Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 469: Intentional Negligence
The Yu family is in chaos.

Yu Zhanlin was taken away by the police in public. The news had already reached the Yu family. The reason was still the case of Yan Lina's mysterious death in the hotel.

What does it mean that the case is being investigated again after being acquitted? It means that the case is likely to be overturned and retried.

Yu Haide called Yu Po, but the other party didn't answer. He called his family over and called again, but still no answer.

Unable to sit still any longer, the whole family gathered together and rushed to the Tieping Branch. Yu Zhanlin was taken away too suddenly, so they at least had to find out what had happened.

Are there new clues?
Or did the Yan family file a lawsuit?

With Yu Po around, the group discussed for a long time and guessed that it might be the latter.

"They were sentenced to pay 1.5 million yuan in compensation. What else do they want? Do they think the money is too little? If they think the money is too little, you can say it! At worst, they can just sell another house!"

The second son of the Yu family was a little panicked, especially because he couldn't get through to the third son, Yu Po, which made him even more panicked.

Grandpa Yu Haide sat in the car without saying a word. He would call Yu Po every five minutes, but the call never went through.

Tieping Branch, Office.

Yu Po sat on the chair, rubbing his forehead. The cell phone on the desk kept vibrating. The number of missed calls had reached double digits and was still increasing.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to answer it, it’s that he doesn’t dare to answer it, and even if he answers it, it won’t change anything.

He can already see 90 percent of the future development of events and cannot control it. It all depends on his own choice.

trial room.

Chen Yi sat in front of Yu Zhanlin with empty hands, and standing next to him was Sun Shuxiang.

At this moment, Sun Shuxiang was not sure what Chen Yi had found out, but since Ma Lichuan had been suspended, it meant that there must be something wrong with the autopsy part of the file.

The autopsy report determines the direction of investigation and interrogation by front-line criminal police. If the autopsy report is incorrect, then the outcome of the case is likely to be wrong.

Thinking of this, Sun Shuxiang's face looked rather ugly, mixed with a hint of coldness, which was directed at Ma Lichuan.

He had just been transferred to the Tieping Branch and had no personal friendship with Ma Lichuan. They were just ordinary colleagues, and at most they were just gentlemen friends. He usually handled cases in strict accordance with procedures and was very law-abiding.

Sometimes one has to queue up at the forensic laboratory, but he never thinks of cutting in line and just waits slowly.

Now that Ma Lichuan caused huge flaws in the case, Sun Shuxiang couldn't possibly be in a good mood.

To be honest, I have never encountered such a situation before, and Tieping Branch does not seem to be a "good" place now.

"Yu Zhanlin, right?"

Chen Yi crossed his hands on the table and spoke in a calm tone.

Yu Zhanlin was also polite, but he was very unfamiliar with Chen Yi. He nodded with a puzzled look on his face and said, "I am Yu Zhanlin."

Chen Yi: "Let me introduce myself. I'm Chen Yi, deputy chief of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps. I've received a report that Yan Lina's case needs to be reinvestigated. We've got new clues, so please come over to learn more about the situation."

Yu Zhanlin was horrified by the identity of the other party. He never dreamed that the case, which had already been tried, investigated, and sentenced, would actually attract the leaders of the provincial department.

He was so nervous because he felt guilty about his crime that his throat couldn't help but roll and his hands were clenched tightly.

He even didn't have the courage to look Chen Yi in the eye.

"Did you understand what I just said?" Chen Yi said.

Yu Zhanlin nodded subconsciously.

Chen Yi: "Okay, now that you understand, I'll ask directly, did you lie when you were interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Tieping Branch?"

Yu Zhanlin immediately shook his head: "No! Absolutely not!"

Chen Yi did not question it and continued to ask: "Was Yan Lina's death caused by a ruptured hemangioma?"

Yu Zhanlin: "Really? Captain Sun...Captain Sun and the others said yes."

He looked at Sun Shuxiang who was standing next to Chen Yi.

Hearing this, Sun Shuxiang's face became even uglier, and his cold gaze scared Yu Zhanlin so much that he quickly looked away.

I'm only responsible for investigating the case, and the autopsy has nothing to do with me! What the hell do you think I'm doing?
Chen Yi looked calm: "You prepared the sadomasochistic tools in advance. Do you want to use them secretly while Yan Lina is drunk?"

Yu Zhanlin denied: "She agreed!"

Chen Yi: "You didn't agree for such a long time, but you agreed this time?"

Yu Zhanlin: "Yes, I begged her for a long time before she reluctantly agreed."

Chen Yi nodded slightly: "Okay, Yu Zhanlin, listen carefully to what I am going to say next. Yan Lina's cause of death was not a ruptured hemangioma, but positional asphyxia. Do you know what positional asphyxia means?"

Yu Zhanlin didn't understand, but his face turned slightly pale, as if he had thought of some scene.

Chen Yilai explained the term: "Positional asphyxia refers to death from asphyxiation caused by being forced to stay in a special position, which causes respiratory movement obstruction or upper airway obstruction."

"To give a few examples, the more common ways of fixing the body position are: hanging with both upper limbs tied, horizontal hanging with chest and abdomen tied, limbs tied to the back, face prone, etc."

