022-Skeleton Talk: Escrow Legacy
"Don't worry, I'm not suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Sakata Road was so big back then. How could you not notice that there were human-sized pits for no reason? I have made many records of Fumiko Koda and his daughter Natsuki Koda, and they are basically consistent.
No one lies.
And 15 years ago, Natsuki Koda was only ten years old and a child, and how could he lie to the police flawlessly?"
Kaede Kamio murmured, "That's not necessarily true. Children nowadays are all crazy..."
"Furthermore, when I asked Fumi Koda, he was worried and sad about his wife's whereabouts. A big man actually cried so hard that he almost lost his breath...
I have seen many cases of cats crying and mice pretending to be compassionate. Koda Fumi can still tell whether he is really crying or pretending to cry. The sobbing look at that time does not look like he is pretending, so I am sure that Yamamoto Nanae did not kill him.
.”
"But when I looked at the files, I found that within a few days, Fumi Koda filed a petition with the court to declare his wife missing. This is too..."
"You're too impatient, right? I did have such doubts back then." Tomomi Koike smiled, "Generally speaking, family members of missing persons will consciously avoid this fact because they do not want to admit that their loved ones are missing.
When I heard that Yamamoto Nanae was missing a few days ago, Koda Fumi applied to the court to declare her missing. I also had this suspicion, so I quickly talked to him. Later I realized that there were reasonable reasons for Koda Fumi to declare her missing so eagerly.
"
"what is the reason?"
"When Koda Fumi was talking to me, he spoke very frankly, and it can be said that he was helpless. His and his wife's daughter, Koda Natsuki, has leukemia. If he does not undergo bone marrow transplantation, he may not survive for a few years. But that
At that time, Koda Fumi and his wife were both working as salary-earning employees, and they did not have the money for medical treatment.
At that time, Nanae Yamamoto's mother had passed away, and her father was bedridden with brain cancer. He was almost in a vegetative state and had no ability to take care of himself. It was in that month that the doctor issued a critical illness notice to Nanae Yamamoto's father and asked his family members to
Prepare funeral arrangements in advance..."
"But this is the same as applying for a disappearance to the court..." Kamio Kaede suddenly realized and understood, "I understand, Yamamoto Nanae's father should leave a legacy, and this inheritance can be used as the treatment cost for his daughter's bone marrow transplant, but Yamamoto Nanae
After disappearing, Koda Fumi must preserve his property?"
Tomomi Koike nodded, "Legally speaking, this behavior is called estate trusteeship. Yamamoto Nanae's father has two properties in his name. Before he contracted brain cancer and became a vegetative state, the old man did not leave a will to distribute the properties.
.And Yamamoto Nanae also has a sister named Yamamoto Yoshina, and the relationship between the two sisters is not very good.
In order to prevent Yoshina Yamamoto from handling two properties privately before Nanae Yamamoto returned, Fumiko Koda had to file a declaration of disappearance with the court to preserve the inheritance that Nanae Yamamoto deserved. At the same time, as Nanae Yamamoto’s husband, he
, during the period when his wife was missing, he obtained the identity of the estate custodian according to law...
Of course, these legal terms may sound a bit complicated to our ears, and Koda Fumi is a bit out of touch when he speaks them. But if you think about it carefully, Koda Fumi works in the prosecutor's office, so it is not surprising that he understands this kind of civil law.
He also thinks about his daughter."
Kamio Kaede nodded thoughtfully, "So, Koda Fumi obtained his wife's inheritance through legal means, and did he benefit from it?"
Even though he had repeatedly confirmed with Tomomi Koike that Koda Fumi had no time to commit the crime and he showed true feelings for his wife during the interview, Kamio Kaede always felt that the other party was highly suspicious.
Tomomi Koike hummed, "To be honest, I was shaken in my opinion at the time and wondered if I had misjudged the wrong person, but... I really couldn't prove Koda Fumi because he didn't have the time to commit the crime.
Moreover, the inheritance Koda Fumi inherited was also to raise money for his daughter’s surgery and to save his and his wife’s daughter. There is no need to seek wealth or death..."
The conversation ended here, Kamio Kaede could only get so much information from Koike Tomomi, and the two parties shook hands and said goodbye in a friendly manner.
After coming to an open space outside the Nanya Police Station and sitting down, Ogino Nana asked: "How is it? Did you gain anything?"
"First, Fumi Koda had no time to commit the crime; second, Fumi Koda's tears were very real; third, Fumi Koda profited from the murder of Nanae Yamamoto."
"Gone?"
"Um."
"The suspicion of Koda Fumi is indeed high, but it is just a suspicion. There is no need for him to kill his wife for the inheritance, and there is no evidence that he and his wife are not in a good relationship. On the contrary, he will pick up his wife from get off work by bicycle."
