Chapter 05: The Fog of Murder

(September 23) countdown day 98

In the morning, Qingshan Police Station, Chengbei New District, City C.

The autopsy reports were delivered one after another, and as the head of the criminal investigation team, Xiao Feng immediately presided over the case analysis meeting.

The time of the homicide was determined to be between 10 p.m. and 12 p.m. on July 21; The autopsy results further showed that the man lying on the ground died of a knife wound, and a strangulation mark was found on the neck of the man leaning on the sofa, and the direct cause of death was suffocation from the neck pressed by external force; Wound analysis determined that the fruit knife inserted in the deceased's chest was the only tool used to commit the crime at the scene, and the fruit knife had the fingerprints of two deceased people; After DNA comparison, the deceased lying on the floor was named Zhao Yonggang, 32 years old, and the deceased leaning on the sofa was named Duan Kui, 35 years old, both of whom had no legitimate occupation; The information also shows that both deceased had criminal records, committed multiple burglaries and had been sentenced to prison as co-defendants; No other suspicious fingerprints were found at the scene of the crime.

Room 604 was rented by the deceased Duan Kui through an intermediary five months ago, and the owner of the house lived in another upscale community in City C. Zhang Kai, the sanitation worker who first discovered the murder, got off work at 7:30 p.m. on the 21st, and he should take a leave of absence the next day, and after getting off work, he invited his colleagues to play cards in the rented house until 4 o'clock in the morning, and ruled out the possibility of committing the crime through investigation.

There are three gates in the community, and the surveillance video shows that no one or vehicles have left the community through the three gates between 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock, and it is normal for it to rain or rain at that time; The people and vehicles who entered the community during this time period were investigated and no suspicious points were found. Interviews with residents of the community also found no strong clues.

"There are a lot of suspicions." Xiao Feng finished dictating the basic information he currently had, closed the file, and narrowed his trademark thin eyes again. As a crime-solving machine that terrifies criminals in the Aoyama area, his thin eyes are a sharp knife that can tear complex mysteries by surprise.

"Duan Kui was strangled to death? Why? Strangled first, and then stabbed, isn't the murderer doing this too much? Cheng Zhiyuan was puzzled by the autopsy results.

"There was a clear time gap between the two attacks on Duan Kui, as evidenced by the blood flow at the scene. So, what was the purpose of the murderer? Xiao Feng said.

"Maybe it's to cover up? The stab wound caused the deceased's neck to blur the flesh and blood, and without advanced autopsy detection methods, it is difficult to find the strangulation marks on the neck. Chen Zhiyuan said.

"Yes, the murderer's purpose was to mislead the police into believing that the deceased had died with a fruit knife, and that the fruit knife had only the fingerprints of the other deceased and the murderer himself. The killer wants us to believe that Duan Kui died by suicide or at the hands of another deceased. Xiao Feng took Cheng Zhiyuan's words and continued to analyze.

"What if Duan Kui dies from another deceased?" Liu Qing asked.

"If your assumptions are true, the problem is again. Zhao Yonggang clearly died of a knife wound, if it was Zhao Yonggang who killed Duan Kui, then who killed Zhao Yonggang? If Zhao Yonggang committed suicide after killing someone, how should the seven or eight stab wounds on his body be explained? Xiao Feng said.

"I tend to rule out that Zhao Yonggang died by suicide. A person who is determined to commit suicide should not have that kind of expression...... Angry expressions. Cheng Zhiyuan said.

"I was even more convinced of the initial judgment that there must have been a third person at the scene of the crime. The man who closed the curtain was the third man, and the evidence was a fresh crack in the curtain. That kind of rift can only be caused by excessive force in a hurry. Xiao Feng said.

"Could it be caused by one of the deceased?" Cheng Zhiyuan asked.

"I believe not. If one of the two deceased had premeditated murder, he could have calmly closed the curtain before committing the murder. If two people impulsively kill someone in a quarrel and then close the curtains after the murder, there is no need to be so hasty that the curtains are broken. Don't forget, the brand new fruit knife is aimed at premeditated murder. Xiao Feng got up from his chair and stomped back and forth: "A crime scene with premeditated tendencies, what happened in a hurry?" In a hurry...... ...... in a hurry"

"Could it be that the murder case has been revealed...... Someone witnessed the crime? Did you find any suspicious points during your visit? Xiao Feng suddenly asked.

"When you ask like this, I think the 8th floor of Building 15 directly opposite is called ...... Call ......" Liu Qing couldn't answer.

"Yao Xiaofei." Cheng Zhiyuan reminded her.

"Yes, Yao Xiaofei has doubts." Liu Qing said.

"Oh?" Xiao Feng and Cheng Zhiyuan sighed almost at the same time.

"There is no concrete evidence, it's just an intuition between women." Liu Qing said.

"You can't rely on intuition to solve crimes." Cheng Zhiyuan said.

"Tell me your intuition." Xiao Feng said.

I remember when I asked her what TV she watched last night, she hesitated and replied that she didn't remember, and that a person who was comfortably eating ice cream and watching TV would not remember what she watched the next day? It doesn't make sense; When I asked her if the window was closed that night, she was equally hesitant, and I noticed that she moved, consciously or unconsciously, subconsciously trying to block our view of the balcony; The most important point is that when we were leaving, she hesitated, wanted to say something but didn't say anything, she watched us enter the elevator, the moment the elevator door was about to close, her eyes were very strange, I can't say what that look was, it just felt very strange. Liu Qing finished his questions in one breath.

"Well, this is an important clue, you go and visit this Yao Xiaofei again. I suspect that a third person at the scene of the crime may have found something. Xiao Feng nodded, "In addition, we have to expand the scope of the investigation, and mobilize the surveillance video of entering and leaving the community from 0:00 in the morning to the morning when work is working, focusing on the people and vehicles who leave the community during this period." ”