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Auston crossed his arms, looked at the map and the two bright red circles in front of him, and said, "Contact Emma and check if there is any real estate under Vincent's name within this range—"

"Wait a minute," Shen Lie interrupted him, "Now there is the biggest problem, except for Stephen's testimony, we don't have any evidence to connect Sean and Vincent, and Stephen's testimony—that's not even Not a testimony!"

Ning Yuan was startled: "Why?"

"Because he can't testify in court." Shen Lie explained, "First, Stephen's case is over, non bis in idem, and it is impossible for the prosecution to reopen the trial in the name of Stephen or Louis; second, Stephen He sat on the witness stand and lied and perjured, even if he took a step back, he overturned his testimony, but he has a history of mental institutions, no judge will accept his testimony-he will not sit on the witness stand again chance."

Kathy raised her hand. "What about that computer virus?"

Shen Lie thought for a while; "Linda was responsible for the entire transaction of the virus, but now that Linda is dead, we can't even prove that the actual user of this virus is Vincent Osterley."

"Then what should we do now?" Ning Yuan was depressed, "Is Vincent going to escape again this time?"

Shen Lie said: "Officers, you should investigate normally. Now there is only one case to file a case - it can be confirmed that the deaths of Vincent and Sean have an inescapable relationship."

Dino seemed to have thought of something: "Then there are only two directions now. First, find the place where Sean is being held and connect this place with Vincent; second, go and urge James' forensic team and on-site team. , not even a single strand of hair can be spared, DNA, semen...anything as long as it can connect Sean and Vincent."

"This way of thinking is correct," Shen Lie affirmed, "because only in this way can we have real physical evidence."

Auston's eyes focused on a black spot on the map that Ning Yuan had lightly smeared, and asked, "Doctor, what is this spot?"

Ning Yuan followed his gaze, and his heart skipped a beat. He admired Auston's observation ability, and he smiled: "It's just that I accidentally drew it wrong."

Shen Lie picked up his bag and was about to leave: "I need to go back and contact Matt first, this case is a tough one, I don't want to mess it up, and I know you don't want to either. So just do me a favor, officers, and investigate The process of the case must be regulated, and I don’t want the physical evidence we finally found to be excluded by the court because of stupid mistakes.”

Auston nodded, he stood up, and briefly assigned tasks: "Jerry and Dino, you guys go to rush James; Kathy and Gloria go to contact the real estate under the name of Emma Chavincent ;, Jerry and Dino to help after what they are doing; Doc, come to my office."

Alston Inspector's Office

Auston entered the door first, without turning his head, he said, "Close the door, thank you."

Ning Yuan closed the door from the inside.

"Please sit down," Alston signaled Ning Yuan to sit on the guest chair across from his desk, and he did the same: "I want to ask you about the point I drew on the map just now."

Ning Yuan frowned slightly, staring closely at Auston's blue eyes: "Why? I have already said that I accidentally clicked the wrong point."

Auston looked at him condescendingly and shook his head: "No offense, doctor, but you need to find a better reason."

Ning Yuan paused, and said slowly: "I'm a doctor, so I can't say anything."

A trace of suppressed anger flashed in Auston's eyes, almost reddening his eyes: "It's okay, I already guessed it."

After leaving Oston's office, Ning Yuan still frowned.

Of course he could see that Auston's anger was not aimed at him, but it was because it was not aimed at him that he found it strange.

Forensic Office

"Hey," James was wearing a white coat, squinting at something in front of the microscope, and when he saw them coming, he simply raised his hand and said hello, "Why do you want to come here?"

Dino put the coffee for James on the table: "Did you perform a detailed autopsy on the body of Sean Barton last time?"

"Of course," James should have come to a conclusion, he took his eyes off the microscope, and wrote two strokes on the side file, "It's also the time for you to come today, some of Sean's test results will come out in a while, you sit down for a while Bar."

Dino and Jerry sat down graciously.

James went out to pick up the results next door, and came back a few minutes later. While flipping through the test results, he said, "I won't say much about the cause of death. I said it before. There is nothing valuable about Sean. No DNA from the second person, no semen remains...nothing. But there is a place that might help you guys, like I said before, Sean got cured of the gonorrhea he got [-] years ago You must take medicine for this disease, whether it is ceftriaxone sodium or spectinomycin【Note】, this kind of gonococcal sensitive medicine is a prescription medicine, without a prescription, no pharmacy will sell it to you.”

Jerry nodded: "It is indeed a big clue."

"There is one more," James handed the document in his hand to Dino: "When we found Sean, he was naked and couldn't extract anything from his clothes; and it was still raining that day, so there was not much evidence that was washed away. I walked a lot, but I still found some bacteria, mold, yeast, fungus in Sean's body... There are also some microorganisms mixed in his hair. Personally, I think he should have living in--"

Dino also thought of it, his eyes were cold: "——the sewer."

District Attorney's Office

Shen Lie knocked on the door of Matt's office, and heard the latter's invitation to come in.

Matt looked up and saw him, and smiled gently: "Why did you think of looking for me? The case is very difficult?"

"It's very tricky," Shen Lie said bluntly, sat down in front of him, and briefly explained the case.

"Vincent Osterley...I have heard about this case," Matt recalled. "You are not to blame for the loss of this case. No one would have thought that the key witness would betray the court, and the tainted witness would die directly."

Shen Lie's eyes darkened: "It's useless to say these things, the fact is that I messed up."

Matt didn't continue to comfort him either. He knew that Shen Lie didn't need it, so he turned to Sean's case: "Are you sure Vincent was responsible for this case? Because if you're not sure, we don't have conclusive evidence When people like Vincent, his legal team can be involved in political persecution, it is difficult to guarantee that this will be just a simple criminal case."

Shen Lie said: "The police officers are working hard to find evidence."

"Hmm," Matt nodded, "and you came to me because...?"

Shen Lie stared into Matt's eyes: "Is there even the slightest possibility of Stephen Leiter appearing in court to testify?"

[Note] Ceftriaxone sodium and spectinomycin: Commonly used drugs for treating gonorrhea! Disease! I found them on Baidu. Is it a prescription drug... I have never had it, and I don't know... Just watch it It's fun, don't look into it