Chapter 1876
Then, Jefferson sent someone to look for Myra who had a sh with Shermaine to question her.
The officer interrogated, "Myra Jerry, did you kill Shermaine Campbell and dump her body into
Phoenix River because you hated her for stealing the limelight from you?"
Myra denied immediately, "Sir, I did say that I wanted to kill her, but I said it out of anger. I didn''t kill
her. If I really killed her, will I be stupid enough to admit it myself?"
The officer continued, "At what time did you quarrel with Shermaine yesterday? Where did you go
after that?"
Myra answered, "The park closes at 6:30 p.m., and the security guards have half an hour to clear
the ce. We finished work at 6:30 p.m. and the feud happened roughly between 6 and 6:30 p.m. I
went home after that."
The officer asked again, "Can anyone prove that you had gone home?"
Myra replied, "My boyfriend, Sibyl Gibson."
The officer probed, "Does he work here too?"
Myra nodded. "He works as a security guard here.
We have been dating for two years, and we have been living together for a while now. However,
Shermaine''s appearance had shaken our rtionship a little."
The officermented, "Do you think that Shermaine''s appearance had affected your rtionship
with Sibyl? Did you think that by getting rid of her, things will be better? Was that the reason you
killed Shermaine?"
"Sir, I''ve already told you that I didn''t kill her. I didn''t kill anyone." Myra argued anxiously, "I told you
before that I went home after the fight. After I got home, Sibyl scolded me for quarreling with
Shermaine. He said that I had embarrassed him. Then I went back to my own home by taxi."
"When did you leave? Can anyone prove it?" The officer questioned.
Myra continued, "I went out at about 8 p.m., and when I got home, it was already 9 p.m. After that, I
just stayed home. Until this morning, I packed up and went to work. During this time, I haven''t seen
Shermaine, let alone killed her."
The officer asked, "How can you remember the time so clearly? Is there anyone who can prove that
you are telling the truth?"
"When I went out, the big screen on the wall of the shopping mall was ying the beginning of a TV
series. I''ve been following that show, so I know very well what time it starts showing every night.
Also, I can provide the receipt of my taxi ride." Myra took out her mobile phone and showed the
online transaction. "This is the transaction record for the taxi ride. The driver was a middle-aged
man. He saw me crying and handed me a piece of tissue. He even told me that everything would be
alright and I just have to cheer up."
The officer immediately contacted the transportation department. It didn''t take much time to find the
taxi driver who sent Myra home the night before. After a short questioning, it proved that Myra did
not lie. She did take a taxi home after meeting Sibyl the night before.
Myra''s family members also proved that Myra had returned home and stayed there until she went to
work again the next morning. She did not leave her house throughout the night.
Ever since the argument with Myra that evening, no one had seen Shermaine. She didn''t go to work
the next morning either. Since the medical examiners couldn''t confirm the exact time of death, they
couldn''t pinpoint the time the crime wasmitted.
Another group of investigators found Sibyl and asked, "Mr. Gibson, the word is that you''ve been
very close to Shermaine recently. What''s your rtionship with her?"
Sibyl replied frivolously, "Shermaine doesn''t refuse anyone''s advances. All the young and
unmarried male employees are close to her. Everyone''s just fooling around. No one actually wants
to have anything to do with such a flirtatious woman."
The officer questioned again, "Where were youst night after you fought with your girlfriend? What
were you doing?"
Sibyl answered, "I was furious after she leftst night so I ordered a few bottles of beer off the
Inte and drank until midnight. Because I drank so much, I reeked of alcohol when I went to work
this morning. My colleague, Mr. Young, evenughed at me for drinking so much."
Then, the officer found Mr. Young and confirmed that Sibyl dide to work that morning reeking of
alcohol. However, no one could confirm that he had been drinking the night before and if he had
stayed home the entire night. No one could prove this critical point.
After a busy night, there was an oue from Adrienne''s side. The autopsy results showed
Shermaine was already dead before she was thrown into the river. The time of death was between
10:00 p.m. and 12 a.m.
Adrienne handed the autopsy report to Jefferson and reported, "It was found that the victim has
suffered from genital injuries, which suggests the possibility of sexual assault. We have conducted a
swab on the victim''s vaginal vault and the result showed that there was semen, which indicates that
the victim was sexually assaulted before she was dead. We have taken the semen and ran a DNA
test on it. We ran the test result through the database, but we couldn''t find a match on the system."
Jefferson took the report and looked at Adrienne, who had not slept throughout the night, worriedly.
He wanted tofort her, but it wasn''t the right ce to do so. He could only grab her hand tightly,
and then turned to ask the officer behind him. "Do we have Sibyl''s DNA record?"
The investigator shook his head. "No. We didn''t have sufficient evidence to prove that he was the
murderer so we sent him home after questioning himst night."
"From 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. the night before, no one was able to prove that Sibyl was really drinking at
home. The victim was murdered during that period of time so we''ll to need bring him back for
another round of questioning and get his DNA samples too," Jefferson uttered.
Just like Jefferson and Adrienne, the officer hadn''t slept the entire night. However, he quickly led his
team to bring Sibyl back to the police station.
When Sibyl arrived, Adrienne immediately extracted his DNA sample and ran the DNA test. The
results came out at noon.
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Sibyl''s DNA did not match with the DNA of the semen found in the victim. Therefore, the person
who sexually assaulted the victim wasn''t Sibyl but someone else. Therefore, Sibyl was temporarily
ruled out as the murderer.
Since the start of the investigation, the two main suspects, Myra and Sibyl had been cleared of
suspicion, hence the investigation hade to a standstill.
Then, the officers went to the deceased''spany to check again. At this time, one person walked
into Jefferson''s sight.
He was a middle-aged man. He was one of the three owners as well as the general manager, which
meant that he was the highest- ranked person in that area.