Luke didn't have much emotional fluctuations. The investigation itself was a process of eliminating wrong clues.

Even if Gale is fine, she still has the keys to Mastin's house, and she still belongs to the person involved in the case, and the police have enough reason to come to investigate.

If the police do not come to investigate, they will be suspected of dereliction of duty.

Gale's husband pointed at Luke and Xiao Hei, "These are the two people. They said they were the police. Did you call the police?"

"No, I didn't call the police. What do you want from me?" Gale also looked confused.

Luke asked, "Do you know Mastin?"

"Yes, I know you. What's wrong?" Gale was slightly flustered and said to her husband beside him, "My dear, can you step aside for a moment? I'll talk to the police."

Gale's husband also noticed the situation, "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"No, how could I hide something from you?"

"Then why did you ask me to evade? The police didn't even ask me to evade." At this time, Gale's husband also understood that the police came to the door for no reason. There was something wrong with his wife, and it was something he didn't want him to know.

"You go in first and I'll tell you later."

Gale's husband looked at Luke and his wife, then at his wife, and finally entered the house feeling depressed.

Gale closed the door and lowered his voice, "What on earth are you looking for me for? What's wrong with Mastin?"

"Last night, a fire broke out in the Mastin family's house. The entire house was burned to rubble. According to him, you have a key and we want to confirm your safety."

"Just because I have a key, you come to my house, do you know how much impact this will have on me?" Gale sounded very dissatisfied.

Xiao Hei explained, "Do you think we want to come? Not only was the Mastin family's house on fire, but a woman was also burned to death. Her body was unrecognizable and her skin was completely charred.

We called you, but your phone was turned off. We came to check it out of concern for your safety.

Don’t you understand yet? We are worried that you are the one who will be burned to death.”

Gale shook his head, "I haven't been to that house recently, and I have nothing to do with it.

My husband is at home today, do you think I can answer the phone?"

Luke asked, "Do you still have the key?"

"Yes, I'll get it." Gale entered the room, and then there was the sound of a quarrel.

After a while, Gale came out with red eyes and threw the ball to Xiao Hei, "You can go, I don't want to see you again."

Xiao Hei asked, "Can you make a transcript?"

"I don't want to say anything right now."

"We don't want this either, we just want to make sure you're safe."

Gale's voice choked up, "Should I thank you?"

"Bang!" Gale closed the door.

When the two of them left the yard, Xiao Hei sighed, "Human emotions are really fragile. Have we broken up a couple again?"

Luke shrugged, "Our intentions are good, God will forgive us."

When Luke went to Gale's house to investigate, Susan and others were also busy, visiting separately to investigate the surveillance.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Susan held a case discussion meeting at the police detective station.

"Everyone, tell me what you have investigated."

Luke said, "We went to Gale's house to investigate, met her in person, and got the key to Mastin's house from her."

Raymond said, “We visited the surrounding area, and according to the neighbors, the fire broke out around 2 a.m., and the fire was so strong that they had no time to rescue.

Many neighbors claimed they smelled of gasoline.

The reason why the fire was so fierce was probably because someone poured gasoline in the house.

By the time the fire truck arrived to put out the fire, around 2:40, the house was already in ruins."

Susan continued, "What Raymond said is right. The on-site investigation team did find traces of burning gasoline in the house. However, because most of the things in the house were burned, it was difficult for the technical team to investigate in a conventional way. All biological inspections

All materials were destroyed.

They are investigating the cause of the fire."

The deputy team member spread his hands and said, "This is why the murderer set the fire and destroyed the corpses.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some perverts simply like fire and set fires."

Susan continued, "The forensic doctor has also completed a preliminary autopsy. The deceased was a black woman, about 43 to 48 years old, 167cm tall, with type A blood. There were signs of rope binding on her hands and legs, and her mouth was

There was also a piece of cotton stuffed inside.

The ingredients of sleeping pills were found in her body and she died of suffocation due to smoke poisoning. The time of death was between 10pm and 2am on July 10th." Susan walked to the projector and put a photo on it.

"The outside of the cotton cloth gagged in the mouth of the deceased was burned off, but part of the inside of the mouth was preserved. There were a few words written in blood, 'Despicable people should not live in this world.'"

Jackson said, "Looking at the body, I thought she was burned to death."

The deputy team member said, "Eighty percent of the people who died in the fire were killed by thick smoke, and only 20% were burned to death.

The deceased should have been smoked to death and then the body burned. In any case, the suspect has achieved the goal of destroying the body and eliminating traces."

After the deputy team member finished speaking, Matthew on the side said, "Guys, I may have found out the identity of the deceased."

Xiao Hei didn't believe it, "Wow, you are so fast, how did you do it?"

"I just think you are complimenting me." Matthew changed the topic and said seriously, "I entered the physical characteristics of the deceased into the missing persons, black female, between 43 and 48 years old, height 167cm, blood type A.

Only one person who went missing in Los Angeles within five days fit all of the above characteristics.”

Missing Person,Nancy Cole

Gender: Female

Date of disappearance, July 7

Age, 46 years old

Address, No. 302, Kaliya Community

Height,167

Blood type, A

Reporter, Andersi Cole

In the upper right corner of the information, there is a photo of Nancy Cole.

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Kaliya Community No. 302

"Woooo..."

An eight or nine-year-old black girl was lying on the sofa crying.

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a melancholy expression and dull eyes.

"Woooo...Mom, I want mommy..." The girl cried very sadly.

The man sighed softly and patted the returning shoulder, "Baby, don't cry, mommy will be back."

The girl raised her head and looked at her father, "When will she come back?"

"Come on, you'll be back soon."

"Bang bang!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Mom, mom must be back." The black girl ran towards the door, her tone full of expectation.

The man also hurriedly followed out and looked out through the peephole.

The girl grabbed the man's arm and said, "Dad, open the door quickly. It's mom. It must be mom."

The man shook his head and said, "Baby, you go back first."

"Isn't it mom?" The girl curled her lips and ran back to the living room crying.

The man looked at his daughter's back with an unbearable expression, then opened the door and saw two men standing outside, a handsome black-haired young man and a black man.

"What's the matter with you?"

Xiaohei showed his police badge, "lapd, I'm Detective Marcus from the Robbery and Murder Division, and this is Deputy Luke.

We are here to learn about the disappearance of Nancy Cole."

The man said with some dissatisfaction, "I understand, I understand. Is there anything else you can do besides understanding?"

Luke said, "Who are you?"

"My name is Andesi Cole and I am Nancy's husband. Why haven't I met you before?"

"Previously, the person in charge of Nancy's case was the patrol police. We are in the Robbery and Murder Division, not the same department."

"Sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper just now. Please sit down." Andersi stepped aside and motioned for Luke and the others to come in.
To be continued...