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Chapter 36 Murder on Earthquake Night

Like Japan, Turkey is an earthquake-prone country.At 10:5 on a winter night, an earthquake of magnitude 5 occurred in the capital Ankara, causing many water pipes and gas pipes to rupture. Fortunately, the damage was not too great.

However, the next day, in a room on the top floor of a high-rise apartment building in the city, the body of a young woman living alone was found.She was strangled to death on the bed in the bedroom.The presumed time of death was between 9:10 and [-]:[-] the night before.

The body was discovered by a single employee of a Japanese trading company, who was actually the economic protector of the victim.A kerosene stove was still burning indoors when he found the body.Winters in Turkey are quite cold.

The criminal police who came to investigate the scene saw the tableware in the kitchen falling from the cupboard and the debris all over the floor, and said: "It seems that the victim was killed before the earthquake. If he is still alive after the earthquake, the victim will clean it up logically." All at once."

"No, he was killed after the earthquake. Even if it was before the earthquake, the murderer must have left after the earthquake." The staff of the trading company concluded.

"So, do you have any evidence?" The criminal police asked him in surprise.

"The evidence is this kerosene heating stove. This is the latest computer radiator type kerosene stove made in Japan. It was purchased by our trading company. The murderer pretended to commit the crime before the earthquake, deliberately smashed the tableware and smashed it into pieces. If so, then he forgot to turn off the switch of the kerosene stove, which is his mistake." The staff of the trading company pointed to the kerosene stove that was still burning.

So what's the reason?
[Answer] The murderer wanted to create the illusion of killing people before the earthquake, and intentionally filled the ground with debris, but he neglected to turn off the kerosene heating stove, because if he was really killed before the earthquake, the kerosene heating stove that the deceased turned on would automatically be caused by the earthquake. closure.

Another situation:
The deceased was indeed killed before the earthquake, but the murderer deliberately turned on the kerosene heater after the earthquake in order to create the illusion that he also left the room before the earthquake. In this way, the police would think that the kerosene heater was turned on by the deceased himself Unfortunately, he was killed so that the kerosene heater was left on and could not be turned off.

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