68. Another one was killed

Sherlock is now taking the exam for an intern at Butts Hospital, and as the most "layman" among the preparatory interns, Sherlock is actually the least favored by his teacher, and if it weren't for the face of his old friend Lestrade, he would not have given this kid this chance.

The teacher doesn't appreciate Sherlock, and Sherlock himself is slipping away, and his mind is all on the Ripper's impersonator. Interrupted by a girl next to him, who was also an intern, Sherlock spoke his thoughts objectively, he could see that the girl wanted to talk to him, but Sherlock said that he was not uncommon.

Jasmine Amber was a little embarrassed, she just liked this person standing next to her at first sight, seeing that he was very confident, Jasmine wanted to chat with him to give herself courage, who knew that this mouth called Sherlock Holmes was a little bad, Jasmine lowered her head and obediently asked questions.

When all the problems are strengthened by one person, probably both the teachers and the interns feel that they will not be better. The Sherlock Holmes brothers are different from others in that they are able to record a lot of things, and in their parlance that place is called the Temple of Mind, like Sherlock's Hall of Mind where anything useful is burned.

Not only did he answer all the questions, but he also rushed to answer them.

The teacher looked at Sherlock and then at Wen Jiàn, who had memorized the test questions, and was dumbfounded, he even had a feeling that he had given the answer to Lestrade when he was sleepwalking, Sherlock stood up at this time, he straightened his coat and showed a false smirk, "Is there any more questions?" Did I pass the guò test? ”

"Yes...... Yes. ”

Sherlock raised his eyebrows, and he raised his foot and walked in the direction of the door, nodding his head as he passed the poor teacher, with a hint of arrogance.

Jasmine Amber looked at Sherlock leaving with a little envy in her heart, envious of his ability, she was extremely unconfident in herself, after all, Jasmine was not a top student in the school, but probably Sherlock gave her some confidence, Jasmine clenched her fists, whether she was selected or not, she also wanted to challenge herself.

Of course, Sherlock didn't know that he had affected the girl next to him who wanted to "talk" to him, he came out of that room and started looking for Lestrade, he was now excited, he not only got the position of intern but also got the right to move freely, if the teacher wanted to regret it, Sherlock would definitely rush to his office and use his IQ to crush him again.

It's still very easy to find Reestrade, Sherlock disguised as an agent from Scotland Yard and asked all the way to find Reestrade's location in less than fifteen minutes, here Sherlock has been here twice, the case where he and Reestrade met, and the last time he followed Reestrade and Hannibal to see the corpse, the humanoid doll case here.

When Sherlock came, Lestrade was standing aside waiting for the results of the autopsy, Sherlock was startled when he came in, he dragged Sherlock's arm in Anderson's strange eyes and went out, Sherlock was very obedient, after all, there was meat to eat with Lestrade, if you don't pretend to be good, who knows if this stubborn detective will let him participate in the case.

"What the hell? Sherlock, why did you get here?! ”

"You can't leave me out of such an interesting case, Inspector, and I passed the test and am now an intern at Butz Hospital."

As a result, Lestrade had already guessed that if Sherlock couldn't be an intern, probably the other students would be swept away.

"Okay, congratulations, but this is my case Sherlock, and please don't put your excitement out there, not everyone has a high-functioning sociopath like you, if you don't want to be beaten, be good, Okay?"

"I listen to you, Inspector."

If you don't obey, there is no case, but Sherlock knows very well, isn't it just obedient, what's so difficult about it?

"Okay, don't talk when you get in."

Sherlock made a zipper gesture, promising himself not to say much.

This is the third time Anderson has seen Sherlock, and he still remembers Sherlock vividly, first of all, Sherlock's appearance is outstanding, which can be remembered, and secondly, he is more arrogant, and the last time he called them all ...... Idiot, and finally Anderson remembered that this man was Lestrade's younger brother, and he was eager to ask Lestrader why your family had such a different child.

Because Anderson had never met the bear children of the Lestrade family, he certainly did not know that the bear children were more different beings.

