Hoping to get lucky, he let the little bug fly into a box that had been discarded by the police station.
Inside the box were files that introduced the details of some cases. However, most of the cases had already been solved and the information could be found on the Internet. It was not considered private, so it could be handled at will.
The little bug flew through a few boxes to check. Li Du shook his head. There was nothing valuable inside.
The little bug flew into another box. This time, he was a little distracted. However, in a trance, he saw a familiar photo.
Li Du shuddered. This photo should not have appeared here!
He immediately ordered the little bug to fly back and looked at the photo carefully.
In the photo was a family of four, a man and a woman, two Chinese people standing in front of a rockery. In front of the man was a tall girl with a ponytail, and the woman was holding a young boy in her arms.
The girl was Luo Qun. Li Du had seen this photo in Luo Qun's study. There were a total of 14 photos, and this one was the last.
The photos were randomly placed in a folder. There were also some documents inside, and the top one was written: Dr. Lynch Rowe's Family of Three Murders, 1998!
Connecting the dots between the young Luo Qun in the photo and the title of Dr. Lynch Luo, Li Du suddenly understood that the information in this folder was about the family murder that Luo Qun had encountered.
He still remembered that night when Luo Qun was drunk and said something. Her parents had been shot and her brother had been drowned in a toilet bowl. If she had not hidden well, she would have been killed.
There was no doubt that it was a tragedy, but why would the case information appear in the Phoenix police station? And be disposed of as trash?
Through the little bug's vision, he quickly scanned the words in the file.
As he had expected, this was the file of the tragedy. There were many professional records in it, such as the time of the crime, the results of the forensic autopsy, and the results of the investigation of the relevant personnel.
In addition, there was a transparent plastic bag in the box. Inside was a white nylon glove, which was commonly used by construction workers.
Looking at the glove, he had an idea. He let the little bug use its ability to turn back time.
Time was turned back, and scenes appeared …
The first thing that appeared was that the gloves were knitted by a machine, then placed in a box and sent to a grocery store, where they were bought and put on by someone …
Li Du got a good look at the man. He was a black man in his thirties, with a haircut, high cheekbones, thick lips, and a thin body. His dark skin was covered with tattoos that were even darker.
The last scene was in a bathroom. The black man took off his gloves to wash his hands. When the gloves slipped, the black man seemed to forget its existence and turned to leave.
At the side of the toilet bowl, a child was lying on it, motionless!
Li Du's blood seemed to suddenly boil. His adrenaline was surging wildly, and his hands could not help but tremble slightly. He knew what was going on, and he knew what he had seen!
This black man was the murderer of Luo Qun's family!
Moreover, he was not alone. There was another person in the photo, but because that person did not have any interaction with the glove, the frequency of his appearance was very low. Li Du only saw a back view, a strong back view!
The scenes that appeared with the little bug's ability to turn back time were like when a movie was stuck. Li Du could speed up the playback. He did not look very carefully before, and after realizing what the scenes were showing, he went straight to the latter part.
Now that he had confirmed the identity of the glove and the case information, he knew that he had to get the information and find Luo Qun.
Li Du remembered that Luo Qun had said that the police and the FBI were helpless with this case. In the end, they did not solve the case and did not find the murderer. Naturally, they did not know the characteristics of the murderer.
With the glove and the information, he not only knew the characteristics of the murderer, but also the exact appearance of the murderer.
The auction for storage unit number 10 was about to begin. Li Du joined the bidding crowd, determined to get this storage unit.
He did not know how the information and evidence ended up in an abandoned storage unit, nor did he understand how the police could be so careless as to throw such an important case and such important evidence into the trash.
In short, since he had come across these things, he could not miss it.
His mind was on the case information, and he did not notice his surroundings. He did not notice that when he walked into the bidding crowd, Conrad followed him.
The auctioneer shouted, "Alright, alright, let's not talk too much about the rules. The starting price is still 500 dollars. Those who are interested, please come forward and start bidding. 500 dollars, 500 dollars, 500 dollars …"
Li Du raised his hand and said, "I'll pay."
Just as the auctioneer was about to speak, a voice called out, "One thousand dollars!"
Hearing this voice, Li Du frowned. He recognized whose voice it was. Conrad Anthony, this guy had also made a bid.
Li Du turned his head to look, and sure enough, Conrad was not far behind him, staring at him coldly.
Because this auction had a rule, those who were interested in the storage unit after reading the brochure and queuing up to view it had to bid. Therefore, when someone raised the price by a large margin, others would be very unhappy.
This rule was to save time, not to kidnap treasure hunters. Although everyone was required to bid, they could raise the price slightly.
For example, if someone accepted the starting price of 500 dollars, then those who were not interested in the storage unit after viewing it could bid 501 dollars, 502 dollars, and so on.
The white gloves would give everyone a chance to bid. These people could bid without breaking the rules, and they could also avoid getting a storage unit that they did not want.
The normal increase in price was in units of 100 dollars. If someone was interested in the storage unit, then he would bid more than 500 dollars or 500 dollars. After that, the treasure hunters who were not interested in the storage unit would bid once and not bid again.
If no one wanted the storage unit, then there was no other way. Whoever was the last to bid would have to take over the storage unit. However, the price would usually be very low, less than 600 dollars. The loss was small, and the treasure hunters could afford it.
Conrad suddenly raised the price to 1,000 dollars. Some treasure hunters who were prepared to give up after a small increase in the price were depressed. They were likely to take over the storage unit at this price, and their loss would be much greater than less than 600 dollars.
Li Du knew that Conrad's bid was just to annoy him. He did not continue to bid, but let the other treasure hunters make small bids.
Hence, a bunch of 1,001 dollars, 1,002 dollars, 1,003 dollars, and so on started bidding.
When these treasure hunters could get away with their bids, he bid again, "1,100 dollars."
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