Ethan picked up a twig from the ground, walked over to the female corpse and crouched down, picking the hair from her face.

The girl's face was covered in blood, and it could be seen that she was an Indian.

"This is a problem."

Brock walked up to him and looked at the girl.

Ethan didn't know, so "It's a nuisance, isn't it?" ”

Brock shook his head, "Now it's time for the people of the Residency again, and trust me, you don't want to see the Aborigines and the Amish in conflict." ”

Hood approached and patted Ethan on the shoulder.

"There's a dirt road next to here, you can drive directly from Bowman's house, you go back and drive, this place needs to be cordoned off."

Ethan nodded, dropped the branch and walked back.

Hood and Siobhan remained on the scene, and the others continued to search for Solomon.

Since the female corpse was found, it means that there is a murderer.

At this time, the night was like ink, and the torrential rain was continuous, for fear of another accident, the others were divided into two teams.

Led by Emmett and Brock, they plunged into the rainy night again.

With no one else following, Ethan went back much faster, and it didn't take long for the car to be on the dirt road next to the small pond.

The headlights of the car shine directly on the scene of the crime, and Siobhan himself stood next to the apple tree, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other, shivering.

"Where's the sheriff?"

Ethan closed the door and shouted.

"He's nearby, trying to find new clues." Siobhan's little face turned white.

She hurriedly walked over and took out the tools from the tail box with Ethan.

Now that everyone was soaking wet, Ethan didn't bother to take off his coat and put it on her, and the two of them took the cordon and pulled around a few apple trees together.

No sooner had the cordon drawn than footsteps rang out, and Hood walked back and shook his head at them.

The search team also returned to the scene after a long time, without incident, without any surprise

Ethan shone his watch with a flashlight, it was already past three o'clock in the morning, he stretched out his palm, and now the rain had begun to lighten.

Seeing that everyone around him was tired, sleepy, and soaking wet, Hood had no choice but to go over and negotiate with Bowman.

Although Bowman wanted to continue the search, he also knew that everyone was exhausted now, so he had to wait until dawn to make plans.

After deliberation, Hood himself stayed behind to guard the scene, and the others went back to rest.

When they got home in Siobhan's Chevrolet SUV, the two immediately ran to the bathroom to take a steaming shower, and then fell asleep on the bed.

In the morning, the sky brightens.

Ethan got up and looked out the window, where the clouds were light and breezy outside.

"Get up." He reached out and patted Siobhan.

Unlike last night's stormy day, the morning air was incredibly fresh.

Ethan lowered the window, the cold morning air slapped on his face, and both of them instantly came to their senses.

When he arrived at the place, Emmett was filming his surroundings with his camera.

"Where's the sheriff?"

Ethan opened the car door, greeted him, and asked.

"He's gone back to change his clothes, and he'll be right back." Emmett put down his camera and quipped at them:

"I said you two, you can't be together, right?"

"We're just friends." Siobhan handed him a cup of coffee and said nonchalantly.

Emmett looked like I understood, smiled and reached out to take the coffee.

Because of the murder, the crowd of onlookers gradually increased, and there were disturbing discussions outside the cordon.

It didn't take long for several police cars to drive up.

Hood slipped through the cordon and threw Ethan's car keys away.

Ethan took the key and looked behind him, where Brock walked through the cordon with an Indian policewoman in an earthy yellow uniform.

"Ethan, this is Amy King from the Chino Police Department."

Brock noticed Ethan's gaze and introduced the small, delicate-skinned, long-haired policewoman standing behind him.

Because it was related to the people of the Chino tribe, they notified the Chino Police Station last night, but they didn't expect the Chino Police Station to only arrange a young policewoman to come over.

"Hello, nice to meet you."

Ethan shook her hand and asked her suspiciously, "What about your sheriff?" ”

"Amy is here to help us." Brock waved his hand quietly and quickly glanced at him.

"Ethan, tell her to identify the body."

Ethan let go of his hand and smiled at her, out of the way.

Amy nodded solemnly and walked away in the direction of the corpse.

"Their Chino police department's sergeant, Carl Jaz, is an old fritter who only thinks about retirement."

Brock walked up to Ethan and continued, "Now that the matter is happening in our jurisdiction, and it is an ordinary person who has died, he doesn't want to interfere at all, just let Amy help us. “

Ethan shook his head, this kind of person would exist anywhere.

Amy examined the corpse carefully, then stood up and said to Hood:

"This is from the Curry family, and I will notify her family to come over now.

After speaking, the little policewoman picked up her phone and stepped aside.

Hood nodded, squatted down and grabbed a handful of grass, looked at Emmet, who was still taking pictures, and asked suspiciously:

"Didn't you call the medical examiner to come and check it out?"

Emmett shrugged his shoulders and pressed the shutter.

"There is only one forensic department in three nearby counties, and we are definitely not a priority."

"It rained so hard last night, and there was no evidence at the scene, all we could do was take pictures, and then follow the process to send the photos to Harrisburg for forensic analysis."

"Just go through the procedure, look at the axe, I don't need to analyze it I know that her fatal wound is on the head." Siobhan shook his head with his hands on his hips.

After confirming that the crime scene had been filmed, Emmett put down his camera and pressed the radio, notifying the ambulance to come and collect the body.

It didn't take long for an ambulance to arrive on the scene, followed by two rickety pickup trucks.

The pickup truck was full of people from the Chino tribe, who jumped out of the pickup truck with anxious looks

Brock hurriedly patted Ethan's arm and whispered:

"Control the scene, don't make any problems."

Ethan nodded, walked briskly to the cordon with Brock, and reached out to stop the excited people who wanted to break inside.

"Calm down, if there is any situation to tell us, we will find the murderer as soon as possible."

When several of them saw the girl lying on the carpet covered by the paramedics with a white cloth, their emotions instantly collapsed, and they wanted to rush in recklessly.

The scene was suddenly chaotic, and Brock also received a few punches in the panic, he gritted his teeth and tried his best to control the situation at the scene.

Emmett and Siobhan and Amy from the Chino Police Station saw that something was wrong and hurriedly came over to help.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Several gunshots rang out in succession, which startled the people of the Chino tribe and quickly stopped.

(End of chapter)