Chapter 301 The Sixth Victim at the Beginning of the Century
January 18, 2009, late winter.
The afterglow of the evening disappeared on the horizon, and a thin mist rose from the swamp, lingering in the reeds.
The reeds form an arc, a semicircle surrounding a vast shoal.
The road is right above the swamp, and it is already full of people watching the excitement.
More than a dozen police cars were parked one after another, and police cars continued to arrive and parked on the opened dirt road.
Zhao Ming frowned after getting off the car.
Yi Chunlin, standing next to him, smacked his lips: "I haven't seen such a scene for a long time."
Zhao Ming nodded slightly: "[122 Serial Mass Murder Case] When it happened, I followed Master here In Shahe County, we collected a lot of physical evidence at that time, but there was no clue to identify the suspect. Unexpectedly, fifteen years later, this devil was still killing people. "
Yi Chunlin was assigned by Zhao Chunlai. , as an accompanying forensic doctor.
This old guy knew very well that this case was a once-in-a-decade case in Haidong Province. It was so complex that even if the case could not be solved, the identification of bones more than ten years ago was a good opportunity for forensic doctors to gain experience points.
What's more, due to the maturity of DNA screening and science and technology, most of the murder cases in the last century have been solved. Only those cases where the source of the body is unidentified, or the suspect has completely disappeared, are still unsolved. Gathered in dust in the archives.
When it comes to the most serious serial murder case that spans the millennium, the number of victims is so large that there may not even be one in any province.
Two years ago, Qin Province solved a case, but it was only because of an anonymous letter that the case was reopened. The local police screened the DNA of men in the entire county, and then found the case through the DNA between relatives. The murderer.
Others don’t know how this case was solved, but Wei Qunshan and others know it clearly.
The anonymous letter was written by Luo Rui. He had a special status at the time, so the matter has never been made public.
Before Zhao Minglin set out, Wei Qunshan found him and gave him a serious reminder. He followed Luo Rui's steps and also sent all the technical experts that the Haijiang Division could send.
Zhao Chunlai didn’t come because he was too lazy to bother.
Zhao Ming led a dozen people, carrying metal survey boxes, onto the road.
Luo Rui saw him and quickly waved to him.
"There are quite a lot of people here!" Luo Rui greeted and looked at Yi Chunlin: "Old Yi, long time no see."
Yi Chunlin smiled and said, "We only met half a month ago. , now our Haijiang Division and your County Bureau The relationship is tied together. Director Wei even held a special meeting and asked us to actively cooperate with you. "
Luo Rui nodded and introduced Zhao Ming and others to Lu Kangming and Fukang County. Director Dong Jianmin.
Lu Kangming shook hands with Zhao Ming eagerly.
Zhao Ming is considered the most outstanding on-site investigation technical police officer in Haidong Province. He has also published papers and obtained patents.
The director in charge of criminal matters does not necessarily like the criminal police officers who are running on the front line, but he likes the appraisal experts of high-tech talents from the bottom of his heart.
Dong Jianmin also knows the relationship between Haijiang Division and Shahe County Bureau, and he also knows Zhao Ming.
"Director Zhao, it's a good thing that you showed up at the scene just after you arrived."
"Hello, Director Dong, is the burial place in the reed marsh?" Zhao Ming went straight to the topic and looked down. crowd.
At this time, in the reed marsh, a cordon was pulled up from the middle as a benchmark, and searches were made to the left and right.
Dozens of police officers on each side, armed with sticks and reeds aside, moved forward cautiously.
The handler walked in the front, leading two police dogs. The police dogs sniffed the mud again and again, looking very serious.
"According to witnesses, it should be here." Lu Kangming replied, then looked at Luo Rui: "Call Zhang Xiaolong over."
Luo Rui nodded and called to the man behind him Fang Yonghui.
A van converted into a prison van was parked on the side of the road. Zhang Xiaolong was pulled out by two police officers while wearing handcuffs.
Fang Yonghui took his arm and walked to several leaders.
“Here we come!”
Luo Rui looked at Zhang Xiaolong: “Are you sure the burial place is here?”
“Yes, didn’t I just say that? It's right there!" The place Zhang Xiaolong pointed to was right next to the baseline. We had searched it just now and found nothing unusual at all.
“Are you mistaken?”
