The fifth deceased died of suffocation caused by allergies! Rather than simply choking on cookies!
Eden was not surprised. In his opinion, whether the deceased died of choking or suffocation caused by allergies, it did not affect the conclusion of homicide.
Lin En was basically the same, and the few doubts he had were successfully eliminated.
At first, he was puzzled by how the murderer choked the deceased to death, and even more puzzled by why the murderer chose such a difficult method.
It's clear now.
The murderer didn't think it was that complicated. He simply wanted to take advantage of allergies and make the deceased die.
"The murderer knew the deceased was allergic to peanut butter..." Lynn muttered.
Eden heard it clearly: "Should we launch an investigation into the people around the fifth deceased?"
"You can try it, but don't have high expectations." Lin En shook his head slightly. "Usually only acquaintances know that the deceased was allergic to peanut butter. However, if the murderer has been secretly following him for a long time, it will not be difficult to find out."
"You two go back to the bureau to collect information and investigate closely the acquaintances of the fifth deceased. If there is any special situation, report it to me immediately." Eden had very few clues, and even if there was little hope, he decided to give it a try.
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"yes!"
"yes!"
Two peace officers were ordered to leave.
"Let's go and look at the next one." Lynn and Eden came to the place where the fourth victim died.
The fourth victim drowned in his bathtub.
In the early morning of the next day, the water that overflowed from the bathtub penetrated the floor and flowed downstairs. The residents downstairs came to ask for an explanation, and the deceased was discovered.
Starting from the fourth deceased, the case of the ‘Eleven O’Clock Ghost’ has attracted the attention of the Public Security Bureau.
Therefore, the crime scene was well protected, unlike the house of the old lady who died first, where thousands of people had gone in, and it was impossible to determine whether things were missing or not.
"The bathtub is not deep, and nothing happens when the deceased sits up." Eden and Linn, one of the remaining subordinates, came to the bathroom of the room where the crime occurred. "It's weird, that's why it's weird. He didn't even sit down.
Sit up..."
"There are no injuries on the deceased?" Linn looked at the bathtub.
The bathtub is unremarkable.
"No, there were no signs of a fight at the scene." Eden analyzed boldly, "I think the murderer might have held a gun and threatened the deceased to hold his breath in the bathtub. The deceased was afraid of being shot, so he could only keep his head buried in the water... So,
They didn't fight, and the deceased just drowned alive."
"It's not easy to drown yourself in a bathtub." Linn denied. "Generally speaking, the deceased would rather be shot than drowned. The latter is obviously more painful and goes against the survival instinct."
"But...except for this, there is no more reasonable explanation." Eden said.
Lin exited the bathroom and scanned the room: "Anything else found here?"
Eden pointed to the now clean toilet: "There was residual vomit in the toilet at that time. It should be that the deceased had vomited before his death, but the toilet was not flushed."
"Vomit?" Linn narrowed his eyes, "Did the deceased drink alcohol before he died?"
"He didn't drink. He didn't smell of alcohol at all, and no alcohol was found at home."
Not wine.
Why did the deceased vomit before his death?
"How was the autopsy? Did you find anything in his body?"
"We can't find out this. At most we know what he ate and drank." Eden shook his head.
The average level of this different world in all aspects is approximately the same as that of Lin En's original world at the end of the 19th century.
The means of criminal investigation are indeed lacking.
"Do you suspect he was poisoned or something?" Eden asked.
"It's possible, otherwise why would you vomit for no reason?" Linn's feeling told him that vomiting was a crucial clue. "Have you searched the house carefully? Are there any strange containers or unknown liquids?"
"No, nothing, just a very ordinary environment." Eden said helplessly.
Lin En sighed softly: "It should have been taken away by the murderer, or flushed down the toilet."
The murderer would not be stupid enough to leave such important clues for them to investigate.
Important clues cannot be broken through.
"Then what should I do..."
Lynn walked through each house: "No neighbor noticed that a stranger came over. Did you hear anything?"
"No...if there were, I would definitely tell you such an important clue right away." Eden sat aside and took out his cigarette. He realized that this was a crime scene and had to take a long breath to put it away.
"Let's go to the next crime scene." Lin En was not dampened by the current impasse.
The fifth crime scene is in the next building.
Two minutes later, several people arrived at the sealed room.
"Now that I think about it, I find it very bizarre." Eden went in to express his question, "Could it be that the murderer also held a gun and forced the deceased to eat peanut butter cookies?"
