Profiler 3: Crime Ends

There is a small piece of card pressed in the mud, the color is also yellow, very close to the color of the soil in the flower bed, it is difficult to find if you don't look carefully.

Blanco went over with his gloves on and picked it out. He saw that it was a horseshoe-shaped cardboard with arc-shaped holes around it.

Jiao Yang subconsciously said, "Is this...a puzzle piece?"

"It seems so."

Blanco looked at the jigsaw puzzle and felt that it was just a fuzzy yellow-brown block. He frowned and asked, "What is the pattern on it?"

Jiao Yang leaned over, took a closer look and said, "It looks like a leaf, maybe it's a part of some kind of plant."

Blanco nodded, and stuffed the puzzle into the evidence bag without interest, "Edmundo, this way, please!"

Blanco reached out to greet the man next to him in a simple protective suit.

The forensic doctor, known as Edmondo, came to perform an autopsy on the deceased.

Edmundo inspected the corpse carefully for a while, then seemed to grope around the corpse for a while and said, "The deceased was a white male, about 30 years old. The cause of death was cardiac tamponade caused by a ruptured heart, leading to acute/organ failure, followed by blood loss Died from sexual shock. The time of death is estimated to be about ten hours. The murder weapon was a single-edged sharp knife. However, it seems that no murder weapon was found at the scene."

Blanco nodded, then turned to ask Jiao Yang, "Do you know the deceased? Is he a teacher or a worker at the school?"

"know."

Jiao Yang said: "He is the chef in our school, named Eric."

Blanco looked around, "Is this the student dormitory building? Does the chef also live here?"

Jiao Yang said: "I don't know about this."

"This small road is the only way to the administrative building. Maybe it's here to go through the resignation procedures."

Jiao Yang heard a familiar voice, and when he looked up, he saw Lu Yuanli standing there, looking at the scene indifferently.

The matter of Eric's killing quickly returned to calm in the school.After all, he is neither a student nor a teacher, and his entry time is short, so he doesn't have much direct contact with students.

Only Jiao Yang felt a little sad when he thought of Eric's catchphrase "Hi friend" and his body dancing all the time.

When the police went back to investigate, they found out that they were lonely.

Eric was an orphan with few relatives.I have been working in school for less than half a year, because my behavior seems a bit weird, and I don't have any very familiar friends.His contacts are just a few friends who go out to drink together in their spare time.

The salary, which is not too lucrative, is spent on drinking and smoking soft. Sexual drugs.With no possessions, naturally there are no property disputes.

Moreover, when Eric was killed, his mobile phone and wallet were still on him, and the dozens of dollars in the wallet remained unchanged.This proves that he was not robbed of his wealth.

As long as a person has a normal mind, it is unlikely that he will go to a university campus where there are a large number of campus police and security guards to rob.

No one knew if he had a girlfriend, the police searched through the contacts on the phone, probably not, only the girl who usually met in the bar and went out to open a room, and occasionally chatted a few words.

The police searched for a long time, and found that love and hatred were on Eric, and it seemed that they couldn't bear it.

But because Eric had something to do with the serial murders of clergy.Blanco thought that Eric might have been killed because he knew something inside, so he passed the dossier to Kevin.

After Kevin received the file, he also attached great importance to it.Because this case happened at the University of California, he wanted to know the reactions of the teachers and students, and Lu Yuanli happened to be teaching at this school.

Kevin called Lu Yuanli, planning to visit his office first to find out Lu Yuanli's opinion.

Jiao Yang was holding two books, pretending to be strolling back and forth downstairs in Lu Yuanli's office, ready to pretend to meet by chance.

When Jiao Yang saw Kevin, he hurried up to meet him and said, "Hey, Kevin, are you here to consult Professor Lu?"

Of course, Kevin didn't know about the episode between the two of them, "Yeah. Is there no class today? It's best if you're here!"

Embarrassed, Jiao Yang faltered and went up with Kevin.

Kevin said casually: "Just now I forgot to ask which floor Professor Lu is on the phone. Fortunately, I met you."

"17th floor!"

Jiao Yang blurted out a little proudly, and explained that there is no silver 300 taels here: "This is Professor Lu's lucky number."

When Lu Yuanli was in Huadu, his office was on the 17th floor.Still here, Jiao Yang certainly wouldn't think it was just a coincidence.Lu Yuanli must have chosen this floor as his office to commemorate their encounter and great love there, it must be!

Just as Kevin went up to sit down, Blanco also came.

Without waiting for Lu Yuanli to greet him, Jiao Yang hastened to pour tea and coffee pretending to be familiar.

Blanco said about the current situation, "I haven't found too many useful clues yet."

