Chapter 349: Death Sentence, Suspended for 2 Years

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: Death Sentence, Suspended for 2 Years

"What were the results?" Evan Keller asked the officer at the door.

The officer looked at the report in his hand and said, "The toxicology, pathology, and all other screenings came back negative. We can confirm it was Sudden Infant Death Syndrome."

It wasn’t some grand conspiracy. The child was simply in poor health and passed away tragically.

"It took a long time to get these results," Zoe Sawyer couldn’t help but say. "I thought it would take two or three days at most, but it’s been nearly a week."

Evan Keller’s tone was a bit resigned. "This is actually fast. It’s only because of recent technological advancements. With the old tech, a test like this would have taken several weeks, maybe even months, to get results.

But now that the test results are in, we can finally close this case for good."

Whether it was Faye Rowan or the three members of Justin Rothwell’s family.

Anyone who broke the law had to face justice.

The three of them thought for a moment before quickly setting their sights on Justin Rothwell’s wife.

Compared to Justin Rothwell, she would have a much deeper connection to the child she had carried for ten months, making it easier to get a confession from her.

Once she confessed, her statement, combined with those from Faye Rowan and the Rowan parents, would make it much easier to convict Justin Rothwell and his mother.

Sure enough, things went just as Evan Keller had predicted. When the autopsy report and Faye Rowan’s confession were placed in front of her, the woman’s composure shattered, and she kept muttering that it was impossible.

When she heard that the police had obtained a search warrant, teamed up with the local authorities, arrested Faye Rowan’s parents, and sent people to dig in the yard of their old house,

she completely broke down. She confessed everything she knew, repeating over and over that she had been forced—that it was all because of Justin Rothwell, and that otherwise, she would never have done something so heinous.

The information she provided included details about how they had paid off Faye Rowan’s parents and coerced the underage girl.

After getting the confession, Evan Keller received a message from his colleagues at the police department in Faye Rowan’s hometown.

Unlike the Rothwells, who had stubbornly refused to talk, Faye’s parents were much more cooperative.

The officers only had to raise their voices slightly and inform the couple of the Rothwells’ current predicament, and they confessed everything.

From the moment Justin Rothwell’s family approached them, to the payment, to taking the child away and ultimately murdering the child.

The Rowan parents recounted the entire sequence of events with perfect clarity.

And not only that, they also gave the police a huge break.

Faye Rowan’s younger brother had kept a screen recording of the transaction between his parents and the Rothwells.

He had originally planned to use it to blackmail Justin Rothwell for some cash whenever he ran out of money.

He never expected it would become a crucial piece of evidence.

They now had confessions, physical evidence, and had even unearthed a tiny skeleton from the yard of the Rothwell family’s old home.

With witness testimony, physical evidence, and confessions all in hand, the only thing left for the Rothwells was to await their judgment.

Mrs. Rothwell—who, after the autopsy report came out, had been full of disbelief and demanded that her son come to the station to "get justice"—was also immediately brought in for questioning.

Seeing the confessions laid out before her, along with the expressionless faces of Evan Keller and his team, she finally caved and told them everything her family had done.

She had been banking on her age to play the victim, but the moment the police got serious with her, she was the first one to surrender.

「Three days later」

Evan Keller sat at his desk and couldn’t help but stretch. ’Finally, a moment’s rest,’ he thought.

Although Faye Rowan was a victim herself, the fact that she had abducted a child was undeniable. She was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined.

The three members of the Rothwell family were found guilty of rape, false imprisonment, child abduction, and intentional homicide.

Although the three individuals varied in their degree of involvement, given the extremely heinous nature of the crimes, the court chose to impose harsh sentences.

Justin Rothwell and his family were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.

Faye Rowan’s parents, as accomplices, were also sentenced to ten years in prison.

And with that, the case was officially closed.

"Captain Keller, the Faye Rowan case is solved, but we’re still holding the two who were surveilling us," Officer Lee said, seeing his captain’s ’job’s done, time to relax’ expression and feeling the need to remind him.

Evan Keller had initially planned to let the two of them "stew" for a while to soften them up for interrogation, but that didn’t mean he could forget about them completely!

Hearing Officer Lee’s voice, Evan Keller slapped his forehead.

’I knew I was forgetting something!’

’Turns out I forgot we still have two suspects to interrogate!’ 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"How have those two been behaving over the past few days? Any activity in their old rooms?" Evan Keller asked, looking at Officer Lee.

When they brought the suspects in, he had specifically told the landlord not to touch their two rooms.

The landlord was to act as if nothing had happened and not stop anyone who came by or wanted to go inside.

If anything unusual happened, he was to report it to the police immediately.

To monitor the rooms, Zoe Sawyer hadn’t retrieved the listening device she’d stealthily planted under one of the beds.

But with the Faye Rowan and Rothwell Family case these past few days, he had forgotten all about it.

Hearing Evan Keller’s question, Officer Lee quickly tapped on his keyboard and pulled up the files from the last few days. "The two we’re holding at the station are still emotionally stable. We haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary.

Their rooms have remained empty; no one’s gone in. But the landlord called me this morning. He said he’s seen a strange man wandering around his building for the past few days.

The man wears a mask and keeps glancing toward the rooms. But when the landlord went over to ask if he was looking to rent, he just turned and walked away."

Evan Keller thought for a moment, then said, "Then we’ll let them stew a while longer. No one is to talk to them.

As for the landlord, remind him to prioritize his own safety.

Liam, pull up the surrounding surveillance footage. See if you can get a clear shot of the masked man’s face."

’These two were professionally trained,’ he thought. ’Getting them to talk won’t be easy, and it won’t be quick.’

’But that’s fine. I’ve got all the time in the world to wear them down!’

"Got it!"

Officer Lee acknowledged the order and went back to his work.

Meanwhile, in a downtown apartment, a man listened to the unanswered ringing of his phone.

He angrily smashed the phone against the opposite wall.

’Not answering again!’

’Don’t tell me they actually got caught by the cops?’

Realizing he hadn’t received a status report in over a week, a sense of foreboding washed over the man.

The boss was already unhappy with him, and now he had failed to provide any useful information for a while.

’If she found out that the lookouts I was managing had been nabbed by the cops...’

’...wouldn’t I be abandoned too?’