There was silence in the interrogation room.

Since the few of them sat down, Ethan had just quietly looked at a blank case file.

Erin had been staring at Jeffrey Baker, he didn't look flustered, and he still had that professional smile on his face.

This calm attitude is really rare.

The silent tactics failed, and Erin couldn't help but wonder if they had caught the wrong person.

She shook her head, tossed the thought to the back of her mind, and reached for the mineral water next to her.

"Mr. Baker."

Erin slowly unscrewed the cap of the bottle and poured water into the two disposable cups: "How long have you been in Chicago?" ”

"Five days!"

"You're from St. Louis?"

"That's right!"

Baker was concise and smiling as he answered the questions.

"Drink some water, Mr. Baker." Erin reached out and pushed a glass of water in front of him.

"No need."

Looking at the cup in front of him, Jeffrey Baker smiled and shook his head: "Thank you, I'm not thirsty." ”

"Have you ever been to the Riverwalk?" Ethan struck out suddenly.

"What does that have to do with my hotel room?"

Baker reacted very quickly, not only dodging the question, but also asking him a rhetorical question.

The smile on his face was too fake, it was just his cover-up, just like a mask, he didn't look at it at all after entering the door, but it actually looked even more empty-hearted.

Ordinary people will not have this kind of reaction, and will never be so calm.

No matter what it is, as long as you enter the police station, ordinary people's emotions will be more or less abnormal.

Or justify, or agitate.

His bland reaction only made Ethan think that he was the one he was looking for.

"Let me ask you one more time."

Ethan leaned forward and asked, "Have you ever been to the Riverwalk?" ”

"I've been."

"When?"

"I'm sorry." Baker smiled and asked, "Again, what does this have to do with my hotel room?" ”

"I suspect now that you have another purpose."

Erin looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze, "What do you think our purpose is?" ”

"You come and tell me." Baker shrugged his shoulders and looked calm:

"I don't know."

Ethan banged on the table and shouted:

"To answer my question, when did you go to the Riverwalk?"

"Do you usually shop for YouTube?" Baker showed the eloquence of a salesman and talked eloquently: "There is a video above that is very popular, I suggest you go and see it." ”

"It's a video of a law school professor, very professional and famous."

Baker met Ethan's gaze: "Interestingly, he made a very interesting and convincing point. ”

"That is, don't talk to the strip."

"I'm sorry." Baker spread his hands and said with a smile, "No offense." ”

Ethan closed the file and said in a cold tone:

"You think this is a stand-up comedy stage?"

"I also put forward a point to you, which has been verified by many people, and you can be convinced."

"The point is, if you don't answer the questions honestly, I promise, you'll regret coming to Chicago."

"Listen." Baker put away his smile: "I don't know what you're looking for me. ”

"But whatever it is, all I can say is that you're looking for the wrong person."

"Call me, I'm looking for a lawyer."

"Bang bang!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Antonio pushed open the door and beckoned to the two of them.

"Time, place."

Erin pushed the notebook over and nodded vigorously, "Write it down." ”

Baker smiled, not at all bothering to touch the pen.

"Whoosh!" Ethan walked up behind him and waved his hand violently.

Baker's head shrank in fright, and he hurriedly looked at him.

Ethan scratched his head and walked out of the interrogation room.

"There's another rape on the riverside." When they closed the door, Antonio said helplessly: "What happened just ten minutes ago, Hank has rushed to the hospital. ”

"Olinsky and Rusek went to the scene of the crime."

"Fortunately, the victim is still alive."

Erin looked at her watch in shock: "We were returning to the police station with Baker at the time. ”

At this time, Rollins and Oldphen came out of the observation room, and Rawlings brushed his blonde hair behind his ear: "So he is not a murderer?" ”

"What did you observe?"

Ethan looked at Rollins and asked unwillingly.

"What he says is inconsequential, so it's hard to judge." Rollins frowned: "But he's very defensive, don't look at him with a smile all the time, but he's always careful about something." ”

"It's a defensive, but understandable."

Oldfen spread his hands: "The idiot who said everything as soon as he came in no longer exists." ”

"So be it!"

Ethan nodded and looked at Antonio, "Let's go to the hospital first." ”

"Detective Rollins, can you please continue to observe him?"

"Absolutely."

Several people shook hands, leaving behind two New York counterparts, who hurried to the Chicago hospital.

Outside the hospital room, Ethan looked in through the window.

Erin is doing the work of inquiry, this kind of thing, they men are not good to participate in, so they can only wait outside.

Lying on the hospital bed was a black girl.

The face is swollen, purple and blue, and it is almost impossible to see the human appearance.

"She's lucky."

A few minutes later, Erin walked briskly out of the room, angrily clutching the notebook in her hand: "She was only 16 years old, and she fought hard to escape. ”

The girl lying on the hospital bed noticed the gazes of Ethan and several of them, and turned her head silently.

Hank's breath became hot, and he asked in a cold tone:

"There's a clue we can use."

"Blonde hair, brown eyes." Erin said quickly: "The corner of his eye is scratched, and inside this girl's fingernails, the murderer's DNA should be extracted." ”

"I've had people do that." Hank crossed his hands on his hips:

"That guy at the police station, what color are his eyes?"

"Blue."

Erin shook her head: "At the time of the crime, Ethan and I were taking him back to the police station. ”

"Let him go." Hank walked outside:

"Notify everyone of the suspect's physical characteristics, as well as all clinics and hospitals across the city, with a focus on people examining eye injuries."

"I disagree."

Ethan suddenly spoke: "There is no clue to prove that there is only one murderer." ”

"You mean gang crime?"

Hank paused and pondered the possibility.

"In our line of work, we can believe in a coincidence." Ethan nodded and said, "But I don't believe that a few clever contracts happen to one person. ”

"For me, that's the big suspicion."

"Baker doesn't even dare to drink water, he's too cautious, I think there's something wrong with him."

"And what do you think?" Hank looked at Ethan.

"Let him go."

Ethan's method surprised a few people.

He added: "Let Olinsky and Rusek come back, it is enough to have patrol officers at the scene of the crime, let them follow Baker, they will definitely find something." ”

"I agree." Erin thought for a moment and nodded heavily.

"Okay, just do as you say."

Hank pulled out his phone: "I'll inform both of them." ”

Antonio jotted down the clues that Erin asked, and also took out the phone: "I contacted the police car and the foot patrol to remind them to focus on the patrol target. ”

Looking at the two people who hurriedly walked to the front, Erin gritted her teeth: "She's only sixteen years old. ”

"You don't know what that person did to her!"

"You can guess it."

Ethan patted her on the back, "Let's go, let's take that mom Fark down." ”

(End of chapter)