Chapter 8 The Death of an Internet Celebrity 02 A wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Chapter 2
At nine o'clock in the evening on August 8, the Pengcheng City 110 Command Center received a report that a homicide had occurred in the Jingmu Huating Community under the jurisdiction of the southern part of the city.
The person who called the police was the cleaner hired by the community owner.
The cleaning lady claimed that her owner was dead in the room.
The district police station immediately sent people to the crime scene to investigate the cause of death.
The police from the police station and the ambulance from the hospital arrived at the scene almost at the same time. The doctor confirmed that the deceased was dead and had died at least half a day ago. There were no signs of fighting at the scene. The doctor could not determine the specific cause of death and suggested that they perform an autopsy for further testing.
Another police officer saw the unique symbol of the judge on the bathroom mirror and asked the cleaner: "Has this symbol always been there?"
The cleaning lady went in and took a look. The sign made her feel very uncomfortable. She said, "It wasn't there when I came to clean the day before yesterday."
The police officer asked: "From the time you found the deceased dead in your home to the time you notified the property security guards to call the police, did anyone enter the bathroom?"
The cleaner shook his head: "I haven't been in there."
The property management, security and other personnel also shook their heads and said they had never been in there.
The police officer looked at the mark on the mirror and found that it was probably drawn with lipstick.
He asked the cleaner: "Does this house have lipstick? Or do girls usually come here?"
The cleaner shook her head: "When I was packing, I never saw any women's products in the house."
The doctor issued the death certificate and left. The police asked everyone to leave the house, cordoned off the scene, and quickly reported the case to the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the branch.
If no one entered the scene, then where did the things on the mirror come from? It couldn't be that the deceased drew it himself.
A team was on duty tonight. After receiving the alarm, the team quickly rushed to the scene with forensic trace examination.
The trace examination team will first enter the scene to collect traces. Only after the trace examination team has collected all the samples will the forensic doctor enter the scene.
Director Liu of the Trace Inspection Department was in his forties, and his hairline had almost receded to the back of his head. He pushed up his glasses and said to Lin Huan, "Report it. It is indeed the mark of the Judge."
Lin Huan immediately called and reported the situation.
After returning, he asked the cleaner, "Why did you come to the employer's house to clean so late at night?"
The cleaner had not yet fully recovered from his shock, and he was unable to respond to Lin Huan's question immediately.
Lin Huan called her several times before she heard, "Ah? Officer, what did you say?"
Lin Huan repeated it again.
The cleaner then said, "It's an agreement with the employer. Normally we clean during the day, and I don't want to do it late at night, but Mr. Jiang is very generous and pays twice as much as during the day. I made an agreement with Mr. Jiang to come to his house to clean every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., and Sunday from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m."
"Usually at this time, Mr. Jiang is not at home, but working out in the gym in the community. I came here as usual today, thinking he was in the gym, so I cleaned the living room and kitchen first, then wanted to clean the bathroom and take away the garbage. When I opened the door, I saw Mr. Jiang lying on his back on the bed. I called him several times, but he didn't respond. I mustered up the courage to check on him. When I touched him, he was completely breathless. I immediately called the police and notified the community security and property management."
Lin Huan looked at the young man working in the property. He didn't look very old and was probably working as a summer intern. He was so scared that he was at a loss.
The security guard was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he seemed relatively calm.
Lin Huan asked the young man from the property management, "Tell me what happened."
The young man from the property management pointed at the cleaner, then at the security guard, and said, "It was the security guard who told me that something happened to the owners of the community. I'm on duty tonight, so I came to check the situation."
The security guard said, "I was on duty in the monitoring room tonight. This lady contacted me through the emergency phone at the elevator entrance and told me that the owner was in trouble. I immediately notified other security guards and property management personnel in the community. Then I went upstairs with the young man on duty to the owner's home. We didn't know what happened, and we didn't dare to move. We just stayed there and waited for the police to arrive. I called 120."
Lin Huan nodded and winked at his subordinate, asking him to take care of these people and calm their emotions.
After the forensic doctor conducted a preliminary inspection of the body, he had the body put into a body bag and planned to take it back to the bureau for an autopsy.
He came out of the bedroom and waved to Lin Huan outside the door, motioning him to come in and talk.
Lin Huan put on disposable shoe covers, gloves and a cap and entered the scene.
Forensic doctor Cao said: "The person must have been dead for a day. The air conditioner was on in the room, which delayed the rigor mortis. It looks like sudden death. I can't make a hasty judgment now. I'd better go back and do an autopsy. Only after the results of the pathology and toxicology tests come out can I make an accurate judgment."
Lin Huan nodded, "Okay, then I'll trouble you to work overtime tonight to do the autopsy."
Forensic Doctor Cao: "There are two more bodies waiting for autopsy. We are short of forensic doctors right now. I will give you the autopsy report by tomorrow night at the latest."
"Okay, then I'll wait for your autopsy report."
The medical examiner took away the body.
Lin Huan asked the people around him: "Have you informed the family of the deceased?"
