Chapter 1041

In his heart, she gradually felt more and more unease.

When she invited Ms. Armstrong to the Capital for a charity party, she

didn't expect such a tragedy to happen.

After everything that had happened, these things were not something

she could bear alone.

Without hesitation, she picked up her phone and dialed Karl's number.

It took many rings before Karl answered. Apparently he lowered his

voice and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You're in a meeting?" Juanita sensed that he was in an unusual

environment.

"Right. You're in a hurry?" He asked.

"Yes, it's urgent." Juanita didn't want to delay any longer.

"Okay, hold on a minute. I'm going to walk outside and we can talk."

Karl said gently.

After about a few dozen seconds, he said, "Okay, go ahead.”

Juanita said directly, "Ms. Armstrong from the orphanage is dead, and

her body was found this morning on the shallows downstream of the

reservoir. I mentioned to you before that I suspected she was missing,

and I didn't think she was really in trouble. What happened was that

Rachel, the director of the Khebury orphanage, was invited to the

Capital for a charitable party.”

"Khebury Orphanage, the orphanage where Joyce had been?" Karl

interrupted to ask.

"Right." Juanita raised her eyebrows. Karl was a detective in the end,

and he found the key points immediately.

“I heard that when Rachel came to the charity party this time, she

heard that Luther would be there, so she asked the working group for a

meeting with Luther.”

Juanita recounted, "On the night of the charity dinner, Ms. Armstrong

was due to return directly to Khebury, and the working group had a car

ready, but she was nowhere to be found. We checked everywhere, but

there was no sign of her.”

“I had thought Ms. Armstrong had gone back to Khebury on her own, or

had been caught up in something at the Capital, but found that she had

not. When I contacted Khebury, no one had seen her either. I later

returned to the charity dinner venue and checked the surveillance.”

"Well, the surveillance video you passed me earlier for recovery. Was it

about Ms. Armstrong's whereabouts?" Karl asked.

"That's right. Ms. Armstrong couldn't have left through the front door,

and I've checked all the surveillance at the front door. The only way she

could have left was through the back garden.” Juanita affirmed.

“It will take another day to fix the surveillance video you gave me. We

can't see what happened in the video yet.” Karl said.

"I think it's strange. Khebury orphanage, Ms. Armstrong, Luther, Joyce,

Ms. Armstrong's death ... Although they seem unrelated, I always feel

something is not right. Too many things have happened around them."

Juanita frowned deeply, “The police department have initially

determined Ms. Armstrong must have fallen from somewhere and

drowned. But I don't believe it. How could a person in her forties, who

was not without judgment, lose her footing in a reservoir?"

“Your instincts were right. I will take over this case immediately and

transfer all the information to the Special Investigation Unit. I will handle

this case personally.” Karl said, “There will be a reasonable explanation

for all these unnatural things.”

"Hmm." Juanita nodded; she only believed Karl.

"Don't tell Joyce yet. Let me do some research and I'll tell her." Karl

cared.

"Good." Juanita responded.