This is a classic visual deception magic, the red conspicuous hat attracts everyone's attention, everyone subconsciously wears a red hat by default, and the person who sits in the driver's seat is the kidnapper who came to get the ransom.

When TC Riordan drives the van past Nick and the old detective, the abrupt broken window alerts Nick and debunks the scam.

However, when Nick ran to the parking space of the van and looked out of the building, he saw only a rappel rope tied to the railing and hanging down to the ground.

Just when he and the old detective were annoyed that the kidnappers had escaped and worried about the safety of the hostages, two gunshots suddenly rang out not far away.

When they arrived in an alley not far from the parking lot, they saw the kidnappers who had just managed to break their shells fall into the driver's seat of an SUV, shot in the chest and in the heart.

In the passenger seat of the SUV, it was the suitcase full of 2 million jewels.

"Nothing is missing?" Jack asked curiously.

"One thing missing." Russell opened the PAD in his hand, "Julie took a detailed photo when she was inspecting the jewelry. ”

He pointed to a ring on the screen and said, "Natalie Riodan's wedding ring is missing." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and couldn't figure out what kind of trouble this was for a while.

The wedding ring in the photo is just an ordinary platinum wedding ring, without diamonds or other gemstones, and is worth thousands of dollars for everyday wear.

The other jewels in the box included gemstone necklaces with an estimated value of nearly a million, bracelets each worth more than $100,000, as well as gemstone brooches, tiaras, and so on, all of which were worth more than this wedding ring.

And the kidnappers took only the most worthless rings.

"Ask TC, maybe only he knows the reason, I just have a conjecture, maybe after listening to his explanation, our real culprit will be revealed."

Jack said, passing the information from Garcia to Russell.

"OK, then you will take the lead in this questioning, this is some clues that the laboratory has just found, maybe it can come in handy."

Russell handed over an inspection report, "This is the result of the inspection of that pinch of metal chips found in the Hubble cot. ”

"The metal detector didn't work, so they picked up some school-taught skills and determined the composition of the metal by reacting acid and flame colors."

Is it so awesome? As he walked, Jack flipped through the report, which identified it as a magnesium-aluminum alloy alloy that was primarily used to make the wheels of racing cars.

There is only one factory that produces such wheels near Las Vegas, located on the northeastern outskirts of the city.

"It's kind of LV's rust belt, there are a lot of abandoned buildings and residences, and few people usually go there, which is very suitable for kidnappers to hide."

Russell's "Rust Belt" is an extension of the term first used to describe the Great Lakes region of North America, a region where traditional industries are in decline.

As the world's major industrial countries gradually enter the "post-industrial era", similar regions have emerged in the Ruhr in Germany, London in the United Kingdom, and even in the northeast of Seris.

Walking into the conference room again, TC Riordan was already waiting here, he seemed to be desperate, he sat in his seat without saying a word, and the arrival of the crowd did not even make him raise his head to take a look.

Jack stood in front of him and placed the PAD showing a photo of the jewelry inside the suitcase in front of him.

"Please explain, a box of jewelry worth more than $2 million, why did the robbers take this most worthless ring, this is the wedding ring that your wife Natalie wears every day, right?"

"I don't know." Riodan didn't even glance at the PAD, still keeping his head down.

"Hey!" Jack was rude to put one leg on the corner of the table in front of him, sat sideways, and then knocked on the table unceremoniously.

"I'm just an FBI who came to help, and I'm not interested in being your counselor, slowly enlightening you, so that you can get out of the shadow of losing your wife and face a new life positively.

You're a damn rich man, just open the door to that villa and there are beautiful young girls who want to walk into your bedroom and climb into your big bed.

I'll just tell you one thing now, if you feel that your son Hubble is a burden to you and will only drag down your future life, then continue to maintain the current attitude.

There is nothing difficult in this case, as long as the call comes, CSI can use the existing evidence to find out the identity of the murderer in minutes, but at that time, it is difficult to say whether your son is still alive. ”

Jack's very unkind remarks had a positive effect, and TC Riodan's eyes lit up, and his face seemed to be a little more angry.

"You mean to say that you think Hubble is still alive?"

Jack nodded, "Of course, and it's very likely, now, right now, tell us everything you know about this ring." ”

"That's what Natalie was killed by this ring." TC Riodan's words immediately lifted the expressions of everyone behind Jack.

"That night five years ago, we came home from a party and we were both drunk and had a fight, and Natalie got so angry that she took off her ring and threw it into the pool.

Two hours later, we reconciled, and Natalie went back to look for the ring, but she didn't realize it at the time, she was still drunk and I didn't hear any movement, and when I found her. The accident has happened. ”

"It's all my fault, I didn't hear anything."

When T.C. Riordan said this, he was already in tears, choked up and unable to speak.

Jack didn't care to comfort him, took out his phone, and quickly swiped the screen, showing a ID photo in front of him.

"Do you know the person in the photo?"

TC Riordan wiped his tearful eyes vigorously, carefully confirmed, and raised his head with some doubts.

"Is this the medium? Karen? Yes, it should be her, this is what she looked like when I first met her more than a year ago, and she was like after that."

"She had a microplastic surgery in order to resemble your deceased wife, Natalie."

Seeing that everyone including TC Riodan, Russell, and the old detective had puzzled expressions, Jack explained.

"Karen Chavala, 48 years old this year, she is too old, so even after plastic surgery, she still does not look like Natalie, who was just in her early 30s when she died.

I also realized this when I looked through the information of your wife's case back then, and saw a clear frontal photo of her, she is a rare beauty, and I understand your feelings of losing a loved one. ”

Russell took Jack's phone, opened the information that Jack had just sent him, frowned and compared it for a long time, and then nodded, admitting that the latter had worked hard to get closer to Natalie's beauty.

Today's brain is not very good.,At the end of the last chapter in the code, the sentence is not very smooth.,Didn't express it clearly.,I changed it a few times.,Now it should be no problem.,Friends who have seen it can refresh it.,And this chapter should be able to see it together.。

Take a bow and apologize.

(End of chapter)