Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

Handwriting does not necessarily become evidence for conviction and sentencing.

However, Del Gunter's overly coincidental intersection with the old case and the new case made him more and more suspicious.

Lestrade had an incredulous expression on his face, he never expected to see the old letter from six years ago again.

At the time, he also wondered why Kelsey kept a fake provocative letter after catching the Ripper.Doubt flashed away, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

"It's been six years, and the Ripper has long since died on the gallows."

Lestrade rummaged through the old file.At that time, he participated in the entire interrogation of Jas Kamisky, and did not find out that there was another instigator behind the Ripper.

Kelsey had seen the Ripper's paranoia, "The Kamiskis were so egotistical that they probably never realized they were being induced.

Another possibility is that even if it is found that the old letter is related to Gunter, it cannot be concluded that Gunter and the Ripper had face-to-face communication, it can only be said that there is a certain relationship between the two. "

A threatening letter that can stimulate the Ripper was chosen to be sent out during the period when major newspapers were chasing after the case and public opinion broke out.

This kind of precise control over the timing and effect of the letter, the sender at least comprehensively analyzed the criminal psychology of the Ripper, and then chose to add fuel to the fire in order to make the murder case worse.

In other words, the sender six years ago was already a dangerous person.

Starting from this, tracking Gunter's past can deduce his behavior pattern today.

Kelsey made a trip to Plymouth in the south of England to investigate Gaunt's university career at his alma mater.

Especially when Gunter was in his sophomore year, his maternal grandmother died.

At that time, Gunter did not have a stable source of income, but donated all his liquid assets to nursing homes.

It is not to say that there are no people in the world who are only dedicated to charity, and there are indeed some people who can freely and confidently think that if you go forward, you will come back.

However, the time when Gunter did those things was too coincidental.

It was verified that Gaunt's grandmother died a month before Jason the Ripper committed the first crime.

The professors and classmates of the university said that they did not find any abnormal behavior of Gunter.In their memory, Gunter learned that his grandmother was seriously ill, and asked for a leave of absence for more than two months to go to Newcastle.

Gunter was with his grandmother for a few days when his grandmother died.Later, according to Gunter, he would like to follow his grandmother's will to transport him back to his hometown in Sweden for burial.

In fact, Gunter rarely mentioned his grandmother when he was in school, and occasionally said that his grandmother was strict since childhood.

Gunter hasn't changed much since his grandmother's funeral.It is to add more items with Swedish characteristics, such as Gerager hot drinks, such as starting to paint landscapes of Swedish cities near the sea.

The two landscape oil paintings hanging on the wall of Gunter's house are the works that Gunter completed in his junior year.

The scenery of Stockholm and the Baltic Sea in the painting is peaceful and comfortable, without a trace of pain and sadness, and without a trace of excitement.

The years are quiet and the world is stable.

The two paintings convey such an artistic conception, but one does not know what the painter's state of mind is under the calm painting style.

"Newcastle, where Gunter grew up, and my investigations there were pretty much the same."

Sherlock went to the north of England, and the house where Gunter lived with his grandmother for 11 years was sold long ago, a year after his grandmother died.

The neighbors' memories of the grandparent mostly stop at two points. Gunter's grandmother was strict, and Gunter was obedient and sensible since he was a child.

"There is a special news. Gunter was three years old, his mother died, and he lived with his father for four years. It was not until his father died of illness that he was raised by his grandmother."

Sherlock said in particular the cause of Gunter's father's death, "Syphilis, Gunter's father and his three lovers all died of this disease."

The daughter died early, and the son-in-law died of sexually transmitted diseases.

Gaunt's grandmother was faced with such a situation, and she was originally a strict character, so it is not surprising that she would be strict with her grandson.

However, extremes must be reversed.

Gunter chose to leave the North for college in the South, and there must have been an element of escape in it.

"You two have worked hard!"

Lestrade was not without some progress in staying in London, and he went to the laundry which Gaunt frequented.Even if a murderer who knows to be cautious should not be so stupid as to send the blood-stained clothes outside for cleaning, what if there are additional discoveries?

"The laundry room has never received bloody clothes, but on the night of April [-]st, there was something in the pile of laundry sent by Gunter—a shriveled praying mantis with only the lower half of its corpse!"

Lestrade asked the laundry clerk about the appearance of the praying mantis in detail, "The color, species, and size all match the upper half of the praying mantis body found at the death scene of the deceased Rhodes. It's a pity..."

Kelsey looked at Lestrade's expression as if he had lost [-] pounds, "The laundry room has already thrown away half of the praying mantis corpse?"

"Yes, it was thrown out as garbage that night. The clerk didn't take it seriously from the beginning to the end, only treating it as a bug that a customer accidentally rubbed against the flowers."

Lestrade couldn't blame the clerk, who didn't care about half of the praying mantis corpse, and it wasn't that half of human skeleton was found.

