Coroner Coroner

Didn't you just say that this was committed by an acquaintance?

Why do you change your mind now that I'm on your side?

Narumi Asai had some minor complaints, but Hayashi Shinichi smiled at him:

"For forensic medicine, you can have a preliminary guess about the case, but you must not be preconceived."

"Before you find conclusive evidence, you have to remain skeptical about any seemingly certain speculation."

"After all... Speculation is just speculation after all."

Lin Xinyi sighed slightly:

"My guess based on case-handling experience is fine, or your analysis based on the damage pattern."

"It can only be used as a reference for scene restoration and criminal profiling, and cannot be used as evidence to prove that this is an acquaintance who committed the crime and forged the scene."

"oh, I understand now."

Asai Chengshi deeply remembered these teachings, and then looked at Lin Xinyi expectantly:

In his opinion, Lin Xinyi is more capable than him, and he will definitely be able to find more clues during the autopsy.

Lin Xinyi must be able to see the evidence he couldn't find from the corpse.

Asai Chengmi just waited silently.

However, Lin Xinyi spread his hands towards him:

"Don't look at me, the autopsy you just did was very good, I have nothing to add."

"Oh?" Asai Narumi was slightly taken aback: "Mr. Lin, don't you have any other discoveries?"

If even the most capable Lin Xinyi didn't make any breakthrough discoveries, wouldn't this case be about to hit a bottleneck?

Thinking of this, Asai Chengshi couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

But Lin Xinyi rolled his eyes helplessly at him:

"Asai, don't deify me and my profession too much."

"As a forensic doctor, whether it's me or you, it's just a part of the criminal investigation process."

"Forensic medicine, trace inspection, visits, interrogation, identification, the breakthrough of the case may appear in any part of this procedure."

"So not every case can let the forensic doctor play the leading role."

In the actual criminal investigation process, there will never be a situation in detective stories where only the protagonist shines brightly and everyone else is eclipsed.

This approach of individual heroism does not work in real work.

"We are a team."

"Everyone is a protagonist."

Lin Xinyi calmly accepted the fact that he might have to play soy sauce in this case:

"Asai, there's no need to be nervous, let alone disappointed."

"We have done the best that forensic doctors can do at the scene."

"The next step is to see what clues our companion, Ms. Mao Lilan, who is in charge of trace inspection, and other police officers can investigate."

As he said this, his voice just fell...

Mao Lilan ran over in a hurry and came to him and Asai Chengshi.

"Mr. Lin!"

The young girl who was acting as a lonely vase behind a famous detective not long ago has become extremely capable at the moment:

"I found evidence to prove that this is the murderer's forged scene!"

Chapter 179 Forged Evidence at the Scene

Mao Lilan came over confidently to report the findings of the trace team she led.

At this moment, she is the real protagonist of the audience's attention.

Seeing the students so radiant and radiant, Lin Xinyi, who has been playing soy sauce until now, does not feel disappointed, but just feels relieved:

As the leader of the Forensics Section, he hopes that his subordinates are as capable as possible.

When Mao Lilan, Asai Naomi and others can reach the level of being independent, he will be able to be a fisherman who gets off work on time and goes home early to accompany his children.

"Then, Miss Maury..."

Lin Xinyi looked at Mao Lilan expectantly and approvingly:

"Tell me about your discovery!"

"Well, Mr. Lin, Dr. Asai, come with me."

Mao Lilan suppressed the little excitement in her heart, and turned around skillfully to lead the way for Lin Xinyi and Asai Chengshi.

A group of people quickly walked out of the villa and came to the broken glass door, beside the lawn laid in the yard.

"People from our on-site inspection team have confirmed that all the doors and windows that allow people to enter and exit the villa are locked from the inside, and there are no signs of violent damage."

"The only thing with signs of violent damage is this smashed glass door."

"According to the situation on the scene, our first guess will only be:"

"The murderer entered through the courtyard gate, then walked around the side of the villa on the lawn, smashed the glass door on the side, and forcibly broke in."

"But Mr. Lin, look at the footprints on the lawn—"

As he spoke, Mao Lilan pointed to the lawn, the overwhelmed blades of grass that had been marked by evidence plates.

It is difficult to extract complete footprints on the lawn, and there is no way to analyze the murderer's height, weight, shoe type and other important information like the footprints printed on the mud floor with clear and recognizable patterns.

But at least, the investigators can judge whether anyone has passed by and where they have passed through the fallen grass blades on the lawn.

By judging the orientation of the blades of grass and the rough outline of the footprints, it is also possible to analyze the direction in which the murderer was traveling.

"There is indeed a series of back and forth footprints on the lawn."

"But the strange thing is that after the series of footprints extended from the glass door on the side of the villa, when it was about to turn to the main entrance of the villa and walk out of the courtyard gate...they disappeared."

Indeed, the facts are as Mao Lilan said...

The string of footprints on the lawn broke off at the last section before it extended to the edge of the lawn near the main entrance of the villa.

"Why are there such strange footprints?"

Mao Lilan paused slightly, and told Lin Xinyi her guess:

"I think, the truth may be this:"

"When Conan found the body, the murderer might still be in this villa."

"And when he came out of the glass door on the side of the villa, he originally wanted to forge the traces of outsiders' entry and exit by stepping on the lawn."

"But when the murderer walked to the corner of the villa, near the gate of the villa—"

"He suddenly saw that beside the telephone booth across the road from the villa, Conan and the others did not leave, but stayed there to observe the villa."

"So, the murderer knew that if he went any further, he would be discovered by Conan and others across the road."

"Besides, there are people watching outside, so it's not safe for him to stand in the yard."

"So, he simply gave up and continued to forge footprints, and turned around and returned to the villa."

The situation is as described by Mao Lilan.

At the corner of the villa where the footprints disappeared, because of the change of perspective, it happened to be possible to see the phone booth where Conan and others were hiding across the road through the courtyard gate.

Based on this, it can be inferred that the murderer gave up forging footprints because he saw Conan squatting there, and there is indeed a grain of truth.

"But…"

Lin Xinyi couldn't bear to dampen the enthusiasm of the students, but he still couldn't hold back and said:

"This is just reasoning, not evidence."

The part of the lawn in front of the villa did not have any footprints.

But this distance is not long enough, even, very short.

So short that it's just a little bit bigger than the normal step size.

Thinking about extreme situations, maybe the murderer suddenly became interested when he came here, took a big step, and jumped over this short distance.

Of course it's very counterintuitive, but anyway...

It is still a little bit reluctant to deduce that this is a forged footprint by the murderer based on the strange footprint vacancy.

In the final analysis, Mao Lilan's long speech is just detective reasoning.

"This kind of discovery can be used as a reference for criminal profiling and help us clarify the direction of investigation."

"But if it is used as evidence to prove that this is a forged scene, it is still not enough."

Lin Xinyi earnestly corrected Mao Lilan's mistake.

He didn't want his good student to be influenced by her childhood sweetheart's style and go astray.

But Mao Lilan showed him a confident smile as if he had been prepared for a long time:

"I know, Mr. Lin."

"Just this small piece of missing footprints is not enough to prove my conjecture."

"However, when combined with the marks on the broken glass door, the situation is completely different."

"Oh? Broken glass?"

Lin Xinyi looked at Mao Lilan with confidence.

Hearing her mention of the broken glass door, he knew that his student must have found the right direction of investigation.

Because he taught Mao Lilan how to examine and analyze the traces on broken glass.

"First of all, we can see through the remaining part of the broken glass door that did not fall to the ground:"