"I think I should know more about this Mrs. Oaken."
Sitting in the front passenger seat, Qin Ran turned toward Teresa and asked.
"Ann Rutledge Oaken, originally Ann Reed, was adopted at fifteen by the philanthropist of the Rutledge family and renamed Ann Rutledge. Three months after her name changed, the philanthropist died in an accident, leaving her a substantial fortune!"
"Next, she married a wealthy businessman from Maken State. Three months later, he also died in an accident. Then she married her second husband, a plantation owner from Maken State, who also died in an accident three months later... Before Ann Rutledge became Mrs. Oaken, she had married five times. Not one of her husbands survived longer than three months. They all met with various accidents!"
Disgust gradually spread across the sheriff's face as she spoke.
Taking a deep breath, she suppressed her personal feelings and resumed her objective account.
"After her husbands died in those various accidents, Ann Rutledge's fortune increased dozens of times over. People began calling her the 'Black Widow.' The police investigated this 'Black Widow' more than once, and I was involved in one of those investigations, but she never left any openings. Those rumors only began to die down after she married Simid Oaken. Their marriage lasted nearly a year... But now it seems Mrs. Oaken merely postponed her current husband's death!"
At that point, the sheriff could no longer contain her anger and slammed her fist into the front seat.
Bang!
The tremendous jolt made Boskin, who had been listening intently, shudder.
"Sheriff, I think you could pick the other seat."
The young man smiled wryly.
"I think your face would be more suitable!"
After glaring at the young man, the sheriff turned back to Qin Ran. "Did you discover anything else?"
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