Chapter 44: The Sole Survivor
"The deceased, Sakae Hase, male, 23 years old, had no signs of external invasion in the house."
Hasei Sakae was lying on the couch with a deep cut in the neck and a piece of fabric cut off his stomach.
Twilight Thirteen looked at the scene in front of her and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Ten years ago, there was a similar case, but where they were cut off the cloth, there were traces of being scratched by a multi-purpose knife, but Hasei Sakae's was not.
So, is it the reappearance of the murderer in the case ten years ago, or is there someone who imitates the crime?
"Did you find any suspicious people coming or going?"
"Not yet. In addition, through inquiry, it was learned that a large-scale cleaning of the outer wall was carried out yesterday, so it is speculated that the murderer may be a cleaning officer. β
Twilight Thirteen nodded, "Let's start investigating from that aspect." β
His instincts told him that the murderer of the multi-purpose knife serial murder case ten years ago had reappeared.
Twenty-two murders, the murderers who have not been caught...... This time, it won't let you escape again.
In the daily sale TV stationββ
"The case that happened in the apartment, according to the information we received, is likely to be the murderer of the multi-purpose knife serial murder case ten years ago."
"But ......" faced with the director's words, the reporter asked: "Didn't the police find no traces of external invasion?" Judging from this situation, it should be a murder case in a closed room. β
"I remember that in a program I did ten years ago, there was an example of a locked room murder case, and the murderer has not been caught yet."
After breathing a sigh of relief, the reporter continued: "And on Mr. Hase's body, no traces of scratches with a knife were found, but the previous corpses were all there. β
"So, could it be the murderer of the serial murder case in the closed room, the murderer of the imitation of the multi-purpose knife serial murder case, who committed the crime?"
It's not impossible.
The choreographer nodded, "What you said also makes sense." Then the direction of our show this time will start with the closed room serial murder case. β
"Isn't there a profiler lately? You can contact her and see if you can get her to be interviewed by us. β
Mori Kogoro is certainly popular, and it can even bring good ratings and traffic.
But because of this, his appearance fee can be said to have soared.
Even sometimes because he is busy with cases, there are many programs lined up to find him, after all, just playing the name of "Sleeping Kogoro" can attract a large number of sponsors.
Relatively speaking, the profiler who is not famous at the moment has a much cheaper appearance fee.
Some people can even give up their remuneration in order to be on TV.
In the face of the traffic responsibility of the daily sales TV station, if the other party is smart enough, he may be willing to cooperate with them.
If it works, you can still have long-term cooperation in the future, and if you become famous, you may be able to play the emotional card or something.
I have to say that the choreographer is really a good schemer.
"Okay, you wait, I'll ask our choreographer's opinion."
The reporter covered the microphone, looked up at the director, and said, "Director, she agreed to accept our interview, but made a request." Faces must not be exposed, and the sound must be processed before it can be played. β
"Of course, we at radio have always been very concerned about what other people mean. You test where her bottom line is. β
"As long as it's not a lion's mouth, we can still try to be satisfied and make a good impression on each other. After all, maybe in the future, there will be a long-term cooperation. β
The reporter nodded, and then said something on the other side of the phone.
His expression suddenly became a little surprised, even a little suspicious.
After confirming it repeatedly, I realized that the other party was not joking, but a very serious attitude and tone.
She said......"
The choreographer's heart couldn't help but lift.
"Two cases of natural soap."
The choreographer was stunned for a moment, and his expression changed from puzzled to incredulous: Is it just like this?
This is not a valuable thing, so the choreographer naturally agreed without the slightest hesitation.
"Don't say two boxes, in order to show the sincerity of our radio station, we will send five boxes directly! If you don't send a car, you can ensure that she uses it until her seventy birthday. β
But in the end, they only brought two boxes with them.
Because Qinghai Chuantang said that if there were too many, her family would not be able to put it down, after all, she was only used to make soap tablets for fun.
At 2 p.m., at the appointed time, the two met at the Poirot coffee shop.
Because he didn't show his face, he didn't bring a camera, only the reporter himself.
However, Qinghai Chuantang said that he could consider subscribing to 100,000 to show his face.
After receiving the information handed to me by the reporter, it is not difficult to find that the victims in the closed room serial murder case are all elderly people.
They also have a common feature that they all have knots tied on their hands, and this way of tying is very unique: it is strong to tie, but it is easy to untie.
Whether it is a multi-purpose knife serial murder case or a closed room serial murder case, there is a common characteristic.
That is, the tools they used to commit the crime were all from the victim's home.
And the traces were cleaned, and no fingerprints or DNA were found.
"Only the elderly who are weak and easily restrained are selected to commit crimes, and according to his crime pattern, it is speculated that the offenders are likely to be small in stature and suffer from antisocial personality disorder."
