Chapter 680: 223: Murderer (Second Update)
 

Sylvia Thompson couldn’t have imagined that the police would find these things. She was now very anxious, her fingers unconsciously tightening inside her sleeve.

Her knuckles were slightly white from the excessive force.

No.

She couldn’t panic now.

She couldn’t admit it.

And she couldn’t let the police see any flaws in her act.

Sylvia pretended to know nothing and looked up at Maureen Fitzell, “This isn’t mine.”

Upon hearing this, Maureen frowned slightly.

If it didn’t belong to her, and it didn’t belong to Sylvia Thompson, then whose was it?

“It’s so strange. Who would hide stuff under the floor of my living room?”

Ling put the clothes and the hat separately into a bag, “Of course, it’s the murderer.”

Although her words were directed at Maureen, Ling’s gaze remained fixed on Sylvia.

Her eyes were sharp.

As if they could see through everything.

A criminal suspect?

Maureen widened her eyes and covered her mouth, “Officer Kim, you mean the murderer has been in my house?”

It was terrifying.

The thought that she might have been sharing a room with a murderer sent chills down Maureen’s spine, turning her face pale.

Sylvia was also very surprised. She looked up at Ling, “Officer Kim, does this mean that my brother’s innocence can be proved?”

Ling looked at Sylvia and Maureen, her face expressionless.

A moment later, she continued, “Can both of you confirm that these items do not belong to either of you?”

Maureen nodded, “I’m sure.”

Sylvia also said, “I’m sure too.”

“Alright,” Ling nodded, “Next, our forensics team will extract fingerprints from these items.”

Fingerprint extraction.

Hearing this, Sylvia squinted her eyes imperceptibly.

When she handled these items, she wore gloves the entire time, so she wouldn’t leave any fingerprints behind.

“Ling!”

Just then, Jenkin’s voice came from the bedroom.

“There’s a new discovery!”

Ling handed the evidence bag to a fellow officer and immediately headed for the bedroom.

“What’s going on?”

Jenkin pointed to a row of pill bottles inside the bedside table drawer, “We found some medication here.”

At that moment, Sylvia stepped forward, “That’s my medication, just some ordinary vitamin tablets.”

Ling picked up one of the bottles.

It had French labels.

She didn’t understand French very well, so she called an officer who did.

The officer looked at all the bottles, “The labels indicate that they are indeed vitamin tablets.”

Ling nodded, “Let’s go.”

As several people followed Ling’s footsteps, she recalled what Viola Thompson had said.

Viola had mentioned that Sylvia might have given something to Maureen that caused her to lose consciousness. Otherwise, Maureen wouldn’t have been so sure that she’d been with Sylvia all along.

With this thought in mind, Ling suddenly stopped walking and looked at Jenkin, “Take the pill bottles with you.”

“Alright.” Jenkin nodded, placing the bottles into a sealed bag.

With tears in her eyes, Sylvia looked incredulous, “Officer Kim, what do you mean by this? Are you suspecting that I’m the one who killed my father?”

“Those who are innocent have nothing to fear,” Ling stared at Sylvia, “Rest assured, our police will be impartial. We won’t wrongly accuse a good person, nor will we let a guilty one escape.”

Maureen stepped forward to explain, “Officer Kim, although I don’t know why those clothes appeared in my house, I can assure you that they don’t belong to me or Sylvia! Sylvia moved in here the day after her father’s accident, and I only moved here three months ago! Those things might just have been left behind by the previous tenants!”

She was a living person, and if Sylvia were the murderer, she wouldn’t have known nothing.

Moreover.

Sylvia couldn’t be the murderer.

Ms. Fitzell, I repeat, please trust our People’s Police.”

Maureen nodded.

At that moment, Ling’s gaze suddenly fell upon an unnoticeable camera in the corner of the room. She frowned slightly, “Ms. Fitzell, didn’t you say earlier that there were no cameras in your house?”

Maureen explained, “The landlord said that the camera has been broken for a long time, so it’s the same as if it doesn’t exist at all.”

Ling nodded, “Do you mind if we take the storage card with us?”

“I don’t mind.” Maureen said.

Ling turned to Ian.

Understanding what she meant, Ian went to retrieve the memory card from the camera.

Before long, Ling and her team left Maureen’s house.

Before they left, Ling told Maureen and Sylvia, “Both of you, please make sure your phones are available for the next few days. Do not leave Capital City without reason. If there’s an emergency and you must leave, be sure to inform us for the record.”

Watching Ling and her team leave, Sylvia frowned slightly.

Suddenly, she had a bad feeling.

She wasn’t afraid of anything else.

But that storage card…

A moment later, Sylvia turned to Maureen and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that you had a camera in your house?”

Maureen said, “Didn’t I just tell you? That camera has been broken for a long time and is basically useless. Sylvia, why are you suddenly concerned about this?”

Could it be…

Sylvia smiled and explained, “I’ve been so casual in your house these past few days, sometimes even running around half-dressed. I’m just scared that a revealing video of me would leak out!”