Chapter 186 The neon light strip with hidden meaning of humiliation
Although the house built by one family has two floors, it does not occupy a large area. However, judging from the layout of the backyard, the owner of the house should love flowers and life very much - so this also makes the wooden platform look messy.
The muddy footprints are unusually abrupt.
After being reminded by the old lady, Fujiwara Yu had already arrived at the backyard. He naturally noticed the muddy footprints and also noticed that the sliding door was open and the translucent white gauze curtains were blown by the cold wind in December.
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He heard the special sound behind him when walking with a cane, turned around and asked bluntly:
"Grandma, was this how you were when you came here? Was the sliding door originally open or did you open it?"
"That's how it is. The wind didn't blow up just now and the curtains weren't blown up."
Fujiwara Yu looked down and noticed the brown mud at the bottom of the curtain. It should be the traces of muddy footprints that were previously stained, which means that the old woman did not lie. As a police officer, she will not be judged because of her age and the identity of the reporter.
He immediately ruled out the other party's suspicion, and after confirming that there were no problems with the eyewitness testimony, he bent down and put on his shoe covers, preparing to go to the crime scene to take a look.
Hearing the sound of a car parked on the street, he raised his voice and shouted to Otaki Goro who rushed over:
"Officer Otaki, I'll go to the crime scene first, and I'll leave this old woman's confession to you, senior!"
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"OK, go ahead!
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Fujiwara Yu nodded politely to the old lady, carefully bypassed the footprints that were most likely left by the criminal, opened the curtains and entered the living room. There were no signs of a struggle in the living room. The only thing that concerned him was the footprints on the floor.
and the empty milk bottles placed on the coffee table. He squatted down and took out the evidence bag, put it in, programmed the number and put it back in its original place, waiting for colleagues from the Forensics Department to arrive at the scene to collect it.
He followed the footsteps all the way to the inner room. The bedroom door was open. Before he got closer, he smelled the strong smell of blood. When he saw the appearance of the victim's body, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
The victim was a female, lying on her back with her face facing up. She was not covered in clothing, but she had a neon light strip decorating the Christmas tree wrapped around her body... flashing colorful neon lights.
Fujiwara Yu frowned deeply. He couldn't imagine the old lady's mood after witnessing such a scene. He took out a white dust-free cloth from his bag, covered the body and reached out to turn off the neon light button.
At least let her go in a dignified manner, and she will come here to collect physical evidence later in the forensics class.
He leaned down to examine the wound on the victim's head. Fortunately, the temperature in the bedroom was relatively low and there was no strong smell of corpses. In addition, with the door open, the smell of blood in the room became much lighter, so it didn't matter even if he wasn't wearing a mask.
The amount of bleeding on the head was very large, and it was not obvious from the surface. However, after turning the body over, you could see that the back of the head had been hit with heavy objects dozens of times, otherwise the entire back of the head would have been sunken, and the blood and flesh would have been
Mo Lake.
From the analysis of the surface of the wound, it can be seen that the surface of the blunt instrument is very smooth, and it should be a spherical object made of metal. Several murder weapons that meet the requirements come to mind, but there is no way to directly determine which one it is.
"Takaji, did you find anything special?" Goro Otaki led his colleagues from the forensics department into the crime scene. After noticing the female victim who was covered in white cloth, he stepped forward and asked.
In the past half month since Takaji Mune joined the job, he has successfully solved six murder cases. Otaki Goro was impressed by the composure shown by this junior at the crime scene and his calmness when facing the murderer's excuses.
In eyes.
Moreover, Takaji is extremely talented in the field of autopsy. His employment documents stated that he had studied in the United States for six years and was a top student in forensic science who graduated from Boston University. The police have forensic knowledge and can arrive at the scene without summons.
Carry out preliminary autopsy judgment.
You must know that Japan is unlikely to use autopsy methods to investigate the cause of death of the victim. In most cases, autopsies will not be performed. Even if the science department is present, it will only make a preliminary autopsy report, so for the police, it is necessary to have professional knowledge.
Being there can save you a lot of troublesome steps.
"The cause of death can be determined to be primary brain injury caused by dozens of blunt force blows to the head, resulting in a huge amount of bleeding. Judging from the appearance of rigor mortis and cadaveric spots, the time of death should be between 23:00 yesterday and today
Between 1am.”
"Dozens of times? It seems that this murderer hates the victim very much." Otaki Goro couldn't help but frowned, thinking of the old man outside. You must know that the elders who are parents hate the white-haired person giving the black-haired person the most.
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The victim's mother was so devastated and so sad.
Fujiwara Yu nodded in agreement with Officer Otaki's idea. He held a pen in his hand and gestured:
"The wounds on the victim's body were concentrated on the right side of the back of her head, and there were pinch marks on the back of her neck. This shows that the murderer used his left hand to clamp the back of the victim's neck and press it hard on the bed, and then held the murder weapon in his right hand and kept hammering
The head of the victim. Otaki-senpai, why do you think the murderer deliberately placed her in a supine position?"
Otaki Goro didn't answer in a hurry. He stretched out his hand to lift the white cloth and saw the state of the victim's body. He couldn't help but be startled. He quickly covered it with the white cloth and his face became ugly. He also understood why Tingji covered the body with a white cloth.
He looked at the victim's pale and bloodless face and expressed his analysis:
"The murderer did this because he wanted to humiliate the victim. Whether it was taking off her clothes or wrapping neon strips around her body, he wanted to tell everyone that she had been invaded and played with."
"The murderer did not assault the victim. He did this just to make the victim lose dignity after death and to humiliate her." Yu Fujiwara put the pen back in his pocket and gestured: "He wanted to mislead the police about the identity of the murderer.
Sex offenders who commit crimes at random unfortunately do too many things, which in turn exposes the problem."
"what is the problem?"
"The murderer not only knew the victim but was also very familiar with it. There were no signs of prying on the sliding door lock. This is enough to prove that the murderer and the victim were acquainted. The victim personally invited him into the room. Considering the time of the incident, the single mother
Is it possible to invite strangers into your home when you’re home alone?”
The incident was early in the morning, so even if he lived with his family, it was impossible to let strangers into the house. Moreover, the victim loved to be clean, so how could he let someone into the house wearing a pair of muddy shoes?
"Wait, you just said single mother?"
"Um."
Fujiwara Yu reached out and picked up the group photo placed on the dressing table. In the photo, the victim was smiling brightly and holding a little boy in a karate uniform. Their similar appearance made it easy to tell that they were mother and son.
There was no little boy at the scene, and the reporter, the grandmother who was the victim's mother, did not mention her grandson, which means that the child was awarded to the biological father after the victim's divorce. This is not difficult to reason.
"I think we can start the investigation from the victim's social relationship and understand the situation first."
"Well, I have to ask that old lady, she should know a lot of things."