"Name."

"Joanna. Tate. ”

"Age."

"26 years old."

"The profession is...... University lecturer? ”

"Yes, I teach at the University of California, Berkeley."

"Okay, Dr. Tate, a 27-year-old university lecturer, you must be quite good, I thought that the average doctoral student would have to work as a postdoc for a while before he could get a job."

"My thesis really satisfied the school."

"You must have spent a lot of time reading, didn't you? Or are you actually quite a socially active girl? ――Is it normal for you to go to parties? ”

"The kind of beer parties that students have, of course, but I don't go to them very often, I mean, the kind of dresses and bow ties for men."

"And why are you there?"

"Me and Charles. Colin was a friend. ”

"How many years have you known each other?"

"I don't remember...... Five years? Eight years? We were netizens first, and then we started meeting in reality, so I can't define exactly the time. ”

"What did you know about?"

"Because we all love Jennifer, we've been fans of her since 10 years ago."

"It's Jennifer who was kidnapped. Ms. Jefferson. ”

"Yes, Harry, Charles, and Zad are all fans of her."

"Then what happened last night must be very difficult for you to accept."

“…… Yes, it's like a nightmare...... It's just—"

"Get Dr. Tate a stack of tissues."

"Thank you...... It's just that it's all really scary...... You know what I mean, when you're expecting to talk to your idol, all of a sudden—"

"Jennifer wants to talk to you?"

"Yes, she knows we're all her fans - I'm still the moderator of the forum...... And Charles was the object of her investment, and she was very happy, saying that she wanted to talk to us more, but it was too noisy downstairs, and when we went upstairs—"

"Zade held her hostage, didn't he?"

"Yes, he pulled out a gun out of the blue, and fired a shot -- really loud. I really, I was completely blindsided, I couldn't react at all, and for a moment I thought it was a joke - like a dream - "

"And then what happened?"

"Then people just screamed and started running out, and maybe some of them froze in place, and then Zad took Jennifer to the platform at the end of the stairs, I don't know, he probably handcuffed her, and then he told everybody out, leaving only a few of us."

"What you guys are saying—"

"Harry, Charles, and I, and Cesare. Vijeri, Jennifer's ex-husband and partner. ”

"Do you want to stay?"

"We don't have a choice...... He wouldn't let us go, and we -- we didn't believe him at the time -- really kidnapped Jennifer, you know, we all thought there must have been some misunderstanding, and he was friends with us-"

"Feels like you can stop him, don't you?"

"yes, at the time I really didn't realize who he was really going to hurt...... I don't know, I guess my mind just stopped. ”

"The whole kidnapping lasted about 40 minutes, what did he do after the door was closed?"

He ...... I became very excited, and kept saying that I was deceived by J.J. ”

"What deceived him?"

"I don't know...... He kept saying that J.J. lied to him, that she was a ...... w.h.o.r.e…… He didn't seem right - I don't know, it's hard to repeat the conversation. ”

"Why?"

"Because he spoke so fragmented, and so excited, almost to himself, and so far apart from each other - I don't know, and I'm also - don't know, excited? Afraid? To be honest, I'm still -- it still feels unreal to think about what happened last night -- I really ...... Can't remember at all. ”

“…… OK, understandably - how did you get out of trouble? ”

"Well, it's J.J., no, I should say it's Zade--Zad was so excited that he kept saying he was going to kill her--and then J.J.'s hands seemed to be handcuffed and hung on the wall, and then J.J. said- I don't remember what she said, but she seemed to say that she looked down on Zade, because he didn't dare to look at her, and she couldn't remember her face until now, and then Zad got even angrier, and he, uh, untied her hand, but not her wrist-"

"Is it to take it off the wall, understand, and then what?"

"And then J.J. turned around, I don't know, I couldn't see clearly, she blocked Zade—I guess he was pointing a gun at her, and then she just turned around and slid down like that—but halfway through she rolled -- and Cesare -- I don't know, because I wasn't really paying attention, I was stunned—we heard gunshots, and Harry pinned me to the ground, and we lay on our stomachs for a while and then we went to help J.J., and Cesare was still shooting, and then—Charles? Harry, I don't know, they went to persuade Cesare to come down, and then they heard your knocking at the door, and they came to open it...... I don't know, I guess that's probably the case. ”

"What did you do in the time between the gunshot and the door opened?"

