Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Hanged Female Model
Summer is coming, and the outlying islands are also ushering in typhoon season.
Coastal cities will be affected by typhoons in summer, not to mention remote island areas, where it is possible to cut off water and electricity in the event of a relatively strong typhoon.
Moreover, the only way to get to the outlying islands is by ferry, which also increases the difficulty of typhoon rescue, so whenever the typhoon season comes, the police station, fire station and hospital on the outlying islands will be on standby.
The island's residents have lived here for generations and have experienced many typhoons every year, and the experience of dealing with typhoons is actually very rich, and when human beings face natural disasters, it is still the best choice to unite together.
In the morning, after completing the first round of patrols, Ho returned to the police station.
In the big office of the police station, everyone is still busy with their own work, Guan Gong is holding a small teacup and sipping the freshly brewed gongfu tea; Liang Bao sat at the computer and sorted out the documents; Taishan held dumbbells, sweating like rain, and when Du Xiaohe passed by him, he deliberately puffed out his biceps.
At this time, the phone rang, and Du Xiaohe walked over and picked up the phone.
"What? Homicide case? Okay, I'll see the notification right away. Du Xiaohe put down the phone and said to Liang Bao: "Someone called the police, saying that there was a murder in the homestay, and the details have been sent to the computer by the main station." ”
Liang Bao immediately checked on the computer, and sure enough, he found the report information sent by the main station.
"The location of the informant is Aunt Xian's homestay." Liang Bao said.
"Let's go, leave two people on duty, and the others will go to the police with me!" Guan Gong said excitedly.
He Jiahui asked with some curiosity: "Guan Gong, you stay at the police station on weekdays to drink kung fu tea, why are you planning to go to the police today?" ”
"This is a murder!" Guan Gong continued; "I've been a police officer for more than 20 years, and I haven't encountered such a big case!"
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Guan Gong didn't lie, there is no decent big case in a place like the outlying island.
Not only Guan Gong, but also other police officers from the Cheung Chau Island Police Station have never handled major cases, and the most they can do on weekdays is to deal with disputes and help tourists show them the way.
Probably the biggest case handled by the outlying islands police station is to crack down on smugglers, and some smugglers from Southeast Asia may stay on the outlying islands.
However, most of the arrest tasks are still carried out by the Marine Police. The Marine Police are well-equipped, not only with boats, but also equipped with heavy weapons, and ordinary gangsters can only surrender obediently in the face of the round-up by the Marine Police.
At this time, there was a murder case, and the people in the Changzhou Island Police Station were very excited, and under the leadership of Guan Gong, everyone rode bicycles to the scene of the crime.
The place where the crime occurred was a homestay, and the owner of the homestay was a lady in her early fifties, because she had the word "Xian" in her name, and everyone called her Aunt Xian.
Aunt Xian is a native of Cheung Chau Island, her children are all adults, and they have all left Cheung Chau Island, while Aunt Xian and her husband run two homestays together.
Aunt Xian, a local native, is familiar with the police, and when she saw the police coming, she immediately greeted her.
"Aunt Xian, did you call the police?" Seki asked.
"Yes, it's me who called the police, Guan Gong, you go in and take a look, it's dead, it's inside!" Aunt Xian said in a panic.
Under the leadership of Aunt Xian, everyone walked into the B&B and came to one of the rooms.
As soon as he entered the door, He Jiahui couldn't help but shiver, it was a little cold in this room.
He Jiahui looked up and saw that the air conditioner was on and spraying cold air outside.
"Aunt Xian, why is the temperature of this air conditioner so low?" He Jiahui asked directly.
"I don't know, I didn't drive it, when I came, the air conditioner was like that." Aunt Xian continued: "It's really a little cold in the house, I'll turn off the air conditioner!" ”
"Don't close it yet, don't destroy the scene, and then turn off the air conditioner after the forensic evidence is completed." He Jiahui said.
Aunt Xian nodded, then pointed to the location of the bathroom, and said, "The people are there!" ”
Everyone immediately walked to the bathroom door, only to see a woman hanging from the ceiling, with a rope around her neck, her body motionless, and she had already lost her breath.
"Hanged again." He Jiahui muttered to himself.
"Again? Jiahui, have you ever encountered a case of hanging before? Guan Gong immediately asked.
"I solved a murder case before, which is quite bizarre, the deceased was hanged, and then pretended to commit suicide, and was regarded by his wife as a real suicide, and then disguised as an accident to cheat insurance." Ho Ka-fai said and looked at the deceased.
