"I am Deputy Chief Reid from the police departnt; the dia friends here should be quite familiar with ."
"I'll get straight to the point, the reason we have called this press conference today is to announce the results of the investigation into the decapitated female body case."
"The decapitated female body case involved four victims, three of whom were female, and one was a male victim."
"The three female victims all had their heads brutally severed. As of now, the police have recovered their torsos, and we urge the families to co forward and identify them as soon as possible."
"The male victim was not decapitated, his death was staged as a natural gas suicide, but it was actually murder."
"The real culprit's na is Henry Rogers; he has been apprehended by the police and has admitted to his cris.""
As Reid finished speaking, the expressions of the reporters varied. This was different from the information they had known beforehand, and also different from what they had reported in the news before."
Especially for Pari Jones, the instigator, she didn't expect another real culprit nad Henry Rogers to erge, making her previous reports a mockery."
Pari Jones hesitated for a mont but held her tongue. Given that the police had organized a press conference, they must have solid evidence; questioning them on the spot would be equivalent to slapping her own face."
Pari Jones had her reservations, but the other reporters didn't care."
An Asian female reporter asked, "Chief Reid, I heard earlier that the murderer was Helson Swiney, who is also the husband of one of the victims. He committed suicide for fear of being arrested by the police.
Why has it now changed to murder?
Moreover, his characteristics and cause of death don't match those of the other three victims. Why are they considered to have been killed by the sa murderer; can you explain why?""
"Good question, it stumped , haha." Reid laughed and pointed to Luke beside him, "For professional matters, we need to consult a professional.
Let introduce you, this is Luke Lee, the acting captain of the Robbery and Murder Departnt's first team, and my right-hand man.
I think you all are familiar with him; he will answer the following questions.""
Luke stepped up to the podium, "Er, I'm not very used to facing the dia. Feel free to ask any questions directly.""
The Asian female reporter spoke again, "Captain Lee, could you answer my earlier question?""
"Of course, as you previously ntioned, Helson Swiney's gender, characteristics, and cause of death are different from the other three victims.
This is because their reasons for being murdered were different.
The murderer killed the three won to satisfy a certain pathological need.
He killed Helson Swiney, forced him to write a confession, and staged it as a suicide in order to pin his own cris on Swiney.
This let the police believe that Swiney was the murderer, allowing the real culprit to escape justice.""
The Asian female reporter continued, "There was a report at one ti that described Helson Swiney as the real culprit of the beheaded female body case. Was this information leaked by the police?""
"No, I never disclose case details to any reporter privately. I treat all dia equally and only announce investigation progress at press conferences.
Why such rumors were spread, I am also baffled.
Moreover, I hope that our dia friends will report the news based on an objective and factual spirit, rather than broadcasting unverified false news for ratings.""
The Asian female reporter said, "Thank you for your explanation. I have no further questions for now.""
"You're welco. Are there any other reporters who have questions...""
anwhile, Pari Jones had already quietly left the crowd.
Her face turned very ugly: why had this happened?
Could it be that Luke was deliberately deceiving her?
No, that's not right, Luke had never told her any insider details or information regarding the case.
This information was clearly purchased by her.
Could it be that the cowboy bartender had lied?
But why would he do that?
What good would it do him?
Could it be…Luke and the cowboy bartender were conspiring to deceive her?
But how would Luke know she was tracking him? And how would he know she'd ask the cowboy bartender for information?
Suddenly, Pari Jones felt a chill.
Could it be that Luke had anticipated all her actions?
This was too…
Pari Jones couldn't describe it.
She cald down, thought it through, and seed sowhat relieved.
Who was Luke?
The captain of the Robbery and Murder Departnt's first team.
A police elite.
His expertise was in tracking, investigating, gathering evidence, and uncovering conspiracies.
Although she was an excellent reporter, she definitely couldn't match him in this regard; no one was more professional than him."
Pari Jones felt annoyed and completely gave up on the idea of extracting information from Luke; taking advantage of him was really not that easy."
Every ti she got involved with him, she ended up on the losing end."
Pari Jones sighed softly and decided to worry about the current problem first; she was ready to face the scolding, but the priority was to keep her job."
..."
After the press conference ended."
Luke and Reid returned to the detective bureau together."
"Chief, did I not slip up anywhere?""
"You spoke very well and explained things clearly. Additionally, now that we've held the press conference, we need to expedite the closure of the case.""
"I understand.""
"If you don't understand sothing, you can ask or the deputy captain. The old man may have a bad temper, but he's got a good heart.""
"I know, the deputy captain has been a big help during this ti.
Besides, once the closure procedures are finished, I plan to take a few days off. I've been under a lot of stress lately and need to relax a bit.""
"Just make sure your work is in order before you do." Reid said this and then seeming to rember sothing, "By the way, clear your schedule on Saturday.""
"What's happening?""
"I'm planning a deep-sea fishing trip, and you should join.""
"Sure, I've been looking forward to so fun at sea; there's no better way to relax.
But what's the the this ti?""
Luke guessed that deep-sea fishing, apart from expanding social networks and eting like-minded friends, sotis had special reasons behind it.
Like the last ti he was invited to deep-sea fishing was because of Jackson."
"A welco party.""
"Whose welco party?""
Reid extended his right hand, pointing at Luke, "Yours.""
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