Chapter 1358: The mystery of the will (2)

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“And the result?” Zuo Yan asked.

“The results show that …” Victor replied.”There are two very important doubts about the authenticity of the will.

“First, the paper used in the will was made with a rather advanced papermaking technology at that time. Until the day old Herbert passed away, the paper had been on the market for less than a year. But … The will was signed six years ago.

“Secondly, that signature … Although it does look very similar, if the handwriting is magnified to a certain scale and analyzed by the faults in the ink, we can find some differences that are indistinguishable to the naked eye …”

“Even this is fine?” Zuo Yan asked doubtfully.

“Of course you can.” “Yes,” Victor replied.”The current criminal investigation technology is almost omnipotent, but not all cases can be handled with the best technology. After all,’resources’ are limited.

“For example, let’s say you have a wallet stolen by a thief on the street. There is 200 yuan in cash, and you go to the police station to report it. In such a situation, the police would at most make a statement for you and then pull up the surveillance video of the location of the theft to record it together. One day, when the thief who stole your wallet is caught on the spot for some other case, he might confess to the crime of stealing your wallet in the past. At that time, your record will be useful, and you’ll have a ‘possibility’ of recovering the lost item. ”

“Based on what you’ve said, it’s actually impossible …” Zuo Yan pouted and retorted.

“Well, you can understand it that way.” “But … Think about it. If the police really want to catch the thief, is there really no other way?” He paused for a moment.”There is obviously a way … They can find a team to thoroughly check all the surveillance videos near the crime scene and find out the whereabouts of the pickpocket before and after you met him. Then, they can follow the clues and find the general area where he lives. Then, they can send people to visit the area with his video until they find the place where the pickpocket lives. If that’s not enough … Then use the legendary ‘face recognition technology’ to match the images captured by all the cameras in the country with the faces of the suspects in your case, and identify them one by one …”

“Uh …” Zuo Yan had already understood the main point of the other party’s words and interrupted,”to do this for something worth a few hundred dollars … Isn’t this a little too outrageous?”

“Yes, that’s what I meant.” “Of course,” Victor said.”In a country with more than nine million square kilometers, there are thousands of such small cases happening every day. Putting aside those that didn’t report the case, if every case was investigated using the method I just mentioned … How much manpower and material resources would it take? “Thus, criminal investigation resources are usually used in cases that are more harmful to society, or involve more money, such as … The inheritance dispute case of the Herbert family.”

“Then …” Zuo Yan saw that Victor had brought the topic back, so he continued,”after confirming that the will was forged, Sam has nothing else to say.”

“No, Sam was shocked and angry at the result. He immediately asked the court to re-evaluate the will and claimed that the first evaluation result was ‘wrong and absurd’.” Victor said.

“In other words … He flew into a rage out of humiliation and held on until the end?” Zuo Yan said.

“It looks like it.” Victor said.

“What?” Zuo Yan seemed to have detected something from the other party’s tone and repeated,”‘it seems’?”

“Yes, it’s just ‘what it looks like’,” “I’ll explain this later,” Victor said in a mysterious tone.”Let’s talk about what happened next …” He paused for two seconds and continued,”for most people, including you, the jury, and the judge, the result of the appraisal is enough to determine the direction of the case. Sam’s reaction was indeed like he was ‘holding on to the end’. Even Sam’s lawyer advised him to reconcile, but Sam firmly denied that he forged the will and decided to fight to the end.

“So, he lost, appealed, and lost again; In the end, not only did Hill Herbert not inherit a single cent of the family fortune, he was even forced to move out of old Herbert’s house, becoming a homeless man.

“Fortunately, his brother, John, said that he would not further pursue Sam’s responsibility for the ‘forged will’ and was willing to give Sam a hundred thousand pounds of property out of Brotherhood, so he could live.

“I didn’t expect Sam to reject John ‘s’ good intentions ‘and claim that he deserved the inheritance. He refused to be given his own money.

“After that, the two brothers cut off all contact with each other. John inherited all of the family’s assets, including a large portion of Herbert’s company’s shares, while Sam disappeared from the public’s sight … A good-for-nothing like him would quickly become invisible once he lost his money. This development was expected.”

“In your opinion …” Zuo Yan knew Victor very well. He knew that the latter had more to say.”Is there anything else to say about this?”

“This is the part I want to’ explain ‘…” Victor lazily turned over on the bed.”Oh … Wait …” He seemed to have suddenly thought of something and changed the topic.”Hehe … Second-rate (Victor likes to call zuoyan second-rate, because not long after they met, the former defined zuoyan as a second-rate detective). How about I test you …”

“Again?” This wasn’t the first time that Victor had “tested” Zuo Yan. Although he could keep up with Victor’s train of thought in most cases, the gap between him and Victor didn’t seem to have narrowed at all … It was still the gap between a “second-rate detective” and the “King of detectives”.

“I’ll tell you the answer directly this time. You tell me the reason.” Victor didn’t care whether Zuo Yan was willing or not. After saying this, he immediately revealed the truth.”The person who forged the will … Was actually John.”

“Ha?” After hearing this, Zuo Yan was stunned for a full 20 seconds. Then, his brows gradually relaxed as he came to a sudden realization.”Oh … So there’s such a trick …”

“Ha …” Victor collapsed on the bed and laughed.”Not bad. You understood in half a minute.”

“Thinking back after hearing the answer … Sam’s reaction seems very reasonable.” Zuo Yan continued,”he agreed to the test because he had a clear conscience about the will.” When the results were out, Sam would naturally be surprised and think that the court had made a mistake. However, the others didn’t think so. They thought that Sam was angry after being exposed and was ready to fight to the end.

“However … All of this was within John’s calculations from the beginning.”