After Tristigne and his men put the body bag on the carriage, they asked their men to carry Sarita's poor body to the forensic doctor's place, but Jobtran pulled Tristigne over and asked him to lean over to his ear.
"After the forensic examination, it was sent to the vigil for another examination. I don't believe it was as simple as an accident."
Joe Butran used to be a detective, and he always looked at any murder case with suspicion. After all, it involved a life, and any possibility could be reality.
This suspicious mentality helped him solve several perfect crime cases before he joined the Mystery Investigation Bureau. After joining the Mystery Investigation Bureau, Jobtran realized that using logic alone to infer may also lead to more possibilities that are difficult for ordinary people to understand and subjectively take for granted due to the intervention of mysterious forces. The common method used by cultists is to disguise the victim's death as an accident after the murder in order to distance themselves from the murder.
"Xiao Cui, don't forget to ask the eyewitnesses present about the course of the incident and the crime scene, and write a report later." Joet Brown helped the kneeling Yudkao up and spoke loudly to Cui Stenye.
This was a routine procedure, but it was also an act to appease and dispel Yudkao's suspicion. If Yudkao really had something fishy going on in this incident, then some details would emerge in the subsequent investigation, such as excessive emotional stability and too perfect alibi, which would arouse Jobtran's suspicion.
But it is too early to conclude that Youdekao is the murderer.
At first, Jobtran suspected Yudekao only because of the previous drunken incident. Whenever a person appeared at the crime scene repeatedly, this person would be suspicious; if he was not the murderer, he must be an insider.
Collecting evidence on this noisy street made it more difficult to search for evidence. The first possibility that needed to be ruled out was whether this was a closed-room murder case. Was Sarita pushed down from the building by a gang, or was she pushed by the murderer from behind
Jobtran first arranged for his team to take Youdekao to his office, and then thoughtfully asked someone to go to the hospital to ask for leave for him, and said to his subordinates who were maintaining order,
"Let's temporarily seal off the scene and ask the public if anyone saw anyone fall!"
"yes!"
The security team members took the people around who witnessed the incident to the side to record and integrate the interrogation information.
"What were you doing when the crime happened? What did you see?"
"I was selling vegetables downstairs when the incident happened. I set up a stall here at six o'clock every morning and have been doing so for more than ten years. This is the first time I have seen such a scary thing. I set up a stall opposite Dr. Yudkao's house, so I saw it clearly. Ms. Sarita was drying clothes on the balcony at the time, and then a big bird flew over, and she fell from the balcony. She died without even a scream. Poor Dr. Yudkao, I always thought he was a good man, but I didn't expect fate to play tricks on me."
"I was just passing by when the crime happened. I need to walk from here to the restaurant where I work every day. It was so horrible. I heard a woman screaming and when I turned around, I saw the body of the lady hanging on the iron railing. I really don't want to recall other details. Just let me go to work!"
"When the incident happened, I had just said hello to Dr. Yudkao. I saw him coming out from downstairs and sitting in the breakfast shop. I was preparing to go to school. I didn't expect Ms. Sarita to fall downstairs. I was so scared that I screamed and people gathered around me."
"I'll make it short. When the crime happened, I had just opened the shop. Dr. Yudekou came over and ordered a breakfast, a cup of hot milk and scrambled eggs with ham and cheese. After hearing the noise of the crowd, Dr. Yudekou rushed out and put down a gold mark. I didn't have time to make food just now, and you took him away. This is his breakfast and change. You can deliver it to him later."
These are testimonies from eyewitnesses at the scene, including a vegetable seller, a passing male waiter, a young female student, and the owner of the breakfast shop; almost all of the testimonies mentioned that Yudkao had sufficient alibi, but Jobtran still believed that this was not a simple accident, so he sent people into the building where Yudkao lived to investigate.
"Knock, knock, knock! Is anyone there? We are from the security team. Please open the door." Jobtran knocked on the door of his neighbor who lived downstairs from Youdekao.
"...coming." The door creaked open from the inside, and a man with a haggard face, dark circles under his eyes and a melancholy air opened the door.
"Hello, I'm Joet Brown from Security Team 6. Do you know the couple Yudekao and Sarita upstairs?" Joet Brown asked.
"I know him, but we don't meet often. Yawn. I'm a writer and I rarely go out for a week. I just woke up. What's the matter?" The man said while yawning, as if he didn't care that the person in front of him was the frightened Wolf of Umr.
"If it's convenient, can I come in and talk to you slowly?" said Joet Brown.
"Please, it's just a bit messy in there and I can't afford a maid to clean it up." The man complained softly.
The man sat down on the sofa casually and stretched out his hand, "Sit anywhere you want."
Jobutran saw the mess in the house. There were piles of packed garbage that gave off a faint stench. There were a lot of crumpled papers on the floor with scribbled sentences on them. Jobutran pulled out a chair and sat down, then took out a notebook and pencil.
"What's your name?"
"Henry, Henry Nat, single, no children. What other information do you need?" Henry said lazily.
"Very good, this is enough for your information record. Let me get straight to the point. What impression do you have of the Yudekao couple upstairs?" Jobtran looked at the man in front of him who was careless about everything, and said while recording quickly without looking at the notebook.
"A very extreme couple, a very interesting couple. Occasionally there would be noises upstairs, and sounds of fighting, and even the sound of glass breaking, but from time to time you could hear the lady's panting, and the sound of the wooden bed shaking. You know, even though I'm single, it doesn't mean I don't know anything."
