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Liang Xidao: "The confession also said that Fiona didn't know where she was, and she tripped over Xiao Qing's body. After checking Xiao Qing, she turned Xiao Qing's head around and found out that the deceased was Xiao Qing."

Romeo said: "The technical report shows that there is a certain amount of water on the towel wrapped around Fiona's body. We know that Fiona is very drunk. Will she take a bath in this state? Is it the way it should be, with the towel wrapped around her body? Grabbing the ashtray and hitting Xiao Qing to death, Xiao Qing's blood sprayed on Fiona's body. As a police officer, she knew instinctively that this was not okay, so she went to take a shower and dried herself with a bath towel."

Liang Xi said: "Assuming that the body was found around 5 o'clock in the morning, and the bath towel was stained with blood, then the blood should be in the form of spots. Suppose that after the murder, he took a bath and wiped his body with a bath towel, and the blood on the bath towel was mushy. The fact is that the blood on the bath towel was Dotted."

Romeo said: "You used a wrong word. Instead of drying your body with a bath towel, you wrapped your body at random, and even went to bed without a bath towel. The statement also said that she was sleeping naked, and she saw it with the help of a bedside lamp after waking up. There's a towel next to the bed."

Ai Wen looked at the analysis evidence of the two men's arguing with each other, and they each stood in a position to analyze the evidence at the scene.Listening to them argue for 2 minutes is equivalent to browsing all the evidence once.

Forget about Romeo, after all, following the case, Aiwen was surprised how Liang Xi could remember so many details, he only had 20 minutes to listen to Romeo's introduction and read the materials.This may be Liang Xi's detective talent, he can remember important details.He may not be able to recite these details, but he can think of them when needed.

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After simulating the scene in the next room, Liang Xi finally entered the crime scene of 605.The physical evidence has been collected, and according to the photos and the number plates placed on the ground, we can know the things that appeared at the crime scene in each location.

The number of signs is neither too many nor too few, which can be regarded as a typical scene.The position where the body lay, the position of the ashtray, scattered cigarette butts and ash.Liang Xi pressed the carpet with his fingers, took off his gloves and pressed his fingers again, not sure: "Is there water?" Water droplets or water stains.

"Absolutely." Romeo said: "The deceased was wrapped in a bathrobe, and his hair was still wet. Obviously he had taken a bath."

"Have you washed your hair?" Liang Xi asked.Xiao Qing was originally at home, but he received a call from Phil to pick up Fiona, so why would he wash his hair in a hotel?

Romeo nodded.

Liang Xi asked, "Is Fiona vomiting?" Hair stained with vomit?

"No vomit was found at the scene."

Liang Xi stood up and looked around the scene. It was an ordinary hall-style room with a double bed. There was only one room, which integrated the functions of the living room, bedroom and study.Bed A against the wall was obviously where Fiona slept, and bed B had creases in the sheet that suggested someone had sat on it.Directly opposite the two beds is the TV, and to the left of the TV is the desk.Liang Xi looked at the picture of the scene: "There is a laptop on the desk."

"Xiaoqing's." Romeo said, "Fiona's computer bag is next to the pillow."

There is a bedside table between the two beds, and there is a crystal ashtray here.There is also an old-fashioned glass and a small bottle of whiskey on it.Xiaoqing's body was in the lower right corner of bed B with his feet near the corner of the desk.Liang Xi went to lie down between bed B and the desk, then stood up, imitating Xiaoqing's position, and asked in confusion, "What is she doing?"

Instead of sitting in front of the desk, not sitting on bed B, but standing at the lower right corner of bed B, the person falls towards the desk.

Without waiting for Romeo's answer, Liang Xi looked at bed A, imagining that Fiona was lying here naked, covered with a blanket?Liang Xi said: "Undressing is a process. When she was leaning on the bedside to smoke and drink, did she get dressed?"

Romeo didn't quite understand Liang Xi's question: "Is there any difference?"

