Wammy's House: The First Case Ch.10
"So, that means someone else committed the other crimes?" Matt said.
"It's most likely" L responded.
"But the necklace and all matched, how could that possibly happen?"
"The other murderer meant to make it look as if it was connected" Near answered.
"Then they'd half to know that Daniel was being killed" Mello said.
"True. So it must have been someone very close to the victim""Yes. But why make it seem connected?""I don't know"
"The most important thing," Near Said, "Is to find out what Daniel did to her"
"Yes, we can then find out a more precise motive."
"Exactly"
So, the mission to find out what "Daniel" was guilty of commenced. The whereabouts of Daniel in the past months were investigated, as well as the house, and the wife herself. Soon, a very important and intresting thing was discovered.
"Jeremy Armstrong doesn't have an alibi for ANY of the murders?" Near Said."Apparently not" Mello responded.
"Well, that makes things intresting""How? He can't be the murder. He was murdered himself"
"By a different person""So?""Nevermind." Near sighed, "just an idea"
"Whatever."
The rest of the investigation progressed VERY slowly. The wife was unusually resitant to letting out her secret, and there was almost no other information to go off of. The three investigated everything the could think of. People close to the Armstrongs, the whereabouts, the work places, the bodies and crime scenes, the necklaces, the house, everything. They couldn't find any links. Even the great L was stuck. By now, the wife was in jail, serving her time for the murder of her husband. There was not yet any evidence to proove she committed the other crimes.
Eventually, something came up. "What?" Matt exclaimed, "A bill for 13 necklaces with fluer di li pendants?"
"Showed up at the Armstrong house this morning"
"Why the long wait for it though?"
"Guess they thought the case would be over by then, and decided to have the bill sent then""Well, aren't we lucky" Mello said, "It basically prooves the Mrs. Armstrong is guilty""Not nessacarly" Mentioned Near.
"Who else could have done it?""Daniel.""What? How?""That may be why the wife killed him. She knew about him"
"That seems highly unlikely-"Matt said.
"I disagree, I think its VERY likely" L suddenly replied.
"You do?""Yes. In fact, I've been doing some research. The evidence against Daniel is VERY incriminating"
"It is?"
"Indeed, come look" L said, while he stuffed his face with some cake.
It was true, the evidence against Daniel was very obvious. He had the bill sent to his house, he had been seen with each of the victims prior to their death, the wife killed him for some mysterious reason, and he came from France. It now seemed fairly obvious that "Daniel" was the murderer. But the only question left was, why?
"He could have been a madman""Or wanted to get a certain person"After a little more investigating, it was soon found out that in fact, "Daniel" had worked with each of these people sometime throughout his life. It was also found out, that Jeremy Armstrong was recently fired from a job, and extremely upset, this must have made Daniel, his more aggressive personality, decide to kill all the people he had ever worked with, as if it were their fault.
"So, I guess it solved""Not yet, we should still find out about from the wife"
They were right on the task of contacting the police, hopefully one last time, and having an interview with the wife herself.
"Would you like us to interview her?" asked the police chief.
"No thank you. We will do the interviewing" L replied.
"Very well. We will bring in the guilty party"
"Thank you"A few minutes later, Mrs. Armstrong entered the room.
"Good evening Mrs. Armstrong" L said.
"Who are you?" she replied.
" I, am L"
"L?"
"the world greatest detective, and also the chief investigator on this case" said the chief.
"oh!"
"Mrs. Armstrong, you are only guilty for the murder of your husband, correct""yes"
"We've reason to believe you""You do?""Yes, in fact, we believe that your Husband, Jeremy Armstrong, or should I say, Daniel, was the murderer" L exclaimed, "Tell me, Mrs. Armstrong, am I correct?""Yes""and so, you killed your husband, to put a stop to this""yes""Then tell me, why did you not just go to the police?"
"I don't know"" I think you do"
"I don't!""You wanted to get revenge for the death of your best friend"
"I don't know how you knew, but your correct""WHAT?" Near, Mello, and Matt all exclaimed, out of sheer surprise.
"I met her through Jeremy," Mrs. Armstrong stated, " She was his co-worker. I came to his work one day and had met her, since then, Jeremy had changed jobs, but I still kept in touch with her."
"When you heard that your best friend was killed, you were enraged""Yes, I didn't have time to think. I killed him. I soon realized what I had done, and put one of the spare necklaces over him, to make seem as if he was murdered by the mass murderer""And there you have it, Police Chief" She finished.
"Well then, Mrs. Armstrong, you will return to your cell"
Mrs. Armstrong was escorted out of the room.
"L," The chief said, "That was truly amazing"
"It was a simple case""We couldn't have done it with out your help"
"Your Welcome"And L shut of of the webcam.
"There you have it, you three" L said, talking to the three who were bewildered by the outcome. "You have solved your first case"