The monk of the way of beauty

Chapter 314 Interrogation

Of course Richard would not know, even if Chief James was his good friend, he would not tell him what he did back then.And it was the relationship between the two that destined that Richard would never have the slightest chance with Beckett.

"Tell me, what exactly did you find out by calling me here?" Beckett and Ling Xiao stood up side by side and looked at Richard together, the distinction between inside and outside was already very obvious.

Taking a deep breath, Richard suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Because I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and found that we have been 'looking at' the evidence for such a long time, but I think we should try' Listen 'Evidence!"

Hearing what Richard said, Beckett and Ling Xiao immediately looked at each other, and they understood that Richard should have discovered new clues from this other angle.

As he walked in, Richard said: "It started when Laura told people that she heard things on the phone that she shouldn't have heard. We writers call these 'triggering incidents'. Whether she Telling whoever she heard, that was the real reason she was killed."

"So what's the use of all this?" Beckett stopped, looked at Richard and said, "I mean, the hard drive of the porn phone company was stolen, and all related data was gone. We Never know what he heard on the phone?"

"Yes, but we might find out who she heard it from." Richard chuckled triumphantly and said, "You should remember that Laura fell asleep watching those TV tapes on Gotham Channel 11 about it?"

"You're talking about the videotape where we found her in the same frame as Chief Shi?" Beckett seemed to hear something.

"That's right." Richard nodded and said excitedly: "She didn't fall asleep, she just closed her eyes, she wasn't watching the tape, she was listening to the sound..."

"So you're saying that she's identifying the caller's voice through the videotape?" Beckett immediately understood what Richard meant. Since the person who called her was probably an employee of the city hall, it must be James Shi. It is very likely that the real identity of the person will be discovered through the whereabouts video.

At this time, when the primaries of the presidential election are in full swing, Chief James has done a lot of publicity, and it couldn't be easier to find videos of his whereabouts on TV and the Internet.

Richard pushed open the door of the conference room, and said to Beckett and Ling Xiao: "So I asked Sarah, our lucky operator, to listen to those subtapes, and what did you find?"

Sara is the operator of the pornographic telephone company. Although she doesn't know what Laura heard on the phone, she can tell who is Laura's regular customer. After all, as an operator, after the outside call comes in , she was the first-hand.

Putting down the earphones, Sarah looked up at the three people who walked in, nodded vigorously, and said, "I'm sure it's him, he's Laura's regular customer."

"Let them see who it is?" Richard said, and asked Sarah to play the clues she found on the computer.

What was shown on the computer screen was the scene when Chief James was talking to one of his staff, Beckett couldn't help frowning, and asked: "Are you saying that Laura's frequent visitor is the chief himself? "

"No, it's not Chief." Sara pointed to the staff member on the screen who was putting on the coat of Chief James, and said, "It's him."

Caucasian, six feet tall, with long dark hair, his features were similar to the man Laura's landlord had said was present at the apartment.

Richard sneered and said: "Jordan Norris, the deputy assistant to the chief of staff, he can touch and even take the coat of the chief of staff without arousing anyone's suspicion. The fund flow of the foundation is also controlled by He is in charge, if you want to find out the truth, just look for him."

Soon, Jordan Norris was taken to the police station building by the Los Angeles police. After being identified by Laura's landlord, he was brought to the interrogation room after getting a positive answer.

"Mr. Norris, you once told us that you didn't know Laura Cambridge, right?" Beckett stared at the person she had personally recorded, and asked seemingly casually.

"That's right." Jordan Norris sat confidently opposite Beckett and Richard. At this time, he didn't know that his identity had been exposed.

"But your 89-year-old grandmother, Greta Mackensen, knew the deceased." Beckett raised his head and stared at Jordan, then looked at the information in his hand blankly, and said, "According to the sex AI phone records , Laura has received many phone calls from your grandmother."

"It makes poor Greta look pretty naughty!" Richard sneered and said, "Until we find out that you've been helping her look after the house, do I need to go on?"

Seeing Beckett and Richard singing and cooperating tacitly, breaking through Jordan Norris' inner defense step by step, Ling Xiao couldn't help but smile slightly.

Ling Xiao did not enter the interrogation room, but stood in the compartment to watch every detail of the interrogation through the single-sided perspective glass, and standing next to him were Beckett's boss Montgomery, as well as Kevin Ryan and Esper Xito three people.

In the face of sufficient evidence, Jordan Norris could only helplessly admit: "Well, I may make that kind of service call from time to time, but I never know who the other party is. Right, how could I know?"

"We'll find out later." Beckett dismissed the topic lightly, continued flipping through the documents in his hand, and said, "At the same time, we checked your call records. A month ago, you entered this This text message was sent on a disposable mobile phone."

Beckett put the call in front of Jordan Norris's eyes, and his voice began to grow cold: "To many people, it looks like a series of random numbers, but after our investigation, we found that it was Mayor James and his charity. One of the account information, and someone is using this account to frame Shi Shi for embezzling public funds."

Once the investigation of Jordan Norris began, a lot of clues and evidence came out continuously.According to the clues provided by the procuratorate, the fund misappropriation case of the foundation under the name of Chairman James started just a month ago. Comparing the two, many things are self-evident.

In Ling Xiao's view, this is normal. After all, if you want to run for the presidency, it is inevitable when you are dug up and attacked by people. Therefore, before announcing your participation in the election, you must deal with all your own problems, and even There are people who make a career out of it.

Therefore, after announcing the election, it is very unlikely that James will be able to do such an obvious matter of misappropriating millions of funds. People are framed.

"Major Shi believed you, but you betrayed him." Richard clenched his fists, wishing he could punch Jordan Norris on the head, seeing him with a vicious face, he said, "Tell me, Jordan, what did they do?" What conditions were offered to you, what did they promise you?"

"I thought it was just a matter of money!" Under all kinds of conclusive evidence and pressure from Beckett and Richard, Jordan Norris's psychological defense finally collapsed, and he said in a panic: "I, I No, I don't know they were trying to destroy him."

As soon as Norris said this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The truth of the matter was finally clarified. It was unexpected that a political turmoil would evolve to this point.But only Ling Xiao noticed a trace of disappointment flashing in Beckett's eyes, and she understood that this time she couldn't do anything about Mr. James.

"Jordan, just now Laura's landlord has identified it. On the night Laura was killed, you went to her apartment." Beckett said quietly.

"I didn't kill her, I just stayed for 20 minutes and left." Jordan said hastily, knowing that the charge of framing and murder is very different.

Beckett sneered and said, "You don't have to do it yourself. After you confirm that Laura has discovered the truth, all you have to do is make a phone call. Then, Jordan, who did you call?"

(End of this chapter)