【Cae Detective PARO】Red Dahlia

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The belief that a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Menal one arequite capable of every wickedness. - Joseph Conrad

[Joseph Conrad (Poland-born British writer): It is unnecessary to attribute the production of evil to supernatural factors. Human beings themselves are sufficient to carry out every evil deed. 】

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2017. 8, 3

Time 9:55 on Panshan Expressway No. [-] in the outskirts of Aotu City

The location of the third parking area on the No. 45 Panshan Highway is remote, and it is during the rush hour when coming from the police station, which increased the original 10-minute drive to more than an hour. When the car got off, it was almost [-] o'clock.In the car, they heard a lot of news. It can be said that the situation in the urban area is in chaos. Competing for the headlines of the next day's paper, and the announcer of each news told these two insane cases in a tone of ghost story telling, and after finishing speaking in this tone, I started to speculate wildly. Some reporters said it was a serial murderer, and some reporters said it was the insane asylum that did not take good care of the patients. Of course, every reporter had to criticize the inefficiency of the Aotu City Police Department and the behavior of concealing the public.What's more, they directly scolded the Bump City Police Department as a model of inaction, comparing them to bad policemen who only eat, drink, prostitute, gamble and smoke with taxpayers' money.They are required to be severely reprimanded and immediately dismissed from get out of class.

Eh!Why don't you come to forensic medicine!I still want to go home and have a good rest!

Amy became furious when she heard the irresponsible speeches of those reporters. They all thought that the Bump City Police Department was awesome, and that such a vicious murder case could be solved within a day, and by the way Catch a few potential psychopaths or something.Sorry, we really don't have that much skill!We've already almost slept in the police station for this case!Then you think we are the CIA or FBI in the American TV series, as long as you find a random camera, you can zoom in 3 million times and clearly capture the suspect’s face, right?Then, if you get a murder weapon casually, you can use some kind of nano-fingerprint technology to collect fingerprints, right?It’s really a fun playground for the Forensic Medicine Office and the Trace Investigation Section, right? We’ve worked so hard to find clues that have been distorted by you reporters, but in the end you still want us to dismiss us?

Come on, I'm probably going to be out in a week anyway, and I'm not going to watch the news or listen to the radio anymore.

Camille looked at the forensic doctor beside him who was bristling because of anger, chuckled, and then told the driver in front to turn off the radio.

"Do not be angry."

"Hmph, those people don't even know how lucky we are for this case."

Just now, Amy also received the general news from the bureau, saying that the higher-ups knew about the court and the university, and changed the deadline for solving the case from the previous two weeks to one week. If the case cannot be solved in one week, A series of people responsible for this case, including Daniel, all packed up and left.After hearing the news, Amy almost broke the cake fork that Camille handed him just now.

Seeing Amy biting the cheesecake she bought angrily, Camille patted Amy on the shoulder and said comfortingly.

"Don't be angry, we have to go for an autopsy later."

"The top is really irresponsible! It seems that we can quickly solve the case by letting us all go out and replace them with a new batch of so-called good detectives."

"That's bureaucracy."

Camille knows the current situation, and it is a little bit of help if he can help a little bit.The current situation is that the entire police station is in dire straits. Of the three cases that happened today, two of them had too much influence. They were all in public places and would cause a sensation after they happened.It is impossible for the students in the university to say that there is no good thing. The students who talk about it will only make the rumors they heard more shocking. In the court, this postman head is enough to cause a sensation, not to mention Giving the head of the current chief justice is equivalent to challenging the authority of the entire legal system of Bump City, and is this the effect he wants... Camille pondered.Judging from the current situation, Big Brother and Brother An will be in a very passive state of investigation due to the current media and the oppression from above, while the forensic and trace departments will also be in a state of being urged.In this way, the whole situation will be guided by one thing, public opinion.

This is the last situation Camille wants to see. If public opinion guides the entire investigation, then their every move will be very passive.The higher-ups will easily issue instructions based on public opinion, and the public will also put pressure on the Aotu City Police Department because of public opinion.If the person who guides public opinion is still the existence of EvilEight, then things will develop in the worst direction, and the whole city will fall into public panic because of this series of red dahlia cases. If you are in danger, then the crime rate will rise accordingly.The moment the citizens of a city believe that the police cannot keep them safe, the results are bound to be fatal.

It is estimated that the Bump City Police Station has almost been crushed by the reporters, Camille looked out the window, thinking.

And, sure, someone is behind the media push, could it be EvilEight or someone else we don't even know about?

There must be people in the police station who leak to reporters, and this is one of them.

Second, is this one of the purposes of EvilEight?

Could he do something terrible by sending a city into a panic over a loss of confidence in the police?

Now, what I can do is to analyze the psychological description and psychological characteristics of these crimes as soon as possible, and help the entire Bump City Police Department solve the case.and...

