“？？？”

Natasha fell silent for a long time, or rather, she froze in place for a long time.

After making sure that she had heard correctly, she subconsciously asked:

"Who's the murderer?"

In fact, the moment she asked, she felt like a fool, although the trial court could not be said to be all geniuses, but a judge had been following this case for more than a week, and he had no clue, and the guy in front of him had only been in contact with this case for a minute, and he was still reading the case file.

However.

"In the first case, the deceased was killed while driving a steam locomotive, the car should have been newly bought, and the person who killed her was her friend or close relative, if there is someone who can control the steam locomotive, the suspicion will be increased by 30%, if someone is a doctor or nurse, it will be increased by another 30%, if someone's alibi is valid within 48 hours, the suspicion will be increased by another 30%, if someone takes all three points, then it will be good to be arrested and interrogated."

"Huh? This amount. Why? Natasha asked.

Of course, I have to ask, this kind of person who has watched the case file for a minute has directly drawn the scope of the murderer, and no matter how you think about it, it seems like casual nonsense.

And the man in the cell seemed to have known that there would be such a process, and before the other party could ask, he began to answer in advance.

"The deceased was the daughter of a noble family, who disappeared for two days, and when she was found, her limbs were cut off, her head was chopped off, and she was still in the alley in separate bags, which is very strange in itself."

"What's so strange?"

"Do you know how hard it is to split the corpse?

In these years, there are only two possibilities for the murderer to split the body, the first is that the murderer himself has a psychological appeal, that is, he likes to split the body.

The second type does not like to divide the body, but has to do it. ”

Sherlock didn't seem to mean anything, and then gestured to the case file that had been pushed out just now: "You can look at the photo of the dismemberment, the knife is messy, it is not a skilled worker at all, and it is estimated that it took seven or eight hours to chop up before and after."

There is also a photo, that is, the one on the left lower limb, the residual blood on the skin is coffee-colored, which is the color of blood and stomach acid mixed together, that is, the murderer vomited during the amputation.

This kind of person, no matter how you think about it, shouldn't be the type who likes to chop up corpses.

So, naturally, it was another ——— had to be dismembered. ”

Natasha was still dumbfounded, as a judge, she could keep up with Sherlock's train of thought, but she couldn't continue to think along this line of thought, so after a while, she couldn't help but ask again:

"Then you have to amputate your leg to lock down the murderer?"

"Of course." Sherlock said: "This kind of thing excludes hobbies or venting anger, so there are only a few common reasons, such as the most common: easy to carry."

But you see that the parts of the body are very fragmented, the arms and legs are very fragmented, but the torso is left intact.

The torso is the heaviest, and the volume is also the largest, if it is for carrying, the torso must be the first target to be chopped, but the murderer just didn't take care of this piece, which is very unreasonable.

Then there are other reasons, such as cutting several corpses into pieces and piecing them together to disrupt the timeline, or simply piecing together another corpse.

But I don't think the coroner of the Inquisition Court will be able to hide this kind of thing.

In addition, what else do you want to bury the corpse conveniently, or take it to a far away place in batches, or if you have a scar birthmark on your body, you want to hide it, or even want to eat the corpse and destroy it, and chop it up for easy cooking.

In short, none of this is suitable for this case, after all, people have already generously thrown the body into the alley.

So, now the most plausible explanation is. The murderer dismembered the body in order to hide the posture of the deceased. ”

"Pose?"

"That's right, an hour after the death of a person, the mortis will appear, the muscles will contract, the joints will not move, you must know this very well, so imagine that after the murderer killed the deceased, there was a period of time, there was no way to dispose of the body, so he could only leave it in place, and when he came back, he found that the corpse was already hard, and the posture of the corpse was maintained, you can know what the deceased was doing when he died, and at the same time, the murderer will be quickly exposed.

Then there is no way, the murderer can only chop off all the arms and legs of the deceased, anyway, all the joints are chopped up, section by section, and he is not afraid that others will see what clues are coming. ”

Speaking of this, Sherlock made a very distracted appearance of sitting in his seat and holding the steering wheel of a steam locomotive with both hands: "Then like this, a fool knows what the dead are doing, right?"

If you think about it this way, the murder method is obvious.

