Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 123 The Life Escalator Murder Case

At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the police station in the Tokyo area of ​​Japan suddenly received a tip-off that a man wearing a kimono was found dead by the swimming pool of the W Hotel in Shinjuku.According to preliminary investigations, the man slipped from the lifesaving ladder and fell to the side of the 50-meter swimming pool, and fell to the ground and died.

The police arrived at the scene and found that the door of the lifesaving ladder was locked inside. Therefore, the Chinese man named Zhang Jun could not have committed suicide, died of alcohol poisoning or was in a daze. It was obvious that this was a planned murder.

The police found a notebook on the body of the deceased, and the information showed that the deceased had had an affair with Koji Oda recently due to smuggling business.Koji Oda is a salesman of a watch company in Japan. He has cooperated with Zhang Jun many times in smuggling business.

On the night of the incident, the waiter at the hotel saw Zhang Jun chatting with a Japanese man in the room.Therefore, the police suspected that the two had a dispute over business matters during the conversation.Afterwards, Koji Oda left angrily, and the murder occurred soon after.The police had strong evidence and immediately issued a warrant to arrest Koji Oda.

The next morning, the police received a report: At 22:[-] last night, Koji Oda was arrested on a train from Tokyo to Hiroshima, while he was sleeping with his head on the train.

What I want everyone to think about now is—why was Koji Oda on the train when Zhang Jun fell off the life-saving ladder?How was his alibi designed?

[Answer] Koji Oda added sleeping pills to his drink when he failed to negotiate business with Zhang Jun in the hotel room while Zhang Jun was going to the bathroom.Zhang Jun was drowsy after drinking, Koji Oda put on gloves, carried Zhang Jun to the life-saving ladder, left the scene, and immediately took the train bound for Hiroshima. One hour later, due to the disappearance of the medicine, Zhang Jun tried to stand up, but accidentally slipped and fell from the lifesaving ladder to the side of the swimming pool.Meanwhile, Koji Oda has fled to create an alibi.

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