fog city detective

Chapter 160 The Admin Suicide Case
"Where are you going now?" Liang Xi was stopped by Bobby when he came out.This question is so philosophical, where do we come from?where are we going?To be simple, apart from seeing hell, Bobby used to spend his days and nights, where can he go now?

Bobby was playing with a yo-yo that he had just bought for a hundred pounds from a kid, looking extremely lonely and lonely.The happiness of the rich and the poor is unimaginable, but playing like this every day is not interesting at all.

Liang Xi thought that his own detective agency should also open source. Recently, the holy flag died down, Wendy didn't come to the door, and he didn't have much money in his pocket.In addition, changing the residence and eating and dating with Karin are all expenses.

Get some money and show Poppy around London.

Liang Xi made a phone call: "Baker, do you have any unsolved cases in the criminal investigation department that I can enjoy?" Unsolved cases refer to difficult cases that no special police detectives continue to investigate.For example, a theft case is listed as an unsolved case. One year or ten years later, a murderer is arrested. During the interrogation, the murderer confesses to the theft by his accomplices in the early years, so the unresolved case is solved.Or you can press your fingerprint at the entry and exit customs, and there will be a ding dong, which matches the fingerprint of the unsolved case, so you have new clues and you can continue to investigate.

Baker replied, "Yes, there's a bunch, and we've got bounties on cold cases for clues. Which one do you want?"

Liang Xi said: "There is a lot of money."

Bobby came over: "It doesn't matter if it's money or not, the main thing is to have fun."

Liang Xi: "If you don't have money, don't do it."

Baker was on the other end of the phone and asked, "Are there any unsolved cases that are more interesting and offer a higher reward? Temporary rewards are also fine."

After chatting and joking for a while, Baker said, "The apartment manager's suicide case was closed and listed as an unsolved case five days ago. The police raised the reward of £15 for clues to £[-] [-] seconds ago."

Liang Xi didn't understand: "Suicide case, reward for clues?" Why?
Baker replied: "Yes, the administrator's twin daughters are beautiful."

"My special?" I didn't expect that my brain circuit would be fused by Baker one day.

Baker said: "The administrator's daughter went to the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Police for many times. The new superintendent personally read the file and explained it to them. They kept communicating with the new superintendent politely. In the end, the new superintendent offered a reward of [-] pounds. A reward of £[-] is on offer for anyone who can find proof that the administrator did not commit suicide."

Liang Xi understood: "A blank check. This case doesn't sound very interesting."

Baker said, "Didn't I mention that the administrator's twin daughters are beautiful?"

Liang Xi was taken aback: "I'm young, have a cup of coffee? I'll go find you."

Baker: "OK."

Liang Xi hung up the phone: "I have something to do. I'll solve the case and you pick up the girl."

Poppy: "I'm not that kind of guy. I've sworn off non-professional women."

Liang Xi walked towards the car and said, "Unless you can't help it." Only if you believe in you will there be ghosts.

Bobby thought for a while, and felt that what Liang Xi said was wrong.If you can't help it, you can swear that the previous oath is invalid.

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This apartment building is 17 stories high, with four units and three households in each unit.The apartment belongs to the city hall, which is an apartment house provided by the city hall to low-income people.Administrators are hired by City Hall.There are 1.5 positions in the apartment building, and 1 position for the administrator. When the administrator is on vacation or not at work, the city hall will send someone to take over temporarily.

Admin duties are many, but not miserable.If the infrastructure is damaged, such as problems with water and electricity, residents can contact the administrator, and the administrator will pass the information to the city hall, which will handle it.The administrator is similar to the housekeeper of an apartment building. The qualifications of the residents are not verified by him, the rent of the residents is not his income, and the damage to the facilities of the residents is not his maintenance.

The administrator of the deceased was 48 years old, a somewhat obese middle-aged aunt, and her workplace was on the first floor of the apartment.After entering the access control of the apartment, you can see the mailbox of each resident. To the right of the mailbox is a long counter with an electric bell on it.Press the bell, and the administrator who is resting in the room behind the counter will come out to receive visitors.The administrator's room is not small, with well-equipped appliances, and the daily administrator lives here.If the manager is not available, you can contact the phone number placed on the counter.

At 16:[-] on the day of the incident, a young couple had a conflict on the [-]th floor, and the woman wanted to commit suicide by jumping out of the window.The man used his mobile phone to contact the administrator for help. The administrator said that this kind of thing was out of his control and asked him if he needed to call the police.The man believed that the main responsibility for the inability to open the windows lay with the building, and he insisted that the windows be repaired as soon as possible to satisfy his girlfriend's last wish.

The fact is that the woman quarreled with the man and pretended to commit suicide, the man and the woman quarreled and called the woman to anger the woman.

