fog city detective

Chapter 588
"I felt bad, wanted to cry, and kept drinking for fear of tears falling down." Fiona recalled hard: "But I don't know what made me feel sad."

Liang Xi asked, "Did you go back to bed and sleep 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, "There's also an 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 of the crime, 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 read the report and said, "In addition to some indescribable liquids, there is also water on the carpet."

Liang Xi asked, "Why?"

Romeo said: "Of the eight carpet samples taken by the witnesses, two of them have exactly the same water quality, but they are 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, daily is 0.2%, 100 ml of blood contains 20 mg 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 crime, 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 on Xiaoqing's left foot was basically consistent with the minerals and trace elements of the 'pure water' filtered by the ice machine, and basically consistent with the two liquid samples obtained from the carpet. 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 confidant said that Phil treats Xiaoqing like a daughter and takes 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 case is settled, 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: "Judging from my years of technical experience, 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?"

"Ok?"

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 Xiaoqing's death has hit her hard in the short term. With the investigation of the case, her and Xiaoqing's privacy has been dug out. This fact makes people unhappy. "

"It seems that I don't understand her." Romeo said: "Speaking of which, 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 fine, I'll go first."

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

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

Ai Wen leaned over: "Master, the evidence is complete, and the prosecutor agrees, why haven't you signed the case closure 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. In other words, he found some problems, but he didn't tell me, and I not found."

"what is the problem?"

Romeo stood up, went to the window and watched Liang Xi get into a taxi, and said, "Liang Xi never believed in chance. It was accidental that Xiaoqing stepped on ice and slipped on ice. It was accidental that he hit his head on a crystal ashtray. It was fatal. Accidental. I don’t know how high the probability is, but I believe ten thousand people can’t meet one. Liang Xi, who doesn’t believe in chance, can accept chance, which shows that he has his own views. That’s why 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 she got to the hotel, she drank a lot of wine."

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

Ai Wen nodded: "It makes sense."

"Yeah, it's not like him that he's making good sense in everything he makes. 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 the case, but there is a problem with Liang Xi."

Ai Wen said: "Didn't you say that he has professionalism?"

"His three views are different from what you understand. For example, he suspects that Fiona killed Xiaoqing. The first step is to prove his inference. The second step is to find out the motive of the murder. If Xiaoqing beats Le Fei If you bully Fiona, Liang Xi will think the truth is not important, because Fiona is his friend, and Fiona is fighting back in self-defense. If Fiona kills Xiao Qing because seeing Xiao Qing is uncomfortable, Liang Xi will not Will be appeased because Fiona is his friend. Fiona doesn't have that status, Karin does."

Romeo said: "I intuit that Liang Xi has already verified some things."

Ai Wen excused Liang Xi: "I can quite understand Liang Xi's thinking, assuming that Juliet killed someone, would you find out the truth and arrest her, or persuade her to surrender, or modify a parameter of the case to let her be released without charge? ?”

Romeo: "Surrender yourself?" Not sure.

Ai Wen said: "Suppose the deceased is Juliet's husband, who has committed domestic violence against Juliet for a long time?"

"That……"

Ai Wen said: "Suppose Juliet committed domestic violence against her husband for a long time and killed him by mistake?"

Romeo understood what Ai Wen meant: "When friends and relatives commit crimes, it is not the most important thing whether they commit crimes, but the most important thing is why they commit crimes. Therefore, the law stipulates that suspicion should be avoided. I still underestimated Liang Xi. 'Stealing' the truth."

(End of this chapter)