73. The murderer is you
"According to the restored surveillance video, the murderer who appeared at the scene of the crime was ......"
Harold's side has found the clue of the murderer, or it should be said that the murderer himself has been caught/captured, and he told Sherlock this clue, and Sherlock has also found evidence that Father Carl is not the murderer, maybe the murderer is a smart one, but he made a very fatal mistake, he made a bad move.
Sherlock and Harold said the killer's name in unison, "Tommy Andrew." ”
Sherlock raised his eyebrows over there, and sure enough, his analysis was correct, Andrew, as the only witness, could blame anyone for the suspicion of the murderer, or he had found a scapegoat from the beginning, although Scotland Yard is not a place where bending into a trick will slander good people, but when all the evidence points to one person, the pressure of the public will also make Scotland Yard solve the case immediately.
The mistake was that he didn't expect that Miss Alice Seniore would so coincidentally break a bottle of perfume that had just been broken by him when he was delivering the medicine.
It's all a coincidence, but it's reasonable.
"Looks like you have the answer, too."
Harold said on the other end of the phone.
"I'm just more sure now, maybe you can do me a favor a little more, the Inspector said that this Dr. Tommy Andrew was an orphan, and no motive was found in his profile, and I think Scotland Yard must have overlooked something, so I handed it over to you Harold."
Tommy Andrew was about five years old when he was abandoned, and he could already remember it at that time, and it was not surprising that his parents could not be found in the information about Guò at that time. But Sherlock believed that as long as his parents were alive, Harold would be able to find them out of the crowd, because computer geniuses weren't called for nothing. Harold laughed out loud over there, "Sherlock, you're a strong man. ”
"Oh no, I believe you Harold."
Let Sherlock say that I believe you are really a rare opinion, Harold held up his phone and listened to the voice of the phone hanging up over there and sighed helplessly, Okay, the easiest thing is to make a facial comparison, he dragged Tony who was lying on the sofa up and said, "Your good friend Sherlock has given us another problem, so let's get to work." ”
"I'm going to eat all of Sherlock's desserts, and even use minors as my own labor, and the most important thing is that I won't be paid, and I ask to appeal to Dad!"
Appeal?
"Then you'll probably be scolded with Sherlock."
Who called their Dad didn't like them to get into the case, Tony they knew they weren't waiting to be scolded something.
No matter how Tony opened his mouth to rebuke Sherlock, Sherlock didn't know anyway, did he. At the same time, Harold sent an anonymous email to Scotland Yard under Hannibal's suggestion, which was the video they had put together over three hours and had been destroyed, so that as long as Sherlock was more tight-tongued, Lestrade would not know that they were secretly helping behind the scenes.
Sherlock knew who the murderer was and didn't immediately go to Lestrade, and now he still had a few small doubts in his mind, first of all, how did the murderer get Father Karl's clothes, although Father Karl dictated that the clothes were not worn often, but it is certain that the murderer did steal them, including the shoes he kept in the church. Secondly, Tommy Andrew was at the time of the victim's death, and someone proved that Tommy Andrew was at home, because a patient received his call, and it seemed that Dr. Andrew suddenly remembered that he was taboo on drugs, so he specially called him to tell him that although he could kill according to the time, he did not have time to persecute Alice Senior's body. Finally, there is the motive, what kind of motive can make a good doctor who is praised by everyone commit such a big sin.
Sherlock thought of the possibility that Mr. Tommy Andrew's place of work was not very far from the church, and if he had secretly copied a key to the back of the church, or if he had special skills, it was actually very likely that he had entered the church while he was at work, and he had checked that the back door of the church was locked, and he remembered that it was locked from the outside, which suggests that maybe this Mr. Tommy Andrew really had a key in his hand.
There is also alibi evidence, which has been determined to be between midnight and mid-zero for Alice Senior's death, but according to telephone records and witness testimony, Tommy Andrew had an alibi during this period.
Sherlock thought he must have missed something, remembering that Miss Alice Senior's body was in Butts Hospital, and that he needed to do a simple autopsy himself, and that there was something in it that he had not seen.
Anderson didn't expect Sherlock to run in when he was performing an autopsy, he wanted to get people away, but Sherlock didn't care about his attitude at all, he almost fell on top of Alice Senior, and Anderson tried to drag him away to no avail.
"Oh yes, you guys are so stupid, you haven't even seen what the murderer has done, yes, he's smart."
It's just that Sherlock didn't notice this difference before, the time of Alice Senior's death and the time when her organs were cut off are fundamentally different, almost an hour apart, because the time is relatively short, and the blood flow of the human body has not completely stopped, so Sherlock did not distinguish this subtle difference at that time.
