1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 41 Mature Wisdom (7)
However, after Sergeant Toby thought carefully, he came to a new judgment. He determined that this was a premeditated murder, and the mastermind was Tom.

Excuse me, what makes Sheriff Toby conclude that Tom is the mastermind?

It occurred to Toby that in animal training classes, dogs could be trained to attack people as soon as they heard the phone ring.At that time, Tom called Mr. Torres. After hearing the ringing of the phone, the dog followed the usual training to attack people.

suicide gambler

On this day, Sheriff Toby received a report that Mick had committed suicide at home.Sergeant Toby and his assistants quickly arrived at the crime scene.

According to Mick's neighbors, Mick rarely interacts with people, and recently he lives in seclusion.So no one came in and out of Mick's house, and he didn't know what he was up to recently.

Toby walked into the room of the deceased, and saw that the room was very messy and papers were scattered all over the floor.Mick was lying on the bed covered with a blanket, and was shot in the head, and the used pistol slid to the ground.There was a piece of paper on the bedside table, which said: "I lost money in a bet, I was in debt, and I had to die..." Sheriff Toby's assistant looked at the scene and found no suspicious signs, so he said: " It appears the man committed suicide."

Hearing what the assistant said, Sergeant Toby remained silent, and approached the bed again, lifted the blanket covering the deceased, looked at it and said, "He didn't commit suicide." The assistant was puzzled and asked why, Sergeant Toby After explaining it to him, the assistant suddenly realized.Soon, they caught the murderer.

Excuse me, what is the basis for Sergeant Toby to conclude that this is not a suicide?

It's very simple, if Mick committed suicide, he would not be wrapped in blankets all over his body, because he was going to commit suicide with a pistol, and his hand holding the gun must be exposed outside the blanket, but his hand was inside the blanket.It can be seen that someone killed him and covered him with a blanket, forging the scene.

bullet from the mouth
In the winter of last year, a very strange case happened. A university professor named Bill was found dead at home.There were no obvious signs of a struggle in Bill's home, just a wad of cash left on the table, and he was sitting in a chair with his head thrown back, his mouth open, and a pistol in his left hand.

After the police sent a coroner to examine, it was confirmed that the cause of death of the deceased was a bullet in the mouth - the bullet passed through the back of the head from his mouth.

After investigation, three people had been in and out of Professor Bill's home before the incident, namely his dentist, school colleagues and a salesman.So the police officer called the three people to the police station for questioning.

Bill's dentist said: "Bill's gums were inflamed that day. He called me. I went to treat him and left in a hurry."

Bill's colleague explained: "The cash left at the scene is mine, but I went to his house in the afternoon, mainly to talk to him about buying and selling gold. He has been doing gold business recently."

The salesman said: "I went to his house to sell razors, but he didn't buy it after seeing it, so I didn't stay any longer."

After in-depth evidence collection, the police found the murderer among the above three people. Which one is it?

The killer is the dentist.Because the bullet entered from the mouth of the deceased, and only a dentist can make the deceased open his mouth without being suspected, he left the murder weapon after the shooting and created the illusion of suicide.

watch and glass

On a gloomy morning, the manager of the famous watch shop just went to work. As soon as he arrived at the door of the store, Hamm, the on-duty person, greeted him and said: "The famous watch in the window has been stolen. I have called the police. Investigate inside." The manager was stunned.Seeing the manager coming, the sheriff walked out of the store and said to him: "The scene is well protected. According to the situation at the scene, the thief used a glass knife to cut through the window and stole the watch."

The sheriff briefly briefed the manager about the situation outside, and when he was about to enter the door, he saw some broken glass outside the window.After a while, the sheriff came in and asked Ham, "Where did you sleep last night?" Ham pointed to a place not far from the window and said, "I didn't sleep all night, and I just took a nap there when I was tired." "Yesterday Did anyone else come in tonight?" Hamm said with certainty, "No one, I've been in the store."

Hearing Hamm's answer, the sheriff walked a few steps back and forth in the store, and suddenly asked: "Didn't you hear any noise at night?" Hamm said: "At dawn, I was awakened by the sound of broken glass. , When I got up, I found that the watch had been stolen, so I called the police. In the past few days, I found that the guy in the glass shop often stood in front of the window. He had a glass knife, so he must have stolen the watch!"

