Chapter 102
The vice squad thought for a moment, “That’s an interesting idea you have, the League of Women Haters?”
Luke continued, “We know the most about Bardman Pool, she had an inappropriate relationship with the first victim, Riley Hare, and if her wife found out, the consequences would go without saying.
Then there is the third victim, Santos Mendin, a very hardworking and diligent person, it is hard not to like him, but it was his wife who left him.
The fourth victim, Benjamin Nasi, is now in a state of separation, his wife left with his children, and no one has reported him missing until now.
For that matter, the three of them are similar.”
The lieutenant nodded, “The analysis makes sense, but there’s one more problem you’re overlooking.”
“What problem?”
“Once they enter middle age, most couples in families with poor financial conditions don’t get along too well.
Badman-Poel, Santos-Mendin, and Benjamin Nasi are still poor when all is said and done.
If Benjamin Nasi had money, he wouldn’t be mixed up.
Santos Mendin rich will not ignore his wife’s feelings for the sake of work, women are emotional animals, sometimes still need to coax a coax.
Badman-Poel has money, may not be willing to clap for love with a woman more than ten years older than himself.
This looks more like the three of them came together because of money.
If the three of them are really connected, I prefer that Badman-Poel directed the Applauding for Love extortion video, and Santos Mendin and Benjamin Nasi were the helpers he got.
The three could extort a large sum of money, which is what they desperately need.”
Ramon nodded, “As a married man, I agree with the lieutenant.”
Luke was a little surprised that the ‘dummy’ had taken the initiative to speak up.
Susan summarized, “I don’t think any of your reasoning is wrong, but the key is still in the evidence talking.
One of the three victims is dead and two are missing, but their wives are still alive.
Lieutenant, contact Benjamin Nasi’s immediate family, preferably talk to his wife.
Luke, find Santos Mendin’s wife and ask her why she left such a good man.
Marcus, you talk to Laura Pool.
Wives are definitely one of the people who know their husbands best.”
The police never found Santos Mendin and the other man’s cell phone number was no longer in use.
Luke and David had to use the dumbest method possible, going on the ground near Santos-Mendin’s house.
Mexican descent in California has a high proportion of the population, and the relationship with the local Chinese has been good, many Chinese like to call them ‘old Mexican’, compared to other ethnic nicknames friendly a lot.
The two men arrived at Santos Mendin’s house on Ollie Street.
The house was a little shabby, the surroundings were similar to Benjamin Naci’s house, but the yard was neatly regulated, and a vegetable garden was specially opened, planting some peppers and beans.
Luke looked at the fiery red peppers, “Growing well, a family that knows how to live.”
The two went into the house to check it out, the two didn’t smell any blood or rot, just some uncleaned dinner plates on the dining table, giving off a musty smell.
The house wasn’t large, there were only two bedrooms, one to live in and the other to store miscellaneous items.
Luke two people will house check once, and did not find anything abnormal, everything seems very normal.
It was like living at home and going to work normally.
The only thing that was missing was a lot of the women’s things, which meant that Santos Mendin’s wife had been gone for a while.
The two men went out of the house to poke around the neighborhood.
Neighbors reflected Santos Mendin couple do not talk much, but also seldom communicate with the surrounding neighbors, half a month ago, Santos Mendin and his wife had a big fight, after that the neighbors have not seen Santos Mendin’s wife.
The speaker has no intention of saying anything, but the listener does.
Santos Mendin is dead. Could his wife have had an accident?
At this point, there was no other better way.
Luke could only use the traditional way of mapping, going door to door.
From the east end of the community to the west end of the community, learned that the next community seems to be someone and Santos Mendin’s wife had a good relationship.
Luke and the two men went to the next neighborhood to ask questions.
It took until two o’clock in the afternoon to inquire about the whereabouts of Santos Mendin’s wife.
Luckily, there had been no accident.
Half an hour later, Luke arrived at the place where Santos Mendin’s wife worked.
An upscale neighborhood not far from the Marca community.
Nada Mendin, Santos Mendin’s wife, was building flowers and plants under the high sun.
She was a gardener.
Luke and David didn’t go over to her right away, but observed as they sipped their iced cokes.
She worked well.
It wasn’t a long observation, but they were able to sense that it was a hard worker who could work hard.
After a while, Nada Mentin wiped the sweat from her forehead and stopped to rest.
Luke walked over and handed her a bottle of mineral water.
“Thank you sir, I’m not thirsty.”
“You are Nada Mendin?”
“How did you know? Want to mow the garden? I don’t take jobs, just work.”
“I’d ask you to mow the garden, but I don’t have that kind of money for a garden right now.” Luke flashed his badge, “LAPD, can I talk to you?”
“What do you want with me?”
“No contact with your husband lately?”
“I don’t have anything to talk to him about anymore, so if it’s about him, you guys might as well go find him.”
“He’s dead.”
Nada Mendin was silent for a moment, “Are ye a liar? If so, please leave, I have no money.”
“Your husband has been missing for days, the report was made by the owner of Ball’s Repair Shop, but we’ve been unable to reach you, we really are LAPD.”
Nada Mendin’s legs gave out and she sat down, her eyes red, “What happened? How did he suddenly die.”
“The police are investigating and we are looking for you to find out what happened. What kind of conflict happened between you two, are you avoiding him on purpose?”
“YEAH, I was planning to divorce him.”
“WHY, we’ve learned about him, he works at a car repair store during the day and has to work part-time at a bar at night. Hard working, diligent, and nice guy, why divorce him.”
“He is indeed nice, but we have different values and often fight over things.”
“There was a third party?”
“I’d love to have one, but we’re both dead busy, as you can see, I work as a gardener during the day and go back to cooking and tidying up the house at night, I don’t have time to think about that sort of thing, I’m just looking to make my life a little better.”
“Do you have debts? With your work ethic, you can’t be earning too little by any stretch of the imagination.”
“That’s the source of our conflict, he works hard and I work hard and we make almost ten thousand dollars a month, which I wouldn’t have thought of before.
I’m very happy with that income and I want to use that money to improve my life.
You should have been to my house, isn’t it very shabby, I want to change to a better neighborhood and a better house …… but Santos doesn’t agree.”
Luke asked rhetorically, “Isn’t earning money for a better life, why doesn’t he agree?”
“He still has a lot of relatives in Mexico brother, sister, cousins, life is not very good. He felt obligated as an older brother to improve their lives.
At first it was just sending money, and although I wasn’t happy about it, I didn’t stop it.
But there is no end to human desire.
His younger siblings also want to immigrate to Los Angeles, but it’s different now than before, the policy is getting stricter and stricter, and you need to hire a professional immigration lawyer and a large sum of money to operate ……
We simply can’t afford it, but he still insists on doing it …… I can understand it, but I can’t accept it.” Nada Mendin wiped a tear from her eye and choked back a sob, saying.
“I came to L.A. for a better life, and I’ve worked hard, hard, and earned my money.
Why shouldn’t I be able to improve my life, why should I live in a run-down house, why should I spend my money on them?
Will they be grateful?
No.
They are a bunch of vampires.
What I hate more is Santos’ attitude, never thinking about my feelings, only thinking about his relatives.
I don’t see hope, I don’t know what’s the point of living like this?
You tell me I shouldn’t leave?”