Liang Xi said: "What kind of relationship are they? Are they lovers? Let's assume that they are not lovers. Fiona is leaning against the bed naked, smoking and drinking. Wouldn't this arouse Xiao Qing's disgust? Since Fiona can still smoke Drinking alcohol shows that she still has a certain ability to act and should not take off her clothes."

Romeo's eyes lit up: "They are lovers, at least they have witnessed each other's naked body. This seems to explain why Fiona didn't vomit and Xiao Qing took a shower."

Liang Xi motioned Romeo to look at bed A: "It's not a battlefield."

Romeo and Liang Xi looked at the two beds and the vacant carpet in front of the TV. Liang Xi said, "Fiona took the ashtray and lay down on the ground to smoke. This action may have caused Xiao Qing's death. They're done. , Xiaoqing went to take a shower, and Fiona smoked. After smoking, Fiona went back to bed in a daze, and Xiaoqing stepped on the ashtray after coming out of the bathroom and fell, hitting her head on the ashtray."

Romeo imagined that Xiaoqing stepped on the ashtray and hit his head on the ashtray, which meant that Xiaoqing had to turn 180 degrees on the spot: "This is impossible, people will only fall forward. In addition, no soot was found on Xiaoqing's body. "

Liang Xi asked, "If you fell and hit your head on an ashtray, does it fit the scene?"

Romeo thought for a long time: "Difficulties. The first difficulty is that this is a carpet, not smooth marble. The second difficulty is to make the point of force completely fall on the wound. Xiaoqing's back cannot touch the ground, but his head should touch the ground. The third There is no smooth object at the scene. According to the current situation, the only way to excuse Fiona is an accident. When the two were fighting, Fiona pushed Xiao Qing down."

Liang Xi said: "But the problem is that Fiona is already lying on the floor smoking, and Xiaoqing came out of the bathroom, which means that their quarrel has come to an end. I think I should see Fiona first, let's make sure whether Fiona and Xiaoqing are There is a possibility of a couple relationship."

Romeo fully agrees: "There are tragedies caused by Fiona's failure to woo Xiaoqing, or Xiaoqing's failure to woo Fiona. We don't know how they get along, so we can't make further inferences."

Liang Xi said: "Perhaps Fiona was paralyzed on the ground, and Xiaoqing lost strength when he pulled Fiona and tried to put her to bed."

Hearing this, Ai Wen couldn't help interjecting: "Mr. Liang, you seem to be trying to exonerate Fiona."

"Otherwise?" Liang Xi asked back: "Otherwise, what is the purpose of inviting me here? Do you want me to convict Fiona?" Facing Ai Wen, who was slightly older than him, Liang Xi's tone was not polite at all.Liang Xi is a professional senior in front of Ai Wen, but Ai Wen is bluntly suspicious of Liang Xi.

Romeo explained to Ai Wen: "In the case where the murderer does not remember what happened, this kind of case must be seamless before he can be convicted. Therefore, it is necessary for one person to criticize and fill in all the evidence. If it is an ordinary case, with our current With the evidence I have, I am certain to persuade the suspect to confess."

Liang Xi asked, "Where's Fiona?"

Romeo said: "I didn't control Fiona, I just informed her to go to the Criminal Investigation Department of the North District to make a statement today. I explained that I must make a statement for her personally, so she should be waiting in the Criminal Investigation Department of the North District now. Or she has fled to Siberia."

Liang Xi made a request: "I want to chat with her alone."

"Yes, but I want to be present." Romeo said: "No video recording, no presentation."

Liang Xi hesitated for a moment, but nodded in agreement.Liang Xi turned to look at the crime scene: "Simple scene, simple case."

Romeo knew that Liang Xi had been inclined to believe that Fiona was the murderer in his heart, and he was relieved: "According to the alcohol test, even if it is finally proved that Fiona killed Xiao Qing, he may only be charged with manslaughter and second-degree murder. He has military and police experience, no criminal record, and if he pleads guilty and hires a good lawyer, he may not be sentenced to probation."

