Chapter 71 The New Suspect
Lawrence came back at 12:00 noon and brought back three Scouts leaders. This was Braden's idea. When they could not determine the 'the handsomeest one', they chose to leave the 'the ugliest one' to accompany the children.
Facing these three suspects, he suddenly laughed out loud on the weekend. He had a very dirty but very effective way to distinguish... He could quickly determine whether these three teachers could clear the suspicion within one minute.
"Gentlemen." Connors said when he saw these three men: "Can you help us confirm whether this female corpse is your Scout."
When the three scouts in charge saw the body, they showed a completely different expression, including regret, regret, and worry. After all, people died under their care. This reminds of the lawyer's letters sent by parents at any time and the school's punishment. The worry will definitely appear, and it's nothing.
"Private, she is from our school, and her name is Allen. What's going on?"
Connors held her hands on his waist without hiding it at all and said, "She was killed. If I guess correctly, she should have died of suffocation, but the death time is too short. Whether it is death from choking or other suffocation methods cannot be determined."
"Brayden, where did these three guys find them?" Connors asked.
Braden stood behind the three teachers and said, "On the other side of the woods, we parked the car across the woods, wasted some time when we walked over. When we found them, the three teachers were teaching the children how to tie the knots."
Connors, who heard Braden's report, curled his lips, and seemed to not like the activity very much: "I'm very sorry, three gentlemen." He said seriously: "You are all suspects now, but please trust the police. I can quickly clear your suspicion. Of course, you need to cooperate."
Connors hugged one of the teachers' shoulders, hugged him and walked towards the distant land in the woods, and whispered in everyone's confusion eyes: "The deceased had had sex with the murderer before his death. As an adult man, we all know that if a man did not clean it in time, some secretions would stick to his underwear, so, sir, can I see?"
"Here?" The teacher didn't react and asked in surprise.
"This is to save time. However, in order to respect you, you can choose not to cooperate with me. If you don't cooperate, it will become the key object of suspicion. After all, only the murderer will not want us to see what some men have... Do you understand what I am saying, right?" He knew what a man was saying. If someone among them had just done a sexual behavior, there must be traces on his underwear.
Connors added: "We are now facing their backs, no one will see you unbutton your belt and gently pull your underwear, rest assured. I will never exclaim when I see your majesty, I think. I have this psychological endurance."
The person in charge sighed, and was full of reluctance when facing this matter with an ordinary mentality. However, in order to clear away the suspicion as soon as possible, he still reached out to touch the belt. Then, he unbuttoned the belt and unbuttoned the scout shorts...
"Enough. I believe you, sir, you have cleared your suspicion." During this period, Connors kept observing the other person's facial expressions. He found that the man was so awkward. When he was still willing to unbutton the button in extreme unnatural conditions, there was no need to ask anything, at least he had no idea.
On the weekend, when Connors and the teacher were walking further and further away, he was thinking, "Isn't this guy going to use my method?", until he saw the teacher's elbow shaking from behind, and suddenly, a sense of harmony appeared.
Not only did they have the same idea of handling cases, but they even thought of the same method. This guy did not call the superiors to apply for permission, but instead asked the suspect to cooperate actively through his own way. This alone proves that this is a policeman who does not completely follow the rules and sometimes takes the wrong steps.
Next, Connors invited another teacher, and the third teacher went to that place with him. Finally, Connors walked back with the last teacher and said, "Gentlemen, your suspicions have been cleared. I am very sorry for using such disrespectful methods. However, saving time is the most critical factor in solving the murder case. I can guarantee that my apology is to bring the real murderer back to the police station before dark."
The teacher looked at Connors and said, "If you can say and do it, I can't complain to you."
Obviously, Connors's approach made these three people not very satisfied. After all, no one likes to be regarded as a suspect.
"I promise you." Connors was very confident. After responding to this request, he asked: "Can you talk to me about Allen, what kind of girl this is, and what is her personality? By the way, do you know her family background?"
"Alan is not a very likable child. She is a bit of a materialistic view. This may be related to her father being a pipe worker. The job is not allowed to give her a lady-like life, but it is too close to Los Angeles. Children of their age can see things on TV that they may not have in their lifetime. This makes Allen stare at them when they see the good things they take out, and when others take out something more ordinary, she sneer, although she may not even have that very ordinary."
Connors heard this and asked, "Do you think his parents would buy her about $800 for shoes?"
"That's impossible."
"Does he have a boyfriend?"
"No, I don't think so. Allen's life is very busy. Since last year, Allen will go to work during the winter and summer vacations. For her family, working is the only way to get pocket money."
"Why do you know her so well?"
"Private, are you still doubting me? I am her neighbor."
Connors smiled and shook his head, "Just ask, don't be excited, you keep talking, keep going."
"When she was going to protect Scouts summer camp this year, I once thought it was just a girl who was tired of playing like other children during the winter and summer vacations. In order to avoid work, who made our place not restrict the registration time for summer camp?"
In the United States, many children from poor families need to work to earn pocket money, such as mowing lawns for neighbors and helping to clean up the yard. These things may not make much money. However, this can cultivate children's awareness of using labor in exchange for rewards from an early age, and understand that there is nothing in this world that can be obtained without work.
"Where do she usually work and what jobs do she do?"
"I didn't care last year. This year, she was probably at Thomas's house. Before the summer camp began, I saw him working on a lawn mower on the lawn in front of Thomas' house."
Connors asked again: "When is that?"
"It was just summer vacation."
“When did she attend summer camp?”
"A few days ago."
After a look at Connors over the weekend, the two of them locked in the suspect almost at the same time: "Where is the Thomas family?" Connors asked the last sentence.
"He opened a small supermarket next to the school. He was a rich man. A detached house next to the supermarket was his home."
"Thanks."
A man who runs a supermarket has entered the sight of Connors on the weekend. Regardless of whether the man is related to the case, he is the object of visit.
"Private, I have taken a few people around here and found no mobile phones."
Andrew is back and he has been looking for people for a full 20 minutes.
Connors immediately ordered: "Call the sheriff and tell him that I need more volunteers to search the woods, and whether the phone is in it or not."
“yes-private.”
At this moment, I added a sentence on the weekend: "Clay, call the General Administration to apply for investigation of the documents on Allen's recent call records. It is best to print out the text messages in the past few days. This is likely to be a case without any witnesses. If the physical evidence is not prepared sufficiently, the miscellaneous may escape the legal sanctions." He had already thought about how to deal with the whole situation after he could not find the phone.
Connors looked at the weekend with a meaningful look, walked up to him and asked in front of everyone, "Why are we enemies?"
"Private, I think you should go to Thomas's house first at this time and don't let that bastard burn his underwear?"
Connors stared at the weekend's eyes and said without relaxing for a moment: "Andrew, Braden, drive with me."
Chapter completed!