He could have connected almost all of the cases, the time of Miss Alice Senior's murder and the time when she was robbed of her organs were two different times, and the murderer deliberately faked the appearance of the secret room for them, so that they could turn their attention to the footprints outside, so as to further frame Father Karl. Because of the difference in time, Tommy Andrew also deliberately called his patient, just to falsify the evidence of his home, although it was very late, but as a doctor who gave the impression of being serious and responsible, the patient was still very happy to receive his call, and he would not have any suspicions.
In this way, there is evidence, because he is a doctor, and he will not let people distinguish what kind of time he will fix the removal of the organs, and even if it is disclosed, there will be a reasonable explanation.
If Sherlock was not mistaken, the surveillance footage was deleted that night around the wee hours of the morning, not when the victim, Alice Senior, had her organs removed.
"Harold, I'm going to check with you again."
Sherlock, who got the information from technical support Harold Lestrade, was already certain that this was a frame-up.
A near-perfect frame-up.
Tommy Andrew chose Father Karl for a reason, because the two of them are about the same size and height, because his clinic is behind the church, so they have traveled a lot of the same way, even if you check the footprints, etc., it will not be suspicious. After all, prostitutes/women are not a glorious profession, and in the Black Mass, prostitutes/women are canonized as a kind of sacred existence, and it is very simple to do something about Father Karl.
That's why Tommy Andrew chose him.
Sherlock had already killed Scotland Yard at this time, and it just so happened that Lestrade also saw the evidence from the anonymous account of his own bear child, the video was actually shot very clearly, the murderer's face was completely exposed, and Lestrade couldn't believe that the murderer was actually Dr. Tommy Andrew, who helped them before, but now the evidence is conclusive, and the surveillance video is impossible to blame.
"Father Carl was framed." It was just Sherlock's first words when he saw Lestrade.
"I know that Scotland Yard has just received an anonymous email that someone has sent a restored video that has been destroyed, and the murderer is Tommy Andrew."
The sooner this Mr. Tommy Andrew is captured, the safer it will be for this society, and when Sherlock was about to explain what he had discovered, Lestrade dragged him and strode towards the parking lot, "said on the way. ”
"Let me start by stating that I don't want to be a police car."
Lestrade glanced at Sherlock, "That's a lot of requests, you make my car, okay?" ”
"Okay."
Lestrade's car barely counts in the police car, and Sherlock is acceptable.
While traveling to Tommy Andrew's place, Sherlock tells Lestrade about his discovery and how he deduced Alice Senior's victimization.
Some of Mr. Tommy Andrew's words were true, using the pretext of delivering medicine to enter the apartment of the victim Alice Senior, who was praised by everyone as a good doctor that the police believed in, who would open the door in the wee hours of the morning. Judging from the time he said, he didn't kill the person at the first time, but chose to kill Alice Senior when he relaxed, and the victim would have a little less struggle, and he left immediately after the killing, using a rope to climb down, and he deliberately left footprints to lead us to that clue. ”
Hearing Sherlock's analysis, Lestrade was very surprised, the murderer would not let go until they were, so they wanted to find a scapegoat for themselves, after all, this is very different from 1888, with the development of technology, I don't know when he will leak himself.
The killer had already prepared another set of clothes, changed into them in the alley, returned to his apartment, and began to falsify evidence that he was at home. Father Carl and Tommy Andrew were still a little surprised by the model of the shoes, Father Carl's leather shoes were fortunately larger, Tommy Andrew wore the priest's clothes when he killed but wore his own shoes on his feet, because the small difference would also hinder him when he climbed down. After ascertaining the evidence of his home, Dr. Andrew entered the apartment through the main entrance with the key he had recovered from Miss Alice Senior's house, and then had his organs removed, this time wearing Father Carl's shoes, which were covered with blood from this time. ”
This is why Father Karl's soles did not have perfume, because the murderer did not wear his shoes when the perfume was broken.
"Tommy Andrew overlooked one thing, it should have broken his perfume when Alice Seniore put down/the drug, judging by the speed of the perfume evaporation and the scent, it was not an expensive commodity, and the perfume bottle was also received in the bathroom, so it didn't smell. Tommy Andrew, who is a good gentleman, must have stepped forward to help, so his feet were stained with perfume. ”
"Perfume?!"
Lestrade didn't know the story yet, and Sherlock shrugged and said, "Yes, perfume, the substances on the footprints have other substances that can be fused with potions, and there is a ninety percent chance that they are perfumes." ”
"You didn't sue me for this!"
