Chapter 424: Crucial Evidence
The relics of the deceased were simple, keys, wallets, and a portable baton, and other than that, they were gone.
Hojo Sanshin opened his wallet and looked at it, and found that the credit card and money were there, and it didn't look like someone had touched it, which was normal. He glanced at it a few times and was about to hand over his wallet to Shizuna Murakami and seal it with the evidence bag, but Kitahara Shuji asked softly: "Hojo Criminal, can I take a look?"
Hojo Sanshin glanced back at Kitahara Shuji and said impatiently, "Why did you come with me?" What is the high school student who came to be the mascot doing to get involved in the case?
"I'm sorry, I was trying to see if there was anything I could do to help. Kitahara Shuji had an excellent attitude, smiling, and his expression was quite soft, Hojo Sanshin was stunned, even if he was upset, he didn't get angry, he just waved his hand and said: "This is not the time to satisfy curiosity, don't hinder the police in handling the case." ”
Kitahara Shuji reluctantly straightened his waist, but Hojo Sanshin hesitated and did not ignore Kitahara Shuji's request, after all, the case was first, and he carefully checked the wallet again, but he really didn't find anything suspicious, so he handed the wallet to Murakami Shizuna for sealing, ready to return it to the family of the deceased in the future.
The key was not even more to say, it was well placed in the pocket of the coat, and it was not related to the cause of death, and the baton was the same, it was well stored in the holster and hung on the waist, and there was no sign of using it at all.
The people in the forensic class had already carefully examined the corpse, and briefly reported it to Hojo Sanshin - it was a fall to death, except for the fall injury, no other injuries were found, there were no traces of beating before death, there were no resistance injuries on the body, the fingernails and mouth were clean, and there was nothing that should not be there.
This is only a preliminary autopsy on the spot, and if you want a more detailed report, you have to send it to the police station cooperative hospital for a detailed judicial autopsy, but that is quite laborious and costly - except for places such as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department, most of the other police branches cannot afford to support forensic doctors, and if it is not mandatory, the family of the deceased does not want their relatives to be autopsied after death, the work is quite difficult to do, and the general police do not like to find these troubles.
The autopsy rate of unnatural deaths in Japan is the lowest in the world.
In addition to the on-site autopsy, the forensic section also mentioned in the report that the deceased was missing a shoe, and Hojo Sanshin looked at the roof and was not in a hurry, first reached out and called Kameda Yoshimasa to inquire in detail, and then asked Yukiri when he heard the screams, and found that there was nothing wrong, and finally asked Kameda Yoshimasa to lead the way to the rooftop to see.
Kitahara Shuji and Yukiri still followed, Hojo Sanshin glanced at them and didn't say anything, first, there is nothing to shy away from this kind of case, and second, it can be regarded as looking at Murakami's face - he didn't find anything suspicious for the time being, and felt that the possibility of an accident was quite high, so he threw this mess to Murakami Shimana after he finished preparing to go out of the scene, and asked her to make up for the follow-up investigation and transcript report, and he finally signed it, so he had to give some face.
The group squeezed into the elevator and headed to the tenth floor. Kitahara Shuji stood in the elevator and looked around, and asked Kameda Yoshimasa, "Mr. Kameda, is there surveillance in this elevator?"
"No, this is a freight elevator, which was installed during the renovation of the office building, and now the office building is used as a small warehouse. Kameda Yoshimasa replied honestly, and when he arrived in the elevator, the light was much brighter, and he looked at Kitahara Shuiji's young face with some surprise, and felt a little familiar.
Hojo Sanshin glanced at Kitahara Shuji, took over the conversation and asked, "Is there surveillance in that building?"
"No, this building is relatively old, and the monitoring was also installed during the renovation, all facing the direction of the courtyard gate and the courtyard wall, mainly to prevent marriage, and the picture is connected to our self-police officer's office. ”
"Can you photograph the location of Mr. Nakayama's fall?"
"It doesn't seem to be able to be photographed, mainly against the courtyard wall. ”
"None in the building?" Hojo Mishin asked.
Kameda Yoshimasa replied again: "There is none, the management company only installed near the courtyard wall, and the building hopes that the owners will bear this part of the cost, but the owners' committee does not agree, so it has been delayed." ”
As they spoke, they quickly reached the tenth floor, and after the elevator opened, the corridor was dark, and there was a musty smell blowing on the face, Kameda Yoshimasa explained embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, there are no tenants on this floor, so the corridor has been used to put sundries, please wait a moment." ”
After saying that, he turned on the flashlight, went over and turned on the light switch first, and then there was a dim light in the corridor, and he found that the corridor was really full of things.
Kitahara Shuji looked at the footprints on the ground and saw that there were quite a few, as if someone was passing by here every day, so he asked Kameda Yoshimasa, "Do you come up often?"
"Yes, it leads to the rooftop, and sometimes the night shift is boring, so we go to the rooftop to blow the air, drink something and smoke, and the satellite dish is also on the rooftop, and the signal is often not good, and we often need to go up and adjust the direction. ”
"You installed the satellite dish yourself?"
