Jian Jing walked around the crime scene twice and felt tired: "Can I sit down?"
"Sit down, the evidence collection is complete." Ji Feng handed over the tablet.
Jian Jing found the most comfortable position on the sofa, clicked on the software, and found the confession part.
First, a few time points were identified.
The deceased entered the suite at 10:05, which was the last time others saw him. The autopsy report showed that the time of death was 10:40-11:10.
In addition, the person in charge saw a guest appear in the club at around 10:50. He exchanged a few words with the guest, arranged for him to enter the VVIP box, and then went upstairs to inform the deceased according to the deceased's instructions. The time was around 11:00.
At this time, he heard a quarrel inside from outside the door. Then he knocked on the door, but got no response.
The person in charge was worried and found the security captain. The two of them pried open the door and found the deceased.
It was exactly 11:10. A few minutes later, the security captain called the police.
What were the others doing during this 1 hour and 05 minutes?
Jian Jing looked at it and found that there was a lot of text content, so she asked, "Is there a video?"
Ji Feng said, "Yes, click on the bottom of the confession to watch the video."
She clicked on the confession of the person in charge.
This was a fat man in his thirties, surnamed Zhao, with a friendly appearance and a very cooperative attitude.
The person in charge replied: "My job is mainly to coordinate the work of various departments, where to arrange people, where to clean up, when to call for stage work, generally these are the things."
"Tell me what you did on the night of June 15th."
"It's a lot. We have to do things every night. I can't count them on ten fingers. They are all trivial things. I remember that when we opened at 7 o'clock, a customer wanted to book the whole place. I told him that we couldn't book the whole place, but he insisted and threw a lot of money at me. Wow, I can tell at a glance that he is a second-generation rich..."
He was too talkative, and the police had to stop him: "Just answer what I ask you, don't talk nonsense."
The person in charge said aggrievedly: "Isn't that what I am talking about?"
Another policeman changed the question: "Just tell me about the actions between 10 and 11 o'clock."
“Let me think, it was a little after 10 o’clock, the boss and the client finished drinking, and I sent him upstairs to rest. Then we continued to work. We were very busy at this time. I had been walking around in the club, and my legs were sore.
“At 11 o’clock, no, at 10:50, a big client came, and I hurried over to say hello to him. Alas, there was no way, if you dare to neglect such a big boss once, it will be difficult to do business in the future - sorry, I talked too much again - I chatted with him and went upstairs to find the boss. I have already told him what happened next. ”
“Tell me more in detail.”
“Okay.”
“I went upstairs at 11 o’clock and heard some movement in the house, but no one answered me when I knocked on the door. I was very worried, so I went to find Daqian (the security captain) to open the door. It took at most 5 minutes. I went up and called again, but there was still no response. I couldn't open the door with my key, so I had to find tools to pry it open. Then the door opened and I saw the boss lying on the ground. I was shocked and rushed over to see that his head was covered in blood. Xiaotan was sitting there stupidly, and I didn't know what he was thinking.
"I felt the boss's breath and found that he was dead, so I told Daqian to call the police. Then I asked Xiaotan if he did it, but he didn't answer me. I was afraid that he would be upset, so I had to guard him until the police came."
The next one was the security captain.
He was wearing a black suit and had a burly figure. He sat on a chair in the interrogation room, and the chair felt like it was about to fall.
"My working hours are from 6pm to 3am." Unexpectedly, this big guy has good language expression ability and is very organized. "Every night, my main job is to patrol the club, be responsible for the safety of the guests, and maintain order. If I encounter drunk guests, I will send them back to the private room or call a taxi to take them home. If there are any troubles, I will ask them to leave."
He also specifically corrected: "We are a formal club and will not fight with guests."
The police asked: "Where were you between 10 and 11?"
The security captain replied: "I should be on patrol."
"Are you alone?"
"With my colleagues." He recalled, "I remember that night, we also handled an incident. A guest drank too much and acted crazy. It took us a long time to calm him down."
"What time was it?"
"I can't remember exactly, around 10:20."
"What happened after that?"
"Chatting with colleagues, patrolling, calling taxis for customers, that's all. It was almost 11 o'clock, and I was planning to have a midnight snack and rest for a while, but Brother Zhao (the person in charge) suddenly came to me, and I went upstairs with him."
"Tell me about the process of you discovering the deceased."
"Okay." The security captain thought carefully for a moment and said slowly, "At that time, Brother Zhao (the person in charge) came to me anxiously and told me that the boss seemed to have quarreled with Xiao Tan. He knocked on the door, but the boss ignored him and asked me to go up and open the door to see what was going on."
The police suddenly interrupted: "It's normal for couples to quarrel. Why did you agree as soon as you heard it?"
"Ah, it's Xiaotan again." The security captain shook his head and revealed, "He has a criminal record. He had a conflict with a customer before and threatened him with a knife. The boss spent a lot of money to calm him down. And..."
He showed a subtle expression of incomprehension, confusion, and even more embarrassing.
"Well, the boss's hobby is quite special. There was one time before, Xiaotan ran over and said that the boss fell and there was a lot of blood. He and I rushed him to the hospital, and the doctor said that if it was any later, he would be in danger."
Jian Jing: "???"
She grabbed Ji Feng and paused to show him the screen: "Is this what I understand?"
Ji Feng: "Yes."
Jian Jing understood. No wonder the person in charge was so nervous. As soon as there was no movement, he asked the security captain to pry the door open, not afraid of ruining the boss's "interest".
It turned out that his interest could cost someone's life... cough.
She continued to read.
Then came the secretary.