"This is also a big problem." Liang Xi still frowned: "After the lawyer intervened, Fiona faced a dilemma. She didn't kill anyone in her memory, but she couldn't bet on whether she committed suicide for a minor crime. If you really kill someone, you may choose to plead guilty."

Romeo said: "At least there is no conspiracy in this case, it's just a case."

Liang Xi said: "I hope the person involved is also pure."

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Liang Xi and Romeo entered the recording room of the Criminal Investigation Department. Romeo closed the door and sat against the door.Liang Xi walked up to Fiona and said with a smile, "I'm a bit haggard."

Fiona watched Liang Xi walk towards her, and Liang Xi's lightly joking attitude sent her a bad signal.On the contrary, when Liang Xi entered the door, he said: You can really cause trouble.That means his case can still be saved.

Fiona looked at Liang Xi: "Is it difficult?"

Liang Xi pondered for a few seconds and said, "There are always difficulties. I have a few questions for you."

After questioning, Liang Xi got the answer he wanted to know.Fiona couldn't be sure if she killed someone. From the beginning, she thought that she would never kill Xiaoqing, and now she gradually began to believe that Xiaoqing was killed by herself. Until now, she has never mentioned the possibility of accidents. Come on, either you kill yourself or an outsider kills, since there is no outsider to kill, then you can only kill yourself.

Xiaoqing and Fiona belong to the dewy couple. They are both hacker-level technicians. Xiaoqing works under Phil, and the two have many opportunities to get in touch.One day it rained heavily, and Xiaoqing couldn't leave Fiona's apartment, so she stayed at Fiona's house for one night.From that night on, the relationship between the two began to become unusual.

However, neither of them pierced the window paper, and there was no request or promise.To be more specific, Fiona doesn't love Xiao Qing, but just needs Xiao Qing's body. Fiona doesn't know what Xiao Qing thinks.The two didn't deliberately make an appointment to meet each other, but they could always get together every month or two, either by chance, or when they had something to do.

As Liang Xi expected, they played for a while on the vacant carpet in Room 605 the night before.Afterwards, Fiona sat on the carpet, drinking and smoking by the bed, and Xiaoqing went to take a shower.Fiona still has a certain impression of this part, but because of the content of the period, she did not explain it when the police detective asked for the first time.She couldn't really remember what happened next.

Chapter 651 The Case of the Chamber of Secrets

"I felt bad and wanted to cry. I was afraid that tears would fall, so I kept drinking." Fiona tried hard to recall: "But I don't know what made me feel sad."

Liang Xi asked, "Did you go back to bed by yourself?"

Fiona shook her head, "I don't know."

Liang Xi asked, "Did you find out that Xiaoqing has another lover?"

Fiona still shook her head: "I don't know."

Liang Xi said, "Ashtrays, wine bottles, and classic cups are all placed on the carpet?"

Fiona said, "And the ice bucket."

"Ice bucket?"

Fiona said: "There must be. How can people on earth drink whiskey without ice?"

Romeo added at the door: "There is a small refrigerator in the hotel room, which is an independent power supply system. There is a small bucket of ice cubes in the freezer. The ice bucket was still in the refrigerator at the scene, but the ice cubes in it were gone."

Xiaoqing came out of the shower, tidied up briefly, put the wine and cups on the bedside table, and put the ice bucket back into the refrigerator. Why did you leave the ashtray on the ground?The biggest possibility is that Xiaoqing also put the ashtray back on the bedside table, and Fiona used it as a murder weapon.But there were four cigarette butts in the ashtray, and there was a lot of ash. Fiona picked up the ashtray and smashed it at Xiaoqing, and the ash would be scattered on the bed and other places.

The biggest possibility is that Fiona wrapped the ashtray in a towel, slowly approached Xiao Qing, and then smashed Xiao Qing to death. At this time, the ash scattered was in line with the scene.However, this act is murder, not injury causing death.

