Chapter 554 Lies

Luke whispered, "The coffee is hot."

The three people around them also became alert, and Jenny guessed, "That means the suspect Lydia Cooney is probably not far away yet."

Luke glanced around, "Maybe he's still in the house."

Xiao Hei said, "But we have already searched the house."

"Then search again, this time more carefully." Generally speaking, when the police search a suspect's hiding place, it is impossible to search it only once.

The first search was to confirm safety, the second was to look for evidence and clues, and a more detailed on-site investigation would follow.

Just now, the four Lukes only roughly searched the room to confirm that there were no armed persons or dangers in the room, but did not conduct a detailed search.

Then, Luke and the four searched again, carefully checking the cabinets, under the bed, behind the curtains, and even the refrigerator.

After the search was completed, the four people met again on the first floor.

Jenny shook her head, "We searched all the places where people could hide, and found no trace of anyone."

Xiao Hei touched his chin, "Could it be that someone secretly reported that she just escaped before we entered the community."

Luke didn't speak. He felt that there was something wrong with the layout of the house. It seemed that... the bedroom on the first floor felt smaller than the actual area.

He has been buying furniture for his new home recently and is sensitive to the layout of the house.

Luke re-measured the length outside the living room, then entered the bedroom on the first floor to measure, and found that the bedroom on the first floor was eighty centimeters shorter than the actual area.

"Bang bang."

Luke knocked on the wall, feeling something was wrong with the sound, like it was empty.

Xiaohei and the other three also realized something was wrong and stood guard with guns around them.

Luke observed the wall carefully. It looked like decoration, but it was actually an invisible door, except that the switch and door lock were inside.

Luke determined the approximate location of the invisible door through observation, and then Xiao Hei used the door knocker to directly hit the invisible door.

With a sound of "Bang!", the invisible door was knocked open.

"lapd!"

"Don't move!"

"Hands up!" Jenny and Raymond rushed in from left to right.

"Don't shoot, I don't have a weapon." A woman's voice sounded in the room.

This is a white woman in her thirties, squatting in the corner of the cubicle. She has blond hair, is tall, wears blue-rimmed glasses, and has an intellectual temperament.

Jenny asked, "What's your name?"

"Lydia Cooney."

Jenny exited the compartment first and shouted to Lydia Cooney, "Put your hands up and come out of it."

Lydia Cooney took a deep breath, stood up slowly, and walked out of the cubicle as Jenny said, "I have no weapons, you can put down your guns."

"Hold your head with your hands." Jenny motioned the other party to turn around, and then searched her.

Lydia Cooney said in a dissatisfied tone, "Why did you break into my house? If you don't have reasonable reasons and procedures, I will definitely file a complaint against you."

Luke showed the search warrant and said, "Based on the witness identification, we suspect that you are related to the arson that occurred at Kalman Pharmaceuticals on the night of July 11th. We hope you will assist in the investigation."

“Oh my god, you guys are crazy, how could I be related to the arson case.

Who identified me? "

Luke stared at Lydia Cooney and said, "Now is not the time for you to ask questions. Answer my questions first."

Lydia Cooney said forcefully, "No, I don't think there's anything wrong with me."

"In that case, why didn't you respond when we called the door, but instead hid in this hidden compartment?

This is not what normal people do. "

"You're right, I did hear someone ringing the doorbell. I turned on the video doorbell and found a strange black man standing outside. He looked very fierce and looked like he was not a good person.

I was worried that he was a bad person and would hurt me, so I hid in the cubicle. "Lydia Cooney glanced at Xiao Hei and added, "If I weren't afraid that you would hear it, I would have called the police. "

Xiaohei "..."

I……

you……

fuck……

Luke said, "My colleagues did not have any drastic behavior or actions. Your reason is a bit far-fetched."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to.

Maybe the arson case made me a little nervous, which made me overly sensitive. "Lydia Cooney looked at Xiao Hei again, "Sir, I apologize to you. "

"No, I don't accept it." Xiao Hei did not give the other party a good look.

Lydia Cooney shrugged, "Anyway, I have apologized. If there is nothing else, please leave my house."

Luke showed the search warrant again, "Ms. Cooney, we are searching legally and we hope you will cooperate."