The deceased was a young woman, twenty-four or five years old, neatly dressed, with clothes and shoes, but her hands were tied behind her back and her feet were also tied.
Looking further down her face, her mouth was sealed with duct tape, making it impossible for her to open her mouth for help, and at the corner of her eye, there was a trace of eyeshadow hanging from the corner of her eye to her cheek, apparently she had cried before her death, and the tears dissolved the eyeshadow and then left it on her face.
Considering that the deceased's hands and feet were tied, it is clear that he was killed. If you commit suicide, you can't tie your hands and feet first.
When I looked further on the ground, I didn't see anything like a stool.
"How did she hang herself without a stool or anything like that?" Ho Ka-fai looked into Room I, wanting to see if there was anything suitable for hanging himself.
There is a sofa in the bedroom area, which doesn't look very suitable for carrying, and a suitcase that can be hung up at a visual height.
Of course, He Jiahui cannot rule out that it was the murderer who picked up the deceased and hung it on the rope.
At this time, Guan Gong next to him asked, "Jiahui, you are the only one here who has handled a murder case, what should I do now?" ”
He Jiahui immediately replied: "First of all, we must determine the cause of death and the time of death. ”
"Didn't she hang herself?" Guan Gong asked subconsciously.
"On the surface, it looks like he was hanged, but the real cause of death still has to wait for the forensic doctor to confirm, and the time of death has to rely on the forensic doctor to know. So the first thing to do now is to notify the forensic department and send a forensic doctor and forensic examiner. He Jiahui replied.
"I'm going to contact the Forensic Section right away." Liang Bao turned around and left, and went back to the police station to contact the forensic medical examiner.
"The next step is to find a way to confirm the identity of the deceased." He Jiahui turned his head to look at Aunt Xian: "Aunt Xian, you opened this homestay, and the deceased should also be your guest, right?" ”
Aunt Xian nodded, and He Jiahui said, "Okay, let's exit first, don't destroy the scene." Aunt Xian, you need to provide information about the deceased. ”
Everyone exited the room, He Jiahui took Aunt Xian aside, and then asked, "Aunt Xian, about the situation of the deceased, as long as you can think of it, please tell me everything." ”
"Her name is Zheng Jiazhen, she seems to be a model, they came to me three days ago, saying that they were going to stay for a week and shoot some kind of promotional video." Aunt Xian replied.
"They? Does that mean that the deceased had other companions? He Jiahui asked.
"Yes, they are three men and one woman, and they have asked for four rooms, and they all live here." Aunt Xian replied.
"Is it in another room?" He Jiahui immediately asked.
"Yes, that, that, and that." Aunt Xian pointed to the room next to her, and then said, "But there is no one inside, I knocked on their door, and no one came out." ”
"Go see if there's anybody, and then get the information registered in these rooms." He Jiahui immediately commanded.
Du Xiaohe immediately complied, and licked the dog Taishan and followed over to help.
Ho Ka Fai continued to ask; "Aunt Xian, please tell me what happened to the deceased."
"This morning, I came over to clean the guest's room."
"What time is the morning?" He Jiahui interrupted Aunt Xian.
"I opened two B&Bs, my family stayed in the other B&B, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, I walked here from my house and rode here, about ten minutes.
To clean the room, it can't be too early, not too late, if it's too early, the guest hasn't gotten up yet, and if it's too late, the guest comes back to rest, so it's usually between 10 and 11 o'clock. Aunt Xian said.
"Okay, Aunt Xian, you go on." He Jiahui said.
Aunt Xian continued: "After I came, I knocked on Miss Zheng's door, but no one opened the door, and there was no sound inside.
I usually start cleaning in the bathroom first, but as soon as I entered the toilet, I saw Miss Zheng hanging inside, I screamed in fright, and then I hurriedly went out and knocked on the other doors, but no one answered. Then I called the police, and here you are. ”
"Aunt Xian, since you started cleaning from the bathroom, that is, you haven't touched the things in the room? Didn't clean up either? He Jiahui asked immediately.
Aunt Xian nodded: "At that time, I was directly scared out and didn't move anything." ”
"Also, you just said that you opened the door with a key and came in, which means that the door was locked when you came." Ho Ka Fai then asked.
"I pushed through the door, and it was locked!" Aunt Xian nodded affirmatively.
He Jiahui walked to Guan Gong's side and said in a low voice: "I saw just now, there is no trace of damage to the door lock and window, and the windows are locked from the inside.
This also shows that the murderer did not break the door or break the window, but the deceased took the initiative to open the door and let the murderer in. It can almost be concluded that this is an acquaintance who committed the crime, and the deceased will only open the door to the other party because he knows the murderer.
