fog city detective

Chapter 575 Crossbow Killing Case

What Liang Xi was worried about was that the Brighton police detective focused on the outside intrusion and ignored the internal crimes. The longer the time dragged on, the more thoroughly the evidence would be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Liang Xi immediately called Romeo.Romeo was completely unaware of Brighton's case. After listening to Liang Xi's 4-minute statement, Romeo said: "People only talked to you for 15 seconds, and you got 15 seconds of information from 240 seconds of information. .If I didn't know you, I'd think you're arrogant."

"now what?"

Romeo said painfully: "I'm on vacation now. You're so annoying, can't you just tell me?" Romeo, who was on the fifth day, couldn't help complaining.He persuaded his wife and girlfriends to go shopping, carried the fish box to the fishing spot, washed his hands with the bait on the spot, and prepared to enjoy at least three hours of tranquility.As a result, Liang Xi called.Take it, it's none of your business now.Don't answer it, as Liang Xi said, the longer the time, the harder it is to find evidence.

"I'll hang up first, you make your own decision."

"Wait." Romeo said: "Could it be Hannah or Coster who hired the murderer?"

Liang Xi said: "It's interesting that I only reminded Hannah that she might be assassinated last night."

Romeo asked, "Why?"

Liang Xi had a headache: "It's a long story."

Romeo let out a long sigh, and said, "Bastard Blood Moon, I'm going to Brighton for the whole month."

Brighton has indeed been an eventful city lately.

Liang Xi said: "But I don't want to go." I just told you to go.

Romeo said: "I was fishing, and the bait had just been reconciled. It took me a lot of effort to trick my wife out, and finally got a chance to not be home for lunch. Feel your conscience, are you ashamed not to go?"

"Okay." As Romeo said, he stayed in Brighton for too much time recently, which made Liang Xi not interested in Brighton.However, Liang Xi likes the seaside of Brighton, and is considering buying a seaside holiday villa in the small town.But the weather in the UK is not comparable to that of tropical countries. Buying a holiday villa in Brighton is worse than buying a holiday villa in Oceania. Isn’t New Zealand ranch and beach delicious?Or go to the extreme to buy a house in Northern Europe, where there are sea, snow and aurora.

Romeo: "Don't worry, I have to get Brighton's permission first. Have I become the Queen's detective of Blood Moon?"

"No, we were not allowed to touch the case at all last time."

Things were simpler than Romeo thought. On the one hand, the Brighton police detectives found a lot of evidence after preliminary investigation and had to send it to London for testing. The North District Criminal Investigation Unit, which is in charge of murder cases, was contacted.

However, because Romeo was on vacation, a member of the Romeo team was arrested by the Internal Affairs Bureau. The North District Criminal Investigation Department did not contact Romeo, but prepared to send another group of homicide investigation teams to Brighton.After Romeo made phone calls and his superiors gave permission, Romeo and Liang Xi took the train to Brighton at two o'clock in the afternoon.The reason for taking the train is that both of them are too lazy to drive. Anyway, there will be local official vehicles to pick them up when they arrive in Brighton. If it is impossible, they can take a taxi.

Come on, I kind of hit you with a train.

Liang Xi told Karin that she was going to Brighton again, and Karin couldn't laugh or cry. As the owner of a detective agency, she cheated Wendy of a little pocket money after a few years, but she was as busy as a machine.

The problem still lies in the blood moon. If the blood moon cannot be stabilized, it will be a year and a half to toss.In comparison, the Earl's eldest son is an honest man.Both Hannah and Coster are demon-level figures who eat people without blinking.The distribution of Blood Moon's benefits must be completed in order to prevent Blood Moon from continuing to cause accidents.

After listening to Liang Xi's analysis, Romeo reminded: "Be preconceived, don't be preconceived. According to your analysis, the murderer is an acquaintance in the castle."

"There are many possibilities." Liang Xi said, "It has been seven hours since the Earl's eldest son was attacked, and he is still not out of danger, which means he is not dead yet."

Liang Xi's words sounded contradictory, but Romeo read Liang Xi's meaning: "That's right, the crossbow arrows with the power to penetrate the chest seem to be less accurate." Being able to live to this day shows that the crossbow arrows did not hit the vital point.

Romeo asked, "A novice?"

Liang Xidao: "If you are a novice, the case may be a family conflict, a wealthy family's infighting. I also have corresponding information here. The earl does not like the eldest son. There is a huge difference in the three views of the two."

Romeo said: "Excluding the conspiracy, this case seems to be a very standard murder case. This type of case is not too difficult. Most of the perpetrators are novices, and their mental capacity is very poor."

Liang Xi said: "It's better like this, I will treat it as a tourist in Brighton."

……

Detective Brighton shouldn't have called for help too early, and he had to live for a few days anyway to save himself some face.But the owner of the castle is too powerful, and he is obviously the king of Brighton. They have called and met with the mayor of Brighton many times in a row, demanding to unseal the scene of the crime.Liang Xi and Romeo thought that the earl was in a hurry and wanted to destroy the evidence, which showed that the evidence was still near the crime scene and the suspect could be identified.But I didn't expect the Brighton police to seal the castle.And not only the castle was closed, but also part of the roads of the manor.

