Profiler 3: Crime Ends

The two drove to a middle-class community in the city center, and came to an old unit building.

The crime scene was on the fourth floor, and technical investigators including Blanco and the forensic doctor had just arrived.

According to the habit, Jiao Yang first looked at the anti-theft door outside, and then checked the few windows leading to the outside of the house, and they were all intact.

This house is not small,? 4 rooms and 2 living rooms,? More than 200 square meters,? The site is rather messy,? There are traces of people entering the hall and kitchen, and there are some water stains on the ground floor.

Lu Yuanli took a look and asked Blanco, "Why is there so much water at the scene? Is it a fire or a water pipe leaking?"

Jiao Yang looked up and looked around, pointed to the alarm on their heads and said, "It is estimated that someone was smoking at the scene, which caused the alarm to sound. In addition, I also smelled a faint smell of gas in this room."

At this time, a community policeman next to him came over and gave Jiao Yang a thumbs up, "You're right, it's true."

Standing against the wall at the door was an elderly woman in her 50s, with a haggard complexion, low spirits, and sobbing incessantly.

A middle-aged man next to him showed embarrassment and was comforting her, "Mrs. Gonzalez, the police will definitely catch the murderer. Don't be too sad!"

The community policeman explained: "This lady is the mother of the deceased, and the gentleman next to him is their lawyer. This afternoon, when they came back from the outside, the lawyer happened to be smoking. As soon as he came in, the alarm sounded The lady smelled the gas, rushed into the kitchen and turned off the valve, and when she asked about her youngest son who was left alone at home, she found that her youngest son had been killed in her room."

Hearing what the community police said, Jiao Yang ran to the kitchen to have a look, and muttered, "So, when the two witnesses came back, the gas valve in the kitchen was turned on..."

He saw that the gas valve had been closed at this time.However, there were obvious signs of being turned over near the stove, and two screwdrivers and a hammer were thrown on the ground.

Jiao Yang walked over, opened the cabinet under the stove, and found a toolbox in the corner, and there were tape measures, screws and other odds and ends.

Lu Yuanli said, "The murderer seems to be looking for something."

Jiao Yang got down on his body, picked up the hammer and two screwdrivers, carefully looked at the front and rear ends of the screwdrivers, saw that the blade of one of the screwdrivers was freshly worn, and said, "These two tools should be Just used it recently."

Lu Yuanli said, "Maybe it's to pry open a cabinet or a safe."

Jiao Yang called a police officer and asked them to take the two screwdrivers and hammer home for inspection.

At this time, the forensic doctor had identified the deceased in one of the bedrooms.

Jiao Yang and Lu Yuanli followed in.

A smashed small folding stool was thrown at the door of this bedroom, and a round stool was upside down beside it. The surface and edges were stained with bright red blood, which seemed to have just solidified.

There were blood splatters on the foot of the desk, and beside him lay a young man aged 25 or [-], with multiple injuries to the head, face, back of the head, shoulder and neck, and marks of external compression on his chest.

Jiao Yang looked at the scene and shook his head, "The deceased was beaten to death by this round stool?"

The forensic doctor said: "The visual inspection is like this. The deceased was hit on the head and face by hard objects and blunt objects for at least four times. The fatal injury was in the back of the head, and the cause of death was head injury. The approximate time of death was two or three hours ago. It was around 5:00 this afternoon."

Jiao Yang suddenly noticed the reference books and a notebook on the deceased's desk.

The reference book belonged to the economics postgraduate entrance examination course, and the notebook was the notes the deceased was making. The last stroke left a deep black scratch, which had already scratched the paper of the notebook, and the ordinary signature pen was thrown on the desk.

Other technicians are still busy collecting on-site evidence for trace inspection and foot inspection.

Jiao Yang stared at the scratch thoughtfully, and suddenly found an old umbrella thrown in the corner.

The weather is gloomy today, but it hasn't rained, but it rained heavily yesterday.

Jiao Yang went to pick up the umbrella and looked at it, but it was still wet.

Blanco walked in, patted Jiao Yang on the shoulder and said, "Come here and have a look, the master bedroom of Mrs. Gonzalez and his wife has signs of being turned over."

When the two of them went over, they saw that the master bedroom had also been turned over in a mess, and fragments of US dollar bills were still thrown on the ground.

Several drawers were opened, and a few clothes that looked old were left on the outside of the bed.

In the right corner of the master bedroom, there is a conspicuous tall wardrobe.

There are three drawers in the middle that are locked.The locks of the first two drawers have been broken.Next to the closet was a leather suitcase that looked quite old, but was well-made and had moist leather.

Jiao Yang walked over, knelt down and looked carefully at the brass lock hanging on the suitcase, raised the brass lock to the light, looked at the keyhole and said, "There are also signs of being pried on it."

In front of the suitcase, an old-fashioned reclining chair was turned sideways.

Lu Yuanli looked at the red velvet covers on the four legs of the recliner, "Jiao Yang, come and have a look."

