Chapter 111: The Prisoner's Alibi
Wells looked at the distance on the navigation and reacted: "Hawk Street is too far away, if Jerome was still at home at one o'clock last night, even if he was driving, it would be almost three o'clock when he got there, where would he have time to drink? and drunk." ”
Qin Lin added: "And most of the bars on Hawk Street close at 2 a.m., and Jerome is obviously lying...."
Wells thought it was magical, and they actually helped the murderer who turned himself in to find an alibi.
"Then why is he like this? Running away to kill people after such a good life?"
At this time, Hugo called: "Mr. Qin, I have taken a good look at this Jerome, his son died in a car accident half a year ago! It is worth noting that the insurance money is very high, there are two million!"
The insurance claim of two million dollars is not low, it is a considerable amount of money, and you have to pay a lot of premiums every year.
After Qin Lin hung up the phone, he asked, "The deceased is the manager of the insurance company, let's see if it has anything to do with Jerome." ”
Wells flipped through the information of the deceased and said: "This manager is indeed the person in charge of Jerome's son's compensation case, and the two must know each other!"
Although the connection point has been found, the compensation is quite high, rationally speaking, Jerome should be grateful to this manager, why did he kill him? Could this manager have anything to do with his son's death?
Qin Lin realized that as long as he sorted out the relationship between the characters, he could find the truth. He readjusted his navigation: "Let's go, let's go to this insurance company." ”
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The size of the insurance company is not small, but the staff are very polite, and the vice president of the company personally received them.
"Excuse me, do you remember Jerome's son's compensation case?" Wells got straight to the point.
This is the largest claim in our company in years. The vice president of the insurance company took a sip of coffee and said, "It's the dead Gergill who is in charge, hey.... May they rest in peace. ”
"But can you tell us about his son's accident?" Qin Lin seemed to be more interested in this matter.
The vice president asked his subordinates to bring the information on the claim at that time, and said while showing it: "That's right! Jerome's son collided with another car while driving at night, and by the time the ambulance arrived, both car owners had already lost their breath. It's a tragic thing. Because of this car accident, our company has paid 2.2 million yuan...."
Qin Lin looked at the photos of the car accident at that time, and then asked curiously, "Isn't it two million? Why is there more than 200,000?"
Hearing this, the vice president looked like he had eaten a fly: "Hey, I don't know if it's a coincidence, the other owner is also a customer of our company, so one compensation has become two compensations." This is also the biggest Waterloo since I took office. And the family of the other deceased was very difficult and dissatisfied with the amount of compensation, so we managed to deal with it...."
"What's the name of the other owner?" Qin Lin seemed to have caught something.
The vice president brought up another piece of information, which belonged to another deceased car owner, his name was Duru Walker.
After comparing the two documents, Qin Lin found that the ages of the two people were very close, and Durru Walker was only one year older than Jerome's son.
Wells used his police authority to take the two documents with him, and when he walked out of the insurance company, he asked, "Is there any connection between this?"
Qin Lin lit his cigar and responded honestly: "I don't know, go back to the police station first, I have something to ask Jerome." ”
The two went on a rampage, and when they returned to the police station, they saw Jerome again.
During the previous interrogation, Jerome had always denied that he knew the deceased, and Qin Lin took out a photo of the deceased: "Mr. Jerome, this manager named Gegill is the insurance officer in charge of your son's death compensation, why did you lie before and say that you didn't know him?"
Jerome looked very calm: "Officer, I really don't know him, I left all my son's compensation issues to the lawyer at that time! ”
"You need to...."Qin Lin's eyes were very sharp: "Your wife has said, you were still at home at one o'clock in the morning last night, and it will take more than an hour to drive from your house to Hawk Street! You don't have time to drink at all! Are you taking the blame for others?"
Qin Lin's words made Jerome's expression, who had always been calm, begin to change, and Qin Lin was very sure of his judgment after observing it.
Wells also called the insurance company to verify at this time, and the result was that Jerome was not lying, and he only asked the lawyer to follow up with the insurance officer throughout the whole process of compensation, and he really did not meet the deceased.
After that, Jerome emphasized his own murder again, in short, he did this case!
It's a pity that Qin Lin and Wells don't believe it.
"Jerome, the law is the law, and when I find out the real culprit, you will also be punished for obstructing justice!
"Who is he helping to take responsibility for? His wife has a perfect alibi! his son is dead again, who made him so careless, he must be defended?" Wells was puzzled.
According to the legal process, the case could theoretically have been closed, and as long as Jerome pleaded guilty in court, everything was irretrievable.
The competitive Qin Lin thinks that Jerome's approach is no different from playing with him, and he will never allow this to happen!
In Wells's office, Qin Lin flipped through two more insurance documents.
"Interesting...."Ten minutes later, Qin Lin looked at the information of the deceased named Walker and muttered.
"Did you find anything?" Wells brought hot coffee.
"This man named Walker is a resident of Hawk Street, and the information shows that his mother is the owner of a bar there..."
He looked at his watch again, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and the bar on Hawk Street would open at half-past six, and he decided to go and find out, where the secret was hidden.
At seven o'clock, Qin Lin and Wells arrived at the dirty Hawk Street and went straight to Walker's mother's pub, because it was still early and there were only a few sporadic customers.
The proprietress looked like an ordinary person, at least fifty years old.
And there is some disgust with Wells's police identity.
"There are young people fighting every day on this street, is it because we don't pay enough taxes to get you police to patrol them?"
Qin Lin took out a few hundred-yuan bills and counted a lot of things, and the proprietress looked a little better.
"Excuse me, is this your son?" Qin Lin sat at the bar, looked at the photo of Duru Walker by the wine shelf, and asked politely.
The proprietress stroked the photo with her hand, and her eyes became gentle: "Yes, this is my son, he died in a car accident half a year ago...."
The insurance information shows that Duru Walker takes his mother's surname, which also proves that Duru Walker does not seem to have a father. There are often incidents of abandoning wives and children in the United States, which is not unusual.