Chapter 13 investigative report

The Prosecutor's Office of the High Prosecutor's Office is spacious and bright, with six desks placed in Two places, three facing each other.These are two groups, one of which is close to the wall of the High Prosecutor's Office Prosecutor General's Office.Desks, chairs and everyday utensils were made by inmates in the prison. In the evening, Sakurada called. "I just came back from the Ome Prosecutor's Office. I want to report the situation to you. Where can I wait for you?" Kuwayama named a common restaurant nearby. The two chatted while eating the packaged meal.

"I first visited the chief of the investigation section of the police department. The scene was on the slope to the south of the mountain, with a 65-degree angle from the trail to the scene, and the slope was very steep." Sakurada said to the prosecutor, "I thought the rope was a hemp rope. In fact, it was a thin grass rope, which was hung on a tree branch, and then broke. You guessed it right, it rained for two days in succession, plus the heat of the past few days, the corpse quickly rotted and swelled, and the rope could no longer bear it The broken end of the rope remained on the tree, and the end hanging around the neck fell to the side with the body slipping. I also visited Dr. Moroka, who was in charge of the autopsy, and he was sure that it was suicide by hanging. However, Since the prosecutor's office is still here to find out about this matter, he feels uneasy again."

"Did you tell him this is not a formal investigation?" Sangshan reminded him. "I said it. However, neither the police department nor the doctor is absolutely sure of his own judgment, so he is still a little uneasy. He is not absolutely sure about any case, and he is always worried that something is wrong. This is also a common thing. The prosecutor's office went to investigate, and I said it was for reference, but he was still surprised." Even experienced forensic scientists who have dissected hundreds of dead bodies sometimes feel guilty after the identification, as Kuangshan once heard some honest anatomists say.

"I originally wanted to borrow the photos of the scene, but later I thought it was not a formal investigation, so I dismissed the idea. They were more than happy to borrow it." "Well, it's better not to hesitate." Considering that it was a private investigation, Sangshan agreed with Buu.Photos can be borrowed at any time, and I already know what Matsuda said. "As for the situation of the witnesses, they said that they did not investigate nearby because it was determined to be a suicide. The chief of the reconnaissance section said that we will pay attention to what happens in the future. I thanked him."

Sangshan felt that the situation was clear. "The head of the reconnaissance section introduced Goichiro Hatano who came to confirm and collect the body. When Wu Yilang saw Masako's body, he cursed: This bastard! The performance was not very sad, it seemed that he was more concerned about the manager's decency." In the fake homicide case in Vienna, the police discovered the guilt from the unnatural attitude of the husband, who had feigned grief over his wife's accident.Hatano Wuichiro is too natural.The wife's suicide makes the husband lose face; and after the death of the wife, he can openly marry his mistress, and he restrains this joy in his heart.On this occasion, if the husband is too sad, it will be self-defeating.

"Wu Yilang knew the reason for his wife's suicide. He told the section chief that both he and his wife were responsible for what happened. He didn't hide that he had a woman, and at the same time implied that his wife also had a good man." "Did you tell me the other party's name, Wu Yilang?" "No. "Oh. On the day Masako went to Ome, did Wu Yilang prove his alibi?" "He's on a business trip, and there's evidence." "Is Masako Tian in Tokyo on April 11th and 12th?" "I checked, and Masako is not in Tokyo. However, it was the 12th, 13th, and 14th."

After hearing the report from Sakurada Affairs Officer, Kuwayama asked abruptly: "Didn't you go to Fukuoka?" "No, I didn't go to Fukuoka, I said I was in Osaka." Sakurada didn't understand why he was asking about Fukuoka. Kuwayama still remembers the conversation he had with his wife on the train from Fukuoka to Maize City, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Hey, what date is it today?) (It is the 13th of Mujili, April 13th.) On April 12, Michio Sayama arrived in Hakata.Tsuruko Kusakata held a solo concert at a theater in Hakata on the 11th and 12th, with Dofu performing as her exclusive beautician.I saw him on the plane from Haneda, and the taxi driver surnamed Eto also mentioned him.

Masako went to Osaka on the 12th and was not at home until the 14th.When did Michio Sayama return to Beijing from Hakata?According to the driver Jiangtou, the solo concert did end on the evening of the 12th. "Masako Hatano went to Osaka alone?" Sangshan took out a cigarette. "I heard that she is alone. Her husband, Wu Yilang, has been working in the company." Sakurada glanced at the notebook spread out on the table from time to time. "What are you going to do?" "I tactfully asked the maid in Hatano. It is said that when she went out, she said that her classmates from the girl's school were gathering at a big vendor. When she came back, she said that she visited Kyoto and Nara leisurely."

