Chapter 650 The Fourth Person

Luke has also solved many murder cases, but this sentence 'just a joke' made him feel cold.

Being friends with such people is like walking on the edge of death.

"Who was the mastermind behind the prank?"

"Sharon Frank."

"Who provided the tapes, ropes, hoods and other crime tools?"

"Sharon Frank."

"Is she really just doing this as a joke, or does she have some other purpose?"

"I have no idea.

Among the four of us, she is always the one who makes the decisions, I am just used to listening to her."

"Have you ever done any pranks before?"

"The four of us all have lively personalities, and sometimes we do some pranks, but nothing serious.

I swear, this time it was really an accident.

None of us thought it would be so serious, and we are very sad about Ellie Bergman's death."

"Very sad?"

"Yes."

Luke looked at Jackson aside and asked, "What would you do if such an accident happened to your friend?"

Jackson thought for a while, "First of all, I am not a doctor, and I am not qualified to pronounce her dead.

So, I will call 911 first and then call the police."

Luke looked at Lacey Wayne again, "How did you do it?"

“I was so frightened and completely confused.

I wanted to call the police, but Sharon Frank refused and took my phone away.

She said that Ellie is already dead. If we call the police now, the police will definitely regard us as the murderers and we will all go to jail.

I was even more scared, so I had no idea and could only listen to her." Lacey Wayne showed a regretful look, recalled for a moment, and continued, "She proposed to bury the body. As long as the three of us don't say anything,

No one knows we did it.

Then, we did as she asked."

Luke wrote down in his notebook, "How did you do it specifically?"

"Sharon Frank said, I have been sitting in the back seat of the car, and the road surveillance cannot photograph me. Even if the police investigate, they don't know that I have been to Ellie's house, so the police will not suspect me and let me go home and drive.

Responsible for dumping corpses.

My first reaction was fear, and I didn’t want to, but...

Sharon Frank threatened me that if I didn't do this, all three of us would go to jail.

I didn't want to go to jail or leave my parents, so I agreed to her.

She drove the car near my neighborhood, then asked me to get out of the car and go home. She drove the Toyota from home. Then, she moved the body from the Tesla to the trunk of my car and let Marissa and I...

Hawking is responsible for burying the body."

"How did you dispose of the body?"

"We put the body in the trash."

"Why wasn't the body buried as Sharon Frank ordered?"

Lacey Wayne cried, "I was so nervous that I forgot to bring my shovel..."

Before, Luke listened to Lacey Wayne's confession and always felt that she intentionally passed the responsibility to Sharon Frank, but now it seems...

Maybe she's not that smart.

"Did the deceased have any clothes on him when you dumped the body?"

"Sharon Frank said, let's take off our clothes and bury the body so that even if the body is exposed later, it won't be easy to identify the deceased.

Marissa Hawking took off Ellie's clothes."

"What was Ellie Bergman wearing at that time?"

"Pajamas and panties."

"How did you handle it?"

"Marissa Hawking then threw the clothes on the side of the road."

"Why do you do this?"

"I don't know either."

"Are you the only three people involved in this case?"

"Yes."

"But according to the forensic examination, the deceased had been violated."

"Then I don't know, but..." Lacey Wayne thought for a moment and said, "When we went to Ellie's house, she was lying on the bed, wearing only her pajamas.

Could it be that she had a relationship with someone at that time?"

Ellie Bergman was violated after her death, so it certainly couldn't have been at that time, but it doesn't look like Lacey Wayne was lying?

He suddenly thought of a possibility...

"When you kidnapped Ellie Bergman, did she resist?"

"Yes, but the three of us held her down...so it didn't work."

This is different from Luke's speculation, which means that Ellie Bergman was most likely violated after dumping her body.

"After you dumped the body, what was the posture of the deceased?"

Lacey Wayne thought for a while, "I can't remember clearly. I was so nervous at the time that I moved the body into the trash can with Marissa Hawking and left quickly."

"Was there anyone else around at the time?"

"Probably not, at least I didn't see it."

Luke saw that the other party didn't seem to be lying, so he changed the subject, "Are you willing to identify Sharon Frank and Marissa Hawking?"

Lacey Wayne hesitated for a moment, then nodded with her parents' encouragement, "I do."

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Kraft Community.

Sharon Frank's House.

This is a beautiful small blue building. There is a blue Tesla outside the garage, and a middle-aged man is cleaning the car seriously.

"Woooo..."

Several cars drove in from the east side of the community and stopped right in front of Sharon Frank's house.

Luke opened the car door, walked into the yard, and greeted the middle-aged man, "Good evening, Mr. Aled Frank."

Aled Frank looked at Luke and others with some confusion, "Why are you coming to my house so late?"

"It's so late and you're still washing the car." Luke touched the car body with his hand, "It's already very clean."

"I don't have time during the day, so I can only scrub at night.

What’s the matter with you coming to my house?”

"We want to meet Sharon Frank."

"What are you doing with her?"

"We have found new clues about the murder of Ellie Bergman and would like to ask her a few more questions."

Aled Frank glanced at his watch and said, "Sorry, it's too late today. Sharon Frank has to go to school tomorrow. Let's change the time."

Luke took the opportunity to ask, "When do you think the time is right?"

Aled Frank thought for a while, "I said, Sharon will have to go to school tomorrow, at least until she gets off school.

In addition, she is still a minor and needs my presence to be interviewed by the police, so she still has to check my arrangements for tomorrow.

Why don't we make an appointment tomorrow."

"I don't think things need to be so complicated." Luke showed the arrest warrant, "I'm going to take her away now."

Almost at the same time, the deputy team also led people to arrest Marissa Hawking.

The police questioned them overnight.

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To be continued...