Chapter 723 Handover Ceremony?
Beckett also called back the Huobao duo who were still busy outside. They were still conducting in-depth investigations into the background of the groom, Gretel Murphy.
Although the Murphy family is not a particularly well-known wealthy family in New York, it is still a large family that can be traced back two to three hundred years ago. Gretel's grandfather and grandmother even set a value for him. A substantial family trust fund.
According to Kevin and Esposito, they have never seen a billionaire heir who is as low-key as Grete.
“Billions of dollars in wealth?” Cassell opened his mouth in surprise. As the saying goes, some people are born in Rome, and some people are born with cows and horses. Although he is now considered to be rich, he is obviously still far away from this figure. There is a big gap. I don’t even know if I will have the chance to touch this threshold in this life.
"Yes, this is the key, but we have to start from the beginning. Do you remember what Esposito mentioned when he asked the guests? Someone mentioned that Sophie almost didn't come to the wedding." Jack Stand in front of the evidence board and talk.
Esposito nodded and said that he still had an impression. Beckett also added, "I also checked with Kayla because Sophie is far away in Los Angeles, so their relationship in the past few years cannot be said to be very good. Intimacy.
Inviting her to be a bridesmaid was purely because she and Gretel met because of Sophie, although this seems a bit ironic now. ”
"Then we noticed a strange thing. The wedding rehearsal was on Saturday. Counting other preparations, usually you can check into the hotel on Friday, but Sophie had already checked in as early as Thursday morning. .
So this morning we called the bride Kayla’s mean mother and talked to her about it.” Jack raised his hand and motioned for his girlfriend to continue.
Hannah shuddered subconsciously, seeming to recall the fear of being dominated not long ago by a mean aunt who kept complaining that her daughter always saw the wrong person.
“I don’t want to recall that conversation in detail. Anyway, we learned one thing from the mother of the bride. Sophie’s financial situation seemed to be very poor. She even had a fight after the engagement party last year. Called her to ask if she could help pay for the flight
And she also mentioned that when she checked into the hotel on Friday, she saw Sophie shopping in the store attached to the hotel and used her. In his exact words, this girl seemed to have become a "Nouveau riche."
"So." Hannah took out a credit card bill and posted it on the evidence board, "Based on my experience as a bridesmaid, I roughly estimated the cost of Sophie's wedding trip. .
The total amount of shoes, skirts, hotel accommodation and air tickets will not be less than 3,000 US dollars, but she has less than 20 US dollars left in her bank account, and her credit card balance is at the top of the list. The month has been completely overdrawn.”
Cassell frowned and looked at the credit card statement carefully, "How did she do it? I didn't find any relevant expenditure items on it, and she spent money on buying 'FM2' from drug dealers. How much was it?" ? 200 dollars? Where did she get so much cash? "
"Not to mention the cost of buying medicine, as a bridesmaid six times, I am more curious about how she can afford the bridesmaid dress. "Beckett regretted it as soon as she said it, because everyone's eyes suddenly focused on her.
"Six times bridesmaid? You don't happen to still have the photos from that time, right?" Cassell's focus suddenly shifted to a strange direction.
Jack coughed slightly and signaled everyone not to go off topic. Although he was also curious, after all, he was aware of the superstitions such as being too many bridesmaids and making him unable to get married.
"So I'm going to follow the direction of the money." He took out a small USB flash drive, "This is the store surveillance video I just got from the Beaumont Hotel, and then I discovered the reason for all this The man who paid the bill, Teddy Murphy”
"So, Teddy Murphy is actually Sophie's sugar daddy?" What the hell kind of shared lover plot is this? Cassell only felt that his mind was a little confused, "When he found Sophie crawling into his nephew's bed in the middle of the night, and killed her in anger?"
Jack found that he still underestimated this guy's free will that day. Using his imagination, he said in a dumbfounded voice, "I am more inclined to believe that he is the mastermind behind the scenes. Sophie was obviously instructed by him to enter Gretel's room in the middle of the night in order to disrupt the subsequent wedding."
"Is this his motive?" Cassel's mind hadn't turned around for a moment. "What good would it do to Teddy Murphy to ruin the wedding? He and Gretel are not even from the same generation. Gretel inherited the property. "
As he spoke, he suddenly reacted, "You mentioned the trust fund that Grete's grandparents left to him before. Are there any prerequisites for this fund to take effect? For example, Gray? Get married or have children?"