"The time from positional asphyxiation due to binding to death generally ranges from a few minutes to a few hours."

"Do you understand now?"

Yu Zhanlin's face turned even paler: "You...you didn't say that last time."

Chen Yi focused on Zhan Lin's reaction and said, "Last time was last time. Now I am responsible for investigating this case. Since Yan Lina died of positional asphyxiation, your original confession is problematic. Answer me, what did you do to Yan Lina?"

Yu Zhanlin: "I didn't lie, I just...had sex."

Chen Yi: "How did it happen?"

Yu Zhanlin was a little annoyed: "I already explained it in detail last time!"

Chen Yi shook his head: "No, the process you confessed is inconsistent with the cause of death from positional asphyxiation. Yan Lina's state at the time was definitely not a normal posture. Also, judging from the binding marks on Yan Lina's wrists, she should have been tied with her hands behind her back, but you said that her hands were placed on her chest."

Hearing about the binding posture, Yu Zhanlin's forehead was covered with cold sweat and he was anxious: "You...how can you be like this! What you said is completely different? Captain Sun..."

When Sun Shuxiang heard Yu Zhanlin mention him again, his eyelids started twitching and he was very angry.

"Don't mention Captain Sun anymore." Chen Yi interrupted, "The previous confession is invalid. Now it's a new round of interrogation."

Yu Zhanlin was a little bit out of his mind: "You guys are just playing house! Are you kidding?!"

Chen Yi's voice was very calm from beginning to end: "Investigation requires evidence. Let me tell you a fact. Yan Lina's chest has purple-red discoloration caused by external force, which means that her chest cavity was compressed by a small object for a long time. Looking at the entire hotel room, there is only one small stool that meets the characteristics. She was lying on that chair at the time, right? You didn't say this."

Yu Zhanlin swallowed, not knowing how to answer.

Chen Yi knocked on the table, signaling Yu Zhanlin to speak.

Yu Zhanlin: "I... I forgot, maybe. We were all drunk at the time, and the room was so small, who knows where exactly we did it."

Chen Yi: "What about the method of binding? Judging from the marks, it was tied from behind."

Yu Zhanlin said vaguely: "Maybe... maybe, I drank too much and don't remember."

Chen Yi suddenly slammed the table, and the loud noise scared Yu Zhanlin.

"Yu Zhanlin! You remember the details of our intimate moments so clearly, but you forgot how we tied them up?! Answer the questions honestly!! We police officers speak based on evidence. Would we ask you this if we didn't have any evidence?!"

Yu Zhanlin became angry and embarrassed after being frightened: "So what! I remember that she was tied from behind, but she agreed! We are a couple and this is our personal freedom. Who knew she would get sick..."

Before he finished speaking, he came to his senses and realized that Yan Lina's cause of death was positional asphyxia. He did not realize what positional asphyxia meant in this case.

Chen Yi: "Tied up behind her back, and placed Yan Lina chest-down on a stool, is that right?"

Yu Zhanlin: “Yes.”

Chen Yi: "When did she die?"

Yu Zhanlin: "I don't know, I slept."

Chen Yi: "Was it when you were on the stool?"

Yu Zhanlin always felt that the young policeman was setting a trap for him, so he didn't know how to answer. So he took a gamble and chose to deny it: "No, she was still alive at that time. We went to bed and continued to do it, and then fell asleep."

Chen Yi said coldly: "You're lying! It's impossible for someone to die from positional asphyxiation on the bed! She was already dead when she was on the stool!"

"Ah?" Yu Zhanlin was stunned, his mind even more confused, "This... I... I thought she fell asleep on the stool, so I carried her to the bed."

Chen Yi: "Fell asleep while doing it?"

Yu Zhanlin: "She drank too much..."

Chen Yi chuckled: "Oh, okay, now let's sort it out. According to your answer just now, Yan Lina was already dead on the stool at that time, but you didn't know that. You thought she was asleep, so you carried her to the bed and continued to do it. After you finished, you fell asleep too, right?"

There is a trap in these words. "Think" and "I don't know" are both words that are beneficial to Zhan Lin. As the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. In the end, it may just be an accident.

Yu Zhanlin did not doubt him and nodded immediately: "Yes, I thought she was asleep."

Chen Yi cleared his throat and spoke slowly: "Then let's talk about whether Yan Lina was awake or drunk and asleep when you were doing it."

Yu Zhanlin: "Of course I am sober!"

Chen Yi said dimly, "Are you sure? When a person is experiencing positional asphyxiation, they will feel strong discomfort in their body, and they will definitely resist even if they have drunk alcohol. If Yan Lina was sober at the time, then you ignored her resistance and continued forcefully, which is suspected of intentional homicide."

Oh…shit.

The one who cursed in his heart was not Yu Zhanlin, but Sun Shuxiang who was standing next to Chen Yi. He had been thinking about how Chen Yi would interrogate him, and now he understood.

At the same time, he also understood what Yu Zhanlin would say next and what Chen Yi would say next.

It's either this or that, the lowest level is manslaughter.