Lydia Cooney scratched her hair and said helplessly, "I really don't know what is there to search in my house. You are doing a useless job."

Luke asked, "Where were you between eleven and twelve o'clock in the evening on July 11th?"

"Are you going to interrogate me now?"

"Just a normal inquiry."

"I'm at home."

Luke stared at the other person, seeing signs of lying on her face.

"Can anyone prove it?"

"No, it's just me."

"Ms. Cooney, where is your daughter?"

"Uh...she went to my mother's house."

"When did you go?"

"July 10th."

Luke saw the telltale signs of lying again on her face.

"Does the arson case on July 11 have anything to do with you?"

"Oh my god, I've had enough of your baseless accusations. I'm a researcher and I've put in a lot of effort into researching new antihypertensive drugs.

How could I be willing to destroy my own research results? "

"Please answer directly."

Lydia Cooney's eyes flickered, her nose twitched slightly, and she choked, "The arson case on July 11 had nothing to do with me."

Luke has been observing Lydia Cooney's micro-expressions. Her emotions are very complicated, ranging from sadness to helplessness, and finally she shows signs of lying.

Judging from the current situation, Lydia Cooney is likely to be involved in the arson case. As for the reasons why she participated in the arson case, there are roughly four possibilities: for profit, being bewitched, because of hatred, and being threatened.

Before, Luke took notes for Cam Smith. Cam Smith said that Lydia Cooney had also put in a lot of effort to develop new antihypertensive drugs. Luke also saw sadness and reluctance in her expression just now. This shows that she did not want to set the fire subjectively.

Cam Smith also said that he and Lydia Cooney broke up because Lydia Cooney's daughter didn't like him, which shows that Lydia Cooney cares about her daughter.

In addition, Lydia Cooney had just lied about her daughter's whereabouts, and Luke speculated that something might have happened to her daughter.

Luke said, "Contact your daughter, I want to speak to her."

Lydia Cooney showed a nervous expression, "Why? My daughter doesn't know anything, what do you have to talk about with her?"

"Is your daughter really at your mother's house?"

Lydia Cooney glared at Luke, "I have no reason to lie to you."

Luke nodded, "You know what? I have participated in the investigation of many kidnapping cases, many of which involved young girls being kidnapped.

Some girls were rescued in time, but some were ripped apart, which was very sad. "

"Why are you telling me this? I don't want to hear it."

"No, I think you should know.

Do you know when most of the girls who were voted out were killed? "Luke stared at the other party, asking and answering himself, "After the victim's family pays the ransom.

Because at this time the hostages have no use value, and there is no reason to live..."

Lydia Cooney's eyes were red and swollen, and she shouted, "Please, stop talking, I don't want to hear it..."

"Hey, if, I mean if, your daughter is kidnapped and you are threatened, you should be brave enough to speak out so that we can rescue your daughter in time.

Every minute you delay now puts your daughter in more danger. Luke glanced at his watch and continued, "It has been 36 hours since the fire. I don't want to hurt you, but I have to tell the truth. Your daughter has missed the best opportunity to rescue..."

"No, stop talking, my daughter will be fine, no..." Lydia Cooney finally couldn't bear it anymore, squatted on the ground and cried loudly.

Xiao Hei said, "I have seen the photo of your daughter, she is very cute.

I also have a daughter who is even cuter.

I can understand how you feel.

If I were you, I would never risk my daughter's life on the kindness of the robbers. "

Luke said, "If you are worried about yourself, you should assist the police in the investigation. As long as you can help the police catch other arsonists, we will give you a favorable plea agreement."

Jenny also advised, “Ms. Cooney, don’t hesitate any longer, your daughter may have been in danger.

Only we can save her. "

Lydia Cooney looked at Jenny, "Can you promise to rescue my daughter?"

"No, no one can guarantee it, but we will do our best." Luke's tone was sincere.

Lydia Cooney pondered for a long time and sighed, “Yes, you guessed it right.

My daughter was kidnapped and they threatened me with setting fire to the company building before letting my daughter go. "

"Why didn't you call the police?"

"I don't dare. They said they would keep an eye on me. If I dare to call the police, they will kill my daughter directly." Lydia Cooney's tears fell down her cheeks. "When my husband died, I promised him I will take good care of my daughter.

