"So, Kirkland is probably the murderer?" Beth asked in shock.
Fearon glared at Beth and said: "Beauty, you are just a reporter, don't make random guesses to help solve the case, okay?"
Beth was startled again, a little dissatisfied with what Faerun said, but she couldn't refute it, which almost made her depressed to death.
But how could Phelan care about Beth's feelings? Following McAway to the backyard of Kirkland's house, he quickly saw the crime scene.
A few times before when handling the case, McAway discovered that Feilun was very observant, and immediately said: "Alan, you are responsible for inspecting the scene. Yusha and I will go over and inquire about the situation with our colleagues!"
Fearon didn't say anything, he just made an "ok" gesture and squatted beside the pit on the ground to look closely at the rotting corpses in the pit.
The corpse was thrown into the pit with its buttocks in the air, and the spine wrapped in some rotten flesh loomed in the air. Feren looked over it, but did not find any fatal wounds.
There were quite a few minor wounds, but the skin and flesh were so badly decomposed that it was impossible to judge the extent of the injuries at that time. It is still unknown whether there were any wounds on the front of the body.
Feilun was about to use the Silk Wire to investigate, but he didn't expect the sound of the mirror cover being twisted open next to him.
"No photos allowed!" Fearon turned his head and glared at Beth.
Beth, who was adjusting the focus, moved her head away from the camera when she heard this. Her pretty face turned pale and she was very unhappy and said: "I am... vomit..."
Feilun saw that she looked like she was about to vomit, and although he guessed that she was probably faking it, he still jumped up with quick eyes and hands. He covered her mouth, dragged her aside, and scolded her.
: "If you want to vomit to death, can you afford to pay for contaminating the body?"
Perhaps it was Fearon's rudeness that distracted Beth's attention and made her forget the tragic state of the body, or maybe it was for some other reason. In short, as soon as Fearon let go, the beautiful reporter shouted: "Please, how can I
He said he was also invited by your police station for the interview. Could you please stop being so rude?"
Fearon chuckled when he heard this and said, "Bess, I seem to have told you that I am Hongkong Police. Do you understand what I mean?"
Beth, of course, could understand what Feilun said, so she rolled her eyes and said, "But since you came here to communicate, you are still under someone else's roof. How could you..."
"What happens to me is my business. As a reporter, at the scene of a crime, no matter what you think about, you still have to listen to the police, understand?"
Seeing that Fearon was speaking decisively, Beth shrugged helplessly and said: "Okay, whatever you say is what it is!"
"Then please turn off the camera first. Don't try to take secret photos of me again, okay?"
Beth felt slightly embarrassed when she heard this. But she didn't stupidly ask, "How did you know?" What's more, Feren didn't bother to pay attention to her at all. After saying this, he returned to the corpse pit and squatted down again, letting go of his sense of smell.
He Siganneng can conduct a deeper exploration...
Soon, Sishen clearly "saw" that there were no external injuries on the front of the corpse. At the same time, his sense of smell also concluded that in addition to the normal smell of decay, the rotting corpse only had a little metallic rust smell on his left fingers, and more rust smell.
Instead, it came from the soil around the corpse pit.
It is a pity that these smells are so faint that only Phelan's nose with sensitive smell can smell it at the scene. Of course, a laboratory-grade electronic nose may also be able to smell it, but in that case, let alone the court
These smells will not be accepted as evidence, and the cost of solving the case alone is far beyond normal!
Yes, some seemingly complex cases are actually very simple to solve in the face of the Yankees' high technology, but the question is, when there are countless similar cases and the high technology is limited to laboratories, is it worth it?
?Actually, this is the same as using a cannon to kill mosquitoes. Let’s not talk about whether the cannon can hit mosquitoes, but just exchanging the life of a mosquito with the value of a cannonball is not worth the gain!
At this time, seeing Phelan put on plastic gloves and twisting up the grass in the pile beside the corpse pit to smell it, Beth finally couldn't help but ask: "Hey, what's the use of smelling these grass roots?"
Fearon glanced at her funny: "Want to know?" Beth nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "I'll explain it to you later!"
It has to be said that specializing in the arts, engaging in intelligence, and performing honey traps may be Beth's specialty. She also has the skills and vigilance that an agent should have, but solving crimes is definitely not her specialty.
"Alan, do you see anything?" McAway and Yusha turned back after finishing chatting with their colleagues.
"There aren't many clues, but there are two points worth noting." Ferron said as he took off his gloves. "First, the deceased should still be breathing when he was buried..."
"What? Buried alive!?" Beth screamed in surprise when she heard this.
Fearon immediately glared at her: "I said, could you please stop being so surprised? When did I say buried alive?"
"Then you just said you were still breathing!"
"You were breathing even when you were asleep." Feilun said breathlessly.
