Sherlock Holmes

"???"

Natasha fell into silence for a long time, or rather, she stayed in place for a long time.

After confirming again and again that she heard correctly, she subconsciously asked:

"Who is the murderer?"

In fact, the moment she asked the question, she felt like a fool. Although the trial court could not be said to be full of geniuses, one of the judges had been following this case for more than a week and had no clue, and the guy in front of her had just come into contact with it. This case lasted only a minute, and it was still a case study.

However.

"In the first case, the deceased was killed while driving a steam locomotive. The car must have been newly purchased, and the person who killed her was most likely her good friend or a close relative. If one of them , and there are people who can control steam locomotives, then the suspicion will be increased by 30%. If someone is a doctor or nurse, the suspicion will be increased by another 30%. If a person's alibi is valid within 48 hours, the suspicion will be increased by another 30%. If someone takes advantage of all three of these points, just arrest them and interrogate them."

"Ah? Why?" Natasha asked.

Of course you have to ask, someone who looked at the case for a minute and immediately identified the murderer, it seems like random nonsense no matter how you think about it.

The man in the cell seemed to have known that there would be such a process for a long time. Before the other party could ask, he started to answer the question in advance.

"The deceased was the daughter of a noble family. She had been missing for two days. When she was found, her limbs were cut off and her head was chopped off. She was packed in bags and still in the alley. This is very strange in itself."

"What's weird?"

“Dismember the body, do you know how laborious it is to dismember the body?

These days, there are only two possibilities for the murderer who dismembers the body. The first is that the murderer himself has psychological appeal and likes to dismember the body.

The second type does not like to dismember the body, but has to dismember the body. "

Sherlock seemed to be saying meaninglessly, and then gestured to the case that had just been pushed out: "You can look at the photos of the dismembered bodies. The knife edges are messy, and it was not done by a skilled worker at all. It probably took seven or eight hours to chop it.

There is also a photo, the one of the left lower limb. The blood remaining on the skin is brown, which is the color obtained after mixing blood and stomach acid. In other words, the murderer vomited during the amputation.

No matter how you think about it, this kind of person should not be the type who likes to chop up corpses.

Therefore, nature is another kind of thing - having to be cut into pieces. "

Natasha still looked dumb. As a judge, she could keep up with Sherlock's train of thought, but she couldn't continue thinking along this train of thought, so after a while, she couldn't help but Asked again:

"Then if we have to amputate the leg, we can identify the murderer?"

"Of course." Sherlock said: "Dismemberment excludes hobbies or venting anger. There are only a few common reasons, such as the most common one: convenient transportation.

But you can see that the arms and legs of the dismembered body were chopped into pieces, but the torso was left intact.

The torso was the heaviest and the largest in size. If it was for transportation, the torso would definitely be the first target to be chopped. However, the murderer just ignored this aspect, which was very unreasonable.

Then there are other reasons, such as cutting several corpses into several parts and piecing them together to disrupt the timeline, or simply putting together another corpse.

But I think it is impossible for the coroner of your court to hide this kind of thing.

In addition to this, why else would you want to bury the corpses conveniently, or take them to far away places in batches? Or if you want to hide the scars and birthmarks on your body, or even want to eat the corpses to eliminate traces and chop them into pieces. Convenient to cook.

In short, these are not suitable for this case. After all, people have already thrown the body into the alley.

Therefore, the most reasonable explanation now is that the murderer cut the body into pieces to hide the posture of the deceased. "

"Zi Zi?"

"Yes, rigor mortis will appear an hour after a person dies. Muscles contract and joints cannot move. You must know this very well. So imagine that after the murderer kills the deceased, there is a period of time where he has no way to deal with it. The corpse could only be left where it was, and when he came back, he found that the corpse had hardened, and the posture of the corpse kept it. At a glance, you could tell what the deceased was doing when he died, and at the same time, the murderer would be quickly exposed.

Then there was no other way. The murderer could only chop off all the arms and legs of the deceased. Anyway, the joints were chopped into pieces, section by section, so he wouldn't be afraid of others seeing the clues. "

Having said this, Sherlock nonchalantly pretended to be sitting on his seat, holding the steering wheel of the steam locomotive with both hands: "Then just like this, even a fool knows what the deceased is doing, right?

If you think about it this way, the killing method will be obvious.

