Chapter 139: Orchids
The victim was a lawyer, Chinese New Year's Eve, and according to the forensic doctor's judgment, the time of death was about 1 p.m. the day before yesterday, and the body has now been handed over to the family. ”
"The cause of death?"
"Thirteen stab wounds were found, but the result given by the medical examiner was that he died of excessive bleeding."
"Did the murder weapon stay at the scene?"
"Nope."
"At the time of the crime, did anyone in the vicinity hear the victim's cries for help?"
"Not either."
Nothing.
In addition to the blood stains that have not yet been cleaned up, there are only some small objects that can barely be counted as evidence and have been knocked down.
"Send me all the pictures of the bodies." Lu Wen said.
"I know what you mean, there are some tearing marks on the mouth of the corpse, and the victim once had his mouth sealed with duct tape." Wei Bo'an sent Lu Wen some photos.
As he said.
Although the tape and other tools are gone, they can still be seen.
Mouth gagged.
Could explain why there are no voices calling for help.
"There were strangulation marks on the wrists and neck, and the victim was tied before his death and could not resist, so there were no signs of large-scale chaos at the scene...... Thirteen stab wounds, but none of them were fatal, and the killer wanted the victim to suffer severe pain before he died, which could have been a vendetta. ”
"It's not that simple, this lawyer doesn't have an enemy on the surface."
Wei Bo'an leaned against the balcony outside and spoke slowly.
They had already done a survey in the past two days.
"The victim seems to be an honest lawyer, but after we investigated, we found that he secretly had some other dealings."
"What?"
"Let me tell you a few crimes, bribery, obstruction of testimony, giving false evidence, aiding in the destruction and fabrication of evidence...... Got it? ”
"Understood."
It turned out to be a money-collecting businessman.
Lu Wen looked at the two bedrooms next.
Nothing.
He returned to the living room.
Wei Bo'an was still on the balcony outside the living room, admiring a pot of orchids.
"Fingerprints, footprints, bodily fluids, stains, hair, etc., even a little bit of dander has been detected." Lu Wen didn't hold out much hope.
There is a very special case in the records of District 13.
The killer is quite capable of processing traces and will also falsify the scene.
At first, the executives were at a loss, but in the end, a little dander became the key to solving the case.
But now that Wei Bo'an came to him, this case is not so simple.
"No, nothing has been found about the murderer."
Sure enough, nothing.
"If I'm not mistaken, on the day of the crime, the surveillance in this neighborhood was also broken?"
"No, to be exact, the surveillance around here has been broken for years."
"Never repaired?"
"This is an old-fashioned community, and if the street lights are broken, you have to wait a month or two to replace them, and the property is all about self-awareness, let alone monitoring."
The camera is damaged, and the property is inactive.
According to the regulations, residents of the community can complain to the relevant departments.
But maybe it's because it's been relatively stable in the past few years, and no one uses the camera, so I just ignore it.
"The valuables are all at home, there is no trace of rummaging through the cabinets, and the murderer is not for money."
This kind of on-the-spot can leave inexperienced executives at a loss in the short term.
The only way to do this is to continue the investigation.
"To whom should all his property belong after he dies?"
"His parents."
"There's nothing wrong with it, it can't be his parents' ......"
Usually, it's either vendetta, killing, or interest-related, and it's easiest to start with these points.
At least there has to be a motive for the crime!
Even if none of these are the same.
With current technology, as long as the murderer can leave any traces, he can peel off the cocoon and close the big net of arrest step by step.
But......
Many cases are unsolvable.
"Since he is a lawyer and has had secret deals, he starts with the cases he has handled before, especially those cases that he has reversed black and white, which can be regarded as a breakthrough."
"I have thought of this for a long time, and the relevant personnel in those cases have alibis."
"Are you sure you're really not there?"
"Sure."
There is no motive.
The people who are most likely to do it on the bright side have alibis.
No clues were left.
Nothing was found from the survey.
"No wonder you thought it was an unmotivated killing."
Lu Wen also came to the balcony and leaned aside.
Motive homicide is widely recognized as the most difficult type of case to solve.
Such cases.
There was no direct connection between the killer and the victim.
In the case of a serial case, there is no potential connection between all the victims.
"Yes, but the killer left us a clue."
"What?"
"This pot of orchids." Wei Boan pointed to the plate of orchids on the windowsill, "The person who lives next door said that the victim had never raised an orchid, and this plate of orchids suddenly appeared the day before yesterday, and it was not there in the morning." ”
"This pot of orchids was left by the murderer?" Lu Wen walked in and observed it carefully, "Has its source been clarified?" ”
"No, we have investigated all the flower and bird markets in the vicinity, and everyone has been tired for the past two days, but the stall owners have said that it is not theirs."
"Maybe it's online shopping."
"Online shopping is not too far, we have looked for the flower and bird markets in the nearby areas, and some stall owners said that this pot of orchids has no ornamental value and the appearance has not been repaired."
"Wild orchids?"
The city of Mou is too big.
Cities with hundreds of millions of people.
Suburban villages and towns stretch far away.
Anywhere you look, you might find wild orchids.
"What does a pot of orchids mean?"
Lu Wen thought about the tragic situation of the victim's death.
Thirteen knives.
The number thirteen has a special meaning in some places.
"Is it for religious reasons?"
Lu Wen didn't have any record of this information in his head.
"In the history of Mowu City, are there any churches that use orchids as totems or symbols?"
"Orchids are regarded as Zen flowers by many Buddhists."
"I mean...... The more extreme kind. ”
"Nope."
Lu Wen looked at the orchid again and remembered the appearance of this pot of flowers.
The murderer left this pot of orchids to point them to clues.
The man wasn't worried that he would be found.
And there's a good chance he'll do it next.
Assertive.
Proud.
Sophisticated.
Lu Wen's eyes seemed to slowly present a vague image of a murderer.
He looked at all the rooms again.
There is nothing special about the two bedrooms.
Still nothing.
At last.
He still stayed in the study.
Most of the shelves are filled with books related to the law.
Lu Wen's gaze swept over each book.
Lots of books.
Heavy, thin, old, brand new.
Eventually, the gaze rests on a book of poems.
"Pushkin's Collected Poems."
"A book of poetry is mixed with countless books of knowledge of the law, not a pile of miscellaneous books on the other side...... The victim is an obsessive-compulsive disorder and he will not allow this to happen. ”
For people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
When a red bean is suddenly found in a pile of green beans, they will not hesitate to remove that red bean.
"This book of poems was left behind by the murderer?"
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