At this time, the technical department knocked on the door and sent a test report. Romeo looked at the report and said, "In addition to some indescribable liquids, there is also water on the carpet."

Liang Xi asked, "What?"

Romeo said: "Of the eight samples of the carpet taken by the witnesses, two of the samples had exactly the same water quality, but they were not tap water or bathroom water."

"What kind of water is that?"

Romeo shook his head: "No comparison parameters were found, and the physical evidence personnel have sent people to the hotel to collect toilet water samples."

Liang Xi's eyes lit up: "Let them collect an ice bucket of water."

"Ice bucket water?"

Liang Xi said: "The ice machines we usually see are generally direct tap water. Some hotels in the UK have certain standards. They will connect filter elements and other items to the water inlet of the ice machine, which will lead to water from ice cubes and domestic water. different samples. If there is ice on the carpet..."

"Wait." Romeo hurriedly stopped: "Let's go out and talk." He already knew what Liang Xi was thinking, and he couldn't let Liang Xi say it in front of Fiona.

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If there are ice cubes scattered on the carpet, it means that Xiaoqing may slip and fall, causing his head to hit the ashtray on the ground.

After making this assumption, or the only unexpected assumption, Romeo, Aiwen and Liang Xi began to restore the scene. According to the photos and physical evidence, they set up an identical scene.According to the location of the refrigerator, Liang Xi proposed an explanation, and it was the only explanation that could exonerate Fiona.

Xiaoqing came out of the bathroom and saw the mess on the floor, so he put the wine bottle and glass back on the bedside table, then picked up the ice bucket and walked to the refrigerator to put it away.Xiaoqing was wrapped in a bath towel, she held the bath towel with one hand, and cleaned up the debris with the other.Dispose of the ashtray last because the ashtray needs to be rinsed and taken to the bathroom.Xiao Qing, who came back from the refrigerator, didn't notice the scattered ice cubes on the ground. The hotel's carpet was not a furry carpet, but some hard carpets.Stepping on the ice with bare feet, Xiao Qing, who was holding a bath towel with one hand, lost his balance, fell backwards, and hit his head on the ashtray. ....

Why is the ashtray 50 centimeters away from Xiaoqing's head?Because Fiona had moved the ashtray a bit away when she checked at 5am.

After Romeo and Liang Xi analyzed the location of the ash spread, as well as the location of the cigarette butt and the location of the water stain, they all agreed that this possibility existed.At this time, the technical department came up with the latest report, proving that the liquid in the two samples was the liquid after the ice cubes melted.

At this time, four volunteer police officers recruited by Romeo arrived at the criminal investigation department, and Romeo simulated the scene of Fiona's drunkenness according to his own plan.

Drunk driving standards vary from country to country.

Usually 0.2%, 100 milliliters of blood contains 20 milligrams of alcohol, and the standard of drunkenness is 0.8.For example, the standard for drunkenness in the United States and the United Kingdom is 0.1%, and the standard for drunkenness is also 0.8%.At 1.5:0 am on the day of the incident, Fiona's blood alcohol concentration was 30%.According to Fiona's gender, weight and physical condition, when Xiaoqing died at 2.3:2.5, Fiona's blood alcohol concentration exceeded 2.7%, which is expected to be between 100% and 270%.Said that when Xiaoqing died, [-]ml of Fiona's blood contained [-]mg of alcohol.

Simple calculation, two bottles of beer is 0.8%, which is to reach the critical point of drunk driving to drunk driving, and there is no pressure on killing people. 2.7% will cause language barriers and movement disorders in the human body.If it exceeds 3.0%, people who drink often will fall into a coma, and people who don't drink often will fall into a coma.More than 4.0%, people who drink regularly will fall into a coma, and people who don't drink often will face the threat of death.More than 5.0%, proper alcohol poisoning, even if there is no death, will cause irreversible and serious damage to the body and brain.

