The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 73
Angela had a rare lack of appetite today, frowning as she fiddled with the wine glass while shaking the little wine left in it.

"When the suspect broke into the house illegally, he just wanted to catch Jeff and get the prohibited drugs. It can be inferred that Jeff either stole these things from him, or he owed money and didn't pay them."

"But I can't think of any reason for the infighting between the suspects. The forensic personnel said that several kinds of illegal drugs were found in Bruno's home, which shows that the conflict was not caused by the uneven distribution of spoils."

Jack scratched his head a little: "Is it possible that the suspect has other enemies instead of internal strife?"

But then he overturned his guess.

"It's too much of a coincidence, it happened just a few hours later."

After listening to John's introduction of the case, Jia Lisi couldn't help expressing emotion.

"This family is too unfortunate, especially the father, who lost his son just because of a small bag of pills, and even his wife was killed in person."

Everyone's hearts moved in unison, and even Wesley, who was listening, raised his hand.

"Is it possible that the father actually saw the suspects and recognized them on the spot? He actually lied to you."

John agrees, stepping directly into the father's shoes.

"If someone dares to hurt my Henry, I will definitely return blood with blood."

Angela frowned suddenly, and put down the wine glass in her hand.

"Matt Christian paid his son Jeff to rehab, and the reason he hid it from us was not because he was ashamed of it, but because"

"It's because Jeff probably met Bruno in the addiction treatment center, and Matt, who went to visit his son, probably met Bruno there, and then recognized him on the spot when today's incident happened, and decided to personally Take revenge."

Jack took it excitedly, but then he was a little disappointed.

"But it doesn't really help how we find another killer."

Angel seemed to have found hope again.

"Anyway, we're going to tell Matt tomorrow morning to come to the police station and do a re-interrogation to see if he knows another suspect."

Early the next morning, at the door of the interrogation room, Jack and Angela glanced at Matt Christine who was waiting inside. The sad father still had bruises on his face and his face was haggard.

"How do you ask? Good cop, bad cop? Are you acting good or bad?"

Jack was a little eager to try, and his mastery-level psychology skills finally had the chance to play.

Angela shook her head: "We're not interrogating prisoners, we should be sympathetic policemen and idiot policemen, you play the idiot."

After speaking, she took a bottle of mineral water and handed the folder in her hand to Jack.

"Hi, Mr. Christine, I'm sorry to trouble you to come to the police station, is Marilyn feeling better today?"

Angela handed over the mineral water in her hand with a look of concern.

"Ah, thank you, we didn't sleep last night, Marilyn...she...couldn't stop crying, you know... what happened yesterday was a nightmare for her."

Matt Christine's eyes were still a little red and swollen. Although he was depressed, he looked very cooperative.

Angela looked apologetic and comforted her: "Please be sorry, but we still have a few minor problems according to the case-handling process. After that, you can go home and continue to accompany her. I know she must need you very much now."

Seeing Matt, who couldn't stop nodding and was a little absent-minded, Jack opened the folder with a businesslike face and began to ask.

"Has Jeff been taking prescription painkillers, we found OxyContin in his room."

Matt explained with a helpless expression: "Last year, he injured his knee, and the damn doctor prescribed this thing for him. After that, he became addicted to drugs for a short period of time, and then I sent him for withdrawal."

"Malibu Newborn Rehabilitation Center? I heard that it's expensive."

"Yes, but I think it's worth it."

Although he admitted it easily and didn't try to deny it, it was easy to see that he was trying to downplay this matter.

Jack nodded, then asked again.

"So you didn't know that Jeff wasn't clean, did you?"

Shock and annoyance appeared on Matt's face at the right time: "No, I didn't know it at all. He must have secretly hidden these pills. Damn it, neither Marilyn nor I found out."

Jack handed over a photo of a bloody face.

"Ah, sorry, I think I took the wrong photo."

He quickly searched through the files, but found nothing.

"This man's name is Bruno Winch. This is how we found him yesterday. This is another case, but we found out that he was also a patient at the Malibu Freshman Rehab Center, and we are about to investigate the connection between the two. .”

Matt looked at the photo in a daze, then reacted immediately, and quickly asked: "What does this person have to do with my illegal entry? Is it related to Jeff?"

Jack said without hesitation, "It's like this, the Robbery and Murder Division dropped this case on us yesterday, as if we were not busy enough, and we found out that this person and Jeff Been in the same rehab.

So we suspect that both cases are related to controlled drugs. The other party may come after Jeff, and then go to this Bruno. Do you know this person? "

Matt quickly denied, "No, I don't know, is this person dead?"

Jack shrugged, and replied heartlessly: "He's not dead, but it's different from being dead. The doctor said that even if he is revived, he's just a vegetable."

Seeing a flash of relief in Matt's eyes, Jack and Angela looked at each other calmly, knowing it in their hearts.

Then Angela glared at Jack impatiently: "Find this Bruno's photo again and ask Mr. Christine to identify it carefully. If you can't find any connection, return this case to the robbery and murder department. We No time to wipe their ass."

Seeing Jack rushing out of the inquiry room as if his butt was on fire, Angela said apologetically.

"I'm very sorry Mr. Christine, he's just a newcomer who has only been in the job for half a year. Although the young man is very aggressive, it's inevitable."

Matt returned to his original absent-minded look, but nodded indifferently.

After a while, Jack came back with a normal photo. Matt again denied seeing the Bruno in the photo, and then left.

Looking at Matt Christine's slightly hunched back when he left, Jack suddenly lost the joy of discovering the truth, because he found that compared with yesterday, this unfortunate man's hair turned gray by half overnight .

(End of this chapter)