conspiracy crime 2

Chapter 18 Bloody Elopement (2)
The last point is also the most important point. At the time of the incident, the doors and windows of room 1209 were tightly closed, and the door chain was fastened from the inside, which actually constituted a completely closed secret room.If it was homicide instead of suicide, then how did the murderer leave the room?
After listening to everyone's discussion, Fan Zetian finally concluded: "Su Mu has a complete proof that he was not at the scene when the crime happened, so the possibility of committing the crime can basically be ruled out. Judging from what we have so far, the term 'Chi Ruolan committed suicide for love' The statement seems to be valid. But I always feel that the crime scene of this case, that is, Room 1209 at the time, seems a bit weird. This case is probably not as simple as we see on the surface. It's too early, let's investigate further."

As soon as the case analysis meeting was over, the technical department called Fan Zetian to come over.

Fan Zetian hurried over with Xiao Li and Wen Li, and a criminal investigation technician from the technical department said, "Captain Fan, we just recovered a deleted photo from Chi Ruolan's digital camera, take a look."

She opened the photo on the computer.

It was a horizontal photo, and the person in the photo was Chi Ruolan, and the photo was taken in room 1209 of Qingyang Hotel.

In the photo, Chi Ruolan was standing by the window, smiling and stretching out two fingers, making a "V" gesture.Outside the window, there are green mountains and green trees, and the scenery is beautiful.

"This photo was taken at 3pm on a Saturday and deleted at 17pm," the technician said.

Fan Zetian asked, "Is this photo taken automatically?"

The technician said: "Chi Ruolan has both hands in the lens, so it is impossible to take a selfie. In addition, there is no tripod that can be used for automatic shooting. Of course, this camera has an automatic focus function, and it can also be placed on the table. , stools, etc. to complete automatic shooting. But from the perspective of photo shooting, the camera position should be at the same level as the chest of the person in the photo. There is no equipment at this height in Room 1209 where the incident occurred to place the camera for automatic shooting. So it's also unlikely that the photo was taken automatically."

Fan Zetian understood what she meant: "That is to say, there was a second person present to help her take this photo, right?"

The technician said: "From our analysis of the photos, it should be like this."

Fan Zetian thought about it and said: "After this person helped Chi Ruolan take this photo, he was afraid that the photo would reveal information about his presence to the police, so before he left, he deleted the photo. The person who took Ruolan's photo is highly suspected of committing the crime."

The case took a turn for the better because of the unexpected appearance of a photo.

The conclusion of "suicide" was basically overturned.

First, this photo proves that Chi Ruolan was definitely not the only one in room 1209 of the hotel at the time of the murder, but there was at least another infiltrator, although the hotel staff did not see it.

Second, this photo was taken within 10 minutes of Chi Ruolan's death. In the photo, Chi Ruolan was smiling with a relaxed expression, not at all like a person about to commit suicide.

Third, if Chi Ruolan committed suicide, there is absolutely no need for her to delete this photo from the camera before she died.

All doubts point to the same direction, that is, Chi Ruolan did not commit suicide, but homicide.There was at least one other person at the scene when the crime happened, and this person was probably the murderer who killed Chi Ruolan.

But Fan Zetian's reasoning was quickly refuted by young investigator Xiao Li.

Xiao Li asked, if it was a homicide, even if the murderer could delete the photos in the camera and erase the fingerprints left on the handle of the knife before leaving, how did the secret room with the locked door come about?Can the murderer stand outside the door and fasten the chain on the back of the door after the murder?As it turns out, this is completely impossible.

Facing Xiao Li's barrage of questions, Fan Zetian was stunned and couldn't answer for a while.

"Hey, wait a minute, what's here?"

Careful Wen Li seemed to have noticed something, pointed to the eye part in the photo on the computer and said, "Quickly zoom in here."

The forensic technician clicks the mouse to gradually enlarge the photo.The pixel of the photo is extremely high, no matter how enlarged it is, it is very clear.

With the click of the mouse, gradually, one eye in the photo occupies the entire display screen.

In the middle of the eyes, there is a figure frozen. That person is holding a camera, with his back slightly arched, taking pictures of the person in front of him.

Human eyes are actually like a mirror, which can reflect the figure standing not far in front of you.If you encounter a high-definition camera, you can naturally take pictures of the images of the human fundus.

Although the photo has been enlarged as much as possible, the figure reflected in that eye is still very blurry, and it can only be seen roughly that it is a man with a medium build, a crew cut, and a thin figure.But what it looks like is completely unclear.

Fan Zetian frowned. He seemed to have seen this vague figure before.

Wen Li suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't this very bright?"

