deep white secret

Chapter 134 is much more complicated than expected

Ningxia looked at the room again.

The curtains were pulled halfway, and the bright morning sunlight shone on the double bed, and dust could be seen flying in the air.

There was a lot of noise in the corridor, and the man on the bed closed his eyes forever.

Ningxia stood aside and the deceased Meng Xiangren was carried out of the room by several police officers.

A gust of cold air rushed into his body, Ning Xia hugged his arms tightly, and only stood in the room for a while, Ning Xia's hands and feet were already cold.

Xu Jie came over, hugged Ning Xia gently, and warmed her with his body.

"Let's go and ask about other situations."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he pulled Ning Xia out of the room. Ning Xia looked back and saw that the room was empty.

The Evidence Section took everything away, and now only the sound of water dripping from the bathroom was left.

The hotel manager was waiting in the corridor. Knowing that Xu Jie was the criminal investigation captain, he asked anxiously:

"Captain Xu, what do you think we will do next?"

"This is sealed off first. The surveillance video on the third floor of the hotel last night and the registration information of the deceased Meng Xiangren were handed over to Officer Ning."

Ningxia hurriedly left with the hotel manager, Xu Jie called Han Fayi to stop:
"Old Han, how is the on-site investigation going?"

The Korean forensic doctor looked troubled:
"Team Xu, it's really strange. My team members and I were analyzing just now. The deceased definitely did not commit suicide, but his physical signs are not consistent with murder."

Xu Jie lowered his face:
"What do you think about the bathroom scene?"

Forensic Doctor Han kept shaking his head:
"No useful clues were collected. The wet towel was placed on the ground and soaked with water. No footprints or fingerprints were found. I can only guess that the murderer wanted to wash away the blood? But there was no stab wound on the deceased. It doesn't make sense."

"but."

Korean forensic doctors changed the subject:
"We found a little hair on the wet towel and have taken it back for identification."

"hope so."

When Xu Jie said these three words, he also expressed his attitude at the moment.

Xu Jie felt that the possibility of finding the murderer's hair on the towel was almost zero.

The murderer was very cautious, and the purpose of flushing the bathroom with water is still unclear. Although Meng Xiangren rented the room for a long time, he could not guarantee whether the hotel would change the bath towels every day.

"I'll go check out the towel situation later."

Forensic doctor Han nodded:

"That's all the situation at the scene. I have to go back for the autopsy to know the details."

"What about the time of death?"

"According to the preliminary judgment of the corpse spots, it was after 11 o'clock last night. However, in this accident, the temperature of the air conditioner in the room was too low, which delayed the decay of the corpse. From this point of view, the murderer was very careful."

"It's useless to be careful. I have to ask the Korean forensic doctor to give me a clear time of death."

Forensic doctor Han nodded:

"Wait for my news."

Xu Jie came to the atrium on the third floor. Ma Mingjie and Zhang Lei were almost at the end. Xu Jie asked the waiter:

"How many people stayed at the hotel last night?"

"There are 42 guests, and there are nine hotel waiters and cleaning staff on duty."

Seeing that the waiter was still calculating, Xu Jie asked in confusion:
"Besides the cleaning staff and guests, is there anyone else?"

"In addition to Meng Xiangren who lives there for a long time, our hotel also has two families and a single girl who lives there for a long time."

Xu Jie also didn't expect that so many people would like to stay in hotels for a long time.

"What about the two families?"

"Oh, there is a child who goes to school next door, and usually lives for three months, for the convenience of the child going to and from school. It has been three years."

It turned out to be the case.

"Where's the single girl?"

"It seems like a graphic model, a foreigner, who comes to stay when he has work in Jinghai City. He doesn't need to clean it on weekdays, and he doesn't come here often."

"Were you there last night?"

"No, I haven't been here for half a month."

Through the conversation with the waiter, Xu Jie temporarily ruled out their suspicions.

"Who was on duty last night?"

