Charlize Theron’s niece is Hope Schlatman, a student from New York. Although she is the niece of Charlize Theron, she is very low-key. Almost no one knows that her aunt is actually a famous Oscar-winning actress.
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Originally, Hope was just like an ordinary college student, going to school, playing, and falling in love. There was nothing surprising. But just three months ago, she suddenly lost contact with her family. Her father, Bob, was only a daughter like her, so he always
Very precious, after losing contact with her daughter, she went crazy and immediately came to New York to find Hope.
After searching around, I learned through Hope's former boyfriend that Hope suddenly ran away with a man...
Bob almost went crazy. He felt that his daughter was definitely not that kind of person. Even if she wanted to change her boyfriend, there was no need to elope, right? As a father, would he still care whether she changed her boyfriend? But the next time
Here, Bob indeed cannot find his daughter.
For this reason, he contacted everyone he could contact in the hope of finding his daughter, and even called the police.
The police conducted an investigation, but did not classify this as a missing person. After all, Hope followed others on his own. There was nothing special except for the sudden change of boyfriend. Moreover, by checking the credit card account, it was found that Hope had been spending money.
records. Therefore, the police are more inclined to believe that it was Hope's own behavior and did not constitute a disappearance.
Salize was also very worried, and finally hired a private detective, but it was of no use. Her niece just disappeared from the world.
Until recently, they finally had news about Hope.
Unfortunately, it's not good news.
Hope was arrested.
The reason is that she killed a couple with a table knife in a cafe, and also planned to attack an old couple...and in full view of everyone.
This made Shalizi and Bob very anxious. Everyone subconsciously thinks that the people around them, especially their relatives, are good people. Shalizi and Bob are no exception. They feel that there must be something fishy in this.
But before they had any doubts about the case, the police gave them a new blow.
After being tested by a police psychologist, Hope has very severe depression and schizophrenia tendencies. To put it simply, he is mentally ill...
"So... what are you going to ask me to do? Find him a good lawyer?" Kai felt baffled, murder! What can he do? Help her get rid of the crime? Isn't that a lawyer's job? Should he be asked to pretend to be public for personal gain? But
There is no reason. This case does not belong to him at all, let alone the 15th Precinct. He is not even qualified to intervene.
"No!" Shalizi waved her hand, then hesitated, and then said carefully: "Bob and I don't believe that Hope would do that kind of thing... Do you think it could be... that kind of thing causing trouble?
"
Shalizi couldn't figure out why her niece became a murderer three months after she disappeared. If it was before, maybe she still had that idea, but hadn't she seen those things in Los Angeles, so she thought
...could it be something like being possessed by an evil spirit?
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why a sunny and beautiful girl like Hope suddenly became like this.
"You want me to go and see if there are any supernatural events?" Kai said a little embarrassed.
"Sorry to trouble you!" Shalizi immediately stood up and bowed.
Kai smacked his lips and said a little embarrassedly: "Salize... I would like to believe that your niece is innocent, really. But you have to be clear about one thing... that is, even if your niece is really raped by something,
It’s impossible to retract the confession if it’s possessed by something.”
This is why witchers wander on the fringes of society, because those things cannot be brought to the forefront! For example, if a witcher kills a werewolf, the werewolf will not remain a werewolf after death, it will just be a human corpse!
The police and society will not admit that the witcher did a good deed, they will only judge it as a murder.
In the same way, even if Hope was really possessed by a dirty thing and killed someone, to the entire society, there is no supernatural event at all, only the fact that Hope killed someone.
This case has never been overturned.
Not even Kai.
"How is that possible?!" Shalizi obviously did not expect this. "We can explain the situation to the prosecutor and the judge!"
Kai spread his hands: "Who would believe it? Think about it for yourself, if you had never encountered such a thing, would you believe it?"
There is no way this kind of thing can be used as evidence.
"Is there really nothing we can do?" Shalizi murmured in despair.