At 45:15, a patrol car arrived and two police officers entered the apartment. Residents on the 16th floor reported to the police that someone committed suicide on the [-]th floor, but the police did not respond when they rang the bell.Called the cell phone, but the cell phone rang in the room and no one answered.Under the instructions of the residents waiting for takeaway in the lobby, the police decided to break in to check.Soon the police found the administrator in pajamas lying in the bathtub in the bathroom. His wrist was cut open and the whole bathtub was stained red with blood. A box knife was placed by the administrator's right hand.The administrator died after being taken to the hospital.

The police preliminarily speculated that the administrator, who had been sleeping poorly, was repeatedly woken up by the phone, despaired of the job and committed suicide.This is just a speculation. After a comprehensive investigation, the police determined that the administrator committed suicide.

The first reason: The police found from the search records on the administrator’s lounge computer and the administrator’s mobile phone that some of the administrator’s search information was related to death.For example, which method of death is the easiest and least painful.Two days ago, the administrator browsed an article by a podcaster, which recommended suicide by cutting the pulse with warm water.The podcaster declares against suicide, he simply analyzes various methods of suicide.Even if you cut the pulse with warm water, if you want to commit suicide successfully and minimize the pain, you need certain skills and the cooperation of drugs.

The police therefore arrested the blogger who posted the article on the grounds that the blogger encouraged others to commit suicide. This detail has nothing to do with this case and is omitted.

The second reason: It was confirmed that the sharp weapon used by the administrator to cut the pulse was a utility knife, and only the fingerprints and bloodstains of the administrator were on the knife.

The third reason: The administrator complained to the residents more than once, and some residents always called her in the middle of the night for trivial matters, which annoyed her so much that she wanted to die.

The fourth reason: During the arrival of the police from 28:45 to [-]:[-], there were three people waiting for takeaway in the lobby.After inquiring, I learned that the administrator does not allow the delivery staff to enter the apartment, and the residents can only wait for the delivery staff at the door of the apartment.The three testified that they did not see anyone entering or exiting the caretaker's room while they waited.

The reason for such a regulation is that some residents reported that their mailboxes were turned over, and the administrator caught a delivery employee stealing the mailbox.The delivery man claimed that he was curious to see it while waiting for the elevator, but in the end, because there was no evidence to prove that the delivery man stole the mailbox, the matter was settled.But for this reason, there is an extra rule in the apartment. For the safety of the residents, non-residents are not allowed to enter the apartment after eleven o'clock.The supper I ordered can only be taken at the door by myself.

If the regulations of the apartment building are not followed, the administrator will record and report, and the tenant may be disqualified from renting.The apartment building has low rents, nice surroundings, and a great location, so no one wants to mess with the superintendent.

Liang Xi asked, "Is this rule stipulated by the administrator?"

Baker replied: "It was the administrator who proposed it in the household group, and the majority of households agreed and supported it before implementing it. There were also a few residents who had objections, but considering everyone's safety, they negotiated with the administrator to go downstairs to get food, and the administrator agreed. .”

Liang Xi asked, "Is there no monitoring in the lobby?"

Baker said: "It's broken. It was reported for repair a month ago. You know the efficiency of the city hall. Only the elevator in the apartment building is monitored."

Liang Xi asked, "Do the three residents know each other?"

Baker replied: "After our investigation, we found no evidence of their acquaintance. One is a counter clerk who has just joined the bank for less than three months. There are three different places on the building. Besides them, there are two other residents returning home from get off work during this time period, and they proved that there was no problem at that time."

Baker said: "Because of the death by suicide, the family members of the administrator cannot get the insurance money. According to our investigation, the administrator and her husband separated seven years ago. The administrator has no daily entertainment activities and spends most of the time in the apartment building. We visited 20 households, they neither liked nor hated the administrator, and some of them didn’t even say a few words to the administrator.”

Liang Xi asked, "What does the forensic doctor think?"

Baker said: "The administrator's body contained more than twice the normal amount of tranquilizers. Because the corpse had undergone emergency treatment before death, the forensic doctor could not guess the exact time when the administrator cut the pulse, because the blood and blisters were mixed together, so it was impossible to speculate. The exact amount of bleeding. We speculated at the time that there were two possibilities for the murder. The first possibility: three people waiting for the takeaway conspired to kill the administrator and proved each other. The second possibility was that someone killed him before 28:[-]. administrator."

Liang Xi said: "But it's not true?"

Baker said: "The first possibility is that we can't find any evidence that the three of them knew each other, or even the timeline of their acquaintance. At the same time, we also have to consider that the call from the couple on the 16th floor to the administrator was answered by the administrator. And when the police arrived. And then there were the two residents who were coming home from get off work."

