Chapter 714: Everyone is a happy person

When Jack and Beckett returned to the guest room where the murder occurred, the body had been carried on a stretcher and was waiting to be put into a body bag.

"Previously, the handsome FBI guy noticed a few strange scratches on the deceased's back. I checked again and made a bold guess based on the scars on the deceased's neck."

With that said, forensic doctor Lanny walked up to Jack and made a gesture of invitation, "Can you?"

Jack nodded knowingly, "Of course." Then he turned around and squatted down under her command.

Lanie stretched out her hand to strangle Jack's neck from behind, and her plump chest pressed firmly against his back, which was full of elasticity. Because of the huge height difference, this position was a little awkward and a little funny.

"Did you see that?" She struggled to maintain this posture and looked at Beckett.

"What?" Beckett didn't understand. Her mind was still immersed in the scene where Cassel met his old lover by chance. She didn't react for a moment.

"Here!" Lani pointed to her chest, which was almost overflowing from the crowd. It was unclear for a moment whether she was taking advantage or giving benefits to Jack.

Beckett blinked hard, and it took him a long time to realize, "Ah, you mean, the wound on her back was probably caused when the murderer strangled the deceased from behind."

"Thanks, handsome." Lanie breathed a sigh of relief, let go of Jack's neck and patted him on the back to thank him for his cooperation.

"The injuries were most likely caused by some jewelry or other items worn on the chest by the murderer when he strangled the deceased from behind."

Beckett nodded in understanding, "So as long as I find this ornament, can you connect it with the scars on the deceased's back?"

"Maybe, that's all I can say before going back to the office to do further sampling of the wound, but trace detection is not my specialty, and my lab doesn't have the relevant equipment, so..."

Seeing Lanie looking at him, Jack immediately understood, "OK, let me know when the time comes. Whether you send the samples to the CSI laboratory or the FBI's forensics laboratory, I can help speed up the process."

The latter nodded with satisfaction and casually asked about the situation there, "Have you met the bride and groom? The bride must be devastated if the wedding cannot be held as scheduled, right?"

"It's hard to say, after all, someone became a mysterious guest at the wedding." Beckett curled her lips and said sourly. Seeing that Lanny was a little confused, she added an explanation.

"Clearly Cassel and the bride have a history."

"Ancient history, modern history or the history of sex?" Lanny's voice raised an octave unconsciously and she looked at Jack beside her. It was obvious that this man was also a senior gossip enthusiast.

"It looks like both." Jack smiled and winked at her.

"Are you okay, honey?" Lanny hurriedly cared about her best friend.

"What can happen to me?" Beckett pretended to be surprised and glanced at Jack next to her with a guilty conscience. She had no idea that everyone who knew her and Cassel was secretly cheating on them.

After all, one of them is pretending to be romantic but has gradually fallen into decline without knowing it. The other one, who looks like an iceberg beauty, is actually secretly attracted to her, but she is too arrogant and refuses to face her own heart, while the surrounding melon-eaters are watching indifferently. You can see the special chemical reaction between them.

"If you have any results, please let me know at any time." Beckett dropped an instruction under the scorching gaze of her best friend and fled in panic. Behind her, Jack and Lanie looked at each other, smiled and high-fived each other, and the secret codes were matched. Everyone is a melon-eater.

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"Sheila Bryan, mother of the bride."

"Keith Murphy, brother of the groom."

"Laura Shiry, a friend of the bride and one of the bridesmaids."

"Teddy Murphy, uncle of the groom."

"Ruby Osiris Schwartzman, the ex-wife of the uncle of the bride's father's brother."

At one end of the bar, Kevin and Esposito were busy comparing the lists and making notes for the guests who had come to the wedding. Beckett, who had just returned here, seemed to be standing in front of a table checking the notes sent to the guests. The digital camera used at the wedding scene was actually eavesdropping on the conversation between Cassel and the bride Keira on the other side.

In contrast, Jack was much more upright. He went to the bar and mixed himself two glasses of "Margarita". He stood in front of Beckett and drank one cup in each hand. This cocktail is also known as "Lover" Tears", it can be said that it is quite suitable for the occasion.

In fact, the conversation between the two people not far away was quite normal. Basically, Cassel talked in a joking tone about how Keira had insisted on not getting married at first, but now she changed her mind and started talking about marriage.

Kayla replied that the girl had grown up, and then praised the groom a few times, and it could be seen that Cassel was also really happy that she had found true love.

But while talking, Kayla became sad because of the accident at the wedding and the death of the bridesmaid. Cassel naturally put his hand on Kayla's shoulder to comfort her, and then the scene was interrupted by the groom who suddenly broke in. Saw it.

The groom is half a head taller than Kassel, handsome in appearance, and even younger. His temperament shows that he comes from a wealthy family. But think about it, it is impossible to hold a wedding in such a high-end hotel without any wealth. impossible.

Fortunately, both of us were adults. Although the atmosphere was slightly awkward, everyone still exchanged polite greetings. Obviously, the groom Grete Murphy had also heard of Cassel's name and used it bluntly. The word ex-boyfriend.

Seeing the groom hugging his bride, Kayla, and leaving, and deliberately placing his hand on the spot where his ex-boyfriend had just left it, Jack coughed lightly and held another glass of "Margarita" that he had not drunk yet. Walked up to Cassel.

"Kyla Bryan, wow." This guy was still looking at the bride's leaving back in a daze. He subconsciously took a sip from the wine glass handed over by Jack and let out a sigh of praise.

"I guess she must be very special to you." Beckett said sourly to Cassel. Although she knew that this guy had two ex-wives, this was the first time she saw him looking at a woman like this.

"She was the only one who took the initiative to leave." Cassel's tone was regretful, but the implication made Beckett subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Kevin and Esposito seem to have almost finished the transcripts." Jack interrupted. He also wanted to see Beckett deal with Cassel's arrogance, but the case was important at the moment, although this case had nothing to do with him. relation.

"Have you finished the transcript?" Beckett put down the digital camera he had been playing with unconsciously and looked at the duo walking towards the three of them.

Esposito looked at the notepad in his hand and said, "I briefly asked the guests about the deceased Sophie. It seemed that most people didn't know much about her. However, some people heard that she almost couldn't come to the wedding and once gave her a The bride, Kayla, called to say she couldn't be a bridesmaid, but then seemed to change her mind."

Beckett nodded to show that she knew the information, "I talked to the bride and groom before you guys came. Sophie is a mutual friend of the groom and the bride, but because they have been away from Los Angeles in the past few years, the relationship is not too close.

However, since she was the original introducer to the two, she was invited to be the bridesmaid at the engagement party last year. "