The sheriff listened and asked him if he had anything else to say.Hamm said there was nothing more to say.The sheriff announced loudly: "The thief is Hamm! Go search his clothes box." Sure enough, the stolen watch was found, and Hamm was arrested.

How did the sheriff decide that Hamm was responsible?

It is based on the location where the glass shards fell.Because if you stand outside the window and cut the glass, the glass shards should fall into the window.And the glass fragments fell on the ground outside the window, indicating that the thief cut the glass in the shop.

rose without fingerprints

After get off work in the evening, while drinking in a bar, detective Dorn saw a gorgeously dressed and beautiful girl sitting next to him. Donne looked familiar and thought he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Don looked down, and saw that the girl's nails were covered with bright red nail polish, which was really conspicuous under the dim light of the bar.She held the wine glass with her tender and delicate hands, and slowly sipped the wine in the glass.When she saw that Don was paying attention to her, she looked a little unnatural, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, got up and left.Looking at her back, Don suddenly remembered that she was the female thief "Pink Rose" whom the police offered a reward for arresting.He hurried to the door, but there was no sign of "Pink Rose".

"Fortunately, she has used the cup in the bar and can still find fingerprints." Don said to himself.

Don immediately returned to the bar and took her used glass for testing.But according to the test results, only the bartender's fingerprints were on it.Impossible, Dawn saw with his own eyes that she was not wearing gloves at the time, nor did she wipe off her fingerprints.Doesn't she have fingerprints?Don suddenly remembered something, and said to himself, "Hmph! As expected of a famous thief, she has done a very thorough job of keeping secrets."

Where did her fingerprints go?
The answer lies in the nail polish. "Pink Rose" painted colorless and transparent nail polish on her fingertips, so that no matter what she took, she would not leave her fingerprints.

killer with sunglasses

Two college students, John and Sutter, live together in an apartment in the suburbs of New York City. They are classmates in the same school. They have a very good relationship and are inseparable.

On this day, it was snowing heavily, and there were snowflakes everywhere.Officer Jones and his assistant suddenly received a report from John that Sutter had been shot dead just now.When they rushed to the scene, they saw Sutter was shot in the head, lying on his back in a pool of blood.

John said: "I was eating pizza with Sarter just now. Suddenly a man wearing sunglasses broke in. Without saying anything, he shot Sartre and ran away."

Officer Jones saw the steaming pizza on the table and said, "Stop pretending, you are the murderer!"

Excuse me, why is this?

If someone wears sunglasses from the cold outside into the steamy room, the lens will be covered with a layer of fog, making it impossible to see the people in the room clearly.

deadly venom
Mr. Ham, a financial tycoon, is sixty years old. On Christmas Day, he invites celebrities from all walks of life to hold a candlelight party at home, and the party is hosted by his adopted son Robin.

Robin was wearing a black dress, with a Parker gold pen in his pocket, and he was very personable and chic.The party was a great success and everyone had a great time.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from nowhere and blew out all the candles, and there was a small commotion in the hall.Ham hurriedly ordered people to relight the candles, and raised a glass to apologize to the guests.As soon as he drank the wine in the glass, he cried out in pain and fell to the ground dead.

Coincidentally, Inspector Murray also attended the party. He checked Ham's body and found that he died of poisoning, so he concluded that someone had just poisoned Ham's wine when the candle was extinguished.He immediately counted the number of people and found that no one had left, indicating that the murderer was still in the hall.

Looking at the people in the hall, Inspector Murray wondered who might be the murderer.He saw Robin talking to the guests nonchalantly, and thought: Will Robin murder his adoptive father in order to get property as soon as possible?Suspicions flashed through Inspector Murray's mind.When he saw flowers in the pockets of the guests' coats, his eyes suddenly lit up.Murray grabbed Robin and said loudly: "Robin, you killed Ham!" Faced with the hard facts, Robin had to confess.

What is Inspector Murray's basis?Where is the poison hidden?
Inspector Murray saw that all the men had flowers in their coat pockets, but Robin had a pen in his coat pocket.The poison was hidden in the pen, and he dropped the poison into Hamm's cup while the candle was blowing out.

Scars on soles of feet

Terry is an optimistic, cheerful old man with a wide circle of friends and a love of the outdoors.Every sunny day, he would always contact his three or five friends to go outing, hunting, picnic and boating together.Although he is nearly sixty years old, there is no trace of oldness in him.

