Chapter 118 A strange suicide case
"The deceased's name was Mako Araki, 28 years old, and he lived in this villa with a woman named Yayoi Hirotani who was engaged in photography."
Takagi said while pushing open the door of the villa.
What caught my eye was a living room with exquisite decoration, simple style and black and white tone.
A little worse than Suzuki's, but not much worse.
After all, in the eyes of Fujino, there is no difference between the villas of these big dogs.
Fujino looked at the luxurious living room, and immediately asked Takagi: "By the way, there have been murders here before, right?"
"Detective Fujino, how do you know?"
Takagi looked a little surprised, "A murder did occur here a year ago, and the victim died in the living room."
"My guess."
Fujino laughed lightly.
Like this kind of villa, even if it is rented, it will definitely cost a lot of money.
Logically speaking, if they are both renting together, then the financial situation of the two must not be optimistic, and it is impossible to rent such a villa.
But if a murder had ever occurred here, that would be a different matter.
"Ms. Hirotani, who shares the same apartment with the victim, Ms. Araki, went to a photographer's sleepover two days ago and did not come back until this morning."
Takagi took Fujino up the stairs to the second floor, "But when she came back in the morning, she found that the door of Miss Xinmu's bedroom was locked. After knocking on the door and inquiring to no avail, she felt that something was wrong and she reported it. police."
"Did Ms. Hong Gu call the police directly after she found out that the door was locked and her shouting was fruitless?"
Fujino interrupted.
"Is such that."
Takagi thought for a while and continued: "After receiving the alarm, at about [-]:[-] in the morning, the nearby patrol police came to the villa, forced open the bedroom door, and found the man lying on the ground face to face. Miss Araki’s body.”
Hearing this, Fujino couldn't help but twitch his jaw.
Generally speaking, after discovering that the door is locked, the normal behavior should be that the owner of the bedroom has gone out.
But how did Yayoi Hiroya be able to confirm that something happened to Shinki Mako...
Just a guess?
Afterwards, the two came to the door of the bedroom at the scene of the crime.
Takagi, wearing white gloves, pushed open the door.
What came into view was a bedroom that didn't quite look like a girl's.
As far as Fujino is concerned, the only thing that looks like a girl is that the room is clean and odorless.
Shinki Mako's bedroom is neither too big nor too small, about thirty or forty square meters.
Directly opposite the entrance to the bedroom, there are two leather brown single sofas. There is a small table in front of the sofa that serves as a coffee table. The coffee table is made of wood. On the glass tabletop, there is a solitary ashtray.
The ashtray was made of glass, and inside the ashtray were scattered cigarette butts of two different brands.
In a blink of an eye, he looked across the room.
What catches the eye is a window. At the end of the room on the left side of the window, there is a large wooden gray bed. On the left hand side of the entrance of the large bed is a large wooden wardrobe of nearly two meters.
Directly opposite the big bed, at the end to the left of the window, is a wooden writing desk.
The victim in this case was lying next to the chair in front of the desk.
In the small bedroom, apart from the slightly crowded furniture, there are many forensics officers in blue uniforms hurrying to investigate the scene.
Among the many blue figures, a figure wearing an off-white suit stood out.
"Officer Sato!"
"Fujino-kun, you are here."
Hearing a familiar voice, Miwako Sato looked back and saw Fujino in a suit and vest.
"So, was the victim shot and killed?"
Fujino stepped forward, glanced at the corpse lying on the ground, and asked Miwako Sato about the victim.
"That's right, after a preliminary inference from the forensic class, the death was indeed caused by a shooting."
Miwako Sato replied: "But whether it is the bullet fired by the pistol or not, we still have to bring it back to the police station for testing."
"Is that so?"
Fujino continued to ask: "I remember that on the phone just now, the Megure Police Department told me that this case is a bit strange. Where is the strangeness?"
"The posture of the corpse is fine. It slipped from the chair in front of the writing desk. The doors and windows are all locked. Normally, this case can be closed by suicide...
But what is strange is that the muzzle of Miss Xinmu's head is on the left side, but the hand holding the gun is the right hand. There is no key that can lock the door in her room. "
"key?"
Listening to Miwako Sato's description, Fujino was surprised, "Normally, shouldn't the door have a knob that can be locked from the inside?"
"Normally, this is the case, but this villa is a bit old. There is no device to lock the door from the inside. It can only be locked with a key..."
"So I think this case may be a robbery with a gun. The murderer shot and killed Ms. Xinmu in a panic after being discovered, and then disguised the scene of the crime as a suicide in a secret room, and fled in a hurry on site."
After a pause, Sato Miwako looked at Takagi Shepherd: "But Takagi always feels that things are a little strange, so the Megure Police Department invited Fujino-kun to come and have a look."
Takagi scratched the back of his head embarrassingly when he heard the words, showing a look of embarrassment, "I just feel that since a robber killed someone, it stands to reason that the murderer shouldn't let Miss Xinmu's obviously valuable watch go. .”
"That's why I said that the scene was arranged by the murderer in a panic."
Miwako Sato let out a long sigh of relief, "Not only did he mistake the position of the muzzle of the gun, but even the key to this room was taken away by the way."
"But since he was shot, the people around him must have heard something, right?"
At this time, Fujino who had been listening in suddenly asked.
"The preliminary estimate of Ms. Araki's death time was around [-] o'clock last night."
Takagi replied: "I remember that there was a firework show near here at that time last night. The gunfire should be covered by the sound of fireworks..."
"Is it homicide disguised as suicide?"
Hearing this, Fujino murmured and walked slowly towards the window sill.
Is it really just like what Miwako Sato said, just a robbery case?
But why do I always feel that something is wrong.
Since the system posted a strange suicide case instead of a robbery and murder case, there should be something fishy about this case.
Thinking, Fujino put on white gloves and came to the window sill.
After confirming that the window was locked from the inside, he turned around and looked at the writing desk in front of the chair where Araki Mako had been sitting before collapsing naturally.
Placed in the middle of the desk is an unfolded leather notebook...
If you look closely, you can see that there are traces of being torn off between the pages of the book.
And in the pen holder on the left side of the notebook, there is also a somewhat high-end pen inserted.
Withdrawing his gaze, Fujino walked slowly towards the corpse, bent down lightly, and began to look at the corpse of Shinki Mako.
Mako Araki is wearing black short-sleeves and white casual pants. Her age is the same as Takagi said. Judging from her appearance, she is probably between 20 and 30 years old. She is not too stunning, but she has a mature look. of beauty.
However, the blood-colored flower that bloomed on her left temple broke this sense of beauty...
(End of this chapter)
