Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 560 Guilty Plea

  Luke contacts Matthew and asks him to check the road monitoring along the Dolittle community to find out the route of the black Chevrolet sedan.

  At the same time, mark the car wash locations along the way, especially the self-service car wash.

  Luke guessed that the person who washed the car was probably Thomas Corley. The reason is also very simple, either to wash off his own traces, or to dirty the car at the place where the body was dumped.

  The police marked several possible locations for dumping the body through the road monitoring of the car and the surrounding car wash shops.

   Subsequently, the police divided into three groups to search for Walda Baker's body separately.

   At five o'clock in the afternoon, in a forest a few kilometers away from Thomas Corley's house.

   Several police cars stopped on the side of the road, and Xiao Hei and Potter also got out of the cars.

   This is the second possible body dumping site searched by Xiao Hei.

  Xiao Hei simply arranged the search plan, which is mainly divided into two aspects. One is artificial search to see if there are new excavation places around.

   On the one hand, let the police dogs search for Walda Baker's scent or blood.

  After Marcus arranged the task, he also led a group of people to search.

  Marcus has been a detective for a while, and he has matured visibly with the naked eye. Of course, it may have something to do with him becoming a father.

  Marcus did not search quickly. This is what Luke told him. Walda Baker is dead and can’t run away. It doesn’t matter if it’s slower, but the search must be careful. If clues are missed, the investigation will be delayed.

   I have always been convinced of my good partner Xiao Hei, and I naturally listened to his words.

   "Wow, woof, woof..."

   There was a bark of dogs not far away, "Inspector, there is a discovery here."

  Xiao Hei walked over quickly and saw a Beagle lying on the ground digging the soil. The soil was a new layer of soil, which obviously showed signs of being overturned.

   "Inspector Marcus, there may be suspicious items under here."

  Marcus nodded, calling for people to dig with a shovel.

  The dog handler pulled the Beagle aside and fed him a handful of dog food.

  Two strong police officers were digging together, and because of the loose soil, the digging speed was very fast. I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but Xiao Hei smelled a faint smell of blood.

   "Got it!"

  A patrolman yelled, and Xiao Hei leaned over to check.

   I saw that the patrolman peeled away the soil layer above, revealing a piece of brown hair with blood stains on it. It was a little Teddy who had just died.

   Everyone was a little disappointed.

   "Poor little guy, we didn't mean to disturb you." Xiao Hei sighed and waved his hand, "Bury it."

  The patrolman took a shovel and refilled the surrounding soil into the pit, and the soil fell on Teddy.

  Xiao Hei always feels something is wrong, isn’t it just a coincidence?

   "Wait, get Teddy's body out and keep digging down."

  The dog trainer reminded, "Inspector Marcus, the police dog will also call the police when it smells the dead body of the Teddy dog."

  Xiao Hei did not answer, "Keep digging."

  The two patrolmen looked at each other and could only continue to dig down.

   After a while, a patrolman's shovel seemed to have dug into something. He poked open the soil layer above and found a black bag. Immediately, everyone around became excited.

  The two patrolmen continued to dig, and dug out the whole black bag. Xiao Hei put on gloves and opened the bag. It was a male corpse.

   Walda Baker.

  …

  The next day, early morning.

  The Office of the First Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division.

  At nine o'clock in the morning, Luke called a meeting.

  The deputy team took out a document, "Let me talk first.

  Yesterday, I took people to the news department of cbs TV station to investigate.

   Also got the report letter from the director of the news department. The content of the report letter is similar to the news broadcast, and the whistleblower signed the deceased Rochel Horn.

  The investigation of this letter is mainly in two aspects, one is the authenticity of the letter, and the other is the identity of the sender.

   This letter was delivered by Parcel express company, I contacted the courier and made a note for him.

  The place where the letter was sent was the crime scene of the deceased Rochel Horn. In addition, I asked the courier to identify the photo, and it was indeed the letter delivered by Rochel Horn himself.

   Afterwards, I met Rochelle Horne's family again. According to Rochelle Horne's wife, the letter looks like Rochelle Horne's handwriting.

