Sergeant George told Lin Lei in detail all the circumstances of the case so far, and also showed Lin Lei the picture version of the autopsy report filled out by Old Man Kevin.

Lin Lei knew that the victim was indeed Gibson from Cook Hills, and his brows couldn't help but furrow deeply.

The appearance of the three people in the villa yesterday appeared in Lin Lei's mind one by one.

Kelly, Robert and Daniel......

There were six people in the villa, and Lin Lei had only seen three of them.

And between 14 and 16 o'clock when the deceased was killed, Lin Lei did not see anyone. When Lin Lei arrived at Cook Hill Cottage yesterday afternoon, it was already 16:10.

In other words, Gibson had already been killed by that time, and the killer had enough time to return to Cook Hill.

As things stand, of the three people Ray didn't see, Gibson was killed, Rios was missing, and McGovern had returned to Rink Hill this morning after Ray had left Cook Hill.

Regarding this McGovern, he seems to have a definite alibi, provided that—

Lin Lei's eyes narrowed slightly, and after a little thought, he asked Sergeant George, "Sergeant George, is Kevin's testimony reliable?"

That's right, to determine whether McGovern's alibi is genuine, it must first be ruled out that Kevin may have been involved in the case......

If Kevin and McGovern were in the same group, then nothing needed to be explained......

Sergeant George was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Detective Lin is too worried. You don't know Kevin very well, so it's normal to have doubts about his testimony, but since I asked Kevin to do the autopsy before we arrived, that already speaks for itself......"

After a pause, Sergeant George continued: "Kevin is a very upright person, he has been a police officer for decades, and there is absolutely no problem with his character. If there is one person in the hundred and ten households near Cook Hill that it is absolutely impossible to collude with outsiders to commit crimes, that person must be Kevin. ”

Lin Lei bowed slightly, indicating that he understood.

It is not an easy thing for a person to get such a positive evaluation.

Lin Lei is a person with high emotional intelligence, he will not suspect someone nonsensically, it seems that Kevin, who has been a police officer for decades and has only recently retired, will not be involved in the case, Lin Lei knows this.

Maybe the scene that often exists in detective TV dramas is the so-called "hunting", and the person who is most unlikely to be the murderer is often the murderer, so as to have a "dramatic" effect.

However, it is only "dramatic" after all, and the possibility of it happening in reality is very small.

It's like a murder in real life, and seven or eight passers-by pass by the scene of the crime at the time of the crime, and one of them is the police chief.

Then according to the routine of the TV series, the murderer must be the police chief to "burst the ratings" - but unfortunately in reality, the first one to be excluded is often this police chief.

To give another example, just like the "337 bus disappearance case" that Lin Lei cracked before, everyone said that he would never be involved in the case for the bus driver.

In the end, Lin Lei also chose to believe that the bus driver was a person with a very good character, and did not put him in the scope of suspicion.

There are no absolutes in the world, and the possibility of the bus driver being involved in the case must exist, but the probability is very small. Solving a case is always about studying events with a high probability, rather than drilling into things with a very low probability.

Even Sergeant George, the leader of the nearby police station, trusts Kevin very much, as a newcomer, Lin Lei is really not suitable for "being different" and pursuing the so-called "drama" - people have worked together for decades, doesn't he know Kevin better than Lin Lei?

In this way, the range of suspects is narrowed.

There were six people in Cook Hill, and all of them were suspicious except for the deceased Gibson and McGovern, who had an alibi.

The one with the greatest suspicion is none other than Rios, whose whereabouts have been unknown.

Of course, there is a very small possibility, that is, Gibson was killed by an unrelated outsider - this possibility cannot be ruled out, but Lin Lei feels that the people in the villa are the key.

Just as Lin Lei was pondering the facts of the case, Sheriff George took out a report record and handed it to Lin Lei: "Detective Lin, this is the report record of a man named Karp in a nearby village last night, according to him, he also saw the deceased lying in the snow last night......"

Lin Lei immediately took the report record and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, Lin Lei frowned slightly and asked, "Sheriff George, since the case was reported last night, why did you come here this morning......

Sergeant George sighed and said helplessly: "Detective Lin, you also know that a few days ago, there was a heavy snowfall, and almost all the roads in the vicinity were covered with heavy snow, and avalanches occurred in many places, even if we wanted to come, we couldn't come last night! I contacted a few road clearing engineering vehicles early this morning, and I brought people all the way to clean the road...... It's not that I don't want to come, it's that the objective conditions are too bad. ”

What Sergeant George said was reasonable, and Lin Lei nodded his head to show that he understood.

Every place has a special objective environment for each place, and in a bitter cold place like Alaska, in the case of a general snowstorm, not all police officers are superhuman, and many times their actions can only be subject to objective conditions.

Lin Lei carefully checked the autopsy report of Dr. Kevin's forensic examination, and the more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed.

There is no other reason, the big hole in the chest of the deceased Gibson, and the lost heart, make Lin Lei faintly feel - the key to solving the case may be here!

Why did the killer take Gibson's heart?

Does it have any special meaning?

Could it be that Gibson is a black-hearted man, so why did he do it?

"Sheriff George, have you checked Gibson's background?" asked Lin Lei.

Sergeant George nodded and replied, "Regarding the background of the deceased Gibson, we have checked the relevant information, and there is nothing special about it. For the specific situation, we also have to ask his wife, who is already in Cook Hill, they are Gibson's relatives and friends, and they should know more information. However, judging from Gibson's resume, this person is not obviously the target of the murderer, he is just an ordinary person......

Lin Lei's eyes deepened, and he was silent, as if he was really thinking about something.

After a few more minutes, Sergeant George saw that Lin Lei was still thinking about it, and said in a low voice: "Detective Lin, why don't we go to Cook Hills! I feel that the murderer must be among those people......

Lin Lei retracted his thoughts, glanced at Sergeant George, and said with a smile: "You're right, I think so too." ”

After a pause, Lin Lei's eyes suddenly flashed, and he said lightly: "I'm afraid this case is a hundred times more complicated than what we saw!"

After saying this, Lin Lei made a gesture to go, and then turned his head and walked in the direction of Cook Hills.

Sergeant George chuckled in his heart, and before he had time to think about it, he immediately beckoned his police to follow Lin Lei to Cook Hill Villa......