Los Angeles Legendary Sleuth

Chapter 471: The Crime Scene (Part 2)


In other words, if it weren't for the mobile app's location service and the prompt arrival of the police, this car would soon have been sold to erase evidence, and once disguised, the clues would have been destroyed.

After getting out of the car, Luke continued to inspect the surroundings. The area where the car was abandoned was also very clean. This cleanliness did not refer to hygiene; rather, the scene seemed to have been deliberately cleaned up. This cleaning not only included bloodstains and objects but also some traces, such as footprints and drag marks.

This indicates that the suspect wanted to conceal something.

Based on Luke's experience, the other party was either trying to hide the direction and trace of their escape.

Or they were covering up some other items, such as a body, bloodstains, etc.

Luke scanned the surroundings, putting himself in the suspect's shoes. If he were the killer, what would he do?

He pondered quietly for a moment, then walked around, stopping occasionally, his eyes landing on a corner not far away. There were a few stones piled up there, looking as if they had been deliberately stacked. He moved a few stones aside and found that the soil beneath them had signs of being disturbed.

Luke called for someone to bring a shovel over to dig it up.

Soon, two officers came over and started digging at the spot Luke indicated.

Both officers were young and strong lads, quite suitable for this type of work.

The two patrolmen dug quickly, and just as Luke had suspected, the soil beneath was quite loose, suggesting it had been dug up recently.

A few minutes later, a large pit had been dug half a meter deep. One of the Mexican officers poked twice with his shovel and frowned, "Sir, there seems to be something underneath. It's hard to dig further."

Luke walked over to check. There was a lot of dirt scattered in the pit, and it needed to be cleared away before the thing below could be seen clearly. "Keep going."

The two officers continued to dig, but this time they were much more careful, uncovering a human-shaped object.

It was a person.

To be precise, it was a woman.

The woman's face was twisted, appearing very painful, her eyes wide open, full of unwillingness.

Luke observed carefully and recognized the identity of the body, "Danielle Winters.

She was killed."

Luke took a shovel, cleared the dirt around the body, and found an iron object near Danielle Winters' head that looked like a handcuff.

Luke took photos, dug out the handcuff, which still had a key in it.

Luke examined Danielle Winters' body and found no obvious bloodstains. Judging from the degree of decay, she had not been dead for long.

After thinking for a while, Luke dug around the victim's neck and found obvious strangulation marks, which were very similar in shape to the handcuffs.

He guessed that the handcuff might very well be the murder weapon that killed Danielle Winters.

Based on the clues and evidence just found, Luke roughly reconstructed the scene at the time of the crime.

Danielle Winters drove to the hospital to pick up Little William Moses, and halfway there, she used that revolver to hold him at gunpoint, handcuffed him, and drove to the vicinity of the factory to 'settle accounts'!

However, judging from the last shooting incident on Little William Moses, Danielle Winters was not proficient in killing.

This time was no exception.

It's very likely that Little William Moses suddenly fought back, strangling her neck with the handcuffs, causing Danielle Winters to suffocate to death.

Afterward, Little William Moses unlocked the handcuffs, dug a pit to bury Danielle Winters, removed the license plate, cleaned up the scene, and left.

Of course, these were merely Luke's speculations, and the truth would rely on the DNA testing results from the handcuffs.

Soon after, the forensic doctor and technical team arrived at the scene. Luke asked the technical team to immediately send the handcuffs to the detective bureau for identification.

Meanwhile, Luke urged Reid to quickly issue a warrant for the arrest of Little William Moses so that more clues could be provided by the public.

Southern District.

The deputy team was responsible for investigating Danielle Winters' traffic accident case from last year, which occurred within the jurisdiction of the Southern District, and was also handled by patrol officers from the Southern District.

He brought Port to the Southern District.

Port used to work at the Southern District and was quite familiar with the situation there.

With Port's connection, the deputy team smoothly met with Rafik Bentley, the patrol officer who handled the traffic accident back then, a stout white man in his thirties.

After mutual introductions, the deputy team said, "I saw in the files that there was another officer with you at the time of law enforcement. Is he still in the Southern District?"

Patrol officer Rafik Bentley replied, "He's retired and moved to another city. I haven't seen him in a long time. And I still remember that case from back then, you can just ask me."

The deputy team continued, "I'd like you to describe the scene of the incident at the time, so I can have a comprehensive understanding."

Patrol officer Rafik Bentley showed a reminiscing expression, "That day, we received a dispatch call from the control center, saying there was a traffic accident on Pearce Street, and someone was injured. We were nearby at the time, so my colleague and I drove to the location."

Rafik Bentley frowned, "The scene was extremely horrific, a woman laying on the ground covered in blood. I ran over to check on her condition, and she had no breath left.

Not far from her was a bicycle, also mangled beyond recognition.

And a red Mercedes parked several meters away, it looked beautiful, and it was hard to tell if it was blood or its original color."

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