"Was there a while? I - I don't know, I was taking care of Jennifer at the time, I guess we were messing around for a while, but I didn't have a strong sense of time. ”

"Did you notice a DV on site?"

"Hmm."

"Do you know where that DV went?"

"I don't know...... Is it gone? ”

"It's gone, and all that's left at the scene is a collapsed tripod."

“okay…… I don't know, maybe the scene was too chaotic at the time, who knocked it down, right? But you really weren't going to pay attention to that at the time—"

"Understandable - Dr. Tate, did Zad use this DV? Theoretically, does it keep a video of the whole process? ”

"He had Charles set it up at the beginning and record it, but he didn't bring a memory card—"

"He didn't have a memory card?"

"yes, I don't know why, but there's just no card in the DV, Zad doesn't know, because the DV is downstairs -- we didn't say, you know, you really don't want to irritate him anymore, so Charles just kept it on footage, but nothing was actually stored, I guess."

"Do you think he had a plan in advance?"

"Do you mean all this? I guess there is, I don't know-"

"I think he's very well prepared, you see, after all, he has a lot of stuff in place, guns, plastic handcuffs - it's a little strange for someone like that to not have a DV memory card, right?"

"I guess so, right? But the truth is, he didn't bring it, and you really don't think about why that much at the time of the incident, so I don't think I think it's weird. ”

"Do you think it's strange now?"

"I thought the whole thing was strange - honestly, I still can't believe it's true."

"How long have you known Zad?"

"Two years? Three years? ”

"Do you know what he does?"

"We used to think he was in the tourism industry because he was constantly traveling, but now it seems—"

"Have you been to his house? Do you know his address? ”

"I haven't been, I don't know, Zade has always been a more secretive character, of course, now we know why......"

“…… Okay, we're done with our questions, thank you, Dr. Tate. Please understand that the police may remain in contact with you for some time to come, and you may need to testify in court if necessary. ”

"- Does this need to go to court?"

"Not with the information at the moment, but it's hard to say what would have happened if more was found in the investigation."

“o――k？ Goodbye, Officer Dunphy. ”

"Goodbye, Dr. Tate."

"Name."

"Charles. Colin. ”

"Age?"

"32 years old."

"You're the CEO of TikTok and the host of the party......

“…… So, what happened at that time? ”

"I-don't know, or I can't describe it, because Zad is acting completely deranged."

"Disorder."

"Yes, his voice is loud and low, and we're all standing at the bottom of the stairs, so you really can't hear it very clearly - he seems to blame Jennifer because she's married to Cesare, and she's the crazy fan's set, really, he's talking so upside down that it feels like it's hard for you to keep up with his train of thought-"

"Got it - there's a DV on the scene, isn't it?"

"Yes, Zadeh wanted me to film the whole hijacking process at first, but when I opened it, I found that I don't know if it was his negligence or what's going on, the DV didn't have a card."

"So does he know about it?"

"I don't know, I don't think he would, otherwise he would have gone mad, wouldn't he - but it's hard to say, maybe he was too excited to notice this, he was really fanatical - crazy-"

"Do you remember where you saw it? When Zad was killed. ”

"Uh, I don't know, it's still in place? As if the whole shelf was knocked down? I don't know, you really wouldn't be paying attention to this back then-DV-"

"Yes, understandably - Mr. Colin, I have a more personal question for you. You know, Jennifer had an accident at your party, how do you feel about that? ”

"I ...... Of course very guilty, none of us thought of it, but, you know, he was invited by me after all......"

"Ok, got it, so, what do you know about Zade?"

"It's not a lot, this person is a little tricky, you know...... I don't know how to describe it, but he's very good at hiding his personal information - now it looks like he's a natural liar, and you really believe him when he's scammering. ”

"He's smart to say that."

"At least in terms of deception, yes."

"That's weird - because you said he forgot to put a memory card in the DV, and that's a mistake that smart people don't make very well, doesn't it?"

"Uh...... Belch...... I don't know, I guess that's going to happen, isn't it? Because if he was really a normal smart person, he wouldn't be able to do such a thing. ”

"Right, we're done with our questions, thank you, Mr. Colin."

"Name, age."

"Harry. Adams, 28 years old, I work at Microsoft......"

"He said some things about Jennifer's marriage, and some things about Jennifer's relationship, and he seemed to see this as Jennifer's betrayal of him, which I knew, and I didn't pay attention to anything else, and most of my mind was on other things at the time."

