Chapter 3579 Chapter 3591 [Suspect Judy] Please vote for me ヽ(〃〃)~
"That's right!" Sonoko Suzuki had felt something was missing, and now, after hearing Miwako Sato's words, she slapped her palm and realized, "So it's because the ligature marks are much shorter!"
Officer Takagi and she got along very well. He whispered to his confidante, "When a murderer strangles a victim with a thin rope, he often wraps the rope around the victim's neck and crosses it. In this case, the strangulation mark should be tightly encircling the neck."
“Some people, in their haste, don’t have time to cross their legs and will pull forcefully in one direction… Even so, the ligature marks should at least surround three sides, but this deceased person only has ligature marks on the front.”
Sonoko Suzuki frowned and thought painfully for a while, then suddenly a flash of inspiration struck her: "If the murderer was very strong, could she have pressed the victim face up to the ground, then stretched a rope taut with both hands and pressed it flat against the victim's neck?"
"this……"
Officer Takagi's eyes lit up!
Then, after thinking for a moment, he scratched his head.
Sonoko Suzuki, puzzled, asked, "What's wrong?"
Officer Takagi: "I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel... I feel like something's not quite right."
"Theoretically, it's feasible, but in practice, it will be a little difficult." Jiang Xia pointed to the ligature marks on the deceased's neck:
"Next to the ligature marks are some Yoshikawa lines, which are the wounds caused by the victim scratching the murder weapon when he was being strangled."
"This is not only an important indicator used by forensic doctors to identify homicide, but it also shows that the deceased's hands were not greatly restricted at the time of death, and at least they could raise them to scratch their own neck."
"So, if we use the posture you just described to commit the crime..."
Officer Takagi suddenly realized: "The victim and the murderer were face to face at that moment!"
"The murderer's hands were bound by thin ropes, while the victim had the advantage of having both hands free—this meant she would definitely resist fiercely, and both the crime scene and her clothes would become even more chaotic than they are now!"
"I see." Sonoko Suzuki was a little disappointed, but she didn't give up. She pondered for a while, and then a brilliant idea struck her again. "What if there's a third person here!"
The two police officers were taken aback: "Huh?"
Sonoko Suzuki busied herself running around, gesturing frantically: "The deceased was lying flat on the ground, like this. Then the murderer straddled her, took a string, and tightened it! The murderer's accomplice stood here, responsible for restraining the deceased's hands..."
"As for the Yoshikawa lines on her neck... all the accomplice has to do is grab the victim's wrist and raise her hand to her neck. When the victim is about to suffocate, she will naturally scratch desperately. In this way, there will be marks on her neck, but not many signs of struggle!"
Sato Miwako was stunned: "The murderer's accomplice?"
This word... is quite rare.
“That is indeed a possibility.” Sato Miwako stared at Suzuki Sonoko for a while, feeling that the high school girl’s way of thinking was somewhat similar to that of her senior, Mori. “However…”
Sato Miwako walked to the deceased's side, squatted down, pulled open her sleeve, and pointed to the corpse's wrist towards Suzuki Sonoko:
“Look, there’s no swelling, bruising, or damage here. There are no signs of injury sustained before death. And why would the deceased go to such lengths to ensure that the ligature marks only appear in front of the deceased’s throat?”
"Also..." The rather perceptive officer looked at Sonoko Suzuki and asked a question that had been bothering him since the beginning, "When you were speculating about the culprit earlier, you used the word 'she'—why do you think the culprit is a woman?"
"This..." Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri exchanged glances, hesitating whether they should say: If they didn't have solid evidence, would pointing out that the culprit was the FBI cause Inspector Megure to not arrest him, thus alerting the enemy?
The police officers were completely baffled by the two mysterious high school girls.
Beside him, Conan was fully aware of Sonoko Suzuki's cryptic remarks.
He silently mourned for poor Ms. Judy for two seconds, then took a deep breath and decided to lend a helping hand to the FBI agent who had just suffered a great loss at Vermouth's.
“After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Conan sighed. “Even if we can’t call them allies yet, they are at least a strong ally. If we let Jodie and the police become so estranged, those guys in the Black Organization will probably be happy.”
"However, speaking of the Black Organization..." Conan suddenly felt a flash of inspiration, "Could it be that Jodie-sensei's possession of those strange comics was orchestrated by members of the organization to isolate her from the other allies?"
The thought flashed through his mind like lightning... and was then just as quickly tossed into the trash can by Conan.
—A member of the Black Organization using pornographic comics to frame the FBI? Even light novel titles wouldn't dare to say something like that.
"Forget it, we can find out about the comics and Ms. Judy's preferences from the FBI later. If necessary, we can always swallow our pride and beg Dad again."
"As for now..."
Conan cleared his throat and got down to business. He pointed to the corpse's slumped hands beside her ears: "How strange! There seems to be something blue stuck in the nail of this older sister's right middle finger!"
"Um?"
Inspector Sato's attention was indeed drawn to those words. She looked down and examined the deceased's right hand closely: "It really is... Where are the forensic investigators? Call them over to take a look!"
The forensic officers who were inspecting the gate were brought back and began working on the body again.
After taking the close-up shot, he took out a pair of tweezers and carefully manipulated them for a while, successfully picking out a small blue fragment of less than one square millimeter from the nail of the deceased's right middle finger.
Officers Sato and Takagi peered closely at the tweezers, practically pressing their eyes against them, but still couldn't recognize it. They finally asked, "What is this?"
The forensic officers quickly packed the items away to prevent them from being blown away, and replied, "The specific materials still need to be examined, but based on my experience, it looks a bit like plastic fragments."
"Plastic scraps?"
Miwako Sato turned to look at the empty room—probably because the deceased was planning to move, there were very few belongings in the room.
At first glance, all that could be seen nearby was a convenience store shopping bag on the coffee table, a yellow coat that had just been picked up from the dry cleaners and was lying on the sofa, and a blue dress that had fallen to the floor.
No matter what it is... it doesn't look like blue plastic at all.
Officer Sato rubbed his temples, looking exasperated. "How about we try a different approach and start by investigating the motive? Did the deceased offend anyone recently?"
Two high school girls: "!"
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