The huge amount of unclaimed cash had already entered the pockets of Westside Police Department. It was a much greater contribution than solving a few murders.
No wonder Y'lisabet liked to work with Luke. Sonia couldn't help but mumble to herself.
Selina asked in a low voice, "Why are you so honest?"
Luke said, "What are you thinking? We have so many cases on our hands. Let's go check out your sunbathing spot today. "
Selina nodded, and they went to the forensics department first.
Scorsese, the afro, was already at work. Seeing them, he asked, "Did you read the report on the girl in pajamas?"
Luke nodded. "Yes, I gave it to Dustin. Keep it to yourself, and don't mention it to anyone else."
Scorsese nodded. "What are you here for?"
Luke said, "The body was delivered the day before yesterday for the Beach Female Corpse Case. We're here to check the preliminary results."
Scorsese grunted in acknowledgment. He walked over and pulled open the door of a freezer.
The long freezer was an ice coffin. When it was opened, a female body was revealed.
Scorsese began to explain, "Wendy Bargill, female, 34 years old, no job. We've already contacted her husband, Winston Bargill. He didn't report his wife missing. "
Selina found that odd. "His wife has been missing for two days, and he doesn't know? Wait, how do you know that? Scorsese, you're a forensic doctor, not a detective in the Major Crimes Division, right? "
Scorsese shrugged. "I was there when Sonia brought the husband to identify his wife yesterday. You know, I have a good memory. "
Luke chuckled. "That's fine. We don't need to talk to Sonia anymore. She seems very busy."
Scorsese said, "… Actually, I'm very busy too. You have more than thirty detectives in the Major Crimes Division, but I only have three forensic doctors on shift. "
Luke raised his hand to stop him. "Stop. You can only complain to the bigshots in the office. I won't give you any money no matter how much you complain to me."
Speechless for a moment, Scorsese shook his head. "That's true. Let's talk about Ms. Wendy Bargill. Actually, we found one of her legs first. "As he spoke, he pulled open the white cloth that covered the body.
Luke and Selina both frowned when they saw it.
Scorsese: "The good news is that this leg was cut off after death. Two night-fishing enthusiasts found that something had stopped their propellers. When they reached out to touch it, they found that they had hit the jackpot. "His hand gestured at Wendy's left leg.
Luke asked, "Cause of death?"
"There's a serious bruise on her forehead. She must've fainted instantly. Then, there was intracranial hemorrhage, and she died very quickly." Scorsese gestured at the woman's head. "Also, according to the examination, she had sex before her death, and her right arm was dislocated, so …"
Selina asked, "Maybe he raped her and then killed her? Someone knocked her out, committed a crime, and then threw her overboard? "
Scorsese shrugged. "You guys are professionals. You don't have to ask me."
Luke said, "The professional question is, did someone leave something in her body? What was the result of the DNA test? "
Scorsese: "Yes, but there's no record of it in the DNA database. Sonia helped you with some preliminary work and obtained a DNA sample from Wendy's husband. Unfortunately, it didn't belong to him. "
Luke exclaimed, "That's really … a sad story."
Scorsese said, "An even sadder story is that the food in the woman's stomach indicates that she died three hours after the meal. Also, she ate pretty good food. Do you want to take a look?"
Luke and Selina both shook their heads. "Just tell us."
The contents of the victim's stomach weren't fresh food; it was actually vomit that hadn't been spat out, and had a terrible shape and smell.
Scorsese said, "It's probably lobster, fresh sea urchins, some cheese, roasted mussels with garlic, and so on."
"So, maybe she had dinner with a man who wasn't her husband at a seafood restaurant, before she was thrown into the ocean?" asked Luke.
Scorsese shrugged. "That's your job. Do you have any more questions?"
After a brief silence, Luke suddenly asked, "Sonia has a boyfriend, right?"
Scorsese subconsciously shook his head. "That's impossible. She doesn't have a boyfriend."
Enlightened, Luke patted him on the shoulder and said, "Oh, thank you for your answer."
Scorsese: "…"
Holding back her laughter, Selina left with Luke.
It wasn't until they were some distance away that she burst out laughing.
Luke glanced at her and said, "Just to be clear, he said it himself. I wasn't trying to pry into Sonia's privacy."
Selina nodded with a smile. "No wonder Sonia's reports always come out faster than anyone else's. Hahahaha."
Luke didn't think much of it. "That's just personal charm. She didn't ask for it, so it's none of our business. At most … we can ask Sonia to give us a push if we need a report urgently. "
Selina nodded quickly.
The situation in the forensics department was even worse than that in the Major Crimes Division.
The Major Crimes Division was too busy, and the forensics department had even fewer people.
A lousy forensic scientist could frustrate a detective to the point of vomiting blood.
Los Angeles lacked a professional forensic scientist like Scorsese. Of course, he couldn't let a "killer weapon" like Sonia go to waste.
However, when they thought of Sonia's fit body and compared it with Scorsese's, who had been doing experiments for a long time, Luke and Selina both shook their heads. It wouldn't be easy for the two of them to work together.
After gossiping about their colleague's one-sided crush, Luke and Selina drove to the beach where the woman's body had been found.
This was northwest of Santa Monica Beach, and there weren't as many tourists.
It was the same in most places in America. Apart from certain popular locations, there weren't many people around.
It was only 2004. Even Mabry Beach, where Tony had built his mansion, was still in the middle of nowhere. Not a single person could be seen in many places.
Luke and Selina walked to a cove and saw an eye-catching yellow ribbon on a reef. He turned his head and looked at Selina. "What do you think about sunbathing here?"
This place was similar to most seashores in Los Angeles. It had a blue sky and a blue ocean. There weren't many beaches, and most of them were reefs.
Selina looked around and actually nodded. "Not bad. There aren't many people here, so it's not that annoying. There's a flat spot on the rocks for a folding chair. "
Luke chuckled. "Then let's check it out."
Of course, they had to get down to business first.
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