The Midnight Lover

Chapter 20: Evidence

Mark's POV

We have returned to headquarters to take notes on the clues discovered today. I have high hopes for the button to be found. If it really belongs to the victim, that would be a huge step forward in our investigation.

In the meantime, I went over the statements of the girls we met today. No matter how many times I re-read it, I still can't find anything unusual in it. The girls did not have an alibi, the time of the perpetrator's crime was at night, so it was not easy to find witnesses or evidence. In particular, the cause of the victim's death is still difficult to understand. Did he have an accident while trying to break into the victim's house or was the perpetrator intentionally killed by pushing down from above?

The strange thing is how the killer moved the body. At the place where the body was found, there were no suitable conditions to become a crime scene. Surrounded by no tall buildings or old trees, how could the victim fall from a height of more than ten meters and die from a broken neck and broken bones in the whole body?

The only explanation is that he died in a different location and the body was moved to the vacant lot to deceive the police. However, the police did not find any trace of the movement. Assuming the body is hidden in an enclosed space while the killer dumps the body, be it a sack or some other means of transport and transports it to the vacant lot, then blood splatters around. around the body, with many tiny blood spots identified with different radii, how did the killer create it? Unless he used a crane to drop the victim from the required height. But such heavy vehicles cannot move without leaving tire tracks.

I ruffled my hair angrily. All speculation seems to lead to a dead end. Forensic examination determined that there were no traces of assault on the victim's body, but the cause of death was entirely due to external influences. If inferred from another angle, the killer actually did not move the body, but he killed the victim at the same place where the body was found. Is there any way that the crime scene and the place where the body was found are really the same thing? For example, is there a machine with a powerful engine that directly throws the victim from the sky, then the victim collides with the ground and dies instantly?

I shook my head, feeling that this thought was not too feasible. This method of committing a crime is too cumbersome and can be detected if the sound is too loud and attracts attention. In the case files that I have seen and participated in solving cases myself, I have never heard of such a tool. If the killer really had such a device, perhaps he also had the ability to destroy bodies without leaving a trace.

I fell into contemplation. I still have a strange feeling about this case. It seemed to have happened by accident without any prior planning. The killer didn't even bother to re-examine the crime scene. The corpse was discovered carelessly, even around the body was littered with the victim's personal belongings, including the weapon used to kill the three girls in previous cases.

I thought as I jotted down the ideas that popped up. While the other colleagues had gone home, I was still sitting in the office with a cold cup of coffee. I want to wait for the results of the assessment on the button to have more inferences about the case.

I flipped through the last girl's testimony, Selina Frank. Of all the girls we investigated, this one was the most mysterious. The first is about the information that Selina lives alone, while she admits she has a boyfriend. This seems quite strange because when the police gathered information from people living around, no one had any impression of this secret boyfriend. This man may not live with the girl, but it is clear that his presence is quite frequent, as evidenced by the briefcase objects used in the house. From drinking glasses to slippers, to the pillows on the chair. We weren't allowed to check other areas of the house, otherwise I might be able to gather more information.

The second thing that reminds me of this girl is that she doesn't know anything about her current boyfriend. With the vigilance of seeing us on the doorstep, I don't think Selina is an easy girl. Moreover, is it strange that you are not curious about the man you love, at least she should know about his age, occupation or address? But Selina didn't know at all.

Also when I asked about any unusual signs she was feeling the night of the crime, Selina took some time to think.

I have had experience interrogating suspects, even though the person I am talking to is not a real suspect, I still subconsciously use a few tricks and observe how the other person gives answers.

When I asked that question, it was clear that Selina was trying to recall her memories of that night. Her eyes have moved to the right, which is when the brain stimulates the memory center. After a few minutes, her eyes lit up, I assumed Selina remembered something. But in the end her answer was to shake her head in denial. This is the reason why I put a red check on Selina's declaration, which means that there are many questionable points in her statement.

As I was doing more research on the case, there was a knock on the door. It turned out that a colleague from the assessment room brought the results to me. I said thank you and brought the file into the room. When I opened the first page, the words "evidence" in red appeared, making my eyes widen. This means that the button I found below the apartment building is actually the button that belongs to the victim.

I took a deep breath, my hands tapping on the table. This button is a very important piece of evidence. The question is why is it there and how? Is Selina Frank really the target of the criminal?

I fell into contemplation. I still have a strange feeling about this case. It seemed to have happened by accident without any prior planning. The killer didn't even bother to re-examine the crime scene. The corpse was discovered carelessly, even around the body was littered with the victim's personal belongings, including the weapon used to kill the three girls in previous cases.

I thought as I jotted down the ideas that popped up. While the other colleagues had gone home, I was still sitting in the office with a cold cup of coffee. I want to wait for the results of the assessment on the button to have more inferences about the case.

I flipped through the last girl's testimony, Selina Frank. Of all the girls we investigated, this one was the most mysterious. The first is about the information that Selina lives alone, while she admits she has a boyfriend. This seems quite strange because when the police gathered information from people living around, no one had any impression of this secret boyfriend. This man may not live with the girl, but it is clear that his presence is quite frequent, as evidenced by the briefcase objects used in the house. From drinking glasses to slippers, to the pillows on the chair. We weren't allowed to check other areas of the house, otherwise I might be able to gather more information.

The second thing that reminds me of this girl is that she doesn't know anything about her current boyfriend. With the vigilance of seeing us on the doorstep, I don't think Selina is an easy girl. Moreover, is it strange that you are not curious about the man you love, at least she should know about his age, occupation or address? But Selina didn't know at all.

Also when I asked about any unusual signs she was feeling the night of the crime, Selina took some time to think.

I have had experience interrogating suspects, even though the person I am talking to is not a real suspect, I still subconsciously use a few tricks and observe how the other person gives answers.

When I asked that question, it was clear that Selina was trying to recall her memories of that night. Her eyes have moved to the right, which is when the brain stimulates the memory center. After a few minutes, her eyes lit up, I assumed Selina remembered something. But in the end her answer was to shake her head in denial. This is the reason why I put a red check on Selina's declaration, which means that there are many questionable points in her statement.

As I was doing more research on the case, there was a knock on the door. It turned out that a colleague from the assessment room brought the results to me. I said thank you and brought the file into the room. When I opened the first page, the words "evidence" in red appeared, making my eyes widen. This means that the button I found below the apartment building is actually the button that belongs to the victim.

I took a deep breath, my hands tapping on the table. This button is a very important piece of evidence. The question is why is it there and how? Is Selina Frank really the target of the criminal?