Chapter 134: Vicious Mail
"The woman in the video is Ankona, 46 years old, and she is one of the people who cleaned up the floor where the press conference was held."
Mona showed Ankina's information to Ann, and then brought up another surveillance video:
At the beginning of the press conference, Ankina walked around the hallway outside the conference room with a mop, each time with her left hand in her pocket.
The moment the explosion occurred, Ankona looked frightened, first sat down on the ground, and then hurriedly took advantage of the chaos and followed the others out of the place.
"It seems that she is the one who remotely controlled the bomb and made it explode."
After watching the two videos, Luo An pursed the corners of his mouth, pondered for a few seconds, and then tilted his head and said in a deep voice to Mona:
"Can that car find out anything useful?"
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Mona shook her head, and frowned after a few taps on the keyboard:
"The license plate of that car was fake.
According to the surveillance footage on the highway, the car could only be found to have driven into Lower Brooklyn. β
In the kind of lower Brooklyn kind of place, the car is just thrown to the side of the road, and in a few minutes the helpful guy will help clean it up.
Luo An was silent for a moment, thought for a moment and said:
"Check Ankena's recent financial situation and see if you can find any useful clues."
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Mona nodded, and her fingers continued to tap on the keyboard.
Time flies, and soon it's time to get off work.
After work, Luo An and the others did not go home immediately, but drove to the hospital to visit Verenis.
But at this time, Verenis had not woken up, and was still lying in a coma on the hospital bed.
Glancing at each other, Luo An and the others had no choice but to leave first and come back tomorrow.
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The next day, at the home of Congressman Mattei.
Sitting in a study room as large as the office area of Investigation Group 5, Luo An and Lacey glanced at each other and quietly took a sip of coffee.
Yesterday's shooting, the NYPD has been handed over to Investigation Team Five.
Mona didn't find anything abnormal about the financial situation in Ankena's bank account, but if the other party got the banknotes and chose to hide them, then Mona naturally couldn't find out.
So in the end, Mona and Ryder chose to visit Ankona's home, and at the same time visit Ankena's relatives and friends to see if they can find useful information.
"All dinner invitations for this week have been cancelled!"
At this moment, a somewhat angry voice suddenly came from the corridor outside the study.
In the next second, the door of the study was pushed open, and a middle-aged white man with a long face and a short beard walked in with an elderly white man in a suit.
"Also, the CNN interview also pushed me off!
My father had just passed away, and they even invited me to the show! Damn it."
Congressman Mattei's son, Wilbur-Mattei, had a sad face on his face, and the elderly white man on the side had a sad face.
Roan and Lacey glanced at each other, and Lacey was the first to get up and hold out her hand to Wilbur:
"Hello, we're FBI agents, and we're here this time"
"I know, you're here to investigate that bombing."
Before Lacey could finish speaking, Wilbur interrupted her with a wave of his hand, walked briskly to the desk, picked up a glass of wine and poured it all down his throat, then turned his head and said:
"I'm sorry, my father died too suddenly, I was dealing with things yesterday afternoon and evening, so I need a drink to refresh me now."
Seeing Wilbur's red eyes, Lacey frowned slightly and asked:
"Shall we start then?"
"Yes."
Wilbur nodded, then picked up a bottle of wine and took another big sip.
Seeing this, Lacey's brows tightened, and she turned her head to look at Luo An.
Luo An didn't talk nonsense, took out a notebook directly from his pocket, and asked with a serious face:
"Mr. Wilbur, have you spotted anything suspicious lately?"
"I don't know."
Wilbur shook his head, saying that he had to go to work every day, and Councillor Mattei went to a different place every day, and he didn't know what Councillor Mattei experienced every day.
Hearing this, Luo An casually wrote in his notebook and continued to ask:
"Has your father offended anyone lately?"
"My father is a member of parliament, how can there be no one to offend."
Hearing this, Wilbur evoked a sneer:
"Recent words."
"Ahem!"
Halfway through Wilbur's words, the elderly white man, who had been standing next to him without speaking, suddenly coughed.
Wilbur was startled by the fierce coughing sound, and when he came to his senses, he hurriedly threw the wine in his hand aside, and then said:
"I have a headache, you better ask him the next question."
Hearing this, Luo An and Lacey frowned together and set their eyes on the elderly white man.
"Two agents."
Seeing the eyes of the two, the old white man slowly showed a smile and said lightly:
"My name is Adam, and I'm the steward of the Mattei family."
"Hello, Adam."
Luo An stretched out his hand to suppress the somewhat restless Lacey, and then continued to ask with an unchanged face:
"As the steward of the Mattei family, you must know a lot about the experiences of the Mattei parliamentarians.
Excuse me, has Congressman Mattei offended anyone recently? β
"I'm sorry, me"
Adam smiled slightly, and just as he was about to deny it, Luo An said directly:
"I know what you're trying to say, but what I want to tell you is that although Councilor Mattei is dead, the explosion may not be over, and there is a high probability that this Wilbur next to you is also targeted by the murderer.
Although you can ask bodyguards to keep you safe at all times, there will always be times when bodyguards slacken, and the murderer will never let up, so you can imagine the consequences."
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Seeing Luo An say these words with a serious face, the corners of Lacey's mouth twitched, Adam's brows tightened, and Wilbur instantly straightened up:
"Where did you get the news that the murderer is targeting me?"
Luo An didn't answer, smiled slightly, and set his eyes on Adam.
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Adam was lost in thought, and Wilbur began to scratch his ears and cheeks, and poured his wine wildly.
There was silence in the room for a long time, and finally, just when Wilbur was about to take it any longer, Adam finally raised his head, looked at Roan and said:
"Mr. Detective, when Mr. Mattei was still around, not long ago, he would receive an email every day on his computer.
The content of the email was very vicious, and he repeatedly threatened to kill Mr. Mattei with a bomb. β
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The pitch-black SUV sped in the direction of the Jacob Federal Building.
"Well done, Roan."
Sitting in the co-pilot, Lacey looked down at the computer Adam handed them over, and asked with a smile:
"Ann, do you think that butler Adam finally told the truth?"
"Of course not."
Luo An shook his head, but after a brief thought, he guessed what the other party was hiding.
It is nothing more than other parliamentarians and organizations that Mattay offended because of different interests or camps during his lifetime.
But those people or organizations, in the end, are all in it for money, and they are not going to send bombs into the territory of the FBI to blow up the Matthew Congressman.
After all, doing so also offends the FBI, and offending the FBI does not benefit these people at all.
Jingle Bell β
Just as the SUV was about to arrive at the Jacobs Federal Building, the phone in Lacey's pocket suddenly rang.
(End of chapter)