Kamio Kaede flipped through the files and marked the time in the book, "At the end of July 2016, just a few days after Yamamoto Nanae disappeared, Koda Fumi ran to the court to file a disappearance application. At the end of the same year, Yamamoto Nanae's father died of cerebral palsy.
After his death from cancer, Koda Fumi and Yamamoto Yoshina negotiated and reached an agreement on the division of inheritance. Each family inherited a property, and Koda Fumi took charge of the property belonging to his wife.
It was not until October 2009 that the court declared that Nanae Yamamoto, who had been missing for seven years, was officially dead. Nanae Yamamoto's property was inherited again. Her husband Fumi Koda, who was the first heir, legally took over all the property of Nanae Yamamoto.
…”
Ogino Nana hummed, "From a motive point of view, Koda Fumi is the most suspect so far, but this motive seems a bit inadequate. After all, Koda Natsuki is his and his wife's daughter. She is suffering from leukemia and needs to give up her real estate in exchange for treatment and surgery.
Fei, Yamamoto Nanie should not refuse..."
At this moment, Okudera called Kamio Kaede. After he picked up the phone and listened for a while, he stood up suddenly——
"What did you say? Natsuki Koda is not their biological child?"
On the other end of the phone, Okudera nodded, "I found out by accident. I looked through the files of Nanae Yamamoto and Fumi Koda at the work hospital and found that Nanae Yamamoto has blood type B and Fumi Koda has blood type O.
But their daughter Natsuki Koda has type A blood.
At first, I thought it was Nanae Yamamoto who was having an affair and was discovered by Fumiko Koda, and then silenced her in anger. However, I contacted several relatives of their family and found out that Natsuki Koda was adopted by the couple from an orphanage.
Yes, the procedures are complete.
I'm on my way to the orphanage now, and if I'm lucky, I should be able to find the registration information from that year. This matter didn't attract enough attention from the police back then, and they focused their investigation entirely on Nanae Yamamoto."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, this clue is very important."
After hanging up the phone, Kamio Kaede told Ogino Nana the contents of the call. Now, the possibility of Koda Fumi becoming the first suspect has greatly increased.
Ogino Nana said: "No wonder Koda Fumi immediately reported his wife's disappearance to the court. It turns out that Koda Natsuki is not his biological child... According to Japanese law, if Yamamoto Nanae did not show up, then after his father died of brain cancer,
The inheritance can be inherited jointly by Yamamoto Yoshina and Yamamoto Nanae's daughter Koda Natsuki.
That is, the principle of subrogation by direct blood relatives of the descendants of the deceased's children. Fumi Koda, who works at the prosecutor's office, should be very clear about this. Knowing that Natsuki Koda has no inheritance rights, he can only find another way, first using the conjugal rights to escrow, and then inheriting.
Wife's inheritance.
No wonder he went to the court to file a lawsuit as soon as his wife disappeared, and it seemed like there was no silver in this place..."
Kamio Kaede added: "Do you think it's because Nanae Yamamoto doesn't like their adopted daughter at all? She's not biological in the first place, and she has to spend a lot of money to treat her. I heard that bone marrow transplantation is needed
The treatment of leukemia requires at least more than ten million. Natsuki Koda had only been adopted for a few years at that time, so I’m afraid he doesn’t have such a deep relationship, right?"
"Maybe... it's possible, but who can say clearly about human feelings? Emotions are extremely complicated things. Some people have been together for ten years and eventually fell out because of trivial things. And some people
Well, you fall in love at first sight and fall in love for a lifetime, such as the story of Emperor Yulue and Huan YiNv..."
Ogino Nana is neither married nor has a boyfriend. She has very little experience of the emotions in marriage, and her answer was not so confident. She continued:
"I read the investigation of Yamamoto Nanae and Koda Fumi in the file. The relationship between the couple is very good. Colleagues, relatives, neighbors, and daughter all said so. If it is acting, it would be too tiring, right? Since the two of them
If you love each other sincerely, then you will also give all your love to your adopted daughter, right?"
Kamio Kaede had a headache and sighed: "If I had encountered this case more than ten years ago, I might have solved it. Now that so much time has passed, we can only rely on the few things left by our predecessors.
It’s too difficult to analyze the case based on the information.”
"However, the ultimate beneficiary of the inheritance was transferred from Fumi Koda to Natsuki Koda. Judging from the files, as soon as Fumi Koda obtained the trusteeship of the property, he immediately mortgaged the property, probably for more than 1,200 yuan.
Ten thousand.
He then took his daughter to the Beckman Cancer Hospital in Los Angeles, USA, where he performed a bone marrow transplant on his daughter at the City of Hope."
Chapter completed!