Reistrade was a little angry at Sherlock's concealment, but Sherlock said nonchalantly: "Maybe I forgot about it, because it was useless at the time." ”
Lestrade could only take a deep breath, to be honest, it was quite unworthy to be angry with the bear child.
"Why did Andrew choose Father Priest over others, and how do you explain the thing about clothes?"
There are also some doubts that Lestrade has not solved, so he must ask them clearly.
"Oh, why did you choose Father Karl, the identity and the location of the church and hospital, it's as simple as that. As for the clothes, I checked the back door of the church before, it was locked from the outside, and I didn't suspect anything much at the time, but now that I think about it, it must have been locked by the murderer, maybe our priest had stolen the key before. ”
Lestrade still doesn't understand why Dr. Tommy Andrew, who is praised by so many people, would do such a thing, to be honest, he really checked all of Tommy Andrew's information and didn't find anything wrong, unless something happened before he was abandoned, but a five-year-old hates a prostitute/girl? How is this possible!
"Why are you wondering?"
"Ahem, sometimes there are things that Sherlock can say without saying them."
Emotional intelligence and interpersonal aspects of Sherlock will never light up, and Lestrade has no hope, but at least as Sherlock's landlord, he still wants to remind Sherlock of something to prevent him from being beaten up in the future.
Sherlock stopped talking, and he began to fiddle with his phone, and the fact that Harold hadn't heard from him yet proved that they were in some kind of trouble, but Sherlock could still understand it, after all, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
When they arrived at the small private hospital, Lestrade waved his hand and told Donovan to surround the back door and windows so that the copycat could not escape.
But Lestrade had some worries, that is, there were not only other medical staff but also patients inside, and he was worried that it would be bad for Tommy Andrew to jump over the wall and take a person hostage.
Reistrade took Donovan, Sherlock and some detectives into the hospital, and as soon as he waved his hand, the detectives with guns at the back automatically dispersed and began to evacuate the crowd. Lestrade pulled out his gun, pulled down the safe, and led the men to Tommy Andrew's office.
Tommy Andrew heard the movement early and waited for them, he coerced a young female nurse in his hand, the nurse was crying and her mouth was glued with tape and couldn't make any sound, Lestrade raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at Tommy Andrew, "Let go of the hostage in your hand, you have no way to escape, and now there is still a chance to throw it at you." ”
Tommy Andrew was no longer that timid, he smiled at Lestrade and the agents at Scotland Yard and said, "Actually, I'm curious, how do you know it's mine, after all, there is a lot of evidence pointing to Father Carl." ”
He already thinks that he has nothing to find fault with, every step is carefully calculated, and in Andrew's own opinion, there are no mistakes.
"Perfume."
"Perfume? Alice Senior's broken perfume? Is it just that simple? ”
Some conceited Tommy Andrew could not have imagined that a small bottle of perfume would clear Father Carr's innocence and put himself in it.
"It's just that simple."
This reason is not even convincing to Andrew himself, is it just a bottle of perfume, is it just a victim's own small mistake to betray his identity.
"Because when you came up to help clean it, there was perfume stuck to the soles of your shoes, and although she was of inferior quality, it left traces. You want to set your eyes on Father Karl at Scotland Yard, but you forget that most people lock the door from the inside. ”
In fact, if you think about it, there are still some small loopholes in this crime, if it weren't for the help of Sherlock and the bear child in the back, maybe the murderer would really have succeeded.
Tommy Andrew laughed, it was just such a small mistake that leaked his deposit, although he was very unconvinced, but he had already conceded defeat.
"Do you want to see my collection?"
Tommy Andrew asked the little nurse he was holding open a door in the room, the light was on, and a few jars could be faintly seen inside, as if they were soaking in something.
"I don't have the pleasure of cannibalism, so I think their destination is formalin."
Now they could see clearly that these were the things that the victims had lost, and that they had been soaked in formalin and placed there like a display.
As he spoke, Tommy Andrew's gun-wielding hand moved back and forth on the faces of the frightened little nurses, who now looked perverted, completely different from the previous look, perhaps the good doctor was just a disguise for him.
"Let go of the hostages in your hands, you have no chance to resist."
"You know, they all deserve to die, people like them shouldn't exist in this world, their existence will only bring more misfortune, but I have to say that they are stupid, they believe whatever I say."
From his words, it can be heard that Tommy Andrew does hate prostitutes/girls, for reasons that are not yet known, but this hatred is enough for him to become a murderer.
