Chapter 767: Smooth, Suspicion, Murderer, Assassin
In the rental house, Winslow walked up to Roan and Chenelle, shook his cell phone, and said:
"The Trace Inspection Department has set out and will be here in thirty minutes."
Luo An didn't speak. Chenier looked at the chat history on the computer with a bad expression:
"People who dare to use the Internet to pay for murder are generally very cautious. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find out the person who contacted Ophelia Johnson and asked her to poison..."
Before Chenier could finish speaking, Mona's voice came from the phone:
"No, I've found clues."
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Chenier was stunned for a moment, and Luo An was also a little surprised:
"So fast?"
"It's not that I'm fast, it should be said that the other party didn't hide himself at all."
Mona's tone on the other end of the phone was also a little weird. She tapped the keyboard a few times and remotely controlled the page of Ophelia Johnson's notebook. She brought up a black page and showed it to Luo An and the others, and introduced:
"The murderer who contacted Ophelia Johnson for poisoning also used the same account to contact another person. I will temporarily call the new person a hirer.
The chat between the murderer and the employer showed that the employer gave the murderer $500,000 to poison Veranith with polonium-210.
As for the coffee bean plan, it is also information provided by the employer. "
"..."x3
The rental house was very quiet for a while.
Chenille felt a little speechless. She said before that people who buy murders online are very cautious and the information is difficult to investigate. She didn't expect to be slapped in the face by the murderer's tricks so quickly.
Winslow despised the murderer's operation of taking $500,000 for himself and only giving Ophelia Johnson $80,000. This middleman's operation was too shady.
Luo An also didn't expect that this clue investigation would go so smoothly. He looked at the chat history on his computer and asked:
"Who is this person who hired the murderer?"
The investigation of the case has gradually become clearer. The chat records on the computer show that there is an employer hiding behind the scenes who knows about Veranith's living habits and the lack of coffee beans.
The hirer spent $500,000 to find the murderer, and proactively provided information about polonium-210 and Veranes so that he could poison Veranes.
The murderer got half of the deposit and spent $80,000 to persuade Ophelia Johnson to poison the coffee beans. After Veranith was poisoned, the murderer killed Ophelia Johnson to silence her and took $500,000. The dollar escaped.
"Um……"
After Luo An finished asking the question, the crackling sound of keyboard typing sounded again on the phone.
In less than five minutes, Mona’s slightly excited voice rang on her phone:
"I found it! The employer's IP address is at the headquarters of Illinois Nuclear Power Company!
In addition, the account number used by the employer is a person’s birthday in reverse order!
This man's name is Ulysses, one of the managers at the Illinois Nuclear Power Company headquarters! "
"Manager of Illinois Nuclear Energy Corporation headquarters?!"
After Mona finished speaking, Chenier's eyes instantly became extremely bright and she said:
"That's right! Veranith has always suspected that the nuclear laboratory under the Illinois Nuclear Power Company was manufacturing smuggled polonium-210!"
"That's right!"
Winslow also clapped his hands and said excitedly:
“This manager Ulysses may be the person in charge of this line!
He discovered that Veranith was investigating and was afraid that his affairs would be exposed, so he decided to take the first step and poison Veranith with polonium-210! "
"It makes perfect sense!"
Mona on the other end of the phone also nodded repeatedly, agreeing very much with Winslow and Chenier's analysis, and then said:
"Luo An, let's go arrest someone!"
The room was quiet, and Luo An didn't answer immediately.
He put his hand on his chin and looked at the chat history on the computer. He narrowed his eyes and thought for a long time. Finally, he slowly shook his head:
"No, we need to find the murderer of Ophelia Johnson first."
"What?"
Luo An's words were like a pot of cold water poured on the heads of the three of them. Chenier frowned and said nothing. Winslow asked directly in confusion:
"Let's capture Manager Ulysses first and interrogate him. Don't we know who the murderer he hired is?"
Mona on the other end of the phone agreed with Winslow's words, but she changed to Luo An's position to think about it, found some problems, and asked:
"Luo An, are you worried that there is insufficient evidence at the moment to arrest the person; or are you worried that Ulysses has hired a lawyer and refused to admit, causing interrogation difficulties?"
Information shows that Manager Ulysses has worked for the Illinois Nuclear Power Company for more than 20 years. Although he has not become a rich man with assets of over 100 million, he can still afford to drive a luxury car and live in a large villa. He is indeed not short of money. look like.
Once such a person hires a lawyer, it will be very difficult to deal with him.
"No, I'm thinking about something else."
Luo An slowly shook his head, pointed at the computer page in front of him, and said:
"Don't you think it went too smoothly?"
"It went too well?"
Winslow looked confused, Mona on the other end of the phone frowned slightly, and Chenelle, who had been thinking for a long time, looked solemn and asked:
"Luo An, do you think this is a trap?"
"It's not a trap, it just feels like someone is deliberately guiding me."
Luo An rubbed his temples, frowned and analyzed:
"What Chenelle said before is correct. People who buy murder on the Internet are generally very cautious. Using virtual IPs and false numbers are basic operations.
It is really rare for a murderer like this one to use the same account. "
Winslow thought for a moment and asked:
"Is it possible that the other party is not very good at computers? He is not aware of this..."
Winslow himself couldn't say anything else when it came to what happened next. A killer who was hired to kill had no sense of caution at all... If that were the case, it would be impossible for the other party to survive until now.
"And that Ulysses manager."
Chenier, who was standing aside, also nodded slowly, agreed with Luo An's point of view, and said:
"The account number used to buy and kill people is actually the reverse number of my birthday. It's so directional, as if it was arranged by someone."
The room fell silent again. After a few seconds, Mona asked:
"Roan, are you saying that Manager Ulysses is not the murderer, but that he was wrongly accused?"
"Whether he was wrongly accused or not, we have no way of determining now."
A thoughtful look flashed in Luo An's eyes. Through the window, he saw the agents from the Trace Inspection Section arriving downstairs. He smiled and said:
"But what is certain is that Manager Ulysses is definitely related to polonium 210, otherwise this matter would not be related to him.
Chenelle, send Michelle a message and ask her to put more focus on Manager Ulysses and investigate his situation.
Mona, see if you can use the Internet to find out the identity of the murderer of Ophelia Johnson.
Winslow, Chenelle, and I were conducting on-the-spot investigation around the crime scene, trying to figure out the circumstances of the murderer. "
"clear."
"no problem!"
After Luo An finished speaking, Winslow, Chenelle and Mona responded in unison and took the order.
Within a few minutes, several agents from the Trace Inspection Section walked into the room and began to process the scene. Luo An and the other three began to go downstairs to investigate on the spot as they had said before.
While checking surveillance, Luo An's cell phone suddenly rang, and when he connected it, he found Lacey on the other side.
Before Roan could ask what was going on with Lacey, Chenelle's cell phone rang next to her. After the call was answered, Michelle shouted:
"Chenelle, tell Luo An quickly that I have found the murderer of Ophelia Johnson! That guy is still committing crimes!"