It must be within the deadline of this week.

"Camille, tell me, what if I really lose my job."

The dull hair on Amy's head drooped slightly because of loss, and he resisted the thought of reaching out to touch Amy's head.

"Can you go to the hospital and try?"

"Forget it, I'm not interested in this aspect, there are too many medical troubles."

Then you can go back to Boston with me. Originally, Camille wanted to say this, but considering that the little forensic doctor is not in a good mood now, he might misunderstand what he meant, so he chose to keep silent.Soon, they arrived at their destination. After the driver parked the car, Amy got out of the car with the toolbox, and Camille looked around and observed the environment.

Large tracts of forest are the most common things to see when driving on this road around the mountain. Of course, you may also see small stones and dead vines rolling down on the mountain wall or cliff from time to time.

"It's a very suitable place to dump the corpse."

"Well, very few people come here, and basically the peak tourist season is in January and February when the natural scenic spot here snows."

So no one will come in August, right? Camille followed Amy to the Cadillac surrounded by traffic police detectives. He saw a woman with short green hair directing Watching the police detectives set up roadblocks, the woman turned around and saw the two of them, and came forward.

"Traffic crime team leader, Montezuma, you are the professor invited by the bureau, aren't you?"

"Hello, Professor of Criminal Psychology, Camille."

"You look a bit like a thunder lion."

The two shook hands, and then she directed the detectives to go to the foot of the mountain to maintain order, and promised that there would be no leaks and no reporters would find out that there was also a murder here.Amy, on the other hand, held a magnifying glass and a thermometer and began to conduct a preliminary autopsy.

"I heard that there are still two cases in the urban area. I asked my subordinates to block the traffic in the city as much as possible, but I still think it is better for me to take charge of it myself."

"Well, what's the current situation?"

"A pair of mother and son who went up the mountain to play found the car earlier. The mother called the police because she was worried that the owner of the car would have an accident. When we arrived, the victim was dead."

Zuma then introduced the basic situation here. On this historic winding mountain road, there is only one camera for testing whether the car is speeding every 500 meters. There are two nearby toll stations and one gas station. One toll booth is located at the foot of the mountain, and the other is located at the intersection of the urban-rural junction two kilometers away. They have already contacted and asked the Aotu City Traffic Management Bureau for the list of toll collectors who are responsible for the two toll booths this week. , always ready to ask.As for the surveillance cameras, they also applied to the Traffic Management Bureau, but they need necessary documents such as search warrants to obtain all the surveillance videos of the entire Huanshan Expressway. Fortunately, because of the special situation in the bureau, the All the search warrants related to the case will be handled by Qiu, so they can get the search warrants quickly.The gas station is located halfway up the mountain, and Zuma of course sent police detectives to inquire. According to the convenience store owner in the gas station, he has seen this type of Cadillac at least three or four times this week. The reason for seeing it is that he sometimes goes to the side of the road far away from the gas station to smoke and recognize the car. That is to say, if the owner of the convenience store is not going to smoke on the roadside, the car drives past He is simply invisible in the convenience store.As for the staff of other gas stations, I have no impression, because they only come out to help customers refuel when they are refueling, but most of the time, customers will choose to refuel manually, and only those drivers who are new to the road will ask them to refuel. That is to say, they may not even know that the suspected Cadillac stopped at their gas station with a dead body.As for the surveillance camera at the gas station, it was an old model five years ago. The images it captured were fuzzy and noisy, and they were just used to scare oil thieves in nearby villages. That’s all, the gas station’s The leads basically fell through.But Camille didn't think it would help if the gas station's surveillance video was intact.Don't have too much hope for the surveillance video, you know, there is a guy behind this case who can change the surveillance video at will, so... the only hope can only be pinned on the staff of the toll booth?

"Where's the car?"

"It's a dead end. The owner of this car reported the case five days ago, which means it's a stolen car."

No one would be stupid enough to use their car to dump the body, Camille squeezed his scarf.

"There is something."

"Ok?"

"I smelled paint when I first started driving. I don't know what it is, but I can be sure it is paint."

"The deceased was not a painter, but a lawyer. This has nothing to do with her work."

"This is not my business. I went to the foot of the mountain to direct my subordinates. If you need anything, just talk to the police officer present, professor."

Speaking of which, Montezuma walked into a car, started the engine and drove down the mountain.Pigment... Camille thought back to the taste Montezuma had just mentioned.Unknowingly, he walked to the abandoned Cadillac carrying the deceased. At this time, Amy was still holding tools and conducting a preliminary autopsy. When he saw Camille coming, he said hello.

"Did Montezuma say something?"

"Basically, let's talk about the analysis of the geographical situation here. How about the corpse?"