"Since the murderer had a gun, why did he let the deceased die of allergies?" Lin En looked around the room, and it was even more bland, with nothing worthy of attention.
"Of course I want everyone to mistakenly think that the deceased died of an accident or committed suicide." Eden said matter-of-factly.
Lin En shook his head: "If only one or two people died, then your logic makes sense. After all, it is difficult for one or two people to fall down and commit suicide to attract attention. But every two days, at night
One person will die at eleven o'clock, and five people have died so far. Even if the death is arranged to look like an accident or suicide, the Public Security Bureau will suspect that there is another real culprit."
"You mean, the murderer's purpose of causing their suicide and accidental death was not to lower the vigilance of our Public Security Bureau?" Eden became more energetic.
"That's right. It can be seen from these five cases that the murderer is very thoughtful and has made careful arrangements for the entire operation. Then do you think he may not realize that after five consecutive deaths, the Public Security Bureau will not notice
Is it abnormal?" Linn asked Eden, throwing his thoughts to the other party.
"So, he thought that sooner or later he would attract our attention, but he didn't care? He committed suicide, and there was another reason for the accidental death?"
"I think so." Linn said.
Eden stood up: "Then why did the murderer do this?"
"There are many possibilities." Lin En frowned and said one by one, "The first one is that the murderer is related to these five people, and he did this for revenge or for certain benefits."
"At present, no overlap has been found in the circles of these five people. Should we further strengthen the investigation?" Eden listened carefully.
"Don't worry, there is a second possibility." Lin En waved to Eden to calm down, "The murderer is purely a psychopath and randomly selects targets."
"This is the hardest thing to check."
Lynn went on to talk about the third possibility: "The last possibility. The murderer wanted to create panic and seek benefits that we still don't know about."
"Creating panic?" Eden digested these four words.
"I think the first one is the lowest possibility." Lin En finished talking about the three possibilities and began to further eliminate them. "Except that they are all living alone, these five people have nothing in common at present. The murderer cannot be with all five of them at the same time.
Even if there is a deadly feud, it is impossible to draw much benefit from the five of them."
"That makes sense." Eden listened intently.
At present, the crime scenes of the five deceased persons have been viewed.
It's time for Lynn to summarize his thoughts and put forward different opinions.
"The second possibility is medium." Linn continued, "The reason why it is not listed as the most likely behavior is because if there really is such a powerful psychopath in Kling Street, why did he have to wait until recently?
We just started taking action. There has never been a similar incident on Clint Street before?"
"What if there is? Do we have to check the people who committed suicide and died accidentally on Clint Street in the past to see if there are any clues?" Eden had a little extra point of view, "It is impossible for the murderer to be so impeccable in his first crime."
He is not allowed to find other people who have practiced in the past, and these training cases may have what we want."
"Well, it can be investigated. In addition, I can also provide you with an idea. The murderer has a high probability of randomly selecting targets, but he does not kill with passion. Every time he commits an attack on a victim, he should have conducted at least three secret investigations.
Five days." Lin En responded, "If he kills a sixth person tomorrow, then this victim should have been followed for a while."
Eden made it clear: "We should focus on visiting the people living alone on Clint Street to see if they have noticed anything wrong recently?"
"Yes." Linn nodded.
The murderer can kill everyone and hide without a trace.
But it's impossible to remain secretive when investigating the next target.
It would be really terrible if after investigating many targets and killing them one by one, still no trace of him could be found.
"I also have an idea. If the murderer is still not found before dark tomorrow, we can gather all the people living alone on Clint Street together for unified protection. I don't believe that the murderer can still commit murder in full view of the public." Yi
Deng made the worst plan for tomorrow.
However, Linn felt that his thinking was not bad enough: "Will the murderer definitely target people living alone? If he has to kill people every two days and there are no more people living alone, do you think he will attack other residents?"
"This..." Eden was speechless.
He couldn't be sure of this.
Until now, they have no idea about the murderer.
Is it male or female?
Old or young?
Is it one person or a group of people?
Is it literate or uneducated?
Don't know anything.
So it is impossible to imagine what the murderer would do after all the people living alone are protected.
"Then how to choose? If we don't protect those who live alone in a unified way, there is a high probability that one person will die tomorrow. If we protect them in a unified way, more people may die..." Eden felt his head grow bigger.
The Public Security Bureau is still passive.
"No choice." Lin En didn't want to wait for the other party to take action. "As long as we catch him before eleven o'clock tomorrow night."