Baker meant that if three people conspired, the risk would be extremely high.They went to the lobby to wait for the takeaway around 28 minutes, and it took a few minutes to set up the suicide scene. During this period, they could not know whether there were any residents coming in or out. Once the residents proved that they only saw two people or no one, they fell.The second is the 30-minute call. The brother on the 16th floor is sure to be answered by the administrator, which means that the administrator is still alive.At this time, all 3 people were in the hall.Because of the toss of the woman on the 16th floor, the residents on the 15th floor called the police.Assuming that the residents on the 15th floor call the police earlier or later, it doesn't make any sense for the three murderers to stay in the lobby.

Baker said: "The second one may have been said just now. The brother on the 16th floor is very sure that the administrator answered the call. The other party's speech was vague, but it must be the administrator's voice. Suppose someone kills the administrator before 28 minutes. The last 28 residents came down to wait for the takeaway, who answered the 3-minute call? Even if the murderer answered, how did the murderer leave the administrator’s room without being witnessed by the 30 residents? The police searched the room after arriving, but found no one else.”

Considering the possibility that the murderer mixed in with the two people waiting for the takeaway, the elevator monitoring was not damaged, and the time when the three people left the elevator and entered the lobby was recorded.No matter how you analyze it, it is impossible to kill him, it can only be suicide.

Liang Xi asked: "Is there any non-suicide statement? For example, if you win the lottery, you will go out with your friends tomorrow."

Baker said: "The third day after the incident was the administrator's daughter's birthday. Is that a reason?"

Bobby interjected, "Could it be that he couldn't afford a birthday present and chose to commit suicide?"

Liang Xiheng glanced: "The rich talk about the case, but the poor don't. Only you are so poor that you can't afford a birthday present."

Liang Xi looked at Baker and asked, "Apart from the twin beauties, what's so interesting about this case?"

Baker said: "Does it count as man-made damage to the monitoring system in the hall? This monitoring system has not been better for a few days. In the past year, the city hall has repaired and replaced the monitoring system three times. After each replacement or repair, the monitoring system was restored within a few days. Damaged. The boss of the administrator called to blame the administrator. After hanging up the phone, the administrator yelled at Sang and Huai during the rush hour. Her behavior was complained by the residents, and she was warned in writing by the city hall.”

Liang Xi's eyes lit up: "Is there no one who likes administrators?"

Baker nodded: "Yes, I visited more than 30 households, and no one showed any grief or sadness over the death of the administrator."

Liang Xi was thoughtful: "A middle-aged woman who devotes herself to the management of the apartment has no husband, no daughter, no friends, and no entertainment. Who would hurt such a dedicated and good person? Therefore, it can only be Suicide. But considering the twin beauties you mentioned, I think it can be judged as homicide for the time being."

Baker was startled: "How to kill?"

Liang Xi said: "A woman took a lot of sleeping pills and committed suicide by cutting her wrists with warm water. She actually answered the phone? Let's assume, what step did she go to when she answered the phone? Just swallowed sleeping pills? Or has she already woken up? After the medicine took effect, she was ready to enter the water? Or was it because of this phone call that she decided to commit suicide?"

Baker said: "Maybe I just want to be quiet for a while before I die."

Liang Xi said: "Then she shouldn't talk nonsense, but should hang up the phone and turn it off. The whole case seems to be fine, but the behavior of answering the phone is very weird. Have you checked the communication records?"

Baker was dissatisfied: "Liang Xi, should you respect our basic ethics and capabilities? I must have checked. The phone call between the brother on the 16th floor and the administrator lasted 48 seconds."

Liang Xi asked: "What about the financial situation of the administrator? For example, the account flow."

"Very normal, normal expenses, normal income," Baker said.

Liang Xi paused for a while, then asked, "What gift did she give her two daughters? Have you prepared any birthday presents?"

Baker replied: "According to my daughter, a week ago she promised each of them £[-] for a trip to Europe."

Liang Xi asked, "After the administrator died, how much money was in her account?"

Baker replied: "More than [-] pounds. Her husband is an alcoholic, and she is basically responsible for her daughter's living expenses. After deducting expenses every month, there is not much money left."

Poppy chimed in: "Am I right? You killed yourself when you couldn't afford a birthday present."

Liang Xi glared, and Bobby walked aside knowingly, muttering in a very uncomfortable voice: Great, don't be slapped in the face by me.

Liang Xi said: "Baker, check the accounts of their whole family. If I'm not wrong, she has a secret account."

Baker asked, "You mean it's the administrator who is stealing household emails?"

Liang Xi said: "It's very possible, otherwise, why would the monitoring often fail?"

Baker said: "Even if it was the administrator who stole the mail, our question is who killed her."

Liang Xi said: "Check first. If this case is homicide, there is only one possibility. Now you need Baker to rule out this possibility. As long as this possibility is ruled out, the administrator can only commit suicide."

Baker didn't ask, but Bobby couldn't help asking, "What's the possibility?"

Liang Xi smiled: "I won't tell you."

(End of this chapter)