Can Fiona complete the kill with 2.7% alcohol?According to the on-site analysis, Fiona would grab the ashtray with a bath towel and smash it on the back of Xiao Qing's head, then wash off the remaining soot on her body and rinse the soot on the towel.The steps need to be more careful. When rinsing the soot of the towel, only a small piece of the soot can be washed, so the premise is to judge the ash distribution area.Hold the towel part of the ashtray firmly and rub it, and shake the part that is stained with smoke and dust.

The result of the experiment was that the four voluntary test subjects were unable to complete the procedure, either they could not hold the ashtray, or they could not find the dirty part of the bath towel, they could not perform the procedure after killing in such a drunk state.

The current situation is favorable to Fiona, one, there is the possibility of Xiaoqing's accidental death.Two, Fiona is incapable of faking the scene after a murder.Three, even when Fiona isn't drinking, she can't seem to set the scene.

Of course, there is still the possibility that Fiona is the murderer.

Fiona didn't wrap the ashtray with a towel at all, she just took the ashtray and smashed Xiao Qing to death, and then went to shower.Theoretically, there will be some bruises on the hands, but Fiona hit the head, and Ivan hit the coffee table, and the impact strength of the two is different.Furthermore, the physical examination did not specifically examine the hands carefully.

What is the truth?To verify Liang Xi's inference, or to veto Liang Xi's inference, you can only look at the last technical parameter.That is whether Xiaoqing's soles can detect ice residue.However, the ice cubes are solid, so even if Xiao Qing stepped on them, it might not leave residue on the soles of his feet.The result of this parameter can only prove that Xiao Qing stepped on the ice and fell, but cannot prove whether Fiona killed someone.

To put it simply, because ice cube water contains different ingredients from tap water, as long as there is this element on Xiaoqing's feet, it means that Xiaoqing's feet landed on ice cubes at the end.If it's not found, it's meaningless and says nothing. ....

Fortunately, the "pure water" detected by Xiaoqing's left foot is basically the same as the pure water filtered by the ice machine, the minerals and trace elements are basically the same, and the two liquid samples obtained from the carpet are basically the same. Clear left foot must have stepped on ice.The stepped part is about one centimeter below the gap between the big toe and the second toe.The technician speculates that a small amount of ice debris was squeezed into the toe gap after stepping on it, and it was finally retained.

The next step is to test whether it can cause fatal injuries after falling. The result is that the probability is not very high. Only two of the 50 times caused fatal injuries.But this is enough, even if there is only one success in [-] million times, it means that such a possibility cannot be ruled out.

Romeo was still very cautious, and together with Liang Xi visited Fiona and Xiaoqing's colleagues and friends to find out if there was a possible conflict between them.The conclusion is no, they are all single, have no boyfriends and girlfriends, and their daily social life is simple.However, Liang Xi noticed a small detail during the investigation. Strictly speaking, Xiao Qing cannot be regarded as Phil's confidant.On the night of the accident, Phil's cronies and subordinates were all at the villa, accompanying Phil to receive a distinguished guest, while Xiao Qing was working at home.

The people close to Phil explained that this is just a meeting and does not need the support of technical staff.Xiaoqing is still single, and Phil also hopes that Xiaoqing has more personal space to communicate with the outside world, so unless necessary, Xiaoqing will stay and work in the National Defense Office.A close friend said that Phil

They treat Xiaoqing like a daughter, and take good care of her in every way. They don't necessarily have holidays during festivals, but Xiaoqing will definitely have a holiday.

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Basically, the dust has settled on this eucalyptus, and the last step is to re-examine all physical evidence and check all materials.Romeo did not let Liang Xi go, the reason is that Romeo brought Ivan to understand this job, and with Liang Xi's assistance, it was easier for Romeo to guide Ivan like a teacher.Without Liang Xi, even if Romeo made an obvious mistake, Ivan might not have the guts to point it out.

Liang Xi was in charge of checking mobile phones and computers.No way, he is the youngest among the three people here, logically speaking, he should know these things the most.The fact is that Liang Xi's mobile phone is only used for making calls and surfing the Internet, Liang Xi's computer is basically not turned on, and he doesn't even understand the difference between memory and storage.Even so, Liang Xi still looked at the computer seriously.

