Chapter 6 Chapter V Handwriting Identification

Assistant Nakamura Police Department listened to Miyazaki's report and hoped that Tian Xiongjin's death was a suicide. This is because Tian Xiongjin is not a stock apartment manager.She is the manager of the apartment where Hisamatsumi lived in Triangle Mountain yesterday.If he committed suicide, it would be related to the murder of Jiu Song. Moreover, if the criminal is the same person, then Kataoka Yukiko's clue will be interrupted. Nakamura identified Kataoka Yukiko as the criminal who killed Hisamatsu.This is not only Nakamura's personal opinion, but also the opinion of the investigation team.They all believed that the reason for her attempted escape was her fear of arrest.

The root of the problem is the evidence.To this end, Criminal Yabe brought back Yukiko Kataoka's clothes box from the scene of the traffic accident, and Criminal Miyazaki investigated her house.But no evidence was found from either investigation to conclude that she was the culprit. At this moment, the news of the sudden death of the manager of the Qingyezhuang apartment came out.Nakamura sent Criminal Miyazaki to the scene to investigate, hoping to make a judgment on whether it was suicide or homicide as soon as possible. Coincidentally, Hisamatsumi's autopsy report was delivered at this time, but Nakamura could not settle down to study the report.He put on a raincoat and came to Aobazhuang apartment.

Criminal Miyazaki told him: It is not clear whether it was suicide or homicide. Nakamura looked around the administrator's office disappointedly.There was a closet by the window, and a small table facing the door. "It is said that she died lying down on this small table." Criminal Miyazaki said: "The discoverer was a staff member named Tian Ye who lived on the second floor. It is said that at first, he thought the manager was tired and fell asleep, so he didn't care. But when he came back from the shower, he still saw her sleeping there, so he hurriedly A doctor was called, but it was too late."

"It is said that the bottle of sleeping pills was dumped on the table, is that true?" "Just now, the appraiser took this medicine bottle away. It contained Ai's sleeping pills." "Is it the sleeping pill called Aldrin?" Nakamura felt that it was a drug name he had heard somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.Then asked again: "Is it a medicine sold on the market?" "I asked a nearby pharmacy, and according to them, this sleeping pill stopped selling four years ago." "Why did you stop selling it?" "This sleeping pill, taken by pregnant women, will have adverse effects on the fetus,..."

"Oh!" Nakamura nodded. He remembered.It was an incident that had hit the papers four years ago.A sleeping pill called "Aldrin" was invented by a foreign country, and it was sold in Japan under the name of "Eldrin Sleeping Pill". Pregnant women who took this medicine gave birth to deformed children. Why is she taking a drug that was banned four years ago? "Have you investigated the manager's life experience?" "Investigated. Her name is Tian Xiongjin, forty-nine years old. She has no one to rely on. It is said that she had a son who died in a traffic accident six years ago."

"Is she the owner of this apartment?" "No, she's just entrusted with the management of this apartment. Because she has no one to rely on, so she does this job." "How is her body?" "The heart seems to be a little weaker. The doctor says she has chronic heart disease." "She is a lonely, forty-nine-year-old woman with a bad heart." Nakamura looked at Miyazaki as if talking to himself. "It appears she had suicidal motives." "I also felt like suicide," Miyazaki said: "I asked people who live in this apartment building, and according to them, the manager has no grievances with others. Because she didn't save much money, no one would kill her for money. The problem is that Hisamatsu lives in here."

"I also think this is the problem. But..." Nakamura was a little vague.Perhaps it was because he hoped to commit suicide that he made his words so ambiguous. But no suicide or homicide material has yet been identified. Then we have to wait for the results of the autopsy! While looking at the empty manager's office, Nakamura felt a little restless. The next afternoon, Tian Xiongjin's autopsy report had not yet arrived.It was natural to spend such a long time, but Nakamura became restless, and he took the initiative to call the police hospital. "Are you rushing too quickly?" A police doctor familiar with Nakamura said nonchalantly after answering the phone:

"Hisamatsumi's autopsy report, have you read it?" "Read it." Nakamura said quickly.Anxious in my heart, the speed of speaking is naturally fast.He said: "Hisamatsu's autopsy results, as we expected, were nothing special. The fatal injury was a stab wound to the heart. There were no traces of fighting. There were bruises, which you think were caused when he fell off a cliff. Yes. We have known these conclusions for a long time.” "Science is not about surprising or delighting you with unprecedented answers!" "Well, I know. What's the result of Tian Xiongjin's autopsy? It's already three o'clock. Isn't the autopsy over yet?"

