dhibooks Chapter 153 Prey 4
Chapter 153 Prey 4
The suspect candidate that Lance opened his mouth to say is not what other people pay attention to.
Carlock Joe’s life trajectory is very clear. He grew up in a small town, went to school in the town, and has a low level of education. He made small mistakes when he was young, but they were all troubles that normal adolescent boys would cause. Excessive bad deeds, now I have no marriage history in middle age, but I have had several girlfriends and broke up peacefully.I was more responsible when I became a forest ranger. When I was resting, I went back to the tavern in the town to drink and watch the football game with my old friends.
In short, he is just an ordinary big man from country A.
"Is there something we haven't discovered?" Emily chewed the hard candy in her mouth.
Lance shook his head, "No, just a reasonable doubt."
Morgan put the candy in his hand, but he didn't eat it. He threw it away and put it in his pocket. Then he spread out the information in front of him, "Jesse Griffin is on our suspicion list, And one more suspect that the sheriff gave us."
"Who?" Lance leaned over, and Morgan pushed the information in front of Lance, "The missing person has been missing for three weeks. Not long after his disappearance, the police found the body of the first victim. According to the information, Mr. Arthur Harris, aged 40, is a registered hunter who is good at using bows and arrows. It is said that his wife cheated on him two years ago and left with their only daughter. However, local rumors say that Harris will The wife and daughter were killed."
"Wow." Lance let out an exclamation, flat and calm, with a very calm expression, "Is this the strange legend that every town has?"
"Yes." Reid also went to find Tang himself, "but Garcia has ruled it out. His wife and daughter have moved to a new place to start a new life, and the reason for leaving is not because his wife cheated. It was because he was drinking too much, because the unrestrained drinking caused some nerve damage in the body, and his hands would tremble slightly."
"So his life as a hunter took a hit." Emily curled her lips, "Then it's a vicious circle, you know, he doesn't handle well at work, and then he beats and scolds his wife when he comes home. According to the report here, he even Beating her mother in front of her 13-year-old daughter, but even if the police intervene in such cases, there is nothing they can do. His wife always favors him, saying that he accidentally fell down the stairs or something, but Mr. Harris two years ago Daughter Alice was injured during every obligatory wife-beating while drunk."
"It's a very admirable act to rush forward to protect my mother without hesitation." Hu Qi came over, put down the materials in his hand, and then sighed, "But she shouldn't have to go through all this."
"So Mrs. Harris decided to take her daughter away and leave this scumbag." Lance clapped his hands as he spoke, "It's a touching story, and then what?"
"Then Mr. Harris realized his mistake and quit drinking. People in the town said he would not change. This person has been like that since he was a child, but he has not touched alcohol for more than a year." Reid said in his mouth With sugar in his mouth, he swung his arm slightly, "But because of this, the people in the town seem to have some prejudice against him."
"??" Lance wondered, "Why?"
"Because they think that a person who can easily change his nature is very scary. In addition, there are such rumors. Some people in the town think that because he killed his wife and daughter, his temperament changed drastically or he did it deliberately for others to see." Hu Qi was helpless.
It seems that every country has uncivilized minds.
"Now they suspect that the sudden disappearance of this man with a drastically changed temperament is related to this case?" Lance flipped through the files, "And what is Garcia's answer?"
"He is indeed missing, and there is no trace of him at his wife's side. However, although he has quit drinking for a while, his arm has not recovered, and he cannot shoot the victim's abdomen accurately with a full bow, or It's very unlikely, but the possibility of him can be generally ruled out." Morgan picked up another file.
"Ah." Lance nodded to show that he understood.
"And this one." Emily spread out the information in front of her, "It's the owner of the gun shop."
"The one I've seen?" Lance leaned over, took a look and then nodded to confirm his question, "It's him, I chatted with him, there shouldn't be any problem, he's wary of outsiders, normal operation , When I bought the wooden warehouse branch, the procedures were also handled in an orderly manner. I was also reminded not to go to the place where the crime occurred, and asked me to pay attention to safety. Residents’ attitudes toward cases.”
