No matter whether this Tie Qiang committed murder or not, the crime of theft is inevitable anyway.
Next, Lin Zhongtian asked about Song Tianming's situation.
After a while, the female patrol officer Affen gave Lin Zhongtian an interview transcript. After he and Fang Ping looked at it, they knew the reason.
Song Tianming was discovered by Li Guang for embezzling public funds, and was then threatened by Li Guang, while Li Guang fell in love with Song Tianming's wife Zhang Lihua.
Faced with Li Guang's threats and inducements, Zhang Lihua could only compromise.
"It seems that Song Tianming and Zhang Lihua also have murder motives." Fang Ping said.
"Yes! Especially this Zhang Lihua, who happened to be the last person the deceased saw after his death." Lin Zhongtian was also very suspicious.
"No, it's too early to draw a conclusion now. Don't forget that an unknown person has entered this room." Fang Ping touched his chin and said.
After a while, a patrol officer responsible for collecting evidence at the scene came over:
"Head, after examination, the carotid artery of the deceased was fatally stabbed. The murder weapon was a dagger or knife with a length of about 20 to 30 degrees. However, we found no murder weapon at the crime scene."
"Have you checked carefully?"
"We carefully checked the entire room and found no murder weapon. It may have been taken away by the murderer."
"You and Archer go search Tie Qiang's room." Lin Zhongtian ordered.
"ok!"
"Others conducted a comprehensive search of the rooms and public areas of the other two suspects."
"yes!"
Fang Ping suddenly looked at the fish tank in the deceased's room: "Captain Lin, let's take a look at that fish tank together!"
"Fish tank?" Lin Zhongtian was confused, but he still followed.
"Is there anything found here?"
Lin Zhongtian quickly called up the on-site inspection report just now and looked at it:
"Some traces of the unknown person's activities have been found here, but for some reason, these traces are quite blurry, as if they have been washed by water."
"Is it like the water has been cleaned?" Fang Ping suddenly squinted and thought, and after a while: "Captain Lin, please open the window above the fish tank and check whether the stainless steel mesh has been damaged or moved."
"Uh, okay." Lin Zhongtian quickly put on his gloves and opened the window above the fish tank.
After a while, Lin Zhongtian discovered that the lock on the maintenance entrance of the stainless steel mesh of the fish tank was broken: "Mr. Fang, the lock on the maintenance entrance has been cut open."
"As expected!" Fang Ping immediately understood how the murderer avoided surveillance and entered the deceased's room.
"It seems that the fourth person may have entered the deceased's room from here." Lin Zhongtian was not a fool, and he understood the trick as soon as he thought about it.
"Call the hotel manager over." Fang Ping ordered.
Lin Zhongtian walked to the corridor and called in the hotel manager who looked depressed.
"Captain Lin, Mr. Fang, is there anything you need to know?" the hotel manager asked quickly.
"Are all the fish tanks in your hotel connected?" Fang Ping asked.
"Yes, the fish tanks on each floor are a whole."
Fang Ping pointed to the entrance opened by Lin Zhongtian and asked, "Does this fish tank maintenance entrance exist in every room?"
"Yes, these entrances are set up for the convenience of maintenance, so every room has them, but we all have locked ones. How can this be opened?"
"It was cut open."
"It seems that everyone on this level is suspected." Lin Zhongtian said with a frown.
Fang Ping said to the manager: "I took a look and found that there are two rooms on this floor owned by the hotel. There are 39 rooms in total, excluding 16 rooms occupied by our company's employees. For the other rooms, please let the manager send the tenant information.
Tune it out.”
Soon the hotel manager retrieved the guest information for the remaining 23 rooms.
"Judging from the expression of the deceased, he should have known the murderer, which means that it is very likely that an acquaintance committed the crime." Fang Ping continued.
Lin Zhongtian quickly conducted an investigation based on the guest information provided by the hotel manager, and soon the investigation of the 23 rooms was completed.
"We first targeted the tenants living in Xiamen based on their household registration and permanent residence. In addition to Song Tianming and his wife, there are two other people who are also in Xiamen."
"Summon these two people first and then talk."
After a while, the patrolman who went out to search Song Tianming and his wife's room came back.
"Boss, this is the investigation report."
Lin Zhongtian flipped through the holographic projection report, and Fang Ping also looked at the investigation report. In the room of Song Tianming and his wife, they found diving suits, a fish tank maintenance entrance lock that had also been cut open, and a 26 cm long knife.
dagger.
"Is the dagger the one that killed the person?"
"No!" The investigation patrol officer shook his head and explained: "In the big data matching, we found that the dagger or knife used in the wound of the deceased should be relatively thick and does not match Song Tianming's dagger."
Fang Ping and Lin Zhongtian both frowned. Whether it was Song Tianming's motive for the murder or all the evidence pointed to him, was this person really the murderer?
Especially Fang Ping, the flashing black shadow last night has always been lingering in his heart.
Soon, the other two suspects were brought over.
One is Zhang Li, who came to participate in the fishing competition, and the other is Li Shaoye, the third son of the fishing boat owner whom Fang Ping saw in the hot spring pool yesterday.
"Mr. Li, where were you between 2o and 21 o'clock last night?" Lin Zhongtian asked.
"I drank some wine and then slept in the room." Li Shaoye replied nervously.
"Is it convenient for us to investigate your room?"
"Okay." Li Shaoye nodded quickly.
Lin Zhongtian then conducted routine inquiries and investigations into Zhang Li, the fisherman.
Both of them looked quite decent. Fang Ping took a good look at both of them, not missing every detail of their bodies.
Zhang Li seemed a little restrained, and the same was true for Li Shaoye. Suddenly, he saw stripes of redness and swelling on Li Shaoye's right hand, which seemed to be traces of being tied up with something.
"Head, the room search report of the two people is out."
Lin Zhongtian and Fang Ping quickly looked through their rooms. After a while, nothing unusual was found in their rooms. There were two knives in Zhang Li's room, but they did not match the murder weapons. There was also no murder weapon in Li Shaoye's room.
As for the fish tank maintenance entrance to the two-person room, it is also intact.
However, the lock on the fish tank maintenance entrance to the room of Song Tianming and his wife was cut open.
In other words, the murderer used at least two tools, a vise and a dagger, but neither of them has been found.
It’s so weird, Fang Ping thought deeply.
"Captain Lin, let's go together and take a look at several suspects' rooms to see if there is anything missing." Fang Ping suggested.
"Um!"
The two first arrived at the room of the first suspect, Tie Qiang.