She is everything to me and I have to protect her. "

Luke said, "You can explain the situation of the robber clearly, so that we can find the robber and rescue your daughter."

"The robbers are two men. One of them is wearing a hood. I can't see his appearance clearly. The other is a white man. He has a beard, a hooked nose, and a medium build..." Lydia Cooney He pressed his forehead and thought.

Luke took out a photo of Walda Baker, "Is it him?"

"Yes, that's him.

He coerced me into leading the way and helped him burn down the research laboratory and data on new antihypertensive drugs.

I really didn't want to do that, but for the sake of my daughter, I had no choice. "

"Do you know where he is now?"

"have no idea.

After the fire in the Cullman building, the two of us separated.

She asked me to wait at home, not to call the police, and to return my daughter to me when the storm was over. "

"Describe the arson that night?"

Lydia Cooney sighed and lowered her head, as if she didn't want to remember and seemed a little guilty, "About eleven o'clock, we went to Kalman Pharmaceutical Company.

The two of us climbed over the wall and the security guard didn't notice us.

He also carried two barrels of accelerant...

We first went to the power distribution room and destroyed the circuit, so that the video surveillance could not be used.

Then, we entered the building from the west gate and went to the sixth-floor laboratory. He sprinkled the accelerant in the laboratory and then ignited the accelerant...

I was already dumbfounded at the time.

Later, he dragged me out of the east gate and left Kalman Pharmaceuticals. "Lydia Cooney lowered her head, seemingly unwilling to recall.

Luke compared her confession with that of Cam Smith and found some problems, "You entered from the west gate of the building and left from the east gate?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Are you sure?"

Luke frowned slightly, which was different from Cam Smith's statement. According to Cam Smith, he saw Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker running out of the west gate of the building, and then found that the upstairs was on fire, and Lydia Cooney took advantage of the fire to run away.

"Did you see Cam Smith that night?"

"No. "

"Why enter from the west gate and leave from the east gate?"

Lydia Cooney replied, "The power distribution room is near the west gate. We have to cut off the power before entering the west gate.

We are worried that the security guards will go to the power distribution room to check and repair it, so we dare not run from the west gate, but escape from the east gate."

Luke felt that Lydia Cooney's statement was in line with common sense, and he did not see any obvious signs of lying. Could it be that Cam Smith lied?

Why did he lie about this issue?

Luke thought for a while and asked, "As far as I know, Kalman Pharmaceuticals also had power outages in May and June. Did you do it?"

Lydia Cooney shook her head, "No, if they hadn't kidnapped my daughter on July 10, I would never do such a thing. "

Luke didn't see any signs of lying on Lydia Cooney's face, which means that it is more likely that Cam Smith lied.

But Cam Smith was able to deceive Luke, so he must not have lied completely, and there must be some truth and some falsehood. Luke combined Lydia Cooney's confession and made inferences.

It is true that Cam Smith saw Lydia Cooney at the west gate of the building on the night of July 11, but she should not have come out of the west gate of the building, but came out of the distribution room and then entered the building from the west gate. At this time, Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker had not set the fire.

That is to say, Cam Smith had a chance to stop Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker from setting the fire, but he didn't do it.

Why?

Luke thought of the two power outages that occurred at Kalman Pharmaceuticals in May and June.

Cam Smith became more and more suspicious.

First of all, it was a bit unreasonable for Cam Smith to stay up after eleven o'clock in the evening and wander around under the office building.

Secondly, Kem Smith's walk should be open and aboveboard, while Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker's sneaking into Kalman Company should be sneaky. It stands to reason that Lydia Cooney should have discovered Kem Smith first, but the result was the opposite.

This shows that Kem Smith was probably not walking, but also sneaked near the building.

Another way of thinking is that the west side of the building is close to the power distribution room. Could Kem Smith go to the power distribution room? Following this line of thought, could the two power outages in May and June be related to Kem Smith?

Because Kem Smith himself was not clean, he did not dare to stop Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker from sneaking into the company building. He just watched and watched until the laboratory caught fire. He realized the seriousness of the problem and ran to put out the fire.

Judging from the current situation, Kem Smith, Lydia Cooney and Walda Baker should not be in the same group.

What is his purpose?