"What happened two months ago? What exactly happened?"
If such a thing had never happened before, Taoist Lin's previous reasoning could basically be overturned. But now that such a similar thing has actually happened, the previous fire may very likely be linked to this case.
Officer Yang seemed to have a fresh memory of the fire. He did not look up any documentation and directly orally recounted what he had learned at the time.
It is said that the victims of the fire were a family of three, with a six-year-old child. The male owner was a second-generation demolition tycoon, who basically made a living by renting out his houses, and lived a relatively wealthy life. The female owner also had no job, and spent her days idling around at home.
Everything was going fine, but two months ago, a fire suddenly broke out in the two-story building where the family lived. When the firefighters arrived at the scene to put out the fire, they discovered that all three members of the family were burned to death, with the host and hostess being burned to death on the second floor and the six-year-old child being burned to death on the first floor.
Later, Officer Yang also intervened in the investigation. After extensive investigation, it was found that the fire was caused by a natural gas leak in this family. Other relatives of the family also took possession of the bodies of the three members of the family and buried them properly afterwards.
This matter is actually quite simple, but after being analyzed by Taoist Lin and I, even Officer Yang felt that this case might be slightly related to the previous fire, and immediately asked me if I needed any help. I thought about it and said, "Just show me the detailed information of the fire and photos of the deceased later."
We have now carefully examined the crime scene and the body of the deceased. Since there is no professional forensic doctor present, the body will still be sent to the hospital for a doctor to help with the autopsy. However, the accuracy may be slightly different from the conclusion of the professional forensic doctor.
At the same time, Officer Yang also received a call saying that the person who reported the case and the suspect discovered by other police officers were already waiting in the interrogation room. In addition, they also found the live video left by the male anchor who died this time, and asked us to go back and check it out. So Officer Yang ordered his men here to carry the body away, seal off the scene, and took us to the police station.
As soon as we went downstairs, Taoist Lin suddenly said that he had something to deal with and would come to the police station to find us after he was done. Before I could say anything, Officer Yang hurriedly agreed. After seeing Taoist Lin leave, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why did you find such an outsider to meddle in this? Are you practicing feudal superstition?"
I said helplessly, "No, it's just that I lost the bet yesterday and agreed to let him help solve the case. Besides, aren't you surprised by the reasoning ability that Taoist Lin just showed? If you can get such a talent, you probably won't have to bother me anymore in the future, right?"
"What reasoning ability? It's complete nonsense. I have never seen anyone who can combine reasoning and Taoist thinking." Officer Yang sneered.
"But didn't he do it? And he did it so perfectly. If he is not the murderer this time, you must keep this person by your side. He is indeed a talent."
Lin Yingxue turned around and asked, "Do you still think he is a suspect?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, the timing of this person's appearance has always been a question in my mind, and he seems to have deduced things very correctly. Either he is a capable person, or he is the murderer. No matter which case it is, I will have a good talk with him later."
If he is the murderer, then there is nothing to say and we can do whatever we want to him once he is caught. But if he is a real master, I think I still need to learn more from him. After all, I think what he said makes sense.
We took Officer Yang's car back to the police station. We first went to Officer Yang's office to check the information I wanted about the family of three who died in the fire, as well as the live video of the second deceased, the male anchor. Only after knowing more details could I check the suspicion of those two people.
Officer Yang first brought me the video of the second deceased and played it in the office. We all watched it attentively. We saw a young and handsome man, who was about my age, sitting lazily on a chair and chatting with the people who left messages under the video. Suddenly, his lazy eyes widened and he stared at the back of the screen, which was his bedroom window, with a look of horror on his face, unable to speak. The expression was exactly the same as that of the first deceased, as if he had seen a ghost.
Then the young man fell off the chair and onto the ground, holding the live streaming phone in his hand. He kept backing away like the first dead person, without making any sound. He then slowly fell to the ground and finally closed his eyes. He seemed to have lost consciousness, and the camera of the phone in his hand was aimed at his face.
