Chapter 70 Pills
"Angela, you have two choices now. I can negotiate with Detective Calderon who is in charge of you. You have 24 hours before this case is officially handed over"
"I choose the first one."
Angela immediately agreed before Superintendent Gray said the second option. As an old patrol officer, she had experienced many similar crime scenes, but Patrol officers are usually only responsible for protecting the scene and doing odd jobs. Now they have finally become a replacement police detective. This opportunity is once in a lifetime.
“Let me assist ‘Detective’ Angela.”
Jack also volunteered. He had recently acquired entry-level forensic skills, and it was his first time encountering such a vicious home invasion crime. How could he miss it.
Superintendent Gray nodded: "Tell me what you found."
Jack also took out a small notebook. This is what he and Angela just said after Christine and his wife stabilized their mood a little bit. Made a preliminary enquiry.
"According to the couple's description, the assailant was two men, both wearing ski masks. They were white men, possibly Latino, and both were between five feet nine inches (175 centimeters) and five feet eleven in height. inches (180 cm), of medium build."
"The guy who assaulted Mrs. Christine was wearing white sneakers with a red triangle pattern on them. We have reported the above information to the command center and they will Post a wanted notice ”
Superintendent Gray looked satisfied and was about to turn around. Then he thought of something and asked the two of them.
"Is there anything else that needs to be brought to the attention of the forensic officers? They are very busy today and it will take about 2 hours to arrive at the scene."
"Uh"
Jack looked Looking at Angela, he saw her pouting at the door and suddenly said: "That visual doorbell has a piece of electrical tape stuck on the camera position. They may be able to collect fingerprints from it."
Superintendent Gray nodded again with satisfaction. .
"I'm going to meet the two victims. I need to convince Mrs. Christine to accept a forensic examination. I suggest you inspect the scene before the forensic investigators arrive, but be careful not to cause damage."
Back to the second At the crime scene in the building, Jack and Angela felt heavy again. A young life passed away in front of their eyes. Even if they are strangers, the unique ability of human empathy can still make people depressed.
Angela put on rubber gloves and lifted the right arm of the corpse. Jack was surprised to find that there was a bullet hole in the elbow joint.
He quickly checked the bullet holes on the back of the body. From the damaged clothes, he could see that the bullet holes here were larger, and the surrounding skin had a starburst shape, and he suddenly realized.
“This is actually an injection wound, which means that the bullet entered from the elbow joint, along the humerus, penetrated the entire arm, and finally exited from the back. The bullet interrupted the artery, causing him to bleed to death. .”
Angela gave him a strange look: "Are you planning to compete with me for the position of police detective? When did you start studying forensic science?"
Jack habitually wanted to touch the back of his head, but soon realized that he was Wearing rubber gloves and having just touched a body.
“I have read several forensic medicine books during the two days of vacation. Dr. Temple Breonna has a very interesting book on the human skeleton. I recommend you try it.”
Angela She shook her head and sighed, her partner was good-looking and capable, and the tacit understanding between the two of them in a few months was better than any of her previous partners, but they were too curly.
It took her nearly ten years to barely reach the position of police detective. Less than half a year after joining the LAPD, this person has already become a promising star of the future. It will take two years at most, and it will be a natural progression once she has the qualifications. to become an agent.
The most annoying thing is that I can't feel jealous or use gender issues to explain things. This guy's efforts and progress are obvious to all in the branch.
But Angela was still very competitive. She pointed at the deceased's mouth: "Tell me about the liquid flowing out of his mouth?"
Jack hesitated, a little. He answered uncertainly: "The secretion of pulmonary edema?"
"The cause of pulmonary edema?" Jack was a little stuck, and this was a bit out of line for him.
"Bronchitis or opioid addiction." Angela said with a victorious smile on her face.
“If it’s the latter, this case will be interesting.”
Jack murmured to himself, looking around the corners of the bedroom.
Angela blocked a certain angle with her body without leaving any trace, and then continued to ask.
"Why don't you continue to tell me what you think."
Jack followed the good advice and put forward his opinions point by point.
"There are no obvious signs of struggle here, and there is no rummaging through the boxes. One of the intruders was venting his beastly lust downstairs. What did the other want to do when he brought the deceased into his bedroom?"
< br>"If you want to violate him, the bed is clean and tidy, and the deceased's clothes are not messy enough, it doesn't make sense."
Jack suddenly had an idea: "Is there a possibility that the murderer and the deceased knew each other? , they gave up the couple’s master bedroom where valuables might be stored, and instead came to their son’s bedroom because there was what they needed.”
Angela smiled slightly and turned away.
"For example, some kind of prescription drug."
There was a wardrobe behind her, and a small pill lay on the floor on one side of the wardrobe.
Jack took a step forward and found that the wooden board on the side of the wardrobe was slightly tilted. After gently fiddling with it, he could see inside that there were several identical white pills scattered between the side wall of the wardrobe and the drawer.
Angela took out her mobile phone and took two photos of this location.
“I’ll need forensics to take it back for testing later, but I can tell at a glance that it’s Oxycontin.”
Jack curled his lips secretly, and most of his original sympathy for the deceased suddenly disappeared.
Oscontin and phenolphthalein are the two most common and most abused prescription analgesics in the United States. As tablet drugs, this kind of molecular formula is similar to that of morphine. It is used in pain relief and drug administration. It has a very significant effect in bringing people pleasure, and of course its addictiveness is equally significant.
But for some well-known reasons, these addictive drugs, which were supposed to be used only to relieve pain for terminal cancer patients, have been abused to an appalling degree.
To make an interesting comparison, if a Serisian catches a cold, the first thing that comes to mind may be to drink more hot water, cover yourself with a quilt and sweat. If the symptoms are severe or the high fever does not go away, then go The hospital or clinic will prescribe you some cold medicine or antipyretic medicine, and you'll be fine after a few days of rest.
Some people may have minor complications due to physical problems, such as strep throat. The doctor will prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs and then ask the nurse to give you fluids for a few hours, and you will basically recover quickly.
Most people basically follow this process, and the cost of this process is not high. Even without medical insurance, most of the time, the cost of treatment is within the reach of most ordinary people.
But in the beautiful country, this is not the process.
Basically, Sanjiang is out of business. I am short of 1,000 readers, but I still have to put it on the shelves. I hope you won’t really feed me to death.
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(End of this chapter)