The criminals in Yangcheng were unlucky enough to meet Chen Yi. It was difficult for them to escape the repeated attacks whether during investigation or interrogation.

"Intentional murder?!" Yu Zhanlin was so frightened that he almost jumped up. His mind was confused for a while. When he realized that Chen Yi's logic seemed to be correct, he quickly changed his words, "No, no, I didn't kill her. She...she was drunk. Yes, she was drunk!"

Chen Yi raised his eyebrows: "Drunk? Didn't you say you were sober?"

Yu Zhanlin: “I remembered it wrongly!”

Chen Yi said, "It's confirmed now, right? If Yan Lina was unconscious at the time, then you ignored the fact that Yan Lina was suffocating and continued forcibly. Although you didn't know it, you unilaterally tied her up and pressed her on the chair, which is suspected of manslaughter."

Yu Zhanlin was dumbfounded.

Damn it! You're killing people everywhere! Are you kidding me?!

"What? Coma or awake? Choose one yourself." Chen Yi said.

Of course he didn't really let Yu Zhanlin choose. Intentional homicide is intentional homicide, and manslaughter is manslaughter. There is no reason to let the suspect choose.

According to the actual situation at the scene, Yan Lina should have been unconscious, which can also explain why she agreed to Yu Zhanlin's use of tools that night and why she did not strongly resist Yu Zhanlin's violence.

When a person is on the verge of death, he or she will erupt with a strong will to survive, and the will can trigger powerful force. Yan Lina only had traces of being tied up on her hands. It is impossible for Yu Zhanlin alone to suffocate Yan Lina to death in that position.

The conditions for positional asphyxia to occur are harsh, as it requires maintaining a posture for a long time. If Yan Lina died of positional asphyxiation while awake, either she was tied up and unable to move, or there was more than one suspect. If neither condition is met, then it can only be that she was severely drunk and fell into a coma.

Hypoxia and coma are the clinical reactions of suffocation. Coupled with drunkenness, it is entirely possible that Yan Lina died unconsciously.

"You...are you kidding me?!" Yu Zhanlin's emotions were about to get out of control.

Seeing this, Sun Shuxiang sighed in his heart that this kid was still too naive compared to Chen Yi, and he was led into trouble with just two or three words.

Yu Zhanlin is in a very awkward situation now. He can either admit to intentional homicide or manslaughter.

"I'm playing tricks on you because I have nothing to do?!" Chen Yi stood up suddenly and walked in front of Yu Zhanlin, pointing at his nose and said, "What's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true. Do you think you can get away with it by faking the scene and the confession? Do you think you can escape legal sanctions if someone helps you?"

"Yes, you were indeed acquitted, but the result is the most important. Now that I'm standing here, put away your little tricks!"

"Confess honestly, you still have a chance. If you keep lying, you will face severe punishment! You will spend the rest of your life in prison!"

In fact, it was a foregone conclusion that Yu Zhanlin would face severe punishment. If he had told the truth, had a better attitude and paid some money, his sentence would have been less than three years.

Now, more than three years.

The police will "lie" a little when interrogating someone. As long as they can get a confession from the suspect, they don't have to keep many small details too strictly.

Yu Zhanlin felt his head buzzing and he almost lost his ability to think. Chen Yi's aura, who was so close to him, made him tremble with fear.

He didn't know how it turned out like this. He was clearly answering the questions very seriously, afraid of saying a wrong word, but how come he was suddenly trying to kill someone?

Manslaughter is also murder! He still has some legal common sense.

“She was lying on the stool at that time!!”

Chen Yi was pursuing the enemy while he was victorious. How could he possibly give him a chance to react? Suspects are easiest to interrogate when they are confused and extremely frightened.

Yu Zhanlin shuddered: "Yes... yes, she was lying on the stool."

Chen Yi: "Asleep or awake!!"

Yu Zhanlin: "Sleeping!"

Chen Yi: "After you found her dead, you carried her to the bed and untied the leather rope, right?"

Yu Zhanlin, a grown man, almost cried: "Yes..."

Even tough guys are afraid of going to jail, because that is a tough time in darkness and without freedom. Besides, this Yu Zhanlin... doesn't look like a tough guy.

No matter what your identity is in the outside world, when you sit in the interrogation room, you are just an ordinary person.

Chen Yi: "What did you do to her on the stool?"

Yu Zhanlin raised his hand and gestured comically: "That's... the one... behind... lifting her legs..."

If the trigger for positional asphyxia comes, you won't necessarily die if you just lie down on the stool obediently.

Chen Yi: "Why lie?!"

Yu Zhanlin: "I... I don't know. I just thought it would be good for me if she died in bed."

Normal thinking.

Yan Lina died on the stool in such an unnatural posture, so his subconscious reaction was not to let the police know. Anyway, he didn't intend to kill anyone, so what does her accidental death have to do with me? Whatever the result is, I will leave it to fate. Besides, my uncle is here, and he will definitely help me.

"Very good." Chen Yi turned around and sat back down. "Let's talk about other things, about Ma Lichuan."

Yu Zhanlin was at a loss: "I don't know him."

It doesn't seem like a lie, it's really the right time, the right place, and the right people.

(End of this chapter)