No one thought that bad luck would befall this kind old man so quickly.

One morning, a body was found under a big tree outside a wall.The deceased was barefoot, with several longitudinal welts running from toe to heel on the sole of the foot, and there were also bloodstains.There is a pair of slippers next to it.

After verification, the deceased was Terry.

The police officer who investigated the case deduced: "The deceased wanted to climb a tree and climb into the wall, but accidentally fell to his death. He may have wanted to steal."

But the experienced detective Barry said: "No, according to the situation at the scene, this person did not fall from the tree, but was murdered and placed here. The murderer wanted to pretend that the victim accidentally fell to death Illusion."

Let me ask, why did the inspector say that?
The wound on the bottom of the deceased's foot ran longitudinally from toe to heel. If he really fell from a tree while climbing a tree, there would be no longitudinal wound on the sole of his foot.Because when climbing a tree, you need to clamp the trunk with your feet, even if the sole of the foot is injured, it can only be a horizontal scar.

valid will

Carlo is a well-known rich man. Due to his advanced age, his relatives and friends covet his property more and more.In a traffic accident, Carlo was seriously injured, blind and dying.His wife Sula came to the ward every day to make a scene, asking Carlo to hand over the property to her, but Carlo remained silent.When Sura was away, Carlo confided to a blind patient named Hal. He was going to write a will, let his younger brother Moby inherit part of the property, and entrusted Hal to keep the will, and Hal agreed.

After Sura knew this, she forced Carlo to let her inherit all the property. Carlo said angrily, "I won't satisfy your request. Bring paper and pen!" Sura took a pen without ink and A blank sheet of paper was handed to Carlo.

Carlo wrote on it: "After I die, I will distribute 500 million U.S. dollars to Sura, and the rest of the property will be inherited by Moby." After signing, put the will in a document bag, sealed it, and handed it to Hal.Seeing this, Su La was secretly happy, because she knew that this will was just a blank piece of paper.According to the law, without a will, she will inherit all the property.

Carlo died shortly after his injuries worsened.When Hal comes to the funeral, Sura quarrels with him for property inheritance and appeals to the court for a ruling.

On the day of the trial, Hal came to the court, told how Carlo wrote the will, and handed over the document bag to the judge.The judge opened it and saw that there was a blank sheet of paper inside.There was an uproar in the court, but the judge declared the will valid and distributed Carlo's property according to the will.

Do you know why?

Because Carlo wrote the will on paper in Braille.

oil painting frame

Bonn was a speculative businessman, and he collected many oil paintings, all of which were priceless art treasures.Just in case, he took out a huge amount of insurance for these oil paintings.

One day, Bonn came to the insurance company to report the case, saying that all the oil paintings in his home had been robbed by robbers, and he took out the issued certificate and demanded compensation.Due to the huge amount of compensation, the insurance company suspected fraud, so it hired the famous detective Hess with a high salary.

Hess and his assistant came to Bonn's home and asked him to tell the story of the robbery.Bonn called his servant to speak for him.The servant said: "That day, I was in the room with my master, and a group of robbers broke in suddenly. They knocked the master unconscious with gun butts, put the gun against my head, and made me stand facing the wall. Grab the painting with your hands."

"So, you didn't see the robber's face clearly?" Hess' assistant asked.

The servant said: "No, I saw the face of the robber from the glass of the oil painting frame on the wall. The leader's face was full of flesh, and there was a scar on the left side of his forehead. After they robbed the painting, they knocked me unconscious with the butt of a gun gone."

Hess asked: "Mr. Bonn, is what your servant said true?" "It's absolutely true! We still have scars on our heads!" The assistant checked their heads, and there was indeed a healed wound. Soon scars.

Hess said with a smile: "Do you want to cheat with bitter tricks?" Then he pointed out a flaw in the lie of the two masters and servants in Bonn.

Do you know what a flaw is?

The servant said that he saw the robber's face on the glass of the oil painting frame, and this was the flaw.Oil paintings are never framed with glass, but are decorated with wooden frames or special picture frames.

Heavenly Soldier
Ryan was very unlucky in the casino, and the more he gambled, the more he lost, and finally owed a large sum of money.So he had to get the money right away, so Lane was always looking for ways to get rich.

