Chapter 7. Murder Scene

In this rainy small town, gardenias are planted on both sides of the streets, and the large white petals are drenched in the rain. Since a corpse was discovered in the Old Street Park, the number of visitors has become very few. The water tower has been cordoned off by the police. Usually, this place is rarely visited and overgrown with weeds, and now it has become even more gloomy and terrifying.

The four members of the Special Case Team appeared in the park. Amy was pushing Professor Liang in a wheelchair. The person from the park management office introduced that this water tower was built in the 1950s and has been abandoned for a long time. In the past, some children who went to get bird nests often went up to play. Later, those children grew up and formed a rock band, and they often sang hoarsely on the water tower.

Philip Sofia climbed up the water tower and then came down. He squatted in the surrounding bushes, counted the number of street lamps with his hands, observed the pedestrians on the path, and sometimes nodded as if he had understood something, and sometimes shook his head to deny something.

Matt asked: What's this bumpkin doing?

Professor Liang said: Crime imitation.

Some excellent criminal investigation police often place themselves in the crime scene, play the role of criminals, imitate the entire criminal process, and through making assumptions and subverting their own assumptions, try to figure out the criminal mentality, and analyze what the murderer will do next and how to do it.

Professor Liang asked: What have you found?

Matt said: The murderer is likely to have a car, or there may be several murderers!

The Lower Street Park is not the murder scene but the body - dumping scene. Transferring the body from the murder scene to the body - dumping scene requires a vehicle or multiple people. A vehicle can also be used to cover up and avoid being discovered. This inference is also reasonable. The criminal's method of disposing of the body is not very sophisticated. Choosing the park as the body - dumping site is likely a random choice without careful planning.

In the history of crime, there have been many cases of secondary body - dumping. The villager Mark killed his creditor due to a gambling dispute and dumped the body in the water storage well in front of the village. He felt nauseous every time he drank water, so he fished out the body from the well and transferred it again; Ma Lurer, a bank custodian, killed his colleague, first tied the body under the bed in the dormitory, then moved the body to his own freezer, and finally threw the fragmented body in the street trash can.

Tony's mental state is unstable. Excessive questioning will stimulate him more, and the police can't get anything out of him. The Special Case Team believes that the vague words Tony said in his sleep, the person in the raincoat, is likely to be the murderer. That night, when the murderer was transferring the body for the second time, he was accidentally discovered by Tony.

The Special Case Team planned to conduct an external investigation first. The communication records of the deceased Pierre aroused the interest of the Special Case Team. On the day of the crime, the last phone number Pierre dialed was a sauna city called Grand Fortune, which is located next to the Lower Street Park, on the same street.

There is a detail worth mentioning. Pierre sent a text message to his wife, claiming that he was going to buy milk powder for the child and would go home later, and then he went to this sauna city.

Professor Liang ordered Matt and Philip Sofia to go and investigate. They didn't greet the local police but prepared to conduct an undercover investigation. Philip Sofia took Pierre's photo, Matt took his gun, and the two changed into plain clothes and hid the micro - communication devices well. Amy connected to the computer. After everything was ready, they set off.

It was the first time for Philip Sofia to go to such a magnificent place. Matt, on the other hand, seemed to be very familiar with the place. The doorman at the entrance bowed politely and said welcome. Matt ignored him and walked straight in. A waiter led the way in front. They walked into a private room. Matt looked around and said, "Do you have a better VIP room? It's too cramped here."

The waiter then took the two of them upstairs and led them into a luxury suite. The spacious living room was covered with a thick red carpet. There were three rows of European - style sofas against the wall, which could probably seat dozens of people. The whole room was decorated very luxuriously, exuding an air of dignity and elegance everywhere. Matt and Philip Sofia sat down on the sofa. Matt said to the waiter, "You can go down and call the foreman."

Matt said to Philip Sofia, "Bumpkin, let you have a taste of this."

Philip Sofia was a little nervous. It was his first time to come to such a place of pleasure.

Amy reminded Matt and Philip Sofia in the earphones, "If you two want to do something bad, don't forget there are two audiences here."

Matt coughed twice. A beautiful female foreman knocked on the door with a smile and came in. First, she exchanged a few greetings, and then asked Matt and Philip Sofia what kind of technicians they needed.

Matt: What kinds do you have?

Female foreman: Whatever you want, we have everything. The specialty of our Grand Fortune is the uniform series.

Matt: Give a brief introduction?

Female foreman: For the uniform series, anything you can think of, we have here. There are flight attendant uniforms, nurse uniforms, teacher uniforms, secretary uniforms, student uniforms, maid uniforms, the educated - youth uniforms during the Cultural Revolution, and even the palace - maid uniforms in ancient costumes...

