【Cae Detective PARO】Red Dahlia

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Andso, allthenighttideIlaydownbythesideofmydarling, mydarling.mylifeandmybride, inthesepulchertherebythesea.

[Edgar Allan Poe (famous American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic): So with the tide I lay beside her all night my darling my life and my bride Beside the tombs by the seaside, next to the tombs of the open sea]

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2017. 8, 2

Time 18:53 in Yunwu District, Outong City

After going through a long traffic jam during the rush hour and the constant stops and departures of the bus itself, the two finally arrived at the gate of Yunwu Community.

At this time, Amy had already changed out of his white coat and heavy leather shoes. Now he was wearing a gray mid-sleeve sweater, blue jeans with black and white stripes intersecting running shoes, and a white backpack. The six-pointed star pattern in the center makes people feel extra conspicuous.From when Amy came out of the dressing room on the B2 floor to when she was sitting on the bus, Camille always wanted to say that the current Amy doesn't look like a forensic doctor, but a college student who just finished class.

But in order to prevent the forensic kid next to him from being angry again and not helping him, Camille chose to complain silently in his heart.

Fortunately, it went smoothly from the police station to the bus, and there were no passengers on this bus, and the seats in the back were even more empty. They could sit freely in the back and discuss the case in a low voice. situation and don't have to worry about leaks.

"Why do you think there's a clue there?"

"If I told you it was intuition, would you believe it?"

"No, you are an expert in criminal psychology, you have your reasons to believe there are clues there."

"Now in the assumption I set, two people have been there, the one who killed and hid the corpse, and the one who set fire."

"You don't think this is a serial murder case committed by one person?"

"I think it is a multi-person crime. At least three different criminal signatures have appeared. You are a forensic doctor. You should have seen something wrong when you dissected the corpse."

"Well, the three deceased died in three different ways, and each method of killing has changed a lot. If it weren't for the same dahlia at the scene, our medical examiner's office might not have classified these three The case is investigated as a series."

"This is also a problem that has always troubled me. Obviously these three cases can be regarded as individual cases, but they are tied together because of that letter and that dahlia."

"Yeah, the top pressure is also very tight. If the case is not solved within two weeks, all the investigators of the case will have to leave."

"Typical bureaucracy."

While talking, the bus also arrived at the stop, and the two got off the bus at the gate of Yunwu Community and were questioned first.

"Bump City Police Department, medical examiner, Amy."

Amy showed her identity certificate to the security guard at the door, and after the security guard knew the identity of the visitors, he immediately understood the purpose of their visit, so he quickly let them go.At this time, the community was completely silent, and there were not many people to be seen when walking on the main road of the community, only the lights on a few buildings told that there were still people living in this community.

"This point should not be so quiet."

"After the fire broke out, although the murder case was not disclosed, many people felt that the safety of the place had become a hidden danger, so many people left the community."

If there is any trouble, you must first care about your own safety. Although it is true, it is really a typical evil of human nature.

When I came to the downstairs of the thirteenth building, there were still two policemen in police uniforms standing at the main entrance, and the yellow cordon was also stretched at the main entrance.It seems that the residents of this entire building should have left... Looking up at the dark windows of this building, Camille thought.

"Bump City Police Department, medical examiner, Amy."

"Is Amy's forensic doctor still here so late?"

"Well, the bureau said that there are still some places that need to be investigated."

"Who is that?"

"The criminal psychology expert invited by the serious crime team, don't worry, he's fine."

The police officer at the door nodded his permission, and Camille pulled up the cordon for a short distance, so that Amy could walk over with a stoop.

"you first."

"Thanks."

Then Camille squatted down and crossed the cordon. The two walked into the elevator one after the other and pressed the button on the top floor.

"You are quite a gentleman."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

"It was originally a compliment."

"Well, have all the residents of this building been evacuated?"

"Yeah, in order to avoid journalists among the residents, I simply contacted the real estate company in this community, and then they arranged a building for the aborigines here, but it seems that many people are afraid of another fire, so Few people go to stay, but quite a lot of people are looking for hotels.”

"That's normal. Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years."

"However, there are not many reporters here. The headlines of many newspapers are still the murder in the park. They don't care about the fire without any 'casualties'."

