Chapter 1231
Allen Rivera asked him, "After Melinda Johnson ran away from home, did you see each other?"
James Johnson furrowed his brow, then shook his head.
Allen didn’t say anything more and took out the surveillance video to show him, saying, "We found that you once appeared in the parking lot near the crime scene, and the third set of fingerprints in Melinda Johnson’s house matches yours completely."
James Johnson’s face looked grim, "Prosecutor Allen, what do you mean by this?... You suspect me of killing my own daughter?"
"Your fingerprints were found on that milk carton." Allen looked at his counterpart without any expression.
James’s face showed anger, mixed with panic and shock, "I... I delivered milk to her, but she is my daughter. She left home and I worried whether she was eating well, living well, if she had enough money. What parent wouldn’t be concerned? Besides, she was pregnant! How can you assume that just because I sent her a carton of milk, I’m the murderer? This is ridiculous!"
Allen asked, "Why did you lie initially?"
"Because I didn’t want my wife to know!" James explained, "Both of them are stubborn, neither willing to back down. Their relationship was very tense before she ran away from home. Her mother insisted that she should face hardships outside to learn from her mistakes before allowing her to return! But how could I bear to see my daughter suffer? So I occasionally sent her some money and food, without letting her mother know, just to avoid further conflict between them!"
Allen slightly frowned, "You mean, even though Melinda left home over a year ago, you have always been in contact with her? And your wife knew nothing about it."