If it is a general disappearance or kidnapping case, as long as the kidnapper's brutality is made clear at this time, the victim may still be killed even if the ransom is paid, and most family members will choose to cooperate with the police.

However, things get complicated when politics are involved.

These politicians are not only full of lies, but also have many shady secrets. They sometimes conceal and lie, not necessarily because of the case itself, but also because the problem involves something they shady.

For example, when Luke and the mayor of New York were talking about the murder of his wife, the other party also showed signs of concealment and lying, but it turned out that he had nothing to do with his wife's death.

Therefore, Luke did not continue to argue with the two of them. Even if he wanted to expose their lies, he had to find some evidence first. His words were unfounded.

Later, Luke went to the lounge and reported the situation here to Red.

Rhett asked him to wait for news.

This is a difficult case, involving a gubernatorial candidate that has important stakes, and Rhett cannot decide.

Twenty minutes later, Rhett called again and asked him to take charge of investigating the disappearance of Henry Lawley. If necessary, police reinforcements from the entire city could be mobilized.

Luke sorted out his thoughts, then found Hans Dragon and Mrs. Lawley, and said, "Mr. Hans Dragon, Mrs. Lawley, I just contacted the top brass of the police station, and they officially appointed me to investigate.

The disappearance of Mr. Henry Lawley."

Mrs. Lawley and Hans Dragon looked at each other and said, "If you need our cooperation, just ask."

Luke nodded, stared at Mrs. Lawley and said, "If anyone contacts you about Mr. Lawley's disappearance, whether it is to provide clues or blackmail, please tell me immediately."

"We will."

"Have you checked the surveillance?"

Hans Dragon replied, "We wanted to check the surveillance, but the hotel refused."

"In order to fully grasp the clues about Mr. Lawley's disappearance, my colleagues will take notes with people from the campaign team later.

I hope you can cooperate."

Hans Dragon said, "No problem, but we hope to keep the investigation as confidential as possible.

I don’t want you to investigate on the front foot and then the matter on the back foot will be on the news.”

This sentence reminded Luke that Inoue Nami had said that their TV station had an informant in this hotel.

Luke's first thought was to find this informant and prevent him from continuing to pass information to the TV station.

Later, he killed the idea again.

Before Henry Lawley disappeared, the television station had placed informants around him to follow him.

Now that Henry Lawley is suspected of missing, all the TV stations are watching the hotel, and there must be more informants. If Luke wants to completely eliminate these informants, it will definitely waste a lot of time and manpower, and it may affect the case.

investigation.

Another thing is that reporters are not fools. Even if they don't have an informant, they can still see some clues by standing in front of the hotel.

Luke said, "Mr. Lawley has a high approval rating in Los Angeles and is a public figure. The news has already reported his suspected disappearance, and it is almost impossible to hide it.

Instead of competing with reporters, we should focus more on the case."

Hans Dragon opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

However, Mrs. Lawley stopped him and said, "Captain Li, what you said makes sense, you just need to concentrate on investigating the case.

The TV station...I'll deal with it."

"That's best." Luke warned them a few words and then left the presidential suite.

Luke found someone from the first squadron, described the case, and then assigned the task.

Raymond led people to take notes for Henry Lawley's campaign team.

Luke takes Blackie and Jackson to investigate the hotel surveillance.

Luke found the manager of the Four Seasons Hotel, showed his police ID and said, "Hello, I am Luke Lee, captain of the 1st Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division."

"Hello Captain Li, I am Lures Meyer, the manager of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Many police officers entered Mr. Henry Lawley's room just now, what happened?"

Luke glanced around and whispered, "Henric Lawley is missing."

"When did this happen?"

"last night."

Lures Meyer spread his hands, "This is too bad."

Luke said, "Manager Luers Meyer, considering the special status of Mr. Henry Lawley, this matter must be kept confidential."

"I understand that many supporters of Mr. Henry Lawley have gathered outside the hotel, which has affected the hotel's business. I don't want more people to come.

I will call the hotel staff and ask them to stop talking nonsense."

"Manager Luers Meyer, I also want to ask you a favor."

"What's up?"

"We want to check the hotel's surveillance."

"Is there a search warrant?"

"Not yet. If you need it, we can apply."

Luers Meier thought for a while, "No need, I will take you to the monitoring room."

"Thank you." Luke said politely and asked, "Has Mrs. Lawley ever asked to check the hotel surveillance?"

"Yes, but he didn't say anything about Mr. Henry Lawley's disappearance, so I refused."

Then, Luke took Xiao Hei and Jackson into the surveillance room and began to check the surveillance video from last night.

Half an hour later, Jackson made a discovery.

At 12:20 in the morning, the door of the presidential suite opened, and a man wearing a baseball cap walked out of the room. The man lowered his head and could not see his face clearly. Then, he walked along the corridor and entered the elevator.

The man in the baseball cap took the elevator to the lobby on the first floor and then left the hotel.

After leaving the hotel, the man in the baseball cap waited on the side of the road for a while. After about a few minutes, a white SUV drove over, and the man in the baseball cap got into the white SUV and left.

Xiaohei did some operations on the computer, enlarged the SUV surveillance screenshot, and found that it was a white BMW X6 with the license plate number 2Kmb323.

Xiao Hei chuckled, raising the corners of his mouth slightly, "That's it."

…

at the same time.

Detective Bureau, Robbery and Murder Division Interrogation Room.

There was a white man handcuffed on the interrogation chair. He looked around and landed on the glass on the right.

He pursed his lips and made a face, as if he didn't care.

"Creak..." With a sound, the door of the interrogation room opened.

The deputy and Porter walked into the interrogation room.

The white man spread his hands and said, "Hey, guys, you are finally here. When can you let me go?"

The deputy team member sat behind the interrogation table and asked with a smile, "Let me tell you which prison you want to go to.

I have some acquaintances in the Ministry of Justice who might be able to help you."

"Officer, I just threw a tomato, not a grenade. There is no need to be so serious."

"Boy, don't be so playful with me, this is a serious occasion." The deputy leader snorted and asked, "What's your name?"

"Tommy Walsh."

"Why did you attack Mr. Henry Lawley in the square yesterday morning?"

Tommy Walsh thought for a moment and replied, "He's a liar."

"What did he lie to you about?"

"I used to work in a food processing factory, and he once visited our factory to inspect. He encouraged our factory to increase production, and said he would help us contact foreign customers to sell our products to Europe and Asia.

What he said was very sincere, and I took it seriously.

But the result is...

Six months later, our factory went bankrupt due to unsalable products.

I'm also unemployed."

"Is this why you hit him with a tomato and disrupted the speech?"

"Yes, isn't this reason enough?

He caused my factory to close down before.

If he becomes the governor of California, he will definitely harm more people.

So, I have to stop him."

The deputy team member put his arms on the table and leaned forward, "As a result, your behavior did not interfere with the speech, so your companion activated the second plan.
To be continued...