Although the single-family house has two floors, it does not occupy a large area. However, judging from the care of the backyard, the owner of the house must love flowers and plants and life - so the messy muddy footprints on the wooden platform seem unusually abrupt.
At the old lady's reminder, Fujiwara Yu had already arrived at the backyard. He naturally noticed the muddy footprints, and also noticed that the sliding door was open, and the translucent white gauze curtains were bulging in the cold December wind.
He heard the peculiar sound of someone walking with a cane behind him, and turned around and asked bluntly:
"Grandma, was it like this when you came here? Was the sliding door already open or did you open it?"
"It was like this originally. There was no wind just now, so the curtains were not blown up."
Fujiwara Yuu glanced down and noticed brown dirt at the bottom of the curtains. It must have been the remains of muddy footprints, proving the old woman wasn't lying. As a police officer, he wouldn't dismiss a suspect based on their age or the identity of the reporter. After confirming the eyewitness testimony, he bent down, put on his shoe covers, and prepared to go to the crime scene.
Hearing the sound of a car pulling up to the street, he raised his voice and shouted to Otaki Goro who had rushed over:
"Officer Otaki, I'm going to the crime scene first. I'll leave this old lady's confession to you, senior!
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"Okay! Go ahead!
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Fujiwara Yu nodded politely to the old woman, carefully skirting the footprints most likely left by the perpetrator, and drawing aside the curtains, he entered the living room. There were no signs of a struggle; the only things that caught his attention were the footprints on the floor and the empty milk bottle on the coffee table. He knelt down, retrieved the evidence bag, put it in, numbered it, and returned it to its original location, waiting for his colleagues from the Forensics Division to arrive and retrieve it.
He followed the footprints all the way to the inner room. The bedroom door was open. He smelled a strong smell of blood before he got close. When he saw the victim's body, surprise appeared in his eyes.
The victim was a female, lying on her back with her face up, and she was not covered with any clothes. However, she had neon light strips used to decorate Christmas trees wrapped around her body... flashing colorful neon lights.
Fujiwara Yu frowned deeply. He couldn't imagine how the old lady felt after witnessing such a scene. He took out a white dust-free cloth from his bag, covered the body with it, and reached out to turn off the neon light.
At least let her go in a dignified manner. The forensic department will come here to collect physical evidence later.
He bent down and checked the wound on the victim's head. Fortunately, the temperature in the bedroom was relatively low and there was no strong stench of corpse. In addition, the door of the room was open, so the smell of blood in the room became much lighter, so it didn't matter even if he didn't wear a mask.
The amount of bleeding in the head was very heavy, and it was not noticeable from the surface. However, after turning the body over, it was seen that the back of the head had been hit by heavy objects dozens of times, otherwise the entire back of the head would not have been sunken and covered in blood.
From the surface of the wound, it can be analyzed that the surface of the blunt object is very smooth, and it should be a spherical object made of metal. Several weapons that meet the requirements come to mind, but there is no way to directly determine which one it is.
"Takashi, did you find anything special?" Goro Otaki walked into the crime scene with his colleagues from the forensic department. When he noticed the female victim covered in a white cloth, he walked up and asked.
In the past half month since Takagi Sozen took office, he has successfully solved six homicide cases. Otaki Goro has seen the calmness and composure displayed by this young junior at the crime scene and his composure in the face of the murderer's excuses.
Moreover, Yingji is extremely talented in autopsy. His employment file states that he studied in the United States for six years and is a top student who graduated from Boston University with a degree in forensic medicine. With his forensic knowledge, the police can directly arrive at the scene to conduct a preliminary autopsy without summoning the research department.
You should know that Japan is unlikely to use autopsies to investigate the cause of death of victims. Autopsies will not be performed in most cases. Even if scientific research is present, they will only make a preliminary autopsy report. Therefore, for the police, having a colleague with professional knowledge on the scene can save a lot of troublesome steps.
"The cause of death has been confirmed to be primary brain damage caused by dozens of blunt force blows to the head, resulting in significant bleeding. Judging from the rigor mortis and livor mortis, the time of death was likely between 11 PM yesterday and 1 AM today."
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"Dozens of times? It seems that the murderer hates the victim very much." Otaki Goro couldn't help but frown, thinking of the elderly man outside. You know, parents and elders can't bear to see their children die.
The victim's mother must be so devastated and sad.
Fujiwara Yuu nodded in agreement with Officer Otaki's idea. He gestured with a pen in his hand and said:
"The victim's wounds are concentrated on the right back of her head, and there are strangulation marks on the back of her neck. This suggests that the murderer used his left hand to clamp the victim's neck and press it against the bed, then used his right hand to repeatedly strike her head with the weapon. Otaki-senpai, why do you think the murderer deliberately placed her in a supine position?"
Otaki Goro did not answer in a hurry. He reached out to lift the white cloth and was stunned when he saw the condition of the victim's body. He quickly covered the body with the white cloth and his face became ugly. He also understood why Takashi covered the body with the white cloth.
He looked at the victim's pale, bloodless face and gave his analysis:
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