The deceased was lying on his back in the center of the room. It initially appeared that the deceased had suffered a heavy blow to the head.
In addition, there was a lot of dust covering the body of the deceased, so it should have been a long time since death.
It is possible that due to the relatively dry weather, the corpse became somewhat shriveled after decay, and the corpse gradually took on the state of a mummy.
Wang Zhaokai and the others first learned about the relevant situation from the reporter, the landlord, and others, and then Lu Chuan conducted a simple survey of the house.
The display facilities in the room are relatively simple, there is not much furniture, no computer, only a TV, still. An old-fashioned color TV, not LCD.
There is no air conditioning, only an electric fan, and the bed is made of simple boards.
But there is a dressing table next to it. The dressing table is very new. It looks like it was purchased recently, but now it has a layer of dust on it because it has not been used for a long time.
There was also a refrigerator at home. Lu Chuan opened it and saw that it was not moldy or spoiled. There were a small amount of shriveled vegetables, and there was also some meat in the freezer.
It was obvious that the house had been regularly inhabited before the deceased's death.
Although the entire room was relatively dirty, there were no signs of being particularly messy, which meant that there were no signs of stirring.
Lu Chuan looked very carefully. In addition to these things, there was a small desk in the house. There were two pencils in the desk that had about 1/5 left, and another pencil that only had about 1/2 left. of rubber.
There are many carving marks on the tabletop under the thin dust.
Moreover, the combination of tables and chairs should indicate that a student has lived here, and this is where he studied.
Another thing that attracted Lu Chuan's attention was the cosmetics on the dressing table.
Although no one has used them for a long time, a fine layer of dust has fallen on the cosmetics, but the prices of these cosmetics look relatively expensive, and they are all internationally renowned brands.
Living in a semi-basement room with no decent furniture, this shows that the family lives a normal life. But it is indeed a little different that the hostess can afford such expensive cosmetics.
After all, the price of these cosmetics is enough for their family to rent a better house instead of living in this semi-basement.
There were no signs of stirring in the entire room, and judging from the clues observed so far, there was indeed a hint of a secret room murder.
According to Wang Zhaokai and others' initial understanding, the person who reported the crime was the daughter of the deceased. They had just returned from working in the south. When they came back, they saw that the door of the rental house had been locked. After calling for a long time, it did not open. Violence opens the lock.
Of course, because the door was locked from the outside, if the murderer locked the door after killing the person, it wouldn't be considered a locked room murder case.
What really made Lu Chuan feel problematic was that the door was an old secret lock with a reverse locking function on the inside, but this cumbersome function could not be locked on the outside.
I just looked at the door lock on the way and found that the anti-locking function inside was actually turned on, which meant that the door was locked twice before the victim's daughter and others opened it, and the door was locked once on the outside and locked on the inside.
This was the main reason why Lu Chuan focused on surveying the scene.
If the murderer kills people in the room and leaves normally, he can lock the door from the outside, but he cannot lock the button inside the door, which means there is no way to lock it.
There was only a small window against the wall in the whole room.
However, this window is also locked on the inside, and there is no sign that it has been opened or that a light has been stepped on. In addition, this window is very small, and adults cannot enter or exit through this window. Apart from this small window and the door, there is no way in or out of the entire basement.
In addition, Lu Chuan observed carefully when he came in. There were some footprints and footprints on the ground. Lu Chuan had already drawn them. He would be able to collect them later. However, because these footprints were covered with a layer of dust, it was quite difficult to collect them.
The last point is that there are some tatters on the deceased's clothes, which seem to have been slashed.
When he opened the clothes he couldn't sleep in, he found some wounds on his abdomen, but the specific cause of death had to be determined by the mage's autopsy.
Moreover, looking at the condition of the corpse, it appears that it has been dead for a relatively long time. Of course, the exact length of time depends on specific analysis. A preliminary look shows that the corpse has been in its current state for at least half a year.
Wang Zhaokai and the others have already inquired about the general situation there.
The next step was a detailed on-site investigation. The criminal police from the Criminal Police Brigade came and Wang Zhaokai reported the relevant situation to Lu Chuan. The forensic doctor also arrived at the scene and conducted a preliminary inspection of the wetland.
"Bureau Lu, we have figured out the general situation of the deceased. The deceased's name is Chen Yaju. Zhang Xiaoman, the mother of the reporter Zhang Xiaoman, and her husband Wang Peng came back from working in the south. They were supposed to deal with this rental house because the house It has expired recently.”
It turns out that this house was rented by Zhang Xiaoman and her husband Wang Peng to her father and mother a year ago.
Chen Yaju’s home is in the countryside of Haizhou City.
A year ago, because the family could not make much money and Chen Yaju always quarreled with her father when she was in the countryside, Zhang Xiaoman thought about bringing her mother to live with him in the city.
Life was pretty good at first, but Chen Yaju and her father often quarreled at home, and she also had conflicts with Zhang Xiaoman. As time went by, the two families could no longer live together.
"Later, Zhang Xiaoman discussed with her husband Wang Peng to rent a house like this for his parents. One advantage of this house is that it is cheap and relatively close to where Zhang Xiaoman's son goes to school."
"But half a year ago, Zhang Xiaoman and Wang Dapeng went to the south to work because of work, and they never came back."
son?
Suddenly I remembered a small desk and chair in the rental house, as well as the unused chickens and pencil erasers inside.
"Should I go to elementary school?"
"Yes, second grade of elementary school."
"Well, keep talking."
Wang Zhaokai nodded: "According to Zhang Xiaoman, she contacted her parents half a year ago. It was her father who took his son back to the countryside. Only her mother lives here."
Lu Chuan keenly discovered that there were some problems here.
"You are saying that Zhang Xiaoman and her husband left Haizhou City to work in the south half a year ago, and then Zhang Xiaoman's father took Zhang Xiaoman's son back to his hometown in the countryside, and then left his mother Chen Yajun alone. Over here.”
"Isn't there something wrong with this?"
"Zhang Xiaoman has been away from here for half a year, and hasn't he called his mother during this six months? How could they only discover that his mother was murdered when the lease was due?" (End of Chapter)