Matt: Do you have police uniforms?

Female foreman: Yes.

The female foreman started to bring people into the room. First, a row of young ladies in police uniforms were brought in. Each of them had flirtatious eyes, and their vulgar natures were hard to hide. Then a group of beauties dressed as flight attendants were brought in, with graceful manners and full of coquettishness, and they even pulled suitcases. Then a group of young ladies in back -less evening gowns filed in, extremely charming and each with their own style.

Matt said: Call all the young ladies here.

Female foreman: Some young ladies are on duty. It's impossible to call them all. Please choose one. Otherwise, I can recommend one for you...

Matt insisted on calling all the young ladies. A dispute arose between the two sides. The female foreman reported to the manager. The manager came in with several angry bodyguards. The manager pointed at Matt and cursed, "Who the hell are you? So hard to serve. Dare to come here to cause trouble. I think you're courting death."

Matt smiled and said, "I'm just here to cause trouble. I'm a police officer. What can you do to me?"

The manager sneered and said, "Kid, this place is run by the police. The boss is the director of the Fourth Street Sub - Bureau. You didn't even inquire."

Matt said, "Just as I expected."

The manager said, "Beat him to death and throw him out."

A bodyguard stepped forward and grabbed Matt's collar. Matt threw him to the ground with a back - throw. The other bodyguards surrounded him. Matt punched a bodyguard down with a right straight punch, and then quickly stepped forward and kicked another bodyguard flying with a side - kick. These moves were completed in one go, like flowing clouds and running water. Three bodyguards fell to the ground. The remaining two bodyguards saw the situation was not good and took out machetes and baseball bats from behind. Matt also quickly drew his gun. The two bodyguards didn't dare to act rashly, and the scene was at a standstill.

At this time, the manager's phone rang. It turned out that Amy, who had been monitoring in the Special Case Team's office, was worried that the situation would get out of control, so she notified the director of the Fourth Street Sub - Bureau. The director immediately called the manager and told him that these two police officers were his own people, specially invited from the central government, and to try to meet their requirements.

The manager hung up the phone, with a big smile on his face, and made a series of apologies.

Matt sat down on the sofa again and lit a cigarette. The manager whispered a few words to the female foreman. All of a sudden, all the young ladies in the sauna city were called and were waiting in the corridor outside the door. Philip Sofia took out Pierre's photo and asked the young ladies to identify it carefully. Among them, a young lady named Xiangxiang, wearing a sailor suit and looking like a pure female student, recognized Pierre as a guest she had served a few days ago.

The female foreman asked Xiangxiang to cooperate well, then dispersed the irrelevant people and closed the door.

Xiangxiang: Brothers, I don't know anything. Don't arrest me.

Matt: Don't worry. We are agents of the Special Case Team. Such small matters as anti - prostitution are left to the local police.

Xiangxiang: Special Case Team?

Matt: We are only in charge of major cases.

Xiangxiang: I see. You only take on big jobs, just like we only do special services.

Matt: Yes.

According to the memory of the sauna girl Xiangxiang, the deceased Pierre came to the sauna city on the day of the crime. During the service, he kissed Xiangxiang forcefully several times. When Xiangxiang refused, he took out 100 yuan as a tip from his bag and even knelt on the ground and begged, so Xiangxiang was very impressed with this guest.

Matt said: I have a question. Why do you young ladies refuse to kiss the clients?

Xiangxiang pouted and turned her head to one side and said: That stinky mouth...

Matt said, and then?

Xiangxiang said: He asked me to slap him in the face and also kiss my boots. I got angry. The manager refunded the money and drove him away.

Philip Sofia asked: Was the 100 - yuan bill a whole one or two 50 - yuan bills?

Xiangxiang said: That person's bag seemed to have a lot of money, but actually it was filled with ten - yuan and five - yuan bills, and a pack of milk powder.

Although the case is not clear yet, the Special Case Team has at least figured out the motive for the murder. This is likely to be an accidental murder and robbery case. The sauna city is only a 20 - minute walk from Pierre's home. On his way home, Pierre encountered the murderer. The murderer thought there was a lot of money in his bag and killed him. After Matt and Philip Sofia left the sauna city, they specifically went to the toilet in the park and found nothing suspicious, which also ruled out the possibility that Pierre was killed in the park toilet due to urgency.

Philip Sofia suddenly remembered what the manager said, "Beat him to death... throw him out", but then he shook his head and denied something.

Pierre left the sauna city at about nine o'clock in the evening. There were many pedestrians on the road. How did the murderer kill him without being discovered in full view?

What happened to him on his way home?

And where is the murder scene?