Fan Zetian took another look, and from the outline of the figure, it really looked like the husband of the deceased, very bright.

He slapped his thigh: "How can we forget him! Isn't it common for husbands to be unbearable for their wives to cheat and kill them in anger?

Wen Li said: "But I have investigated. Yesterday afternoon, when the incident happened, he was on a business trip in a neighboring city. It is said that he was busy all night the night before, so he slept and rested in the hotel room all day yesterday until after 5 pm , I drove back to Qingyang City by myself."

Fan Zetian said: "The city he traveled to is less than an hour's drive away from our Qingyang City. He can pretend to be resting in a hotel, sneak out of the hotel and drive back without the attention of the waiters, kill his wife, and then return to the original accommodation. hotel."

Xiao Li said: "Even if he is the murderer, the mystery of the secret room is still unsolved."

Fan Zetian said: "No, if the murderer is him, the mystery of the secret room that has plagued us for a long time can be solved. Because now I know that the door chain of room 1209 was not fastened by the murderer, but by the deceased Chi Ruolan. Before he died after being stabbed, he tied it by himself in the room."

Both Xiao Li and Wen Li were stunned: "She tied it herself? Why?"

Fan Zetian's reasoning is actually very simple.

Chang Feiliang carefully planned the murder after finding out about his wife's infidelity. Taking advantage of his alibi during a business trip in a neighboring city, he quietly returned to Qingyang City, sneaked into the Qingyang Hotel, and brutally murdered his wife.

But before Chi Ruolan wanted to elope with her lover, before she died, she suddenly found out that the person she loves the most is actually her husband.Although Chang Feiliang murdered her, when she was about to die, she still thought of her husband wholeheartedly. She didn't want her husband to go to jail and be shot because of her own death, and she didn't want her son to lose his father after losing his mother. After leaving, she tried her last ounce of strength to fasten the door chain, then wiped off her husband's fingerprints on the handle of the knife, and imprinted her own fingerprints, creating the illusion that she committed suicide in a secret room.

When she got up to tie the door chain, in order to prevent the blood dripping all the way from being seen through, she covered her chest with the sofa cushion beside her.

This is the last thing the police saw, why the off-white cotton sofa cushion was more than a foot away from Chi Ruolan's body, but it was stained with blood.

Xiao Li asked, "What about that photo?"

Fan Zetian analyzed: "The photo was naturally taken by Chang Feiliang for Chi Ruolan. In order not to arouse his wife's suspicion, Chang Feiliang lied to her that he came back early from a business trip and came to Qingyang Hotel for work reasons. She met her. In order to hide his uneasiness, he also said that the scenery outside the window was good, and offered to take a photo of his wife. After he killed his wife, he would naturally delete this photo in order not to leave any traces. "

Xiao Li jumped up and said, "Since that's the case, what are we waiting for? Hurry up and arrest him."

Fan Zetian shook his head and said, "No, all of our reasoning is based on a blurry figure in the eyes of the photo. We can't just rely on a blurry figure to arrest people."

Wen Li said, "Then what should I do?"

Fan Zetian frowned and thought for a while, then his eyes suddenly fell on the background of the photo in the computer.In the mountain forest in the background outside the photo window, there is a light spot flickering faintly.He suddenly slapped his head: "I have a trick to lure the snake out of the hole, which can be used to test that surname Chang."

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In the afternoon, Fan Zetian doubled the size of the photo and developed it. Then he took the photo and knocked on the door of the very, very bright house.

Both Chang Feiliang and his son Chang Le are at home.

Chang Le's eyes were red and swollen, and his gaze was dull. It seemed that the mother's accident had dealt a great blow to the child.

Chang Feiliang was pale and silent.

After sitting down, Fan Zetian said that I came this time mainly to inform you about the progress of the investigation of Chi Ruolan's murder.

Chang Feiliang was taken aback, and said that he committed suicide, why...

Fan Zetian said that according to the information we have, he originally wanted to close the case as "suicide", but now the case has changed.We have recovered a deleted photo from your wife's camera that was taken in your hotel room shortly before she was killed.

As he spoke, he took out the photo from a large envelope and put it on the table.

Chang Feiliang and his son came together to watch.After looking at it for a while, Chang Feiliang asked suspiciously, is there anything wrong with this photo?

Fan Zetian said: "After analysis by our criminal investigation technicians, we have determined that this photo was not taken automatically, but was taken by a second person on the scene for your wife. The police have basically determined that the person who took this photo is the one who killed you. wife's murderer."

Chang Feiliang was shocked: "Who took this photo?"

Fan Zetian said: "It's not clear yet. But the police have got reliable clues, and I believe they will be able to find out who this person is soon."

(End of this chapter)