One hundred and thirty third crime scene investigation
The three people who pushed the door in were led by Salvatore's nose following the smell and found the smuggler Bernie McCartney lying on the bed behind the main house.
Obviously, this well-known smuggler in Jinsha Port has now become a corpse.
"John we should secure the scene."
The female detective Theresia did not feel any discomfort when she saw the dead body. Instead, she stopped trying to check the body. She then stopped at the door with excitement and carefully observed the crime scene from the outside.
John naturally understood that what the female detective did was the right thing to do. Criminal investigation in this world was still in its infancy, and criminals did not have much anti-detection knowledge, so there were many omissions and clues at the scene.
"Judging from the damaged door and the posture of the deceased throwing himself on the ground, the murderer should have suddenly broken into the private house and then killed the deceased on land where he escaped. Unfortunately, the deceased was only a few steps away but could not escape.
Poisonous hand..."
John couldn't help but nodded secretly as he listened to the female detective's analysis. With this kind of observation, he could have been a senior policeman in his previous life.
Then the female detective told her partner:
"John, go check to see if there is any danger around you. Judging from the blood stains on the ground, I don't think the murderer is still lurking at the scene. If nothing is found, go to the nearest police station and call the police and ask them to send their main force over.
, please bring Dr. McIver over by the way, I would like to ask him to conduct an autopsy..."
The witcher really wanted to follow his own plan and rush in directly to rely on his keen sense of smell to see if he could find the scent of the murderer. However, the female detective's words were more reasonable, so he could only patrol around the residences in frustration.
After walking around to confirm that there was no danger lurking nearby, he greeted the two people in the room and hurriedly got into John's carriage and left.
At this time, the female detective carefully walked along the wall to observe the deceased closely to avoid stepping on the traces that the murderer might leave. However, John called her softly, and then took a few boxes from outside the door.
A sack of grain or fodder.
"Using this cover on your feet should reduce the risk of damaging the site. If it is convenient in the future, you can find someone to customize some waterproof rubber shoe covers for use when surveying the site."
Thearesia's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
"Why didn't I think of such a convenient method? It seems that you, John Knight, have the potential to be a detective!"
John didn't say anything, it was just a shoe cover that was already well known in his previous life, nothing worthy of praise.
He still remembers the days when he was in elementary school and was dominated by shoe covers in the computer room. In fact, those computers were too precious at the beginning of the school. It was not that kind of industrial computer room. In ordinary computer classrooms, computers are almost eliminated after two years. They are basically obsolete.
You don’t need to be so careful about protection. After you go to middle school, you basically don’t need shoe covers.
While admiring John, the female detective had already put on simple shoe covers, walked to the deceased, and carefully observed the body and the surrounding situation.
The female detective did not touch the body, but stood nearby and checked it, and discovered the problem.
"Did the deceased have his chest scratched with bare hands, his back torn, and his heart missing?"
While talking, the female detective turned back to her employer with a serious face and said:
"John Knight, I may have some bad news to tell you. This may be a big case!"
John was stunned.
"Oh? Could it be that dead Bernie was involved in other cases?"
"clever!"
The female detective gave John an approving look.
"John Knight may have just returned to Jinsha Port and did not notice the several major murders that have occurred in the past two months, but I think it is reasonable to think that if such a big thing happened, the gentlemen in the city hall will definitely suppress the news to avoid
Caused panic, during this period of time, just dealing with the marchers of the Church of Steam and Machinery has already given them three big headaches..."
Being in the professional habit of his previous life, John asked curiously:
"Miss Theresia, can you tell me something?"
"Of course, this is no secret in our detective circle. When the third case occurred, the city hall had summoned some well-known local detectives to conduct case analysis and investigation. The common conclusion we reached was that several
The victims of the murders should all have been killed by the same murderer, because the deceased had a common manifestation, that is, their chests were torn alive with bare hands, and then their hearts were dug out. The wounds were both human-like and with traces of beasts. Public security
Suo and the detectives have been investigating for a long time but have not found any useful clues..."
John touched his chin and said:
"It seems like this should be a serial murder committed by a serial killer!"
"Serial killer? This word is very appropriate..." The female detective's eyes lit up, she was surprised and agreed with the word John said.
There is obviously no systematic criminological theory in this world, so there are no names that were familiar to the general public in previous lives.
The two were chatting about the case, and soon John could hear the sound of carriages, shouts and chaotic footsteps outside the door.
"Quickly..."
"Where are the dead?"
"The door is open there, Captain..."
…
A group of panting police officers ran in from outside the door. Just as they were about to enter the house, they were stopped by the female detective.
"Stop, please protect the scene and wait until the police chief arrives before starting the investigation..."
The female detective obviously has more prestige in this police station in the Clinton District. Several police officers were familiar with her. After hearing this, they all stopped and took off their hats to salute the female detective.
"Miss Theresia..."
"Detective Theresia..."
At this time, a middle-aged police chief with a mustache walked in. After seeing the female detective, he nodded and said:
"Detective Theresia, it turns out you are here. I asked you why Mr. Salvatore came to report the case. Are you sure you have found the new deceased?"
Theresia bowed slightly to the police chief, then pointed at the body and said:
"Chief Huggins, although the deceased was attacked from behind this time, according to my observation, the situation is almost exactly the same as in the previous cases."
The middle-aged Sheriff Huggins smacked his teeth for a moment, his face looking grim.
"The damn murderer is so bold to commit crimes one after another..."
However, he could only bark a few times here, and he couldn't bite the killer even a hair.
John has a good impression of this police chief, and understands that this is not because they are incompetent, but that even in modern society, in an era when surveillance equipment and large databases are not widely available, there is probably nothing to do in the face of such a serial killer with no basis.
The best way is to use a lot of manpower and material resources to try your luck.
Soon, Sam's carriage also returned to the scene, and John Salvatore came in with a man dressed as a gentleman in his thirties.
This man, like the police chief, wore the mustache that was popular among men at the time, was carrying a large leather box in his hand, and was wearing a cloak.
The female detective came up to say hello and said:
"Dr. McIver, you are here. There is a corpse here that needs you to check. It's still the same as usual."
McIver did not look at the body immediately, but noticed the simple shoe covers on the feet of the female detective and John.
The female detective explained.
"This is a shoe cover invented by John Knight to protect crime scenes. It came in a hurry and was not prepared. John Knight's idea was to use the waterproof tape used for raincoats to make shoe covers."
McIver was the type of scholar who devoted himself to the medical field, and he immediately paid a certain amount of attention to John, a noble knight who looked very young.
The two got to know each other, and John talked about other uses of shoe covers, such as they could also be used as rain boots or in dust-free laboratories.