The real life of an American police officer: Winning over others with virtue

Chapter 38: Inheritance Issues (Please Read)

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"Okay, we'll be there soon!"

Peña hung up the phone, a relaxed smile appeared on his face, and he looked at Costa who was waiting on the side.

"The murder weapon has been found. It has the killer's fingerprints on it and has been transferred to the forensic department."

It was indeed good news, and Costa felt a little excited. In a homicide case, the murder weapon is undoubtedly a more important link. It can be said that as long as the murder weapon is found, the case-solving rate will reach 60%.

"Come on, let's go over and take a look."

Costa turned around and nodded to Daves who had been watching them, then took Peña out of the office and headed straight for the Forensic Science Building.

Only Daves was left sitting there with a calm face, silent.

The Forensic Department itself is part of the Detective Bureau, called the Scientific Investigation Division. It is a relatively independent agency responsible for testing various substances, performing autopsies, and issuing various authoritative clue reports.

It is the most special department in the Los Angeles Police Department.

It is a "forensic sovereign entity" nested within the Detective Bureau system, and its functional autonomy comes from the statutory forensic authority granted by Section 1402 of the California Criminal Evidence Code.

Once a patrol officer on the front line discovers an abnormal death, he or she will report it to the dispatch center. The dispatch center will then immediately follow the SOP-911 procedure and report it to the Forensic Science Department, giving priority to the Forensic Science Department to come and identify the cause and issue a certificate of death.

Clarify the nature of the case: homicide, suicide, or accident.

If it is a criminal case, it will be transferred to the Robbery-Homicide Division of the Detective Bureau according to jurisdiction and taken over by detectives from that division.

It can be said that a detective often needs the support of reports provided by the forensic department from solving a case, catching a criminal, to convicting the criminal.

Just like now, when Costa and Peña rushed to the Forensic Science Building, the technicians in the Forensic Science Team that took over the case had already extracted fingerprints from the murder weapon through ultrasonic fingerprint technology, and then started comparing them with the AFIS database (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System).

There were several people gathered around a computer desk, including Costa and Peña who had rushed to the office.

The data on the computer kept moving in front of these people.

The gazes of these people are focused and serious, rather than confident.

Because in the United States, the police do not save citizens' fingerprints and DNA data. Only people with criminal records will have their fingerprints and DNA samples recorded by the police when they are imprisoned.

Or American citizens will have their fingerprints collected when they apply for a criminal record certificate for some reason.

Therefore, once the owner of the fingerprint is not in the fingerprint database, the difficulty will increase a bit, and we can only try to find the murderer and then compare and submit it as evidence.

However, to everyone's surprise, the fingerprint comparison results came out very quickly, so quickly that everyone was surprised.

This means that the owner of this fingerprint had his fingerprints and other biometric information collected by the Los Angeles Police Department recently.

"Ok?"

Before the technicians could do anything, Costa, who squeezed over to watch, was stunned.

Peña noticed something unusual: "What's wrong?"

Costa grabbed the mouse from the technician, clicked it a few times, and said, "Take a look."

Peña looked over subconsciously and was also stunned, because the information displayed on the computer screen was a bit unexpected.

"The murderer was caught?"

She looked at the message and muttered to herself, "Chuck Meyer, Wilshire Branch, time: 6:30."

Peña said this, and he and Costa looked at each other, their eyes full of the same meaning:
"What the hell is going on?"

Chop chop chop!
A voice echoed throughout the large living room. Following the source of the sound, Eric was standing at the kitchen island, chopping green peppers on the chopping board with a kitchen knife. His knife skills were so fast that afterimages appeared under the light.

The sound was rhythmic and rapid, like a musical score. Beside the chopping board, the ingredients that had been processed long ago were placed: tomatoes, eggs, pork, beef, etc.

After a few seconds, the sound stopped and the space returned to peace.

"Finish!"

Eric's face was quite calm as he moved the cut ingredients to the stove.
No surprise, I'm having dinner alone again tonight.

……

Eric sat at the dining table and looked at the dishes that had been swept clean. He thought of something, picked up the mobile phone that was also on the table, found a phone number, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the past two years, he had a house renovation plan in his mind that he had always wanted to complete, but he needed money to start.

Yes, he wanted to have a private armory that belonged only to him.

This idea became stronger as he became stronger.

At the same time, I also want to buy some lathes and make some other things to enable the system to have related skills, such as firearm modification or something.

As long as there are skills, they are beneficial. It is always good to have many skills, and they will come in handy one day.

Through long-term and continuous research and accumulation, he already had relevant theories in his mind, but theory alone was not enough to enable the system to have relevant skills, and he had to put them into practice.

Although skills are only a reflection of his abilities and are not given by the system, the skill levels above allow him to intuitively know his level.

But this step is stuck at the most critical point.

It's all money, money and more money.

As mentioned earlier, his parents who died in a car accident left him a pretty good inheritance, which is the house under his feet and 10 million in cash.

The house was acquired, but the 10 million in cash had not yet arrived as it was blocked by the lawyer who had originally cooperated with the step-parents and confirmed the entrusted management.

Eric looked calm as he dialed the number on his phone screen.

The bell rings.

But no one answered the call until the last moment.

"Hello? Eric?"

I heard a slightly rough sound, followed by rhythmic music and some noisy voices. It sounded like the more powerful music you hear in a bar.

Eric's eyebrows raised slightly. This environment sounded like a private place? Or perhaps a VIP room in a bar?

But Eric didn't think much about it and just said, "It's me, Oleg."

Oleg: "Huh? Why are you calling so late? What's the matter?"

"Oleg, when will the money my parents left me arrive?" Eric asked.

"It's been almost a year, and don't tell me it will take a long time to process the money I'm due."

"Uh."

There was no sound from the phone. After a moment of silence, Oleg's voice rang out:

"Eric, the tax calculations are very troublesome. Moreover, your parents did not set up an irrevocable trust. So even though there is no problem with the will, the estate still needs to go through the probate process.

You know, this certification process also takes a long time."

The most critical period has arrived again. Please read on Monday and Tuesday. Thank you all! Thank you so much! Thank you also for your votes! Thank you for your support!

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