"By the Shinkansen, or by plane?" "I heard it was by plane. I was in a hurry before leaving in order to catch the two o'clock flight from Haneda Airport." "Who will deliver it?" "Nobody delivered." Since no one saw her off, no one knew about her flight to Fukuoka. "Is there a flight to Dafan at two o'clock?" Sakurada borrowed the restaurant's timetable, turned to the back, and saw a page marked: "Japan Airlines flight departs at two o'clock, All Nippon Airways flight departs at two o'clock in half." "Where are you going to Fukuoka?"

The timetable indicates that the Japan Airlines flight will depart at 2:10; the All Nippon Airlines flight will depart at 2:50.2:10 can also be said to be "a plane at two o'clock". "Are you saying you didn't check the passenger registers of the two airlines? You won't use aliases, will you?" Sakurada snorted. April 12 was two months before Masako died in the mountain forest of Ome. His surprise seemed to ask: How could Masako’s trip two months ago be related to her death? "I have some doubts. If it's a homicide, maybe the content of her travels is related to her death." Sangshan answered Sakurada's expression.

"So, Masako returned home on the 15th?" "I heard it was noon that day." If you went there on the 12th, you will return by the morning plane three days later.When did Xiangshan come back from Hakata? Qin Shan felt that it was time to introduce Sakurada to Shandaojiao.The clerk took notes silently while listening. "I'll go to Kusakata Tsuruko's manager to find out when Sayama returned to Tokyo." After listening to Sangshan's introduction, Sakurada said. "Well, there is also the hotel where Sayama stayed in Hakata, as well as his whereabouts in Hakata." "Understood, is the beautician who stopped Sandov very capable?" "The skills seem to be good. He opened his own business two years ago and opened a beauty salon in Jiyugaoka. He soon became famous in the beauty industry, and his name is often featured in magazines." "He is very capable, is he also good at women?" "The rumors of male beauticians and female customers are not uncommon, but there is a special relationship between Mukoyama and Hatano Masako. Before Sayama became independent, Masako often named him when he came to the store. He probably paid for his independence." "As an employee of a beauty salon, Xiangshan probably doesn't have much money, so the wife of the manager of a securities company has become a female investor. It's not easy to open a store in the Jiyugaoka area, and the land price in that area is very expensive." "It wasn't cheap two years ago." "It's often seen in novels and TV scripts, and in real life, it's not uncommon for a rich wife to give a young lover a lot of money. Has her husband Wu Yilang noticed it?" "Maybe I have noticed it vaguely. However, no matter what the old woman is worth, Ichiro doesn't care. He also has a mistress. In order to stop his wife's mouth, he turns a blind eye to his wife's affair. Maybe he is I hope that the relationship between my wife and Sayama can develop to the point of divorcing him." "So just silently watched my wife take out a large sum of money and turned a blind eye, right?" "I think this point is closely related to Wu Yilang's attitude when he claimed Masako's body. Not only did Wu Yilang agree with the police station's conclusion of suicide without saying a word, he even took the initiative to say something like his wife's suicide note to emphasize the determination. Correctness. No one has seen the suicide note he mentioned, and the body was cremated in the local area very quickly. Although it was summer and the death had passed for a long time, it had to be cremated on the spot, but it always made people feel that he did It was too hasty. Not only was he not sad when he saw his wife's body, but he was disgusted because he had lost face.... Yes, divorce has many troubles. As a manager, you have to consider the social impact. After all, you are not a young couple. So , the wife's death is the most ideal." Listening to Sangshan's words, the field affairs officer thought, why is this gentle prosecutor able to understand his cruel psychology so deeply and thoroughly? Prosecutor Sangshan is meticulous in his work and follows the rules in his life. The husband and wife trust each other and have never done anything cheating.In the process of investigating various criminal facts, the profession of prosecutor can understand various psychology of people from the confession of criminals and the statements of witnesses. In this regard, it is like a priest who accepts confession. Priests and prosecutors have something in common in condescending to "accept" a confessor's confession, and they have absolutely no sense of receiving it on an equal footing.For the confession of the other party, the pastor must rely on the Bible, and the prosecutor must rely on the Six Laws. Officer Sakurada has the same awareness.However, as the prosecutor's sibling, he is actually in charge of reconnaissance, and he has more direct and wider contact with real objects than the prosecutor.He first listened to the perpetrators, victims, and witnesses, just like investigators in the police department.Prosecutors then reviewed the transcripts and contacted those involved.By that stage, there will be changes in the confession, because the confession will always be revised during that time.Once the confessor calms down, he can not only increase the accuracy of the confession, but also come up with some countermeasures. The human nature shown in the early stage of the investigation-the panicked look, as well as emotions such as