Anderson didn't say anything, just carefully examined the body of the second victim, Anna Louis, once again. Before Sherlock came, Lestrade raised a question of his own, why there were no other traces of Anna's body except for the corpse spots, according to common sense, whether the murderer injected the potion from the front or sneak attack, the victim would resist, and in the process of resistance, if you want to subdue the victim, you will definitely grab/grab her body or clothes, of course, in Lestrade's imagination, the former is more likely.

But if a part of the body is grabbed/forcibly injected, then the corpse will not show scars at that time, and it should have appeared after a period of time, and now there are no other traces on Anna's body except for corpse spots, and Lestrade suspects that the drug may have been injected after Anna's death, in order to dilute their sights and ears, and imitate the case more imaginatively.

"Boss, after a re-autopsy, it is certain that the tranquilizer was injected later, and according to the proportion of tranquilizer in Miss Anna Louise's blood, it is lower than normal**, which proves that the blood becomes slow to absorb after it stops flowing."

Anderson took the new autopsy report to Lestrade, and Lestrade looked at the number and fell silent, but Sherlock's brain, which had been peeking at all the time, began to function, and after this report came out, he knew what Lestrade suspected before, so what was the murderer injected after death to cover up? It can't be to make the case more imaginative, he must have done it for other purposes.

"What are you suspecting the murderer's purpose?"

"Almost, I thought the killer was someone Miss Paula Wells knew, but this was just a guess, and I suspected it even more after Miss Anna Louis was killed, but there was little overlap between the two men's networks, and it was a coincidence that there were people who guessed the killer was someone they knew based on the tranquilizers." Lestrade shrugged and continued: "But now that this number has come out, we don't have to doubt it, the murderer used tranquilizers to dilute our sights and ears, and the murderer is not only a person who the two victims know, but also a person worthy of Miss Anna's trust." ”

Sherlock nodded, and sure enough, Lestrade was the only person in Scotland who was not a goldfish, and his IQ was up to standard, at least he could see that the murderer was an acquaintance.

"But here comes the problem, although Miss Paula Wells has a habit of keeping a diary, we do not know Miss Anna Louise's social circle, and the number of overlaps is uncertain."

In the end, the matter is still in the social circle, Sherlock touched/touched his chin, "The murderer must be someone near the East End of London, Detective, you once said that all the relevant videos of the time of the crime at night were lost, so please ask your stupid subordinates to find out if there is any overlap between the vehicles on the road that left and entered the East End within two hours before and after the crime." ”

Lestrade heard Sherlock's words and suddenly realized, why didn't they think that the clue of the East End was also suspicious, because the video was destroyed, they were even more suspicious that the murderer was driving to commit the crime, but what if there was an action that confused them, the person behind the murderer did it deliberately in order to take their eyes off the area.

The most dangerous place is the safest place, isn't it?

Lestrade dialed Donovan's phone, Donovan is the first detective under Lestrade, and he is also the second person in the murder team after Restride, and the most important thing is that Restride trusts her very much.

"Donovan, I have something I want you to check for me."

"Boss, I just wanted to find you, the ripper imitated the crime, or the East End of London."

No one could have imagined that this murderer would break the routine and shorten the time for his crime, and Lestrade's face changed when he heard the case, and he asked sharply: "What's the situation?" ”

"I have just received a report that a woman died tragically in her own home, and her identity has been preliminarily confirmed, Alice Senior, 25 years old, a professional prostitute/woman."

It happened too suddenly, and this time Jack the Ripper came to the door to commit the crime, which made Lestrade feel even more shocked, Sherlock has been leaning aside and listening to the phone, and his eyes lit up when he heard that there was a case, and he knew about the previous case from the newspaper and Lestrade's words, and he had not seen the scene, and he didn't know many things, but now he could follow him to see the real scene.

"I'll go over right away, by the way, you asked someone to call up the video of leaving there two hours before and after the scene of the two crimes, to see if there are any identical vehicles passing by, or if the monitor doesn't capture the same person."

Lestrade drew inferences from the same car, but more likely the same person, in case the killer found a place to dispose of everything.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Now Lestrade is going to rush to the scene immediately, to be honest, he is in a bad mood right now, the murderer has begun to play his cards out of common sense, the real ripper Jack is the fifth case of murder in the room, the victim is also a 25-year-old young woman.

