Andy? Nebet, a 51-year-old Caucasian lawyer at the Federal Law Firm in Los Angeles, has a unique experience in civil litigation.

The Federal Office is located close to Santa Monica Square, and there are many tourists who visit the square during the day and many white-collar workers who come out for leisure or lunch in many nearby buildings.

Santa Monica Plaza is one of California's hippest shopping destinations, with lush trees lining the sides of the street, dappled trees reflecting the windows of the fine restaurants and shops lining the street.

Santa Monica Plaza is one of the most frequent locations in Hollywood movies, and Santa Monica Beach is not far from the square.

Ms. Wang was the first to jump out of the 22nd floor of a building on the west side of the plaza, and the galleries and restaurants on both sides of the main road immediately caught her eye.

"Julie, Yang Qian, we'll come here to shop after the case is done in a while." Wang Shui'er pointed to the nearby Third Street Pedestrian Street, a very famous shopping street in Los Angeles, and the temptation is irresistible for women.

Wang Lei was hit hard by Wang Shui'er's words, saying that these women are like policemen, in fact, even Julie did not learn the knowledge of criminal investigation.

Julie pulled Wang Shui'er, pointed to Wang Lei's back, stuck out her tongue, and Wang Shui'er jumped up and followed. Wang Lei really couldn't understand how such a gentle and elegant woman in China had become a young and lively beautiful girl in Los Angeles for a long time.

Stepping out of the elevator on the 22nd floor, several gilded characters came into view: "Federal Law Office of Los Angeles".

On the right is a long aisle with several offices on either side of the aisle, and at the end of the aisle is a large conference room with a nameplate on the door of each office.

Coming out of the elevator, there were several police officers standing outside, a cordon sealed off all 22 floors, and the federal law firm was temporarily on vacation for a few days.

Raymond instructed the policemen in charge of the guards to say a few words, and led the group down the aisle.

Andy's office was in the second room on the right side of the hallway, and when the door was opened, Nathan was taking pictures inside. Nathan raised his hand to say hello to everyone and continued his photo career.

Raymond stood at the entrance of the door: "This is the scene of the crime, we have always protected it, and no one else has been in or out." ”

Two days ago, the police were called by Andy's secretary Katrina, a middle-aged black woman in her 40s, and Raymond also recorded the night's police call to Wang Lei.

That night, Andy and Katrina worked overtime until more than 10 o'clock. Stretching, Katrina packed up her belongings and knocked on Andy's door in the room.

Andy, who was answering the phone, looked up and smiled at Katrina, motioning for her to go first, and he had to stay for a while. Katrina walked out the door in a relaxed mood, although Andy asked her to work more overtime, but the salary was enough.

While thinking about what she was going to buy for the weekend, Katrina reached into her bag in the elevator and felt for her car keys.

The elevator was very fast, Katrina got out of the elevator, walked a few more steps, and never found the car keys in her bag, when she suddenly slapped her forehead, and then remembered that she threw her car keys on the desk, and forgot to take them after saying goodbye to Andy.

Patting her forehead again, Katrina felt funny, she was not very old, how her memory had deteriorated. Smiled and returned to the elevator again, how to go home without getting the car keys.

As soon as she walked to the door of her office, Katrina saw her car keys next to the flower pot on the table.

Picking up the key and about to leave, it seemed that the sound of a chair falling to the ground came from Andy's office, and Katrina curiously gently pushed open a gap.

A man in a jumpsuit was pressing Andy down on the desk, holding a sharp blade and stabbing Andy into his body.

Katrina was so frightened that she covered her mouth and limped to the ground. Unfortunately, the moment she fell to the ground, Katrina's foot accidentally kicked the aluminum trash can next to the table.

"Bang dang", during the day, this sound is not at all inconspicuous and cannot attract anyone's attention. But it was almost 11 o'clock, and the people at the law firm had long since gone out.

Katrina was so frightened that she kicked her legs to the ground and pushed back desperately, forgetting to even call for help and forget to scream.

The office door opened, and the man in black walked out, walking unhurriedly, a drop of blood slowly dripping onto the carpet from the edge of the sharp blade held in his right hand.

Katrina was getting more and more nervous, she could already hear her heart beating, and the man in black was only a step away from her, Katrina tilted her head and fainted in fright.

When Katrina woke up again, her first reaction was that she thought she had come to hell, and her nose was filled with the smell of fireworks.

