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2024-10-29 19:42:56Sam glanced at Dakota. He waited too long for a brief explanation.
“The bottom line, Dax”
Dakota looked at Sam, pushing his glasses back up slightly.
“Temporary suspicion is that the bag belonged to Mike Arlo. The bag was seen when he entered campus several days before the victim was found. But when he last went to the office to provide information, the bag was gone. And not just that time, several times it was seen on CCTV cameras that Mike Arlo no longer used that bag when he was at college."
Before this, Dakota headed to Erw's room to check the CCTV footage he got from the campus to see where the victim was. The victim's activities before she was found dead and several details about what time she arrived and when she went home. And several times Dako
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CRIME BOOK 101 It was a Live Broadcast
You can see video footage with poor lighting. Three students, Mike Arlo and two others seemed to be on top of a fairly tall building."Where is this? Did you get the address?” Sam asked.Rina pursed her mouth."There is no information about the exact location, Boss, this is a live broadcast recording from Mike's social media which has been archived. Erw managed to find it after looking for a while. Mike protects his social media quite tightly, so it took a while for Erw to open it. From the view, it resembles a building roof but the surroundings look like they are not in an urban area. Lots of grass and tall plants at the bottom. This was highlighted a little, but because it was dark we couldn't see it clearly, Boss."Sam watched the video carefully.
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“Dax, don't get too close. I already said this was a bad idea, you'd better just wait in the car, the rain is getting heavier." Sam was worried because Dakota was still unwell. He grabbed Dakota's umbrella handle and held it. Dakota looked at him sharply. Then ignore Sam's exaggeration, he thought.“Even though there is no safety fence, this part is quite safe. The wind blows from the front through the sides. But, on the night of the incident, the wind wasn't blowing this hard, so it's very unlikely that the victim fell because she wasn't careful," said Dakota, looking around him. Sam nodded. He looked around him and found several lower floors that were quite prominent, so if he fell from there the victim's body should not fall directly to the bottom of the building unless it was due to other reasons.'That's true, but, any trace will be gone by now
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"Excuse me, Prof, someone is looking for you," said Dan, the officer on duty at the front. Dakota turned his head, seeing the young staff coming with someone who was standing next to him. Smiling from afar raised his hand to greet Dakota."Hi Prof"Dakota didn't really know him, a tall, thin man with thick glasses and sleek hair who smiled until his eyes disappeared. Don't know if it was because he was so happy to see Dakota at that time, but what is clear is that Dakota wasn't.He waited for the man to approach because he still had a lot to finish before leaving his class. His assistant Rudy took some books on Dakota's desk. He smiled and said that he would tidy everything up. Dakota pulled his lips, he was Rich Barmot, the man the Dean said would come looking for him to discuss the latest book recommended by the campus. Dakota doesn't care about any books given by the campus, whatever it is, it won't affect his teaching methods. However, some time ago he did not agree with some of t
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“Boss”Aris entered the room in a hurry. Sam was just enjoying the wide noodle soup that Luk had just brought earlier. Aris' face looked quite serious as if he had just seen a ghost."What's wrong, Ris?"Aris looked at Sam with his big eyes. Sam pulled his lips.“At least let me finish this,” said Sam raising his chopstick and eating in his big mouth......The shutter sound of the camera dominates the area. The water flowing between small rocks sounds loud among other natural sounds. Far from the crowds, quite far from the main road. Although they still can hear the sound of passing vehicles, from large to small on the highway. Several large forensic vehicles had stopped and parked in front of where Sam parked his jeep. He and Aris, on the other car, stopped after driving for quite a long time on the road from downtown Bayward to the connecting road to the small village of Syla. Aris received news from the local police about the discovery of the body of the man they had been looking f
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Sam stood in front of Emma who had just finished autopsying a new corpse in her room. Her work was quite fast, super doctor Emma Larson had completed the autopsy very quickly. He hadn't even asked for it. Emma showed the pale body of the ugly man who had been in Sam's head for the past few hours since he saw him naked.“The victim was hit with a blunt object from behind. Here, the back of his head was a little cracked and soft, like he had been hit quite hard with a heavy tool like pliers or something. Then, the most fatal thing is this thing." Emma showed an iron rod resembling an ice pick about forty centimeters long which she placed on the table next to the corpse.Sam was about to reach for the object but Emma stopped him."I wouldn't touch it with my bare hands, Boss, I just pulled that thing out of the victim's buttocks."Emma's words were straight to the point. Sam withdrew his hand, folding it back to its original position."Oh, you mean, he died because of this thing?"Emma no
