Two minutes later, Locke arrived at the scene. The mountain road had been blocked by the LAPD patrol. The people from the forensic department were studying around a black plastic bag. The people from the second team were standing ten meters away under the sun.

As soon as Locke approached, Harry Sumner joked: "Locke, are you here to investigate the case or are you on foot?"

This guy is still wearing a suit, a dark gray suit, and brown brogue derby shoes on his feet, but his hair has long been messy, and his forehead is covered with fine beads of sweat.

Locke ignored him, first glanced at Madeline Hill who looked solemn, then took off his backpack, took out a bottle of water and handed it to Tony Gerrard, and then handed it to Jack Talbot and Jack Talbot respectively. Raven Tate.

Jack Talbot and Raven Talbot were thirsty for a long time, so they took the water and drank it in big gulps.

"Locke, thank you, it's so timely..."

"Thank you. I forgot to bring water. Who would have thought of coming here to climb the mountain so early in the morning..."

Tony Gerrard took a sip of water and looked at Locke with admiration, "We all ignored that the scene was so far away..."

Harry Sumner's expression froze, he licked his lips and stared at Locke longingly.

Locke turned and walked towards Madeline Hill, "Captain, do you want a drink of water?"

Madeleine Hill's mouth twitched. She wanted to be tough and say that she had called a helicopter to send supplies, but she was indeed thirsty, not to mention that she had just drained the water.

She took the water with a cold face and asked, "Don't you live in Wilshire? Why did it take you so long to come here?"

Locke replied: "I moved to Elyson Park, and the address has been updated in the registration form..."

Madeleine Hill had already decided to give Locke a lesson and planned to settle old and new grudges together.

However, feeling the coldness of the Evian mineral water in her hand, she calmed down inexplicably and asked: "Do you still have water in your bag?"

Locke nodded and said: "And..."

Madeleine Hill said: "Those who left a few bottles for the forensic department, I don't know how long it will take for the supplies to be delivered..."

When Harry Sumner saw that everyone had water, he didn't care about his face and came over, "Locke, is there any water?"

Naturally, Locke won't deliberately manipulate him, just express his attitude as he should. They are all colleagues, can they really become enemies over such a trivial matter?

He hurriedly handed him a bottle of water and asked the others, "I also brought a Snickers bar. Do any of you need it?"

Harry Sumner held Evian in one hand and a Snickers bar in the other, and exclaimed: "Locke, you still have the foresight!"

After a while, several people had a Snickers bar in their hands. They were eating and waiting for the results of the forensic department. It really felt like they were involved in the crime.

Madeleine Hill held a half bottle of Evian and stared intently at the forensic officers not far away. This was her final bottom line.

After Tony Gerrard finished eating his Snickers bar, he wiped his mouth nonchalantly and asked in a low voice: "How long did it take for you to set off after you received the call from the captain?"

Locke replied, "About an hour..."

Tony Gerrard glanced at him speechlessly, "It's best to make sure to leave within half an hour in the future! Although the person is dead, the sooner you get to the scene, the better, because some clues will disappear as the incident goes by..."

Locke nodded and said: "Understood!"

Raven Tate saw that the forensics department had completed the preliminary inspection and reminded: "Locke, if you haven't seen the body before, you'd better be mentally prepared first, but everyone has a first time..."

Jack Talbot also echoed: "Yes, it's best not to vomit on the scene..."

Locke knew they had good intentions and said seriously: "Thank you, I will pay attention..."

Seeing William Worrell and Catherine Murphy both taking off their gloves and walking over, Locke hurriedly picked up the bag on the ground and greeted them, handing each of them a bottle of water.

"thanks……"

William Worrell couldn't wait to drink it.

"..."

Katherine Murphy was much more ladylike. Just as she was about to talk to Locke, this guy passed her by.

Locke walked towards the three forensics officers who remained in place, "Can I come over? Do you need water?"

"Okay, it's over..."

"God, I need it so much..."

"If I don't replenish water, I will faint..."

"..."

While passing the water, Locke glanced at the body parts in the black garbage bag. The body would be cut into very small pieces, so a bag like this would weigh about 10kg.

The body parts were stuck together. Apart from the fishy smell, there was no foul smell. They were still very fresh. They had been frozen.

His brows frowned instantly. Forget it, let's listen to what the forensic department said first.

Just as he was about to turn around and go back to listen to the survey results, he found that the patrol policemen outside were staring at him expectantly. Although they had brought water, they had already finished drinking it.

The main reason is that this place is full of half-meter-high bushes, and there is no shade. It is too easy to get thirsty under the sun.

Locke hesitated for a moment, then walked over. In fact, the water in the bag was gone, but in the space.

So he lifted the bag, blocked it with his body, and put his hand into the bag. There were five more bottles of water in it instantly. He walked towards the five patrol officers, and each of them handed out a bottle of water and a Snickers bar.

Amidst the sounds of thanks, Locke turned back to everyone.

Madeline Hill looked at Locke with admiration and wanted to give water to the patrolman, but she didn't know how many bottles were left in Locke's bag.

Harry Sumner exclaimed: "This bag of yours can really hold it. It's so heavy. How did you carry it on your back?"

Locke shook his backpack and said, "No more. It fits just right. It's amazing..."

Then he asked William Worrell and Catherine Murphy: "There are also Snickers bars, can you eat them?"

Obviously, he was worrying too much.

William Worrell and Katherine Murphy each had another Snickers bar. Even the forensic officers next to the corpse ran over, took three of them, and ate happily next to the corpse.

Madeleine Hill glanced at the sky and saw that the support helicopter had not arrived yet, so she said to Raven Tate: "Go and tell Locke the investigation results that William and Murphy's forensic doctors just said. Let's discuss it..."

Catherine Murphy took the initiative and said, "I'll do it!"

Under the strange looks of everyone, the two people walked aside.

Catherine Murphy showed off the Evian and Snickers bars in her hand and smiled: "How considerate. Is this the habit you developed as a playboy?"

Locke was speechless, "Does David know you are so naughty?"

Catherine Murphy's smile faded and she asked, "Why does David have a gift but I don't?"

Are we familiar?

In fact, Locke is not really familiar with Katherine Murphy. He has only met her three or four times. "If I give you a gift, I'm afraid David will cause trouble for me..."

Catherine Murphy frowned, "Do you still owe me a meal?"

In fact, Locke hadn't figured out why he owed her a meal, so he responded: "Okay, let's wait until we finish working for a while..."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Catherine Murphy talked about the investigation results. The bag of body parts was definitely a human body, and it was most likely a female torso.

The cuts are not smooth and were most likely made with an electric saw or the like.

Time of death, DNA, etc. can only be detected by returning to the laboratory.

Although this is a remote path, the footprints around the body bag are very messy. All the footprints have been collected and need to be returned to the laboratory for comparison.

Locke looked at Katherine Murphy in astonishment, his cheeks turning red as he looked at her, "What's wrong?"

He didn't expect that a master's degree in forensic science from CSU (California State University) Davis was so bad.

He asked: "Didn't you realize that the body parts in this body bag came from two people?"

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