Just complaining, the elevator reached the top floor.Even after a day, they can still smell the smoke and gasoline.In order to prevent the cause of the fire from happening again in this place, the fire brigade cut off the electricity on the entire floor except the elevator. Of course, the two of them could not see any valuable clues by relying on the moonlight, so they both turned on the flashlights of their mobile phones and walked into the building. The apartment where the body was found.

"It burned so badly, no wonder Rodrey couldn't find anything."

Looking at the burn marks on the floor and walls, Amy also understood why Rodere complained that the workload here was too much.

"You didn't come here?"

"No, my sister came here, and I was at the department store at that time."

"That's it."

With the light of the mobile phone shining in the living room, Amy looked at the burnt and mutilated sofa and some damaged household appliances. Apart from these, he really didn't find anything of value.

"I didn't find anything, and to be honest, it would be nice if the fire was under control."

"Look at this, Amy."

Camille took the flashlight of his mobile phone and shone it on the smoke alarm above his head, and Amy walked to Camille's side.

"Made in Germany, a combined smoke alarm for apartment buildings. Once something happens to a family, the whole building will sound an alarm. I have seen it in the United States."

"At least when the fire broke out yesterday, it didn't help at all."

Amy didn't even want to look at the smoke alarm. Just as he was about to go to the bathroom where the body was found, Camille held his hand.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

"Have you got gloves and an evidence bag?"

"Yes, it's in my backpack."

"Take it out, I have a guess now."

Afterwards, Camille pushed a sofa chair that was burnt with only a shelf left, stepped on it so that he could reach out and touch the smoke alarm, took the gloves that Amy handed him, and began to inspect the sofa up close. Smoke detector.

"What are you thinking?"

"The fire brigade's report said the smoke alarm had a dead battery and that's why it didn't go off, right?"

"Well, that's right."

"When members of the arsonist crime unit interrogated the building's superintendent, the superintendent swore that he checked the smoke alarm batteries every two weeks, and the last time he came to check was last week, here Still a charged battery."

"Well, that's what the report says."

"That's right, but the fire brigade and the arsonist crime team believe that the building manager has a history of alcoholism and crimes, so he neglected the inspection here because of drinking, so his testimony is not credible."

Said Camille took the glove and opened the battery storage cover of the smoke alarm.

"But what if he's telling the truth?"

"You mean to say?"

"Someone deliberately swapped the old battery with the new battery, which can delay the arrival of the fire brigade. It was early in the morning when the case happened, and many people were sleeping at home. If it wasn't for a student who got up early, it would have been impossible to wait for the fire brigade to arrive. By the time someone on the next floor wakes up and finds the fire, the entire floor, including this smoke alarm and the body, may be gone."

"Also because of this idea...the prisoner probably didn't wear gloves when he installed the battery. Because the fire was discovered early, the flames only destroyed the traces on the floor and walls, while the smoke alarms on the ceiling and This battery can be said to be intact."

With that said, Camille took out the battery of the smoke alarm, and Amy hurriedly took out the evidence bag and put the battery in.

"That's the wishful thinking of the arsonist."

"But it's also possible that the prisoner was wearing gloves to install the battery."

"I know, but it's worth a try."

Amy nodded, and then put the evidence bag into her bag. After the two of them inspected the living room, they came to the bedroom.

Everything was the same as the scene that day, broken bricks and sawdust were scattered on the floor, a new passage was opened in the sealed bathroom with the splitting of the safety ax, and the bathtub in the bathroom was still emitting a stench. And the light source in the whole room is only Camille and Amy's mobile phone flashlights.Amy walked into the bathroom and shone around with her mobile phone, while Camille was in the outer bedroom, looking at the burnt big bed.

"The on-site investigators investigated all the traces that could be investigated, but there were no valuable clues in the end."

"Can't you find a place in the bathroom that hasn't been corroded by fire?"

"Most of the traces inside the bathtub were contaminated by the deceased's own blood, and other places, such as the sink with dahlias, were wiped clean, even the toilet and the shower over there It can really be said to be radiant.”

As she spoke, Amy took a picture of the covered toilet and closed shower over there with her mobile phone.Camille didn't speak, he looked at the surrounding environment and imagined the situation of the scene.