Detective Theory [-]: The murderer escaped through the slope after killing the man.Theory [-]: After the murder, the murderer sneaked into the castle to hide.The reason for these two theories is that neither the crossbow nor the suspect could be found.Surveillance did not capture any suspects, and the security guards on the road and outside the castle did not see any suspicious persons.Because of the identity of the victim, the Brighton Police Department did not dare to slack off, sealed off half of the manor and began to search and search carefully.When Liang Xi and the others arrived at the scene of the crime around [-]:[-] p.m., the forensic personnel were still there, indicating that the work of collecting evidence had not been completed.

Liang Xi asked their team leader about the situation and found that they didn't know what they should be looking for.Because of the request of the police detective in charge, I found out anything that felt wrong, and more than [-] evidence bags were used alone.However, it cannot be said that these things are worthless. For example, there is a cigarette butt in the grass, because it fell into the water, so it is impossible to judge the time when the cigarette butt fell with the naked eye.The shrubs were broken, and it is not sure whether the suspects swept them off when they passed by.There was a crumpled napkin on the side of the road, the inside was black, and it was uncertain whether it was the maintenance oil needed for the crossbow.In addition, there are footprints in outdoor grass, where fingerprints can be taken.

This situation occurs because the police detective in charge of the case has no direction and no ideas, and he has no way to convey his thoughts to the forensic personnel, so he can only let the forensic personnel expand the search area.The shooting distance of the crossbow is more than [-] meters, and for every additional meter, the forensic personnel have to invest more resources.

The detective in charge at the scene is very young, less than 30 years old, and knows Romeo.He was not the detective in charge, he was the detective who was left at the scene by the detective in charge and didn't know what to do.The police detective's name is Aiwen. Seeing Romeo is like seeing a savior, except for enthusiasm.Romeo explained to Liang Xi the reason for Aiwen's enthusiasm when Aiwen was away. It turned out that Aiwen did not know from which channel that Romeo's team was short of people, so he sent two self-recommendation emails to Romeo.

Strictly speaking, Aiwen is Romeo's student. Romeo became famous when he was young. He was once invited by the Police University to serve as a special teacher for a month, and he also met Aiwen during that time.

This kind of relationship has an advantage. Ai Wen did not reserve all the information and details of the case he knew to the two of them.

At that time, there were two people practicing Tai Chi, the earl and the earl's eldest son, perhaps this was their only common hobby.According to Aiwen's understanding, the earl started to imitate his son's boxing after watching his son boxing several times. The two didn't talk much, and they played well.The eldest son's family of five sat eating breakfast more than ten meters away, including the eldest son's three-year-old grandson.Whether the Earl came to learn Taijiquan, or to find an excuse to play with his great-grandson, Ivan was not quite sure.

This is not an accident, but a normal castle life.Although the second son of the earl also lives in the castle, he pursues DINK doctrine, and the husband and wife do not join in the fun every day.The remaining sons and daughters live and work in big cities

The earl's castle has a different design, with the main entrance facing the cliff.In the earl's words, the battery outside the main gate can control the plain and road below.Originally there was a wall around the back door, but it was completely demolished 20 years ago. I have been considering whether to change the back door to the front door, but because I want to keep the unique style, I haven't really started construction.

According to most witnesses, they first heard the sound of the eldest son falling, and then heard a small sound of ahh.Everyone gathered around one after another, and the earl squatted down to check on his son.The only person who saw the process of being hit by the arrow was a maid. When she brought the food to the dining table, she saw that she didn't know how to describe it, and then the eldest son fell to the ground.She was sure that the eldest son was facing the winding mountain road at the back door, standing less than three meters from the edge of the backyard, with a slope below.

From the maid's testimony and the location of the arrow hit by the eldest son, the police detective preliminarily judged that it was a crossbow arrow shot from down the slope.But because the eldest son is alive, he cannot know the angle of the shot, nor the distance of the shot.One of the murder weapons, the crossbow arrow, pierced through the body of the eldest son, hit the wall of the main building and fell to the ground.

Liang Xi and Romeo looked at the photos on the phone together, which contained the results of the analysis of important physical evidence.Liang Xi glanced at Romeo, and Romeo asked, "You think so too?"

Liang Xi nodded.

Alvin asked, "What do you mean?"

Romeo said: "Don't you know much about crossbows? The total length of this crossbow is 15 centimeters. It is either a hand crossbow or a small compound crossbow. If the accuracy is to be guaranteed, the range will not exceed 30 meters. I guess not It will be more than 20 meters."

Romeo walked to the edge of the backyard and looked at the gentle slope: "It is clear at a glance within 20 meters. It is impossible to hide people, and it is impossible to hide the bow." Behind the 20-meter gentle slope is the road, and the road is followed by a gentle slope, which leads to the foot of the mountain.