As her senses gradually recovered, Katrina found herself still lying on the floor of her office, and the terrifying man in black was gone.

Inside, through the open door, Katrina saw a raging flame burning. In the distance, the screech of the fire brigade siren had reached Katrina's ears.

As soon as she breathed a sigh of relief, Katrina immediately realized that she was on the brink of fire and was very dangerous. Almost on her stomach, Katrina crawled out of the office and sat down on the rug in the hallway, finally feeling a little more at ease.

When the firefighters arrived, Katrina realized that she had a false alarm, and that the flames inside were burning in the aluminum trash can, and it was impossible for them to spread.

The fire was called by a couple passing by the building, who saw a red flame shining in the window, and called 911, which had nothing to do with the murder in the office.

It was precisely because of the arrival of the firefighters that the murder in the office was immediately reported to Raymond, and the fire was no longer a matter worth investigating.

Andy's body had long since been removed, and Raymond pointed to the drag marks on the ground from Katrina's hard kicks that night.

Walking inside, Wang Lei didn't find out where this case could be called weird, because Coleman also said so.

There were a lot of blood stains in the room, on the desk, on the carpet, the blood stains on the carpet had soaked the carpet completely, you can imagine how much blood Andy had shed at the beginning.

Raymond smiled bitterly: "The strange thing is here, although Andy was stabbed twice, but both were stabbed in both shoulders, and the forensic report has come out." ”

The knife wound was not the cause of Andy's death, but more like the method used by the killer to subdue Andy's resistance. Andy actually died of suffocation, strangulation.

"However, we did not find the rope used by the murderer at the scene, and Katrina only saw the dagger in the murderer's hand." Raymond shrugged, helpless.

I can't even find the murder weapon, and there are no eyewitnesses, how to start this case?

Wang Lei felt that Raymond should have something else to say, so he didn't talk to him, but just watched it himself. The three women stayed in the outer office, and no one wanted to see too much of the death scene, and they could also understand the answer with the dossier in their hands.

Julie and Yang Qian don't care, but since Wang Shui'er is reluctant to go in, the two of them are also happy to be women and try to hide their strong side.

An aluminum trash can lay on the ground, blackened by fire inside and out, and the original bright silver was long gone.

"This is the trash can where the murderer set fire to the data, and we don't know what the murderer burned?" Raymond actually had a little idea in his mind, he thought that the murderer should have burned documents related to himself.

Coleman and Nathan agree, and it's a very obvious thing that needs not be questioned. It's just that the ashes in the trash can can still be tested, and perhaps, some information can be obtained.

Raymond shook his head, very bitter: "We have already done the test, the burning is very thorough, there is no residue, and there is not a single word that can help us." ”

"Andy was strangled by a phone line." Wang Lei put on white gloves and picked up the phone.

"For what?" Raymond, Coleman, and Nathan asked in unison, Wang Lei, why do you say that Andy was strangled to death by a phone line?

Wang Lei pointed to the coil formed by the telephone line: "The telephone line of each phone is wound into many small circles, haven't you seen that this line has been straightened?" ”

Yes, Raymond couldn't help but stomp his foot, this is so commonplace that anyone would turn a blind eye.

Carefully uprooted the telephone line in the corner of the wall, and found a police officer, Raymond told him to immediately put the phone and cable into the evidence bag and send it to the examination room to see if there were any fingerprints left on it.

The murder weapon was discovered, and the case got another progress and breakthrough, but the most important thing is to find out what kind of documents the murderer burned, so that the identity of the murderer is immediately revealed.

Wang Lei also nodded, this is a shortcut, but in the past two days and 48 hours, hasn't Raymond done this work?

This is Wang Lei's mistake to blame Raymond, Raymond made a very detailed confession transcript to Katrina, but Katrina herself couldn't figure out what documents were in Andy's office.

All this, only the dead Andy will know.

Wang Lei looked at the large and small filing cabinets in the office, his back began to sweat, this is impossible, he glanced at Cowman and Nathan: "Raymond, you won't let us check the documents one by one, right?" ”

The three women were bored to the extreme, and finally wandered in, and Julie scoffed at Raymond's thoughts: "Even if you read every document and don't keep records for comparison, how do you know what is missing?" ”

Julie's words are very reasonable, Wang Lei himself is funny, he hasn't noticed such an obvious loophole, it's really funny.