The deceased's belongings were simple, keys, wallet and a portable baton, but nothing else.
Hojo Sanshin opened his wallet and looked at it. He found that the credit card and money were there, and it didn't look like anyone had touched it. It was normal. After taking a few glances, he handed the wallet to Shigena Murakami and sealed it in an evidence bag. Hideji Kitahara
But he asked softly: "Hojo Criminal Investigation Department, can I take a look?"
Hojo Sanshin looked back at Kitahara Hideji and said impatiently: "Why did you follow me here?" Why did the high school student who came to be the mascot interfere with the case?
"I'm sorry, I just want to see if there is anything I can do to help." Kitahara Hideji had a very good attitude, smiling, and his expression was quite gentle. Hojo Sanshin was stunned. Even if he was irritable, he didn't get angry, he just waved.
He waved his hand and said, "This is not the time to satisfy curiosity. Don't hinder the police from handling the case."
Kitahara Hideji helplessly straightened up, but Hojo Sanshin hesitated and did not ignore Kitahara Hideji's request. After all, the case came first. He checked the wallet carefully again, but found nothing suspicious, so he handed over the wallet.
Shigena Murakami sealed it and prepared to return it to the family of the deceased in the future.
Not to mention the key, which was well placed in his coat pocket and had nothing to do with the cause of death. The same goes for the baton, which was well stored in its holster and hung on his waist, with no sign of being used at all.
The people in the forensics section have carefully examined the body, and briefly reported to Hojo Sanshin that he died from a fall. Apart from the injury caused by the fall, no other injuries were found. There were no signs of being beaten before death, and there were no resistance wounds or fingernail gaps on his body.
, the mouth is even more clean, there is nothing that should not be there.
This is only a preliminary autopsy at the scene. For a more detailed report, it must be sent to the police station's cooperative hospital for a detailed judicial autopsy. However, this is quite laborious and costly. Except for places like the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters, most other police branches cannot afford forensic doctors, and
If it is not mandatory, the family members of the deceased do not want their relatives to be dissected after death. The work is quite difficult, and the general police do not like to cause such trouble.
Japan’s autopsy rate of unnatural deaths is among the lowest in the world.
In addition to the on-site autopsy, the forensics department also mentioned in the report that the deceased was missing a shoe. The Hojo Sanshin glanced at the roof of the building and did not worry. He first reached out and called Kameda Yoshimasa and asked in detail, and then
He then asked Yuki about the time when he heard the scream, and found that there was no discrepancy. Finally, he asked Kameda Yoshimasa to lead the way to the rooftop to have a look.
Kitahara Shuji and Yuki continued to follow. Hojo Sanshin glanced at them and said nothing. Firstly, there was nothing taboo about this kind of case. Secondly, for Shigena Murakami's sake, he didn't find anything suspicious so far, so he felt surprised.
The possibility of an accident is quite high. After leaving the scene, I planned to leave the matter to Shigena Murakami to wrap up the matter. She would then conduct the subsequent investigation and write down the report. He would sign the final report and it would be over, so I had to give him some face.
A group of them squeezed into the elevator, and then rushed to the tenth floor. Kitahara Shuji stood in the elevator, looked around, and asked Kameda Yoshimasa: "Mr. Kameda, is there surveillance in this elevator?"
"No, this is a freight elevator. It was added during the renovation of the office building. Now the office building is used as a small warehouse." Kameda Yoshimasa answered honestly, and when he got to the elevator, the light was much brighter. He looked at it
Kitahara Shuji's young face was a little surprised, and he felt a little familiar.
Hojo Sanshin glanced at Kitahara Hideji, took over the conversation and asked: "Is there surveillance in the building?"
"No, this building is quite old, and the surveillance cameras were installed during renovation. They are all facing the courtyard gate and wall. They are mainly used to prevent marriages. The footage is connected to our police officer's office."
"Can you take a photo of the place where Mr. Nakayama fell?"
"It seems like I can't take pictures, mainly facing the courtyard wall."
"There's no one in the building?" Hojo Sanshin asked.
Kameda Yoshimasa replied again: "There are none. The management company only installed the ones near the courtyard wall. The building hopes that the owners will bear this part of the cost, but the owners' committee does not agree, so it has been delaying."
As they talked, they quickly reached the tenth floor. When the elevator opened, the corridor was dark and there was a musty smell. Kameda Yoshimasa embarrassedly explained: "I'm really sorry, there are no tenants on this floor.
So the corridor has been used to store debris, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he turned on the flashlight and went over to turn on the light switch. Then there was dim light in the corridor, and he found that the corridor was indeed full of things thrown everywhere.
Kitahara Hideji looked at the footprints on the ground and found that there were quite a few, as if people were passing by here every day, so he asked Kameda Yoshimasa: "Do you come up here often?"
"Yes, it leads to the rooftop. Sometimes the night shift is boring, so we go to the rooftop to blow in the air, drink something and smoke. The satellite antenna is also on the rooftop. The signal of that thing is often not good, and we often need to go up and adjust it.
direction."
"Did you install the satellite dish yourself?"
"Yes, we pooled our money to buy it, so that we can watch satellite programs from other countries... We are all fans, and there are some games that Japanese TV stations do not broadcast."
Although Kitahara Shuji looked young, he was wearing a police uniform, so Kameda Yoshimasa regarded him as a real policeman. He was very cooperative and answered questions. As they talked, they went up to the rooftop. Kameda Yoshimasa left.
