears rolled down her cheeks, "When my husband died, I promised him I will take good care of my daughter.

She is everything to me and I must protect her. "

Luke said, "If you explain the robber's situation clearly, we can find the robber and rescue your daughter."

"The robbers were two men. One of them was wearing a hood. I couldn't see his face clearly. The other was a white man with a beard, a hooked nose, and a medium build..." Lydia Cooney He pressed his forehead and thought.

Luke took out a picture of Walda Baker, "Is that him?"

"Yes, that's him.

He coerced me to lead the way and assisted him in burning the research lab and data of the new antihypertensive drug.

I really don't want to do that, but for the sake of my daughter, I don't have a choice. "

"Do you know where he is now?"

"have no idea.

After the Kalman building was set on fire, the two of us separated.

She asked me to wait at home, not to call the police, and return my daughter to me when the limelight passed. "

"Describe the arson that happened that night?"

Lydia Cooney sighed, lowered her head, seemed unwilling to recall, and seemed a little guilty, "At about eleven o'clock, we went to Kallman Pharmaceuticals.

The two of us went in over the wall, and the security guard didn't find us.

He also carried two barrels of accelerant...

We first went to the power distribution room and destroyed the circuit, so that the camera monitoring could not be used.

Afterwards, we entered the building through the west gate and went to the laboratory on the sixth floor. He sprinkled the accelerant in the laboratory, and then ignited the accelerant...

I was already stupid.

Later, I was dragged by him and ran out from the east gate, leaving Kallman Pharmaceuticals. "Lydia Cooney lowered her head, as if unwilling to recall.

Comparing her confession to Cam Smith's, Luke found some questions, "Did you enter the building through the west door and leave the east door?"

"Yes."

"Sure?"

"Sure."

Luke frowned slightly, which was different from what Cam Smith said. According to Cam Smith, he saw Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker running out of the west door of the building, and then found that the upstairs was on fire , Lydia Cooney took advantage of the fire and ran away.

"Did you see Cam Smith that night?"

"No."

"Why do you enter through the west gate and leave through the east gate?"

Lydia Cooney replied, "The power distribution room is near the west gate, and we will enter the west gate only after the power is cut off.

We were worried that the security guards would go to the power distribution room to check and repair it, so we didn't dare to run through the west gate, but escaped through the east gate. "

Luke felt that what Lydia Cooney said was reasonable, and he didn't see obvious signs of lying. Could it be that Cam Smith lied?

And why would he lie about it?

Luke thought for a while and asked, "As far as I know, the Kallman Pharmaceutical Company also had a power outage in May and June. Did you do it?"

Lydia Cooney shook her head, "No, if they hadn't kidnapped my daughter on July 10th, I would never have done such a thing."

Luke didn't see signs of lying on Lydia Cooney's face, which meant that Cam Smith was more likely to be lying.

But Cam Smith was able to lie to Luke, it must not be a complete lie, there should be some truth and some falsehood, Luke combined Lydia Cooney's confession to reason.

On the night of July 11, it should be true that Cam Smith saw Lydia Cooney at the west gate of the building, but it should not have come out from the west gate of the building, but after coming out of the power distribution room, and then entered the building through the west gate , this time Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker have not set fire yet.

That said, Cam Smith had every chance to stop Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker from starting the fire, but he didn't.

Why?

Luke then thought of the two power outages at Kalman Pharmaceuticals in May and June.

Cam Smith became increasingly suspicious.

First of all, Cam Smith didn't go to bed after eleven o'clock in the evening, and wandered around under the office building, which was a bit unreasonable.

Secondly, Cam Smith’s walk should be aboveboard, while Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker’s sneaking into the Kalman Company should be sneaky. It stands to reason that Lydia Cooney should have discovered Cam Smith first. Yes, the result is the opposite.

This shows that Cam Smith probably did not take a stroll, but also sneaked up near the building.

Thinking about it another way, the west side of the building is close to the power distribution room. Would Cam Smith go to the power distribution room? Following this line of thinking, would the two power outages in May and June be related to the power distribution room? Cam Smith related.

Because Cam Smith himself was not clean, he did not dare to stop Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker sneaking into the company building, but just waited and watched until the laboratory caught fire. He realized the seriousness of the problem and ran to fight the fire.

Judging from the current situation, Cam Smith and Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker should not be in the same group.

What is his purpose?