Role of も in "犯人は死亡したもようです！"?


What role is も playing in

> 犯人は死亡したもようです！

from first episode of _Death Note_?




It is not the particle も(+ようです), but 模様{もよう}(+です) is one word meaning
_appearance_ as commented.

> [模様](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E6%A8%A1%E6%A7%98/#je-75717)
>
> II〔有り様，様子〕
>
> どうも彼は来ない模様だ  
>  It looks 「as though [《米》 like] he's not coming.
>
> 火星には生物はいない模様である  
>  「There is no sign of [There doesn't seem to be any] life on Mars.

