Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 554 Lies

  Luke said softly, "The coffee is hot."

  The three people around were also vigilant, and Jenny guessed, "That means the suspect, Lydia Cooney, probably hasn't run far."

  Luke glanced around, "It might still be in the house."

  Xiao Hei said, "But we have already searched the house."

   "Then search again, this time more carefully." Generally speaking, it is impossible for the police to search the suspect's hiding place only once.

  The first search was to confirm safety, the second search was to find evidence and clues, and more detailed on-site inspections would follow.

  Just now, the four of Luke only searched the room roughly to confirm that there were no armed persons or dangers in the room, and did not conduct a detailed search.

   Then, the four of Luke searched again, carefully checking the cabinet, under the bed, behind the curtains, and even the refrigerator.

  Four people searched and met again on the first floor.

  Jenny shook her head, "I searched all the places where people could hide, and found no trace of anyone."

  Xiao Hei touched his chin, "Could it be that someone secretly reported that she just ran away before we entered the community."

  Luke didn't speak. He felt that something was wrong with the layout of the house. It seemed... the bedroom on the first floor felt smaller than it actually was.

  He has been buying furniture for his new home recently, and he is more sensitive to the layout of the house.

  Luke re-measured the length outside the living room, and then went into the bedroom on the first floor to measure, and found that the bedroom on the first floor was 80 centimeters shorter than the actual area.

   "Bang bang."

  Luke knocked on the wall, feeling something was wrong with the sound, as if it was empty.

  The three Xiaohei also realized that something was wrong, and held guns around to guard.

  Luke carefully observed the wall. It looks like a decoration, but it is actually an invisible door, but the switch and the door are locked inside.

  Luke determined the approximate location of the invisible door through observation, and then Xiao Hei took the door bumper and slammed it directly into the invisible door.

   With a sound of "bang!", the invisible door was knocked open.

   "lapd!"

   "Don't move!"

   "Hands up!" Jenny and Raymond rushed in from left to right.

   "Don't shoot, I don't have a weapon." A woman's voice sounded in the room.

   This is a white woman in her thirties, squatting in the corner of the cubicle, with blond hair, tall figure, wearing blue-rimmed glasses, and has an intellectual temperament.

  Jenny asked, "What's your name?"

   "Lydia Cooney."

  Jenny exited the cubicle first, and shouted to Lydia Cooney, "Raise your hands and come out from inside."

  Lydia Cooney took a deep breath, got up slowly, and walked out of the cubicle according to Jenny's words, "I don't have a weapon, you can put down your guns."

   "Hold your head in your hands." Jenny signaled the other party to turn around, and then searched her.

   Lydia Cooney said in a dissatisfied tone, "Why did you break into my house? If you don't have reasonable reasons and procedures, I will definitely complain to you."

  Luke showed the search warrant, "According to the identification of witnesses, we suspect that you are related to the arson case that occurred at the Kallman Pharmaceutical Company on the night of July 11th. We hope you can assist in the investigation."

   "My God, you guys are crazy, how could I be involved in the arson case.

  Who identified me? "

   Luke stared at Lydia Cooney and said, "Now is not the time for you to ask questions, answer my questions first."

   Lydia Cooney said in a strong tone, "No, I don't think there is anything wrong with me."

   "In that case, why didn't you answer when we called the door, instead hiding in this hidden compartment?

  This is not what normal people do. "

  "You are right, I did hear someone ring the doorbell, I turned on the video doorbell, and found a strange black man standing outside, with a fierce face and a hostile look.

   I was worried that he was a bad guy and would hurt me, so I hid in the cubicle. "Lydia Cooney glanced at Xiao Hei, and added, "If it wasn't for fear of you hearing, I would have already called the police. "

  Xiao Hei "..."

I…

you…

  fuck…

  Luke said, "My colleague didn't act or act aggressively. Your reason is a bit far-fetched."

   "Sorry, I didn't mean to.

  Maybe the arson case made me a little nervous, so I became overly sensitive. Lydia Cooney looked at Xiao Hei again, "Sir, I apologize to you." "

   "No, I don't accept it." Xiao Hei didn't give the other party a good face.

   Lydia Cooney shrugged, "Anyway, I have already apologized. If there is nothing else, please leave my house."

  Luke showed the search warrant again, "Ms. Cooney, we are conducting a legal search, and I hope you cooperate."

