Chapter 462

Chapter 462

The team leaders were chatting and mentioned that Marlon had a child before, but couldn't afford to raise the kid at the time, so he had to leave the baby at the orphanage entrance. He's regretted it all these years.

Kimball wiped his face, "So I looked into it and found out Marlon and I came from the same place, the age matched up, and he had savings and a pension. I just got anxious for a moment."

Sienna wasn't buying it and just let out a cold laugh, "Everyone who makes a mistake says they were just anxious for a moment."

After saying this, Sienna checked the voice recorder's memory and asked the question she cared about most, "What were you thinking when you designed this way to get yourself off the hook?"

Sienna was ready to take notes, but unexpectedly, she was met with eyes full of confusion.

"Get off the hook? What do you mean?"

Kimball wasn't young, and his face was weathered from work.

Now this face turned toward Sienna, the confusion in his expression very genuine, "Design what? I wiped off all the fingerprints. How could you possibly find me?"

Something's wrong.

Sienna's expression turned serious, and she caught on almost instantly.

Kimball's earlier motive was based on factual reasoning, but the way to clear himself was completely based on her own assumptions.

And there were many suspicious points in it. She had noticed them but deliberately ignored them.

Having figured this out, Sienna's frown deepened even more.

If that silicone mummy wasn't Kimball's doing, then where did the mummy come from?

Could there be an even deeper hidden figure behind this case?

Sienna frowned in thought, while Kelvin had already stood up.

"Looks like this case isn't as simple as it seems."

Sienna's brow furrowed deeply.

After discussing, the two split up and led their task force members out of the police station.

Kelvin headed straight to Kimball's residence. Following the police force's fine tradition, he practically turned the house upside down, and actually found a somewhat unusual note in the corner of the desk.

"Get mummy debt gone?"

Kelvin sneered, "What era is this, still playing these TV drama tricks."

After saying this, Kelvin put the note directly into an evidence bag. He quickly passed the information to Sienna.

As soon as the phone notification sounded, Sienna frowned.

Sterling looked over and seemed confused too, "What does this mean? Is it about Kimball's debt?"

A single note really didn't reveal much. Sienna could only shake her head and put her phone away, "Not sure, but it's possible."

After saying this, Sienna continued looking down at the mummy's original display case.

Sterling sighed, "Hasn't the museum already been checked? If there were clues..."

Sienna waved her hand and said seriously, "Checked doesn't mean nothing slipped through the net."

Sterling quickly spoke up, "You mean..."

Sienna turned to look at the mummy's display case, "These fabric scraps, were they originally here?"

The staff member followed Sienna's gaze and saw at the edge of the display case where the mummy had been placed, two extremely tiny pieces of fabric scattered about.

Or rather, they shouldn't even be called fabric—threads from gauze bandages scattered in the edge crevices. If Sienna's gaze hadn't been so focused, the staff probably wouldn't have noticed such tiny details.

The staff member nodded somewhat awkwardly, "Should be, after all, this display case shows a mummy. We don't usually do excessive cleaning."

That's good then.

Sienna nodded, "Open the display case. I need to collect physical evidence."

After saying this, Sienna put on gloves and took out evidence bags and tweezers from the toolbox placed nearby.

Then, Sienna showed everyone present what professional forensic skills looked like.

Her beautiful eyes were like the most precise magnifying glass—not a single thread scattered on the entire display case could escape Sienna's sight.

Sienna, wearing gloves, crouched in front of the display case, her tweezers steady as she placed thread after thread into the transparent evidence bag.

When she finally stood up, the threads in the evidence bag had accumulated into a small cluster.

And with these threads piled together, even Sterling could see something was wrong.

"There are stains on them?"

Sienna nodded, "It's normal for a decades-old mummy to have stains. But this kind of material..."

The stains on the threads weren't the dingy yellow from repeated soaking in dirt or grime, but rather extremely dark in color, as if contaminated by something.

And also...

Sienna frowned, "The stains are very fresh, not like they appeared during the mummy formation process."

After saying this, Sienna put the evidence bag in the toolbox and spoke decisively, "Let's go, back to test it."

The two returned to the police station together, and Travis, who had stayed behind, quickly handed over a document.

"Take a look, this is the detailed confession of the crime that Kimball gave."

The information in hand was very well organized. Sienna looked down and finally saw the full picture of the whole incident.

"Kimball did start out blackmailing Marlon, but initially, he probably didn't have thoughts of revenge."

Travis explained from the side, "After Kimball discovered that Marlon's finances weren't enough to support his gambling expenses, he set his sights on the mummy."

Speaking of this, Travis sighed, "But Marlon still had legal and moral awareness. He stopped Kimball many times, which made Kimball hold a grudge."

Sienna nodded, her tone cold, "Marlon abandoning Kimball in the first place gave Kimball a sense of moral superiority. He thought Marlon should go along with everything he wanted and provide him with convenience."

"Right, exactly that mindset."

Travis shook his head, "The museum had Marlon on patrol every Wednesday night. Kimball figured out the pattern and shut down all the surveillance equipment at night, deciding to swap the mummy."

"But Marlon stopped him once again. Kimball flew into a rage and got into a physical fight with Marlon."

Sienna nodded.

After all, Marlon wasn't young—there was no way he could be a match for the young and strong Kimball.

And Travis's next words confirmed Sienna's guess.

"Then Kimball knocked Marlon out. He didn't dare kill him directly, but he was very angry inside, so he came up with the idea of tying up Marlon with fishing line."

At this point, Sienna had roughly figured out what happened next.

"When Marlon woke up, his whole body was bound with fishing line, and he was in a dark, cramped environment. Plus his mouth was gagged—there was no way he could stay calm."

Sienna sighed, "He would struggle, the fishing line would get tighter and tighter, and eventually it led to death from suffocation plus excessive blood loss."