Jack and Hannah smiled at each other and snapped their fingers, "Bingo, the billions of wealth that Gretel can inherit are only theoretical, but a large part of them , uh, let me take a look.”
He pulled out the last piece of information, "Theoretically, as long as Grete gets married, uh, without having children, he can inherit half of this fund, a total of 40 million US dollars, but now there is only a little bit of this money left. To 15 million US dollars."
Everyone suddenly understood that Cassel, as a member of the wealthy family, understood immediately, "So Teddy Murphy, as a member of this family, is also a member of the family. The lawyer is actually the executor of this family trust fund. He has been stealing money from it all these years?” It was up to them to check it out themselves, but he still gave a reminder. "Remember to search Teddy Murphy's personal belongings, especially what he was wearing at the wedding rehearsal dinner. Don't forget those strange scratches on the back of Sophie's body. I bet there was something on his clothes. It will be decisive direct evidence."
"I'm going to apply for a search warrant. You two go and bring Uncle Teddy back to the police station first," Beckett said to the Huobao duo. After giving the order, he took the documents and hurriedly left the office with Cassel.
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"Is everything settled?" At night, when Jack and Hannah came to the 12th Precinct again, they saw Beckett sitting alone at his desk.
The female detective looked a little distracted, and there was not much joy brought about by successfully solving the case on her face. "Yes, everything is just as you expected. Teddy Murphy didn't do anything at all."
He took advantage of Sophie's financial difficulties and unresolved feelings for Gretel, and wanted her to ruin both of them by seducing the groom and making a recording on the eve of the wedding.
But after Gretel rejected her, Sophie fled back to her room and met Teddy waiting there.”
Hannah asked with interest, "What happened next? The two had an argument, and Sophie threatened to expose what he had done?"
"Or in addition to silence, Teddy also Think of a way to ruin their wedding and kill the bridesmaid?" Jack continued.
Beckett sighed, but kept glancing towards the conference room on the left, "We have no way of knowing this yet. Teddy chose to remain silent, but whether he admits guilt or not, he has already The evidence is conclusive.
We found a platinum tie clip in the file bag in his room. As you might expect, this is the source of the scratches on Sophie's back, the most direct evidence. , the remaining epithelial cells on it were enough to convict him.
In addition, we also found Sophie's cell phone, which contained a recording of Grete's stern rejection of Sophie's sexual advances, Cassel shouted. Here comes Keira, playing it to her in the conference room right now.”
After speaking, she couldn't help but look at the conference room on the left again, her eyes flickered and she asked with a little hesitation, "Jack, can you use the one you demonstrated before?"
"Wait a minute. "Hannah covered Jack's mouth and rolled her eyes mischievously, "You have to promise to show me all your bridesmaid photos."
"Deal!" Beckett gritted his teeth. He glared at his friend and best friend.
Jack sighed and shook his head speechlessly, "Take me one."
"Hurry up and read your lips!" If he could shoot lasers from his eyes, Jack would probably be a grown man by now. Sieve, because even Hannah couldn't wait to know what the two talked about in the conference room.
"Cassell is saying that Teddy's plan might succeed, if he hadn't underestimated a person, uh, I'm talking about Gretel, although I'm not bad, but, Keira, he is a good man, an upright person.
Keira said, I know, and I really should love him, but that doesn't mean I won't think of you from time to time.
Bah, scum. Woman! Ah, that’s what I said.”
Facing the angry looks of the two women, Jack could only raise his hand to signal that he would not interrupt, and continued to peek through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass in the conference room. Conversations between old lovers.
“Keira still said, there are so many cities in the world, so many weddings, and so many murders happening every day, but you just walked into my wedding and helped me .
Cassell said, I'm glad I met him. Wow, Kayla said thank you and kissed him on the cheek. Pay attention, she is leaving! "
"Shut up, we can see this too. "Seeing the glass door of the conference room being opened, Beckett and Hannah quickly resumed their sitting postures, acting as if nothing had happened.
A burst of cheerful footsteps sounded, and Keira smiled. He walked to Beckett's desk and looked at her without blinking.
Beckett, who was so nervous that he even held the information in his hands upside down, raised his head in confusion, not knowing what she wanted to do.
“He is yours. "Kaila left these words with a smile and left the detective's office with a relaxed pace.
(End of this chapter)