Coroner Coroner

"Miss Sato's father, how did he use so few clues to confirm the identity of the murderer?"

The more Asai Chengmi thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

In the investigation process of Masayoshi Sato back then, there were unreasonable and unexplainable weirdness everywhere.

He felt that there was something strange about the whole case, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Alright, Asai."

Miwako Sato showed a shallow smile:

"Don't think about it yet."

"No one has been able to solve this case for 18 years, and it will not be solved in a short while."

"and…"

Miwako Sato stepped on the brakes and slowly parked the car on the side of the road.

The residential area on the side of the road has been completely burned by the fire, and the air is still filled with black smoke that has not yet cleared.

The street was blocked by fire trucks and police cars, and a long blockade was pulled up by the police at the entrance of an alley beside the street.

Looking far away on the ground behind the blockade, you can faintly see a corpse lying in a pool of blood.

"We're here."

Miwako Sato stopped the car skillfully and stepped out of the car door first:

"Asai, Takagi."

"Let's settle this case first."

Chapter 426 Another accident

Asai, Sato, and Takagi entered the alley.

This alley was both a murder scene and a fire scene.

On the left and right sides of the alley, there are small buildings built by one family without a yard, and the distance between buildings is relatively dense.

The fire started from a small building on one side of the alley, and soon Li Mei was in a barbecue posture.

Fortunately, the firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the fire in time, so that the fire did not spread to the entire nearby residential area.

And because the corpse fell in the middle of the alley, it was not affected by the fire.

But the place where he fell to the ground happened to be in front of the small building that caught fire, only a few meters away from the fire.

This makes it easy to think whether his death is related to the arsonist.

"So, it has been determined that this is arson?"

Miwako Sato asked the police present with some anxiety.

They are all police officers from the nearby police station, and they rushed to the scene shortly after the fire broke out.

"That's right, Officer Sato."

The local police officer gave an affirmative answer:

"We found the empty gasoline cans left by the murderer next to the fire, which was obviously arson."

"And the method of committing the crime is the same as the recent serial arsonist who caused turmoil in Tokyo, so we speculate that this is probably the guy who did it, and it is his fourth crime."

"Yeah." Miwako Sato nodded, and then turned her gaze to the corpse on the ground:

"What about the dead man?"

"How did he die, did any witnesses see the situation at that time?"

"This..." A local police officer stood up:

"When the fire broke out, I happened to be patrolling nearby. When I saw black smoke coming out of here, I rushed over immediately."

"When I arrived, what I saw was what it looks like now, a corpse lying in a pool of blood."

"At that time, there were already a few passing citizens gathered in this alley."

"I asked them about the situation at the time, but they all said that they had just arrived after the fire and did not see what happened at that time."

Hearing this, Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru had serious expressions:

"That is to say, there are no witnesses in this case, and no one knows how the gentleman died?"

"you can say it this way."

The local police officer nodded:

"I couldn't get anything out of the mouths of the citizens at the scene."

"But to be on the safe side, I still kept those few citizens and didn't let them leave."

As he spoke, he pointed to a few citizens who were carefully guarded by the police and stayed at the scene:

"Officer Sato, if you have any questions, you can ask them again."

"Thank you." Miwako Sato nodded approvingly.

The police officer from the police station rushed to the scene as quickly as possible, and controlled all the onlookers at the scene in time, and did not let them leave at will.

This will be very helpful in handling the case.

Miwako Sato praised the professionalism of the police officer, but at the same time, she was in no hurry to ask the witnesses who saw nothing.

She just continued to ask with a concentrated expression:

"Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?"

"I'm sure." The police officers at the local police station did not disappoint:

"The name of the deceased is Shun Iida, 28 years old, he used to be a criminal police officer of Mihua Police Station, and now works in a private security company."

"He is single and lives alone. He should still be working in the company at this time."

"But today he had a date with someone, so he came home from get off work early, and then...was found lying here."

"This..." Takagi She who was silently taking notes at the side stopped writing, and asked uncontrollably:

"It's only been more than half an hour since the incident happened?"

"How did you find out the identity of the deceased so clearly?"

"It's simple."

"Because the home of the deceased Mr. Iida is here."

"After we arrived at the scene, we quickly found out his identity from his neighbors, and tried to get in touch with his company colleagues."

As he said that, the local police officer pointed to a small building next to him.

This small building is just across from the fire site, across an alley from the fire site.

It was precisely because of the barrier of this alley that this small building was completely preserved and was not affected by the fire.

"This is Mr. Iida's house."

"He died in front of his own house."

The police officers at the police station shared the information they had.

Immediately afterwards, they stated their speculations:

"Mr. Iida is a former policeman, so he must have a strong sense of justice."

"Neighbors also say that he has a warm and straightforward personality, and likes to fight for others."

"In addition, the arsonist set fire to the opposite side of his house this time, and the fire will also threaten Mr. Iida himself."

"So, Officer Sato, we think:"

"He should have happened to see the murderer setting fire when he was coming home from get off work, so he rushed up to fight him bravely, trying to stop the murderer."

"result…"

Looking at the corpse lying in a pool of blood next to it, the result is self-evident.

And hearing this guess, Sato Miwako and Takagi Tsubasa also nodded again and again:

Indeed, Mr. Iida died just in front of the fire.

Not long after the fire ignited, onlookers came nearby and saw Mr. Iida's body.

The arsonist must have just left by then.

And Mr. Iida happened to die at this time, so it is difficult not to link his death to the arsonist.

The statement of being brave for righteousness can completely explain everything.

"But... still can't draw conclusions so easily."

Miwako Sato still did not relax her vigilance.

After being taught by Lin Xinyi earlier, she realized more deeply:

The police should not be preconceived when handling a case, let alone perfunctory with what seems to be a conclusion in order to save trouble.

"Asai, what do you think?"

Miwako Sato set her sights on Naomi Asai.

When she and Takagi inquired about the situation with the local police officers, Asai Narumi, as the coroner, had already been busy with the autopsy on the corpse.

Miwako Sato wanted to hear the coroner's opinion, and then judge whether this was an accident caused by a brave act.

"At present, the deceased did fight with someone before he was alive."

Asai Chengmi's answer was very cautious.

He offered no speculation, simply stating his findings:

"First of all, there is a deep scratch on his right wrist, which may be caused by the wrist being forcibly restrained by the opponent during the fight."

"There was a strip-shaped contusion wound on the back of the head in the occipital region, and there were many bridges between tissues in the wound cavity. The wound was not opened obviously, and the amount of bleeding was small."