At that time, the deceased was concentrating on driving, and the murderer was sitting behind her, inserting a knife or awl directly into the back of the deceased's neck. The deceased died on the spot, and this place is an extension of the lower part of the human brain stem, the intersection center of the nerves. After destruction, the limb loses nerve control, but the muscle tone is still there, so it will remain in the same position for a long time.

This also explains why the murderer went to great lengths to chop off the deceased's head, because there was an obvious wound on the back of the deceased's neck. At a glance, you can tell how he died. When the forensic doctor discovered it, he would definitely think of the 'posture' key point.

It cannot be said that the person who can notice these details is definitely a doctor or nurse, but the 30% suspicion level is still worth testing.

And I read the confession of the father of the deceased in the case report.

As a nobleman, it is normal to worry about his daughter's safety and not want to buy her a steam locomotive. But the father probably didn't know that his daughter had secretly bought one with her pocket money. Hey, a rich family My child is really happy. In short, the deceased has been secretly practicing driving during this period, so she should need a coach. Of course, friends who can drive are the most suspicious, and sitting in the back seat of the car is also very difficult. It is easy to aim at the back of the deceased's neck and hit it briefly.

As for why the 48-hour alibi was listed as a suspect by me, it is because after rigor mortis occurs, the body will soften again within 48 hours, but the murderer cannot wait that long, so she is eager to dismember the body just for herself. That 48-hour alibi.

In this way, you should be able to identify the specific murderer soon. There is no such person in the case, probably because the suspect option was screened out due to the alibi. "

In this way, Sherlock solved the first case very quickly, and the entire detection time was not as long as the time it took him to explain.

As for the second murder case, it was even simpler. A pregnant woman in her 30s was cut into pieces and cut in half. Her intestines, belly and unborn little life were thrown all over the floor. The person who discovered the deceased was the warehouse manager, too. The husband of the deceased was awakened by the smell of blood in the middle of the night. When he opened the warehouse door, he saw his wife's body split into two parts scattered at both ends of the warehouse. He was frightened and called the police.

What is worth pondering is that the entire warehouse is actually empty without any obstruction. In other words, when the warehouse manager opens the door of the warehouse, he can clearly see that only the dead are inside, and the four walls seal them. Even the vents are in the shape of a grid. Not to mention that people can't get out, even keys can't be inserted.

But the warehouse door was locked at the time, and the spare key was thrown next to the deceased.

In other words, unless the murderer can walk through the wall, he has no way to leave the warehouse. Another answer is that the husband of the deceased is the murderer.

In fact, when he saw this case, he felt that it was too simple, because as long as he checked the relationship network around the deceased and found a guy about 1.5 meters tall, that person must be the murderer; that's why he came up with the final solution. The question that started.

yes

that's it?

Just two simple cases?

How can this be?

So, Sherlock stood up and walked step by step towards the prison fence:

"I know you came to me not just for these two cases.

Although the two cases occurred very close to each other, the locations spanned two administrative states.

There was no reason for them to be bound together, but on the printed pages, I could see the overlap of the paper clips.

They were once placed in the same file."

Sherlock said, looking at Judge Natasha outside:

"What's going on out there, a serial killer? You can't handle that guy, can you?

Moreover, many imitators appear inexplicably, right? The murderers of these two murders don't look like the same person. "

As he said this, Sherlock suddenly frowned, because he discovered that being just a serial murderer didn't seem to be enough for an official from the Tribunal to come all the way to meet him, a condemned prisoner, in the Blood Prison.

so.

"That murderer will predict the next death?

Even if he told you in advance who he was going to kill, wouldn't you be able to protect the target?

Haha, so interesting!

Who is his next target? Tell me quickly that he must be a big shot, otherwise you wouldn't be able to come to me. "

As Sherlock spoke, there seemed to be some kind of excitement in his tone that was not easy to understand. He even put his face close to the prison fence, and then pressed it tightly against the gap, as if he was trying to squeeze his pale face through the gap. Come out the same.

Looking at the eyeballs staring at her through the gap in the iron bars, Natasha took a few deep breaths. She thought about her mission during this trip, but still hesitated again and again, and then slowly said a name. :

"We call that man Jack the Ripper. Every time he kills a person, he will hide the target and time he wants to kill in the body of the deceased.

And half a month ago

In a corpse, the name [Florence Nightingale] appeared. "