Eye of Sin

Chapter 689 Red Clothes

After finally passing through the section of road with intensive construction, the road conditions and surrounding visibility improved a little, but it also became visibly deserted.

When they arrived near the crime scene, Ning Shuyi discovered that it was an extremely old residential building with exposed red bricks on the exterior walls. The corridors on each floor were exposed outside the building, and the entrance doors of each household were clearly visible from downstairs.

Even if you ignore the rusty fence that has almost turned completely black, and the greasy and broken stairs, just looking at the architectural style, this building in W City has a history of at least thirty years.

It is conceivable that there are not many residents in this building, and there is no need to worry about whether there is property management or whether there are surveillance equipment around.

Having heard that something had happened in the building and seeing the cordon put up by the police station, the few residents in the building all ran out to watch what was happening and gathered downstairs, basking in the sun and chattering.

"I said we can't allow those people to rent out the house casually! We used to live here as old neighbors, and there has never been a incident like this!

Ever since the gang that lived in the house moved in, all kinds of messes have popped up!" A 70-year-old man whispered to his old friend.

"That's right! These young people nowadays are really morally corrupt! They are not interested in anything except working hard every day, and they are involved in everything else!" His old partner not only agreed with him, but also took the prejudice to a whole new level.

A young man in his twenties standing nearby sneered contemptuously. It was obvious that the prejudices expressed by these two people had caused him to be shot twice.

Forensic and criminal technology colleagues entered the scene first. Zhao Dabao and Huo Yan went in to help, while Ning Shuyi stayed outside to communicate with the reporter and ask about the situation at the time.

The first person to discover this murder was an old lady, who has now been taken away by ambulance. The person who stayed behind to report the case was her daughter, who also rushed over after hearing the news that the old lady was frightened to death.

After communicating with her, I learned that the old lady who discovered the murder lived next door to the crime scene. She was taken home by her daughter to live for a few days a few days ago and was not at home. Today she wanted to go back to her own home to live for a few days.

Unexpectedly, after returning home, she smelled a very strong smell of paint coming in from the half-open window. She suspected that the neighbor next door was renovating, but the paint smell was so strong that the old lady couldn't help but worry about whether it would affect her health, so she went over and knocked on the neighbor's door, wanting to ask what was going on.

As a result, I arrived at the neighbor's door and knocked a few times, only to find that the door was ajar and not closed tightly. A light knock opened a crack. The house was quiet and there was no sound, but the smell of paint was even more pungent.

The old lady wanted to go in and see for herself what kind of renovation project it was that caused such a strong smell.

As a result, something bad happened when she pushed the door open. She was so scared that she fell on the spot. She half crawled out of the house trembling and collapsed in the corridor. It was almost half an hour later that a neighbor came back from outside. Seeing the old woman like this, he thought she had a health problem and hurried to help call her daughter.

After the old lady's daughter finally figured out the truth of the matter, she hurriedly called the police.

As for what the crime scene looked like, the old man was so scared that he didn't describe it clearly. His daughter only knew that there was a dead person, but she didn't know what it looked like, and she didn't dare to secretly go and take a look before the police arrived.

Ning Shuyi thanked the old man's daughter and asked her to take care of her frightened mother, while he went upstairs to meet Huo Yan and the others.

When Ning Shuyi went up, the work on site was still being processed.

According to the usual practice, she had been talking to the reporter for such a long time, and most of the problems should have been dealt with by the higher-ups. However, when she came up this time, she found that everyone seemed to be busy and anxious. With the entrance door wide open, even walking in the open corridor, she could still smell a strong smell of paint. No wonder the reporter's mother felt uneasy when she smelled it when she got home.

"Is the situation inside complicated?" Ning Shuyi asked Huo Yan.

Huo Yan nodded: "Take a look at it and be mentally prepared."

Ning Shuyi raised her eyebrows slightly. It seemed that there was something really special at the crime scene, since Huo Yan had given her this reminder.

Putting on shoe covers, Ning Shuyi walked in cautiously. The further inside he went, the stronger the smell of paint became.

The house was a one-bedroom, one-living room structure. It wasn't very big, with a simple polished floor, a few tattered pieces of furniture, and an iron bed with paint peeling off.

But looking at it now, although the paint on the iron fences at the head and foot of the bed is very mottled, the scene on the bed is quite different.

On the bed, which was of appropriate size, there was a scarlet humanoid outline.

The reason why it is called a "human-shaped outline" is mainly because apart from the fact that it looks like a person, no other details can be seen.

That "person" should be a woman with very long hair scattered below her body, and some curves can be vaguely seen on her body.

But all of this was covered with a thick layer of red paint, so only a rough outline could be seen, and all the details of the appearance could not be seen at all.

What is certain is that the female victim was naked when she was killed.

The red paint was very thick and looked sticky, covering all the features of the deceased and spreading onto the bed sheets. A lot of it flowed onto the ground. The color was eye-catching. Although there was no river of blood or horrific scene of disembowelment, it still had a very strong visual impact.

The paint looks like it has solidified on the surface, but it is probably not completely dry yet. Forensic scientists are trying to figure out how to clean the deceased out of the thick paint.

It's easy to imagine that at a crime scene like this, it's impossible to obtain some trace evidence from the deceased's body. Just cleaning out the body is a huge project.

Ning Shuyi couldn't help much, so he just looked around the house casually.

There were no less than ten paint cans scattered around in the kitchen, with only a little red paint left in each of them. The surface of the paint cans looked dirty, with a lot of dust and oil stains, and it didn't look like they were purchased recently.

Apart from this, there were no dishes or kitchen waste in the kitchen, and there were no signs of personal belongings left by people who actually lived here anywhere else in the house.

So, was the red paint made from local materials, or was it part of a plan prepared in advance by the murderer?