The investigation has so far stalled.

Every inference points to Gunter being a suspect, but none of the evidence suggests that Gunter killed Rhodes.

"I've already found out the location of the cemetery of the T Nursing Home, which is outside of London. Let Carter take someone to dig the grave tomorrow. I hope the corpse can retain some clues."

Lestrade said helplessly. He still did not give up and asked the two detectives, "Is there really no other clues? Speaking of two death messages, Woolf's "GND" has been explained, and Ross's "GND" has been explained. What does "ALG" and two letters 'AL' mean? "

Since it is written before death, it must express very important information.

Lestrade hoped that deciphering Ross's message would be a substantive piece of evidence that Gunter committed a crime.Although he knew that the possibility was very low, there was always a dream, just in case it would come true.

"I have some guesses. From Gunter's home layout, his decorations are ship models, and his landscape paintings are seaside cities. When committing the crime, Gunter may have carried a special object with him, which is related to the sea .”

After Sherlock analyzed Gunter's growth experience, he became more certain about the meaning of 'AL', which symbolizes some kind of entanglement between Gunter and his childhood life.

Lestrade looked bitter, "Mr. Holmes, please give the answer directly, don't let me guess!"

Sherlock didn't want the inspector to guess at all. He smiled at Kelsey, "Mr. Bennet, what do you think? Combining the relationship between the ocean and AL, Gaunt, who was strictly required to keep himself clean since childhood, what kind of special will he wear? logo?"

Kelsey also smiled back, "You have given such rich hints, how could I not guess it, the answer couldn't be more obvious."

Lestrade: Rich hint?Obvious answer?

Hehe, sorry, as always, because he is not perverted enough, he can't think of devils.

"It's Aristotle's Lantern."

Kelsey noticed that Lestrade was still dazed, and explained that it was the urchin's chewer.

"I wonder if you have read Aristotle's Animalia, which contains a description of sea urchins."

Kelsey briefly stated, "The general meaning is that when the sea urchin shell is cut open, its entire oral chewing skeleton structure looks like a lantern without skin."

Sherlock received, "In the last century, zoologist Jacob Klein referred to this statement and named the chewer of the sea urchin Aristotle's lantern. If you don't cut open the sea urchin, you can only observe it from the outside. See the five larger teeth on the outermost sides of the urchin's mouth."

The Gunter family has a lot of marine-related ornaments, such as shells, conch shells, and sea urchin fossils.

Lestrade felt even more confused, "Are you trying to show that Gunter likes to go to the beach and pick up some nice little things for decoration? No! What does the sea urchin chewer have to do with Gunter being a possible murderer?"

"It starts with the symbolism of the sea urchin. If you know anything about medieval Christian sects, there was one of the Cathars who put a huge symbolism on the sea urchin."

Sherlock tried to describe it simply, and only said the part related to Aristotle's lantern.

"The five teeth in the mouth of the sea urchin just form the shape of a five-pointed star, which has special meaning in many religions."

Cathar pie, also known as clean pie.

Briefly summarize it believes in the dualism of good and evil, and adheres to asceticism.

"After the death of the sea urchin, the teeth fell off, which formed a pentagonal cavity. The Cathars regarded this process of tooth loss as the annihilation of the five senses through asceticism. The five senses naturally include various desires."

Sherlock contacted Gunter's father's cause of death, "Gunter's grandmother had a strict personality, and her son-in-law may have died of venereal disease. She instilled the importance of abstinence in her grandson since childhood. Perhaps, she was also a Carite believer."

Kelsey further explained, "The Carites advocate not to kill and regard sex as evil. It is not difficult to understand from this that Aristotle's lantern is one of the symbols of hard practice."

Lestrade suddenly realized, "I understand, Gaunt grew up in an extremely strict educational atmosphere in his childhood, and he may even hate his grandmother to the extreme.

The presbyopia he exhibited may be a desire to conquer and resist.He wore an object related to Aristotle's lantern during the murder, in order to humiliate the ascetic doctrinal thinking. "

The two detectives nodded, but these are all speculations.

Gunter expressed his liking for the sea scenery, and he can use other meanings of sea urchins to explain why he wears related objects.

For example, the original meaning of sea urchin fossils is circulated in some places.People don't know that it comes from the ocean, but they regard it as a thunderstone from the sky, and regard it as a protective adornment that can bless peace.

"Gunter is cunning and cautious on the outside, but there is no such thing as a perfect crime."

Kelsey analyzed the criminal pattern of the suspect, "Serial murderers often leave and keep some of the victim's objects and hide them at home, so they must find a way to apply for a search warrant anyway."

The current deduction is not enough to apply for a search of Gunter's house.

"Aha! Unless Gaunt himself becomes a victim, we can enter his house openly to investigate the cause of his death. Besides, now there is only an autopsy to find more evidence."

