Veronica Quinn's law firm is located on the 45th floor of a 60-story office building in Manhattan, New York City, and the glass windows of the entire wall of her office look spectacular at the modern bustle of New York City. The three people who arrived at Quinn's office www.biquge.info had no intention of admiring this rare and spectacular scene from the tall building, and immediately sat down on the reception sofa in the office, and laid out various files and materials to read in detail.

After entering the office, Veronica Quinn closed the door, and Tim Haggis, who was in charge of protecting Xiao Yao, did not have to guard the door like a door god, but sat on the sofa with the two of them. He is an FBI agent and a police officer by profession, so Veronica Quinn invited him to participate in the analysis and discussion of the case.

Tim Haggis is a rookie agent who has just turned from a commando, and his current strengths are skills and physical fitness, and he is still weak in this kind of case analysis and logical reasoning that purely requires brains, which is also a rare opportunity for him to learn and exercise and increase experience, so he readily agreed and participated in it.

"Let me start with the evidence that the police have. Veronica Quinn spread out various dossiers, picked out a photo from it and showed it to the two, "This is the murder weapon found by the police, it is a kitchen knife, there are blood stains of the victim and Miss Sun's fingerprints, and the mark on the handle of the knife is the mark of Miss Sun's personal belongings." ”

"Yes," Xiao Yao took the photo and looked at it, nodded and said, "This circle at the end of the handle of the knife is the Chinese character "Sun", which is my girlfriend's surname. A few months ago, he hosted a food variety show, and the show's kitchenware sponsor made two sets of cooking knives for him, both of which were engraved with his surname as a mark, and he gave one of them to his daughter, so this knife is indeed my girlfriend's thing. ”

"Did she put away her father's gift?" Veronica frowned. When she accompanied Sun Tingting to record a confession, Sun Tingting simply admitted that the knife was hers, and did not give a detailed account of the origin of the knife.

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "We have a saying in Huaxia called "make the best use of things", my girlfriend's father is a great cook, and her own cooking skills are also good, and she often cooks by herself, so this set of knives is placed in the kitchen. The school is small, and the dormitories are one-bedroom apartment-style suites, with open kitchens and living rooms connected together. The door lock inside the dormitory is not complicated, so it cannot be ruled out that someone sneaked into her dormitory and stole her kitchen knife. ”

Xiao Yao pointed to the photo again and said: "If I want to kill someone, I won't be so stupid to use a knife with my own logo as a murder weapon, and I won't just throw the murder weapon not far from the crime scene." Isn't that an obvious vulnerability?"

Miss Sun's confession said that because it was late when she went back to the dormitory last night, she went directly back to the bedroom to rest. She didn't have the habit of making her own breakfast, so she got up this morning and went straight out, which means that she hadn't been to the kitchen since she came back last night until she went out this morning, and she didn't notice if a kitchen knife was missing. Such a statement is not convincing. Veronica said, "The police believe that Miss Sun is just a student at the conservatory of music, has no criminal record, this is the first time to commit a crime, has no experience, took something with the mark of her own exclusive item as a murder weapon, and abandoned it near the scene." This omission is quite normal and not questionable. ”

"When I go, it becomes a bad thing when I don't have a criminal record. Xiao Yao muttered in Chinese speechlessly.

"I have a question," said Tim Haggis, "since Miss Sun has no criminal record, then there should be no Miss Sun's fingerprints in the police database for the police to compare, how did they determine that the fingerprints on the handle of the knife are Miss Sun?"

"After they found the knife, they found out that the Chinese characters on the handle of the knife were Miss Sun's surname, and they had learned that Miss Sun had a motive, so they applied to the judge for a search warrant, searched Miss Sun's dormitory, and extracted fingerprints from personal items such as toothbrushes, mouthwashes, and combs, so as to compare them with the fingerprints on the handle. Veronica explained.

"Speaking of motives," Xiao Yao continued, "I've heard that there is a very important violin recital in their school next month, and many masters of the classical music industry will be present, which is indeed a rare opportunity, but it is a bit far-fetched to say that she has a motive to kill because of the competition for performance opportunities, and it is not only the victim and my girlfriend who are learning violin in Chambersley, if this alone, don't other violin students also have the motive to commit the crime?"

"But they're the best performers in the violin major, and they're the two most likely to get a show," Veronica said, "and they've had conflicts in other ways than competition for performances?"

"In other ways, what do you mean?" Xiao Yao said curiously.

"Emotionally. Veronica said, "The victim, Laura Sheem, had a boyfriend who was also a student at Chambers College of Music and studied piano named Wyatt Wayne. It is said that Wyatt fell in love with Miss Sun and dumped Laura to chase after Miss Sun. Laura was very dissatisfied with this, and once quarreled with Miss Sun a few times, and many students in the school had seen it. ”

"The victim's boyfriend dumped the victim to chase my girlfriend, it should be that the victim had a motive to kill my girlfriend, and my girlfriend has no reason to kill the victim because of this. Xiao Yao said strangely.

"You're really focused," Tim Haggis said as he looked at Xiao Yao, "someone is chasing your girlfriend, why don't you look worried at all." ”

"My girlfriend is very good, it's normal for someone to chase her. Xiao Yao touched the pendant around his neck and said, "But I'm pretty sure that guy definitely didn't catch it." ”

"Are you so confident?" laughed Tim Haggis, "didn't you just arrive in the United States yesterday?"