The red dahlia had already been taken out and put into the evidence bag. At this time, if he didn't know that the woman lying in the back seat was already a dead person, he might have thought that she was simply asleep.

"No obvious trauma. No knife wounds, bullet holes or even strangulation marks. I didn't even find blood in the car. The only thing I found suspicious was a bruise on the back of her neck from before she died, but it was not. Not fatal. I can only do further examination after the body is returned to the police station."

"Could it be poisoning or something?"

"Not really, more like sudden death from a heart attack or something. But this bruise really bothered me."

As she spoke, Amy lifted the collar of the deceased's neck with a pen, and Camille saw a large piece of bluish-purple bruised skin.What exactly caused this bluish-purple congestion?Is it related to this case?

"How about the corpse spot? Can you determine the time of death?"

"Hang."

Amy glanced at the deceased who didn't rot, and explained.

"The deceased had no external injuries and the temperature at night on the mountain is much colder than that in the urban area. Moreover, judging from the fact that the seat backs and cushions were cold when I got into the car, I think the car should have been thrown away by the murderer. After the car windows were sealed, the air conditioner was still running at the lowest temperature. And”

"It's no wonder that it has been able to achieve the point where there is no rot."

Camille asked for a pair of gloves from the officer who remained outside and opened the hood of the Cadillac.

"The battery is dead. According to the performance of Cadillac and the quality of the battery, this car can guarantee 12 hours of air conditioning after ignition at most."

"In such a closed environment, it is unlikely that there will be any insect activity, so... my sister's entomology will not be useful here."

The two then took a closer look at the overall condition of the car, and found two open incubators filled with water in the trunk.

"ice water"

Camille touched it with her finger and found that the water was still a little cool.

"It took great pains to keep the temperature inside the car low."

"It is estimated that the two incubators were filled with ice cubes. After the deceased was dumped, the murderer opened the two incubators by the way."

"Then death time will be a big problem..."

The two knew that there were no valuable clues at the scene at this moment, so they called the forensic assistant who followed to put the body into the body belt, and asked the police officers of the traffic department to use this car as a corpse dumping tool The car was transported back to the bureau through the trailer of the Traffic Management Bureau.It was almost twelve noon when the trailer arrived and the car was loaded.

"What's the matter, seeing how preoccupied you are?"

Amy walked to Camille, who was still sullen, and asked.

"The Montezuma team leader mentioned to me before that she smelled paint when she was driving."

"Paint? But our dead was a lawyer."

"Yeah, unless she has a penchant for painting watercolors, the smell of the paint..."

"Probably from our murderer."

However, relying on this alone is obviously not enough. You must know that there may be a large number of painters who specialize in painting with paint in the entire Bump City, not to mention those who are not full-time painters, but just like to go there on weekends as a hobby Park is the kind of person who writes about life.It can be said that the clue of pigment alone is very small.

At any rate, knowing the clue of this paint is more or less a harvest.

"Do you have any other ideas?"

After letting the forensic assistants drive the body back to the police station, Amy went straight to Camille who was watching the scenery by the side of the road, put down the toolbox, and leaned obediently beside her.

"...still contradictory."

"Ok?"

Camille looked at the corpse truck driving farther and farther, thought for a while, and came to the conclusion he understood on the scene...contradictory.

"What happened today is a huge contradiction in itself, and it also makes me sure that the murderer should not be the same person. I suspect that at least three people are suspected of committing the crime."

"Why do you say that?"

"Sending the head to the justice, making the dead into a skeleton and putting it in the classroom of the public class, all these show a kind of arrogance and arrogance. Those dead women are his works that he wants to show himself. But in It’s different on this freeway because he’s hidden in a very remote parking area, and if he wanted to make a splash he could have put his car in the busiest part of downtown for people to spot.”

"Camille, you mean to say..."

"I think this murderer may be the same person as the third murderer, Sarah Besson, the photographer. As for the rest, it's just guesswork, but I think, with the degree of cruelty and arrogance It is predicted that the dead in the park and the murderer who sent the head to the court may have been done by the same person. Both of them divided the dead woman's body into parts and both had acts of provoking the police and society. By analogy, the fire The criminal methods of the deceased at the scene and the paparazzi who was made into a skeleton are a bit different. It may be killed by one person, or two people. However, there are so many cases where the criminal methods and criminal signatures do not match. It's the handwriting of one person."

At least three criminals...

Can't the lunatic asylum take good care of the patients?Amy thought to herself and lamented that her workload would continue to increase.

"Let's go, there is nothing to see on the top of the mountain. It is estimated that there are six corpses in the morgue, at least the corpses are waiting for me to go back."

"Human head and skeleton?"

"If we don't go back, my old sister will cut off my head."

Camille nodded, opened the car door and let Amy get in the car first, and then the two followed the trailer all the way to the police station.