Henry stood up and made himself a cup of coffee, then turned back to ask Joe Butran, "Would you like some coffee? Pure black coffee. Sorry, I've run out of milk and haven't gone to buy some yet."
"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it for now." When Jobtran saw the dusty coffee cups and some spider webs in the cupboard, he politely declined Henry's kindness.
"Well, that's your loss. These are the best deep-roasted coffee beans from Naples, Italy. Look at the red Klima on the surface." Henry shrugged and said.
"Well, it smells really good. I'll have a cup then."
Jobtran said shyly, and then the topic turned back to the Yudko couple.
"You said you often heard sounds of fighting. At what time and under what circumstances did they usually happen?"
"Irregularly, but generally I guess it happens after Dr. Yudkao gets off work. The broken wooden stairs outside make a creaking sound when you walk on them. Ms. Sarita likes to drink, so she probably makes noise after drinking too much." Henry said.
"Okay, this information is very useful. Can you tell me about the, um, shaking wooden bed?" Jobtran said a little embarrassedly.
"Come on, I'm not a pervert. Why would I go out of my way to eavesdrop? Besides, I'm single!" Henry complained.
"To be honest, Ms. Sarita passed away this morning, so we need all the information. I suspect this was not an accident. Although I know it is an embarrassing thing to say, please understand and cooperate with my work. Thank you." Jobtran said helplessly.
"Okay, okay, actually, speaking of this, I find it very strange. Every time Mr. Youdekao left during the day, he would come back after a while, and then the sound of the wooden bed shaking would come." Henry said, trying to recall some details.
When Joe Butran heard this, he immediately thought of several possibilities!
But the most plausible one is that Sarita may have been having a blatant extramarital affair, and Yudkao discovered it and took revenge!
This creates a reasonable motive for murder!
From love comes hate!
This follow-up investigation yielded more clues that could be carefully pursued, such as the identity of the lover!
Jobtran wrote the three words "extramarital affair" in a big circle on his notebook, and then continued to ask,
"Then Mr. Henry, have you ever looked at who passed by the door out of curiosity?"
"No, please, why would I care about other people's private affairs?" Henry spread his hands and said.
"Okay, thank you for your information. This information is very important. Let me take my leave first." Jobtran bowed politely and drank the black coffee. "The coffee is really good. Thank you for your hospitality."
Henry smiled disapprovingly, walked to his desk and began to write; today's interview might be a good subject for a novel.
Tristene was already waiting outside the door. Seeing Jobtran coming out of the door, Tristran asked curiously, "Captain, is there any useful information?"
Joe Butran smiled confidently, "Of course, let's go upstairs and take a look."
Since people had been sent to protect the scene, even the corridors were blocked.
Yudkow's residence is a three-story wooden duplex building. The writer Henry lives on the first floor, the Yudkow couple lives on the second floor, and the third floor is the rooftop where the water tank is placed. There is a window in the corridor on each floor.
Just as Henry said, the wooden stairs did make a creaking sound when walking on them. It was obvious that the building was quite old and the wood had aged.
Jobtran observed every detail in the corridor, and under the sunlight, he found a clue.
"Tristenay, come here. Walk slower."
"Okay, okay." Tristene walked lightly and looked towards where Jobtran was.
The direction you are facing is the stairs leading to the third floor.
"Look carefully. The stairs leading to the third floor terrace are all covered with dust. Do you understand what this means?"
"...Maybe no one has been to the rooftop on the third floor, so a lot of dust has accumulated?" Tristana tried to infer.
"That's right, but look, aren't there a few footprints under the stairs leading to the third floor?" said Jobtran, pointing to the footprints not far away.
"Yes, yes. Judging from the size of the footprint, it should belong to an adult male, about 1.6 meters tall, with a shoe size of about 15 inches." Tristene analyzed.
"And the owner of the footprints should not be strong or fat, but rather thin, so the footprints left in the dust are relatively shallow, do you understand?" Jobtran said mysteriously. This has always been his pleasure in teasing this silly deputy. Every time he solved a case, he would indirectly teach Tristana some knowledge, but at the same time he would laugh at Tristana's clumsiness.
Jobtrand hopes that Tristanne will be able to start her own business one day and become an excellent detective and an independent investigator.
"So, this footprint should belong to Yudekao!" Tristene suddenly realized it after being pointed out by Jobtran, and continued to ask with hypothetical doubts,
"But what is he doing standing here?"
"What he is doing standing here is not important at the moment. What is important is that you should use a charcoal pencil to make a copy of the footprint and then compare it with Yu Dekao's footprint. Only with evidence can you make the right judgment." Jobtran knocked on the head of the clumsy deputy Xiao Cui.
"Yes! I'll do it right away!" Tristana saluted and hurriedly prepared to get the charcoal pencil and paper, but was pulled back by Jobtran.
"Although I say you are stupid, you are not that stupid. Details, details!" Jobtran enjoys bullying Xiao Cui.
"Smell it and see if there is any smell in the air." Jobtran guided Tristana.
"Yes! In addition to the smell of rotting wood, there seems to be a burning smell." Tristney said.
"So it means that Yudekao once burned something here? But there are no ashes on the ground?"
"We don't know what was burned specifically, and there's no evidence from eyewitnesses that says Yudkao threw anything away, so we have to ask him in person," Jobtran analyzed.
"Then let's go now? He's in your office anyway," Tristana suggested.
Jobtran knocked on Tristigne's head again and said harshly, "Are you stupid? He's in my office and he won't run away. Now of course we should continue investigating the scene!"
After saying that, Jobtran pushed open the unlocked door of Yudekao's house.