"When it comes to saving me and my friend's lives, I guess that's the point, you don't have to care too much about what a madman is saying, do you? You just need to know that he's crazy enough to hold his favorite star hostage. ”

"Yes, after he was killed, I went up to appease Cesare. Vijri, he seemed a little agitated and couldn't stop firing - understandable. ”

"Yes, he's used all his bullets and he's still pulling the trigger, and we have to calm him down, and it took a little while, so we came to the door after a while."

“dv？ There was one, but I didn't pay much attention to it, it was Charles who was watching over it all the time, and I spent most of my time looking after Jon, who was scared and confused. ”

"No, I don't know where it went, I didn't notice the tripod, it was chaotic at the time."

"I don't know if the DV has a memory card, I said, Charles was watching over it, and Jon and I were on the other side at the time, maybe not, I don't know, my attention wasn't on that at the time."

"What do I think of Zadeh? A very pleasant guy - at least until last night, he was very good at chatting, but he was also very private, and I don't know much more about him. ”

"I haven't been to his house, and I don't know where he lives."

"Yes, it was shocking to all of us, and if I didn't show it, it was because I wasn't used to showing my emotions in front of strangers."

"How did you feel about his death? Nothing to feel and relax? Of course, such a man is innocent, and it was natural that either he would die or we would die, and he had a gun and he had the high ground, so I was glad that Cesare could shoot. ”

"I don't feel uncomfortable, why? I don't think he'll be in the slightest bit uncomfortable if he kills me. ”

"Okay," Officer Jared. Dunphy said that he looked at Harry attentively. Adams glanced at it, and secretly gave him a 'Iceman' note in his heart, "My question is finished, thank you, Mr. Adams, we will keep in touch with you, you just need to fill out another form and go"

He and Harry. Adams shook his hand, deliberately using some force - Harry looked calm, his hand dry and steady, without a hint of trembling - "Let me walk out with you." ”

Joanna. Tate and Charles. Colin was waiting for Harry in the hospitality area. Adams, Officer Dunphy stood at the door of the interrogation room, watching three of his best friends gather and whisper to his desk, he shook his head, turned and walked into the observation room at the back of the interrogation room, where several of his colleagues were waiting for him.

"The golden trio, isn't it?" He said, flipping through the materials in his hand, "Crybaby, Pistachio, and Zhiduoxing - what do you think of their confessions?" ”

"It's obviously a collusion." Several of Officer Dunphy's colleagues said, "Joanna - she tells the truth the rest of the time, very much of the characteristics of a true confession - so it's very easy to distinguish whether she is telling the truth or not, Charles - he has been caught by our little tail, and that moment of stuttering and stiffness says it all, Harry is the smartest, so he is the best, there are almost no flaws, and he can't say he doesn't know what he doesn't know, but it doesn't matter, there are several points in his confession that are repeated with Charles and Joanna, Even the words were similar, the sound was loud and low - this was one of the points they emphasized-"

Unlike the performances in the TV series, not every witness and suspect can clearly reconstruct the incident and make a detailed and methodical confession, like Jon, it is very normal to be scattered and unaware, especially when she is frightened, she can't restore the timeline, stammer, and even have slight contradictions before and after, which is very normal, and even some witnesses who are easier to accept hints will be affected by inducing questions during questioning, revise their answers, and make distorted confessions. This is also the reason why the police want to get the DV, as long as there is a DV, it is clear what happened at the scene, and now there are still doubts, and it is difficult to explain to the public.

"Cesare. What about Vijri? Can't he come for questioning? ”

"He's still in the hospital." The officer responded, "He's Miss Jefferson's emergency guardian - at least he says he is, and now she might have to have surgery at any time, so he doesn't want to come, and besides, he's not in a good position to take a confession, you know—"

Seeing that the police officer compared his head, Deng Fei nodded understandingly: After all, they have just killed someone, and it is also common to be in a trance during the adjustment period.