"That Paula Wells is still able to pray, to pray that the child will forgive her, well, I need to admit that it is better than to be born abandoned and beaten down, born to be ridiculed and neglected. You see it's her child over there, and she's got a boy. ”
He pointed to the right, and in the far corner there was a small baby curled up together, the unborn child of Paula Wells, a child who had been removed as it was growing.
"Your mother was a prostitute, and after you were abandoned, you hated all prostitutes."
Sherlock explained that the hatred of prostitutes in his words came from his mother, and he believed that prostitutes had no right to give birth to children, because even giving birth would be a disaster.
"Poor man, you are angry with all the prostitutes because your mother hated them, it was Paula Wells' abortion that aroused your anger, and you took away everyone's sons/palaces to sue them that they are not worthy to be mothers."
It's an extreme idea, and there are many cases in psychology where you become disgusted because you've been hurt in some way, and Tommy Andrew just becomes more extreme.
"You can accompany Paula Wells to pray, for she trusts you so much, and as a good person whom everyone praises, you can call the timid Miss Anna Louise to escort her home and enter Alice Senior's apartment as a doctor."
Sherlock took a step forward, the disguise of this good gentleman did not know how much convenience it had brought him, at least no one would believe that under this human skin was actually the heart of a beast.
"You're imitating, you've found resonance in Jack the Ripper, you think you took Miss Anna's phone because there was some evidence on it, Miss Anna is a very cautious and timid person, maybe she left evidence that you had to take the phone, and by the way, you thought that the real Jack the Ripper had provoked the police station, so you did it."
Sherlock took another step forward, testing the distance of the murderer.
"That woman actually recorded the audio, and I found out later."
"Why don't you find your friends to get rid of those things? The one who helped you destroy all the surveillance footage. ”
Sherlock was a little curious about who was behind it, and he thought that Tommy Andrew didn't have that kind of ability, so there must be someone behind him.
"Hahaha, you want to trick me, but I won't sue you, you all know what you should know, now all you have to do is to stand back, or I'll kill her."
His gun was pointed at the little nurse's temple, and it only took a finger to wipe out a life.
"Stand back!"
Tommy Andrew has entered a state of madness, Lestrade dragged Sherlock behind him and completely blocked him, no one knows if this Tommy Andrews will retaliate for Sherlock pulling him out of the darkness, you must know that it is very dangerous to fight to the death.
Sherlock was tightly blocked behind Lestrade, he stared at the man's back a little dazed, he turned his head and thought to himself that he didn't need any protection!
But the love that came out of my heart has been fermenting.
Sherlock lived so long, apart from Mycroft, who was the second person to protect him as a normal person.
"Gwynel Lestrade, strange human."
Just as Sherlock was dazed, Tommy Andrew turned his hand on himself and pulled the trigger with a smile.
He would rather commit suicide than be caught/caught, I don't know if it's because of his personality or to protect the unspoken helper.
But in general, the parody case is solved, Sherlock looked at the hostage who was held in Donovan's arms, and Lestrade quietly exited the small hospital after blocking the scene, his mobile phone vibrated just when the gunshot rang out, it was a text message, from Little Lestrade.
This Dr. Tommy Andrew is indeed related to a prostitute/woman, Harold found his parents through facial recognition comparison, his biological father is a businessman, Tommy Andrew is just a product of a one/night/stand, his mother wants to use this illegitimate child to blackmail some money, who knows that Andrew's father over there did not give in. Tommy Andrew was not his real name, which is why his parents could not be found in the orphanage at the time, his real name was Tom Andrew, who used to live in London's East End.
Because of the failure of the threat, his mother thought that he was a loser, and he was not wealthy at the time, so not only did he not pay attention to him before he abandoned him, but he also beat and scolded him, plus he was a prostitute/girl's child, and his friends laughed at him, which also caused his psychological shadow before he was five years old, until he was abandoned by his mother at the age of five.
Sherlock deleted the text message, it doesn't matter anymore, Tommy Andrew has committed suicide, he has to be paranoid and let him kill three women, if the matter is really traced, he can only blame this child for maturing too early, five years later, more than twenty years have not made him forget his hatred, but more paranoid and hateful.
"Maybe we can study little Raven next."
Sherlock got into the car and gave the address of Lestrade's home.
On the other hand, Jim Moriarty had already heard the news of his suicide in his first work, and he was very sorry, but this work also made him officially establish his future work, he didn't want to get dirt on his hands, so let someone else do it.
Dear doctor, the little fireworks have disappeared into the sky, and I have found a new direction. ――Jim
Dear Jim, I see your transformation, it's just that you need to become more perfect. ――W