Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 167: 【The Female Judge Murdered at the Door of the Bakery Case】

The crime scene for this case was located on Manhattan Island, not far from the Jacob Federation Building. It only took Luo An and Reesi a few minutes to reach the destination.

The SUV slowly stopped by the roadside, Luo An and Reesi unbuckled their seat belts, jumped out of the car, and quickly walked towards the bakery opposite.

The body was lying next to the sedan by the bakery's entrance.

"Hello, I am Luo An Greenwood..."

Upon seeing the police tape put up by the NYPD, Luo An instinctively reached to take out the gold badge in his pocket to introduce his identity.

But before he could finish, the NYPD detective across from him turned his head, walked over, and patted Luo An on the shoulder:

"I didn't expect it to be you, Luo An. This case actually fell into your hands!"

Seeing the smile on the detective's face, Luo An also smiled:

"So it's you, Detective Walton!"

Detective Walton was a typical Texan. Just yesterday, he had attended the Rider's house barbeque party with Luo An and had arm-wrestled with him.

After losing to Luo An in arm-wrestling, it was Detective Walton who gave Luo An the card available only to NYPD family members.

After introducing Reesi and briefly catching up with Detective Walton, Luo An glanced at the white-covered body on the ground and asked:

"What's the situation here?"

"The victim is named Carolina Bellot, 65 years old, one of the judges of the New York Court."

Detective Walton's expression turned serious when it came to official business, his hands on his hips:

"That's why this case was handed over to you guys."

A judge being murdered was no small matter. The NYPD was already understaffed, so they decisively chose to hand the case over to the FBI.

Luo An bent down to lift the white cloth to examine the body, while Reesi continued to ask:

"Was anything stolen?"

"It doesn't seem like it."

Detective Walton shook his head:

"Cell phone, wallet, identification, cash, and her purse are all present, no missing items found."

Reesi's expression remained unchanged:

"It doesn't look like a passion killing triggered by robbery."

"That's right."

Luo An by the body nodded in response, then his eyes lit up, and he moved next to the sedan.

Picking up two clearly spent shells from under the car, Luo An smiled as he stood up and handed them to Detective Walton:

"Would you send these to the federal building later?"

"OK."

Detective Walton nodded in agreement, and at the same time pointed to a Caucasian young man not far behind, surrounded by several NYPD officers, and said:

"He's the one who reported the crime and was the eyewitness throughout the incident."

Luo An and Reesi thanked Walton and immediately approached the young man.

"I was just about to come to this bakery to buy something to eat."

Upon seeing the gold badges displayed by Luo An and Reesi, the young man immediately replied:

"I had just turned the corner at the end of the street when I heard two gunshots, saw someone shot and falling to the ground, and I hurried to call the police."

"You did very well."

Reesi took out a notebook, recorded as she affirmed the young man's actions, while Luo An continued to ask:

"Did you get a good look at the shooter?"

"No."

The Caucasian young man shook his head, indicating that the culprit was wearing a mask and he couldn't see the face at all.

"But that guy was wearing blue jeans, a black jacket, and a gray hoodie."

The young man quickly added, also pointing eastward towards the bakery:

"After firing the shots, he ran off in that direction."

Hearing the young man describe the suspect as "He," Luo An continued:

"Are you sure the guy was male?"

"No doubt."

The young man indicated that the culprit had shouted before firing, and it was a man's voice; he couldn't have misheard.

"What did the shooter yell?"

"There were two sentences in total; I didn't catch the first one,"

The young man spread his hands:

"The second sentence yelled was: 'Now it's your turn.'"

"Wow."

Hearing this, Reesi stopped writing, and Luo An crossed his arms and embraced his chest:

"It looks like a revenge case."

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Team 5 of investigators attended the meeting discussion via mobile phones.

Augustus stood at the forefront of the office area, holding a folder, and loudly introduced the basic information of the victim, then looked towards William and asked:

"Anything else to add?"

"Carolina Bellot has been a judge for six years."

William sat at his workstation, typing on the keyboard as he spoke:

"But most of the cases she has been responsible for in the past two years are related to appeals in prison."

"So she's dealing with criminals in prison."

Augustus closed the folder:

"Did the victim ever receive any threatening letters, or was she being followed?"

"There's a case on record."

Mona tapped the keyboard a few times and looked up to say:

"Fourteen months ago, a gang member threatened Carolina by sending her bullets.

But less than a month after that gang member was released from prison, he was beheaded during a gang fight."

"An unlucky guy."

Augustus's phone suddenly rang, and he turned to walk into the meeting room. Luo An then said on the phone:

"A gang member's death doesn't mean others don't hold a grudge against Carolina; some people can totally wait until they're released from prison to take revenge on her."

"Yeah."

Team 5's agents all nodded in unison.

The West may not have the exact saying "a gentleman's revenge is not too late even after ten years," but it has a similar phrase with the same meaning.

"Let's continue investigating the cases Carolina has recently handled."

Luo An sat in the car, remotely directing the next steps for the investigators of Team 5, and then asked:

"Mona, how is the surveillance footage from near the crime scene coming along?"

"There's only a camera inside the flower shop next to the bakery that recorded a bit during the crime. No footage of the murderer was found anywhere else."

Mona presented the surveillance footage to Team 5's investigators. Since Luo An and Reesi couldn't see it, she simply described the situation seen on the surveillance, and concluded:

"The car Carolina was driving was a Jaguar, from which we infer the murderer's height is roughly around 1.80 meters.

As for other content... Sorry, the flower shop's camera resolution is mediocre, and the murderer was wearing a mask, so I can't find any other useful information for now."

"Okay."

Luo An didn't say much more, pondering for a few seconds, then continued asking:

"What about the victim's family, like financial status, marital relationship, etc.?"

Mona typed quickly on the keyboard, then frowned deeply:

"Carolina's husband died in a car accident two years ago; her two daughters are a lawyer and a coffee shop owner.

But the lawyer daughter disappeared suddenly a year ago and her whereabouts are unknown.

The coffee shop owner daughter got addicted to drugs two years ago and died six months ago from an overdose, with resuscitation attempts unsuccessful."

"What?"

After listening to Mona's description and thinking of the murderer's sentence, "Now it's your turn," all the investigators of Team 5 were shocked all at once, and doubt sparked in Reesi's eyes in the SUV.

After a moment of silence, Luo An asked seriously:

"So, it's potential family annihilation for Carolina's household, right?"

"No!"

On the phone, Mona reported an address, saying:

"Carolina Bellot still has an elder sister alive, who has been living with Carolina for nearly a year now."

"Okay."

Instructing Mona and Team 5's investigators to dig deep into all information related to Carolina, Luo An hung up the phone, started the SUV, and sped towards the direction of Carolina's sister's house.