The White-Robed Woman's Strange Behavior

That night, Shiraishi had Yamada make a detailed statement describing everything he had seen that evening.

UD1 had to work overtime through the night as well to conduct the autopsy.

The Seibukitsuno Police Station's door-to-door inquiries also yielded results—Yamada had not been the only person to see the woman in white that night!

October 17, 2016, Tuesday.

That morning, just as Shiraishi arrived at his office, Vice Chief Murasaki came to report that the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department had issued instructions for Beika Police Station to assist Seibukitsuno Police Station with the homicide case.

Sure enough, Inspector Mori had submitted an application—

Not long afterward, before lunch, Shiraishi received Inspector Mori's report on the scene examination and preliminary examination of the bodies—

Just as Amaki had deduced, Inspector Mori and the others had found blood reactions inside the washing machine drum and on the woman's white dress.

However, strangely enough, the room contained only traces of Sofue's activity. As for the woman in the white dress suspected of being the killer, she had left only a set of footprints inside the house.

At the entrance, the soles of the guest slippers had no hair or dust on them, as if they had been carefully wiped clean. However, it could not be determined whether that had been done by the victim before her death or by the killer.

After all, judging from the scene, Mrs. Sofue had been a very tidy person. Even though her home contained many things, everything had been neatly organized—

In addition, they had collected Mrs. Sofue's blood from the knife in the plastic bag, as well as the white-robed woman's fingerprints from the handle.

Based on the current information, Inspector Mori's side had no way to confirm the white-robed woman's identity or