That night, he saw that the lights were still on on the eighth floor of a building, so he went up with a pistol in his pocket.When he came to the door of that house, he heard a woman talking inside: "Don't worry about this matter, we can do it tomorrow..."

Hearing the conversation, Ryan thought: "There are two people inside, what should I do?" But he was confident that he had a gun in his hand and was not afraid.

He knocked on the door, only to hear the woman inside say: "Please wait a moment."

After a while, the door opened, and there was only one woman inside.Seeing the stranger coming in, the woman asked, "Who are you looking for?" Ryan didn't say a word, closed the door immediately after entering, and drew his pistol.

The woman screamed "Help" in fright, but Ryan pulled the trigger before she could finish calling.A bullet from the suppressed pistol hit the woman in the chest, and she fell slowly.

Ryan immediately ransacked the box and took all the cash and jewelry.When he closed the door and was about to leave, he found that the surroundings were quiet, and it could be seen that the scream of the woman just now had not reached the outside.Ryan walked towards the stairs calmly.

But at this moment, several policemen ran up: "Don't move, raise your hands!"

Ryan thought, I'm so unlucky, how did they know there was a robbery in here?
So, do you know what's going on here?
The woman was actually on the phone, and she said "please hold on a second", to the person on the phone, without hanging up.Of course the other party heard her "Help", so she immediately called the police, and the police came to catch Ryan.

murder in the bathtub
In a small town in Los Angeles, Sheriff Peter received a call at 11 o'clock one night.The informant said he found his newly married wife dead in the bathtub.

The Los Angeles Police Department immediately organized officers to rush to the scene.The reporter was a politician, and he said he had a meeting with some colleagues tonight.I called home at 9:45, and my wife answered the phone in the bathroom, saying that she was taking a bath in the bathtub and told him to call in another 15 minutes.He also heard the sound of bath water.Half an hour later, at 10:15, he called home but no one answered.After another 15 minutes, he called home again, but no one answered.

His wife didn't answer the phone in a row, he was very worried, so he rushed home, only to find his wife dead in the bathtub.The blood had stained the soapy water red, and there was a cracked beer bottle next to the bathtub, and there were scattered fragments of bottle residue in the bathtub. He suspected that the beer bottle was the murder weapon.

The sheriff ordered his subordinates to take notes for the informant, but the forensic doctor came over and said: "The informant is lying, and he is the murderer." The sheriff was a little confused, and asked the forensic doctor what evidence he had found.

Do you know what evidence the forensics found?

According to the informant, his wife should have been killed before 10:15, so when he rushed home around 11:[-], the soap bubbles in the bath water had already disappeared.Therefore, the forensic doctor believes that the reporter is lying.

The power of cowhide

In the midsummer of the western United States, the heat is unbearable, and the scorching sun seems to dry up every drop of water on the earth.

One evening, people found Keta, the heir of the farm, under a dead tree near the farm.His eyes were closed tightly, a ball of cotton cloth was stuffed in his mouth, and three rawhide ropes were tightly wrapped around his neck.

After receiving the report, the town police station 15 kilometers away from the farm came to investigate the scene.After the forensic autopsy, it was determined that Kota's death time was around 3:[-] p.m. that day, and he was strangled to death with a cowhide rope.

After investigation, the police found that Kota's cousin Jose was the most suspected.According to the law, if Kota died, Jose would inherit all the property of the farm.When the police interrogated José, he categorically denied it, saying that he was drinking in a small bar in the town at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. How could he strangle Kota, who was 15 kilometers away, to death?And named several people who drank with him.The police went to investigate one by one, and at least 6 people confirmed that Jose had been drinking with them in the bar from 1 pm, and they didn't leave the bar until after 5 pm.

If it cannot be confirmed that Jose was present at the time of the crime, he cannot be arrested and prosecuted, and it will be difficult to continue investigating the case.The sheriff was very troubled by this.

At this time, the old housekeeper of the farm came to the police station and said, "Jose is the murderer. He strangled Kota to death with a rawhide rope. Because..." The butler's words made the policeman suddenly understand, and he was arrested immediately.Under the irrefutable evidence, Jose had no choice but to plead guilty.

How did José strangle Kota to death?
(End of this chapter)