"How about it?"

Liang Xi replied: "Based on my technical experience over the years, computers and mobile phones should not be murder weapons. Romeo, from your expression, you don't seem to agree with the current result?" The current result cannot prove that Fiona killed someone, but Romeo always It was not ruled that Fiona did not kill the man.

Romeo said, "Don't you think there is a missing phone?"

"Um?"

Romeo said: "After Xiaoqing receives Fiona and sends her to the hotel to settle down, should Phil call Fiona or Xiaoqing? Or should Xiaoqing and Fiona call Phil?"

Liang Xi said: "You don't know people like them. Once you arrange someone for a certain job, you will trust the other person to complete the job. After someone receives the job and the job goes well, they won't call. It was late at night, Phil Receiving VIPs at the villa, Phil also has to rest after receiving VIPs. Didn’t the technical department check the computer and mobile phone? No abnormalities were found. What are you trying to do? Conspiracy theory? Someone deliberately framed Fiona to achieve the purpose of attacking Phil ?”….

Romeo shook his head and thought for a long time: "I don't know Fiona. When we told her the latest progress of the case yesterday afternoon, she didn't feel happy and excited. She seemed to have expected that we would find ice water."

Liang Xi said: "Fiona has an emotional personality, and Xiao Qing's death has hit her hard in the short term. With the investigation of the case, her and Xiao Qing's privacy has been dug out. This fact makes people unhappy. .”

"It seems that I don't understand her." Romeo said: "In other words, from an objective point of view, Fiona does not have the ability to kill people. Even if she is not drunk, she cannot complete such a layout. I should believe her."

"That's okay, I'll go first."

Romeo waved his hand: "The translation fee will not be less for you."

"On the way." Liang Xi closed the door and left Romeo's office with a smile.

Ai Wen came over and said, "Master, the evidence is complete, and the prosecutor agrees. Why didn't you sign the case for so long?"

"I don't know Fiona, but I know Liang Xi." Romeo said: "Originally everything was fine, but Liang Xi hid something from me. That is to say, he found some problems, but he didn't tell me, and I not found."

"what is the problem?"

Romeo stood up, walked to the window and watched Liang Xi get into a taxi, and said, "Liang Xi never believed in chance. It was accidental that Xiao Qing stepped on ice and slipped, it was accidental that his head hit a crystal ashtray, and it was fatal. Accidental. I don’t know how high the probability is, but I believe that 1 people will never meet one. Liang Xi, who doesn’t believe in chance, can accept chance calmly, which shows that he has his own views. Therefore, I looked at the evidence over and over again, hoping to be able to Find the problem he found."

Ai Wen said: "Master, you said it yourself, even if Fiona killed someone, even if Fiona didn't drink alcohol, with Fiona's professional level, it is impossible for her to fake a scene. What's more, Agent Blade proved that she drank too much. When we got to the hotel, she drank a lot of wine."

"That's right, let's assume that Fiona killed someone and faked the scene. She had such a keen mind at the time, why did she kill Xiaoqing in the room? Besides, I am more concerned about the location of Xiaoqing's death. Suppose it was homicide It's hard to explain what she's doing when Xiao Qing dies in that position." Romeo said: "Liang Xi put forward a theory: no one is sure to kill a person with an ashtray,

If Fiona really wanted to kill, there should be a second blow, a third blow, and even more. "

Ai Wen nodded: "It makes sense."

"Yeah, he's making good sense in everything he does. It's not like him. He's a critic. When we suspected Fiona was the killer, he acted normally, and he tried to exonerate Fiona. In the evidence When he favored Fiona's innocence, he didn't continue to criticize or make assumptions about the evidence, but directly admitted Fiona's innocence." Romeo finally said, "There is no problem with Eucalyptus, but there is a problem with Liang Xi."