The Dracula Bar murder case was successfully cracked and began to enter the closure phase.
In the evening, everyone went to the bar to celebrate.
A ceremony is still necessary; it's also a form of motivation.
Everyone finished their drinks.
Luke took a big gulp of ice-cold beer, which was better cold.
What's the biggest benefit of being a cop in the United States? It isn't the high salary or the ability to use a gun, but rather the freedom to drink.
Most men prefer to have a few drinks once they reach a certain age, especially in a high-risk profession like policing. After a busy day, it's great to relax and have a little drink.
Of course, that's from a policeman's perspective. From a citizen's perspective, they would surely prefer the police to be on duty 24 hours a day.
However, this is hard to achieve in the United States. Once LAPD officers are off duty, they also have the right to enjoy their freedom.
Susan, carrying a small black bag, came over. "Hey, guys, I just visited the tech division, sorry for being late."
The Assistant Chief asked, "Any new progress from the tech division?"
"Exactly, the blood collected by Luke outside the farm has been tested for DNA identification.
The results don't match Darcy's DNA; they're now comparing it with DNA samples in the database, but there are no results yet."
Susan took a drink from Jenny. "Thanks.
Also, the fresh blood collected outside the farm has been identified as Type B, likely from a Caucasian male."
Luke frowned, "This differs from farmer Jefferson's description. According to him, the thief should be a Black male.
Could the blood found outside the farm not belong to the thief?
Were there other people who visited the farm?"
After saying this, Luke felt it was somewhat implausible.
The Assistant Chief responded, "I think there are two possibilities. First, it was dark, and the farmer did not see clearly, mistakenly identifying the suspect as Black.
The second possibility is that the farmer lied."
Robbin thought for a moment, "I don't have a good impression of that farmer either. He didn't seem friendly, but he also didn't seem like a liar, more like a racist.
Anytime something bad happens, he habitually blames Black people. It has to be Black people.
This mindset is scary and also quite common."
Susan said, "Regardless of the reason, I will contact the local patrol officers to keep an eye on things."
Robbin asked, "Don't we need to bring him in for a new statement?"
Susan considered for a moment, "Not for now.
We can't prove a connection between the two cases yet, nor can we prove that the blood outside the farm comes from the thief. Even if we brought them in again, it wouldn't be very meaningful.
He could easily say he made a mistake, and just like that, the police would be sent away."
As if remembering something, the Assistant Chief said, "Remember the suspicious young white guy I found when investigating the blood pattern?
From this point of view, the suspicious man found outside the farm might be the killer of Angela and Darcy.
In fact, it proves that the farm theft might be related to the two murder cases."
Susan countered, "Assistant Chief, do you also think we should take another statement from the farmer?"
"No, taking another statement won't be very meaningful.
If he didn't intentionally lie, it's very likely he was mistaken.
If even the race of the thief is wrong, taking another statement isn't valuable, his testimony is already unreliable.
If he did lie intentionally, he will lie again and won't easily confess, instead, it could tip him off.
So, I suggest we could have someone investigate discreetly."
After a moment of thought, Susan said, "Raymond, Jenny, the farmer hasn't seen you two, you'll be in charge of investigating covertly."
Susan spread her hands, "OK, that's it. This is a bar, I don't want to turn it into a meeting room.
Gentlemen, let's have a drink. Talk about something else.
With Susan's suggestion, everyone raised their glasses.
[Congratulations to the Host for solving the 'Dracula Bar Murder Case', successfully capturing 4 suspects, awarded 20 lottery chances.]
The case itself wasn't particularly complex, just that the investigation took some twists and turns. One reason was that bar owner Robbin instructed his men to dispose of the body.
Another was because of the 'Holy Blood'.
The most crucial aspect was its connection to vampires, shrouded in a veil of mystery.
Once the fog cleared, the case itself wasn't complicated.
The lottery interface appeared in Luke's mind.
The pointer stopped, one thousand US dollars...
After playing twenty times, he won two new cards, the Lip Reading Card[Quickly learn lip reading].
It was quite a practical skill, not bad.
The Detective System's inventory now had a total of 14 cards.
Identification Card, 2
Lip Reading Card, 2 (new)
Micro-expression Analysis Card, 0
The variety of cards now reached eleven in total.
Additionally, he won 18,000 US dollars.
Luke recalculated his assets; he had a good amount of money come in recently.
First was last month's salary, nearly ten thousand US dollars before taxes, and over seven thousand after taxes.
The reason Luke's salary increased substantially was mainly for two reasons, one was his recent dedication to cases, resulting in high overtime pay.
The other was his promotion from detective to Detective Chief, which bumped up his police rank, increasing his base salary and allowances.
Besides that, compensation from the Harley motorcycle case had come through, netting him 30,000 US dollars after deducting attorney fees and taxes.