At this point, Lestrade can only pray sincerely, and may God bless Carter with good news during his trip to the cemetery.

what?

The cemetery is not in the God service area?

Lestrade didn't think too much about it. He and the two detectives found a restaurant for dinner at random, and then went back to their respective homes.

Kelsey and Sherlock had just returned to London from the north and south of England.After more than ten days of investigation, the two of them will not go to the cemetery to open the coffin this time.

**

Back to Baker Street.

Only then did Sherlock talk about another clue, "There is something that I don't think can be explained by mere coincidence. I found Gunter's hometown in the north, which is only two hours away from the university where Moriarty once worked. .”

Kelsey immediately understood the implication, "Gaunt and Moriarty knew each other? That's right, this can better explain why the special rope that strangled Woolf was made by M."

"Although Moriarty resigned from the school early, Moriarty returned to the school where he used to work to give a speech seven years ago, the year before Gunter went to college."

Sherlock had a tight schedule for his trip to northern England, so he didn't have time to visit Moriarty's colleagues at the same time.

Judging from Moriarty's invitation to give a speech back at the school, the university that once excluded Professor M has put down all the rumors in the past.

Kelsey nodded slightly, "You guess that Gunter and Moriarty met at the lecture. But now it's hard to say whether Gunter was guided by Moriarty when he took the road of violating the elderly in nursing homes."

Having said that, Kelsey had an idea.

The nursing home is regarded by Gunter as a kingdom under his rule, and as a king, he can do whatever he wants with the elderly inside.

After a long time, people's hearts will inevitably grow in size.As a result, the criminal's method of committing the crime has been upgraded, and it has evolved into intercepting and violating someone on the street.

"Tom, do you think there is a possibility that Gunter is not satisfied with just being the king of the nursing home, and his ambition is growing."

Kelsey is not only referring to the expansion of the range of victims, "Hasn't he thought about being a king in other fields? For example, ruling the entire criminal group. It is important to know that this year is a good time. Professor M's right-hand man and most loyal helper Colonel Moran died."

Loyalty is almost non-existent for people with insatiable desires.

Nor did Sherlock believe that Moriarty formed a crime group with loyalty at its core.

"Jerry, you dare to think. I agree with your idea very much. Committing chaos and killing each other will definitely happen in the M criminal group."

As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other and shook their heads.

What a pity, what a pity!

The two of them don't know enough about the internal communication method of M Group, otherwise a lot of schemes can be staged one after another.

Creating something out of nothing, fishing in troubled waters, killing people with a borrowed knife, etc., can be done with a series of divorce schemes.

Kelsey and Sherlock are very sorry that they didn't have the opportunity to role-play this time, so they can only take the conventional way and let Carter lead people to dig graves.

Night 09:30.

Carter was preparing to leave Scotland Yard.He was full of bitterness, he was going on a business trip tomorrow, and he had to deal with paperwork at the police station tonight.

"Wow! Agent Carter, you showed up just right."

Sergeant Grayson pulled on his coat as he walked swiftly.

At this time, Grayson didn't care that Carter was under the old enemy Lestrade, but he greeted a capable and reliable agent.

"Quick! Follow me! Emergency, large-scale armed conflict occurred in the East District. It is said that bullets are flying all over the sky, and emergency support is needed."

"Oh..., I..."

Carter had no time to resolutely refuse, and saw Inspector Grayson start calling other agents again.

In desperation, Carter followed to the place where the chaos broke out in the Eastern District.

At night, at 10:30, the shootout was over.

With that said, the police were always the last to show up, and Scotland Yard was there to deal with the aftermath of the melee.

Carter registered the casualties one by one.

After a while, he walked to the corner with a kerosene lamp.There is a person lying on the ground here, it seems that he has been hit by a stray bullet unfortunately.

Get closer, crouch down, put down the kerosene lamp, and feel the casualty's breathing and pulse.

The man lying on the ground was dead.

"Number 013, male, dead."

Carter turned the deceased so that he was facing up. He had just recorded the details of the deceased's face in his notebook, but at this moment he took a step back.

The face of the deceased was very familiar.

Carter has not only seen a photo of this person recently, but has also monitored him for a period of time. Tomorrow, he would have to dig his grave to collect evidence of his crime.

Unexpectedly, Del Gunter actually died on the street!

"My God! What's the matter?"

Carter's mind was a little confused, why did Gunter come to the East End?

The suspect Gunter's workplace, residence, and the location of the nursing home under his name are all far away from the East District, at least an hour away.

Too many questions are stuck in the mind, making it impossible to think at once.

Carter suddenly had an idea, "There is no need to dig the grave tomorrow, and the Gaunt family can be justifiably searched."Is this the blessing of God, or the favor of death?It can't be that some people used the power of the crow's mouth, right? '