The world of American TV series: Starting with the L.A. Patrol

"I thought you two guys were here to help." Beckett was a little agitated by these guys, and he couldn't continue writing while standing in front of the half-written time coordinate chart on the evidence board.

"OK, I'm here to help." Hannah was not as shameless as some big men, so she picked up a whiteboard marker and stood with her.

Jack stood behind the two of them and reviewed the completed parts one by one.

On Saturday night, the wedding rehearsal started at 5 o'clock, the dinner was held at 7 o'clock, and at 9:40, the guests, the bride and groom, the best man and the bridesmaid came to the bar.

At 11:45, the bride went back to her room to rest first. At 1 a.m., the groom went back to his room. After 1 a.m., the deceased, the bridesmaid Sophie, sneaked out of the bar with the already somewhat unconscious best man Mike.

At 2 a.m., hotel records show Mike entered his room for the last time.

"Uh, something seems to be wrong?" Hannah asked, holding Beckett's notepad, "I remember you said that the best man, Mike, was drugged and knocked unconscious and locked up in the storage room. He mentioned that he was halfway through the process. Have you ever gone back to your room?"

Beckett was immediately reminded, "No, he said that he was fascinated by Sophie who suddenly took the initiative, and then he was tricked into the storage room by looking for excitement."

"So who used Mike's key card to open his room?" Hannah wondered.

Jack replied with a smile, "Of course it's the bridesmaid Sophie. It seems we have found the reason why she stunned Mike."

At this moment, there was a ding from the direction of the elevator in the detective's office, and the elevator door opened. Cassel ran into the office in a hurry. Seeing so many people, he was stunned for a moment, and then shouted loudly, " Mike’s key card!”

Beckett turned around and left without looking at him. As he walked, he ordered the duo, "You two contact the best man Mike and ask him about the whereabouts of the key card he had after he woke up. Let's go to the hotel."

"Ah ha? Have you thought of it too?" Cassel turned around and followed Beckett, asking with a shy face.

Beckett ignored him, and Hannah was kind enough to answer helpfully, "Just a minute before you came in."

——

Arriving at the Beaumont Hotel again, Beckett called the hotel security. Like the room where the murder occurred, the best man's room was asked by the police to remain untouched for the time being, so they planned to search it again.

Cassel followed Beckett into the room, "Kevin and Esposito seemed to have said they had searched this room before?"

He had been at a loss for words on the way here, and Beckett never paid much attention to him. Jack and Hannah were embarrassed for him but also secretly amused.

But we are all men, so we have to help if we can. What’s more, Beckett ignored him probably because he and Hannah, the two light bulbs, were too distracting. Of course, the so-called background check of the Huobao duo before That's the main reason.

So Jack also followed Cassel to find something to say, so that he would not have to perform a one-man show by himself.

"Yes, they just reconfirmed that the room card on Mike's body was missing after he woke up, and he only lost the room card, and his belongings and things in the room were not lost, so we need to look for clues from another angle. "

Cassel walked around the small room and murmured to himself, "So what is there in this room that is important enough for Sophie to drug Mike?"

This is just a junior suite. Although the Beaumont Hotel is a five-star high-end hotel, the furnishings of the junior suite are just like this. The layout is similar to the room where the murder occurred.

The only difference between the two is that this is a connecting room connected to the next room through two doors.

"I think Sophie may not want to enter Mike's room." Beckett stepped forward directly, easily turned on the door handle, and pushed open the door in the next room.

This kind of connecting room is also called a double suite. It is very common in European and American hotels. After opening the two middle doors facing their respective rooms, the two small suites become one large suite.

This kind of room is very suitable for families with more members, such as couples with several children. Of course, when Jack flew across the country with the BAU group, he also liked to live in an adjacent connecting room with Jiejie. Very convenient for staying up all night discussing the case.

"So Sophie went through all the trouble to stun Mike and get his room card because she wanted to enter this room? Then who does this room belong to?"

Cassel took the opportunity to cheer, but Beckett rolled his eyes impatiently, "You don't have to be like this. It's not because of you that I'm in a bad mood."