Harley glared at Kai, then hugged Shalizi and comforted: "We can find other ways."
"Well, maybe you can file a lawsuit based on her psychological problems. It's better to be in the hospital than in prison." Kai sincerely made a suggestion.
Shalizi smiled sadly, and then she became firm again: "I still have to ask you! I hope to know the truth, we have this power."
Kai had no reason to refuse.
"Can."
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"Thank you, Ms. Miske." At the hospital, Kai met the person in charge of this case, Detective Palmer Miske, head of the Major Crimes Team of the Eleventh Precinct of New York. She looked like a very tough guy.
The woman is not tall, has a serious face, sharp eyes, and an overall temperament that is very fierce, and she is not easy to mess with.
But this is not surprising. Without such momentum, it is really difficult for a woman to reach this position. The police profession, no matter how you cover it up, is still a man's world in the end, and there are really not many female police officers who can get ahead.
"It's okay." Misk's expression was as usual. In fact, according to her style of acting, it was impossible for others to interfere in her case at will. But how should I put it, people cannot live in a vacuum. Kai asked George to smoothen the relationship. Strictly
For example, George is still Misk's boss. So... the United States also values human relationships, and even the United States itself is a human society.
"The suspect's mood is very unstable. You can ask some questions, but..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Understood, we are not here to cause trouble. I understand the rules."
"That's good."
After saying that, Misk led everyone to Ward 404. A very subtle number.
Kai saw through the door of the ward that inside the ward, Hope was sitting in the corner of the room wearing a formal suit, looking at the corner with dull eyes, as if he were a walking zombie, lifeless.
Shalizi looked at Kai nervously.
As a result, Kai shook his head. There was no supernatural phenomenon left, and he didn't feel the cold soul breath of the evil spirit in Hope.
This has nothing to do with supernatural phenomena.
Shalizi's face turned pale, which meant...she couldn't find any excuse for her niece. Hallie quickly put her arm around Shalizi's shoulders and whispered comfort.
Looking at Shalizi's expression, Kai could only sigh secretly in his heart. Although Shalizi's experience made people sigh, but if you look at it from the perspective of a victim... Shalizi's sadness is not worth mentioning.
That couple was killed inexplicably without doing anything. Aren't they even worse off?
And there is no telling whether Hope is innocent or not.
"Is there anything new about her?" Kai saw that Shalizi needed time to relax, so he asked the doctor on the side.
"We tried various methods in the hope of establishing communication with her, but with little success. She rarely spoke. Only once did I hear her say, 'He asked me to do this.'" The doctor looked at Sarah.
Liz, I didn't expect that this case would actually involve the Oscar-winning actress. Fortunately, the hospital has regulations and the patient's privacy needs to be kept confidential, so he can't ask casually, let alone talk about it casually.
"He? Who? What did he make her do?"
"I don't know. We planned to ask in depth, but... her condition immediately became extremely bad. So we don't have much information so far." The doctor said regretfully. "Her mental state is extremely bad. This is a big problem.
.As a doctor, I still recommend not to stimulate her."
"It doesn't matter, we brought a psychiatrist here, she is professional." Kai motioned for Harley to come over and do some work.
Harley patted Shalizi on the shoulder, and then immediately changed her state and walked over.
"Psychologist?"
Like the police, doctors don't like their patients to be interfered with by other doctors, especially psychiatrists, because their profession is more special.
Harley smiled friendly, and then told her her education, degree, and position. In the United States, college is a very good status symbol.
There is definitely a class difference between the Ivy League and ordinary universities.
After Hallie reported her doctorate from Stanford University and her position at Presbyterian Columbia and Cornell University Hospital, the doctor stopped talking. There was no other way but to crush her. Then the two of them had a very professional conversation.
Communication, anyway, is all about various professional terms, which ordinary people will not be interested in.
After communicating for about half an hour, the two entered the ward together.
Neither of them mind that Kai and Shalizi appear in front of Hope now. Professional things should be left to professionals.
