Suter Park.

There are more and more tourists watching near the crime scene.

Previously, an old Mexican man was frightened by the headless female corpse. He ran and shouted, and many people were attracted by his shouts.

Shootings are not uncommon in Los Angeles, but few people have seen the headless body of a woman.

Everyone is curious, and people in Los Angeles are less stressed, so their curiosity is even greater.

It's not a bad thing to have more people. It's easier to ask for clues about the headless female corpse and look for possible witnesses.

After another ten minutes, forensic doctor Sheila completed the preliminary autopsy and came over and said, "Captain Luke, although this is not the right place to say thank you, I still want to say congratulations."

"Thank you." Luke nodded, "How is the condition of the body?"

"The deceased was a girl about 16 years old. She was probably suffocated to death. The body was cut off from the neck up. Judging from the incision on the neck, it was probably sawed open.

The victim had been assaulted before his death, and no DNA of the suspected murderer was found."

Xiao Hei frowned slightly, "She's not an adult yet?"

"Yes, it's a pity." Sheila sighed softly and continued, "The deceased was between 168 and 172cm tall, and the time of death was estimated to be between nine and twelve o'clock last night."

Luke asked, "Could the time of death be any more precise?"

"Yes, but further autopsy is required."

What Luke lacks now is time. The sooner the first body dumping scene is discovered, the more clues may be found, "Forensic doctor Sheila, based on your guess, it is about the time. You don't need to be too professional or have accurate data. I

I just want to hear your experience and judgment.”

Since further autopsy will take time, let's play with probability.

Focus on investigating areas with high probability, and wait for further autopsy results to come out before conducting precise investigations.

If you are lucky, you may have found the first dumping site before further autopsy results are available.

Forensic doctor Sheila thought for a moment, "Assuming that the victim was thrown into the water within an hour after being killed, I estimate that the time of the crime should be around 11 o'clock last night.

However, this speculation is very arbitrary, and there are many factors that affect autopsy, such as temperature, humidity, state of the corpse, etc."

Luke was very satisfied with being able to estimate an approximate time of death.

"Are there any clues to the identity of the deceased?"

"She has a tattoo of the Statue of Liberty on her right arm." Sheila sent a photo of her right arm to Luke.

Luke looked at the photo carefully, nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I will have someone check this tattoo."

"I will notify you as soon as further autopsy results are available."

"Thanks."

Not long after Sheila left, the technical team also completed the site investigation. Just as Luke guessed, this was not the first place where the body was dumped. The technical team did not find any valuable clues at the bottom of the river.

With no clothes, no documents, no mobile phone or accessories, the only thing on the victim that might prove his identity is his DNA.

However, it is not yet known whether the comparison will be successful.

At present, the police have too few clues to use. They do not know the identity of the deceased, the scene where the body was first dumped, let alone the crime scene, and they are unable to find witnesses to the case.

There is only so much Luke can do now, and the case is very difficult.

He thought for a while and divided the case into three investigation directions:

The first direction is to ask Matthew to investigate the missing persons in the past two days.

The second direction is to investigate the Statue of Liberty tattoo on the female victim.

The third direction, led by Luke himself, is to find the scene of the first dumping of the body.

Afterwards, everyone split up.

The task of finding the first corpse dumping site is not simple. It also involves some professional knowledge and requires the assistance of forensics and technical teams.

For example, measuring the speed of water flow, changes in the sinking and floating of a corpse, and whether a corpse hits the bottom will definitely affect the drifting speed, etc.

The forensic doctor provided some data, and after considering all possibilities, it was handed over to the professional analysts of the technical team to calculate, and finally came up with a flow distance of 3 to 3.5 miles.

Is this guess accurate?

Inaccurate.

Because there are too many issues to consider. For example, the medical examiner can only estimate the approximate time of death, but cannot determine the specific time when the body was dumped.

We can only speculate on the most likely time period based on police experience, and then draw a comprehensive conclusion.

Compared with other river sections, this river section is more likely to dump corpses and has a higher probability.

Then we must give priority to investigating this section of the river, so as to save manpower, material resources and funds as much as possible.

Otherwise, investigating the entire river without focus will not only waste time and affect the progress of the investigation, but also waste a lot of manpower and funds.

The reason why some cases cannot be solved is because of insufficient funds.

This reason sounds a bit cruel, and some people may have never thought that funds would become a shackles for solving cases, but this is a very real problem.

The funds of the police department are limited. It requires money to pay the police officers and buy equipment. It is impossible to invest unlimitedly in a case, and the citizens of Los Angeles will not agree. If there is no restraint, the police department will go bankrupt.

Luke decided to first check the location 3 to 3.5 miles upstream of the body. If no clues were found, he would then expand the search area on this basis.

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Soon, Luke led the people to a location 3 miles upstream of the river.

This area no longer belongs to Suter Park. The south side of the river is surrounded by mountains, and the north side is relatively flat.

Considering that transportation of the body requires transportation, Luke felt that it was more likely to dump the body on the north side of the river.

The distance of half a mile is not short, about 800 meters, and the difficulty of investigation is also not small, but it is much easier than the entire river.

The investigation is divided into three directions.

In the first direction, the technical team sent people to sneak into the bottom of the river to search.

In the second direction, Xiao Hei and Jackson led the patrol officers to look for witnesses nearby.

In the third direction, Luke led the team to search along the river on the north side of the river.

The scope of the riverside search is about 100 meters away from the river, the river surface, trees, and all suspicious items on the ground.

Search work is boring, but it is an important part of police work.

After searching for more than 500 meters, Luke felt his eyes were a little sore. He stopped, closed his eyes, took a rest, and looked into the distance.

"Captain." At this moment, Xiao Hei came over.

Luke yawned and asked, "What did you find?"

The little gangster said, "I walked around a lot in the neighborhood. There are no houses and few people come here.

However, I found a few homeless people there, and I chatted with them for a while, but I didn't see anything unusual last night.

They should be the only residents nearby."

"Good job."

Xiao Hei glanced at the investigating team members around him, "Have you found anything here?"

"No, but you came just in time, follow my direction to search." Luke gestured with his hand to indicate the general direction of the search.

"I'll search?" Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, "What about you?"

"I'm going to report the situation to Director Red and do a good job." Luke left the search team and returned to the car to blow on the air conditioner and drink mineral water.

Now that you are the captain, it is normal to enjoy some small benefits.

If there are no benefits, who would be willing to be the captain? Everyone will stop working hard.

Luke was young and strong. He cooled off for a while and soon became lively again. He got out of the car with a bottle of mineral water.

He found the investigation team, waved to the deputy team and shouted, "Deputy team, I have something to talk to you about."

The deputy team leader hit his waist and moved a few steps reluctantly, "Captain, what are your orders?"

Luke handed over the mineral water, "It's too hot today. Go and have a rest in the car. I'll search for you."

The old man was getting older, and Luke was afraid that his good deeds would be exposed.

"Thank you." The deputy team member looked a little complicated and unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip of water.

Just when the deputy team member was about to say something, Jenny's voice sounded next to him, "Hey guys, I found something here."

Everyone gathered around.

Luke also walked over.

I saw a hole dug out next to a short tree. Judging from the color of the soil, it didn't take too long to dig out. The hole should be about fifty centimeters in diameter and about seventy or eighty centimeters deep.

Xiao Hei asked, "Is there nothing in this pit?"

Jenny shook her head, "No."

The deputy team member held up three fingers and said, "First, this trap is just a coincidence and has nothing to do with the case.
To be continued...