"Wolf Elsworth, Councilman Henry's younger brother. Also, interestingly, this Wolf Elsworth has been working with a real estate company in recent years to try to enter the Los Angeles real estate market. Right now, there's a big project that just started. Have you thought of anything? "Selina blinked her big eyes and looked at him.
Luke smiled. "I remember that Wade Davis is in the real estate business in Texas, right? It's a big one. "
Selina gave him a thumbs-up. "That big project is being developed by a newly established construction company called 3amp M. This 3amp M construction company had two major shareholders, of which Wade Davis provided most of the capital and technology, holding about 32% of the shares. Wolf Elsworth has about 21% of the shares, and the remaining shares are held by eight shareholders, but the highest one only has about 11%. "
"So, Wolf Elsworth is the second largest shareholder of 3amp M." Luke was deep in thought.
Selina said mockingly, "Unfortunately, this new company that was going to make a fortune is facing bankruptcy in the last few months."
Luke took a sip of tea from the teacup on the table and said unhurriedly, "Wade Davis is a professional real estate businessman, but he's charged with two first-degree murder cases and is about to be sent back to Texas for trial. This doesn't look good."
He and Selina had grown up in Texas, and naturally knew the place well.
Texas was famous for a lot of things, and its judicial system was also the most famous in the United States — it had the highest number of death sentences and efficiency in the United States.
California, for example, also retained the death penalty, but hadn't carried out a single execution for decades.
The southern states carried out the most executions, far more than the eastern and west coasts. Texas, on the other hand, was still the leader of the southern states. No matter how many protests and pressure there were, it refused to abolish the death penalty, and carried out a death sentence every now and then.
Compared with judges in other states, Texas judges were ruthless and decisive when it came to sentencing people to death.
It was as if Texas was telling the entire United States: You don't dare, but I do!
That was how the so-called Lone Star Republic did things.
If Wade Davis were tried elsewhere, he would at most be sentenced to life in prison, or even twenty or thirty years.
After a few years, when the limelight was over, he could always find a way to return to the world of sensual pleasures by spending a large sum of money. As long as he didn't attract too much attention, he could still continue his life as a tycoon.
Once he was sent back to Texas for trial, even if it would take more than ten years for him to be sentenced to death, he would definitely not be able to get out of prison.
Wade Davis was the one who provided the money, manpower, and technology for this big project. Once he was arrested, the real leader of this big real estate project would be gone.
The bank wasn't stupid, and definitely wouldn't lend to this project again, even if the Elsworth family was involved.
Business was business. — This is the wisdom of the Americans.
The Elsworth family didn't start off with real estate. They weren't professional at all, and the banks wouldn't give them any face.
Therefore, this big project was destined to be destroyed along with the new 3amp M Construction Company.
"How's Wolf and Henry?" asked Luke.
Selina said, "There's no sign that the two brothers are in conflict, but they don't move around much."
Luke shrugged. "It seems that they don't have deep brotherly ties."
Selina was at a loss. "Huh?"
Luke murmured inwardly, It would be quite a headache if the older brother helped the younger brother, and the younger brother helped the older brother.
Selina finally asked, "What's going on with the baby?"
Luke thought for a moment, then shook his head. "There's no progress for now. I'll tell you when the truth comes out. Go to sleep. "
Selina yawned and returned to her room. "Okay. You should sleep early too. "
Luke nodded and decided to sleep for two and a half hours that day, which could be considered an extra half-hour break.
The next morning, they had breakfast and drove to the police department.
When they arrived, Sonia greeted them. "What's the plan for today?"
Luke nodded. "I'll go to Elsa's first."
Hearing this, Sonia returned to her desk.
Luke and Selina entered Elsa's office and closed the door.
Elsa raised her head from the case files on her desk. She dropped her pen when she saw them. "What's up?"
Luke cut to the chase. "Wolf Elsworth, who's Henry's brother, is involved in the Mark Owen case. I'm here to tell you."
Elsa held her forehead. "What's going on?"
She had just said that they had to be careful about the death of the girl in pajamas, but it turned out that the Elsworth family was involved in the officer's murder.
They were a big local family, and it wouldn't be good if they were involved in the officer's murder.
While the rich could order the police around, the police weren't lambs to the rich, and wouldn't just sit back and watch it happen.
If they dared to kill a Texas ranger this time, wouldn't they be able to kill a L.A. police officer next time?
She absolutely couldn't say anything about it.
Elsa had heard Luke's analysis earlier, and knew that something had gone wrong with the county police, but she didn't expect that the Elsworth family would be involved.
Luke explained the situation to her, and Elsa took a deep breath. She didn't say anything immediately, but leaned back in her chair and frowned as she pondered.
Wolf Elsworth was the prime suspect in this case.
According to the files, the real estate project they were developing was worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and tens of millions had already been invested.
While Wolf was mainly providing connections, he wasn't being stingy.
Also, the project would be enough for Wolf to live off for the rest of his life, and the profits would be hundreds of millions later on.
Killing a Texas ranger was nothing for such a huge sum of money.
Elsa got up. "I'll go talk to the boss. You wait here."
She left for almost half an hour before she returned.
After closing the door, she said without even sitting down, "Keep working on the case, but don't make too big a move. Just focus on Lucas Barton, got it?"
Pondering for a moment, Luke nodded. "Got it."
Elsa looked at him. "You're too …" She couldn't help but sigh and shake her head, before she waved her hand and told them to leave.
After they returned to their desks, Selina asked in a low voice, "What's the meaning of this?"
Luke said, "To make it clear to the outside world that we're only investigating Lucas Barton. As for who paid him to do it, that has nothing to do with us. "
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