"It's impossible. At that time, my bicycle was parked where we were standing. I got into the reeds to urinate. The murderer was ten meters away from me. When I left, I saw him digging a hole!"< br>
Lu Kang Ming frowned and asked Luo Rui: "Could it be that the murderer discovered him and changed the burial place?"
Dong Jianmin curled his lips: "I think this kid lied? This [ 122 Major Cases] It has been so many years, and now it is suddenly said that a new deceased has appeared. This possibility..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xiaolong, who was pinched by two policemen, quickly argued: "I didn't lie. I don’t dare to joke about this matter! Late at night on January 22, 2000, I did see the devil killing people in the reeds!”
“Were you drinking at the time?”
"Uh...I was drunk, but I was sober at the time!"
Zhang Xiaolong knew very well that the police were so mobilized that if the body was not found, he might be charged with another crime, so he looked eagerly. Lu Kangming: "Director Lu, please believe me, I really didn't lie to you."
Lu Kangming was also very anxious at this time. On the one hand, he hoped to find the body, but on the other hand, he did not want to find the body.
If the body is found, the case will definitely be restarted immediately, which will consume a huge amount of manpower and material resources.
If the body is not found, the files on this serial murder case will be put on the shelf in the archives again. I don’t know when it will be seen again and the souls of these victims can be comforted.
At this time, everyone was very worried and watched closely the searching police.
Lin Chen poked Luo Rui's arm: "Team leader, do you have any ideas?"
Luo Rui ignored her and looked at Zhao Ming.
He dragged Zhang Xiaolong, and Zhao Ming led each other into the reeds.
Seeing this, Lin Chen and Fang Yonghui quickly followed.
"Where were you squatting at that time?" Luo Rui asked.
Zhang Xiaolong scratched his neck and pointed diagonally forward: "It's right there."
Luo Rui dragged him to that place, and then asked: "Where is the location of the murder?"< br>
"Just in front, less than twenty meters away."
"Yonghui, watch him." Luo Rui greeted, and then walked diagonally forward with Zhao Mingwang.
When the two people walked seventeen steps away, Zhang Xiaolong shouted from behind: "Yes, it's right there!"
Luo Rui and Zhao Ming squatted down and began to observe their surroundings.
Nine years have passed and nothing has changed here. There are still reeds and soft soil.
The two men each held a stick and pushed aside the dry reeds around them.
Lin Chen also followed behind them and searched carefully with a baton.
If Zhang Xiaolong did see the murderer and this was really the scene of the murder, then there must be a mud pit where the body was buried.
At the scene of the new murder, because there are still traces of blood and smell, even if the burial place is changed, police dogs can still find it. However, after so many years, the traces at the scene have long disappeared.
The microorganisms in nature are very scary. In less than a year, the scene can be cleaned up without leaving even a trace.
About ten minutes later, Lin Chen screamed.
"Team leader, here, there is something discovered here!"
Luo Rui and Zhao Ming hurried over and saw a pile of dry grass under a clump of reeds.
Lin Chen pulled out the surrounding weeds with his hands, then poked down with his baton, and a mud puddle appeared in front of him.
There are still reeds growing in the pit, mixed with weeds, making it difficult to find.
Immediately afterwards, Luo Rui called the police, brought a sickle, and cut off the reeds around the mud pit.
The surrounding area of ten square meters has been cleared.
Lu Kangming and Dong Jianmin also ran down, and they asked quickly: "Found it?"
No one answered. Zhao Ming took a tape measure and took a simple measurement.
"One meter two long, half a meter wide, deep..."
"The depth is only fifty centimeters, but that's not accurate...The plants that grow in the pit every year will raise the height inside. Soil."
Dong Jianmin was very anxious: "Is that the burial ground?"
Luo Rui looked at a dirt bag next to the pit. The dirt bag had also been cleared out, but it was obviously higher than the surrounding terrain.
"The murderer should have moved the body."
As soon as they heard this, everyone took a breath of cold air, and their mentality of falling to the ground immediately became anxious again.
Lu Kangming clasped his hands behind his back, knelt down and cursed: "Damn it, they really moved the body!"
"What should we do now?" Dong Jianmin asked.
This question, no one can answer.
Zhao Ming called his apprentice and took a pair of latex gloves. As he put them on, he mused: "Looking at the surrounding plant growth environment, the time for transferring corpses must have been a long time ago. The current method is Survey the scene to see if you can find the victim or the victim’s belongings.”
