Polk was enlightened.
He had found it strange when he saw Luke at noon. Like most people in the police system, he had been suspicious about how such a young man had joined the Major Crimes Division.
Now that Luke said it, he felt that it was quite normal.
The manager of the night shift at LV Forensics Center was one of the best technicians in America.
Such a professional might not have a solid network, but it was definitely very wide. It wouldn't be difficult for him to get his nephew to work as a detective in a police department.
Polk didn't hesitate any longer, and took Luke to the police department.
Many officers were still working overtime in the police department.
There were tens of thousands of people in this town. Naturally, there were more than a dozen people working in the police department, unlike in Shackelford.
Polk brought a young man in. Some of them asked him a few questions, but some were too busy with their own business to notice him.
Polk drove away the idiots who were in his way and took Luke to the evidence room. They opened a few boxes according to the serial numbers, which contained all kinds of sealed evidence.
Luke asked, "Do you have gloves here?"
Polk shook his head. "How about I find a pair for you outside?"
Luke turned down the suggestion. "Forget it. It'll attract too much attention." He then took out a pen and opened the evidence bags.
He didn't touch the evidence with his hands. At most, he would pick them up with the pen and flip them over to examine them.
Polk sweated. Even his own officers hadn't paid that much attention when they were collecting evidence. Luke had an uncle who worked at LV Forensics Center; the details were indeed different.
Luke examined most of the evidence very quickly, and put them back after a few glances.
Only the clothes of the first pair of victims, Cathy Becker and her boyfriend, Steve Urse, took him longer. It took him five minutes to look at them.
Then, he examined the mask that the suspected murderer had left behind outside Sid's house. He examined it for almost a minute too.
In the meantime, he closed his eyes every now and then, as if he were thinking about something.
Polk was curious. What was going on? Why did he close his eyes when he was examining the evidence?
But Luke didn't explain, and it wasn't his place to ask.
After about fifteen minutes, Luke nodded and said, "That's enough." He quickly sealed the evidence bags and put them back into the boxes.
Polk put the boxes back on the shelf.
The two of them walked out of the evidence room and entered the hall. Suddenly, someone called Polk's name.
Polk looked at him. "Dewey, what's up?"
He was a relatively young policeman, about 25 years old, with a moustache.
He glanced at Luke with an awful expression and didn't say anything.
Polk turned around and looked at Luke. Luke understood. "Uncle Polk, I'll wait for you outside."
Polk nodded. "Okay, I'll send you home later."
Luke waited outside for less than ten minutes, before Polk came out gloomily.
They walked to the police car ten meters away from the gate, and Polk said in a low voice, "The murderer just made a threatening call to Sandra, who's staying at Dewey's house."
Luke was stumped. "What?"
Then, he understood. "In other words, Billy is cleared of suspicion?"
Polk nodded grimly.
Even the most suspicious and ready-made suspect had been eliminated, so the case would have to be restarted.
That wasn't good news.
Thinking quickly for a moment, Luke nodded and said, "Polk, go do what you need to do. I'll go back on my own. We'll leave after I'm done with the files."
Polk waved his hand impatiently. "Since he's my relative, it's not appropriate for him to stay at my place. I have a lot of empty rooms at my place. I'll send you back and ask Beverly to prepare two rooms for you. "
Luke thought for a moment, but didn't refuse. "Okay. Thank you, Polk."
Polk simply nodded and told Luke to get into the car. Then, he said something to his wife, Beverly, before he got into the car again.
Beverly was a traditional housewife. She was a little overweight and naggy, but she wasn't a bad person.
She greeted Luke with a smile and went to prepare a guest room for them.
After Luke closed the door, Selina put down the case file and asked lazily, "Did you find anything?"
Luke said, "Polk just received word that the murderer made a threatening call to Sandra."
Selina thought for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Huh? That Billy isn't the murderer?"
Luke chuckled. "Not necessarily. Don't forget that many serial killers actually have accomplices. "
Selina nodded, deep in thought.
Luke continued, "So, it's a good thing that Billy's out."
Selina pondered for a moment before asking tentatively, "Are you saying that he might continue to commit crimes?"
Luke said, "Why else would he have his accomplice make a phone call to clear his name?"
Selina was surprised. "It's really him?"
Recalling what he had discovered in the evidence room, Luke nodded. "It's very likely that it's him, except that he has an accomplice."
Selina asked, "Who?"
Luke said with a smile, "You've met him before."
Selina frowned and thought for a long time, but still shook her head. "I can't think of anyone. We've met a lot of people today."
Luke said, "Just a reminder. We had a minor conflict with that guy."
Selina immediately remembered. "Are you talking about Number 10's boyfriend?"
Luke nodded. "Yes. But I don't have any proof. Let's see how they perform next. "
If it were anyone else, they would've asked Luke how he could come to such a conclusion.
Selina, however, knew that Luke had his own secrets. He had his reasons for telling her what he could and what he couldn't. Naturally, she wouldn't dig deeper. She only needed to continue her analysis.
She frowned in confusion. "I don't have Stu's files. Billy's a single parent, but he's well-off, and he's never been abused. They're just two high school students. Why would they kill someone in such a terrible and high-profile way? "
Luke said, "Do you remember something that Polk said when we were chatting?"
Selina asked, "What is it?"
"Twenty years ago, I would've said that he didn't do it. But kids nowadays … Who knows? "Luke repeated Polk's words unhurriedly.
Selina fell silent.
The pace of society was accelerating, and all kinds of information were impacting people's worldviews. The era of the information explosion had arrived.
Naturally, a series of problems appeared along with it.
It was a universally acknowledged fact that kids were maturing earlier and acting more like adults.
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