"Because I saw that she was still wearing the gift I gave her around her neck. When Xiao Yao saw Sun Tingting, he saw that the necklace he gave was still on Sun Tingting's neck, so he was still very confident in it.

"It's true that Miss Sun wasn't with Wyatt," Veronica said, "but according to other people's confessions, Miss Sun seems to have found someone to beat Wyatt, and the victim was very angry about this, so she had a physical altercation with Miss Sun, which is one of the main reasons why the police judged that Miss Sun had a motive to kill." However, Miss Sun did not admit this, she said that her friend was not used to seeing Wyatt's entanglement with her, so she taught him a lesson, not that she was looking for someone to deliberately beat Wyatt. ”

"Wait, I'll make a call. Xiao Yao took out the phone and dialed a number, directly pressed the speakerphone and put it on the coffee table in front of the three of them, "I think I know who called Wyatt." ”

"Jan, how is Tiana?" the phone rang out, and Paul's voice came out.

"Protective confinement, temporary loss of liberty. Xiao Yao briefly explained, and then continued, "I want to ask you, did you ever help Tiana beat a kid named Wyatt?"

"Wyatt? I don't have an impression, I don't know. TJ's voice interjected, apparently hands-free over there, too.

"Wait, is it the boy who followed Tiana to the dance studio last time and kept pestering her?" Zhou Jingyi's voice came out.

"By the way, that's what happened," Paul said, "I remember it was a white boy who followed Tiana to the dance studio. We saw that Tiana didn't want to pay attention to him at all, but he stayed by Tiana's side, so he stepped forward to drive him away. He wouldn't leave, and he pushed me, so we beat him up and threw him out. Later, we were afraid that the boy would continue to pester Tiana, so we drove Tiana back to school that day. Later, when we came back, we saw the guy again, and we stopped to warn the boy to stay away from Tiana, as it seemed that a passing student had seen it. We don't know the guy's name, but we helped Tiana beat someone up just once, and it must be him. He is about five feet ten inches tall, with long black hair and a parted head, and a thin build. ”

"It should be him. Xiao Yao saw Veronica find out Wyatt's photos and information, nodded and put them in the middle, and said into the phone, "Thank you." I'm going to hang up, I'll look back on you for other things. ”

"I was beaten by my friend, and I was warned by my friend, from love to hate, he has a reason to frame my girlfriend. Xiao Yao hung up the phone and pointed his finger at Wyatt's photo.

But he had no reason to kill the victim. Veronica said, "He dumped Laura, and Laura also got him into trouble with Miss Sun because he was beaten." If you were Wyatt, would you kill Laura?"

"And he also has an alibi. Tim flipped through the information on the coffee table and said, "The medical examiner determined that the victim's time of death was between nine and eleven o'clock last night. Wyatt works part-time as a pianist at the Linton Restaurant in Russell on the Northwest Side. Last night was his showtime, from eight to ten p.m. Part of the road in New York City was blocked last night because of the pursuit of fugitives from the plane robbery, and it was impossible for Wyatt to get back to school from Russell in an hour. ”

"Miss Sun's testimony was that she practiced at Chambers Hall last night from 8 to 9 p.m. At nine o'clock, the victim Laura also went to the concert hall to practice. In order to avoid conflict, Miss Sun left the concert hall. Veronica continued, "After leaving, Miss Sun went to a quiet and unoccupied piano room and continued to practice until about eleven o'clock in the evening. When she left the concert hall, she was seen, but witnesses could not tell whether she left the concert hall or went to the concert hall. During the time when she was practicing in the piano room, Miss Sun had always been alone, and she had not noticed that anyone had passed by, so Miss Sun had no strong alibi. ”

"From nine to eleven o'clock last night!" Xiao Yao patted his head hatefully and said remorsefully, "I shouldn't have secretly come to the United States without her." If she had known that I had arrived in New York last night, she would definitely pick me up at the airport. My flight is scheduled to arrive at half past nine in the evening and she will leave the school by nine. After that incident, she would accompany me to the FBI to take notes, and it would be almost twelve o'clock when I came out, so that someone from the airport and an FBI agent from the substation could give her an alibi. ”

"Hey, Jan, don't blame yourself, you didn't know it was going to happen. Tim Haggis comforted Xiao Yao and said, "Now that things have happened, we need to focus on how to solve them next." ”

"yes, what are we going to do next?" Xiao Yao said as he looked at the female lawyer next to him, Veronica Quinn.

In fact, judging from these evidences, no one saw Miss Sun's murder, so it is not ironclad evidence. "One of the most effective defense strategies we have is to tell the police that someone else did it." This is where Ms. Sun's case applies. But the problem is that the police have no other suspects except for Miss Sun. ”

"I'm sure my girlfriend didn't kill anyone. Xiao Yao said, "This matter must have been done by someone else, the police have no other suspects, it's just that they didn't find other people's suspicions." ”

"Well, that's what I thought too. Veronica nodded, pointing to the information on the coffee table, "Just because they didn't find it doesn't mean we won't find it either." So the next step is to find the other suspects in this case and ask the police to reopen the investigation. ”

"Understood. Xiao Yao nodded, picked up the information on the coffee table and looked at it carefully.