Due to the long history of the case, the criminal investigation technology was backward at that time, and there were very few physical evidences left. They also turned over a small box of physical evidence. They were extremely lucky, and it was left over from management negligence.
Among them was a watch, which happened to be broken when the deceased fell from the building. The police determined the time of his death based on the time on this watch.
No wonder the time of death is accurate to minutes and seconds. thought Arthur.
Arthur found out that Clarence Hall is now a professor of the Department of Literature at Y University. They bought the latest flight tickets and they will not be able to take off until tomorrow. Go back first... work overtime, take a short rest, and leave tomorrow morning.
Back in the office, Steven put on his glasses and said to Arthur, "Take a look at the clues in hand."
Arthur wrote a whiteboard note: "There are now four suspects:"
"One, Alan. The motive for committing the crime is the bullying caused by despising Brandt's poverty."
Even though he is well-known as a good guy now, judging from his juvenile delinquency record, Mr. Allen was not a worry-free obedient card. If the murderer is really him, he may not have committed this case on purpose. Perhaps he became kind later, which is also due to his psychology of compensation and atonement after committing suicide.
"Second, Clarence. The name provided by the deceased's father. The motive for committing the crime was to be jealous of Brandt's excellent academic performance. At the same time, this person was also the first person to discover the murder scene."
"Three, old Orlo. The father of the deceased, the motive of committing the crime is temporarily unknown, and the suspicion is not great, but I think he still concealed something important. I need to investigate his alibi to find out what he concealed."
"Fourth, the unknown person who was at the victim's home in the afternoon of the incident, had a fight with the victim and fled. We have to find out who this person is, let's call him x first."
Arthur used x as the code name for this unknown person.
Steven asked, "Who do you think is the most suspect?"
Arthur circled Clarence's name with a red marker: "Clarence Hall, the probability that the first person found at the scene of the case is the murderer is already very high, and his motivation is also the best. It is written in the case that he was Reported to the police, he discovered the murder only half an hour after the deceased died. Why he appeared at the scene at this time does not make sense, it is too abnormal."
Arthur: "Also, Old Orlo insisted that he was the murderer. Isn't there a saying that a father will always know who hurt his child? I think we should focus on investigating this person."
Arthur listed him as the first suspect in the case.
Steven nodded noncommittally: "Old Orlo directly provided us with Clarence's work address and residence. Twenty years have passed, and he still knows it so clearly. What do you think?"
Arthur suddenly realized: "He must have conducted an investigation long ago!"
"He seemed devastated by the death of his son. From the conversation with him, it can be seen that his personality is quite extreme. I'm afraid he has gone to see Clarence long ago."
Steven said: "I think if we looked into it, maybe we could find out that the court had issued him an injunction about being close to Clarence. A father who has only one child in his life is crazy after losing his only child. "
"Yeah, that makes sense." Arthur said almost reflexively, "I'll check right away."
Steven shook his head helplessly: "I mean, this crazy father couldn't find any new evidence from Clarence. But if he finds evidence that can send Clarence to prison, do you think he Will he hide it? But he is hiding something. No one will hide it for others."
"We'll have to check on the father again."
"Anyway, let's go to University Y to meet Clarence Hall tomorrow."
They arrived at Y University before school in the afternoon.
The campus is full of young boys and girls, full of vigor, their FBI dressed in black attracts attention, and everyone they meet walks around them. You must know that they are quite uncommon in these powerful literati circles as lackeys of the president. To be seen.
After questioning, they found the classroom where Clarence was teaching.
Arthur asked the school to get Clarence Hall's graduation photo.
Clarence in the photo is also a very handsome boy, he seems to be of Italian descent, with black hair and black eyes, fair skin, deep eyes, revealing a lingering melancholy, as if he is bored with the whole world.
At first glance, he was a gloomy and introverted person. It is not surprising that such a person could commit murder out of jealousy.
But when Arthur actually saw Clarence, he was still taken aback. If not mistaken, Clarence should be thirty-eight years old this year, and he actually has white hair!
He is writing on the blackboard, with very beautiful and elegant calligraphy.
His figure is thin, his skin is unhealthily white, and his face is bloodless, like a vampire who can't breathe, but this gives him a unique and peaceful temperament, which makes people feel that he is a rich man, taciturn but charming adult man.
Arthur and Steven didn't intend to disturb the students in class, so they sat in the last row. Anyway, it was not long before the end of get out of class. As long as Clarence saw that they didn't run away in a panic, they were going to quietly take Clarence away after class.
If Clarence is not the murderer, arresting him with great fanfare will inevitably have a bad effect on his reputation.
Clarence obviously noticed them too, he only glanced at them lightly, and then continued to lecture calmly, quite gracefully.
The get out of class bell rang.
Clarence called a student by name: "Ann, can you do me a favor? Take my lesson plans back to my office."
A girl helped to take away his copywriting.
The two detectives had already stood up and walked in front of him.
Arthur said straight to the point: "Hello, is this Professor Clarence Hall? We are investigating the case of Brande Emilio Ferro twenty years ago. Could you come with us and cooperate with us?" investigation?"
Clarence's face, which seemed to be covered with worry, now showed a gentle and sad smile as if the clouds had opened and the moon was shining, as if he had been waiting for this moment, and he said calmly: "I am the murderer. "
What Arthur was about to say was suddenly stuck, and he asked in a daze, "What?"
Clarence said, "I said I killed Brandt. You heard me right. Arrest me, please."
The author has something to say: Although the protagonist at the beginning of this chapter feels that this case is ancient, the background of this article is set in the early 1980s. At that time, computers were just beginning to be popularized in office work, and criminal investigation technology was still relatively backward compared to now. For a while, I was obsessed with solving crimes with this retro background.