Before we could figure out what was going on, flames burst out from all over the male anchor's body. After the flames lasted for a few seconds, the video was disconnected.
The process of this video is basically the same as that of the first video of the female anchor's death. First, the deceased saw something that frightened them, then fell to the ground and struggled, and finally lost consciousness and their bodies spontaneously combusted. The only difference is probably that the two deceased were a man and a woman.
Although this video doesn't make much sense, I found many questions. First of all, what on earth could scare these two dead people like this? It stands to reason that men should be a little braver. Even the second dead person was so scared. What they saw before they died might not be just a simple horror picture.
Of course, I also thought that it might be someone threatening them with a gun or a sharp weapon like a dagger, but if that was the case, the two deceased should not have been so panicked. They would most likely want to save themselves, and even turn their phones around to record the person who threatened them.
However, they did not do so, but struggled to escape. It can only be said that what they saw at that time was completely beyond their cognition, which instantly made their brains confused, and they forgot to resist and save themselves.
There is another point that I find even more strange. Why did the two dead people's mobile phone screens only focus on their faces before they fainted or were frightened to death? I believe this is definitely not a coincidence. It must be intentional by the murderer standing behind the camera at the time. As for why he only wanted us to see the dead people's faces, it is not clear.
As for the other questions, they are still the same. What did the deceased see? Why did the deceased's body spontaneously combust? These two questions may take some time to be investigated before they can be clarified.
After watching the video here, I picked up the fire file on the table and looked at it carefully. It recorded the situation at that time and the identity information of the deceased in detail. There were also photos of the family of three, some of which were photos of normal circumstances and some of the bodies. After comparing them, I felt a little pity for this family from the bottom of my heart, especially the child. He was very cute in the photo, but his body was horrible.
Lin Yingxue was sitting next to me. When I finished reading the file and was about to close it and put it down, Lin Yingxue suddenly said, "Let me see it. I didn't see the photo clearly just now."
I was a little surprised and asked, "How many degrees of myopia are you? You can't even see when you're sitting next to me?"
Lin Yingxue rolled her eyes at me and said, "Where I'm sitting there's a lot of strong light reflecting off me, so I can't see the photo at all."
When I heard Lin Yingxue's words, an idea suddenly flashed in my mind. I opened the information in my hand again, put it where I was just looking at it, and then shifted my line of sight to where Lin Yingxue was. Sure enough, I saw that the photo above the information was just a white light, and I couldn't see the person on it clearly.
"Is that so?"
Thinking of this, I immediately played the video we just watched again and watched it carefully. I also played the live video of the first deceased before his death that I had downloaded from Officer Yang’s mobile phone. Sure enough, I found that there was a very small detail hidden in these two videos, and this detail may be able to explain a question in my mind now!
"If that's the case, it does make sense, but what on earth did they see before they died? What could have caused them to have such similar reactions?"
I was thinking and talking to myself, and Lin Yingxue and Officer Yang, who knew me well, understood that I had figured out some things, so they didn't disturb me and let me think quietly.
Judging from the fearful reactions of the two deceased persons at that time, even if they saw the same thing, or in other words, saw the same ghost, they would not react in such a consistent manner. This would only be possible if what they saw could create the same fear in their hearts.
I looked up and asked Officer Yang, "Did these two deceased people know each other?"
Officer Yang didn't know the answer to this question either, so he turned around and went out to ask his men. In my opinion, since both of them were anchors, it was very likely that they knew each other. If they had known each other during their lifetime, perhaps the truth would have come to light.
Officer Yang came back about five minutes later. As soon as he entered the room, he nodded and said to me, "I have called to investigate. The two deceased were very good friends. They seemed to have a group of friends who were anchors. They were all in the same circle and often met together for food, drinks and fun."
I nodded, stood up and said, "If that's the case, I think I have figured out the murderer's method of killing. As for whether the murderer is the person I think he is, I have to ask the two people in the interrogation room!"