excitement, hatred, terror, etc., were reduced or disappeared during the investigation by the prosecutor.From the point of view of scouts, prosecutors' investigations are only left with filtered "factual" materials.Prosecutors can only look at transcripts from the early stages of the investigation and have no way of knowing what the scouts saw. "Listening to a confession is not about understanding the meaning of the confession language itself. It is not comprehensive to only know the surface without knowing what is in it. Usually listening to the report is to understand the meaning of the reporter's report; this is not the case here, but to pay attention to the confession From the depths of the confession, grasp the facts that the confessor has really experienced in the past. Therefore, one must have keen observation. However, no matter how keen the observation is, it is impossible to have magical powers like a witch's spell. Not only that, The confessor still has a certain degree of dominance. People are easy to be deceived." (Maori Yuichi "Free Mind Evidence") In the early stages of investigation, the confession often becomes a record that "cannot deceive people". "The author has always had a strong interest in the documents produced by the police, and firmly opposes the practice of browsing the transcripts of the police department. "Although police documents lack evidentiary force on many occasions, police investigations are the most detailed in describing the depth and breadth of the background of the case, so new clues to the case can be obtained from them and the complex background of the case can be grasped. "The author would like to recommend a method of examining written evidence (transcripts), that is, hold it in your hand over and over again, read it tirelessly, without any doubts, without any investigative goals, just read it repeatedly, like that, read and read If you read it, you will find the problem. The adage that "reading the book a hundred times makes it clear" is also applicable in this case." (Shotaro Miyake, "On Judgment") It is not unreasonable for former judge Miyake of the Supreme Court to attach great importance to the police investigation records.From those detailed materials, we can understand the humanity shown by the other party in the early stage of the investigation.The judge clearly knows that the record of the public trial has been filtered several times in the middle, and that is exactly what the judge is worried about. However, even reading those survey transcripts cannot understand people's true psychology, because the "facts" are all written like the articles of the Six Laws, which are purely conceptual things. Hence the advice: "Therefore, as a reference for writing investigation transcripts, I suggest that you read more novels by first-class famous writers. The novels vividly and truly describe the actions, dialogues and psychology of the protagonist and characters, revealing that people love Disagreement on hatred. The keen observation and delicate description of subjective and objective things can only be found in the works of famous writers. But the difference is that novels are creations, while investigative notes are facts. "Confession investigation transcripts are legal litigation documents, so they must be written in accordance with the law. Of course, this is the first condition. However, the suspects, victims and witnesses who make the confessions are not necessarily lawyers. If these are not lawyers If people’s actions are written in a legal way, then the objective facts written and the truth of the phenomenon will be quite different.” (Mayouhara Shigeo, "How to Write a Confession Investigation Transcript") Whether reading famous novels can serve as a reference for understanding the psychology of confession, Officer Sakurada has not yet experienced it personally.Sakurada used to work in the Detective Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, and was later transferred to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office.Because of his work, he collected a wide range of books on trials and studied them seriously.Although it makes sense in many places, it has not been used in practice.Judge Miyake said that as long as you read the case records repeatedly and carefully by the method of reading a book a hundred times, you can get something.But that's just exposure to some juice from the strained residue. In any case, the rigorous prosecutor Kuwayama was able to explain Hatano Goichiro's anti-moral psychology so profoundly and thoroughly, which surprised Roda.Prosecutor Sangshan loves to read, maybe he even reads novels by famous writers. Three days later, Sakurada called Sangshan to report the situation.It is not appropriate to meet in the office building of the Public Prosecutor's Office.Randomly dispatching the affairs officer of the District Prosecutor's Office, people saw that it was not good, and they still followed the old way to meet after a nearby snack. "I've found out a lot." Clerk Sakurada opened his notebook, 'Fei said Hatano Masako.She went to Fukuoka on a Japan Airlines flight departing at 2:00 pm on April 12, and her real name was recorded in the passenger register. " "By flying, she probably filled in her real name in consideration of the event of an accident." "Which hotel to stay in Fukuoka?" "The hotel is not clear yet. I entrusted the Fukuoka Police Department to investigate, but the results haven't come out yet. Maybe they live in Hakata. There are many hotels in that area." Guan Shan naturally thought of Musashi Onsen in Erkaichi, where the couple lived when they traveled to