Luke noted down the name and said to Jenny, "Can you ask the victim's daughter if she has heard this name?" Then he looked at Little Black, "You go ask the victim's husband if he has heard this term?"

"Yes, sir."

Not long after, Jenny came back, "Captain, I asked, Teresa Lewis hasn't heard this name.

Plus, Teresa Lewis is still very low and hurt, maybe we should let her leave first."

This house can't be stayed in temporarily. After recording the statement, there's no need to stay. Luke nodded, "Alright."

The deputy and Little Black also walked in. The deputy said, "I just finished recording the statement with the victim's husband, Alec Wyatt. He said he has never heard the term Sherda."

Luke knew the deputy always believed that when one spouse is murdered, the other spouse becomes a major suspect, which is evident from him proactively talking to Alec Wyatt.

He asked, "Deputy, did you find anything?"

The deputy said, "According to Alec Wyatt, he got married to Latifa Gallo last year. The two had a good relationship, and he didn't expect such a thing to happen suddenly.

Alec Wyatt works at the Vincent Travel Agency, and according to him, he was at the travel agency from four to six in the afternoon.

Also, Latifa Gallo divorced her ex-husband three years ago, and not long after, her ex-husband died in an accident."

Luke pressed, "What kind of accident?"

"Car accident."

Luke had a thoughtful expression, "Was anything valuable missing from the house?"

The deputy said, "According to Alec Wyatt, the master bedroom's cabinet had only a thousand US Dollars in cash and some jewelry, with a total value of less than ten thousand US Dollars."

Luke checked the master bedroom earlier but didn't find cash or jewelry; most likely they were taken by the killer.

"Has the victim been acting unusual recently?"

The deputy replied, "Alec Wyatt didn't notice anything different about the victim recently, but he said the victim came home earlier than usual today; normally, the victim would be home after six.

I suggest we look into the victim's workplace at the prison.

If this case wasn't an ordinary home invasion murder, but a premeditated vengeful homicide, then it could also be related to the victim's job."

Luke nodded, "You're right, Deputy. I'll leave this task to you."

"No problem."

Then, Luke arranged for team members to visit the neighborhood, looking for witnesses and any suspicious people or vehicles during the time of the incident.

At the same time, he sent someone to collect the community surveillance footage.

The investigation continued until past eleven in the evening, and without finding valuable clues, the officers gradually wrapped up.

...

The next morning

Robbery and Murder Department Office.

After the routine morning meeting, everyone went off to their tasks.

Luke stayed at the police station to review community surveillance videos.

The victim's daughter's description matched with forensic doctor Hila's estimation; the victim died between four thirty and six in the afternoon.

Any vehicle entering or leaving the community during this time is suspect.

Luke reviewed all the vehicles appearing in the community surveillance during this time frame but didn't find any suspicious or misregistered vehicles.

Luke theorized three possibilities: the first possibility is that either the vehicle owner was very discreet.

Or the killer did not use a vehicle, indicating the killer was very close to the victim's home.

The third possibility is that the suspect vehicle did not leave during this time frame, for example, hiding somewhere in the community, or even possibly in a neighbor's garage.

This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the investigation.

At eleven in the morning.

The door of the Robbery and Murder Department opened, and the tech team member, Mary, walked into the office.

"Hey, guys...

Wow, the office is so empty, Matthew, are you the only one here?"

Matthew poked his head from behind the computer, looked around, "Maybe, I'm not sure if the captain is in or not?"

"Creak..."

The captain's office door opened, "I'm here, Mary, what's going on?"

"Yes, the results from the crime scene investigation are out." Mary placed two files on the table, "First, the baseball bat found beside the victim has the victim's blood and biological tissues on it. The comparison provided by the forensic doctor completely matches, confirming it is the murder weapon.

Additionally, the forensic doctor found DNA inside the victim, and we compared it in the DNA database and confirmed the DNA owner's identity."

"Thank you, you've been a great help."

This morning, Luke received the autopsy results from forensic doctor Hila, learning that the victim played poker not long before their death and that DNA was found inside her.

According to the victim's husband, Alec Wyatt, he left home in the morning and hadn't seen his wife since, so the one who played poker with the victim wasn't Alec Wyatt.

It's possible the killer coerced the victim into playing poker, but Luke didn't think the killer would leave such clear evidence.

But regardless, this person saw the victim not long before the incident and might know some critical information.

However, Luke didn't expect the identity could be traced so quickly through DNA comparison.

When he saw the suspect's information, he felt a bit relieved.

Name: Mbak Eta

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: March 2, 1996

Phone Number: 909 876 2523

Address: No. 209, William Community

Social Security Number: 623-53-7332

Criminal Record: Theft, drug trafficking, intentional injury

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