A little over an hour later, the doctor and Harley came out of the ward.
Kai didn't want to waste time on politeness. He had just "listened" outside the door and didn't miss a word. But he also wanted to hear the judgment of Harley, a professional, and asked directly: "How is it? Yes.
Got any clues?"
Harley nodded and shook her head: "There is indeed a problem with Hope's situation, and it should be related to a certain "him". But..."
Speaking of this, she hesitated.
"What?" Kai asked.
Shalizi also looked over nervously. What she cared about most was Hope's condition.
Harley was silent for another moment before speaking: "What follows is my speculation, which may not necessarily be consistent with the facts. You need to find out, okay?"
"Of course!" Kai nodded and looked at Harley's look. Is there a hidden meaning in this?
"Hope has been with a man during this period. This man may have performed long-term hypnotic suggestions on Hope." Harley said solemnly.
Kai looked at Harley in surprise: "You mean someone used psychology to control her?"
As he spoke, Kai glanced at the doctor, who actually nodded.
"Wait a minute, isn't this something only in movies?" Using psychological techniques to control people... This kind of thing sounds very simple, but in practice it is very difficult. If it is really so powerful, wouldn't all psychiatrists do it?
Became a dangerous person?
Harley rolled her eyes at him, and then said: "Don't underestimate psychology! Although this kind of thing is difficult, it is not completely impossible to do."
"Then can you?" Kai asked curiously.
"Tsk..." Harley shook her head unhappily: "I can't do it."
Shalizi didn't care about this, she cared more about: "So Hope is innocent!!!"
Harley hesitated for a while: "You can say that."
It was finally clearing up for Shalizi. She didn't expect that things would turn around so quickly.
Just when Shalizi was happy, the doctor looked very embarrassed... As soon as an expert took action, he would know if there was anything wrong. Look at the other person, and then look at himself... Even Misk, who had been standing by as a background, looked at him in surprise.
It's Harley.
She felt that she needed to tell the bureau to find a cooperative psychiatrist.
"Then do you know who that person is?" Miske feels that this is her own case, and there are some circumstances that she must know.
Harry paused, thought for a moment, and then continued: "It's not possible now, but... this person's behavior is a bit unscrupulous, and he didn't even issue a "gag order" to Molly. So as time goes by, Hope should be able to
Tell me what you have experienced in the past few months, including his information."
"Either he is a lunatic, or he is very confident in his hypnosis skills and is sure that no one can report him." Harley continued: "If you go to investigate him, you'd better be careful. His hypnosis level may be very high.
, and the effect is definitely much better than that of ordinary psychiatrists.”
Misk frowned, this thing... she had never encountered it before.
"Then can you break his hypnosis?"
Harley hesitated for a while, then nodded slightly: "I can try to take it slow, time is on our side after all."
Misk looked at the doctor: "Can I trouble you?"
Of course Harley has no problem, in fact she is very curious about what happened to Hope.
"No!" Unfortunately, Kai refused directly.
"Why?"*3
Seeing everyone's expressions, Kai curled his lips.
"Have you forgotten the principle of avoidance?"
Harley is a good friend of Salize, and Sharize is Hope's aunt. Although it's a bit confusing, if Harley was really directly involved in breaking the other party's hypnosis, then the prosecutors will use this to make a case.
In psychology, it is really difficult to have intuitive evidence. If this kind of connection is used to explain things, the lethality will not be great.
Then instead of helping Hope, it will harm her!
Misk immediately reacted, indeed. Of course, this was not within the scope of her consideration originally, because she was a police officer and only wanted the truth. As for the trial, it had nothing to do with her. But now that Kai had told the matter, then she
You can't ask Harley for help.
"I will arrange for the bureau to find an expert to take charge of this matter." Misk said seriously.
And that doctor... he has the most complex senses, which means that his professionalism has been completely questioned. But he still has no good way to explain it.
