"Then we found more clues, Laura is a staff member of a charitable foundation under the name of Mayor James, and the two were even caught together in the same frame on TV." Beckett's eyes flashed with sparks of jumping, and she was in high spirits.

Ling Xiao took out a glass of ice water and put it in front of Beckett, the can of cold Coke just now didn't know when she had drunk it up.

"Based on these things alone, I'm afraid it's hard to conclude that Mayor James is the one who killed Laura." Ling Xiao shook his head slightly, and reminded: "You still need a definite motive, time, and murder weapon, and you can't even apply for a search warrant just by guessing." ”

"Of course we knew that, so we did a little more in-depth investigation." Beckett raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao panting rapidly, and said at the same time: "Do you know what we found in that charitable foundation, where nearly $2.3 million was secretly embezzled. Laura was fired for being found copying these classified documents. At the same time, the City Attorney General's Office confirmed that Mayor James was one of the suspects in the investigation. That's the motivation. ”

Ling Xiao tapped lightly on the coffee table in front of him, and after a long time, he spoke: "Mayor James has several charitable foundations under his name, and this charitable foundation has been misappropriated for 2.3 million yuan, so what about other foundations, how much have they been misappropriated?" Once this kind of thing is investigated, it is like a snowball, and it becomes more and more uncontrollable. This motive, along with the previous circumstantial evidence, is enough for you to investigate Mayor James head-on. ”

"That's right, that's right." Beckett nodded and said, "We're sure some of the town hall staff is making pornographic phone calls." , inadvertently said something missing, and happened to be overheard by Laura, which is why she went to work at a charitable foundation and secretly investigated. ”

"It's not enough." Ling Xiao suddenly felt that all this was too much of a coincidence, he stared at Beckett and said, "If you want to make this case an ironclad case, you must find out the staff member and find more practical evidence." ”

"If you want more evidence, you need to investigate more deeply, and you need to make further contact with the city hall." Beckett nodded and said, "Inspector Montgomery agrees, he suggested that I go directly to the mayor, either the mayor agrees with us to start an investigation, or we go and apply for a search warrant and make everything public in the media." ”

"Needless to say, the mayor will definitely agree to your request, otherwise once these things are announced in the media, his election this year will be completely ruined." Ling Xiao sighed slightly, and then looked at Beckett and said: "Then next, have you found the staff of the city hall, as well as the evidence of the transfer of funds from the charitable foundation, the way of killing, this whole set of evidence chain is formed, and you can completely condemn him." ”

"I know, but I don't know if Mayor James did it too carefully, and we didn't find any of these things, except that the fibers on his clothes did match the ones in Laura's mouth."

Beckett suddenly hesitated and said: "Ling, I always feel that this murder case is probably not done by Mayor James, I have been in contact with him, he is very frank and cooperative in this matter, and the night Laura was killed, he had clear alibi evidence, so it is impossible for a person to be killed by his own hands, even if it is to be done, people like him will go to find a full-time killer, but the question arises again, how can he find the fiber of his clothes in Laura's mouth." ”

"So you suspect that someone planted it for him." Ling Xiao nodded, smiled, and said, "Actually, I have the same idea, this matter is too coincidental in many places. Inside the city hall, all those who have access to financial transactions are some high-level figures, how can people like them make pornographic phone calls, and how can they make calls to Laura's phone, and Laura is a stubborn person who wants to reflect social injustice, and the last thing people like her to worry about when they investigate this kind of thing is to be bribed, and her killing will arouse public sympathy. ”

"yes, that's what happened." Beckett took a deep breath, raised his head to look at Ling Xiao, and said in a deep voice: "I have always felt that something is not quite right, I feel that every step is being led by others, so it is really possible that Mayor James was framed." ”

"Not necessarily." Ling Xiao shook his head slightly and said, "Maybe he may have been framed for the murder, but the misappropriation of funds is very likely to be true." It's the cause of the whole thing, and it's because of this incident that others have started to set up a game, you know, a case of misappropriation of funds, at most, James resigns and steps down, and the murder case is likely to put him in prison. ”

"That's not right." Beckett didn't agree with Ling Xiao's judgment, she shook her head, and said: "If the case of embezzlement of funds really exists, then why did those people kill Laura, wouldn't it be better to let Mayor James do it, so that he can be more convicted of his crimes." ”

"That's why you need more evidence, a more careful and detailed investigation." Ling Xiao sat down across from Beckett, looked at her, and asked directly, "So, Caitlin, what are you going to do next?" ”

"What am I going to do next?" A trace of confusion suddenly flashed in Beckett's eyes, she sighed slightly, and said: "Ling, you know how much I want to bring him to justice, but I am worried that he has been wronged in this matter, and my conscience as a policeman tells me that I must handle the case impartially and not with any personal feelings." Ling, I'm ......"

For a while, Beckett didn't know what to say, and she, who had always been capable, showed rare weakness at this time.

"Alas!" Ling Xiao shook his head slightly, Mayor James is by no means a good person, if he is allowed to get out of this matter easily, Beckett is absolutely unwilling, but it is really against his life principles to let her know that this is an unjust, false and wrongful case, but insist on doing it.

"It all depends on the evidence." Ling Xiao took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry about that murder case, you go and keep a close eye on that case of misappropriation of funds, and according to the level of detail of this case, you decide what you want to do." ”

"What does that mean?" Beckett frowned, Ling Xiao had better confuse her, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't you say that the fund embezzlement case can only make him step down at most, why are you staring at this matter?" ”

"Hehe, you're a fan of the authorities, Catherine!" Ling Xiao shook his head slightly, smiled, and said: "Now you have four choices, the first is to ignore the possible problems, follow the clues in your hand, have one check, two checks, never do superfluous actions, and in the end, you don't have to care if James is wronged." Of course, I know you're not willing to do that. ”

Seeing Beckett's disgusted expression, Ling Xiao quickly stopped talking, changed the topic and said, "The second choice is to find out the truth and find out every problem in the whole case." Regardless of whether someone framed the bureau or not, he must admit that he did it, not him, you must also find out, and you can't let him carry this black pot. Starting with the case of misappropriation of funds, this can be clarified, and the murder case can be investigated smoothly. ”

Looking at Beckett's somewhat moved expression, Ling Xiao's face turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "The third option is to delay, since there is any doubt about the matter, then investigate, spend more effort, and ask Mayor James to find out, haven't you always wanted to know about the things back then, and now is just taking this opportunity to find some clues." As for this case, we neither wronged him, nor did we help him find out, it dragged on day by day, and if it took a little longer, someone would naturally stab the matter to the media, and when the time came, even if these two cases were inconclusive, James would not be able to run for president, even if he was the mayor, he would not be able to do it. ”

"This?" Beckett suddenly began to hesitate a little, this not only does not violate his principles of life, does not wronged him, but allows him to get the lesson he deserves, it seems to be good, but I don't know why, Beckett is always a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"The fourth option." Ling Xiao looked at Beckett, narrowed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "That is, no matter what the truth of this matter is, if you find a way to prove Mayor James's innocence, at least you must work in this direction." ”

Ling Xiao's words Beckett was directly stunned, she couldn't believe what she had heard!

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