"Yes, we bought it with the money we pooled together, so that we could watch some satellite programs from other countries...... We are all football fans and some matches are not broadcast on Japanese television. ”
Although Kitahara Shuji looked young, he was wearing a police uniform, and Kameda Yoshimasa thought he was a real policeman, very cooperative, with questions and answers, and the group of them went to the rooftop while talking, Kameda Yoshimasa walked to the edge of the rooftop, pointed to the corner of the water tower and said: "That's it, Nakayama-kun should have fallen down just to adjust that." ”
It's also pitch black here, and the people in the Hojo Sanshin Identification Class asked for a flashlight to take a closer look, and found that the satellite dish is not big, just a small white pot of about one and a half feet, and there is a high-frequency head in the center, which is tied to the water tower bracket, and Kameda Yoshimasa explained: "After a long time, the high-frequency head and the transmission line are a little poorly contacted, sometimes one or two months, sometimes three or five days will be loosened, as long as you go up and press it hard, it will be good...... Because it has always been usable, we haven't changed it to a new one, if I had known that Zhongshan Jun would have an accident because of this, I would have paid for it myself...... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry......"
Kameda Yoshimasa said as he spoke, tears streaming down his eyes, as if he was very guilty, and Yukiri's eyes were sharp, pointing to the pillars of the water tower and shouting, "The shoes are there, Shuji." ”
Hojo Sanshin swept the flashlight and found that a men's leather shoe was stuck in the water tower bracket, and he looked at it a few times, then turned to a few staff members in the forensic class and asked, "Is there anything else you found?"
The members of the forensic class replied in unison, there were no signs of a fight, no blood, nothing out of the ordinary, and then a member of the forensic class began to take pictures of the shoe - take it off when the photo was taken, but it should be the deceased's shoe.
Xueli pinched her chin and nodded slightly, she finished reasoning about the case - the deceased Nakayama Jiexin climbed on the water tower bracket at night to repair the satellite dish in order to watch TV, but his foot was stuck by the bracket, he pulled his leg hard, but he may have lost his balance with too much force, 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, and looking at Kameda Yoshimasa crying on the side, she couldn't help but walk up and pat him on the shoulder and comfort: "People have unforeseen circumstances, it's not your fault, uncle, don't be too sad." ”
Kameda nodded with a sob, and said "thank you" vaguely.
Yukiri sighed again, my friend is dead, and I should cry, but if Naki-chan dies, I will cry too, right?
Shizuna Murakami also relieved himself at this time, mainly because there was no body here to make her feel a lot better, but seeing Kitahara Shuji holding a flashlight and circling around the water tower, turning bigger and bigger, it seemed to be looking for something, and he felt a little strange, but it didn't bother him - the matter was solved, the accident was right, although it was a pity, but the police had no choice, and the matter of fighting for compensation had to find a union or a lawyer, and the police investigation and evidence collection ended here.
She asked Hojo Sanshin for instructions: "Senior Murakami, can you close the case?"
She felt that it could be defined as an accidental death, and Hojo Sanshin stood in front of the water tower and looked down, directly below was the body of the deceased, hesitated and shook his head: "No, wait." ”
He called Kameda Yoshimasa over, stared into his eyes and asked, "Mr. Kameda, where were you when Nakayama-san died?"
"I'm in the police room...... The self-police room on the ninth floor. Kameda Yoshimasa was taken aback by Hojo Sannobu's fierce gaze, as if he was suddenly stupid.
Hojo Sanshin was silent for a while, thinking that there was no problem, this Kameda Yoshimasa was a little scared, but ordinary people will be weak when they are questioned by the police, which has nothing to do with whether he committed a crime or not, but it is better to say that his performance is normal - some weak heart, but not too weak-hearted.
His attitude regained a slight softness: "Go and have a look at your police room." ”
Go to the police room to see, if there is nothing wrong there, then Yasung really died unexpectedly - Kameda Yoshimasa said that only he and the deceased were in the building, if the deceased was killed, it was most likely his hand, but there was no sign at the scene that Kameda Yoshimasa was suspected of murder, most of them pointed to an accident, that is, there was no physical evidence.
The police are also bound by rules and regulations, it is impossible to be lawless, Kameda Yoshimasa is indeed a little suspicious, but when handling a case, he can't just suspect ordinary citizens and destroy people's daily lives and reputations - Hojo Sanshin decided to send Murakami Shizuna next year to understand the relationship between the deceased and Kameda Yoshimasa, to confirm whether the relationship between the two parties is good, whether there are conflicts at work, whether there are debt disputes, whether there are love triangles, marital cheating and other emotional disputes, if not, then it can be basically confirmed that there is no motive for the murder.
If there is no motive for the murder, and there is no clear evidence of murder, then the case can only be defined as an accident.
Hojo Sanshin is a qualified criminal policeman, this kind of thing has been seen a lot, if any case has to be repeatedly investigated and confirmed, it is simply impossible - this kind of case occurs several times a day, just like a traffic accident, if everything is discovered from the perspective of conspiracy theories, then the Japanese police will not be able to recruit ten times as many people.
For the police, no motive and no evidence means that they did not kill, and if they really killed, they did not kill - if they forcibly file a case and send it to the local prosecutor to ask for prosecution, they will be brought back, and they will not even go to court, which is meaningless.
Kitahara Shuji had already searched the rooftop carefully twice, but he didn't find what he was looking for, and he was sure in his heart that Nakayama Jiexin did not accidentally fall to his death, but was pushed down.
Of course, it was only determined that eighty percent of the evidence was missing, and there was still a lack of evidence that made the murderer unable to quibble.
He also followed the group and rushed to the self-police room of the office building.
Don't worry, the murderer can't run anyway.