"It's basically over. As far as the current situation is concerned, the cause of her death was taking sleeping pills. According to your statement, this is expected again, and there is nothing surprising about it." "Can it be considered that her death was an accident?" "Are you saying she took the wrong dose?" "yes." "Probably can't think so! Because the dosage is marked on the medicine bottle. The antidote she took is Aldrin, which is also the Ayrin sleeping pill. Do you know this medicine?" "Yes. This medicine can cause deformities, right?"

"Yes. I think, I'm afraid she also knows it? So, under normal circumstances, there will be some hesitation in taking this medicine." "She took this medicine, not for sleep, but for suicide?" "No. Of course, it's another matter if a person who wants to die takes this medicine under the control of his own will." "Ai's sleeping pills are more powerful than ordinary sleeping pills, right? That is to say, this is an extremely deadly drug?" Nakamura asked. "exactly the opposite!" "On the contrary?" Nakamura wondered.Because he originally thought it was a powerful sleeping pill.

"Because of the deformity caused by this sleeping pill, it is often thought to be very powerful. In fact, the opposite is true. Therefore, when it was invented, it was popular because it was less dangerous." "However, Tian Xiongjin died." "Although the medicine is not strong, it does not mean it is absolutely safe. What's more, the dead Tian Xiongjin's heart is relatively weak!" "So, what's the conclusion? Suicide or homicide?" "It's hard to say whether it was suicide or homicide. Neither can it be definitively said that it was suicide, nor can homicide be ruled out." "What about the time of death?" "Between half-past three and half-past four. Bread and milk remained in her stomach. She died after lunch. That's all we know from an autopsy. The rest is up to you to investigate, then It's your job." "I know!" Nakamura hung up the phone. As a result, it is still unknown whether it was suicide or homicide. Nakamura stood up and walked to the appraisal room in another building.The appraiser told him that the fingerprints left on the empty bottle of Ai's sleeping pill belonged to Tian Xiongjin alone.However, this alone cannot be concluded as a suicide.Because in the case of homicide, as long as the prisoner has some brains, he can fake it to this extent.Just hold the empty medicine bottle in the victim's hand and you can easily print your fingerprints. Although there are no clues to the murder so far, Nakamura's heart is still uneasy. Nakamura returned to his office and called the Nantama Police Station, wanting to ask about the investigation of the photo of Arimiko Kataoka they sent. It was still the director who answered the phone. "Sorry, it's not going very well," he said in the same humble tone as the day before: "We conducted investigations at various stations on the Keio Line and Nambu Line, as well as near Sanjiao Mountain, but no one has seen her: I have expectations, please forgive me!" "Please don't say that! If she goes by car, it's normal that there are no witnesses. Besides, women's faces look different because of different makeup. Maybe when she committed the crime, she put on special makeup. Because she is tall, so It is also possible to dress up as a man. Anyway, please continue to search!" Nakamura said in a comforting tone. "Okay, let's go all out!" "Aside from that photo, did you check anything else?" "Checked. But it has nothing to do with this case..." "What's up?" "A farm boy picked up laver rice rolls that fell in the field and caused abdominal pain after eating them. It is said that tourists threw them away." "Is it food poisoning?" "In the past few days, the temperature has been very high, and the rice roll seems to have deteriorated." Nakamura thought: Forget it!Even food poisoning doesn't necessarily have anything to do with homicide. When Nakamura put down the receiver, Yabe Yabe, who was investigating Kataoka Yukiko, came back. "Basic situation, I found out!" Yabe opened the handbook densely written with many small characters and said: "Her birthplace is Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Her family opened a grocery store in the city. After graduating from high school, she entered a department store and worked. A year later, she suddenly came to Tokyo as a nude dancer. Has been arrested twice for obscenity since becoming a stripper." "The crime of obscenity won't be used as an excuse for her extortion?" Nakamura said: "She has always been a stripper, even if Hisamatsu knew that she had been arrested for obscenity, she probably wouldn't care." "I think so too." Yabe Criminal said: "Most strippers have prior convictions for obscenity, so that's not going to be a basis for her to be blackmailed." "Did she have anything to do with smugglers when she went to Okinawa?" "I have also checked this question, and found nothing wrong." "What about your relationship with men?" "A few years ago, she had a relationship with a man in a gangster group in Asakusa, but she cut off that man a year ago. Also, I don't think it's possible to be extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars for my relationship with a man .If it's a girl from an ordinary family, maybe she wants to