The Midnight Lover

Chapter 15: Pair of cups

Mark's POV

After a day, I finally had information about girls who were likely to become victims of serial killers. That residential area is a middle-class residential area, so the number of people living there is not too crowded.

According to the investigation, there were a total of ten girls that matched the search criteria, ranging in age from twenty to twenty-five, students of Royale College, and most importantly around the time of the murder. , they were all present at home and had no alibi.

In the case of the other criminal, it is impossible to rule out the possibility that his death is related to his target. We have found out the true identity of the victim. He was originally from this area but moved to another city to live and work five years ago. However, about half a year ago he defaulted on gambling and had to flee to Venice, not even his family living here knew. However, the police could not find any more information about the accomplices, could not determine if losing a member, this criminal gang still wants to commit any more crimes.

Therefore, in addition to investigating the perpetrator who killed the criminal, the police must also continue to hunt down other criminals, to prevent them from continuing to kill the next victim.

I leave the office to prepare to visit the girls who may be victims of the fourth case. From the crime scene, there were three girls living in an apartment within a hundred meters from the scene. They will be the first suspects. However, because the death of the criminal has so many unusual points and there are no traces left, the police do not have the right to search or coerce suspects. We can only take statements of their own free will.

I knocked on the door of the first house. The owner of the house is a twenty-five-year-old girl who is about to graduate from Royale College. She was working on her master's thesis, and confirmed that she had been up all night working without noticing any abnormalities.

Our detective asked her some questions, while I sat beside her and observed the subject's reactions. The girl's answer was very normal, there was no sign of lying or hiding the truth, and around the house there was no trace of a fight or an intrusion from the outside. The possibility that this girl is the culprit or is involved in the case is almost zero.

We moved in to knock on the door of the second house. The results are also almost identical to the first. This girl slept soundly the night of the murder and did not notice anything unusual. There are cameras installed in the house and in front of the house 24/7. After information about the previous three cases spread in the newspapers, this girl even called a mechanic to install solid anti-theft doors and install an electric fence around the house. The possibility that the criminal who entered this place would die from an electric shock, not from a broken neck and broken bones.

Continuing to be the third house, the owner of this house is a twenty-two year old girl, this girl is completely different from the previous two girls. She even has a gun license and two handguns in her bedroom.

"If the killer dares to appear, I will shoot him." - She affirmed it, with a great spirit of courage. The brief investigation also showed that she was unlikely to be the killer who killed the victim.

With the three subjects that best matched the suspect condition, as a result we could not find any evidence that they were the perpetrators.

"Let's go to the next houses. I have a hunch we're on the right track."

I told the detective and the other policemen. My intuition always leads me to the right answers.

We continued to go to other houses. A day passed slowly while we still couldn't find any useful information. Dusk was slowly falling, the others were starting to get frustrated and tired, I decided to go to the place of the last subject for today.

"The next girl is Selina Frank, twenty-one years old, a third-year student at Royale College. She lives alone on the third floor of that apartment building, which is about an hour away from the crime scene. hundred and fifty meters."

I saw an apartment building painted white, still looking very new. We went up the stairs and realized that the owner of the house had not returned yet. So I decided to check the surrounding traces first.

The fourth floor of the apartment building is located at a height of about ten meters, in addition to the main door, on the left side of each room there is an auxiliary window with a radius of about half a meter, a height of about two meters, enough for an adult man. can pass through. However, the design of the building does not have a fulcrum for climbing, making the ability to break in from the outside is reduced.

I frowned as I observed the terrain around me. There were no trees nor any lower buildings nearby. While the colleagues who were with me were all growing impatient, I had a very special feeling about this tenth girl.

I was determined to wait for the owner of the house to return.

As time goes by, the sun gradually turns red-orange, in less than an hour the sun will set, the investigation will become more difficult. Fortunately, less than fifteen minutes later, we found the object we were waiting for.

This girl has a smaller and slimmer appearance than the previous girls. Considering her physique, the possibility that she could kill an adult man was very difficult. I looked at her beautiful face, completely devoid of the feeling of a murderer. I know that there are a lot of murderers who appear to be very innocent, but there is something about this girl called innocence and kindness. Her eyes are very bright and straight.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

It wasn't hard to see the wary look on her face. I showed her my police badge.

"Ma'am, can we ask you for a moment? Please."

The girl frowned, looking at us with a hesitant expression. In the end, however, she agreed.

As soon as I stepped into the living room, a special premonition suddenly arose, it made my heart beat very fast.

The first thing that came to my attention was a pair of double cups placed on the drinking table, while in the report it was recorded that Selina Frank was living alone, single and without a family.

Is that correct?

We continued to go to other houses. A day passed slowly while we still couldn't find any useful information. Dusk was slowly falling, the others were starting to get frustrated and tired, I decided to go to the place of the last subject for today.

"The next girl is Selina Frank, twenty-one years old, a third-year student at Royale College. She lives alone on the third floor of that apartment building, which is about an hour away from the crime scene. hundred and fifty meters."

I saw an apartment building painted white, still looking very new. We went up the stairs and realized that the owner of the house had not returned yet. So I decided to check the surrounding traces first.

The fourth floor of the apartment building is located at a height of about ten meters, in addition to the main door, on the left side of each room there is an auxiliary window with a radius of about half a meter, a height of about two meters, enough for an adult man. can pass through. However, the design of the building does not have a fulcrum for climbing, making the ability to break in from the outside is reduced.

I frowned as I observed the terrain around me. There were no trees nor any lower buildings nearby. While the colleagues who were with me were all growing impatient, I had a very special feeling about this tenth girl.

I was determined to wait for the owner of the house to return.

As time goes by, the sun gradually turns red-orange, in less than an hour the sun will set, the investigation will become more difficult. Fortunately, less than fifteen minutes later, we found the object we were waiting for.

This girl has a smaller and slimmer appearance than the previous girls. Considering her physique, the possibility that she could kill an adult man was very difficult. I looked at her beautiful face, completely devoid of the feeling of a murderer. I know that there are a lot of murderers who appear to be very innocent, but there is something about this girl called innocence and kindness. Her eyes are very bright and straight.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

It wasn't hard to see the wary look on her face. I showed her my police badge.

"Ma'am, can we ask you for a moment? Please."

The girl frowned, looking at us with a hesitant expression. In the end, however, she agreed.

As soon as I stepped into the living room, a special premonition suddenly arose, it made my heart beat very fast.

The first thing that came to my attention was a pair of double cups placed on the drinking table, while in the report it was recorded that Selina Frank was living alone, single and without a family.

Is that correct?