Chapter 167: [The Case of the Female Judge Shot and Killed in Front of the Bakery]

The case took place on Manhattan Island, not far from the Jacob Federal Building, and it took Roan and Lacey only a few minutes to reach their destination.

The SUV slowly pulled to the side of the road, and Roan and Lacey unbuckled their seatbelts and jumped out of the car, walking briskly to the bakery opposite.

The body was lying next to the car in front of the bakery.

"Hello, I'm Roan Greenwood......"

Seeing the cordon pulled up by the NYPD, Luo An subconsciously prepared to take out the golden badge in his pocket and introduce his identity.

But as soon as he was halfway through the sentence, the NYPD detective on the opposite side turned around, walked over and patted Luo Ann on the shoulder:

"I didn't expect it to be you, Luo An, this case is actually in your hands!"

Seeing the smile on the detective's face, Luo An also laughed:

"It's you, Detective Walton!"

Detective Walton is a standard Texan, and he happened to be with Roan yesterday at the Ryder family's barbecue party and had a wrist break with Roan.

After losing to Roan by wrestling his wrists, it was Detective Walton who gave Roan the card that only NYPD family members would get.

Introducing Racy's identity and briefly catching up with Detective Walton for a while, Luo An glanced at the corpse covered with a white cloth on the ground and asked:

"What's going on here?"

"The victim's name is Carolina Beloz, 65 years old, and she is one of the judges of the New York court."

Speaking of business, Detective Walton had a serious face and crossed his hands on his hips:

"That's why this case will be in your hands."

The judge's murder was not a small case, and the NYPD decisively chose to take the case to the FBI.

Luo An bent down and lifted the white cloth to check the condition of the corpse, and Lacey continued to ask:

"Has anything been stolen?"

"It doesn't look like so."

Detective Walton shook his head:

"Mobile phones, wallets, identification, cash, handbags, and no missing items were found."

Lacey's complexion remained unchanged:

"It doesn't look like a murder of passion triggered by a robbery."

"That's right."

Luo An, who was next to the corpse, nodded in response, then his eyes lit up, and he moved his body to the side of the car.

Picking up two apparently used bullet casings from under the car, Roan smiled and got up and handed them to Detective Walton:

"Please, wait and send someone to bring them to the federal building."

β€œOK。”

Detective Walton nodded in agreement, and at the same time pointed to the white youth surrounded by several NYPDs not far behind him, and said:

"He was the one who called the police and was an eyewitness to the whole process at the time of the crime."

Roan and Lacey thanked Walton and immediately walked over to the white youth.

"I was just going to come to this bakery to buy something to eat."

Seeing the FBI gold badge displayed by Roan and Lacey, the youth immediately replied:

"As soon as I walked around the corner of the street, I heard two gunshots, and when I saw someone shot and fell to the ground, I immediately called the police."

"You're doing a great job."

Lacey took out a small notebook and expressed her affirmation of the youth while recording it, while Roan continued to ask:

"Do you see the person who fired the gun?"

β€œNo。”

The white youth shook his head, indicating that the murderer was wearing a mask, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

"But the guy was wearing blue jeans, a black jacket and a gray hoodie."

The young man then added, and also stretched out his finger to the east of the bakery:

"After the shot, the guy ran down there."

Hearing the young man use "He" to describe the other party, Luo An continued to ask:

"Are you sure that guy is male?"

"That's right."

The young man said that the murderer had shouted before shooting, and it was a man's voice, and he could not have heard it wrong.

"What did the murderer shout?"

"There are two sentences in total, and I didn't hear the first one."

The young man spread his hands:

"The latter sentence shouts: Now it's your turn."

"Wow."

Hearing this, Lacey's writing action paused, and Luo An crossed his hands to his chest:

"Looks like a revenge case."

β€”β€”

Investigation Team Five, Roan and Lacey participate in the meeting discussion on their mobile phones.

Augustus stood at the front of the office area, holding a folder, and loudly introduced the basic information of the victim, then looked at William and asked:

"Anything else to add?"

"Carolina Beloz has been a judge for six years."

William sat down at his desk and said as he tapped on the keyboard:

"But most of the cases she's been in charge of in the last two years have been related to appeals in prison."

"So she's dealing with criminals in prison."

Augustus closes the folder:

"Has the victim ever received a threatening letter or been followed?"

"There is a case on record."

Mona tapped the keyboard a few times, looked up and said:

"Fourteen months ago, a gang member threatened Carolina with bullets.

But less than a month after the gangster was released from prison, his head was cut off because of a fight between gangs. ”

"An unlucky fellow."

Augustus's mobile phone suddenly called, turned around and walked into the conference room, and Luo An said on the other end of the phone:

"The death of a gang member does not mean that others have no enmity with Carolina, some people can endure it until they are released from prison and then come to take revenge on her."

β€œYeah。”

All the agents of Investigation Team 5 nodded in unison.

Although there is no gentleman's revenge in the West, ten years is not too late, there is also the same sentence, and the meaning is the same.

"Let's continue to investigate the case that Carolina has dealt with recently."

Luo An sat in the car, remotely controlled the direction of the investigation of the No. 5 investigation team detectives, and then asked:

"Mona, how is the surveillance near the crime scene?"

"Only the camera in the flower shop next to the bakery recorded a little bit of the content of the crime, and the surveillance in other places did not find the murderer."

Mona showed the surveillance footage to the detectives of Investigation Team 5, and Roan and Lacey couldn't see it, so she briefly described the situation in the surveillance, and finally concluded:

Carolina's car was a Jaguar, so it was inferred that the murderer was about 1.8 meters tall.

As for the rest...... Sorry, but the clarity of the florist's surveillance is average, and the killer is wearing a mask, so I can't find any other useful information for the time being. ”

"Okay."

Luo An didn't say anything, pondered for a few seconds, and continued to ask:

"What about the victim's family, such as financial situation, relationship between husband and wife, etc.?"

Mona tapped the keyboard a few times quickly, and then frowned:

Carolina's husband died in a car accident two years ago, and her two daughters were a lawyer and a coffee shop owner.

But the lawyer's daughter suddenly disappeared a year ago and her whereabouts are unknown.

The coffee shop owner's daughter became addicted to drugs two years ago and died of an overdose six months ago. ”

β€œWhatοΌŸβ€

After listening to Mona's description, and then thinking of the murderer's sentence "Now it's your turn", all the detectives of the No. 5 investigation team were suddenly stunned, and the eyes of Lacey in the SUV were also shocked.

Luo An was silent for a moment, and asked with a serious face:

"So, Carolina's house is now destroyed, right?"

"No!"

Mona on the other end of the phone gave an address and said:

"Carolina Beloz also has a sister alive in the world, with whom she has been living for almost a year."

β€œOK。”

Asking Mona and the detectives of Investigation Team 5 to dig deep into all the information about Carolina, Luo An hung up the phone, started the SUV and kicked the accelerator, and rushed out in the direction of Carolina's sister's house.

(End of chapter)