"I hope the murderer is a group of people instead of one person." Ye Mo came to the desk and sat down, carefully looking at the autopsy report in his hand.
If the crime is committed by a gang, the difficulty of solving the case will be reduced by several levels.
But if there is really only one murderer, then this case will be difficult to handle.
At present, the identities of all the victims have been confirmed, and the next step is to further investigate the social relationships of the victims.
So far, the basic facts of this case have been mastered.
The murderer should have used unknown means to stun the lay monks in the temple three months ago, that is, on the night of May 8th, and then strangled or covered them to death one by one.
After doing all this, the murderer locked up the abbot Zhang Yuanshan with chains to ensure that Zhang Yuanshan would not escape and call the police for help. Then he moved the body to a small truck, then transported the body to the open space at the foot of the mountain, dug a hole and buried it.
Then he returned to the temple and wrote a notice with a calligraphy brush at the door of the temple that the temple was being built and that worship services would be suspended.
Then in the next three months, the murderer brutally tortured the abbot Zhang Yuanshan. Only recently, five or six days ago, he cut his throat and killed him. After killing Zhang Yuanshan, the murderer also removed his internal organs. Come out and offer it in a bowl.
Judging from the posture of the deceased Zhang Yuanshan kneeling on the ground, the murderer probably had a deep hatred for him, so he made him kneel in front of the Buddha statue to make him repent and apologize.
However, there are still many doubts about this case.
First of all, if the murderer really only had one hand, it would be absolutely impossible for him to bury all the corpses in one night. It would be difficult to just move the corpses into the truck with one hand.
But if the murderer was a group of people, no traces of other murderers were found at the scene.
Whether it was the murder weapon, the car steering wheel, the door handle, or the table, the fingerprints extracted were all from the same person, and they were only from one hand.
Of course, there are many circumstances to explain these reasons.
For example, the murderer wore a glove on his left hand but not on his right hand.
Or maybe the other accomplices of the murderer were wearing gloves and so on.
Secondly, the second thing that is a little confusing is the murderer's modus operandi.
You want to say that releasing poison gas to stun them while they are sleeping and then killing them one by one is very consistent with the circumstances of the case.
However, the only such gas that exists on the market is anesthetic gas. The gas that can knock people out by blowing a puff of smoke into the room like in the martial arts TV series does not exist.
Anesthetic gases are extremely expensive, and drugs are strictly controlled.
To take a step back, even if the murderer had this kind of gas in his hands, he would have to use a tube to release it into the victim's mouth and nose.
This gas will volatilize immediately once it comes into contact with the air, making it difficult to achieve an anesthetic effect on the human body.
Of course, there are other toxic gases, such as sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, mustard gas, etc.
However, it takes a certain amount of time for sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide to achieve their effects. During this time, it is impossible for any one of the nineteen people to be unaware of them.
Hydrogen cyanide and mustard gas will definitely remain, but the staff did not detect any toxic substances in the temple.
Hydrogen cyanide has the ability to maintain chemical properties for a long time, up to more than half a year, and mustard gas is even more exaggerated, ten or even decades.
Therefore, the latter two are impossible, and ordinary people cannot buy them.
Furthermore, the dormitory in the temple is for four people per room, and the abbot's room is separate.
In the process of releasing toxic gases into these rooms one by one, it is normally impossible not to be noticed by others.
Therefore, it is obviously not feasible to commit crimes by releasing poisonous gas.
But there was no blood on the clothes of the eighteen people, and there were no injuries on the bones. How did the murderer kill these eighteen people silently?
Moreover, the murderer had prepared a murder weapon.
The butcher's knife didn't look like something from a temple.
The murderer prepared a butcher knife to sneak in, but did not use the butcher knife to kill the eighteen monks. Why?
If you want to solve the case and find the murderer, Ye Mo believes that you must find out the murderer's modus operandi.
This is the key to solving the case.
Therefore, Ye Mo went to the evidence room again and analyzed the evidence found at the crime scene one by one.
Since he was busy confirming the victim's identity at first, Ye Mo didn't analyze it particularly carefully.
Now that the victim has been identified, the next step is to investigate in further detail.
At present, a key point to be solved is still the murderer's modus operandi.
In the evidence room, Ye Mo stared at the evidence, his pupils gradually contracted, and countless data appeared in his eyes.
The eighteen victims had all their clothes and shoes on, which meant they were not killed while they were sleeping.
And they were wearing the clothes that ordinary people would wear when going out, not the monastic clothes of the temple.
A group of monks don't wear monk's robes when they go out, but wear thick ordinary clothes. This in itself is problematic.
The temple was open during the day and there were constant pilgrims, so the time of the crime could not have been during the day.
So, what are these people doing down the mountain at night, dressed like ordinary people?
Eat, drink, and have fun?
Seeing that Ye Mo was still analyzing in the evidence room, Lin Xuan came over and said, "How are you, Ye Mo? Have you made any new discoveries?"
"These eighteen victims were fully clothed and did not even take off their shoes, which means that on the night of May 8th, they dressed as ordinary people and went down the mountain for a group activity." Ye Mo said.
"Normally, monks must abide by the precepts and regulations when going out. Obviously, they are not true Buddhists," Lin Xuan said.
"The temple has constant incense and a lot of income. These people are likely to be monks during the day, and at night they go drinking, eating meat, or even prostitution and gambling." At this time, Zhang Xiaofan also came.
"Could it be that they were all drunk one by one, and when they returned to the temple, they were targeted by criminals and committed murder for profit?" Ye Xiaoyu asked.
"To kill someone for money, you should run away and sell the stolen goods as soon as possible, instead of still torturing the abbot in the temple for more than three months. This case obviously contains the possibility of vendetta." Zhang Xiaofan said.
"Xiao Fan is right. Although the cash and other items in the temple are missing, there are still some valuables left. Obviously, the murderer's motive is not just to make money." Ye Mo said.
"There is only one small truck and three cars in the temple. Logically speaking, it cannot accommodate so many people. Besides, if you drink, there must be someone who is not drinking to drive, right?" Zhang Xiaofan said.
"Could the murderer be the minibus driver hired by the temple?" Ye Xiaoyu asked.
"It is possible." Ye Mo said.
