Chapter 949 Missing

After a brief exchange of greetings, the old priest got busy. He first cast a spell to heal Donald Jr., then healed the sword wound on Guadra's abdomen, and finally cast "Remove Disease" to restore Elder Gumoduo's ability to hear and speak, so that Accept interrogation.

Pinkerton handed Gudella over to Sergeant Gleason and his assistants, interrogated Elder Gumodo himself, and called Joan to serve as a clerk to record the old toad's confession.

Joan readily accepted the new job, took out a blank notebook from the storage bag, attended the interrogation with a little expectation, and prepared to record with a pen in hand.

Pinkerton didn't go around in circles, and directly asked Elder Gumoduo whether the victims of the three murders, including Harrell Lancashire, were related to him.

Elder Gumoduo was also frank and did not try to shirk the crime, and frankly admitted that he was responsible for the previous three murders.

The boggard man and the victim were strangers, and they had no personal grievances. The motive for the murder was very simple. It was nothing more than taking the other party as the prey for the adult trials of the noble children of the clan, which was the same as their attitude towards Donald Jr. tonight.

It's just that the three victims before were not as lucky as Donald Jr., and eventually became the sacrifices of the bloody trial.

"Gumoduo, you swamp people live in the depths of the wetlands, no less than two hundred miles away from Hot Spring Town, why do you have to go so far to hunt and kill humans?"

Pinkerton asked a question that Joan was also very curious about. He jotted down Mr. Detective's question and looked up at Elder Gumodo, expecting him to give a positive answer.

"What's so strange about this?" The old swampman snorted angrily, "Hot Spring Town, even if it is the nearest human settlement to our tribe, what's more, we have human friends in the town, and they can always help us. Arrange the trial site and prey properly, except for the accident last night..."

"That's interesting, old man, tell me, who is your 'human friend'?" Pinkerton asked bluntly.

Elder Gumoduo hesitated.

"Old guy, you'd better be sensible. If you don't tell me, we have to ask Gudella, is that kid your nephew?"

"Judging from Gudella's performance in last night's trial, he seems to be an upright young man. I think he is unlikely to lie to us."

Pinkerton lit his pipe, smiling menacingly.

"Unfortunately, that kid's speech is not very clear, and he can't even speak smoothly. In order to avoid misunderstandings in the testimony, I don't mind killing him, and then ask our pastor to perform spiritism on his corpse. You are a divine spellcaster, you should know that there is no language barrier to communicate with the soul, right?"

Elder Gumoduo couldn't help but shivered, and instinctively looked towards the opposite corner, the yellow-robed old man who was healing his nephew - that man was indeed a priest.

After a brief hesitation, Elder Gumoduo was forced to give in.

"Over the years, our Gurga tribe has cooperated with the richest man in Hot Spring Town, David Kaufman, many times in private, providing sacrifices for adult trials is also part of our cooperation."

Pinkerton didn't seem to be surprised that he broke such a big news, nodded with a pipe in his mouth, and signaled Gumoduo to continue talking.

"The cooperative relationship between our family and Kaufman can be traced back to twenty-five years ago. At that time, Kaufman was only the manager of a small hotel. He had just married the daughter of the hotel owner. It seemed to be a woman named Elena Women? I can't remember."

Pinkerton raised his hand to signal him to wait, and turned his head to Sergeant Grayson who was standing behind him listening to the interrogation, and cast a meaningful glance.

Sergeant Grayson folded his arms on his chest, nodded coldly, and said to Pinkerton, "It's the Mrs. Elena we all know, the former wife of David Kaufman."

"If I remember correctly, old man, you should be somewhat related to Mrs. Irina, right? Cousin, or cousin?"

"Irene is my cousin, don't talk about it, Ted, it has nothing to do with our case." Mr. Sheriff replied impatiently.

"But this has something to do with you. Over the years, you are the only person in Hot Springs who dares to show your face in front of our Mr. Millionaire. Kaufman complained in front of me more than once, saying that he doesn't understand why you have inexplicable feelings for him. Can you speak frankly about this matter, Gregson?"

"There's nothing to say, I just can't understand David Kaufman's arrogance." Sergeant Grayson's face was gloomy.

"If you refuse to tell the truth to your old friend, I can only think that you once loved your cousin deeply, and you are still jealous of the man who married her after many years..."

"Enough! Ted, you give me enough!"

Mr. Sheriff sharply interrupted Ted Pinkerton's speculation about those old scandals, and finally restrained his excitement, and reluctantly revealed his knot:

"Elena takes good care of my cousin. Our sister and brother have always had a good relationship, but there is no personal relationship like you said."

"When she first decided to marry Kaufman, frankly speaking, I was not satisfied. After all, Kaufman had no money at that time, let alone status. I even doubted that the reason why Kaufman pursued Ian Lianna, just to please Irina's father, that is, his boss."

"Irina is the only daughter in the family and the only heir to her father's property. The old man has been in poor health. The business of the hotel depends on Kaufman and Irina. Kaufman married Irina, and it will be a matter of course in the future. Hotel, it's a smart decision, isn't it?"

"Kaufman has always been very smart, and I don't see anything wrong with him pursuing Elena."

Pinkerton said disapprovingly.

"No matter in the past or now, people always have to consider economic gains and losses when it comes to marriage. Isn't it normal for a son-in-law to inherit his father-in-law's property through marriage? Gregson, you are too extreme."

Mr. Pinkerton smiled and puffed out a big puff of smoke, and then said: "Besides, we all have to admit that Kaufman is not the kind of little boy who only eats soft food. What he inherited from his father-in-law is just a building. Small hotels can be seen everywhere in Hot Spring Town, but after more than 20 years of operation, this small hotel has now become a luxury hotel that ranks high in the whole town and even the entire Midgard colony. And her father didn't miss it."

"David Kaufman, smart and capable, I'll never deny that, but I can't forgive him for what he did to my cousin."

Sergeant Grayson hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a low voice:

"Twenty years ago, one night, David Kaufman came to me to report the crime, saying that my cousin was abducted by a playboy, left a letter and eloped with her lover. At the edge of the wetland, I found the carriage my cousin was riding in, but there was no one in the carriage, and there was only a pool of blood on the scene..."

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