Chapter 346 Suspects and Ransom Payment

Chapter 346 Suspects and Ransom Payment

Russell frowned tightly, "My situation here seems to be similar to yours. Mrs. Lydecker is a bit suspicious, but no matter her age or identity, she does not have the abilities that a kidnapper should have. She is a pampered noble." woman."

Jack nodded in understanding, "Why don't you first tell me about the doubts you discovered?"

Russell stretched out two fingers and said, "There are two points. When I first asked her about the time last night, the exact words she blurted out were, 'About ten o'clock, before they kidnapped Hubble.'"

"She used 'them' in the plural?" Jack immediately understood. He and the CSI had judged at least two murderers based on the scene. The "they" that Mrs. Lydecker blurted out seemed very suspicious.

Russell nodded, "Second point, Mrs. Lydecker once prosecuted TC for manslaughter for the death of her daughter after the San Francisco District Attorney withdrew the charge due to insufficient evidence.

Of course, she said she dropped the lawsuit soon after. According to her, it was the psychic Karen who let her know that her son-in-law was innocent. "

"Oh." A smile appeared on Jack's face, "And what Karen, the psychic, told me was that TC was selfish and had betrayal."

"Are you saying that Mrs. Lydecker may agree that TC is not the murderer of her daughter, but obviously, like outsiders, she believes that TC and the nanny Shelby Burress had an affair before?"

Jack waved his hand, indicating that Russell didn't understand what he meant.

"It doesn't matter what the psychic Karen says. Mrs. Lydecker has a motive and a time to commit the crime. She was at the scene last night and can help the kidnappers sneak into the villa."

"She knows about the jewelry, and maybe she also knows that Hubble was born through surrogacy. Hubble is actually her biological grandson, the child of her daughter, not the illegitimate son of the nanny and her son-in-law.

Maybe Mrs. Lydecker believed that Hubble should live with her instead of with her daughter's murderer, so this kidnapping served multiple purposes. "

Russell suddenly understood and continued.

"Kill the nanny and take away the grandson, and TC, who has been suspected of killing his wife, has become the most suspected target of the police. If he goes to jail for this, then as long as the kidnapping transaction is completed, Hubble will naturally live with his grandmother, oh , and you can also get your daughter’s jewelry back.”

"Of course, all this is just speculation. If the ransom is delivered smoothly, then Mrs. Lydecker will be highly suspicious." Jack added.

"I will inform Detective Brace about this speculation and ask him to find someone to investigate Mrs. Lydecker. Also, are you planning to participate in paying the ransom?" Russell asked.

Jack shook his head. The place where the ransom was delivered would definitely be surrounded by police. There would be no more than him and no more than one less. The possibility of an accident was unlikely.

"I want to investigate the psychic Karen through FBI channels. She gives me the feeling that something is not right, but I can't tell yet."

After all, there was only a major blackout in Nevada, and Los Angeles was not affected. Jack temporarily separated from Russell and returned to his car. He first connected his mobile phone to a power bank to charge it, and then sent a message to Garcia.

Ask her to get up and help investigate the case that happened in San Francisco, which was the murder of TC Riordan's wife Natalie Riordan.

At the same time, he also asked Garcia to help investigate the background of psychic Karen. Jack always felt that he had overlooked some clues on her, and his intuition told her that this woman was more suspicious than Mrs. Lydecker.

It was just dawn now. Jack looked at the time and saw that it had just arrived at six in the morning. After sending the message, he put down his seat, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep in the car.

The attribute bonus of the system only allows him to stay awake for several days and still keep his mind clear. It can also shorten the sleep time and increase the quality of sleep.

But in addition to restoring physical fatigue, sleep is also important for personal emotional adjustment and recovery.

Especially after entering the BAU, Jack often had to face various uncomfortable murder scenes. Jack developed the habit of sleeping at least 6 hours a day.

For ordinary people, 6 hours of sleep may not be enough, but for him now, it can be regarded as sleeping in every day.

A rapid ringing of the phone woke Jack up from his sweet dream. He was so energetic that he looked at the time again. It was already 9 o'clock.

The call was from Russell. As expected, something went wrong during the ransom payment process. The kidnappers used a trick to escape the police encirclement smoothly.

But unexpectedly, five minutes later, gunshots were heard not far from the scene. When the police arrived, they found that the kidnapper had been beaten to death in the car, and the box of jewelry worth more than 2 million yuan had been left intact. Stayed in place.

Jack hung up the phone and did not rush back to the police station upstairs. Instead, he went out and turned left, packing a bacon fritters and a large cup of milk coffee for breakfast at a nearby restaurant.

He ate and walked slowly while browsing the information sent by Garcia. He already had some idea of ​​the identity of the murderer.

The bacon and vegetable pancakes tasted surprisingly good, and the milk coffee called Australian White was also very smooth. Jack was satisfied with his stomach and pushed open the glass door of the police station.

In the hall, CSI researcher Nick Stokes and old detective James Burress, who had just returned, were telling Russell what happened.

They laid an ambush early in the Palermo parking lot at the location agreed upon by the kidnappers, and monitored the situation at the scene.

At 7:50 in the morning, TC Riordan drove to the third floor of the parking lot ten minutes early and waited there with a suitcase containing jewelry.

As a result, the wait lasted for half an hour, and it soon arrived at 8:20, 20 minutes past the time agreed by the kidnappers. Everyone thought that the kidnappers would not show up, or maybe they were playing some trick, such as changing the location temporarily or something. .

However, at this moment, a white man wearing a red hat got out of a van that had been parked not far away.

This man seemed to have deliberately chosen a dark coat similar to that of TC Riordan. After taking the suitcase, he took TC to the back of the van and whispered something in the blind spot where Nick and the old detective were looking.

At this time, the trick was staged. The white man handed the red hat to TC and asked him to put it on, get into the cab and start the van. He was not allowed to look back, and drove directly to a certain place to pick up his son.

TC did not dare to disobey the order and got into the van. The white man pretended to get into the back car with a suitcase full of jewelry, but in fact he nimbly got through the rear door that had broken the window glass and left the van.

Without anyone noticing, the guy climbed over the railing on the third floor of the parking lot, and with the help of a rope that had been arranged, he descended to the first floor without anyone noticing and escaped.