Kyushu. "Where's Michio Sayama?" "According to Kusakata Tsuruko's manager, Caoxiang and his party finished their performance on the 12th and returned to Tokyo by plane on the morning of the 13th. Sayama and his apprentice Yanagida Toshio stayed behind." "So it is. How long did they stay in Bodo?" "The manager said he didn't know. Because Sayama didn't go backstage at all when he was doing his hair backstage on the night of the 12th, Cao Xiang was furious and took Yanagida out." "Is his apprentice Liu Tian in the background?" "Yes. Sayama was still there on the 11th, but he slipped away from the night show on the 12th. The manager said angrily that he was brought to Hakata to let him have his hair done at the solo concert, but he ran away without a trace. , This is unjustifiable in terms of contract and friendship, I am afraid it is not because I am a little famous, I think I am great and do whatever I want, but I have absented myself from work for no reason to play with women." "The 12th is the day Masako Hatano goes to Hakata, right?" "Yes, the timing matches." "Masako took the plane at 2:10 p.m. and arrived at Banzu around 4 o'clock. If Sayama was absent from work to meet Masako, then it would be the same as doing her hair in the backstage by mistake." "Yeah, an important sponsor is here. Compared with a solo concert, it is more important to serve the sponsor well. Maybe he has never left Masako." "Just ask his apprentice Liu Tian to find out." "I asked someone to inquire. The beauty salon contacted the health center. I knew a young man in the health center. He was familiar with Liu Tian. He asked Liu Tian politely. Liu Tian said that he returned to Beijing by plane on the evening of the 13th. Sayama stayed by himself, saying that he was going to give lectures at the Fukuoka Beautician Association's seminar. Sayama came back at noon on the 15th, and he was with Masako when he came back. That's right. She also became bold." "Is there really such a class in Fukuoka?" "The friend from the health center also called Fukuoka to find out. It is said that there is no such seminar." Sangshan thought of the taxi driver.Jiangtou met Shan Daofu in the past, and asked him for a solo concert ticket, and asked him to take him backstage.He is very grateful for old friends.Maybe Jiangtou knew about Xiangshan's actions after the 12th day. Maybe Renshan used his car to give him benefits in order to keep his mouth shut—— "Regarding Xiangshan's actions after June 10, he didn't leave Tokyo, and went to work in the store every day. The store closed at 8 every night, and his actions after get off work are unclear. I heard that he sometimes went to Aoyama during the day to see the new store. Land." Sakurada briefly introduced the location of the store in Aoyama and told him that it was originally a bar. "Isn't the land in that area expensive?" "There are more than 30 pings, and each ping needs to be more than 2 million yen." "Does the house take up the lot, right? "It's full. It's a two-story building with a basement." "That's a lot. Masako Hatano paid for it?" "I'm not sure about this, I haven't investigated in detail. I heard that Sayama didn't want to sell the store in Jiyugaoka, but set up a membership organization to raise funds to open the store through that organization. Many of the members are entertainers. I went to the scene to see, The location is on the side of the bustling street, and the location is good as a beauty salon." "Roughly speaking, the land alone costs 3 million yen. It is said that it is a membership system, but in fact most of it is given by Masako, right?" "I think so too. Even though he is an artist, he would not invest in beauty salons." Sakurada Affairs Officer shared the same feeling, "Just as you suspect, if Masako was killed by Sayama, the reason is money. Because , Masako must have kept the money from her husband and not made it public, so once Masako died, the money would all fall into Sayama's hands. Sayama is really cunning." "If these are the facts, even if Sayama's beauty salon is very prosperous, he can't afford to pay back that much money. According to your inference, the motive for killing can be established." "Now things are gradually becoming clear. Masako's death is not necessarily a suicide. If the motive for the murder can be established, the hypothesis of homicide can become a reality. Unfortunately, there is no direct evidence. The body was cremated, and all that remained were ashes. You can only look for evidence from other sources." "It's very difficult, but now that we've reached this point, let's try our best. You just said that Xiangshan did not leave Tokyo on June 10, the day Masako Hatano ran away from home; but, not only on June 10, but also at other times. You often go to the new construction site of the Qingshan branch, don’t you?” "Yes, almost every day, that's what Liu Tian said." "There are people working on site, have they confirmed that Sayama has been there?" "The investigation has not been completed, but I went to the scene and heard from the carpenter that Sayama did go to see it for 30 minutes to an hour every day, or to say something." "From Tokyo to Ome, it takes two hours by car. After the 10th, did Sayama go missing for a long time?" It takes four hours to go back and forth to Ome, one hour for on-site activities, and five hours for accounting. A day with five blank hours is suspicious, but according to Sakurada's report, Sayama didn't stay in Jiyugaoka's shop all the time, but I often go out to prepare new stores, discuss construction, etc., so I am away from the store for four or five hours every