She was very different from Diane and others who were familiar to Jian Jing. She had many buttons undone on her shirt, her hip skirt only reached her thighs, and she was wearing a pair of fishnet stockings. Her ten fingers were touching the long nails, which looked fake and tacky.
"My job is to follow the boss's instructions. I do whatever the boss tells me to do." The secretary looks frivolous and has a coquettish voice. "I usually wait until the boss goes to bed before I can go home." "
Where were you and what did you do on the night of the incident?"
She said, "Before 8 o'clock, I stayed in the office to rest. I didn't do anything. After 9 o'clock, my friends said they were playing in the club, so I went downstairs and sang nursery rhymes with them. At about 10:30, I went out to buy supper for the boss and came back at 10:50."
"Aren't there supper in the club?"
"They are all buns, noodles and the like, and the boss doesn't like them."
"Does he eat every day?"
"He eats less when he drinks, so he definitely does, but not necessarily at other times."
"Did you find anything unusual when you came back?"
The secretary said, "I knocked on the door, but there was no sound in the room. I guessed the boss was not awake yet, so I went back to the office to wait."
"Is there anyone else in the office?"
"No, Sister Li's computer is on, but she is not there." The secretary explained, "At this time, she should have gone out for a midnight snack. Our club's midnight snack is from 10 to 12 o'clock, and it will be gone if you go too late."
"When did you know that something happened to the deceased?"
"Brother Qian (the security captain) told me that the police were coming and asked us not to wander around."
"Before that, didn't you hear anything?"
"The sound insulation of the club is very good, and I was playing with my mobile phone, so I didn't pay attention." She defended, "It has nothing to do with me, I know nothing."
Then it was finance.
She is a middle-aged woman in her forties, wearing loose coat and pants, grey flat shoes, and a reserved and a little nervous expression.
"I was working overtime to calculate an account that night, and I was in the office until 10:30. After the calculation, I went downstairs to get a midnight snack, and I didn't return upstairs until 11:15." Her timeline is very simple, "That's when I knew something happened to my boss."
"After 10:30, can anyone prove that you were downstairs?"
She shook her head: "I wanted to go back to the office, but the room on the top floor was stuffy, so I took a breath outside for a while and didn't meet anyone."
In other words, there is no alibi.
The last one is the manager of the sales department.
The so-called sales department is actually responsible for accompanying drinking and singing. The manager is in his thirties and is female. Different from the impression of her frivolous style, this manager's dress is very plain, with light makeup and a black off-shoulder long dress. She does not try to skirt the rules, but instead looks elegant.
"I am the sales manager of Jin Cui Hua Palace. My daily job is to arrange our waiters to serve guests in various private rooms."
The manager said slowly, "On the evening of the 15th, I started working at 7 o'clock as usual, and I was in the private room talking to guests until after 9 o'clock. Many people can testify for me. By the way, that night a colleague had a conflict with a guest and was beaten. I sent her to the hospital, but because there were many things to do, I went back to the club after paying the bill."
"What time was that?"
"I remember leaving the hospital at 10:10. According to the journey, I should have returned to the club around 10:40. I can't remember the exact time."
"Did you drive there by yourself?"
"I can't drive, so I just called a taxi."
"What happened after returning to the club?"
"I wanted to report this to my boss, so I went upstairs. On the way, I met Brother Zhao, who told me that Xiaotan was here today, so I didn't rush to find him and rested in the lounge for a while."
"When did you know that something happened to the deceased?"
"I only knew about it when Daqian came and knocked on the door and told me that my boss was dead."
"Did you hear any noise before that?"
"I didn't notice."
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While Jian Jing was watching the video with full concentration, Ji Feng observed the scene for the Nth time.
He carefully checked the lounge and office outside and confirmed the sound insulation between the two rooms. If it wasn't a high-decibel sound, it would be difficult to hear any noise once the two doors were closed. But if there was only one door between them, you could still vaguely hear something.
From this point of view, the suspects were not lying.
So, are they really not suspects?
"I still don't quite understand." Prosecutor Zhu interrupted his thoughts and questioned, "Although several people do not have alibis, Tan Hao's motive for murder is very clear, while others have no obvious motive."
Ji Feng nodded: "Yes, Tan Hao and the deceased had emotional disputes, and the two had many arguments because of this. The deceased once said that he would take back the things given to him. For money and love, he had enough motives to kill." Prosecutor Zhu
said: "I know you insist on investigating because you are afraid of wrongly accusing a good person, but at the moment, I can't see any doubts."
"It's intuition." He said, "You can also say experience."
She raised her eyebrows.
Ji Feng said, "I have seen many murders. Some were carefully planned but ended up going wrong. Some were dismembered and the perpetrators slept in the same room with the bodies. But most were crimes of passion, where the perpetrators killed people on impulse and only considered how to end it afterwards. Judging from the situation at the crime scene, Tan Hao was undoubtedly such a person, right?"
Prosecutor Zhu nodded, "Yes."
"Prisoners like him might have felt lucky before being caught. But he was caught on the spot and got both the murder and the theft." He said, "Think about it, he killed people on impulse without thinking about anything, but he was able to withstand so many days of interrogation and insisted that he was not the murderer. Isn't it strange?"
"But this is just your analysis of his psychology. There is no evidence to prove that he is not the murderer."
Ji Feng said, "We are investigating this. Teacher Jian is the best at this." He called Jian Jing, "Teacher Jian, have you read it? Give me some feedback."
"Why are you urging me?" Jian Jing walked out slowly, and took a good look at the office and the lounge. Finally, she said, "I am hungry. Let's leave."
Prosecutor Zhu: "???" I was waiting to hear the doubts, why are there no doubts?
Ji Feng: "Okay, let's go."
She was confused: Go, just go now? Are these two people communicating through brain waves?