hide her relationship with men, but strippers are just the opposite, they are all proud of their relationship with a lot of men." "In that case, could it be before becoming a stripper?" "She suddenly quit her job in a department store and came to Tokyo. Maybe this has something to do with that incident." Yabe Criminal looked at the manual and said: "I think department stores are an exciting place to work for girls. It's kind of weird that she suddenly quit the department store job; it's also kind of weird that she went to Tokyo and chose to be a stripper as a career." "Maybe she got into some trouble in Numazu? Hisamatsu may use this to blackmail Yukiko Kataoka. Please go to Numazu." "Okay, let's go right away." Yabe readily agreed.He grabbed the windbreaker and walked out of the room.Nakamura originally wanted to say to him: You rest today, go tomorrow morning!But it was too late.Criminal Yabe left in such a hurry, probably because he still had a small wound in his heart.Kataoka Yukiko died because of his own reasons, and this thought may still remain deep in his heart.If it is confirmed that Muzi is the criminal, then his psychological pressure will disappear.Ordering him to rest may have been a cruel torture for him. Even for Yabe Criminal, it would be great to prove that Yukiko Kataoka is the real criminal! ... Nakamura looked at the darkening sky outside the window while thinking.A tired look appeared on his face. At eight o'clock in the evening, Yabe Criminal called Nakamura and told him that he had arrived in Numazu.Other things were not reported. Whether Tian Xiongjin committed suicide or homicide, there is still no conclusive evidence. The investigation into how Tian Xiongjin got the sleeping pills is also difficult to carry out, because the medicine has been discontinued as early as four years ago.If it was a suicide, then Tian Xiongjin must have bought it from a pharmacy four years ago.However, it is very difficult to find this pharmacy now. Forty-eight hours have passed.Under the pressure of public opinion, the police had to take a stand. At the reception held in the section chief's office, the section chief released the news: "As the police, we consider Tian Xiongjin's death to be a suicide." Some of the reporters took issue.Since there is no suicide note, why is it determined as suicide? "It is more appropriate to regard it as suicide. This is a judgment made after considering various factors." The section chief explained. "What are the various factors you mentioned?" The reporters chased after him. The section chief coughed lightly and said: "First, Tian Xiongjin, who died, had the motive of suicide. She was a helpless old man suffering from chronic heart disease; she lost her only son in a traffic accident and had no hope for the future. No. Two, Tian Xiongjin has no enemies. We investigated all the people in the apartment, and no one disliked or hated Tian Xiongjin. No one killed her for money. Based on the above reasons, we consider it a suicide." "Is Tian Xiongjin's death unrelated to the Hisamatsu incident?" a reporter asked. Nakamura thought: The expected question has finally been raised!He knew there would be reporters asking the question.It's strange that no one mentioned it!Moreover, as far as journalists are concerned, if the same prisoner commits crimes and kills consecutively, he can write interesting news reports. "We think there is a relationship." The section chief said: "However, we can find no evidence that the two cases are related." "Did the police believe that Kataoka Yukiko was the criminal, so they think Tian Kuma Jin committed suicide?" "There is absolutely no such thing." The section chief denied it with a rare tough attitude. Nakamura also thinks there is no such thing.Because the objective situation makes people think it is suicide, it is judged as suicide. However, Nakamura felt that somewhere in his heart there was something like a fear.He hoped that Tian Xiongjin's death was a suicide rather than a homicide. This feeling cannot be denied.This must be the reason for his fear! In the middle of the night, Yabe Criminal called again.Nakamura pressed the receiver to his ear.As soon as the operator finished saying "Numazu's long-distance call," Yabe Criminal's call came out.Nakamura asked: "How about it?" "Finally found out." Yabe criminal said brightly. Nakamura heaved a sigh of relief. "Tell me in detail!" "After I arrived, I immediately went to the department store where she worked. It is a fairly large department store. It is said that Hisamatsu came here once in February this year." "As expected, Hisamatsu also thinks: something happened when Yukiko Kataoka was in Numazu." "It is said that Hisamatsu kept asking You Muzi why she quit her job in the department store." "So, how does the department store respond?" "I don't know. She disappeared suddenly six years ago, so the department store doesn't know why she resigned." "But I think there must be something." "I thought so too. So I visited her hometown. Her parents said: Hisamatsu also came here. However, she didn't catch anything in their house. Because she ran away without saying hello to her parents. When After I became a stripper, I lost contact with my family and never wrote a letter home." "What about you?" "I have no choice