The police officer at the police station said: "The family of the deceased is in Shanghai and has been contacted. The family said they will come tomorrow to handle the follow-up matters."
Lin Huan said to the police officers at the police station: "Thank you for your hard work."
“It should be.”
Lin Huan told his team members, "Tell the trace inspection department to check the deceased's electronic devices and then send them to the technical department to crack the information on his electronic devices. Ask Xiao Jia to investigate all the information about this person, including his workplace, social circle, and range of activities."
"Also, make copies of the surveillance videos of all the elevator and staircase exits in the community from yesterday to before and after the incident, and bring them back to the police station to screen them one by one for any suspicious persons."
"yes."
Lin Huan said to another team member, "Xiao Zhang, take your team to visit the surrounding neighbors to see if there are any who are familiar with the deceased. Also, go to the gym where the deceased often went to investigate to see if there are any people in the gym who were close to him and can provide some useful clues."
"yes."
Lin Huan pushed everyone out and followed Director Liu of the Trace Examination into the bathroom. He looked at the unique symbol of the Judge painted on the mirror.
Director Liu said: "This was painted on with lipstick."
"Have you found the lipstick?" Lin Huan asked.
Director Liu shook his head: "No, except for the messy footprints, the rest of the scene is relatively tidy. I have collected everyone's footprints and fingerprints, and I will ask the technical department to do a comparison analysis later."
"I have checked every corner of the closet, and there is no sign that a woman has ever lived in this house."
Lin Huan went out and asked the nanny, "Does Jiang Hua have a date, or has he ever brought a girl home?"
The cleaner shook her head: "I have never seen any women's items in the house."
Various conditions at home also indicate that Jiang Hua lives alone.
Lin Huan returned to the bathroom and looked at the symbol of the Judge in front of him.
The red eyes are not painted realistically, but through the glass, they give people a gloomy and terrifying feeling. They claim to be the eyes of justice, but in fact they reveal evil everywhere. The red eyes look like they are painted with blood.
It makes me feel uncomfortable from the bottom of my heart.
"These eyes are really weird."
"Who says it's not?"
Lin Huan came to the living room and couldn't help but start thinking about the case. Who drew this sign?
The nanny was the first person to arrive at the crime scene.
Lin Huan asked Director Liu: "That lipstick logo, isn't it newly painted?"
Director Liu said: "It doesn't feel like it. The bathroom is relatively humid, and the lipstick marks on the surface are already very dry. At least they were not drawn in the last one or two hours. Lipstick contains some oil, and it is difficult for mirror oil to adhere. If it is newly drawn, it will become sticky with a slight rub."
Lin Huan: "Then I am more inclined to believe that this logo was drawn yesterday."
Director Liu: "According to what the cleaner said, she comes here to clean every one or two days. This thing can't have appeared out of thin air. From the last time the cleaner cleaned until she entered the house today, anyone who appeared in Jiang Hua's house during this period of time could have been the one who drew this sign. The cleaner can't completely rule out this possibility."
Lin Huan: "I have arranged for someone to retrieve recent surveillance footage and have someone visit the surrounding neighbors to see if they can provide any clues."
Director Liu: "For now, there are no more clues at the scene. The living room has been almost completely destroyed by the cleaning staff. We have also checked the garbage and found nothing unusual. We have also checked the bedrooms one by one and have done everything we should do."
"Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you to a meal when this case is over."
Director Liu chuckled and said, "Then I'll take it seriously."
Members of the Criminal Investigation Team One visited the surrounding area and investigated, including almost all the neighbors upstairs and downstairs, as well as the crowd who were watching the excitement, but no one provided any useful clues.
Residents in the building also said that they had never seen Jiang Hua entering or leaving the house with another woman.
The members of Team 1 also went to the gym in the community to investigate. Many of them knew Jiang Hua, or were familiar with him and had greeted him.
These people spoke highly of him, saying that Jiang Hua was a very friendly person who always greeted everyone with a smile and had never offended anyone in the gym.
Residents in the building also told the team members that Jiang Hua was a nice person who always smiled at everyone he met and sometimes helped carry things. He was a very polite young man.
It was already early morning when I returned to the police station after the investigation.
The members of Team 1 conducted a detailed social investigation on Jiang Hua overnight. The tasks were assigned, and they restored his movements yesterday and went to his company to visit his colleagues.
The passwords of all electronic devices were cracked, and judging from the content he posted on social media, Jiang Hua is definitely a social expert.
The team members speculated: "Could it be that someone thought he was showing off his wealth and targeted him, so they killed him?"
Xiao Jia said: "I don't think so. Don't you think the persona he presents to the public is simply too perfect?"
Another team member agreed with Xiao Jia's statement, "He is indeed perfect, a rich and handsome man who returned from overseas to the financial circle. Almost everyone who knows him has a good first impression of him. Logically speaking, such a person should not be chosen by the judge as a target for justice."
"The police have never released the Judge symbol to the public. I think the appearance of this symbol next to him must mean there is something wrong that we haven't discovered. It could be a wolf in sheep's clothing."
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