The deceased was lying in the bathtub, the murderer had injected poison...and then...went around to the other side of the bathtub and scratched her neck from behind?

"Aside from the inside of the bathtub, is there blood anywhere else?"

"No, according to the luminol reaction, there is no blood anywhere except this bathtub and the walls adjacent to the bathtub."

The murderer injected the dead man with poison in this bathtub and then cut his throat...but...

Why would he bother?

If he and this woman really have a mortal hatred, then why did he try so hard to seal this place, he removed the door, and paved the bricks and cement tightly so that people think there is no room here , in order to cover up her body and eliminate her traces?These brick-building activities may take him a day... According to common sense, if he hates this woman so much, he doesn't need to do so many actions. He can dismember her body here Throw her body into the river or bury her body far away from here in the suburbs so that the police will not find it.

He couldn't afford to spend his day covering her body for an enemy.

Contradictory, too contradictory...

It felt like he was protecting his body from being disturbed, rather than simply hiding it.

Could it be that three people committed the crime?The murderer, the body hider and the arsonist are actually three people?

"I hear you don't think the burner and the murderer are the same person?"

"No, I think it's two people. Of course, it's also possible to be a multiple personality patient, but the chances are not high."

"If there were two people, then the arsonist really ruined the hard work of the first murderer."

"How to say?"

"You also know that he removed the door here and laid bricks on it, making it look like there is no door here. If it wasn't for the fire and Zitang discovered the problem, then she might have to hide in it for a lifetime."

"yes..."

That's right...it's sealed tightly with bricks, and the air inside can't even come out, so the bathroom is like a coffin for the dead...

......

Wait a moment?

The coffin of the dead?

In his mind, it was just a simple wall, a black shadow, he removed the door, he looked at the corpse in the bathtub, and then built those bricks one by one, his movements were careful but perfect, He made it look like a wall so...no one...no one can bother her...

"I was wrong..."

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"From the beginning to the end, the murderer, the body hider, and the arsonist were never two people, but three people."

"You... what did you say?!"

"This is not where the hider hides the corpse. This is her grave. This is the grave that the hider gave to the dead."

"This... this is incredible."

"But it's also the most reasonable explanation, and... I think it's the body hider who slit the dead man's throat. And when the body hider came, the dead person should still be alive."

"Why? Since she has been poisoned and found her in that condition, shouldn't she be sent to the hospital immediately?!"

"How far is the nearest hospital from here?"

"...30 minutes away."

Amy and Camille looked at the bathroom, and Amy seemed to understand something.

"He knew there was nothing left to do, the poison of white phosphorus and lime, the pain of white phosphorus burning in the dead...so he..."

"Slit the dead man's throat, and wanted her to lose too much blood and die early... the corpse hider, and the dead man. I'm afraid, it's the lover."

Do everything out of love.

What was the situation that day?

It is possible that the deceased fell into the bathtub after being injected with poison in the bathtub by the first murderer, and the murderer quickly left the scene.

With the last of her strength, the deceased told her lover where she was.

Her lover rushed to the scene quickly, but...

Both of them knew that nothing could be done.

How painful was that?

The poison has penetrated into her whole body, and she is now experiencing the pain of being tortured by the poison, while her lover can only watch her suffer.

kill me

The deceased said so before he died.

And then he did, he took a box knife and slit the dead man's throat...

"Could it be family?"

"It's possible...but the family members will be very blind in this situation. Even if there is no other way, the family members will send her to the hospital. Then we found her body should be in the hospital instead of here. But love It's different, he knows where his partner's end point is, and instead of letting his lover suffer torture that would be worse than death, he might as well... end her life with his own hands."

Because this is the embodiment of his love.

"He unloaded the door, took cement and bricks, and did not hesitate to spend a day, or even risk being discovered by the owner, just for this one thing, to let his lover sleep here forever."

"Then he buried her... so that the dead were covered up. And also made this her grave, and made this her final resting place."

"Let's go. Since this is her tomb, let's not bother. We have all the clues we should have."

"it is good..."

Amy responded and followed Camille out of the apartment.

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Here is your grave.

And this is my funeral for you.

Farewell, my love.

He, filled the last brick.