  Lydia Cooney scratched her hair, and said helplessly, "I really don't know, what is there to search in my house, you are doing useless work."

   Luke asked, "Where were you between eleven and twelve at night on July 11?"

   "Are you going to interrogate me now?"

   "Just a normal inquiry."

"I'm at home."

  Luke stared at the other person, seeing signs of lying from her face.

   "Can anyone prove it?"

   "No, it's just me."

   "Ms. Cooney, where is your daughter?"

   "Uh... she went to my mother's house."

   "When did you go there?"

   "July tenth."

   Luke saw signs of lying again on her face.

   "Is the arson on July 11 related to you?"

   "God, I'm fed up with your groundless accusations, I'm a researcher, and I've put a lot of effort into researching new antihypertensive drugs.

  How could I be willing to destroy my research results. "

   "Please answer positively."

  Lydia Cooney's eyes flickered, her nose moved slightly, and she choked up, "The arson case on July 11 has nothing to do with me."

  Luke has been observing Lydia Cooney's micro-expressions. Her emotions are very complicated, including sadness, helplessness, and finally showing signs of lying.

   Judging from the current situation, Lydia Cooney is likely to be involved in the arson case. As for the reasons for her participation in the arson case, there are roughly four possibilities: for profit, being bewitched by others, because of hatred, and being threatened.

Before, Luke made notes for Cam Smith, and Cam Smith said that Lydia Cooney has also put in a lot of effort to develop new antihypertensive drugs, and Luke also saw the sadness and reluctance from her expression just now, This shows that she did not want to set fire subjectively.

   Cam Smith also said that he and Lydia Cooney broke up because Lydia Cooney's daughter didn't like him, which shows that Lydia Cooney cares about her daughter very much.

  In addition, Lydia Cooney lied about her daughter's whereabouts just now, and Luke speculated that her daughter might have had an accident.

   Luke said, "Contact your daughter, I want to talk to her."

   Lydia Cooney showed a nervous look, "Why? My daughter doesn't know anything. What do you have to talk to her about?"

   "Is your daughter really at your mother's house?"

   Lydia Cooney glared at Luke, "I have no reason to lie to you."

  Luke nodded, "Did you know? I have participated in the investigation of many kidnapping cases, and many of them were girls who were kidnapped.

  Some girls were rescued in time, but some girls were torn apart, which is very distressing. "

   "Why are you telling me this? I don't want to hear it."

   "No, I think you should know.

   Do you know when most of the girls who were torn apart were killed? Luke stared at the other party, asking himself and answering, "After the victim's family paid the ransom.

  Because the hostages have no use value at this time, and there is no reason to live..."

   Lydia Cooney, eyes red and swollen, shouted, "Please, stop talking, I don't want to hear..."

   "Hey, if, I mean, if, your daughter was kidnapped and you were threatened, you should speak up so that we can rescue your daughter in time.

   Now every minute of delay puts your daughter in danger. Luke glanced at his watch and continued, "36 hours have passed since the fire, I don't want to hit you, but I have to be honest, your daughter has missed the best time to rescue..."

   "No, don't say any more, my daughter will be fine, it won't be..." Lydia Cooney finally couldn't bear it anymore, and squatted on the ground and burst into tears.

  Xiao Hei said, "I have seen your daughter's picture, she is very cute.

   I also have a daughter who is cuter.

   I can understand how you feel.

  If I were you, I would never gamble the robber's kindness with my daughter's life. "

  Luke said, "If you are worried about yourself, you should assist the police in the investigation. As long as you can assist the police in catching other arsonists, we will give you a favorable plea agreement."

  Jenny also persuaded, "Ms. Cooney, don't hesitate any longer, your daughter is probably in danger.

  Only we can save her. "

  Lydia Cooney looked at Jenny, "Can you promise to save my daughter?"

   "No, no one can guarantee, but we will do our best." Luke's tone was very sincere.

  Lydia Cooney pondered for a long time, then sighed, "Yes, you guessed it right.

  My daughter was kidnapped. They threatened me to set fire to the company building before they would let my daughter go. "

   "Why didn't you call the police?"

"I dare not. They said they would keep watching me. If I dared to call the police, they would kill my daughter." Lydia Cooney's tears rolled down her cheeks, "When my husband died, I promised him I will take good care of my daughter.

