Chapter 456

Chapter 456

At this moment, Kelvin asked, "What's the situation with Emery, the guy you've been watching?"

Travis scratched his head, "He seems to have noticed he's being tailed, but he hasn't shown it. He still goes to work as usual and comes home as usual."

"But we dug up some information. Emery used to date Mira. They broke up three years ago. They were really sweet together in college. Their mutual friends all say that Mira dumped Emery for money."

His first love?

The grief Emery showed when mentioning Mira didn't seem like someone who'd been dumped.

If Gibson really killed Mira, then it would make sense that Emery killed Gibson, embalmed Mira's body, and sent it to what he called a good burial spot.

A cold gleam flashed in Kelvin's eyes, "Bring him in."

"Mr. Brown!"

Suddenly there was a shout from outside. The officer who had been tailing Emery rushed in, "Emery's disappeared! He ditched his phone, we can't track his movements!"

Fleeing out of guilt?

That thought popped into everyone's minds.

"Block all exits out of Emerald City, notify all transportation hubs. The moment anyone spots Emery, notify the detective squad immediately!"

Kelvin grabbed his coat, his sharp eyes bloodshot, "Everyone else, come with me to search the last place Emery was seen."

"Wait."

Sienna suddenly interrupted him, reaching into the pile of evidence to pull out that Paradise Park flyer.

"This place, I think we need to check it out."

She tapped the date on the flyer with her finger, "Mira kept it all this time. The date is from three years ago, which matches up perfectly."

Kelvin nodded, "Then we'll split up."

By the time Kelvin and Sienna arrived at Paradise Park, it was already late at night. The park was completely empty.

Kelvin drew his gun and led the way, with the others following behind.

Before long, they spotted a figure in a white lab coat by the park's lake.

Travis said, "Emery, you're surrounded. Give up now."

Travis drew his gun and aimed it at him, "Come back with us."

Emery's body trembled, then he turned to look at them, acting casual, "Oh, it's the officers? What's up?"

"In the case of Gibson's dismemberment, you're a key suspect. You need to come back with us for questioning."

Kelvin said calmly, "Please."

"What does it have to do with me?"

Emery smiled, "We were just client and doctor, that's all."

"Your first love was Mira. You did this to avenge her."

Emery scoffed, "I'd kill someone for a gold-digging woman who betrayed me?"

Chen Yiran spoke sternly, "Don't try to deny it, you..."

Kelvin directly covered his mouth and said calmly to Emery, "You were the one who went to dinner with Mira that day. Why did you lie?"

Emery froze, not expecting this to be discovered.

Kelvin pressed on, "This is the place you two agreed to meet, isn't it? Your feelings for Mira—were they really just client and doctor?"

He quickly recovered, though his voice trembled slightly, "Of course."

Sienna hadn't said anything until her phone suddenly vibrated in her palm.

She lit up the screen and said calmly to Emery, "I removed a three-week-old embryo from her belly. The genetic test results just came back. That child was yours."

"You were very careful. After taking Gibson from his home, you even wiped away all your fingerprints. But you were too angry. You slashed their wedding photo, and when you taped it back together, you used your mouth. We extracted your DNA from the tape."

Kelvin's eyes narrowed as he quietly stepped to the side.

An embryo!

As if unable to believe it, Emery's voice changed pitch, "Impossible, you're lying to me, we..."

"Whether I'm lying or not, you can see for yourself."

Sienna remained calm, walking toward him with her phone, "It was a male fetus, very healthy."

Emery walked forward in disbelief, wanting to take the phone.

Their eyes met, and Emery suddenly noticed a hint of mockery in Sienna's eyes.

He instinctively sensed danger and was about to jump into the nearby river when a slender hand gripped his wrist tightly.

Kelvin had appeared behind Emery at some point. He kicked the back of Emery's knee and efficiently handcuffed both his hands.

"You're despicable!"

Emery finally realized he'd been tricked. He glared at Sienna as if he wanted to tear her apart, "I did kill that scumbag! Why couldn't you let me die here! To be with Mira!"

"You're going to sentence me to death anyway!"

"True."

Kelvin said calmly, "But you should face legal punishment, not escape through so-called suicide."

"Take him away. Let's wrap this up."

Three days later.

The cemetery corpse case and the dismemberment case were solved. Since the killer of Mira was already dead, that part could only be left unresolved.

Emery was ultimately sentenced to death. He also confessed that he had indeed damaged the surveillance cameras and placed Mira in the cemetery, planning to commit suicide on their anniversary to be with her forever.

Sienna found it pretty ridiculous, "If he really loved Mira, he should have found a way to rescue her from Gibson."

And that child...

Sienna sighed inwardly.

After the case closed, she returned to the manor. Simon was watering the flowers. Seeing her, he smiled slightly, "I heard you solved the case. Celebrate tonight?"

"Sure."

The peaceful days didn't last long. While Sienna and Kelvin were on leave, they received a call from Arnold.

On the other end, Arnold's voice was urgent, "There's been a theft at the museum. The mummy that was a key research subject has been switched!"

"A mummy?" Even with all her experience, Sienna's tone couldn't help but change at such bizarre news.

Arnold's tone was very certain, "Yes, the one on rotating exhibition at the Emerald City Museum!"

The case had already been reported, so Sienna and Kelvin could only quickly pack up and rush to the crime scene.

Arnold hurriedly waved at the museum staff, "Quick, tell us exactly what happened?"

"The mummy at the museum is actually a modern mummy."

"A modern mummy?" Sienna turned, "The process of making mummies is extremely complex. Even modern technology can't fully decode and replicate it. How could anyone create a so-called modern mummy?"

The staff member quickly explained, "It's precisely because modern techniques can't perfectly replicate it that this modern mummy has attracted so much attention."

With that, the staff member stepped forward and turned on the spotlight in the display case, "After analysis, this mummy was formed about ten years ago and has been the focus of researchers' attention."