"Considering that he killed Zadeh and rescued Jennifer, and that Jennifer was injured while rolling down the stairs, and the process was completely uncontrollable, I think we can rule him out." He jotted down some of his thoughts on a piece of paper, "What about the golden trio?" It's clear that they're lying, but it shouldn't be the way Zadeh died. ”

"Yes, judging from the accounts of the capture and escape, this is all right, and all they are hiding is 'what happened during this period', so they should not be Zade's accomplices, otherwise Cesare would not have escaped the control of all three men at the same time - he would not fail to point this out, the vanishing DV just matches it, right? Because the DV records it all, it has to disappear. ”

"I think it's funny -- they are also emphasizing that there is no memory card in the DV, but that's a point that doesn't fit Zade's image very much, and even from the on-site inspection, you can clearly see what kind of organized person Zad is, he pre-put his bag under the table, and the contents of the bag are very neat - so they deliberately lied about that, why? If they take the DV, they don't have to bring it up. ”

"yes, it's not necessary - and both Joanna and Charles mentioned that maybe the DV was pushed down and thrown out in a panic, can you think so? In fact, the DV just fell out, they just took the memory card - it's a little thing that you can easily take away, but the DV is not. But they couldn't alert the police that the DV had fallen out, because it didn't make sense - if it didn't have a memory card, they shouldn't have cared to confirm its location, so all the confessions were based on the assumption that the DV had fallen out, and only Harry cleverly said he hadn't noticed, and Charles and Joanna both showed their feet on it. ”

"Maybe it slipped under the table? Under the chair? Didn't find it in the first round of searching? A second search of the site is underway - we'll hear from it soon, anyway. ”

"Now it's certain that even if the DV is found, the memory card will be taken, and we're afraid that we will have a hard chance of getting it back - but one thing is for sure," Dunphy frowned, "the golden trio should not be hiding the memory card for themselves, because, obviously, they are not the core of the conflict - and Charles was visibly guilty when I asked him what he thought of the Jennifer affair. At the same time, they are also big fans of Jennifer, aren't they? ”

"It sounds like Zad isn't so much of a completely crazy stalker and more of a coercive fan, maybe he's discovered some of Jennifer's secrets in the process of stalking—"

"And this secret will ruin Jennifer's reputation, so the fans take the memory card, or Vijri takes it?"

"It's also possible that Zadeh molested or forcibly assaulted her. Fans don't want this information to be leaked or become the talk of the media—"

"Yes, it's possible, but anyway, we've got to figure out what's going on in that video -- now that the whole thing is based entirely on confessions, what if Zad hadn't pointed a gun at Jennifer and hadn't shown intent to endanger anyone's life? Then Cesare's shooting was more like—"

"Murder, and besides, the situation is quite unfavorable for the police," Dunphy said, as he walked to the door, opened the blinds, and looked in the direction of the desk, "Look—someone approached Joanna, suit?" A false smile? ――What is the uniform sun mark? Don't think about it, it's definitely a Hollywood visitor. ”

"Jennifer's people?" His colleague quickly came to the door, too, "Or—is it - Vijri's man?" Isn't it strange that they're divorced, but he's still her emergency guardian, or at least that's what he claims-"

"No matter who she is, this case won't stay with us for long." Dunphy said gloomily - he was the person in charge of the police last night. "There's no doubt that Vijerry and the Jefferson team have a lot of political energy—"

His crew let out a slight snort: the humiliating memory of having been robbed of command last night was still vivid. "It's getting more and more suspicious - if it was just an obscene video, I don't think they would have been in such a hurry to get to the police - seriously, if it were, I wouldn't be surprised, the big Hollywood stars? Man, I've been in Los Angeles, and let me tell you, they're not good men. ”

"And if this is really a blackmail video, then Vijeri's actions will have to be recharacterized," Dunphy said, "but anyway, if they try to bury the video, the case will certainly be turned over very quickly - maybe to the Crime Unit, or the FBI?" And then it's not going to happen -- we're going to have to make the most of the time we don't have. Angelo, Lin, find Zade's address as soon as possible, maybe we can find something in his quarters, remember, this is just a routine investigation, don't show nervousness, don't provoke this woman, whoever she is......"

Noticing that the well-dressed woman stopped a police officer and asked what he was doing, he pushed open the door and walked out, holding out a hand to her, "Jared. Dunphy. ”

"Captain Dunphy." The woman smiled at him with the most disgusting smile of Jared - high, fake, and indifferent despite her eight white teeth, there was no doubt that this woman was a ruthless character. "Judy. Ackerman, Jennifer's PR, I'd like to talk to you about the police briefing, and to give you the certificate from the hospital - I'm afraid Cesare won't be able to be questioned for a few days, and he'll have to undergo psychotherapy—"

She was also looking at him, her eyes deep and her attitude inquiring, and Jared suddenly felt uneasy—he felt that the woman had seen something, but he was not sure how much she knew......