  I took some of Rochel Horn's personal letters from Rochel Horn's home, and they have been sent to the technical team for identification of the notes. I believe there will be results soon. "

  The deputy team concluded, "From the existing situation, there is a high probability that this letter was mailed by Rochel Horn.

   As for whether the illegal human experiments described in the letter are true, I did not investigate, and let the relevant departments have a headache. "

  Jackson said, “Many people like conspiracy theories, such as the Rothschild family controlling the United States, the moon landing is fake, etc.

   Now that Rochelle Horn is dead, even if Kallman Pharmaceuticals has not done illegal human experiments, even if the relevant departments have clarified.

   Some people still won't believe it.

  On the contrary, they will feel that the government department is helping to cover up, and there must be a shady scene. "

   "Comeon, we are only responsible for investigating cases, and these matters should be left to Kallman Pharmaceuticals." Xiao Hei interrupted Jackson and smiled, "Guys, I have something important to announce.

  I found the body of Walda Baker. "

  Jackson curled his lips, "Congratulations, Inspector, you are lucky."

  Xiao Hei shook his right index finger, "Nonono, this is not just luck, Thomas Corley is very cunning, he put a dead dog on top of the corpse, if it were an ordinary person, he might miss it.

  I discovered the problem, and asked someone to move the dog's body away, and continued digging, and finally found the body of Walda Baker..."

  The deputy team interrupted him, "Come on boy, let's stay in the bar to talk about showing off.

  I just want to know if there is any evidence of the murderer found around the body. "

   "Of course." Xiao Hei flipped through the information, "According to the forensic examination, the time of Walda Baker's death was around one o'clock in the morning yesterday, and the fatal injury was a strangle mark on his neck.

   To be precise, he was strangled to death by a belt. The DNA of the deceased was detected in the middle of the belt, and the DNA of Thomas Corley was detected on both sides of the belt. "Xiao Hei made a gesture of strangling his neck, "It is certain that he is the murderer. "

  The deputy team nodded and praised, "Very good, you have done a good job, kid."

  Xiao Hei showed a smug look, "I have a feeling that I will be Marcus's vice-team soon, haha."

   Vice team "..."

  …

trial room.

   It was Luke and Xiao Hei who were in charge of the interrogation. Thomas Corley was brought into the interrogation room while the two were sorting out the case information.

  Xiao Hei greeted with a familiar smile, "Hey buddy, how did you sleep last night?"

  Thomas Corley pouted, "The bed is very hard, and there is a sour smell, but I slept soundly."

  Little underworld, "If you don't do anything wrong, you will naturally sleep soundly. If you had already realized this, you wouldn't need us to spend so much time investigating the case."

  Thomas Corley disdainfully said, "When you watch TV, don't you take a small notebook to extract lines?

   This rhetoric sucks. "

  Luke was not interested in the malnourished conversation between the two, and interrupted, "We found Walda Baker's body."

  Thomas Corley's face immediately froze, as if he was a little absent-minded.

  Xiao Hei added, "To be exact, I found it."

  Thomas Corley was silent for a moment, slowly raised his head, and frowned, "How did he die? When did he die?"

  Xiao Hei pointed at Thomas Corley, "I have to ask you, murderer!"

   "No, I didn't even know he was dead, let alone kill him." Thomas Corley widened his eyes and said angrily, "Comeon, I've had enough of your groundless accusations."

  Xiao Hei seemed to be watching a play, and said with a smile, "Your acting skills are good, haha.

   But it's useless, we've found Walda Baker's body, and by the way, a poor little Teddy. "

  Thomas Corley sighed, and sat on the chair a little slumped. Before, he had a little luck, thinking that the police were bluffing him, but now he knew that the police had indeed found the body of Walda Baker.

   After a long silence, he took another deep breath, "Even if you find Walda Baker's body, it has nothing to do with me, I didn't kill anyone."

  Luke took out a photo of a brown leather belt, "Does this look familiar?"

  Thomas Corley glanced at the photo, then looked away.

  Luke continued, "After forensic identification, this belt is the murder weapon that killed Walda Baker, and he was strangled to death.

   And your DNA was found on both sides of the belt, which is enough to prove that you are the murderer who strangled Walda Baker.