day.However, now that half a year has passed, it is not easy to investigate his whereabouts. If it is a suspect, you can interrogate him without any scruples, and you can also collect evidence according to his purpose.However, he is not a "criminal" now, and the current investigation must try to hide himself as much as possible.In this way, it is almost impossible to find out whether he was not at the scene half a year ago. "Where are the witnesses at the scene?" Assuming that Masako Hatano went to the scene of Ome on or after June 10, someone nearby must have seen her, but the police station where she belonged initially judged it to be a suicide and did not investigate this aspect.Sakurada went to Qinghai, but no witnesses were found.Sakurada said he asked station staff, store employees and nearby residents, but found nothing. "It's strange. Every time someone commits suicide, some nearby people say that they have seen such a person, or that the person has visited the store, but this time there is no discussion." "Yeah, maybe it was dark, and I drove her to the mountain. You can park everywhere nearby, and no one will see you when you get off there and walk to the scene." —The thread is broken here. "Sakurata-kun, next week's Sunday and the festival will be together, right? I would like to trouble you. If it is convenient, I would like to invite you to go to Kyushu." "Kyushu?" Sakurada looked at Kuwayama in puzzlement. "I heard that Sayama Michiten's hometown is in Kyushu." Sangshan said, "It's quite accidental. When I went to the mountains to follow Kusakata Tsuruko to Hakata, I happened to go back to my hometown in Kumamoto. I lived in Fukuoka on the way. I saw a A taxi driver who worked with Sayama when he was young. He mentioned his old friend Fukuyama, but he refused to disclose what work he did with him when he was young. I know the driver’s name. Now that the investigation has started, I would like to know Sayama’s In the past. With two days off, you may have a lot of things to do." "No, I'm fine even if I'm conjoined for three days. I'll just hang out at home and be bored. If you think it's suitable, I'm happy to go." "thanks!" Sangshan gave the travel expenses and pocket money to Sakurada who refused to accept. "In addition, I also want to take a look at Sayama's store in Aoyama." "I'll take you there." "Let's go together, isn't it conspicuous?" "It doesn't matter on the reef, and the construction workers are not on site." After leaving the dim sum shop, I hailed a taxi. Turn south from the intersection of Aoyama x Chome. Recently, there are more and more high-end apartments in this area, and the number of new houses is also increasing day by day. The appearance has changed.There are many restaurants and pastry shops on the street north of the intersection. The south side in the opposite direction may not be suitable for opening a bar, but it is suitable for opening a beauty salon. The house is under construction, the walls are surrounded by safety panels, and the signboard foretelling has not yet been put up, and the lights of the nearby apartments reflect the steel and concrete building bleakly. "It really is first-class land." Kuwayama stood shoulder to shoulder with Sakurada and looked up. "I chose a good place. In this area, most of the customers are upper-class people. I'm afraid it took a lot of effort!" Sakurada also said softly. "It's too much to use steel bars for both floors. It looks like it will cost a lot of money." The two stood in a noticeable place on the side of the road and looked at the safety board.On the road in front of you, there are driving cars and pedestrians, and no one pays attention to the second-floor building under construction. At that time, a couple who looked like a couple passed by and stopped in front of the security board.They stand aside and carefully watch the building under construction.It seems that they didn't stop because of a momentary interest, they just came to this place, and the husband was gesturing to say something to his wife. Sangshan and Sakurada naturally listened attentively.At first I thought it was Michio Sayama who brought a woman to look at the house, but the man was fat and thick, with long hair, and his features did not match the Sayama he had seen last time. The man's voice was loud. "Adding steel bars to this house is Sasan-kun's opinion. He said that if the business is prosperous, he will add three or four floors in the future. He even considered the future." "Sayama is very smart." The wife is next to her husband, looking at the safety panels of the building. "He has a good brain. I didn't expect him to be so smart when I lived next door to us. I only know that he is very dexterous... If you are lucky, your brain will also be easy to use." "You are a bit lucky, and you will definitely have today. It is very rare for Sayama to invite you to design. If you partner with a lucky person, you will also have good luck." The woman smiled. "I can't even call it a partner. The current Sayama-kun will have a more famous designer to partner with him. So, although I can't fully cooperate, it is very rare for me to be able to participate in a part of his work." "Mr. Sayama hasn't forgotten the hardships of the Yotsuya era! At that time, you often drove late at night, waiting for Mr. Sayama to come back from get off work. The feelings at that time were extraordinary." "That's not pure sympathy," the husband said to his wife. Neither Sangyama nor Sakurada knew the couple.They are commercial graphic designer Okano Shoichi and his wife Kazuko who lived in the same apartment with Sayama two years ago.