The next morning.

Office of the 1st Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Department.

"Creak..." There was a sound from the door.

Rhett walked into the office from outside, holding a cardboard box in his hand, "Guys, you worked hard last night, I brought you breakfast."

The deputy team member took out a donut from the box and said, "Thank you, this is my favorite."

Others gathered around and took donuts out of the box to eat.

This stuff is a bit sweet for Luke, but it still tastes good with some coffee.

The door to the captain's office also opened, and Susan walked out, "Chief, you came just in time, we are getting ready for the morning meeting.

I just wanted to report the progress of the case to you."

"Good, I just have something to announce." Rhett strode into the conference room.

Luke finished his donuts and entered the conference room with his coffee.

Susan asked, "Director, why don't you speak first?"

"No, let's discuss the eucalyptus first, I'll talk about it last."

Susan opened her notebook and said, "Luke, tell me about yesterday's interrogation."

Luke recounted the circumstances of the incident.

Rhett asked, "Do you think his confession is credible?"

Luke thought for a while, "His confession makes sense logically, and there are no contradictions in the evidence.

I asked the Technical Department to identify all the seized holy blood, and found that some of it was indeed made from cow blood.

From this point of view, the farm is probably the base for producing the Holy Blood.

Therefore, I think Cavro’s confession has a certain degree of credibility, but it cannot be completely believed.”

Rhett asked, "Tell me about your doubts?"

Luke replied, "According to Cavro, Jefferson is probably an accomplice of Darcy.

Jefferson was responsible for manufacturing the holy blood, and Darcy was responsible for selling it.

The farm is their base for producing holy blood.

Darcy brought Cavro to the farm just so that Jefferson could kill Cavro.

Cavro claims he did not kill Darcey."

Luke paused for a while and continued, "I personally feel that Darcy and Jefferson are accomplices, and there should be no problem with this.

The key question now is who killed Darcy.

In my opinion, both Cavro and Jefferson had motives.

I personally feel that there are 4 possibilities. The first possibility is that Cavro is telling the truth and he did not kill Darcy.

Then Darcy probably had internal strife with Jefferson.

He was later killed by Jefferson, who cleaned up the scene and dumped the body;

The second possibility is that Cavro lied. He killed Darcy, cleaned up the scene, and dumped the body on the cliff.

After that, he went to the farm to attack Jefferson, but was shot by Jefferson instead.

The third possibility is that Cavro killed Darcy, but did not clean up the scene immediately. Instead, he planned to go to the farm to kill Jefferson and then clean up the scene together. Unfortunately, his plan did not succeed and he was injured by Jefferson instead.

After Cavro was injured, there was no time to clean up Dulcy's body.

In order to prevent Dulcie's body from implicating himself, Jefferson took the initiative to clean up the scene and drove the car into the cliff.

The fourth possibility is that Darcy was killed by an unknown third person."

Rhett nodded, more agreeing with Luke's analysis, "What other opinions do others have?"

David said, "Since Jefferson is suspected, just apply for an arrest warrant and a search warrant. Searching the entire farm will always find clues."

The deputy team continued, "Of course it would be good if we could find evidence, but what if no evidence is found after searching the farm?

We did not find the murder weapon at the scene where Darcy's body was dumped. The key issue now is how to convict.

In addition, have the equipment and instruments used to produce the holy blood been moved?

The former is related to murderous eucalyptus, and the latter is related to poisonous eucalyptus."

David speculated, "I personally feel that the tools for making the holy blood should still be on the farm.

Because it was an accident, no one expected that Cavro would attack the farm.

In addition, Darcy's body had to be disposed of, and there were only three or four hours from death to dawn, so there was not enough time to transfer the tools for making holy blood.

Xiao Hei said, "Actually, I can't figure it out. Why did he call the police?"

Jenny said, "This is not difficult to understand, because he shot that night and there were other farms around him. Even if he didn't call the police, the police might come to him."

Susan looked at Jenny, "You and Raymond have been keeping an eye on the Jefferson Farm. Did you find anything?"

Jenny and Raymond have been investigating the situation on the farm since they last discovered that the farmer Jefferson might be lying.

Jenny replied, "Leymon and I have been keeping an eye on the farm, and the Jeffersons have not gone out in the past two days.

In addition, we secretly asked around about the situation at Jefferson Farm, and someone provided a more important information.

According to the man, he once worked on the Jefferson Farm.

Some time ago, Jefferson asked him to dig a cellar in the northeast corner of the farm. The cellar was two meters deep and twenty or thirty square meters wide. Not long after the cellar was dug, he was fired by Jefferson.

Luke asked, "What's the reason for digging a cellar?"

"Jefferson didn't say."

Luke asked, "When was he fired? What was the reason for his dismissal?"

Jenny replied, "At the beginning of May, the reason for dismissal was that the farm was not performing well and could not pay the workers' wages."

Luke analyzed, "Dulcy's purchase of human blood began to decrease in May, which coincides with the time when the cellar was dug. From this point of view, this cellar is likely to be used to produce holy blood."

Susan made a decision immediately, "OK, I will apply for a search warrant. I will search the cellar secretly and then determine the next step."

Director Red, what do you think?"

Rhett nodded, "That's reasonable."

Susan closed the notebook, "Today's meeting is here first. Director Reid, do you have anything else to say?"

Rhett stood up and said, "In addition to attending the meeting today, I also have something to announce."

Rhett said in a solemn tone, "Luke, you have performed very well recently. You have played a key role in the detection of several cases and have made great progress.

The bureau has decided to appoint you as the deputy captain of the 1st Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Department.

congratulations!"

"Papa..." Rhett began to take the lead in applauding.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, with different expressions, but they all applauded in unison.

The deputy team leader lamented, "As someone at the same level who is 40 years younger than me, should I retire?"

Xiao Hei muttered, "Deputy Luke, Detective Marcus, is this reasonable?

Why are you doing this to me? Shouldn’t it be Inspector Marcus?”

Luke had already been prepared for his promotion to the vice squad.

But when the official appointment was issued, I was still a little excited.

In the afternoon, Luke went to the relevant departments to go through the procedures for promotion to the deputy team.

Inspector Luke has also officially become Deputy Luke.

Luke behaved very low-key, nothing unusual compared to the past.

David and Marcus heckled Luke for a treat.

But because the 'Holy Blood' case has not yet been solved, Luke did not want to be too high-profile, so he postponed the treat for a while and waited until the case was solved before treating him.

This promotion is very important to Luke.

If you want to be promoted from detective to captain, you cannot skip the position of deputy captain.

David and Raymond have worked as detectives for many years, but have never been promoted to deputy squad.

The vice team is equivalent to the captain candidate.

Once the position of captain becomes vacant, the deputy captain has a high chance of being promoted to captain.

As long as Luke is qualified for the position of deputy team leader and is recognized by his colleagues, once Susan is transferred and leaves, he is likely to directly take over the position of captain.

As for the deputy captain Vincent, who is too old, the possibility of promotion is extremely small.

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To be continued...