Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 74 The Bizarre Extortion Case

At 9:20 in the morning, just as Michelle entered the office, the phone rang non-stop.He picked up the microphone, "John, John..." His wife Dina's sobs came from the microphone.

At this time, a man deliberately changed his voice from the microphone: "Michelle, if you don't want to hurt your wife, you can give me 10 pounds. At 15:[-], a man named Wilkes came to see You, hand over the money to him, and it's none of your business. Otherwise, your wife..." At this point, there was a "click", and the phone hung up.

The sound of his wife's sobs lingered in Michelle's ears like a whip whipping him.He hurriedly left the office, walked into a department store, bought a small blue suitcase, then went to the bank to withdraw 10 pounds, and returned to the office.At 15:[-], a man walked into the office with blue eyes like wolf eyes, stared at Michelle fiercely, and said, "My name is Vicks, give me the money!" "My wife?" Michelle asked tentatively. "She's alive, and you can report it to the police if you want, but if that's the case," Weeks looked at Michelle with murderous eyes at this point, "your wife will die!"

As soon as Weeks left, Michelle called home, but couldn't get through. "Will my wife..." He was so anxious that he made up his mind to report the case to the police station.Then he rushed downstairs, got in the car, and drove home quickly.When he managed to get home, Dina, who was still in shock, was safe and was talking with the police officer who arrived.

"Oh, Monsieur Michel, your wife has told me all about the man and the blue suitcase you gave the man with the money in, but she can't explain it. Now please Tell me in detail about the appearance of the man who came to your office and what the money suitcase you gave him looked like." Michelle hurriedly narrated the incident from beginning to end.

In the middle of the night, in the dead of night, Michelle and his wife Dina had a cordial conversation while drinking.While drinking and talking, Michelle suddenly jumped up from the chair and called the police station. "John, what's the matter, what new clues did you find?" Dina asked.Michelle's face turned livid, and said: "Yes, I asked them to interrogate you!" Dina was taken aback: "Me? Honey, you drank too much!" "Stop acting! I'm very sober now, you Conspire with that guy named Vickers to blackmail me." Michelle yelled angrily.

Under interrogation by the police officer, Dina confessed the truth.Do you know why?

[Answer] After Michelle learned about Dina on the phone, she never talked to Dina on the phone again, but Dina knew that he put the money in a new blue suitcase and gave it to Weeks. Obviously she It was learned from Wilkes.The conclusion is clear: Dina and Weeks conspired to blackmail Michelle.

(End of this chapter)