David Marco shook his head, "I don't know."
Luke stared at him, "You're lying."
Anthony added, "He's right, your expression betrays you.
You know where that gun came from."
David Marco lowered his head, still unwilling to speak.
"Look up." Luke's gaze was sharp, staring at him again, testing, "Do you know Arel Gray?"
David Marco looked up at Luke, a flash of surprise in his eyes, "I didn't kill anyone."
"Then clarify things, don't hide anything."
"I... want to perform one last time on stage before I'm arrested, it might be the last magic show of my life."
Luke thought he had misheard, how could he still be thinking about performing at a time .
He's certainly persistent enough.
He exchanged a glance with Anthony, "OK, as long as you're truthful, we can agree to your request."
"Thank you." David Marco clenched his fist, seemingly knowing he couldn't escape anymore, slowly saying, "That gun was stolen by me."
"Where did you steal it from?"
"From the Gray family's villa.
Before Christmas, to be precise, on the night of December 20th, that family went out on vacation.
So, I sneaked into the villa to steal.
The gun was good, Mamba likes guns, so I gave it to her.
I only found out later that she used that gun to kill the patrol officer."
"How many people were involved in the theft?"
"Just me, I knew nobody was home, why share the spoils with anyone else."
"Weren't you guys planning to steal from the Getty Museum?
Why did you end up robbing the Gray family?"
"That's right, I was indeed planning to do a big job with the Professor, but according to the insider, the security measures at the Getty Museum were too tight, he wanted to back out of the theft plan, so the plan might get shelved.
I was very disappointed.
And with Christmas approaching, I hadn't received any gig offers, I needed money, I didn't want to starve over Christmas.
So, I decided to earn some extra money, targeting the Gray family's staged vacation."
"Besides that gun, what else did you steal?"
"Cash, jewelry, and several limited edition watches..."
David Marco's description matched the items missing from the Gray family.
Luke observed that his expression didn't seem fake, and with David Marco's testimony, the Highway 1 body dumping case, the patrol officer shooting case, and the Getty Museum painting robbery case were linked together.
In his mind, Luke connected the three cases.
Strictly speaking, these should be considered two cases.
The patrol officer shooting case only served as a continuation of the painting robbery case, with Patrol Officer Jens Hauley being murdered and framed for discovering clues to the painting robbery.
While the Highway 1 body dumping case and the Getty Museum painting robbery case were connected by the same gun.
First, the Highway 1 body dumping case was due to issues in the Gray couple's relationship, as they had a prenuptial agreement that the party at fault had to leave with nothing, Mr. Gray hired a lover to seduce his wife.
The lover, for money, deliberately took footage of him and Mrs. Gray being intimate, but Mrs. Gray found out, she tried to grab the camera, and in a rage, shot her lover.
Afterwards, Mrs. Gray dealt with the lover's body, attempting to frame her husband, and left the gun at the villa.
After Mrs. Gray and her husband went to a vacation home, David Marco snuck into the villa to steal, taking valuables and the gun from the villa, and then gave the gun to 'Mamba'.
In another case, the Professor, in order to continue his crimes, changed his method from theft to robbery, and to eliminate risks, ordered Mamba to dispose of Patrol Officer Jens Hauley.
Because the first gun was used to murder, these two cases were connected.
The clues to the two cases were basically clear, now Luke's task was to track down the escaped robbers Mamba and the Professor, and to recover the murder weapon and the paintings.
Beside him, Anthony asked, "Where are the ten paintings?"
"I don't know, the paintings were handled by the Professor."
"Where's the Professor?"
"The Professor is always elusive, I really don't know where he is."
Anthony stared at him, "Where is Mamba?"
David Marco said, "I told you, I don't know."
"You're lying." Anthony patted his cheek, "You've already said so much, and we agreed to your last performance, I thought we were cooperating quite well.
Why lie at the last moment?
David Marco took a deep breath, looking somewhat complicated, "I... I've only been to her place once, I don't know where she is now."
"Just give us the address."
Gaelic community, 209.
Luke and Anthony led the team to Mamba's house.
Luke sat in the passenger seat, looking at the dark villa at 209, the house was unlit, appearing pitch black, and there were no parked cars in the yard, it was uncertain if anyone was residing there.
Anthony sat in the back seat of the car, also gazing towards the villa, "What are you going to do?"
Luke sighed, "Though Mamba is a woman, according to the descriptions by George and Jens Hauley, she's the most expert in firearms in the gang, and the bomb at the robbers' hideout was likely set by her.