American Tax Officer-Chapter 521 - 268: Funeral

"That’s right, the attacker was indeed from the Sackler family."

After confirmation, the media at the scene completely erupted.

Why did David send his men to find people from the Sackler family?

Could it be... he intended to conduct a tax investigation on this notorious family?

It must be so!

Since David was going to investigate this family for tax issues, and now someone from the family had killed his Inspector, it looked like there was going to be quite a show to watch!

"Oh my god, it was someone from the Sackler family?"

"The Sackler family? Are they the ones who sell OxyContin, that rare drug with a massive amount of heroin; the same family that has ruined countless lives, leaving people destitute and dead?"

"I get it, the infamous family must have known that Director David was going to investigate them, and in a desperate move, they killed the Inspector who came to them!"

"Good job investigating, this damn family sells poison without any conscience, shattering countless families, yet all the members of this family have remained unprosecuted, I hope Director David sends them all to prison!"

As news spread that a member of the Sackler family had killed an IRS Inspector, social media exploded with reactions.

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Victims who had been harmed by OxyContin and a large number of their families started to voice their support online fervently, hoping that David would severely punish this family.

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Over the next few days, the headlines of the IRS Inspector’s murder and the Sackler family remained hot topics on social media.

At the City Bureau, under David’s command, a large number of people who had financial dealings with the Sackler family were ’invited’ back for investigation and questioning.

At nine in the morning, in an apartment building, David put on a black suit and black tie.

Today was Huggins’ funeral, so this attire was also for attending the funeral.

After coming downstairs, Nisen’s car was already waiting, he opened the door, got into the car, and without much conversation, they started the vehicle and headed onto the highway...

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Los Angeles, located in Downtown Los Angeles.

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The cathedral complex covers an area of approximately 39,000 square meters, situated in the heart of Santa Monica District in the City of Los Angeles, and is the main church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese.

And today, Huggins’ funeral was held here.

Strictly speaking, with Huggins’ status, he did not qualify to have a funeral in such a prestigious church.

However, since he had died following Director David’s orders, David wanted him to have a grand funeral and had negotiated with a bishop of the church, finally settling on this location.

Of course, besides giving Huggins a grand sendoff posthumously, an important reason was that the church was located in Santa Monica District, the stronghold of the Sackler family.

Holding the funeral here was also a deliberate warning to the Sackler family.

Arriving at the entrance of Our Lady Cathedral, numerous media reporters were already waiting there, and as soon as they saw David arrive, they immediately surrounded him with various questions.

"Director David, it has been three days now, any progress on the tax investigation into the Sackler family?"

"Director David, two days ago the Sackler family already publicized Purdue Pharma’s tax filings over the years, and there was no evidence of tax evasion found, what is your opinion on that?"

"Director David..."

Facing the media’s barrage of questions, David naturally had no interest in paying attention, and directly walked through the crowd into the church.

Inside, a good number of people had already arrived, including Huggins’ family and friends, as well as many of his colleagues from the bureau.

David approached Huggins’ widow and daughter at the front; perhaps due to the days that passed, both his wife and child seemed much more stable emotionally.

"Condolences..."

David hugged them each in turn, then found a seat next to Nisen waiting for the ceremony to start.

But just a few minutes later, there was a commotion from the back, and as everyone turned to look, it turned out to be people from the Sackler family who had arrived.

And the person David recognized was none other than the attacker Hobson’s father, Mariano.

"What are you Sackler bastards doing here, you’re not welcome!"

After several days of extensive media coverage, members of the Sackler family had become well known to the public, so when they saw his arrival, Huggins’ relatives immediately recognized them as the Sackler family, and immediately started hurling angry accusations.

"I just wanted to send Inspector Huggins off on his last journey, I didn’t mean any harm, I hope you can understand..."

"Fake Yau, we don’t need your fake sympathy, get out of here!"

Huggins’ family members did not appreciate the gesture, becoming even more agitated, ready to act if Mariano did not turn to leave.

Seeing the situation, Mariano had no choice but to place the wreath he had brought aside and then turned to leave.

"Bad luck..."

A relative of Huggins immediately trampled the wreath he had brought into pieces before picking it up and tossing it into the trash can.

After this disturbance, the time reached 9:30 AM.

The well-known priest Cattel of the church then came forward, and after reaching the podium, he spoke with a heavy tone: "I thank the family, friends, colleagues... present for attending Mr. Huggins’ funeral. Mr. Huggins was a great Inspector, having served for 11 years, he was serious at work, friendly towards his colleagues, and always maintained respect for the criminals..."