but to go to the city police station. Because I wondered if something happened around her before she left Numazu." "Has it ever happened?" "One thing happened. She left Numazu on October 6, six years ago. According to a record of the Municipal Police Department, the day before she left, that is, on October 5, a night fisher Twelve-year-old boy drowned under embankment of Numazu Port." "Is that boy related to Akiko Kataoka?" "This boy lives near Arimiko Kataoka's house. Someone saw this boy sitting side by side with a woman in her twenties on the flood embankment. Because of the dark sky, he couldn't see who the woman was." "If that woman is Muzi, maybe she drowned the boy?" "I thought so too at the beginning. However, according to the investigation by the Municipal Police Department, no one hated the boy. Therefore, I imagined this: when I went for a walk on the flood embankment locally at night, the boy was fishing. You Muzi, who liked to chat, went with the boy. Let's chat..." "So someone witnessed this scene." "Yes. When she was joking, she accidentally pushed the boy off the flood embankment? The sky was dark and the wind was strong, and the boy who fell into the water disappeared in an instant. In her panic, she forgot to call for help, and she didn't know what to do. fled back home." "It makes sense. You can think about it this way. And this matter can also be used as a trigger for blackmail. But, I think, if there is no evidence, no matter how cunning Hisamatsu is, he can't intimidate Kataoka Arimiko. Regarding that case, is there anyone? Something that could be called evidence? If there was any, the Municipal Police Department should have arrested her six years ago." "Evidence, there is!" "Oh!……" "I followed Hisamatsu's footsteps. Hisamatsu once visited Kataoka Yukiko's closest high school classmate Yoshino Reiko. I also met this girl. I heard her tell such a thing." Yabe Criminal Light He coughed lightly, and then said: "When Hisamatsu visited Reiko Yoshino's home, she happened to go to Osaka, and her mother received Hisamatsu. Hisamatsu lied that he and Yukiko were married in Tokyo, and asked Reiko's mother to see the letter from Yukiko to Reiko Yoshino If you think about it for a while, you can see that his request is very strange. But her mother was too honest to refuse, and showed all the letters to Hisamatsu. After Yoshino Reiko came back, knowing this situation, she hurriedly checked the letters , and found that one was missing." "Did Hisamatsu steal that letter?" "I think so too. It is said that when his mother was reading the letter, her mother stared at him for a while, but then left because of something, which gave him a chance to put the letter in his pocket." "What kind of letter was that?" "According to Reiko Yoshino, this letter was written to Muzi when she was away. It said: 'An unexpected thing happened yesterday; I don't know what to do?' If you compare this letter with six years If you connect it with the previous incident, it can be used as a tool for extortion." "Indeed." Nakamura nodded while listening, and suddenly an idea appeared in his mind, and he said hastily: "Is that girl named Reiko Yoshino related to this case? She felt that she had a heavy responsibility, and wanted to get the letter back from Hisamatsu, but she killed Hisamatsu..." "For the sake of caution, I have also investigated this point. Yoshino Reiko has nothing to do with this case. Because she was in Numazu all day on November 15th. There is conclusive evidence of her alibi." "That's all right!" Nakamura put down the handset with satisfaction after hearing this. The case moved a step forward. Satisfied, Nakamura sat on the chair, took out a cigarette, and lit it.He hadn't felt the smell of cigarettes this way for a long time. Yabe Criminal's phone call just now made the speculation a clear fact.It is also clear that Hisamatsu went to Numazu to steal Kataoka Yukiko's secret.This is tantamount to proving that Hisamatsu had indeed blackmailed Yukiko Kataoka.As for Muzi's motive for the murder, as long as there are these materials, it is enough to become evidence in court. Nakamura recalled the few phone calls he had with Yabe criminal just now, his face and expression changed from excitement to calm, and then from calm to disappointment. Judging from the content of Yabe's criminal report, the case has indeed moved forward.But why can a letter be used for extortion?Nakamura pondered this question over and over again. Nakamura stood up, opened the filing cabinet, and took out Hisamatsumi's savings passbook kept inside.He always thought that the 300,000 yuan on June 5 and the 200,000 yuan on October 30.They were all fraudulently obtained from Yukiko Kataoka.And it is speculated that she killed Hisamatsu during the third blackmail.This reasoning is logical. However, if the handle of extortion is only one letter, can blackmail be carried out one after another? If she redeemed the letter with 300,000 yuan the first time, then the second 200,000 yuan blackmail target should be someone else. Nakamura crossed his arms across his chest as if controlling his anxiety. forward.Cigarettes on the ashtray, billowing white smoke.He stared blankly at the thin column of rising smoke. Of course, if Jiu Song copied the letter with a photocopier, he