"Ah? Isn't it because I refused to answer your next question in the elevator last night? That incident has passed. I just don't want to be misunderstood and still have a lingering relationship with Kayla." Cassel argued quickly.

"Sorry, I have no interest in those romantic affairs in the past." Beckett glared at him fiercely.

"Hey guys, let's be professional, are you really going to argue at a possible murder scene?"

Jack's words made the two of them turn their heads and ask in unison, "What murder scene?"

But they saw that Jack had put on rubber gloves at some point, picked up an earring from the carpet at the corner of the bedroom bed and motioned to them, "Do you remember the missing earring on the deceased's left ear?"

A dramatic scene appeared. At this moment, there was a sound of opening the door. Everyone turned around and saw the groom, Grete Murphy, looking at everyone with a shocked expression.

"Hey, what are you doing in my room?"

"Can this be considered a surrender?" Cassell, who was standing at the front, looked around behind him. The lineup of two FBI agents and a police detective made him feel particularly safe.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gretel Murphy couldn't finish his words mid-sentence, because he also saw the blood-stained earring in Jack's hand.

The NYPD officer had previously posted a photo of the earring throughout the hotel, so there was no way he didn't know who it belonged to.

——

Grete Murphy was escorted into a police car in front of the surprised eyes of friends and family, including the bride Keira.

Although he was not handcuffed and Beckett only asked him back to the police station in the name of assisting the investigation, even a fool knew that this scene must be related to the death of the bridesmaid Sophie.

Apparently the discovery of Sophie's earrings in Gretel Murphy's room had spread like wildfire, as hotel security was waiting at the door.

It is estimated that countless versions of the story have begun to circulate at this time. Looking at the heartbroken eyes of the bride Keira at the door of the hotel, Jack poked Cassel and said, "Aren't you going to comfort her?"

Before Cassel could answer, Hannah, who was behind the two of them, lightly kicked this guy who was watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.

"Of course not." Cassell came back to his senses and looked back at Gretel Murphy in the back seat of the car. "I want to hear what kind of story this guy will tell first."

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In the 12th Precinct, Jack and Hannah were looking at the three people sitting in the interrogation room next door through the one-way glass. The Huobao duo were not here at the moment. They were ordered by Beckett to conduct a background check on Gretel Murphy. .

It was another day when they could only rely on fast food to satisfy their hunger. The two of them ate the burgers and fries they bought on the way while listening to the conversation next door.

"Your accusations are too crazy. I did not kill Sophie Ronson." Gretel Murphy took a deep breath and tried to calm down before speaking.

"Then why were her earrings found in your room?" Cassel's voice sounded solemn, like a judge convicting him.

Beckett glared at him silently. She already had a premonition that letting this guy sit in on the interrogation might be a mistake.

"Grete, while you still have the chance to clarify everything, tell us the truth about what is going on." In contrast, the female detective's attitude seemed much more objective, and her intuition told her that things might not go away. So simple.

They still lack direct evidence. She had just contacted the medical examiner's office before entering the interrogation room. There has been no progress on Lanie's side yet.

If it was really Grete Murphy who did it, he would just shut up and say nothing, and just rely on a torn off earring. Even if the motive is not clear, he cannot be convicted even if he goes to court.

However, he did not ask to see a lawyer immediately, but came to the police station quite cooperatively, which made Beckett instinctively feel that there might be something hidden.

"As I told you before, I returned to my room around one o'clock. My uncle Teddy especially likes to drag me along to drink tequila at family gatherings. It was impossible for him to let me go on that occasion, so I was pretty drunk at the time."

Gretel Murphy moved her butt to the right side of the stool so that she was facing Beckett instead of looking at the annoying ex-boyfriend of her fiancée.

"About two o'clock, I regained some consciousness. At that time, I noticed someone touching me on my bed. I thought it was Kayla. I thought she had changed her mind about not meeting each other before marriage, but"

"But you found out that that person was Sophie, right?" Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Beckett helped him finish what he said.