Lestrade pondered, why would he abandon the fourth serial crime and choose to go straight to the fifth? Is it because the girls are starting to protect themselves?

"Boss, why did you bring him too?"

Just as Lestrade was thinking, Anderson, who was sitting in the back seat, spoke, as the forensic/medical examiner of the case, he had to be there too, and it just so happened that Lestrade was in Butz Hospital and took Anderson with him to the police, which was normal, but he wondered why he had to take Sherlock Holmes with him.

Sherlock, who was sitting in the passenger seat, grinned with teeth and a look like you bite me.

Lestrade glanced at Sherlock and said helplessly, "Maybe we need him, and Sherlock to take back your smirk." ”

What Lestrade wants most now is to solve the case, not because of the pressure from above or because he wants to fight for credit, he just doesn't want to see any more dead people appear. So he put his hope in Sherlock, and he believed that Sherlock would not let him down.

"Detective, you decided to involve me, didn't you?"

"Yes, it's still that request, follow my command."

As a temporary guardian, Lestrade was worried that he would get into some trouble, maybe he would encounter some danger, so he asked Sherlock to listen to himself three times, and let him do the rest.

Lestrade arrived at the designated street, which had been cordoned off by Scotland Yard, and there were many onlookers and even the shadows of reporters, who came faster than Lestrade had imagined, and in addition to their surprise, Lestrade also saw a familiar figure in the crowd of onlookers, the good doctor, and he recalled that it seemed that the house rented by this good gentleman was also here.

"Chief, you're here."

Donovan's speed was much faster than that of Lestrade, although she hadn't seen the scene yet, but she had already asked for some information about the person who found the body, the apartment was not only very old, but also the people living in it were chaotic, and Donovan, a neighbor near Alice Senior, also asked, and they didn't find anything unusual.

But they also provide a clue that Alice Senior, who is still relatively young, is so bold, and she still brings different men home after the police warn, and in her words, how Jack the Ripper could find her.

Who knows......

Lestrade listened to Donovan as he walked up, Sherlock followed behind him, although Donovan had some whispers, but for the sake of Lestrade's face, the victim lived on the fourth floor, and the dark side was honest, if it weren't for her blood coming out of the room, no one would have found out that Alice Seniore had been killed.

Compared with the previous two victims, this Alice Senior's appearance is even more miserable, not only the tendons of her hands and feet have been broken, but her body has also been cut out of shape, just like the last victim of Jack the Ripper, her child/uterus has been completely removed, her nose and breasts/room have all been cut off, there is a knife mark on her face, her intestines have been dragged out and put on her shoulder, and her trachea is separated as if she was the first victim, and the bones can be seen closely.

The room was full of blood, and instead of lying on the bed/, she threw it on the floor like a shabby doll, so the blood flowed out.

There was no place to put your feet in the room, and Lestrade stood in the doorway and shook his head silently at the tragic situation, Sherlock's expression was natural.

Another imitation crime, Sherlock just looked at the window is closed, the door is also intact, so the rule out of the burglary, there is a 90% chance that the victim Miss Alice Seniore personally opened it for the murderer, according to the victim's blood clotting time, she was killed in the early hours of the morning, because she lived in a relatively remote location, so the time of discovery was relatively late.

But in addition to an acquaintance opening the door, there is also a possibility that it is Alice Senior's guest, like the first victim suspected by the police, the murderer is disguised as a guest, which is in line with what the neighbors said about Alice Senior's recent bold taking of men home.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"I need to go in and have a look, and by the way, ask your people to leave the Inspector."

Sherlock didn't like to be disturbed while he was thinking, and when he said this, Lestrade was silent for a moment and waved his hand at the forensic doctor and Donovan at the door, "Ten minutes later/Come in, and ask if Miss Alice Seniore had gone out last night, and if the neighbors had heard any strange noises, or if there were any witnesses." ”

"Boss, he's an outsider entering the scene......"

"Go ahead, I'll take care of something."

Donovan couldn't object to all of Lestrade's words, but in her opinion, it was inappropriate to let an outsider into the scene to meddle in their case, and it was a denial of their ability.

