Luke said, "Tell me about the problems with the case." He then took the case file from Elizabeth and read it.
Billy was also standing on the side. He was a taciturn man, but Luke was quite satisfied with him. He was steady, patient, and not arrogant.
Elizabeth was very attentive. There was a lot of new information in the case file, even though she had helped Jennifer Perry with the two cases the day before.
Elizabeth said, "The biggest problem is that the female corpse was confirmed by the forensics department to be Vivian Violet, who was buried a year ago."
Luke nodded. "Okay. What's the situation with the missing girl?"
Elizabeth said, "We'll have to start with the Remus family, who just moved to Wever …"
After listening to the introduction for a few minutes, Luke and Selina had a basic understanding of the case.
The Remus family was a couple with their youngest son, Gary. They had just bought a house in Wever.
On the very night that they moved in, the family of three ran out of the house in fear, frantically honking for help.
When the police arrived, they all said that there was a ghost in the house who wanted to kill them.
The police searched the house, but found nothing.
The Remus family had been scared out of their wits. They didn't dare enter the house again, and even said that they wanted to leave.
They asked the police to go in and get something out of the house, and were about to leave.
But during the questioning, the police found that the family mentioned two people.
One was Harry Violet, the father of the previous family, who had committed suicide because he couldn't find his daughter, and the other was Tessa Violet, who had been missing for a long time.
The father and daughter were among the ghosts they said they had seen.
As for why they knew that the ghosts were the father and daughter, it was because their photos were still in the living room, and they recognized them immediately.
If it was just the father, the police would've treated it as a joke and let the family go.
But the girl, Tessa, was only five years old, and was a registered missing minor. It couldn't be treated as a joke.
So, the police temporarily arranged for the family to stay at a motel while Luke and Selina questioned them further.
Luke thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go. We'll ask the Remus family about it first, and then we'll check out Ms. Vivian Violet's body."
The four of them set out and soon arrived at a motel.
He found the Remmers family sunbathing on the porch of the inn. They were in bad spirits, their faces full of exhaustion and fear.
Even though they were basking in the warm sunshine of Los Angeles, the family still shivered slightly, as if they were very cold.
Luke and the others showed their badges and talked to the family.
Half an hour later, they left for the morgue in the forensics department.
On the way into the morgue, Elizabeth asked, "Luke, did you find anything?"
Luke said, "Although there are many times when people can lie to themselves and make things seem real, there are many things that are not real. But today, this family did not seem to be lying. There were many key points in what they said, such as the appearance of the father and daughter. Also, the way they express themselves is a little different every time. It doesn't seem like they have memorized their lines beforehand. "
Selina asked, "You don't really think that the house is haunted, do you?"
Luke didn't say anything, but he mumbled inwardly, Not necessarily.
After seeing the female corpse in the morgue and listening to the medical examiner's report, even Selina was speechless.
She had been dead for a year, but her body looked like it had only been dead for two days. Ms. Vian's body had been delivered yesterday.
Fingerprints, DNA, and dental records all indicated that she was Vian Violet.
Elizabeth and the others had also investigated the woman's grave, but hadn't found any signs that it had been excavated. To dig up the grave and open the coffin, a judge would have to approve it with the consent of the family.
Violet's family, on the other hand, was dead, and they couldn't get in touch with any relatives who would agree to open the coffin.
The FBI would take over the case in three days. By then, it wouldn't be their turn to investigate the case, and it wouldn't matter whether the coffin was opened or not.
Luke also examined Vian's body himself, and confirmed that she wasn't fake.
It was mainly because Selina didn't dare touch it.
She wasn't afraid of touching corpses. After working for so long, she had seen a lot of bloody bodies, but she really didn't dare personally investigate such a strange case.
After they left, Luke simply said, "Let's take a look at the house."
Half an hour later, the four of them arrived at 1120 Westchester Road.
Looking at the house, Selina sighed again. "This is a mansion too, right?"
Luke chuckled. "It's about a thousand square meters, with three floors, six bedrooms, and two bathrooms. The ground area is almost three thousand square meters. Poor people can't afford a house. Wrong, we can't even afford to live here. Our salaries aren't even enough to maintain this house. "
The gate was unlocked, and the four of them walked into the yard without any obstruction.
Luke said, "Elizabeth, Billy, you two take a look around the house."
Naturally, they had no objections.
Although the case had taken place inside the house, it was often the surroundings that led to cases being investigated.
Luke and Selina walked to the front of the house and pushed it open, only to find that the door was unlocked too.
He shook his head helplessly. "How scared! I can't believe such a mansion doesn't even close the door. "He then stepped in.
The moment he stepped in, his expression changed, and he abruptly backed away, only to bump into Selina, who was about to follow him in.
Selina exclaimed, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! You didn't do it on purpose, did you? "She rubbed her chest as she spoke.
It wasn't that she was being unreasonable, but that Luke had really stepped back too quickly just now, and even her developed chest muscles couldn't take it.
Luke grabbed her and turned around. He took out his phone and said, "Elizabeth, is Billy with you? Tell him to come back with us. Don't enter the house, including the basement, the garage, or the tool shed. "
A few minutes later, Elizabeth and Billy returned, confused. "What's wrong, Luke?" "What's wrong?"
Luke simply asked everybody to get into the car and return to the police department. He didn't say until he reached his desk, "We're not working on this case anymore. I'll talk to the boss."
After a brief hesitation, Elizabeth asked, "Luke, may I ask why we're not working on this case?"
Pondering for a moment, Luke said in a low voice, "Even a psychic would be better suited for this case than us."
Elizabeth and Billy looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what to say.
They certainly wouldn't believe that Luke was a coward.
He was a tough man who had fought fifty people on his own, and was rumored to be the best detective in LAPD.
Was he afraid of ghosts?
Looking at their faces, Luke asked helplessly, "Let me put it this way. If it's a paranormal incident, how do you want to resolve it?"
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