Chapter 65 Murder

"Yes! Sir!"

Kino saw the apartment complex that York pointed to and slowly drove over.

"Drive slower."

Yorks ordered, his eyes already searching.

The apartment area here is relatively close to the apartment area where Ms. Monica lives.

It should be considered the nearest apartment complex in the vicinity.

It's a pity that it's too peaceful here and I can't see any problem at all.

If something really happened, it wouldn't be as calm as it seemed on the surface, and York didn't see anyone suspicious.

"Let's go and take another look around." York withdrew his disappointed gaze from the apartment area.

"Yes! Sir!"

Kino echoed, continuing to revolve around the apartment complex where Ms. Monica was located.

But no matter how we went around, we didn't see anything, and nothing unusual happened. There was not even any notification from the dispatch center, which simply distributed the police information to the colleagues closest to us, so the walkie-talkies were almost all filled with the voices of colleagues reporting.

Fortunately, through this approach, York had a general idea of ​​the terrain and conditions here.

The size of this block is roughly between mid-range and lower-middle-range. Whether it is the rent, environment, or food and drink, it is an area that is in line with the consumption of ordinary people. Therefore, most people here are ordinary office workers, and the flow of people is quite good.

"We can only wait for news from Mr. Ezio."

York sighed, he knew that the turning point of this matter actually lay with Mr. Ezio.

"If it's what I think, then the person who carved the pattern must have gained experience somewhere."

Kino nodded and glanced at a coffee shop on the street.

"Sir, there's a coffee shop over there, would you like a cup of coffee?"

York took a look at the empty coffee shop without a single customer and shook his head: "I still prefer the coffee from Jetta Coffee Shop."

In fact, how to know the taste and service of a restaurant is just to see how many customers there are.

Apparently the food in this coffee shop is not that good, as all the customers have been siphoned away by the small shop next door.

"Do you want to go back?" Kino asked in a low voice.

York wanted to say something, but the vibration of the phone at his waist immediately attracted his attention.

"Shh!"

York gestured, picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from Mr. Ezio.

"Maybe something happened, otherwise it wouldn't come so quickly."

After saying something to Kino, York answered the phone.

Just as he thought, Mr. Ezio said, "Officer York, something happened. Please come back and take a look."

His voice was filled with fear and dread.
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When York and Kino rushed back, they were not at the apartment complex where Monica was, but at another apartment building a few hundred meters away from her.

A lot of people had already gathered downstairs, pointing and talking, and there were even one or two people lying on the side of the street retching.

It can be seen that the scenes inside have a very strong impact on people.

"Dead?"

After being notified to get off the car to investigate, Yorks got off the car with a frown on his face and hurried away with Kino.

"The police are coming!"

The people gathered at the door shouted, someone unknown.

When everyone looked over, York pushed through the crowd and walked towards the apartment building under their gaze. The first feeling was a very strong smell of blood lingering in the nose.

Based on this point alone, Yorks could tell what exactly happened here.

As I walked up the stairs, every now and then someone would run down from there, looking as if they were shocked.

York frowned and looked at Kino who was following behind him.

"You go and maintain the scene. Do not let anyone in to avoid disrupting the scene."

"Yes! Sir!" Kino nodded and hurried downstairs.

York continued to walk up in silence and climbed to the third floor in one breath.

The smell lingering at the tip of my nose began to become stronger, mixed with a hint of unpleasant stench.

In the interspace between the third and fourth floors, he saw Mr. Ezio, who had just made a phone call, leaning against the wall and retching, his face pale. Next to him stood two old men, who looked like a couple. They all looked frightened and horrified, as if they had seen some terrifying scene.

"Mr. Ezio, what's going on?"

"Ugh!" Ezio raised his trembling hand and pointed to the fourth floor above.

"Officer York, please go up and take a look."

York looked at the house on the right side of the fourth floor with the door wide open, held his breath and continued to walk up.

As soon as he reached the door, Yorks discovered a large amount of bloodstains on the floor of the entrance hall facing him. The bloodstains spread from a small amount to a large amount, spreading forward and finally stopped in the living room.

York saw a bloody corpse lying on the floor facing the ceiling, without any movement.

"really."

York did not go in, but looked at the wall beside the door first, and two patterns appeared in his eyes.

A triangle and a circle.

According to previous analysis, this means that a woman and a child live in this room.

Looking at the corpse lying in the living room, York frowned and picked up the intercom.

"Calling Dispatch, 10-A-11, Code 187 (Homicide), 27 Columbus Street, there's a homicide here."

"Roger that!"

Hearing the reply from the intercom, York shook his head and did not rush in. Instead, he walked downstairs to the floor and began to investigate.

Let’s first look at the elderly couples who support each other and are around 70 years old.

"Are you the landlord of this apartment building?"

"Yes! Officer." The faces of the two old men who were supporting each other were already pale. It was obvious that the corpse inside had frightened them greatly. They nodded.

"What's your name?" York continued.

"Leo Janssen, Soraya Janssen."

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By the time the detectives from the Robbery and Homicide Division arrived, Yorks and Kino had already, in accordance with procedure, temporarily driven away the tenants of the apartment building with the help of the Johnsons, and set up cordons outside the door of the room where the incident occurred and outside the apartment to prevent unauthorized persons from approaching.

After assessing the scene, York, with the cooperation of the dispatch center, called Taribo and his trainee Valeria, who were patrolling nearby, to come and help.

At the same time, while ensuring the safety of the scene, begin preliminary investigation and evidence collection.

Summon the forensic department to the scene to conduct detailed evidence collection and analysis, such as fingerprint extraction, DNA sampling, physical evidence analysis, etc.

Most of the people who came were acquaintances. He asked Kino, Taribo and Valeria to guard outside while York sneaked up.

A temporary passage had already been built outside the fourth floor door using several road slabs, and there were even photographers outside the door filming and recording the on-site situation.

(End of this chapter)