At that time, the deceased was preoccupied with driving, and the murderer was sitting behind her, using a knife or an awl, directly into the back of the deceased's neck, the deceased died on the spot, and this place is the extension of the human brainstem, the nerve intersection center, after being destroyed, the limbs lose nerve control, but the muscle tone is still there, so it will maintain a posture for a long time.

This also explains why the murderer took great pains to cut off the deceased's head, because the deceased had an obvious wound on the back of his neck, and at a glance, he knew how he died, and when he was found by the forensic doctor, he would definitely think of the key point of 'posture'.

And those who can pay attention to these details can't be said to be doctors or nurses, but 30% of the suspicion is still worth trying.

And I read the confession of the deceased's father in the case file.

As a nobleman, it is normal to worry about his daughter's safety and not want to buy her a steam locomotive, but the father probably didn't know that his daughter had already secretly bought one with pocket money, the children of rich families are really happy, in short, the deceased has been secretly practicing during this time, so she should need a coach, of course, the friend who can drive is the most suspicious, and sitting in the back seat of the car, it is easy to aim at the back of the deceased's neck for a while.

As for why I was listed as a suspect with a 48-hour alibi, it was because after the corpse was stiffened, it would soften again within 48 hours, but the murderer couldn't wait so long, so she was in a hurry to dissect the body for her 48-hour alibi.

So in this way, who is the specific murderer, you should be able to lock it soon, there is no such person in the case file, it is estimated that because of the alibi, he was screened out of the suspect option. ”

In this way, Sherlock was able to solve the first case very quickly, and the whole investigation took less time than he explained.

As for the second murder case, it is even simpler, that is, a pregnant woman in her 30s was dismembered, directly cut in half, the intestines and stomach and the little life that was not born were thrown to the ground in a mess, and the deceased was found to be the administrator of the warehouse, and the husband of the deceased, who was awakened by the smell of blood in the middle of the night, and when he opened the door of the warehouse, he saw the body of his wife split in two scattered at both ends of the warehouse, and he was directly frightened and called the police.

What is worth noting is that the entire warehouse is actually empty, without any blocking, that is, when the warehouse keeper opens the warehouse door, he can clearly see that there are only the dead inside, and the four walls are sealed, and even the vents are grid-shaped, not to mention that people can't get out, and even the keys can't be stuffed in.

But the door to the warehouse was locked, and the spare key was left next to the deceased.

That is, unless the murderer will pass through the wall, there is no way for him to leave the warehouse, and another answer is the amount. The husband of the deceased was the murderer.

In fact, when he saw this case, he felt that it was too simple, because as long as he checked the network around the deceased and found a guy with a height of about 1.5 meters, that person would definitely be the murderer; That's why I had that question at the beginning.

Oh, yes

That's it?

Just two simple cases?

How is this possible?

So, Sherlock got up and walked to the bars of the prison step by step:

"I know that you didn't come to me just for these two cases

Although the two cases occurred in close proximity, the locations spanned two administrative states.

There was no reason why they were bound together, but on the printed pages, I could see that the paper clips were overlapping.

They used to be in the same file."

Sherlock said, his eyes fixed on Judge Natasha outside:

"What the hell is going on out there, serial killer? You can't handle that guy, can you?

Moreover, there are a lot of imitators inexplicably, right? The perpetrators of these two murders do not look like they are alone. ”

As he spoke, Sherlock suddenly frowned, because he found that if it was just a serial murderer, it didn't seem to be enough for an inquisition official to travel thousands of miles to meet his death row prisoner in the blood prison.

So.

"That killer will foretell the next dead?

Even if he tells you in advance who he wants to kill, won't you be able to protect your target?

Hehe, that's interesting!

Who is his next target? Tell me it must be a big deal, or you won't be able to come to me. ”

Sherlock said, with a certain incomprehensible excitement in his tone, and he even leaned his face close to the bars of the prison and pressed against the gap, as if he were trying to squeeze the pale face out of it.

Looking at the eyeballs staring at her in the crack of the iron bar, Natasha took a few deep breaths, she thought of her own task for this trip, but she still hesitated, and then slowly said a name:

"That man we call Jack the Ripper, and every time he kills someone, he hides in the body of the deceased the target and time he wants to kill.

And half a month ago

In a corpse, the name "Florence Nightingale" appeared. ”

(End of chapter)