   No more trying to quibble, it's useless. "

  Thomas Corley snorted and stared at Luke, "I shouldn't be in the yard at the time, if I wasn't there, maybe you wouldn't be able to find me.

  I can't even figure it out now, how did you find out that I have a problem? "

  Luke didn't answer, but asked instead, "You kidnapped minors, you were also suspected of setting fire to the Kalman company building, and now you killed Walda Baker.

  By the way, there is also Rochel Horn, he was also killed by you.

  Why do you do this? "

  Thomas Corley sighed, "It's a long story, can I have a cigarette?"

  Luke nodded, motioning for Xiao Hei to hand him a cigarette.

"Thank you." Thomas Corley took a sip of the lit cigarette, "This incident probably started ten years ago. At that time, I was about the same age as Rochelle Horn, and our experiences were very different. resemblance.

  I'm unemployed, I have a wife and kids to support, and I need money.

  I submitted a lot of resumes, but there was no response. I also wandered on the street once and met some homeless people.

   Later, someone distributed leaflets to the homeless. I was a little surprised at the time, who would distribute leaflets to the homeless.

   After reading it, I realized that it was Kallman Pharmaceuticals who was recruiting drug testers.

  That's right, I used to be a drug tester for Kallman Pharmaceuticals, and they paid me very well.

   I really needed the money, so I went for it. "

  Thomas Corley wiped his eyes and laughed at himself, "I can't remember when was the last time I cried?

  I know that the job of a drug tester is dangerous, so I have never given up looking for a job while working as a drug tester.

   After about four months, I found a new job, which I cherish and put in a lot of hard work.

  My work and life are also back on track.

  However, three years later, I felt unwell and went to the hospital for examination and found that I had liver disease.

  At the beginning, the doctor said that if it was discovered in time, it could be cured, but in the past few years, my disease has become more and more serious, and it has developed to the advanced stage of liver cancer.

  The doctor was also very puzzled, thinking that this situation was very rare, and asked about my past experience in detail.

  After learning that I had worked as a drug tester at Kallman Pharmaceuticals, he felt that the deterioration of my disease might be related to this experience.

I am angry.

  Over the years, due to illness, I have been unable to work normally, and my temper is also very grumpy. My wife also left me with their children.

   I have nothing left.

   Do you think I shouldn't take revenge? "

   Luke asked, "You think all of this is caused by Kallman Pharmaceuticals?"

  "Kalman Pharmaceuticals is the direct cause, and the **** system of drug testers, this job shouldn't exist at all, I want to change everything."

   "Tell me about your crime plan and process?"

Thomas Corley stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, "I knew that I couldn't do it alone, so I found Walda Baker, this guy is mercenary, as long as he gives enough Money is easily bought.

  With the help of Walda Baker, I found Rochelle Horn again. He was very similar to me back then. He was unemployed and had to support a family, so he had to become a drug tester. I understand the thinking of such a person.

  It's pathetic and sad. "

  Luke took advantage of the situation and asked, "How did Rochelle Horn die?"

   "He committed suicide."

   "Why did he commit suicide?"

   "He owed a lot of usury due to gambling, even if he was a drug tester, he still couldn't pay it off, and the interest rate would only increase.

  The poor life of the past six months almost crushed him. He was very tired and wanted to rest.

  I told him that he is now a drug tester of Kallman Pharmaceuticals, and if the death is caused by drugs, Kallman Pharmaceuticals will compensate a large sum of money.

   Plus, I might promise his family a lot of money.

   In this way, his family's life will be settled, and he will no longer have to work as hard as before.

   Some good married men are really boring, they have lost the joy of life and live more because of responsibility.

   This is the case with Rochelle Horn.

   There was no way ahead of him, and he didn't want to disappoint his family, so he agreed.

  I have to admit that he was brave at the last moment. There are many people like him, but few people dare to take this step. "

  Luke asked, "How much did you pay Rochelle Horn?"

   "Two hundred thousand dollars, that's all my money, I even mortgaged the house to get that money."

   "Where is that money?"

   "I don't know, maybe Rochelle Horn hid it somewhere, or gave it to his family.

   He deserves that money and I'm not going to cheat a poor guy like me.

   Instead, I did it to save more people like me. "

  (end of this chapter)