Chapter 5: The Jewelry Store Mystery Case (Part II)
When I came to the jewelry store again, I didn't go straight to the jewelry store. Instead, I took a closer look at the environment along the street side of the jewelry store......
"What are you looking at?" Xiao Su asked me on the side.
I observed that there was a coffee shop on the opposite side of the road from the jewelry store, so I pointed my finger, ignored Xiao Su's words, ran directly to the coffee shop opposite, and found a seat by the window and sat down. In the coffee shop, I can really get a full view of the jewelry store, and I said to Xiao Su, "At a glance, you can even see the two locations of the showroom and the utility room." β
Xiao Su also looked at the opposite side and said, "Then you mean a premeditated crime?" If this is the case, that is to say, the perpetrator has observed for a long time before planning this operation, then there will be no continuous crimes in the short term, and it is very likely that he will disappear completely. β
After listening to this, I nodded and said to Xiao Su, "Yes, almost." But it's just a hypothesis, let's go two ways, you continue to follow the little security guard, and I'll check the jewelry store. β
After Xiao Su and I agreed, we both started to go our separate ways. After Xiao Su left, I went directly to the jewelry store, and when I entered the door, I saw the lobby manager of the jewelry store scolding the porters. I came in and said hello to him, and I began to take a closer look at the store. The stolen showroom was adjacent to the utility room, but after the last theft, the door lock has been replaced. However, I found that the door lock in the showroom was different from other door locks, and the security devices on the other doors were all with handles on both sides inside and outside, but the door lock in the showroom was replaced with a door lock without a handle.
At this time, the lobby manager of the jewelry store came up to me and said, "Comrade policeman, is there any clue to the case?" β
I smiled at the lobby manager and said, "Not yet, I'm just here to check today." By the way, who is the key to this showroom, I want to go in and see. β
The lobby manager took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, opened the door and said to me, "The boss and I have the keys to this room." β
When I entered the showroom with the lobby manager, I happened to catch up with the lobby manager bending down to pick up something, and I saw a jade pendant hanging around the lobby manager's neck. Then he asked the lobby manager: "Your pendant is so beautiful." β
The lobby manager fiddled with the jade pendant with his hand and said, "Well, this piece of jade is of good color, it is cold jade, also called jadeite." It was a token of love from my girlfriend. β
I nodded and said, "It seems that you have been in this business for many years, and it is the way to speak." "I had a casual conversation with the lobby manager while inspecting the environment of the showroom, and after learning about the stolen items, I was going to leave.
When leaving, the lobby manager pulled the door in for a long time, and finally said with a smile: "Hehe, I forgot, the door was opened inward before, and now the door is completely open outside." I smiled and left the showroom. Tell the lobby manager that I'll contact him again if I have a clue, but I've already observed a small detail at this point......
Back at the police station, I said to Xiao Su: "You don't have to go to the little security guard to help me find out the photos of the evidence collected at the scene." β
Xiao Su said with a displeased face: "Did you find any clues?" I won't look for it myself. After that, he showed me the photos recorded at the scene.
I carefully observed the forensic photos of the broken door lock at the scene, and finally let me figure out which detail was wrong. I said to Xiao Su, "You call the lobby manager of the jewelry store and ask him to come to the police station to make a record." β
Xiao Su looked at me coldly and said, "Are you used to calling me?" After that, he went to call.
Half an hour later, the lobby manager rushed to the police station and asked, "Officer Ji, is there any progress in the case?" I've got a lot going on in this store, so let's get it quickly. β
I looked at the lobby manager, smiled at him and said, "Well, there's a clue." Come, come over for a while, and ask you something. "This time, I didn't let the lobby manager stay in the office for questioning, but took him directly into the interrogation room, and Xiao Su hurriedly took the record book and followed me into the interrogation room.
During the interrogation, I said to the lobby manager in front of me, "Tell me, where are the stolen things hidden?" It's impossible for something so valuable to change hands at once, right? β
The lobby manager scratched his head and said, "Officer Ji, what are you talking about?" What's hidden? β
I shook my head and smiled and said, "Do you have to let me explain?" At the time of the incident, the door lock was deliberately broken from the showroom, resulting in the appearance of being damaged. In other words, the perpetrator entered the showroom first, and then broke the door lock to create a false impression for our police. β
When I finished speaking, Xiao Su, who was making a note on the side, asked puzzledly, "How can you be sure that the door lock was broken from the room?" β
I looked at Xiao Su, then at the lobby manager, and then said: "It can be seen from the photos of the crime scene that if the handle on the door lock is broken from the outside, then the handle and the door lock cover inside and outside must be tilted in the direction of the faΓ§ade, and the door handle and the door lock cover on the scene photo are inclined in the opposite direction of the faΓ§ade, because they are destroyed from the interior, so they cannot be broken in the direction of the door when the handle is broken." β
The lobby manager listened and asked, "What does that have to do with me?" β
I said to him, "Then I'll tell you more details, if you don't have to break the door lock, there are many ways to get into the showroom." Because this kind of single-row marble lock can be opened with tin foil, but if the tin foil is unlocked, it is filled with tin foil pieces little by little, and it needs to be tested, and no tin foil pieces can be found on site. β
After I finished this paragraph, I saw that Xiao Su and the lobby manager did not speak, so I continued: "There is also a swing needle to hook the bullet in the lock can also open the door, but, people who know how to open the lock know that this kind of public security door is a single-row bullet lock, which is 5 bullets, and the order of hooking starts from the 4th bullet, there is a certain rule, not a blind stab can be opened." At that time, the jewelry store was so dark that ordinary thieves would not use this method, and it was time-consuming. So, it's easiest to open the door directly with the key, you said that usually the key to this door is only for you and your boss, I think your boss won't be bored enough to steal his own things, right? You open the door and break the lock from the inside, and open the air window in the bathroom of the jewelry store to make it look like a burglary. And you know what is valuable, so you pick small pieces to take, am I right? β
The lobby manager sighed and said, "I did it." β
"Where's the stolen goods?"
"The thing is still there, and I haven't come here to sell it urgently. I want to raise money to save my girlfriend, who has leukemia......"
The case is closed, but I have mixed feelings. According to the sentencing provisions of China's Criminal Law: the amount of theft is particularly huge, and the statutory penalty is more than 10 years imprisonment and life imprisonment. The lobby manager chose to commit a crime in order to save his seriously ill girlfriend, but instead of saving his girlfriend, he will spend a long life behind bars in prison!