Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 230 Kidnapping?

Soon, Attorney Lindsay Dole arrived at the house, and with her was Bobby Donnell, the owner of the law firm.Donnell is more experienced and compassionate in criminal cases, and Ronald enlists his help through Lindsay.

He called Ronald and Diane's father Burt aside and said: "According to legal procedures, Diane has been missing for only three hours, and theoretically, the case cannot be filed as a disappearance. You have not received any blackmail calls from anyone, and the kidnapping has not occurred." invalid."

Ronald and Bert looked at each other, and said to Lawyer Donnell, "If it's a kidnapper, will you call Bert?"

"It is possible that Diane Lane is a child star who has made several blockbuster movies. If she is really targeted, the kidnapper may have done a background check and knew that she is temporarily staying at your aunt's house."

"I'll be right back," Bert said, and was about to leave.

"Wait a while, Rudy, a partner of my teacher's law firm, will be here soon. He is the representative lawyer of NYPD and has a lot of contacts in the department. You and the policeman he brought will go with you and transfer the call to your home. to set up the tracking device."

Ronald felt that Rudy's name was familiar, and when the real person arrived, he was the opposing lawyer who represented the NYPD last time and negotiated a settlement plan to detain him without procedure.

"Hello, Rudy. See you again." Ronald shook his hand and greeted him.

Rudy is a very capable lawyer in his 30s.He looks like an Italian, a bit like Al Pacino who played Michael in The Godfather, except that he is a little thinner and his ears are slightly protruding.

Rudy nodded, and introduced a middle-aged man who came up, "This is... the detective from the southern side of Manhattan. He will be in charge of the case of Diane Lane's disappearance."

Although not quite in line with reporting procedures, Ronald has a good relationship with NYPD South Manhattan, and the patrolman often drinks free coffee in his leg warmer shop.Coupled with Rudy's help, a detective was sent to take charge.

The detective had the technical team start monitoring the phones at Ronald's Aunt Karen's house, then chatted with Rudy for a while and took over the investigation here.

Rudy was very busy, so he left after telling Detective Lei a few words.Bobby Donnell, and lawyer Lindsay Doll also left, and agreed to call them again if necessary.

"Does your daughter Diane have any enemies with you?" the detective asked Diane's father Bert.

"No, I'm just a humanities lecturer at the City University of New York. I used to be an acting coach and drove a taxi. I don't have any enemies. My daughter is just an actress, and I don't have any enemies."

"What about you? Do you have any enemies?" the inspector asked Ronald again. "Diane lives in your house, and you have a cousin who is about the same age as her. Maybe the kidnappers saw the wrong person."

"Oh my God," exclaimed Aunt Karen, who was heard nearby.

Ronald signaled her not to worry, and then said to the inspector:
"Aiming at me? I don't have any enemies, maybe only those two religious extremists who practiced vegetarianism last time."

The inspector nodded and told his subordinates, "Take this as a clue to see if the 'Children of God' have any recent entry records." Then he turned his head and said to everyone:

"We're going to send technicians to install phone tracking devices at your home and at Diane's father's house. My team has gone to Diane's high school and the electronics store she went to to see if any witnesses saw her.

The situation is not very clear now, so there is no need to be nervous.Maybe just went to a party at a friend's house and lost track of time. "

"No, Diane promised to buy a gift for Ronald, and she won't go to someone else's halfway." Donna defended her friend from the side.

The detective shrugged. Teenagers often lose their minds about where to go. NYPD receives dozens of such oolong reports every day.

If Rudy hadn't jumped from the liberal faction of the Donkey Party to the Elephant Party, and was favored by the commander-in-chief through his connections, he might be the third in command of the Ministry of Justice-the Deputy Attorney General, and the NYPD would not have paid attention to this case.This time it was the NYPD who wanted to sell favors to Rudy, so they sent him to investigate.

Although Diane Lane is a child actor, he has also seen child actors who often go offline, which is not uncommon in America.Almost every year, a child star hits the front page of an entertainment newspaper because of a scandal.

However, the detectives sent to the school had talked with Diane's teachers and classmates, and found nothing unusual.Diane bid farewell to her classmates normally, and said that she was going to the electronics store to buy something.

Diane usually just likes parties and gatherings, and she doesn't have any outstanding performance. On the contrary, her classmates think that she has no airs as a movie actor, but they get along well with her, at least they have no enemies in school.

This is not good news. This disappearance is more and more like a kidnapping incident.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Burt had already arrived at Aunt Karen's house under the escort of the police, and the telephone line had been set up. So far, he has not received any news calls from anyone.

"Ring, ring, ring..." the phone rang.Everyone held their breath and stared at the phone.

The technician waved his hand, indicating that it was his internal phone, and handed the receiver to the inspector.

The detective made a phone call: "...very good, ask around the shops to see if anyone has seen them later,...you continue to pursue this clue."

The inspector put down the phone and told Ronald and others that his team found the clerk who remembered Diane in the electronics store.

The clerk said that after Diane Lane bought the latest version of the software, she talked to a middle-aged woman when she went out. It seemed that the two had had a quarrel and the voice was loud.

But the clerk was receiving other customers and didn't pay attention to what Diane said. In the end, she and the middle-aged woman left peacefully without noticing the violence.

