Substitute Marriage: Reborn As The Top Big-Shot

Chapter 672: 221: Peeling silk from the cocoon, key evidence! _6
 

“Hmm.” Viola Thompson nodded slightly and handed the found item to Ling, “Verify whether this is real hair or a wig.”

“Alright.”

The identification result won’t come out so quickly.

It needs to wait for about 24 hours.

Ling looked at Viola Thompson and continued, “Miss Thompson, I’ll inform you as soon as the results are out.”

“Alright,” Viola nodded slightly, “By the way, Officer Kim, can you send me Maureen Fitzell’s address?”

“Sure, I’ll send it to you on WhatsApp right now.” Realizing that Viola might want to investigate something, “Miss Thompson, if you need our help, feel free to contact me anytime!”

“Hmm.”

After that, Viola went to the police station again to wait for Mrs. Thompson.

Soon after.

Mrs. Thompson and the lawyer came out from the inside.

“Grandma,” Viola went over and held Mrs. Thompson’s arm, keeping a low profile.

“Viola,” Mrs. Thompson looked very unhappy. “Sophie Cooper is so vicious, I underestimated her all these years. She didn’t leave any leeway for Bob!”

Mrs. Thompson didn’t like Edward Thompson.

But that doesn’t mean she can disregard the reputation of the Thompson family.

Even more so, it doesn’t mean she can let Sylvia Thompson, that ungrateful and vicious man, trample on the Thompson family and make Edward Thompson a scapegoat for Sylvia Thompson.

Mrs. Thompson had always thought that she had seen through Sylvia Thompson, thinking that Sylvia had a heavy scheming heart and wasn’t a good person. But she never expected that Sylvia could design such a perfect trap.

It was terrifying!

If it weren’t for the fact that she knew Edward Thompson well, she would have almost believed that Edward Thompson was the murderer.

Even the lawyer thought Edward Thompson’s chances of getting off were very slim.

Viola spoke softly to comfort Mrs. Thompson, “Grandma, justice may be late, but it will never be absent. I believe it’s just a matter of time.”

“Hmm.” Mrs. Thompson nodded, “I believe it too!”

Both old and young got in the car.

Lawyer Roger followed them.

Once they got into the car, Mrs. Thompson continued discussing the case with Lawyer Roger.

Mrs. Thompson was very puzzled, “Lawyer Roger, why do you think Bob’s fingerprints are on that kitchen knife? Bob never even touched it! If the murderer is Sophie Cooper, how did she do it? Did she use some kind of glove that can copy other people’s fingerprints? But there shouldn’t be such high-tech gloves in Sinian Country yet, right?”

Even if there are such high-tech gloves, they won’t be designed.

If they were really designed, anyone could wear gloves and commit crimes, and the world would be in chaos!

Obviously, there couldn’t be such gloves.

Lawyer Roger frowned slightly, suspecting that Edward Thompson was lying.

After all, Edward Thompson had picked up the kitchen knife to kill James before, and he had a motive to kill, and a strong one at that.

Moreover.

Edward Thompson had no witnesses.

While Sylvia Thompson had both testimony and physical evidence.

At this moment, Viola seemed to suddenly think of something and said, “Grandma, I forgot something. You go back with the lawyer first. Uncle Maton, please stop the car!”

Mrs. Thompson looked at Viola, “Viola, what do you need to pick up? Shall I go with you?”

“No need, Grandma. I have something to deal with after I pick up my stuff. You go back first.”

“Alright,” Mrs. Thompson continued to instruct, “Be careful.”

“Hmm.”

The car slowly stopped by the roadside.

After getting out of the car, Viola ran back to the police station.

Seeing her coming back, Ling immediately came over, “Miss Thompson, why are you back again?”

“Officer Kim, I heard that my brother’s fingerprints were found on the kitchen knife, right?” Viola asked.

“Correct.” Ling nodded.

Viola continued, “Can I take a look at that kitchen knife?”

“Come with me.” Although it was crucial evidence, the evidence had already been collected and the fingerprints identified. There was no problem letting Viola take a look at it at this point.

Ling led Viola to the evidence room.

Viola saw the blood-stained kitchen knife.

Although the blood had dried, it was still horrifying.

Through the glass cabinet, Viola carefully observed the kitchen knife. Then she softly said, “No, this is not the real murder weapon.”

“How so?” Ling asked.

Viola continued, “A kitchen knife that can directly cut human bones must be very sharp. Moreover, James had more than twenty wounds on his body, and each of them reached the bone. As everyone knows, if the hardness of steel is 7-8, human bones can reach 4-5, and adult bones are even harder. Those who often use kitchen knives should know that no matter how sharp a domestic kitchen knife is, after chopping a bone once, the blade will become dull. Similarly, if the suspect used this kitchen knife to hack James so many times, the blade must have been damaged. But the blade of this kitchen knife is still very sharp! It doesn’t look like a kitchen knife that has chopped bones.”

Upon hearing this, Ling frowned slightly and immediately asked someone to bring a new kitchen knife and some pig bones.

To avoid errors, Ling specifically asked for the same type of kitchen knife.

As expected, after trying to chop the pig bones a few times, even before reaching ten times, the blade showed some degree of damage, and the blade became dull.

Viola’s red lips parted slightly, her tone light but firm.

“James’s time of death was between 19:00 and 22:00. Assuming Sophie Cooper was the murderer, she would need to deal with the real murder weapon after the murder and arrive at the bottom of Building 10 precisely at 9 o’clock. The power was out that night, so it would take her about ten minutes to walk downstairs, and the fastest time to jog would be five minutes. It would take another two minutes to get from the upper floor to Building 10. This way, the time left for her to kill, process the crime scene, and dispose of the murder weapon is only 110 minutes! It may seem like a long time, but it’s not easy to do all these things. So, the real murder weapon must have been disposed of on her way to Building 10. I checked and found that there are three garbage rooms from Building 3 to Building 10, and the unified garbage collection time is 9 o’clock.”