fog city detective

Chapter 587
At eight o'clock in the morning, Liang Xi was taken to the scene of the crime. Romeo explained the case clearly in 10 minutes on the way. As Liang Xi expected, Fiona was in serious trouble.

Article [-]: It was Fiona's blood test at [-]:[-] in the morning. The alcohol content in her blood showed that she was in a state of drunkenness. Five hours ago, when Xiao Qing died, Fiona's alcohol concentration in her body was even higher.Therefore, even Liang Xi couldn't tell from Fiona's character whether she killed Xiaoqing or not.

The second: The detective said that Fiona had already had a big tongue when she left the bar, and she would not have reached the point of fragmentation.But in the hotel, Fiona and Xiao Qing drank two-thirds of the bottle of whiskey, and Xiao Qing had no alcohol in his body, which meant that Fiona drank alone.The first investigating detective thinks Ching may have provoked Fiona in a persuasion.

Article [-]: Xiaoqing does not smoke, Fiona smokes, and the cigarette butts on the ground are all Fiona's.

Article [-]: Only Fiona's fingerprints are on the ashtray of the murder weapon. The focus is on the back of Fiona's right hand with ash remaining.

Liang Xi asked, "What does Fiona say about this?"

Romeo replied: "Fiona said that she might tip her against the wall, but she would never kill her. Judging from the scene and the body, Xiaoqing was fatally shot with her back facing the murderer."

The two walked to room 605. Liang Xi didn't enter the door in a hurry, but pushed open the door of room 607 opposite. Romeo looked up at the corridor monitor.Said: "The monitoring is very clear, no one has been invaded." No one will enter room 607 from 605 without being discovered.

"Let me see the murder weapon first." Liang Xi quickly saw the so-called large crystal ashtray.This thing is really big, a grown man can cover it with two slaps, pick it up and try it, it is very heavy, this weight is very suitable for smashing.The ashtray is round, but it has edges and corners. The edges and corners are not sharp and will not cut hands, but it is a mace for smashing.

An acquaintance appeared at the door, Detective Alvin of Brighton.Romeo and Aiwen walked into 607 and formally introduced Aiwen to Liang Xi.It probably means that because he is very good in Brighton and there is a black policeman inside, Romeo can form his own detective team by himself.After Romeo got this decision, he directly returned the remaining three members of his team to the personnel department, and called Aiwen to let him come to work.Previously, all the people in this team were sent by the personnel department, and there was no room for rejection as a detective.

Liang Xi handed the ashtray to Ai Wen and said, "Smash it down on the tea table."

"No need." Romeo said: "The technical department has already done experiments, and Fiona has the power to kill."

"Smash it." Liang Xi said.

Ivan glanced at Romeo, and Romeo nodded.

Ai Wen smashed the ashtray on the coffee table, and several holes immediately appeared on the coffee table, one deeper hole and two shallower holes.Romeo explained: "A human's head is curved, and there is only one point of force. With only one point of force, Xiao Qing can be killed with half of Ivan's strength."

Liang Xi ignored Romeo and asked, "How does your hand feel?"

"It's uncomfortable, it's very uncomfortable." Ivan flipped over to check: "There may be some bruises."

Liang Xi said: "There is nothing wrong with Fiona's hand during the physical examination."

Romeo didn't answer, went to the bathroom, took a towel and threw it to Ivan: "Wrap it in your hand before smashing it."

Poor Ivan started to abuse himself on the first day of work. After wrapping up, he switched to his left hand for smashing: "This time there is no vibration, and it feels easier to hold tightly. But when I smashed for the first time, my palm and fingers slipped. Feel."

Liang Xi nodded, looked at Romeo and said, "Where's the blood?"

Romeo turned on the tablet and searched: "Fiona's statement said that she was naked, got up in a hurry to urinate, and used the light of the bedside lamp to wrap herself in a bath towel. There was blood on the bath towel."

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.

(End of this chapter)