Chapter 479
Madeline Hill stared at the little girl’s clothes in the closet, and her face changed instantly. If a child was missing in this case, the case needed to be upgraded immediately.
If it was confirmed that the little girl was taken away by the murderer, then an AMBER Alert would need to be activated.
Madeline Hill turned to William Worrell and asked, “William, have you checked this closet?”
William Worrell replied with a serious face, “We haven’t checked the closet yet…”
As he spoke, he looked at another closet in the room, which looked bigger.
Not only him, but Locke and the others also looked at that closet.
The fact that there were little girl’s clothes in the closet did not mean that there was a little girl in the room, maybe it was left over from the past.
Because there was no trace of the little girl’s life in the room, this was why Tom Burton had not reported this information before.
Locke walked to another closet, opened the door, and was stunned when he saw the scene in the closet.
There were no clothes in this closet, but it was arranged as a little girl’s secret garden.
There was a pink cushion in the closet, and many Disney cartoon patterns were pasted on the inner wall of the closet. There were also various plush toys and even a children’s toilet inside…
Obviously, there was indeed a little girl living here.
Locke looked at the handle of the closet again, and there was actually a lock installed here!
Locke, Madeline Hill and Tony Gerard looked at each other, and then the three of them looked at the body on the ground at the same time.
Is the little girl in the closet imprisoned by this woman?
Madeline Hill asked, “Murphy, forensic doctor, did the deceased have a history of giving birth?”
Katherine Murphy checked the abdomen of the corpse, opened it and looked at it, and nodded, “Yes, there are still traces of stretch marks on the abdomen, and there are sutures on the perineum…”
Madeline Hill immediately said to William Worrell, “William, collect the DNA information of the little girl in the closet immediately and compare it with the deceased. We need to confirm the relationship between the girl and the deceased as soon as possible…”
She also ordered the patrolman guarding the door, “Call Superintendent Burton up!”
While waiting for Tom Burton, Madeline Hill called Cole Badman, the head of the robbery and murder department, and reported the situation to him, asking him to check the surveillance near the apartment immediately to find suspicious people and vehicles.
Locke took Tony Gerard into the bathroom to check, and then squatted next to the body to see if he could get more information from the body.
Katherine Murphy was wearing a white protective suit, a mask, goggles, and three layers of latex gloves. If Locke wasn’t familiar with her body curves, he might not be able to recognize her at first glance. She glanced at Locke and said, “The age of the deceased needs to be corrected. The deceased should be under 30 years old, about 26-28 years old, with no history of drug abuse. She is most likely a sex worker. The cause of death was a blunt force attack on the head, which caused a fractured skull, brain trauma and coma, and excessive blood loss…” “The deceased had intense exercise before death, resulting in bruises of varying degrees on the body, and the lower part was also damaged…” “The deceased did not collect the genetic material of the abuser in the body…” “The towel in the mouth of the deceased was bitten by herself, without external force…” “According to the physical characteristics of the deceased, the time of death is estimated to be between 11 and 12 last night…” “…” After Catherine Murphy finished speaking, a confident light flashed in her eyes under the goggles, “How is it? Inspector Locke, do you have anything to add this time?” Locke pointed to the towel in the mouth of the corpse and asked, “This towel was put in when a sexual transaction took place. , but the murderer put it in when he attacked the deceased? ”
Katherine Murphy asked: “Is there any difference?”
“Obviously, the deceased took the initiative to stuff the towel into her mouth because she didn’t want to disturb the little girl in the closet…”
Locke stared at the cold and pale face of the corpse, and felt inexplicably kind, “If the towel was stuffed in during the attack, then the murderer’s dick might have left secretions in her mouth…”
“…”
Katherine Murphy stared at Locke in a daze, pretending to be calm and said: “I just tried to take the towel out of her mouth, but failed. I’m going to use tools after returning to the police station. I’m sure I just need to check her mouth…”
Locke stared at her suspiciously and said: “I know David is strict, you haven’t never had a boyfriend!”
Katherine Murphy lost her voice and said: “How could it be…”
“Locke, come here!”
Hearing Tony Geras’s voice coming from the bathroom, Locke hurriedly got up and walked over.
He stood at the door and saw the deputy captain standing by the bathtub, looking up at itHe found the partition and asked, “Did you find anything?”
Tony Gerard pointed at the board and asked, “Do you see if this board has been moved?”
Locke walked closer and nodded, “There are two fingerprints, it has indeed been moved…”
Tony Gerard nodded and shouted, “William, come here…”
“Wait a minute, what did you find?”
Tony Gerard did not answer, but asked Locke again, “Why did the deceased hide the little girl?”
There were no daily necessities for the little girl in the bathroom, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, etc.
Locke shrugged, “Aren’t we finding the answer?”
At this time, William..Worrel led a forensic personnel in, “How is it, what did you find?”
Tony Gerard pointed to the board and showed them, “This board seems to have been moved by someone else, you can see if there is anything hidden on it…”
Locke saw that the bathroom was a little crowded, so he walked out, and suddenly his sight was attracted by the curtains on the window.
The curtains seemed to have a broken part, so they could not be completely pulled up, and there was a gap of about 10 cm.
He walked to the window and through the gap, he immediately saw the people in the apartment building opposite who were eating melons. When they saw him, they immediately scattered.
Locke looked at the location of the body and tried to pull the curtains again, but it was stuck.
He turned his head to look at Madeline Hill. Seeing that she had already talked to Tom Burton about adding more people, he shouted: “Captain, we may have to go to the opposite side to have a look. I suspect there are witnesses…”
Madeline Hill came over to check and immediately understood what Locke meant.
If there is free AV viewing in this room every day, there will definitely be no shortage of viewers on the opposite side.
Voyeurism is almost human nature.
She immediately shouted from the bathroom: “Tony, you and Locke take people to the opposite apartment building to see if you can find any witnesses!”
Tony Gerard’s solemn voice came from the bathroom, “You should go to the bathroom first…”
