Chapter 1054

I don't know if it was influenced by the case, but it always felt a bit oppressive looking at it, and a sense of despair seemed to permeate the air.

The scene of the incident was in the living room, a room of about 16 square meters. Except for the corpses being moved away, everything else remained as it was.

Kaze Akaso used a flashlight to check the sealed doors and windows, and combined with the photos provided by the police, he silently examined the room's furnishings.

There were 4 coal stoves on the low table, and the corpses were lying on the tatami mats surrounding the low table. It looked like there was nothing unusual.

"How miserable."

"In short, that's how it is."

Officer Mouri was always a bit reserved in front of Kaze Akaso.

"We suspect that after Shoichi Sato froze the girl to death, he transported her here by car, and then committed charcoal-burning suicide with the other two."

"But why must he freeze her to death first and then bring her over? Since he was prepared for charcoal-burning suicide, wouldn't it be better to just do it here?" Kaze Akaso asked.

"This... so it's possible he only thought of charcoal-burning suicide after killing the girl."

"There is also a contradiction in time."

Kaze Akaso browsed the recruitment post Shoichi Sato published on the suicide forum.

"The posting time was a few days ago. The time the girl was frozen to death couldn't have been too long."

"And this also doesn't match the calculation results," Dr. Misumi wrote and drew on the documents.

"I heard that when the police arrived at the scene, the carbon monoxide level in the room was 204ppm. But according to the volume here and the amount of charcoal burned, there should have been at most 1800ppm of carbon monoxide in the room."

Dr. Misumi walked to the window with tape on it. The scene was sealed very tightly, and only one door could be opened and closed.

"The ventilation holes are blocked, the window cracks are sealed with paper and tape, and the door cracks are also very small. The airtightness of this room is already quite high. Judging by the suicide result, 204ppm is too low."

"It is indeed a bit low," Officer Mouri became puzzled, "But what can this explain?"

"From the time the three died until the police arrived," Dr. Misumi ignored Mouri and said to Kaze Akaso, "someone opened the door of this room, which is why the carbon monoxide content decreased. It was this person who moved the girl's corpse into the room."

Kaze Akaso moved his gaze from the room to Dr. Misumi.

Clearly a forensic doctor, yet she investigates cases so professionally.

"So the culprit is someone else?" Officer Mouri was stunned.

"This makes the most sense."

"Then that means the culprit knew that corpses from charcoal-burning suicide would appear orange-pink, so they mixed the frozen corpse into the suicide scene?"

Officer Mouri's brain was a bit confused, and he hurriedly interrupted Dr. Misumi's words to rethink: "Is this really possible?"

"If there hadn't been an autopsy, this would have been a perfect crime," Dr. Misumi looked at Kaze Akaso lightly.

Kaze Akaso came back to his senses, "This person must be very knowledgeable about suicide and know that people would commit collective charcoal-burning suicide in this room. The possibility of having logged into that suicide website is very high. Living alone, having a withdrawn personality, and the age difference with the victim girl might not be too large. It's highly probable they met after getting to know the two girls through the internet."

Seeing that Dr. Misumi and Officer Mouri's gazes were both on him, Kaze Akaso said: "Investigate from that suicide website; perhaps there will be a harvest."

Officer Mouri said blankly, "You are just like someone who knows the future. Lord Akaso knew from the beginning that Shoichi Sato wasn't the murderer, right?"

"It's just basic logical reasoning."

Kaze Akaso put away the documents and smiled at Dr. Misumi: "Sorry to trouble you, Dr. Misumi. I will follow up on this case. If we find the culprit quickly, that girl named Hana will be a little less in danger."

"I should be the one saying sorry to trouble you," Dr. Misumi handed her business card to Kaze Akaso, "I will notify you when the test results come out."

At night, Akaso Detective Agency.

When Ai started eating dinner, Kaze Akaso was still checking the documents.

"'Discussion on Homicide and Suicide Using Coal, on the Compulsive Suicide Case of a Family of Four in Urawa City.' Misumi Mikoto?" Ai leaned over to look at the computer screen, "Is that Dr. Misumi's paper?"

Kaze Akaso rubbed his sore eyes.

"The mother mixed sleeping pills into black tea to make her husband and son sleep, then lit coal in the room, filling the room with carbon monoxide. In the end, only the daughter who was sleeping in the next room was sent to the hospital in time and saved. If it had been 30 minutes later, it might have caused brain damage."

"Dr. Misumi?"

"Yes, I looked up this case. The director of Amamiya General Hospital and his wife and eldest son died collectively in their residence in Urawa City. The only girl who survived seems to be Misumi. After being adopted by the director's sister's family, she changed her name from Amamiya Mikoto to Misumi Mikoto." ===== CHAPTER 1056 =====