"it's me."

"When did Meng Xiangren come back?"

"I do not know."

"I don't know? Shouldn't you be at the front desk on duty?"

The waiter shook his head:

"It has nothing to do with me. The back door of the hotel is opposite the bus and subway station. Everyone likes to go there. Meng Xiangren may not be sure. I didn't leave my post last night, so he definitely didn't go through the front door, and he doesn't like to greet me. "

Xu Jie understood:
"Is there surveillance at the back door?"

"No, it used to be an employee passage. I don't know when it was discovered by tourists. Then the back door was left open all year round, so everyone could come in and out at will."

Xu Jie thought it would be easy to locate the murderer through the surveillance video last night, but he didn't expect this to be the case.

"That means you don't know when Meng Xiangren came back last night and what he did?"

"Well, besides, I'm not sure whether Meng Xiangren went out yesterday. He sometimes stayed in the hotel for several days. There were many cases where he stayed in the hotel without going out."

Xu Jie narrowed his eyes. He really did not rule out this possibility. Now he could only place his hope on the surveillance on the third floor, which should at least capture the deceased returning to the hotel.

Xu Jie thought of this and took out the phone, and Ningxia quickly answered it.

"Ningxia, the surveillance video range on the third floor will be expanded for a few days."

"Captain Xu, no need. I'm watching the surveillance video from last night. At [-]:[-], Meng Xiangren walked out of the elevator with a woman."

Xu Jie felt happy, could the case be solved so quickly?
"But I'm not sure about their relationship. The surveillance camera can't capture the entry and exit of room 3120."

"There won't be many people coming in and out of the same floor of the hotel. The two of them should be traveling together. When will the woman leave?"

"I was fast forwarding and saw that it was three o'clock in the morning, and there was no sign of the woman leaving."

Xu Jie's heart sank again, but he didn't leave?

Why didn't you leave?
"Copy the video first and check it carefully when you go back."

Xu Jie put down the phone, unhappy for no reason, the murderer has a strong anti-detection ability.

If the murderer had premeditated the murder of Meng Xiangren and had planned every step, he would never have let the police discover the clues so easily.

At this time, Ma Mingjie ended his questioning and walked to Xu Jie while typing on his notebook:

"Boss, all 23 people here have been recorded. I heard from the waiter that there were people who checked out and left this morning. This line needs to be investigated again."

"Well, did you find anything?"

Ma Mingjie smiled and shook his head:
"Boss, you don't know me yet? If there were any clues, could I be in this state?"

The two people looked at each other disappointedly. The situation on Zhang Lei's side was the same. Except for the waiter who found the body, no valuable clues had been obtained so far.

"Head, how about the surveillance video?"

"In the surveillance room of Ningxia, a woman and Meng Xiangren were photographed returning to the hotel, but the woman was not seen leaving."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he looked up at the surveillance camera. The surveillance camera was hung on the wall at the end of the corridor, diagonally downwards, and could take pictures of six rooms.

Room 3120 was around the corner. If the murderer had a premeditated plan, he was really lucky. Meng Xiangren chose a room that was not covered by surveillance cameras.

Xu Jie walked to the door of Meng Xiangren's room again and did not photograph the woman leaving, but she must have left. How did the woman leave?

Next to Meng Xiangren's room was a storage room. Xu Jie reached out and opened it to take a look. The room was small and filled with cleaning items.

A cleaning truck has paper towels, shower gel and other supplies on it.

Spin mops, rags, and bath towels are neatly placed in the cart.

Xu Jie denied in his heart that it was impossible to hide anyone here. Even if the murderer was hiding here, it would be meaningless.

Another question is, does the woman who appeared in the video have anything to do with the murder?who is she?If she was the murderer, how could she leave?How was Meng Xiangren killed?

Xu Jie suddenly felt that this case was much more complicated than he expected, and for a moment he didn't know where to start.

(End of this chapter)