"Asleep or alive, what is it other than being buried alive... Huh? You mean the deceased was asleep when he was buried?" Beth began to use the topic again.
"Shut up! Can you stop talking?" Feilun couldn't help scolding her in the end, "Whether the deceased was unconscious or asleep when he was buried, I can't tell yet. In short, I am sure that the deceased died of suffocation...
...Of course, you don’t have to ask me the specific reasons. As for the evidence, we have to wait for the forensic examiner to examine it before we can draw a conclusion!"
After hearing Phelan's conclusion, McAway felt a little more courageous and immediately said: "Okay, let's investigate the cause of death as suffocation! By the way, what's one more thing?"
"Secondly, there should be an object on the lawn above the corpse pit, and the base of the object should be rusty!"
As soon as Feren said this, McAway and Yusha looked at each other, and Beth was shocked when she saw this: "What's wrong with you two? No, could it be that this guy guessed it right? There is really something on top of it?"
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"That's right!" McAway nodded, "There is an old-fashioned spray sink above. Because the base was leaking, the owner Kirkland called a plumber to come over and repair it. Unexpectedly, the repair was actually completed.
A corpse!"
After hearing this, Fearon continued: "I think the leaking place should be where the bottom water pipe comes into contact with the body, right?"
"Yes, I have already asked, and it is indeed the corpse's left finger that was in contact with the water pipe!" Yusha said with sadness in her heart, "The water pipe was buried shallowly at first, but looking at the depth of the corpse pit, it was at least
Two feet, logically speaking, should not come into contact with the body, but it just happened to be..."
Beth was a little creeped out when she heard this: "You won't transform into a corpse, right?"
"It shouldn't be that exaggerated!" Feilun waved his hand, "But I think that when the deceased woke up after being buried, he struggled desperately in the darkness, his hands kept moving upward... Later, when the thin soil was dug to bury the water pipe, it should be some distance away from the deceased.
The hands are very close..."
"Since it wasn't dug out at the time, why did it come into contact with it later? And was it discovered?" Beth said, slightly puzzled.
"A small amount of water and soil erosion!" Ferron had obviously thought about the cause. "Even the skin of the corpse's fingers had been dug out when the buried pipe was buried, but it is not necessarily that the careless plumber ignored it. Later, it was penetrated by rainwater.
, the water pipe and the fingers were finally unblocked, and it was not surprising that a chemical reaction occurred, eventually leading to water leakage. "
"Doesn't it mean that this body has been around for a long time, maybe it was left by the previous homeowner?" Beth started using her not very bright detective mind again.
"That's not necessarily true. I said it was possible that the plumber was careless when burying the water pipe, but it's also possible that the guy who buried the water pipe was so panicked that he didn't even notice that the body was exposed..."
Beth's beautiful eyes widened when she heard this: "You mean, the person who buried the water pipe might be the murderer?"
"It's possible!"
As soon as these words came out, McAway and Yu Sha were also a little confused.
Fearon was very awake, and looked at McAway and said: "Boss, it seems we have to talk to the owner of this house, Mr. Kirkland, a celebrity in the city! Of course, there are also the recordings of the camera here and the camera in the neighboring yard.
We all need to be taken back to the bureau to have a look!"
"No problem, I'll make arrangements right away!" With that said, McAway walked aside and told his colleagues to do things.
When Beth saw this, she bumped Phelan with her arm and said, "Hey, does that old glass have a crush on you?"
When Yu Sha heard this, she almost stopped laughing. Fortunately, she realized that there were many reporters around, so she managed to keep her face straight, otherwise she might have made the headlines.
Feilun frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense without evidence!"
"Why is there no evidence? McAway should be regarded as the top commander of your group, right? But he does things according to your orders. Isn't this reversed?" Beth said this with a bit of excitement.
Fearon curled his lips and said: "He is an official Los Angeles police detective and does not bear the responsibility of liaison. Should I be the one to contact him as an outsider? I'm afraid no one will listen to me!"
Beth frowned slightly when she heard this. It seemed that she was quite able to understand the Americans' pride and prejudice against foreigners. This kind of "pride and prejudice" not only exists between Americans and foreigners, but also in all walks of life.
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For example, if a famous foreign director comes to Hollywood and wants to make a big-budget movie, I'm sorry, let's make some small-budget movies first and get through the qualifications. Only if the director himself can attract investment in big-budget movies can he have any hope. But how can American capitalists put that?
The hope of making money rests on a newly arrived gringo.
There are quite a few similar examples, and the police profession is no exception. As for the secret service profession, it is no exception, so Beth frowned.
At this time, McAwee turned back and said: "The video tape has been arranged... Kirkland and the plumber who first discovered the body are in the house. Let's go over and meet!"
As a result, the group of people came to the living room. In addition to the guard responsible for guarding, not only Kirkland and the plumber were there, but also another beautiful woman in her early thirties was sitting next to Kirkland.