Jiao Yang sat down next to Lu Yuanli and said, "I saw Eric's fingers curled up that day, and he might have been pulling hard with someone before he died. Did you find the suspect's fibrous tissue from his nails? "

Blanco said: "We found it. But we did a DNA database comparison, but we didn't find this person.

Jiao Yang said: "In this case, in our case, the investigation starts from the periphery first. For example, since Eric was killed on campus, we first investigate the personnel in the school."

Blanco and Kevin looked at each other.Kevin showed his trademark embarrassing expression again.

Of course, their police officers have considered, and considered the possibility of the case of students and faculty members in the University of California at the first time.

However, the entire UCLA campus covers an area of ​​1.7 square kilometers and has more than 43,000 students.Add in thousands of faculty and staff, and that's 5.

Although the school's management is relatively strict, it is not impossible for people from other schools to enter.

Blanco spread his hands and said: "This amount is basically meaningless to investigate. Moreover, we learned that although the place where Eric was killed is very close to the dormitory area, it is still a public area. You only need to enter the dormitory building. With the student ID card. So there is no way to confirm, the murderer must be someone from this school."

"But gentlemen, have you ever wondered why Eric came to school that day?"

Jiao Yang said: "As far as I know, he has been dismissed by the school. Then, he still came to the school, maybe because of packing left luggage, going through the resignation procedures, saying goodbye to friends and so on. This can be a huge At the same time, because there was another heavy rain that night, which made the autopsy difficult, the time of Eric's death on the file can only be determined between 9:00 and 11:00 in the evening. If Being able to find Eric's contacts that day may provide further confirmation of the time of his death."

Kevin said: "I think it makes sense. Anyway, we are all in school, why don't we go down and ask."

Unexpectedly, after this investigation, the suspect was screened out.The notice of Eric's dismissal was sent to the personnel department by the school, and Eric was notified by the administrative office.

And the person who made the notification was precisely Mr. Donald.According to other staff members and students in the administration office, Eric was very dissatisfied with the school's decision. Within a few days of being dismissed, he had come to Donald to inform him of his theory several times.The last time was the night of the incident.

A female teacher named Savannah reported that she was working overtime that day to sort out student materials/materials. Around 7:30, Eric rushed to the administrative office angrily to argue with Donald.The two quarreled for a while, and Donald, who couldn't stand it anymore, called the security guard to push Eric away.

Then, she packed up her things and went home.It was less than 8:00 when she left the office.

The police immediately brought Donald for questioning.

Donald was surprised, "What? You suspect that I killed that addict? How is this possible? Why should I kill him?!"

"Please calm down, Mr. Donald."

Sergeant Blanco said: "However, your colleague testified that Eric was very dissatisfied with you because he was expelled and he could no longer live in the school's well-equipped faculty dormitory. In two days, you had at least three arguments. Is that so?"

The veins on Donald's forehead popped up, and he said indignantly: "But what does it have to do with me to expel him? This is a decision made by the school leaders, and his salary is also calculated by the personnel department. I am only responsible for notifying him! This rascal I just remember hating me, because he was the one who got me into trouble for no reason.

If you suspect that we have a conflict because of this, it should be Eric who has a grudge and killed me, right?What reason do I have to kill him?It's still downstairs in my office, isn't that the same as telling others that I'm the murderer?I didn't take any drugs to damage my brain, why did I do this? ! "

Blanco and Kevin looked at each other, and felt that what Donald said made sense, but he was very emotional, as if he was guilty of a guilty conscience and deliberately concealing something.

Blanco thought for a while and asked, "Tell me about your itinerary between 7:00 and 11:00 last night."

Donald said impatiently: "At 7:00, I was still working overtime in the office, and my colleague Mr. Savannah can prove it. Later, when it was almost 8:00, Eric came. He pestered me again, saying The school has no right to dismiss him, and he still beat me while talking. I pushed him away and called the school security. Teacher Savannah felt unsafe and went back.

I was busy until almost 9:00, feeling a little tired, and heard the sound of rushing water outside.Seeing that it was raining outside the window, I hurried home. "

The police reviewed the surveillance video in the lobby on the first floor and the corridor on the sixth floor of the office building at that time.Partially proving what Savannah and Donald said.

Because there is a safe passage next to the bathroom on the side of the teaching building.The stairs here are narrow and dimly lit.Usually few students go, and there are no cameras installed.

Eric died in the flower bed below the administration building.As long as Donald slips down the stairs through the safe passage, kills people and returns quickly, and then exits the hall on the first floor, so that the camera can capture him. This cannot be proved by his time.

Then, the police found Donald's follow-up surveillance video in the school garage.He probably walked all the way to the garage, and at about 9:20, he drove away from the back door of the school.

Blanco paused, and said, "Mr. Donald, think about it again. From the time Mr. Savannah comes home to when you leave school alone, can someone prove your time?"