After Gu Chen obtained entry-level observation skills, he was able to observe subtle clues, and Gu Chen was able to independently collect clues, which in itself shared the pressure on Officer Wang and other colleagues.
As for the corresponding other senior comrades, they still need to complete their work with the cooperation of Officer Wang.
Although this seems to be a team spirit, it is also cumbersome and sometimes not as efficient as Gu Chen's solo investigation.
After all, a homicide is not an ordinary case, and the complicated circumstances of the deceased also make people feel anxious.
First of all, you have to understand the cause of death of the deceased and verify how the murderer escaped from the secret room.
If the deceased himself deliberately created the illusion of committing suicide, why would he be so stupid as to lock the door? Wouldn't this cause trouble for himself?
People nowadays are under a lot of pressure and have all kinds of weird ideas.
For example, a man from Jiangbei had been practicing Qinggong for thirty years and finally broke his leg.
No one would believe this kind of thing, but it does exist.
This is the same when it comes to handling a case. After eliminating all possibilities, what remains, no matter how unreasonable, is the truth.
Gu Chen lightly wiped his hand on the glass next to the window, then stretched his hand in front of Officer Wang and several old comrades and said, "Everyone, take a look."
"It's very clean," said an old comrade.
"Since the deceased was a sloppy and lazy guy, how could the glass of the window be so clean? Have you, senior fellow apprentices, ever thought about this problem?" Gu Chen asked.
Everyone looked at each other, frowned, and began to analyze various possibilities.
"Gu Chen." Officer Wang didn't want to use his brain. He asked directly: "What's going on with the 'wall penetration' technique you just mentioned? If the murderer can be found, without destroying the locked windows and doors,
, escape from the secret room, then we can confirm that it was homicide, otherwise we can only deal with suicide."
Officer Wang is not an alarmist. In many cases, if a reasonable explanation cannot be given, the only option is to take the safest approach and submit an investigation report.
After all, you can't possibly say that the murderer used the "wall penetration technique" to escape after killing the victim, right? You have to rely on evidence in everything.
Gu Chen opened the latch of the window, then touched the glass glue on the window and said, "This glass glue is obviously the wrong color with the glass glue in other places."
"Is there a color difference?" An old comrade also noticed the abnormality. He came up and took a look: "If you don't look carefully, you really can't see the difference."
"That's right, and there are traces of cleaning on the window sill." Gu Chen touched it with his middle finger first, then turned it over with the clean side of his white glove for everyone to check.
He then touched the corner of the window sill with his index finger, and obvious dirt suddenly appeared on his white gloves.
"You mean...the window has been tampered with?" Officer Wang suddenly realized.
"That's right." Gu Chen followed the train of thought.
He first used entry-level observation skills to detect such small doubts, and then used master-level logical reasoning to start piecing the information together.
At this moment, a complete and reasonable explanation can be given.
"I think there is such a possibility." Gu Chen paused for two seconds and said: "The murderer first knocked down the victim with sleeping pills, then stabbed the victim with a dagger, and then cut the glass window with a glass knife.
Then clean up the glass fragments on the window sill, and finally jump out of the window."
Gu Chen's reasoning was very novel, and it immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
"You mean, the murderer escaped through the window?" Officer Wang's face changed slightly.
"Because it is impossible to lock the door from behind, I looked at the windows in the room and there were only windows where people could get through, so I focused on the windows. As expected, I discovered something fishy."
Gu Chen was quite fortunate that his powers of observation allowed him to capture details that most people tend to overlook.
"According to what you said, the murderer is outside. He should have reinstalled a glass window."
At this time, an old comrade finally got the idea.
"So, the glass glue is newly applied, so the color will be different from the previous one." Another old comrade caught up with the idea.
Officer Wang slapped his hand: "That's right. The murderer put the glass and the glass glue by the window in advance to prevent the deceased from noticing. After completing the assassination, he could disguise it as a secret room suicide.
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"Using a glass knife to cut the glass, drill it out, then install a new piece of glass and add glass glue. This technique is not something ordinary people can do."
Gu Chen looked at Officer Wang and continued to explain his reasoning: "As for the murderer, the most likely occupation is a glass installer, and this person should be somewhat familiar with the deceased."
"What if I'm not a glass installer?" Another old comrade questioned.
Every time Gu Chen came up with a new conclusion, he would silently question it.
Gu Chen waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. If you don't have it, you can check who has bought such a large piece of glass from him in the past few days."
Speaking of this, a group of people seemed to have experienced the process from the maze to the exit.
The situation that seemed impossible just now seemed to become much simpler after Gu Chen said this.
When it comes to the details of the observation, Officer Wang has also conducted preliminary observations since entering the door, but it is unrealistic to say that he has done everything in detail. There are always things he missed.
But Gu Chen was able to successfully fix the leak.
The inferences he proposed were entirely based on subtle clues and then expanded upon further observation, and the connections between the clues were very close.
This reminded Officer Wang that when he first joined the police force, he followed Zhao Guozhi to handle cases everywhere, and he had seen all kinds of complicated situations.
But if he had followed his own thinking at that time, he would have started with how the trapped murderer escaped from the secret room. Once the door and windows were locked, the investigation would have become anxious.
Now that I think about it, the "wall-passing theory" I just proposed is indeed ridiculous.
Since the door cannot be entered or exited, it must be a window, but Gu Chen was able to find signs that the glass had been replaced based on this.
And it can be inferred from this that the murderer may be a glass installer who had a close relationship with the deceased, or he may have bought glass and glass glue and other clues.
Thinking about it this way, Officer Wang felt that all these years of his career in the police force had been wasted, and he felt ashamed of Gu Chen's observation skills.
Now look at Gu Chen, this guy is not only handsome, but his observation skills are also amazing, almost to the point of being meticulous.
If Gu Chen was not a trainee police officer, Officer Wang would have thought he was just attending a reasoning class.
Moreover, Gu Chen's reasoning was so logical that he couldn't even find any faults.
"Officer Wang, Senior Brother Wang." Lu Weiwei, who had just walked in, waved in front of him: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but something is wrong with the murderer." Officer Wang came to his senses, looked at Lu Weiwei and said, "Go back to the police station and get the identity information of the deceased. I want to know who has been in contact with him recently.
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When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately cried out: "Why is it me again?"
Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen: "Then you go with her?"
"Bye bye! I promise to complete the task." Before Gu Chen could say anything, Lu Weiwei immediately agreed, her attitude changing unexpectedly.
Lu Weiwei thought to herself that it would be pretty good if she could be with Gu Chen every time she worked.