When he got to the edge of the rooftop, he pointed to the corner of the water tower and said, "That's it. Mr. Zhongshan probably fell down just to adjust that."
It was also dark here. Hojo Sanshin asked someone from the forensics class to look over carefully with a flashlight, and found that the satellite antenna was not big, just a small white pot about one and a half feet tall, with a high-frequency head in the center.
It was tied to the water tower bracket, and Kameda Yoshimasa explained: "Over time, the tuner and the transmission line have a bit of poor contact. Sometimes it will loosen once a month or two, sometimes every three to five days. Just go up and press hard.
Just press it and it will be fine... Because it still works, we haven't replaced it with a new one. If I had known that Mr. Zhongshan would have an accident because of this, I would have paid for it myself... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."
Kameda Yoshimasa shed tears as he spoke and seemed very guilty, while Yuki had sharp eyes and pointed at the pillar of the water tower and shouted: "The shoes are there, Hidetsugi."
Hojo Sanshin scanned it with a flashlight and found a men's leather shoe stuck on the water tower support. He looked at it for a few times, then turned to several staff members in the forensics department and asked: "Anything else found?
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The people in the forensics class all answered, "No, there are no traces of a fight, no blood, and nothing abnormal. Then some members of the forensics class started taking pictures of the shoe and took it off after taking the photos."
, but they must be the shoes of the deceased.
Xue Li held her chin and nodded gently. She had finished reasoning about the case. In order to watch TV, the deceased, Zhongshan Jiexin, climbed to the water tower support to repair the satellite antenna at night, but his foot was stuck in the support. He pulled out his leg with force, but he may have used too much force.
He lost his balance and the water tower was close to the edge of the building. He fell backwards from the rooftop and died on the spot.
She has a strong sense of empathy. Seeing Kameda Yoshihide crying at the side, she couldn't help but walked up and patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Unexpected things happen to people. It's not your fault. Uncle, don't be too sad."
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Kameda Yoshimasa sobbed, nodded, and said vaguely "Thank you."
Xueli sighed again, her friend died, so it's right to cry. If Noki-chan died, she would cry too, right?
Murakami Shigena also recovered at this moment. The main reason was that there were no corpses here, which made her feel better. However, seeing Kitahara Shuji holding a flashlight and circling around the water tower, the circle became bigger and bigger, as if he was looking for something, which made her feel a little strange.
, but it didn’t bother him that the matter was resolved. The accident was yes, and although it was regrettable, the police had nothing to do. They had to go to the union or a lawyer to fight for compensation. The police investigation and evidence collection ended here.
She asked Hojo Sanshin for instructions: "Senior Murakami, can the case be closed?"
She thought it could be defined as an accidental death, but Hojo Sanshin stood in front of the water tower and looked down. Directly below was the body of the deceased. He hesitated and shook his head: "No, wait a minute."
He called Kameda Yoshimasa over, looked into his eyes and asked: "Mr. Kameda, where were you when Mr. Nakayama died?"
"I'm in the police room...the police room on the ninth floor." Kameda Yoshimasa was startled by Hojo Sanshin's sharp gaze, as if he had suddenly been stunned.
Hojo Sanshin was silent for a while, thinking that there was nothing wrong. Kameda Yoshimasa was a little scared, but ordinary people would feel guilty when being questioned harshly by the police. This had nothing to do with whether he had committed a crime or not. It would be better to say that his behavior was normal and he felt guilty, but not too much.
Feeling guilty.
His attitude softened slightly: "Go to your police room and have a look."
Go to the police room and take a look. If there is nothing wrong there, then the death was accidental. Kameda Yoshimasa said that he and the deceased were the only ones in the building. If the deceased was killed, it was most likely his hand, but there was no sign at the scene to point to it.
Kameda Yoshimasa is suspected of committing the crime, and most of them point to an accident, which means there is no physical evidence.
The police are also bound by rules and regulations, and cannot be lawless. Kameda Yoshimasa is indeed a bit suspicious, but when handling a case, we cannot arbitrarily doubt ordinary citizens and destroy their daily lives and reputation. Hojo Sanshin decided to send Murakami Shigena to bring the deceased and Kameda next year.
Get to know the relationship between Yi Zheng and confirm whether the relationship between the two parties is good, whether there are any conflicts at work, whether there are debt disputes, whether there are any love triangles, marital infidelity and other emotional disputes. If there are none, then it can basically be confirmed that there is no motive for the murder.
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Without a motive for the murder and no clear evidence of murder, the case can only be defined as an accident.
Hojo Sanshin is a qualified criminal policeman. He has seen this kind of thing a lot. If every case needs to be repeatedly investigated and confirmed, it is impossible for such cases to happen several times a day. Just like traffic accidents, if everything is done from the perspective of conspiracy theory
Come to dig out, the Japanese police will not be able to cope with it even if they recruit ten times more people.
For the police, if there is no motive and no evidence, there is no killing. Even if there is no killing, if they forcefully file a case and send it to the district prosecutor for prosecution, they will be dismissed, and they will not even go to court, which is completely meaningless.
Kitahara Hideji had already carefully searched the rooftop twice, but could not find what he was looking for. He was 80% sure that Sukenobu Nakayama did not fall to his death accidentally, but was pushed down.
Of course, it is only 80% certain, and there is still a key piece of evidence missing that would make the murderer unable to quibble.
He also followed this group of people and rushed to the police room in the office building.