could continue to blackmail countless times.Thinking of this, Nakamura felt uneasy again. The next day, Nakamura came to the Yotsuya branch of Samsung Bank written on the savings passbook.When he found the passbook, Yabe Criminal had called the branch to verify the money in the passbook.However, at that time, it was only to verify the figure of 500,000 yuan. Samsung Bank Yotsuya Branch is located near National Railway Yotsuya Station.Nakamura was ushered into the luxurious branch office. "On June 5th, Jiu Song himself did come to our bank." The middle-aged branch manager with neatly combed hair said: "The clerk at the window also knew him. He brought a check for 300,000 yuan and said he would use this check to open an ordinary deposit account." "Do you remember that check?" "Remember." "Who wrote the check?" "I remember that I majored in performing arts at Nippon Kogyo..." "Understood." Nakamura nodded. Kataoka Yukiko once went to Okinawa under the patronage of Nippon Industrial Corporation.The situation is exactly as mastered. The problem is another sum of money, that is, the two hundred thousand yuan. "Is the 200,000 yuan on October 30 also a check from Nippon Industrial Corporation?" "The two hundred thousand yuan is different from the previous sum." The branch manager said: "It's not a check, but cash. On the outside of the form of the passbook, there is an A stamped on the 200,000 yuan. This is the cash symbol." "Is the person who came to the window Hisamatsu?" "That's not clear." "What is the reason for not knowing?" "Because the money was transferred from the Ueno branch to our bank. Therefore, it is difficult to know the details without asking the Ueno branch..." Nakamura came to Ueno. Samsung Bank Ueno Branch is directly opposite Ueno Station.Nakamura pushed open the glass door and walked in while calculating the distance between Ueno and Asakusa. From Asakusa to Ueno, if you walk, it takes about ten or fifteen minutes, and if you take a car, it only takes five minutes.Arimiko Kataoka, who dances at Bijinza in the Sixth Ward of Asakusa, may use the rest of the stage performance to save money in Ueno.In terms of time, it is more than enough.However, Asakusa also has banks.Of course there are also branches of Samsung Bank.If there is Muzi for the 200,000 yuan, why didn't she deposit it in the bank in Asakusa, and why did she come to Ueno on purpose?This question made Nakamura restless again. After listening to Nakamura's introduction, the branch manager of the Ueno branch called the female staff in charge of exchange. "This girl works at the deposit window," said the branch manager.She was a petite girl in her mid-twenties.When Nakamura asked about the 200,000 yuan deposit on October 30, she said: "The person who came here was a young woman. It was indeed two hundred thousand yuan, and it was all ten thousand yuan bills." "Did you see the man's face clearly?" "Hey." She nodded. "But now I can't remember clearly. October 30th is the end of the month, and it's Saturday, so there are a lot of customers coming to the bank,..." "Can you see this picture?" Nakamura showed her the photo of Arimiko Kataoka that had been prepared. "How? Is it this person?" "I don't know. Because there were so many people that day, it was very crowded, and that guest was wearing sunglasses..." "Do you remember when she came?" "I can't remember exactly. Because it was Saturday and I worked half a day, it was morning, which is absolutely correct. I think it was around 10 o'clock!" "When making a deposit, do you need to fill in the receipt?" "Yes. The depositor fills out this form." "Can I have a look at the form that the woman filled out?" After Nakamura made a request, the branch manager took out the document for him from the kept documents. This is a receipt printed in red ink, with the words "Ordinary Account Deposit Statement" printed on the top.Nakamura glanced at the "Depositor's address and name" column.I saw it written in ballpoint pen: There is no seal after the name.The branch manager said: When depositing, there is no need to affix a seal.It's easy to use fake names.Nakamura thought: The name Haruko Tanaka is probably fake. Nakamura borrowed the receipt and walked out of the bank.East Ueno Sandao Street, Taito District, in the area of ​​Ueno Station.To be on the safe side, he checked the location on the receipt, and as expected, there was no such person as Haruko Tanaka on Sandao Street.Could Haruko Tanaka be Yukiko Kataoka? Nakamura returns to the investigation headquarters. Among the things that Miyazaki criminal found from Kataoka Yuki's house was a copy of the contract she exchanged with Nippon Kogyo.Her autograph is on this copy. Nakamura compared the signature with the text on the receipt, and even a layman could tell that it was written by two different people.This disappointed Nakamura.To use a false name, the handwriting must of course be written differently.However, eyesight is not reliable. Nakamura sent them to the Institute of Police Science to authenticate the handwriting. The identification took all day, and the results were not available until Saturday, November 20: It is difficult to identify the handwriting of the same person. That's what it says on the appraisal report. Nakamura's confidence began to waver.