Donovan doesn't want outsiders to interfere in any kind of case, this is what makes Lestrade different from them, and it is also one of the reasons why Sherlock sticks to Lestrade, because he is such a special person, and he thinks very low of his dignity and honor, since he can't solve this case, then Sherlock can help, why not go to him.

As for the face of Scotland Yard and the dignity of the detective, in Lestrade's opinion, that is a fart, human life is more important than anything else!

Sherlock enters the scene with gloves and shoe covers, and Lestrade follows him, the first thing Sherlock looks at is the victim's body, comparing the similarity between the victim and the last victim of Jack the Ripper. Alice Senior's neck was covered with an inconspicuous needle hole, which coincided with the strangulation marks on the neck of the last victim. The nose and breasts were cut off, which is the same, but there are differences, the victim in 1888 was not cut off and the intestines were pulled out, and the deceased's trachea was cut.

Sherlock glanced at the victim's face, the lipstick on his lips was a little less, he compared his hand upwards, it was certain that the victim should have wanted to scream when the killer was injected, but he covered his mouth and his mouth was rubbed off a lot.

This shows that the murderer is familiar with the building and is worried that someone will hear the screams coming up.

Although the victim was naked, there were no kiss marks or other ambiguous traces on her body, which means that the possibility that the murderer was a prostitute/guest is relatively small, and the clothes were neatly placed on the clothes that Sherlock suspected that the murderer took off for her.

He stood up and looked around, there was no trace of the things in the house, there was a lot of blood on the head of the bed, according to the angle of the blood spray, the victim Alice Seniore was on the bed/the back side up, and the murderer grabbed the hair from the back of the trachea, so the blood sprayed/ to the head of the bed and the wall above the bed, but there was no blood behind it.

Sherlock walked to the window, according to this amount of blood, the murderer could not have gone out cleanly, he would definitely be stained with blood, originally Sherlock doubted that the murderer would leave through the window, he pushed the window hard and sure enough, it was pushed open. Sherlock stuck his head out to look, and Lestrade walked over as well, "You think the killer left from here?" ”

"Yes, it's okay to be so suspicious for the time being."

Lestrade saw a red fingerprint on the edge of the white bed, and there were signs of something tying up the window.

"The murderer flew off the wall in the middle of the night?"

"It should be darkest at the time, but the street lights in the city of London and the fact that it wasn't cloudy last night and it happened to be a full moon, and the murderer got the corresponding light, so it wasn't difficult to leave. According to the shoe prints, the murderer was holding on to a rope or something to go down little by little, and our victim lived on the fourth floor, and there was no protective window, so it was easy to leave. ”

Sherlock pointed to the distance that could be seen below, and made two movements, and according to the footprints, the murderer went down like this.

When Sherlock first came in, he really thought that the murderer had left through the door, after all, the windows were closed, but this was actually just a disguise, the murderer thought that he was confusing the police, but in fact, he also leaked himself.

"It seems that our murderer is unusually smart, but cleverness is mistaken by cleverness, Inspector, you can ask if anyone saw someone going out near the alley at one o'clock in the morning."

Sherlock took off his gloves, "And ......" He saw the bedside table, where there were some medicines, he stepped forward and picked up the medicines and looked at them twice, "It looks like our victim is still sick, the medicine is unopened, maybe we can suspect that the murderer is the person who brought her the medicine, the guest who helped bring the medicine, or something." ”

Lestrade looked at the scene again and said, "I'm going to ask if there are any witnesses now, do you want to come along?" ”

"Of course."

Judging by the time of the victim's death, there is a certain possibility that someone will see outsiders enter through the gate, and with the footprints that can be collected, they are one step closer to the murderer.

The most regrettable thing is that the murderer probably committed the crime with gloves, although there are marks but the fingerprints are not left.

Lestrade went downstairs, he told Anderson to start the autopsy, Donovan stepped forward and whispered next to Lestrade, "Chief, someone said that a strange man entered the building last night, at half past eleven. ”

"Who? Who saw it? ”

Sherlock also raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart that there were really witnesses.

"We looked into it before, Dr. Tommy Andrew."