CRIME BOOK 101 Human's Nature
“Those people, deserve the worst. Ernie, he, the woman put her hand in, in... he was, in fact, only six years old at the time. He talks about all of it on our last day together. He drank so much and was drunk that he said all that. We never know what happened. He finally said it. He was so devastated that he fainted every time he thought about all that trauma." Ben Ruiz lowered his head, crying silently. He clenched his hands into fists, trying to grip his own hands to reduce the pain in his chest that was trying to escape. Aris and Beni pursed their mouths, even though they didn't know what happened, but the emotions of a mature young man in front of him showed that it was very hard for anyone to even hear. “The man stripped little Ernie's clothes and forced him to run without a single piece of thread on his body to go home. He threatened the innocent child, saying that if he was naughty and told his parents what was happening there, he would insert an ice stick into his anus. He sca
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Emma poured Sam's glass of beer until it was full, and handed it to her boss who was waiting. "If you're not drunk, don't go home tonight, right Boss?" Emma exclaimed. Sam pursed his mouth, he reached for his beer glass. "You, be careful I drive so I can't get drunk." Rina was busy grilling their meat. There was also a buzz at every other table around them, obviously, it was a Saturday night, and many had the next day off so they would be spending a lot of time there. The smoke from the grill stove and the hot soup from the hotpot are suitable for the cold and damp atmosphere caused by the never-ending rain. Sam narrowed his eyes at Emma, strange, because the young doctor had not submitted her leave letter even though she had to attend a seminar out of town by early next week. "When will you submit your leave letter?" Sam asked. Emma pursed her mouth. Grabbing another empty glass to fill it with the cold beer. "I'm not going on holiday boss, I only have one day's off for duty
CRIME BOOK 101 Stay Focus
His head hurt a lot, his vision was still blurry, and his chest hurt, as if the air had been sucked out of his surroundings and made him have to try harder to breathe.“Hoh”The sun has appeared. The sky looked quite bright, his body was weak, his muscles ached, and his head felt like he had been hit by a heavy object like a large ice cube, cold and painful at the same time. He tried to get up, bending his arms to lift his body, but, he was very weak. This, wasn't just any drugs, was that guy, giving him AB again? Even though there were no more dangerous reactions from the drug after the doctor found the antidote, it still made his muscles and nerves weak, if it continued like this he might start having difficulty breathing.Dakota couldn't just stay there and give up, but he couldn't pull himself up and could only let himself lie in the room on the dirty floor. His clothes were dirty, and a little wet from the rainwater that was seeping on the other side, the room looked old and aban
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The wail of sirens echoed in the distance. Fire trucks had arrived and were tackling the blaze that erupted from an explosion of some electronic equipment in the now-destroyed auditorium building. Several ambulances pulled up, administering first aid to the victims, including Dakota, Luke Osborn, and Sam, who sat on the side of an ambulance, their faces and bodies covered in dust."Here, let me brush off your clothes," Sam said, brushing thick dust from Dakota's sleeve. They both looked like they'd just cleaned out an abandoned warehouse.Dakota had some scrapes on his forehead, and his clothes were torn; besides the aches and pains from the impact of the debris, they seemed alright. Medics bandaged a gash on Dakota's arm and Luke Osborn's forehead scrapes."Why did they target this building? Man, this was built less than two years ago. If they wanted to blow something up, they should've gone for that old building behind the lab," Luke said, propping his chin in his hands.Sam sat b
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The sun shone brightly, breaking through the curtains and hitting the long sofa in Dakota’s room. Sam lay face down there all night, still in the clothes he wore yesterday.“Ouch, my body,” he turned over, feeling sore after sleeping on that couch all night.Even though it was the softest, highest-quality sofa money could buy, it would still be more comfortable to sleep in a bed. He remembered that last night because he was so tired, he fell asleep on Dakota’s very tempting bed, so why did he end up there?“Boss, let’s go out!” Edi’s voice still echoed in his head. His forehead was hot, and he was sweating even though the room was cold. He pulled himself up and sat, glancing at Dakota’s neatly made bed. It was nearing noon, eight in the morning when h
