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But the surveillance footage only showed the exterior of the lab building.
Eliza frowned. “Didn’t you say the campus has no blind spots
lab?”
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Why isn’t there any footage from inside the
“The research building is special,” the assistant explained. “It’s for graduate–level work–used not only by students, but also by professors conducting sensitive experiments. Because of the confidentiality involved, interior surveillance isn’t allowed. Emilia had access only because she’d recently been promoted to a research assistant. Otherwise, even she wouldn’t have been able to enter
He laid a photo in front of Eliza. “This is the card scanner at the building’s entrance. It uses facial recognition and requires a graduate student access card issued by the medical school. There are only about thirty students authorized to enter.”
Eliza nodded. “What happened after they went in?”
“Roughly fifteen minutes later, they both exited. Emilia came out first–crying, visibly shaken. Ethan followed close behind, glancing around like he was afraid of being seen.”
Eliza’s brow furrowed. “So they fought that day. Then the next day, they stopped talking.”
“Exactly,” the assistant confirmed. “Then, on the fifth day of the recordings, Nina’s body was discovered, and Emilia jumped from the top of the main teaching building.”
The footage clearly showed Emilia entering the building alone.
The medical school’s primary academic building was the tallest on campus. Emilia had gone all the way to the roof and jumped.
There were no cameras on the rooftop, but footage from the surrounding grounds confirmed it was a solo jump.
“From the trajectory, it was definitely suicide,” the assistant added. “Everything at the scene supported that
conclusion.”
“She jumped on her own,” Eliza repeated slowly, “but no one knows what happened on the roof. Who’s to say she wasn’t forced to jump on her own“?”
Eliza shifted focus. “What matters more is this: Nina disappeared on the fourth day. Where was she last seen?”
“The lab building,” the assistant replied. “She entered that afternoon. So did Emilia–about an hour later. When Emilia came out, she looked terrified. That’s why the police are sure she’s the killer–she was the only one inside during the suspected window of time.”
“One hour?” Eliza’s frown deepened. “Didn’t they say Nina’s body was dismembered? Is that something someone can even do in an hour?“/
Nina had been an adult woman. Dismembering her, disposing of her, flushing everything into the pipes- all in one hour? That didn’t add up.
And Emilia had no blood on her.
“The police theory is that it was premeditated,” the assistant replied. “They said the murder was carefully
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planned. It was raining heavily that day. Emilia was wearing a raincoat when she entered but didn’t have i
on when she left–likely because it was covered in blood and she discarded it. That would explain the lack of stains.”
“Did they find the raincoat?”
“Yes. Torn to shreds in the sewer system. It had traces of both blood and Emilia’s DNA.
The details made Eliza feel nauseous.
Nolan noticed and gently rubbed her back. “You don’t have to listen to this. Let’s stop here, okay?”
“I’m fine,” Eliza said quietly. “It’s just… sickening.”
The assistant continued, “Most of her classmates described Emilia as quiet and introverted, but she was also known to be ambitious. She had excellent grades and never wanted to fall behind. As a med student specializing in anatomy, she had both the knowledge and the mental strength to do something like this.”
He paused, then concluded, “So based on everything gathered, the police’s theory fits. The evidence aligns with their conclusion.”
Eliza shook her head slowly. “You said Emilia was strong–willed, right? So was Ethan. If she were really that mentally strong, why would she choose to jump?”
“And if she were truly guilty,” Eliza continued, voice tightening, “why would Ethan fall apart like that? Why would he livestream his own suicide just to insist she was innocent?”
Something was still very, very wrong.
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