Jiao Yang sized it up and said, "What's wrong with this reclining chair?"

Lu Yuanli pointed to the chair cover on the upper side of the table leg and said, "There are obvious signs of being touched here."

Jiao Yang nodded, touched the chair covers on both sides, and said with a smile, "I found it."

Then, turning them over one by one, he found a small pocket sewn into one of the chair covers.

The pocket is small, only half the length of an adult's finger.Lu Yuanli gestured with his index finger, "This length can only be placed..."

"key."

The two looked at each other and smiled, Jiao Yang used his body to block the sight of the police officer behind him, and reached out to hook Lu Yuanli's index finger.

Then, Jiao Yang came out and asked the community policeman, "Have you ever asked Mrs. Gonzalez if they have lost any property?"

"Have."

When Mrs. Gonzalez heard Jiao Yang's question, she burst into tears again, and the lawyer beside her, Paul, answered on her behalf: "Ms. Gonzalez lost some jewelry at home and more than 200 dollars in emergency money. , what was thrown in the ground was part of the change.”

"Thank you."

Jiao Yang walked over to the lawyer and asked, "When did you and Mrs. Gonzalez come back to his house?"

"About five o'clock in the afternoon."

Lawyer Paul looked at his watch and said: "We are in the parking lot. I remember I checked my watch once. It was five minutes before 5:00. If we come up again, it should only be a few minutes."

Jiao Yang said: "Then can I trouble you to talk about the process at that time in detail?"

Paul rubbed his hands and said, "You know, my one-hour consultation fee is $200..."

Blanc came over and said with a sneer, "There are your fingerprints and footprints at the scene. I can understand that you two are witnesses, or that you are suspects. Mr. lawyer, if I take you back to the police station , at least within 48 hours, you will not receive the consultation fee!"

Paul smiled shyly, "Mr. Police Officer, I was just joking with this young police officer."

Considering that there was a lawyer at the scene, in order to avoid the trouble of bringing the evidence to court in the future, Jiao Yang photographed Blanco and motioned him to interrogate him.

Blanco said: "Okay, you two, let me tell you about the whole process of your return."

Attorney Paul said: "Mrs. Gonzalez made an appointment with me this afternoon. He arrived at the law firm at 3:00 pm and met me. We came to his house together. At the door, I asked Mrs. Gonzalez and said no." Mind, I just light a cigarette habitually. Unexpectedly, just as I came in, a gust of water sprayed down, soaking both of our clothes. Mrs. Gonzalez wanted to find a towel to wipe me off , did not expect to enter the bedroom, and found traces of being turned over. Then she came to the room of the youngest son, and found something unfortunate..."

Blanc frowned and listened for a long time, but he didn't hear the lawyer say that he and Mrs. Gonzalez wanted to discuss something, so he couldn't help but interrupted: "I said Mr. Lawyer, Mrs. Gonzalez made an appointment What exactly do you want to talk about?"

"Oh, this."

Lawyer Paul said: "This is personal privacy."

He looked at Mrs. Gonzalez and asked, "May I speak, ma'am?"

Mrs. Gonzalez finally stopped crying and said: "Discuss about the will. My husband had an accident in a car accident a few days ago. It was very serious. He lost consciousness and had been in a coma for several days in the hospital. Yesterday, the doctor Tell me that we need to make other preparations. I think my husband has not made a will and has all our properties in his name, so I want to consult our family lawyer."

After hearing this, Jiao Yang said thoughtfully, "I just heard this lawyer mention your youngest son, so do you have any other children?"

"Yes, I have an older son, Will."

Mrs. Gonzalez sighed, "He has a very good relationship with Brother Greg. The two of us have taken turns to take care of my husband these days, and he is still on his way back from the hospital."

Jiao Yang looked at the time, and it was already past 7:00. Isn't the journey here a bit long?

Jiao Yang remembered what the forensic doctor said just now, the time of death of the deceased, and suddenly thought of a question, "Mrs. Gonzalez, when you came home, did your youngest son Greg not die?"

"Yes."

Mrs. Gonzalez thought for a while and said: "When we first came back, I felt that he was still out of breath. I immediately called the police and called the emergency call. The community police and the doctor came together. The community doctor gave him first aid. But, but... it didn't work, and when the ambulance came. He was out of breath, and I watched him die in my arms, oh God!"

As Mrs. Gonzalez spoke, she couldn't help crying again.

"Sorry mom, I'm late!"

At this moment, a young man of medium build rushed in at the door, hugged Mrs. Gonzalez and said, "God, how could such an unfortunate thing happen?!"

Mrs. Gonzalez hugged her eldest son, Will, and cried bitterly: "Yes, the Lord has been too cruel to me. Your father is still lying in the hospital. Now something happened to Greg!"

Jiao Yang looked at this young man who looked exhausted and his eyes were bloodshot, and he still gestured to Blanco.

Blanco nodded and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Will, we still have to inquire as usual. Where and what are you doing between 12:00 and 6:00 this afternoon? Who are you with? Who are you?" Can I prove the time for you?"