Female Novel
Chapter 1374
Chapter 1374The police had discovered new evidence in the murder case.
Ahomeless woman had found Walter's wallet and called Lena. This woman's son had died on the job, and an autopsy wasconducted to investigate the cause. Lena was the forensic examiner involved in the autopsy at that time. It turned out that thewoman's son had died from cardiac arrest during work hours. With this cause of death being overworking, the family was able toclaim some compensation. Since Lena had helped them considerably, the woman had kept Lena's phone number in her contactsall this while.
Therefore, when she found the evidence, she reported it to Lena instead of the police. Lena was unsure if the woman's story wastrue, so she visited the scene to confirm whether the items belonged to Walter. Once it was verified, she immediately contactedher colleagues, and the police arrived promptly to secure the area for evidence collection.
The authorities took Walter's shattered phone to the tech department to recover its data, hoping to find some clues. However, thephone was severely damaged, and data recovery posed a significant challenge. It was also unfortunate that their top tech experthad been temporarily reassigned to another provincial bureau to work on a cross- border fraud case and would not be back for awhile.
The other staff in the tech department had limited capabilities, and breaking into the phone's data required an extended period.Lena knew that every second counted, as the longer they took, the more time the perpetrator had to escape. After somecontemplation, she decided to seek her husband's help.
Her supervisor initially rejected the idea, as homicide case files were typically kept confidential, and outsiders were not invited toparticipate in investigations. Lena explained the pros and cons and finally put her career on the line, making it impossible for hersupervisor to refuse. He reluctantly agreed, as solving this high-profile murder case would greatly benefit his career. 'Even ifsomething went wrong, Dr. Gray could shoulder the blame,’ he thought.
Soon, Carter received a surprising call from Lena, who explained the situation. Even though he preferred not to get involved withlaw enforcement, he could not bring himself to turn his wife down when she personally called and asked for his help. So, heagreed to assist in the investigation.
When Lena brought him to the tech department, her colleagues were still busy trying to recover data from the damaged phone.Carter watched for a while and asked, "Is this the phone?"
Lena nodded and said, "We need to recover the data inside. Can you do it?"
Carter nodded back. "Yeah, but it'll take some time."novelbin
“How long exactly?" Lena asked.
"I'll have to look at the motherboard."
Lena then turned to one of her technical colleagues and said, Mr. Thorne, can you allow him to check the motherboard?"Benjamin Thorne was a man in his forties with an average build and wore glasses. "You don't look like someone who deals withthese things regularly. Do you even know what you're doing?" He sneered.
Carter smiled modestly and said, "I tinker around in my spare time, so I'd say | do have some knowledge of what to do."Hearing that, Benjamin snorted, "Data recovery isn't as simple as taking things apart and putting them together, kid."
Carter nodded and said. "| know. I'd appreciate your guidance, Mr. Thorne.”
Benjamin realized that his words had no impact on Carter. He knew that if he continued to belittle him, it would only make himseem like a bully. So he reluctantly vacated his position while Carter expertly put on a pair of disposable rubber gloves, picked upthe necessary tools, and carefully examined the motherboard.