The deceased came to the island with friends, so her friends were very suspicious. Of course, there is also this aunt, and the possibility of him committing murder cannot be ruled out.
Now what we have to do is to find the friends of the deceased, and then wait for the forensic department to come, if the forensic doctor can determine the time of death of the deceased, it will be of great help to us to locate the murderer. ”
Guan Gong nodded, it was the first time he had encountered a murder, and he was all under the command of He Jiahui.
At this moment, a man crossed the police cordon and walked into the homestay.
"Sir, this is a cordoned off area, you can't come in." A police officer immediately stopped the other party.
"I live here." The man spoke.
Aunt Xian saw the man and immediately spoke; "Mr. Cai, why did you come back, your friend Miss Zheng had an accident!"
"Zheng Jiazhen has an accident? What happened? The man hurriedly asked.
"He's a friend of the deceased?" He Jiahui opened his mouth and asked Aunt Xian.
"Yes, he is Mr. Cai, and he is here with Miss Zheng." Aunt Xian nodded.
He Jiahui immediately stepped forward: "Mr. Cai, I am Sheriff He Jiahui, now I need you to cooperate with the investigation, please show your ID card first." ”
Mr. Cai asked nervously while taking out his ID card: "Sir, what happened?" ”
He Jiahui took the ID card and looked at the name on it, the other party was Wuxing Lack of Wood, named Cai Mulin.
"Mr. Cai, what I can tell you now is that your friend, Miss Zheng Jiazhen, has met with an accident." He Jiahui said.
"Unexpected? Someone died? How so! The surprise and confusion in Cai Mulin's eyes seemed to be a normal reaction.
He Jiahui continued to ask, "Mr. Cai, there are a few questions that you need to answer. Are you visiting Cheung Chau Island for tourism or doing other things? ”
"We are a crew, and we came to the outlying islands to shoot commercials." While Cai Mulin answered, his expression was still sluggish, obviously not recovering from Zheng Jiazhen's death.
"And how many of you are there?" Ho Ka Fai then asked.
Cai Mulin immediately replied: "There are five people in total, I am the cameraman, as well as the director Xue Chaohui, the advertising actor Zhang Shaoyu, the heroine Zheng Jiazhen, and an assistant named Chen Weiting." ”
"Five people? But you only need four rooms. Is there one of them, who is a couple with Miss Zheng, and the two of them share a room? He Jiahui asked immediately.
"No, we have one room, the man advocates that Shaoyu does not live in a homestay, his family is from Cheung Chau Island, so he lives directly at home." Cai Mulin replied.
"Can you get in touch with the others?" He Jiahui asked again.
"Yes, I'll call them." Cai Mulin took out his mobile phone.
"Mr. Cai, if you don't mind, how about turning on hands-free?" He Jiahui said.
"Okay, I'll turn on hands-free." Cai Mulin was very cooperative, dialing the phone number and turning on hands-free.
Soon, the phones of the other three people were all connected, the director Xue Chaohui was in the hospital, and the advertising man advocated that Shao Yu was at home, and both said that they could come over immediately.
Chen Weiting, the assistant, was not on Cheung Chau Island, but he took a boat to Central yesterday afternoon, and then crossed the sea to Macao, and he could not return until the afternoon at the earliest.
A moment later, both the director and the male protagonist of the advertisement returned to the homestay, and both of them were surprised by Zheng Jiazhen's death.
Summoning several suspects, He Jiahui asked, "Several, when did you last see Zheng Jiazhen?" ”
Director Xue Chaohui took the lead in saying: "At about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, we ended the filming work, because today is the weekend, so I gave everyone a holiday, let everyone move freely, and then disbanded on the spot."
After that, except for the male advocate Shaoyu to go back to his home, the four of us went back to the homestay, and then each went back to the room, and I haven't seen Zheng Jiazhen since then. ”
"I'm the same, after I came back, I went straight back to my room, and I never saw Zheng Jiazhen again." Cameraman Cai Mulin replied.
The male advocate Shaoyu said: "My family lives on the island, and after the filming is completed, I will go home directly." ”
"The confessions of the first two people are the same, and now there is still an assistant Chen Weiting." He Jiahui said secretly in his heart
At this moment, Liang Bao rode his bicycle and returned to the B&B.
"The Forensic Section has been contacted, and the Forensic Section said let's protect the scene, and they have sent someone over." Liang Bao said.
He Jiahui nodded: "In this case, we can only continue to investigate after the forensic doctor determines the time of death of the deceased." ”
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