After hearing this, the reporter hurriedly asked: "So the murderer killed them to swear his strength as a man?" β
"If you speculate like this, then the victim this time may not be the murderer of the closed room murder?"
Qinghai Chuantang nodded.
"That's the truth. Didn't you mention the 'multi-purpose knife serial murder case' before? And some of the characteristics are also more in line with his modus operandi, so it is more likely that the murderer is this person. β
The day after the show aired, Qinghai Chuantang received a call from the police, hoping that he could help them find the real culprits in two cases ten years ago.
The number "ten" may seem like a strange number, and many of the unsolved cases happened ten years ago. One can't help but wonder what really happened ten years ago.
Qinghai Chuantang came to Hasei Rong's house.
The on-site identification has been completed and no useful clues have been found.
And the surveillance video is also realistic, there were no strange people entering Hase's house at that time, it seemed to appear out of thin air.
"Dusk Police Department, can you show me the photos and materials of the multi-purpose knife serial murder case ten years ago? Also, are there any eyewitnesses or survivors in these cases? β
After Twilight Thirteen nodded in agreement, Kawanishi handed her the information.
The women in the twenty-two photos were without exception missing a piece of fabric from their clothes, and the exposed areas were crisscrossed with several scars with a multi-purpose knife.
"Of the twenty-two cases that year, there was indeed one survivor, and the only one."
"When she was found, she was hiding in a pile of debris, and perhaps it was because of this that she was able to get away with it."
"But when we wanted to ask her if she had seen the murderer's face, she suddenly left the doctor's office, and even moved out of the apartment immediately, as if someone was chasing her."
The girl's name is Tomoko Akimoto, and her mother's name is Chitsu Akimoto, and they disappeared with the girl.
A few years ago, Chizu Akimoto divorced her husband, and occasionally contacted her by anonymous phone, which could not be traced.
But at least for now, Tomoko Akimoto is alive.
If she can get her help, as long as she is willing to come forward and identify the murderer, then things will be much easier.
But since she would suddenly escape from the hospital at that time, it was obvious that she was threatened.
If you rush to find her, it is likely to lead to death.
Once is lucky, but luck doesn't have to last forever.
"Dusk Police Department. Five of these photos show this old man, was his identity clear at the time? β
Most murderers have a habit of returning to the scene after a killing.
Relive every detail of the killing, relive that twisted sense of victory.
If you can't continue to kill people for a long time...... The aftertaste has become their spiritual food.
Twilight Thirteen nodded.
"This old man's name is 'Hitoshi Terauchi' and he runs a shop called 'Nishiuchi Shoe Repair House'. His wife's name was 'Yoshiyo Terauchi', and they adopted a child who was mentally impaired, and named it 'Otsuki'. β
"The two elderly people are also over half a hundred years old, and Ms. Jiashi also suffers from lung disease and has difficulty moving, and they are both in wheelchairs."
"So if you suspect that any of them are the murderers, it seems unlikely."
From the eyes of ordinary people, such a combination really doesn't look like a crime.
Moreover, the two old men are already over 100 and a half years old, and they will be older in ten years, how can they have the strength to commit crimes?
Although this is true, his suspicion cannot be ruled out for the time being.
However, have you heard the name Sinai Shoe Repair House?
Putting aside the doubts in his heart for the time being, Qinghai Chuantang began to look at the case report carefully.
This is more detailed than the news knows, because there are some things that will not be made public, so what the masses know will only be an approximation.
The murderer of the multi-purpose knife serial murder case is a little different from the serial murderers he usually meets, and it seems that he is just a guy who kills for the sake of killing.
Men and women, young and old, without exception.
He used a multi-purpose knife to cut everywhere, and finally strangled his neck and killed him.
After scrubbing the body with bleach, the body was redressed and the clothes on the victim's hands were removed.
"Despite this, we still investigated Mr. Hitoshi at the time, because there was a surveillance camera that Ms. Tomoko had entered the Nishinai shoe repair shop before she was killed, so we wanted to investigate."
"As a result, Miss Tomoko went to the shoe repair shop just to scrub her shoes, and didn't ask for any useful information."
The trail was interrupted.
If you want to know the murderer, the best thing to do at the moment is to find Tomoko Akimoto.
"Investigate Ms. Chizu's surrounding correspondents, find them and ask, and maybe you'll find out something. Of course, this can be time-consuming and effort-consuming. β
However, after finding them, it is best to protect their mother and daughter and try to meet them as secretly as possible, otherwise it will ......"
"It's going to kill you." Twilight Thirteen's expression was serious, "Miss Tang, I understand what you mean. β
"I'll contact you when I find her address. They may have been somewhat resistant to the police, otherwise they should have applied for personal protection at the time. β
Qinghai Chuantang understood what he meant.
Twilight Thirteen said solemnly, "Miss Tang, I'll leave it to you." β