Emily snorted, "Because he is also a bow and arrow enthusiast, although he opened a Mucang branch store."
"Are you excluding the entire town?"
"Yes, we need to find someone with enough strength to pull the bow and arrow. After all, according to the autopsy report, the victims were all penetrating wounds. You need to know how much strength is needed to make the arrow completely pierce the human abdomen. It has to be done with great skill, with no wounds other than the abdomen."
"The cause of death was excessive blood loss." Gordon's voice was low, but everyone present could hear him clearly, "The victim's clothes were just worn out, but there were no signs of running for a long time. The forest was identified to be The scene of the first crime is just there, so it is a suspect who is tall enough to control a man in his prime, has no empathy, and is happy to watch his 'prey' struggle."
Lance tapped and tapped his fingers on the table, "Can I go and see the victim's body?"
The others stopped what they were doing at the same time, Rhett's eyes widened, as if he didn't realize what Lance was saying for a while, Gordon also took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and even Hu Qi raised his eyebrows. He looked up at Lance.
Emily turned her eyeballs from left to right, looked at Morgan who also had a disapproving expression, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Rhett coughed dryly, and after drawing his attention, he said, "Lance, he is actually a bit unacceptable to see..."
"Can you?" Gordon sat up straight, his expression very serious.
The corner of Lance's mouth twitched, and he suddenly smiled, "It should be fine. I need you to give me psychological counseling. You know, I can't accept a psychiatrist."
Rhett frowned, showing great disapproval, "But, it's not necessary."
Emily noticed that the atmosphere did not become more relaxed because of Lance's words, but was more tense than before.
Hooch even started rubbing his temples.
"We don't have a lot of time, and there are quite a few people in the town." Lance looked at the materials that were almost piled up. "Even if there is Spencer, there are still some people who haven't read it."
"Because there were three victims, I just wanted to make sure."
Hu Qi narrowed his eyes, "Gordon, you and Lance go to the morgue to see Dr. Bob."
Rhett looked left and right at a loss, swallowed, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just bit his lip and turned the ring on his finger.
Gordon and Lance were on their way to the morgue one after the other. The only hospital in the town had good facilities and was not too far behind. Thanks to the peak hunting season, there would always be travelers who would accidentally injure themselves, or be killed. What accidental animal hurts.
Dr. Bob is the only forensic doctor in the town. After all, there is only such a large population, most of them died of natural causes, and the work is actually not busy.
"You guys came just in time." Dr. Bob had already received the news that two agents would come, so he took them to the freezer as soon as they arrived, and said while opening a drawer, "I just happened to Something to say, I checked the body again during this time and found some interesting things."
Lance's gaze moved to the drawer. It was the body of a man in his prime, pale and cold, with a Y-shaped stitched chest, and a line of translucent words floating above his head.
"The body of the first victim was polluted a lot, so we can't extract much information. The second victim we also tested the sharp weapon on the obvious injured part. The third one, thank God. Because the body is very ' Fresh' so we found some obvious clues." He handed Gordon the file hanging on the side.
Gordon flipped through it a bit, and found a line of analysis highlighted, "What is this?"
"Machine oil." Bob tilted his head, his expression somewhat indescribable, "or lubricating oil, but it's not edible."
Lance's expression became indescribable.
Gordon flipped over again, "So."
"So judging from the current situation, it seems that someone smeared lubricant on the arrow or the arrow that most likely pierced the victim's abdomen." Bob said with a sigh, and pushed the drawer back.
Lance moved his fingers, "Can you show us the other victims."
Bob paused, but he still agreed, and the action of pulling the drawer was very smooth, "They are still young people, and they should have a good future, instead of lying in a cold freezer like now, and they can't even be buried in time. "
Lance glanced over quickly, took a deep breath, and then smiled, "Thank you doctor."
Bob shook his head while chanting regrettable words, and pushed the drawer back.
Gordon tapped the lecture materials in his hand, and walked out of the morgue first. After walking a few steps, he turned around and called Lance who didn't know what he was thinking, "Let's go."
Lance regained his senses, chased after him, and then smiled, "My intuition is sometimes inaccurate, Jesse."