This was an important clue, and the inspector immediately arranged for his subordinates to go to the train station and the long-distance bus station to check for Diane's travel records and whether anyone had seen her.The subordinate asked Aunt Karen for a copy of Diane's photo, and they copied it.

Everyone waited anxiously for another hour.Then came the call again.

"Yeah, did you find the flight information? Okay, ask the airline for a list of passengers before and after the victim." The inspector hung up the phone.

"Diane bought the first ticket to Atlanta. Does she know anyone in Atlanta?" the detective asked Burt.

"Atlanta?" Burt thought for a long time, "I didn't remember who was there."

"Then what old acquaintance did she get in touch with recently? Or did she meet new friends?"

"Diane's mother, Colleen Farrington, has been in touch with her recently, but Colleen is from New Mexico, and she has been living in New Jersey since she divorced me." Burt replied, and then looked at Ronald.

Ronald called Donna out and asked her what new friends Diane had made recently.

"No, she has always been very popular in high school, and all her classmates know her. She usually likes to go to parties, or chat with me."

"Well, Diane left New York and went to Georgia. Now this matter is no longer a case in New York State. We suspect that Diane was coerced or coerced, and bought a plane ticket to Atlanta. I will contact the FBI immediately about this matter. They will take over the headquarters in New York and form a joint task force with us."

"Oh, my God." When Aunt Karen heard this, she was worried about Diane, and felt that she had failed to take care of her. She was ashamed of Burt, and she covered her face and began to cry.Ronald hurried to comfort her.

Burt was also sitting on the sofa, muttering to himself with a pale face, "Atlanta, Atlanta..."

It was a sleepless night for the Ronald family.

Before noon the next day, agent Claire of the FBI's New York headquarters came to Ronald's house with several agents wearing FBI vests.

Ronald met Claire, an acquaintance, and hurriedly greeted her.At that time, the FBI suspected that it was a serial killer, but it was Claire who saw the flaw and let herself go.

At this time, Claire has been promoted from a special agent to a senior special agent.She handles the case calmly and is good at analysis. Before that, she went to the electronic store where Diane bought the software, and asked the clerk on duty to find some details.

Diane was stopped by a middle-aged woman at the door of the store after buying the software.Before the two quarreled, there was a period of normal conversation, which showed that Diane knew this middle-aged woman.

Moreover, Diane is a 15-year-old young woman. Although she does not know whether the other party has other personnel to cooperate, even if she loses strength, she will not lose her ability to shout for help in public places such as shops and airports.

And it is unlikely that this middle-aged woman ran into Diane on the street.It is more likely to ambush her at the school, then follow her to the store, and take Diane away from the school environment.Avoid being seen by acquaintances such as classmates, teachers, etc., and leave a portrait that can be traced.

Plus Diane bought the ticket in her own name, and someone at the ticket counter might have remembered something unusual if she had been coerced.Diane also had a few chances to call for help, but those never happened.

On the whole, it is very likely that this middle-aged woman is someone Diane is familiar with, and the biggest suspect is her mother.

Ronald remembered what Donna had said that when Diane was filming in Canada, her mother and her new boyfriend went to visit the set together, hoping that Diane would go with her.So I asked Burt if there was any such thing.

"Yes, her boyfriend was with her. He saw the news that Diane's crew was starting up on the Daily Variety Show, and then went to the Canadian film studio. He secretly contacted her and wanted to take her away. I had a big fight with her when I found out. One."

"What's her boyfriend's name? Where is he from?" Claire caught the point.

"I only heard Colleen call him Lawrence, I don't know where he is from, and he has a southern accent." Bert recalled.

"Send an investigation report to the Atlanta branch in Georgia. Then investigate whether there are passengers named Colleen and Lawrence on the same flight." FBI agent Claire ordered the joint task force of the FBI and NYPD.

At noon, there was no news, and the person who took Diane away did not call.Looking at Bert, Aunt Karen and others, Ronald felt a little bit overwhelmed.

After discussing with Agent Claire, he sent his aunt and Donna back to his apartment to rest.Then he went back to the place and prepared a blanket for Bert to let him rest.

Another two hours later, the FBI agent who went to the airport to investigate brought back news that there was no one named Colleen or Lawrence on the flight.More importantly, after contacting the Atlanta airport, it was confirmed that Diane did not get on that plane, and buying the ticket was just a feint.

What a crafty criminal.

Claire felt the thorniness of the movie child star case. If she could not handle it well, it would soon be smelled by the news media. If it appeared in the newspapers, it would be very detrimental to Diane's safety.

Detective Claire asked his subordinates to investigate the recent whereabouts of Diane's mother, Colleen, but America is not a country that uniformly issues identity documents at the federal level. If a person does not want to be known, there are many ways to avoid it .

"In addition, since Diane's flight ticket to Atlanta is fake, they may use other means of transportation, or take a car to the airport in New Jersey and then fly to the destination. They chose Atlanta as a deceptive destination, which also shows some of their subconscious thoughts .

Issue an investigation report to the FBI branches in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee around Georgia to see if there is a report number with Diane Lane's name. "

Claire's last order brought unexpected results.

On the afternoon of the third day, the FBI branch in Tennessee called. Someone in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the border with Georgia, surrendered to the police station and stole a car, because the car was stolen in Georgia, and he surrendered in Tennessee. State, because it is a cross-state crime, so the police notified the FBI.

The one who surrendered was a 15-year-old girl whose name was Diane Lane according to records.

(End of this chapter)