Luke observed his expression, sensing signs of lying.
Luke asked a second question, "Last night, did you dig anything up from the pit?"
The white holess man chuckled, "Hehe, I don't farm. Why would I dig in a pit?"
Without a direct answer, Luke pressed on, "Did you or didn't you?"
"No," the white holess man shook his head, pointing to the other holess n nearby,
"You should ask them instead; maybe those guys have seen sothing. Of course, beer is essential; they are the real alcoholics, haha..."
Luke didn't divert his focus because of his response and continued, "Do you want to earn so money?"
"Of course, who wouldn't?"
Luke pulled out fifty US dollars in cash, "Tell what you found last night, and the fifty dollars is yours."
"I don't understand what you an."
"I know you were lying just now. Last night, you definitely saw sothing. We are investigating a serious criminal case and are looking for witnesses. If you can provide any valuable clues, the fifty dollars is yours."
Compared to the overti pay for many officers, fifty dollars was really nothing, it was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
The white holess man licked his lips, seeming a bit troubled, "Uh..."
Luke asked, "What's your na?"
"Jim."
"Jim, we found the body of a minor girl downstream in the river; she had been violated before her death, and her head had also been chopped off. It's pitiful.
Can you help her?"
"Oh my God! That's horrifying!" Jim took a deep breath, his expression hesitant.
Luke struck while the iron was hot, "Now only you can help her. What you saw could be the key clue for solving the case, it's very important."
Little Black echoed, "I've seen that body, it's really sad."
"Uh..." Jim took a deep breath, as if making up his mind, "Could you give a hundred dollars?"
Little Black "..."
Okay, so Luke's heartfelt speech had been in vain; he pulled out another fifty-dollar bill and handed both bills to him.
"Tell , what exactly did you find last night?"
The white holess man secured the hundred dollars, "Can I also take these few bottles of beer?"
At this point, Luke was sowhat speechless, but having given the money already, what were a few bottles of beer? He placed them right beside the man's tent.
At the sa ti, Luke also beca more wary, recognizing him as a greedy individual.
The white holess man opened a bottle of beer, took a sip, showing a look of enjoynt, "Thank you, these few bottles should last two days."
"You're welco, now tell us what we're interested in."
"No problem.
Last night, I woke up needing to pee.
I'm usually in good health, it's not often like this, just occasionally.
We had an agreent among ourselves not to urinate within a hundred ters of the tent, so I tried to walk as far away as possible.
Then I saw a man sneaking from the riverbank, apparently carrying a bag in his hand.
I stood still, and he didn't notice .
I watched him start digging a hole beside a tree, digging quite deep, then he threw the bag into the hole, covered it up, and didn't leave until the ground was level."
The white holess man took another swig of beer and said, "I was very curious, wondering what he was up to?
Then, after he left, I went over, dug up the hole, and took out a black bag containing a blue lady's purse inside, quite a nice-looking one.
That's what I saw last night."
"Can you describe the man's appearance?"
"He seed to be white, a bit far away, I couldn't see his face clearly and didn't dare to get closer. He was wearing jeans, a baseball cap on, and I don't rember much else."
Luke noted in his notebook, "Was he alone?"
"Yes."
"Did he have any vehicle?"
"I didn't see any; I only saw him walking westward. It was very dark, and his figure quickly disappeared."
"What ti was it?"
"It should have been around midnight."
"Did he carry anything else?"
"I didn't see anything."
"Did he have any water on him?"
"It doesn't seem so."
Luke organized his thoughts, "Where is that purse now?"
"Uh... that purse is pretty nice, must not have been cheap..." the white holess man implied aningfully.
Luke laughed. Treat you nicely and you think I'm an easy mark? Am I too soft-spoken?
"Is that blue purse with you?"
"Uh... Is that purse important?" the white holess man asked, a nervous look on his face.
"Give that purse; it's involved in a case."
"Sorry, I can't quite rember where I put it."
"What would help you rember?"
"I've been wanting a new tent, but I'm short 200 US Dollars..." the white holess man said, with a knowing look.
Got 100 US Dollars, now wants 200. A greedy fellow indeed.
Luke felt disgust, no wonder he ended up like this.
However, if the man dared to ask, Luke dared to give, taking out 200 US Dollars without a change of expression.
"Thank you, you're really a good guy," the white holess man grabbed the money.
"Give the blue purse."
"OK." The white holess man turned around, went back into his tent, and ca out holding a blue purse.
Luke put on gloves, took the purse, and checked the contents. There were several won's items, a driver's license, keys, but no cell phone.
Luke stared at the white holess man, "Did you take anything from the purse?"
"No," the white man shrugged.
Lying.
"I'm asking you again, did you take any valuable items from the purse?"
"I really didn't, you are insulting my character."
Lying.
Luke turned to Jim, "Take him in."
Without a word, Jim took out handcuffs and ordered, "Hands on your head, get on the ground, don't move."
"Heh, why are you arresting ? I haven't committed a cri, I found that purse."
Luke said, "That blue purse is stolen property, you are suspected of dealing in stolen goods, we need to take you in for questioning."
"I didn't sell stolen goods."
"You did, you just took my money."
The white holess man argued, "You can't do this, you wanted to give money."
Jim handcuffed him, "Full of lies.
The first ti I asked you, you clearly said you didn't see anything unusual last night nor any suspicious people.
It shows you wanted to hide the stolen goods from the start.
This is our second visit, and you wouldn't have admitted seeing soone suspicious last night without the money.
As for the money for the blue purse, you asked for it yourself, you greedy devil."
Jim pulled out 300 US Dollars from his pocket, returning them to Luke.
The white holess man stared fixedly at the money, "My money, that's my money."
"You don't need it where you're going, everything's free in prison." Jim smirked, "Good news is, you won't need to change your tent either."
"I don't want to go to jail. Don't arrest , I don't want the money anymore, take it back.
Please let off this ti for telling you the news," pleaded the white holess man.
Other officers also ca over upon hearing the commotion.
Luke gestured for Jim to take him away.
Afterward, he instructed Jackson standing nearby, "Search the tent, see if there are any other suspicious items."
Jackson frown slightly, "Do we need to call the Forensics team?"
"Up to you."
Jackson hesitated for a mont, put on gloves, took a deep breath, and started searching inside the tent.
After a while, Jackson climbed out with a look of disgust, "It stinks to death in there; that guy hasn't bathed in at least a month."
"Any findings?" Luke wasn't bothered by his complaint; if he couldn't handle this little difficulty, he shouldn't be a cop.
"I found an iPhone, pink case with rhinestones, quite out of place for this tent," Jackson stood up, handing over the iPhone.
Luke took the iPhone, put it in a transparent plastic bag, "Hard work."
Jim ca back, looked at the iPhone, "This greedy devil even hid key evidence, really wicked, taking him was rightly deserved."
Luke scanned the remaining holess, instructing the officers, "Take statents from everyone present, see if they noticed any suspicious persons last night."
"Yes, sir."
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