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"No," Abby took half a step back, shaking her head, "No, no, no, no... I don't believe it, and I don't believe you either... You're not police officers, my child won't die! He's still so young !"

Casey didn't know what else to say, so he could only repeat Dino's weak words: "Please forgive me."

Abby was wringing her fingers at a loss, when someone came out from the room and asked, "Abby, what's the matter? Who's here?"

Out came a dark-haired, middle-aged man, who Kathy speculated was Sean's stepfather and Abby's second husband, Andrew Slinter.He is very tall, half a head taller than Dino, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, but he doesn't feel oppressive, and he looks like a very gentle person.

Andrew embraced Abby and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Tears welled up in Abby's eyes: "They are police officers in New York, they say, say Sean...my Sean..."

Extreme shock also appeared on Andrew's face: "What? What happened to Sean?"

Casey said: "At present, we are only speculating based on DNA, and I would like to trouble you to go to the police station with us for final confirmation."

Abby couldn't stop crying when she heard this, how could the results based on DNA be wrong?This is just the words of the young and handsome police officer in front of her to comfort her.

Andrew held her tighter in his arms and sighed.

Casey looked at them, not knowing what to say next.

Even if they went to the police station, it would be very difficult to identify the body, because Sean's face had been slashed beyond recognition. If any mother saw her child die in such a miserable way, she would collapse.

Casey shifted her gaze to Andrew who was patting and supporting Abby.

New York City Manhattan Police Department

Dino and Casey got out of the car and walked into the police station, followed by the Slynters.

As soon as they got off the elevator, they were caught by James in a hurry: "The autopsy is over, call Shen to the autopsy office—" The words behind him stopped abruptly because he saw Casey and Dino people.

He had never met the Slyntels, but he could guess a thing or two from Abby's eyes red and swollen and haggard, so he swallowed the rest of the words.

He thought for a while and asked softly, "Mrs. Slyntre, I want to ask, is there a tattoo of a skull on Sean's left ankle?"

Abby's face paled instantly, and her voice trembled: "How do you know... that's my Sean, right? My Sean... is dead...?"

Abby was about to faint, and she leaned all her weight on her husband Andrew beside her. Dino waved to Gloria and motioned for her to come over to comfort Abby, but he motioned to Andrew, who kissed her. Abby's forehead, let her follow Gloria to the reception room first, and then followed Dino to the side.

Dino whispered: "I know you are also very sad now, but considering the situation of Mrs. Zun, I don't think she should be allowed to go..." He chose his words carefully, "Confirm your identity."

Andrew's eyes dimmed, and he nodded: "I know, thank you."

Dino patted him on the shoulder: "Do you know what that tattoo on Sean's left ankle looks like?"

"I know," Andrew sighed, "That tattoo was a few years ago, because he didn't agree with Abby and me, he started to torture Abby in various ways to destroy his own body, tattoos, ear piercing... He even wanted to get his arm tattooed, but Abby locked him up to stop it."

Dino said: "Then I would like to trouble you to confirm with me, after all, this matter must be done by someone, and we are men."

Andrew nodded, and then suddenly remembered something: "Why do you need to rely on tattoos to identify, can't you just look at the face?"

Dino paused, and said tactfully, "Maybe it's not appropriate."

Andrew understood Dino's voice and sighed deeply.

Casey led Andrew to the autopsy room of the medical examiner's office, still thinking in his heart, he didn't expect Sean's stepfather to have deep feelings for Sean.

Dino said softly to James: "Thank you for your hard work, the test is so fast."

James glanced at Abby, who was being comforted by Gloria in a low voice, and then at Andrew: "You have worked harder than me. Compared with the dead, it is more difficult to face the living."

Medical Examiner's Office, Autopsy Room

Through a window, James pushed a cart out of the freezer. The corpse was covered with a white cloth. He stretched out his hand and pulled the white cloth over his head, covering Sean's unrecognizable face. Then he walked to the cart. At the rear of the car, the white cloth around Sean's left ankle was lifted, revealing a tattoo of a skull.James took a device that hung above the cart and aimed it at the tattoo.

A projector outside the glass showed an enlarged version of the full picture of the tattoo, which was clear and obvious.

Andrew's eyes dimmed, he sighed and nodded.

Kathy tapped the glass, James turned off the instrument, and shoved Sean's body into the freezer.

Dino motioned for Andrew to follow him, and entered an empty conversation room. He asked, "I'm sorry to ask the bottom line at this time, but we hope to find the murderer who killed Sean as soon as possible."

Andrew snorted his hair, and said dejectedly: "I understand, if you need to know anything, just ask, I will know everything without saying a word."

Kathy asked, "When did you and Abby get together?"

Andrew recalled: "About three years ago."

"Then when did Sean disappear?" Casey took a pen and paper and was taking notes, "Did he disappear or ran away from home?"

Andrew shook his head: "I don't know, I just know that when we woke up two years ago, he was no longer at home. We all thought he had gone to school, and he hadn't come back when school was over. The school teacher said he didn't look at him all day. When I saw Sean, I thought he was hanging out with those gangsters on the street again, but I asked them, and they didn't see Sean, so we panicked and went to the police to report the case."

Casey frowned slightly: "Did you report the crime immediately at night?"

Andrew nodded: "But because Sean has run away from home several times before, the police don't agree to treat this as a disappearance case. They think it's just another runaway of Sean."

At this moment, someone knocked on the door. It was Jerry, who came in with a cup of coffee. Dino stood up and took it and put it in front of Andrew. The latter thanked him.

Dino then asked: "Then what do you and Abby think? Do you think it's missing or running away from home again?"

Andrew said: "Abby has been refusing to believe that Sean left by himself, but I think...his things are all gone. If he disappeared passively, how could he pack up his things before leaving?"

Casey was thoughtful upon hearing this.