Chapter 786 785. Major Cases (4/5)

Chapter 786 785. Major Cases (45)

The city has a long history, and there are a lot of quaint old-style buildings in it. The city police station is in a majestic old building.

Li Du and others got out of the car, and a group of reporters gathered at the gate of the police station to take pictures of them.

Godzilla habitually covered his face with his hands, and Brother Wolf even covered his head with his clothes in advance.

Seeing this, a reporter said: "Dear viewers, what we are seeing now is the culprit in the child abduction case..."

The reporter's misunderstanding made Li Du, Hans and others depressed, and they quickly shouted at the police: "How could this happen?"

The policeman who was with them stopped the reporter and explained: "You are mistaken, they are not suspects, they are the discoverers."

Li Du looked back at the two of them, and said helplessly, "What are you two doing?"

Godzilla smiled and put down his hands, "I'm used to it."

Brother Wolf resolutely refused to put down his clothes, and said, "I can't go on TV."

The ins and outs of the incident were introduced, just like what Li Du learned from the news.

More than 20 days ago, Howard, a 4-year-old boy who lives in Sydney, followed his mother to his grandmother's house in Kendall, New South Wales. This was the first time the little guy came here, but he became a family member on this day nightmare.

Around 10:30 in the morning, Howard was playing in the front yard wearing his favorite Superman jacket. Just as his mother returned to the house to pour tea, the little guy disappeared. He searched the house and found nothing.

After receiving the call, the police and some local residents carried out a carpet search near her grandmother's house, even using police dogs and helicopters, but to no avail.

Howard's disappearance caused a great shock in Australia. It attracted national attention for a while and was reported by many TV stations. This is why Li Du saw the report from the news channel.

In the past two or three months, there have been frequent missing children in Australia. Howard is already the eighth child lost. The police station has not been able to find him. He has been criticized and under great pressure.

Now that Howard and other four children were found at the same time, the police in Hobart can breathe a sigh of relief, which means that this huge child abduction case has a clue.

That's why the police are so friendly to Li Du and others. Li Du and his party are their saviors. If they can't solve the case, some of them must take the blame and resign.

This case of missing children was almost a certainty, because such cases of missing persons are not uncommon in Australia, and a considerable number of people have not been found for more than ten years, and the age and time span of the missing persons is huge.

According to the data provided by the Australian National Missing Persons Coordination Center (NMPCC), more than 38,000 people are missing in Australia every year, with an average daily loss of 104 people!

However, 95% of the people can be retrieved immediately, and there are currently about 1,600 people who cannot be retrieved.

In Howard and other missing children cases, the National Coordination Center for the Missing Persons plays an important role. They have been working hard and persisting, paying close attention to this case.

Therefore, when Howard and others were found, the backbone of this organization rushed to Hobart one after another, and an unknown number of media from all over the country rushed over.

Li Du and the others were invited into the police station, and someone brought them coffee, juice, snacks and cakes, and San Xiao also mixed in dried fish, dried meat and dried fruit for food.

It was the head of the Hobart Police Department who took notes for them, that is, Inspector Quentin whom Li Du had met. After receiving the police notice, he immediately led his subordinates to the William Dock.

The atmosphere of the transcript was very friendly. Quentin smiled all over his face, gave them thumbs up constantly, and asked questions in a soft tone.

Li Du introduced what happened, and he used the official as a shield, saying that this subordinate's hearing is beyond ordinary people.

In this way, the focus of the transcript is on Lu Guan, which is exactly what Lu Guan wants, because he likes to show off:

"The driver backed up and turned repeatedly, the container was shaking, and then I heard a child's voice inside, if I remember correctly, he said 'I want to breathe, I want water'..."

"I was freaked out, man, I was freaked out, I've never heard a sound in a shipping container, you know, it's very reminiscent of horror movies and spooky tales..."

"But I trust my hearing, I have a talent for it, I'm like the guys in the X-Men, you know, we have to trust our superpowers, it's a gift from God... "

The officer was chattering there, and began to claim credit for himself. Li Du glared at him and said, "The point is, this is a police transcript, not a reporter's interview!"

Quentin smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Li, I'm very interested in Mr. Conlett's special ability. It's really an amazing talent."

Lu Guan said excitedly: "Yes, I have been waiting for this day. You don't know, this ability has never brought me any benefits. But I always believe that God has given me this ability. He definitely has his intentions. Now I believe it, thank God!"

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and a policewoman walked in and said, "The head of the Tasmania branch of the NMPCC has arrived. Director, do you want to receive him?"

Quentin was about to speak, but then changed his mind. He stood up and whispered a few words in front of the policewoman. After finishing speaking, he said to the officer: "Mr. Conlett, can you hear what I just said?"

Lu Guan said: "Take them to have a cup of coffee and so on, don't these guys always accuse us of taking taxpayers' money for nothing? Let them see who is doing things!"

Quentin gave a thumbs up and said in admiration, "That's a good word!"

The relationship between the police department and the Australian National Missing Persons Coordination Center is obviously not very good, but this is understandable.

The Australian National Missing Persons Coordination Center was originally affiliated to the Ministry of Justice. It was established in May 1995 to effectively respond to the growing problem of missing persons, raise the attention of the Australian people, and strengthen cooperation with relevant international organizations.

This agency was placed under the jurisdiction of the Australian Federal Police in 2003, and expanded and adjusted to the National Missing Persons Coordination Center in 2006 on the original basis.

Their main role is to cooperate with the state police and the media at the national level to build an extensive information network to promote information dissemination and provide effective intelligence. In addition, they also play an important role in educating the public to prevent the disappearance of relatives and friends and providing data support for scholars' research.

In fact, these jobs would have belonged to the police department.

Although the Australian National Coordination Center for Missing Persons belongs to the police department, they just came here not long ago, and they used to belong to the Ministry of Justice, which is a parallel institution with the police department.

Now that it has become a subordinate agency of the police station, they are naturally not convinced. The functions of the two agencies overlap, and both are responsible for missing persons.

In this way, once the missing person cannot be found, neither party wants to take responsibility and shirks responsibility from each other. Once the missing person is found, both parties will take credit for it.

It is for these reasons that the relationship between the two parties is delicate.