   She is my everything and I must protect her. "

  Luke said, "You tell the situation of the robber clearly, so that we can find the robber and rescue your daughter."

"The robbers were two men. One of them was wearing a hood. I couldn't see his face clearly. The other was a white man with a beard, a hooked nose, and a medium build..." Lydia Cooney pressed Thinking with his forehead.

  Luke took out a picture of Walda Baker, "Is that him?"

   "Yes, that's him.

  He coerced me to lead the way, and assisted him in burning the research laboratory and data of the new antihypertensive drug.

   I really don't want to do that, but for my daughter, I don't have a choice. "

   "Do you know where he is now?"

"have no idea.

   After the Kallman building was set on fire, the two of us separated.

  She asked me to wait at home, not to call the police, and return my daughter to me when the limelight passed. "

   "Describe the arson that night?"

  Lydia Cooney sighed, lowered her head, seemed unwilling to recall, and seemed a little guilty, "At about eleven o'clock, we went to Kallman Pharmaceuticals.

  The two of us entered over the wall, and the security guard didn't find us.

  He also carried two barrels of accelerant...

  We first went to the power distribution room and destroyed the circuit, so that the camera monitoring could not be used.

  Afterwards, we entered the building from the west gate and went to the laboratory on the sixth floor. He sprinkled the combustion accelerant in the laboratory, and then ignited the accelerant...

  I was already stupid.

   Later, I was dragged by him and ran out from the east gate, leaving Kallman Pharmaceuticals. "Lydia Cooney lowered her head, as if unwilling to recall.

   Luke compares her confession to Cam Smith's and finds some questions, "Did you enter the building through the west door and leave the east door?"

"Yes."

"Sure?"

"Sure."

Luke frowned slightly, which was different from what Cam Smith said. According to Cam Smith, he saw Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker running out of the west door of the building, and then found that the upstairs was on fire , Lydia Cooney took advantage of the fire and ran away.

   "Did you see Cam Smith that night?"

"No."

   "Why do you enter through the west gate and leave through the east gate?"

   Lydia Cooney replied, "The power distribution room is near the west gate, and we will enter the west gate only after the power is cut off.

  We were worried that the security guards would go to the power distribution room to check and repair it, so we didn't dare to run through the west gate, but escaped through the east gate. "

  Luke felt that what Lydia Cooney said was reasonable, and he didn't see obvious signs of lying. Could it be that Cam Smith lied?

  Why would he lie about this?

  Luke thought for a while, and asked, "As far as I know, there were power outages at Kallman Pharmaceuticals in May and June. Did you do it?"

  Lydia Cooney shook her head, "No, if they hadn't kidnapped my daughter on July 10, I would never have done such a thing."

  Luke didn't see signs of lying on Lydia Cooney's face, which means that Cam Smith is more likely to be lying.

  But if Cam Smith was able to deceive Luke, he must not be completely lying. There should be some truth and some falsehood. Luke combined Lydia Cooney's confession to reason.

On the night of July 11, it should be true that Cam Smith saw Lydia Cooney at the west gate of the building, but it should not have come out from the west gate of the building, but after coming out of the power distribution room, and then entered the building through the west gate , this time Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker have not set fire yet.

   Which is to say, Cam Smith had every chance to stop Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker from arson, but he didn't.

Why?

  Luke thinks of the two power outages at Kalman Pharmaceuticals in May and June.

  Cam Smith became more and more suspicious.

   First of all, Cam Smith didn't go to bed after eleven o'clock in the evening, wandering around under the office building, which is a bit unreasonable.

Secondly, Cam Smith’s walk should be aboveboard, while Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker’s sneaking into the Kalman Company should be sneaky. It stands to reason that Lydia Cooney should have discovered Cam Smith first. Yes, the result is the opposite.

  This shows that Cam Smith probably didn't take a stroll, but also sneaked up near the building.

Thinking about it another way, the west side of the building is close to the power distribution room. Would Cam Smith go to the power distribution room? Following this line of thinking, would the two power outages in May and June be related to the power distribution room? Cam Smith related.

Because Cam Smith himself was not clean, he did not dare to stop Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker sneaking into the company building, but just waited and watched until the laboratory caught fire. He realized the seriousness of the problem and ran to fight the fire.

   Judging from the existing situation, Cam Smith, Lydia Cooney, and Walda Baker should not be in the same group.

  What is his purpose?

  (end of this chapter)