Liang Xi said, "I'll go down and have a look."

The ramp is not too steep, Liang Xi walked carefully to the road, took out his mobile phone and contacted Romeo: "About 22 meters, the error is one meter."

Romeo stood where the eldest son had fallen, and asked, "How is it?" three meters from the gentle slope.

"Invisible."

Romeo walked one meter away, Liang Xi said, "I saw the head."

Romeo walked another meter away, and there was still one meter away from the edge. Liang Xi took the video on his mobile phone, zoomed in, and said, "Well, yes. This position can hit the chest, and the fault tolerance rate is low. Tell me, is this possible? The reason for the shot in the heart? The heart is on the edge of the horizon, so the crossbow is a little higher."

Romeo said: "If this is the case, why not shoot the neck? The impact of the crossbow can break the cervical spine and cut off the main artery."

Liang Xi said: "Judging from the shape of the arrowhead, this crossbow arrow stabs, not cuts." The wider the arrow's front, the stronger the lethality, but the weaker the range and penetration.The crossbow arrows in murder cases tend to be needle-shaped. If they miss the vital points, the fatality rate will not be very high under modern medical conditions.Because of the shape of the crossbow bolt, it has extremely strong penetrating power and can penetrate the human body.

Liang Xi hung up the phone and walked up, Romeo shouted: "Be careful, don't roll down. Aiwen, go help."

"Damn you." Liang Xi was angry, he was only in his 20s, and he exercised for more than half an hour every day, how could he be so unbearable?As soon as he finished speaking, the soles of his shoes slipped, and Liang Xi fell face-to-face on the grass. Fortunately, Liang Xi really practiced, so he supported his facial features with his hands first.

Romeo sighed: "You have been exercising, but your shoes haven't." Liang Xi was very careful when going down, and stepped down sideways.When you come up, you step on it.When the left foot is lifted, the friction force of the sole of the right foot is not enough, the foot slides backwards, and the person falls towards the grass.

Liang Xiqi was counted by Romeo.What's even more annoying is that this guy knew he was going to fall, so he didn't even notify him.

……

Back in the backyard, Liang Xi made his own judgment: "The crossbow arrows didn't come from the slope or the road in the backyard."

Romeo also thought so, and asked a question: "Let's exclude the maid's testimony for now. After all, many people can't remember the sudden scene at that moment, and they will use their own brains to spell out the picture. Why did the crossbow that penetrated the eldest son fall on the wall? where?"

The castle is in the middle, and the cliff to the backyard wraps the castle like a ring road.Liang Xi looked left and right for a while, trying to make the crossbow appear beside the wall, but he couldn't do it from the extreme left and right sides.

A fan shape, the eldest son is in the middle of the fan shape, and the crossbow arrow lands on the handle of the fan.If the crossbow is not shot from the front of the fan, either it cannot penetrate the eldest son, or it cannot fall on the handle of the fan.Even though eyewitnesses may be wrong, the position of the eldest son is probably correct, and there is blood on the ground and marks caused by his fall.

On a whim, Ai Wen asked, "Teacher, do you think the murderer put the crossbow arrows on the streetlights of the road below?"

Romeo walked to the edge and looked down at the street lights. The street lights were not high enough, and the street lights were bare. Not to mention Tibetans, even a crossbow could not hide.Besides, even if it is a remote-controlled crossbow, you have to climb up the lamp post to place the crossbow first, and this process must be photographed by surveillance.

Liang Xi said: "It can only be this direction, but it's not this direction."

Romeo said, "What did you think of?"

Liang Xidao: "UAVs, drones, remote-controlled shooting of small compound bows are in line with the situation on the scene. It can explain the reason why the police's carpet search has never found the crossbow, nor can they find any traces of the murderer."

Romeo was noncommittal, and watched quietly for a while: "The light in the morning is very good, and the noise of the drone within a distance of 20 meters is relatively loud. Remote shooting requires the drone to hover for at least 5 seconds. Ordinary people hear the buzzing sound, they will Can’t you look for the sound? In such an open place, you can see the drone within 20 meters at a glance. In addition, no witness said that he heard a strange sound, and no one saw the drone.”

The UAV needs to be equipped with small compound bows, cameras and other items, which means that the UAV needs a certain lift force, which means that the UAV needs to reach a certain output power.Output power is directly proportional to noise.Liang Xi agreed with Romeo's analysis, if it was a drone, someone must have heard or seen it.The visibility in the early morning is very high, the environment is quiet, and the position of the sun will not interfere with everyone's sight.

If the drone is excluded, it means that it is impossible for the crossbow to shoot from the fan to the eldest son.But if it had not been shot at the eldest son from the fan, the crossbow would not have fallen against the wall.

Liang Xi looked at Romeo: "Then there is only one answer left."

"What answer?" Romeo was startled: I haven't thought of it yet, wait a minute, don't slap me in the face.

(End of this chapter)