After that, Zhao Ming led several technical police officers and knelt on the edge of the mud pit.
In order to avoid any problems in the investigation, they held short-handled shovels in their hands and dug out the soil in the pit bit by bit.
But because the reed has a well-developed root system, it is necessary to use a sickle to cut off these tangled roots.
Everyone said nothing and kept watching the technical policemen busy.
Not long after, Li Nong arrived at the scene, and with him was Lu Peng, the director of Pingyang County.
As a result, the directors of Shahe County, Fukang County and Pingyang County have arrived.
More than a hundred policemen were present at the scene. The policemen who searched previously found nothing special, so they all gathered around the mud pit.
Lu Peng pulled Lu Kangming and Dong Jianmin aside and asked: "Lao Lu, do you really plan to reopen this case?"
"Otherwise? I have already informed the superiors."
"You are really too reckless. Are you crazy about wanting to make a meritorious service? You have notified the superiors even before the body has been found?"
Lu Kangming glanced at him: "Who said no body was found? It's just that the murderer is too cunning. He should be afraid of being discovered, so Moved the body."
Lu Peng snorted: "You are gambling. I don't think you can find any clues about the murderer. I'll see how you deal with it then!"
< br>“I don’t need to owe anything to anyone, as long as what I do can serve the people of Shahe County!”
"Shit! I think you are eager to perform meritorious service. Don't think I don't know. You just want to outshine us so that you can be transferred to the city."
Lu Kangming rolled up his sleeves and said with wide eyes. : "Lu Huzhu, what the hell are you talking about? I'm telling you, you're scolding me Okay, but don’t insult my character.”
Lu Peng was not afraid of him and responded directly: “Character? Do you, Lao Lu, have character?”
Seeing that the two of them were at war with each other, When they started arguing, Dong Jianmin and Li Nong quickly pulled them away.
At this time, a voice came into everyone's ears. "Today is January 18th..."
The four people were stunned immediately and looked at Luo Rui who was standing aside inexplicably.
Li Nong frowned: "Yes, today is the 18th, what's wrong?"
Luo Rui sighed and looked at the technical police officer who was investigating: "From 95 Since the beginning of the year, the murderer has been doing one case a year, and now it is almost fifteen years. Years ago, how many people did he kill in total?
If this case really follows a pattern, and there are no surprises, four days later, on January 22, you say, he Will he continue to commit crimes? ”
Luo Rui's voice was not loud, but his words were carried far away by the night wind.
All the police present heard this.
In order to confirm the time, Lu Kangming took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Today is indeed January 18th.
He was stunned and speechless.
The hearts of several other people were also tugged.
Luo Rui looked at them indifferently: "Shahe County, Fukang County, Pingyang County, the junction of the three counties, the murderer used this place as a hunting ground. Guess, will he kill again in three days? He will kill again. Which county are you from? "
Lu Peng swallowed his saliva, and Dong Jianmin also felt cold.
Lu Kangming pointed at Lu Peng: "Luo Rui is right! Lu Huzi, think about it carefully, am I doing it for merit? I am doing it to prevent innocent people from being killed anymore. Lu Huzi, let me tell you, if this case is not solved and the murderer continues to be at large, women will still be killed. Can you bear this responsibility? "
Lu Peng had a sullen face and did not dare to continue to argue.
Luo Rui ignored them and walked to Zhao Ming.
As soon as he passed by, he saw a technical policeman peeling away the soil in the shovel and suddenly exclaimed: "I found something!"
"What is this?" asked his companion next to him.
Luo Rui quickly went around and he and Zhao Ming squatted down.
Zhao Ming carefully peeled away the soil and picked up half of the rotten things.
Before he could identify it, Luo Rui had already seen it: "It's a corn cob!"
Zhao Ming's pupils shrank: "I remember 1995..."
Luo Rui interrupted him: "Yes, the murderer used this to stuff the victim's mouth and lower body..."< br>
Lu Kangming and several others have also gathered around him. He is busy Asked: "Can DNA be detected?"
Zhao Ming shook his head: "It has been so long, there is no possibility."
"Keep digging, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you still have to dig Find me the clues!”
Immediately afterwards, Lu Kangming sent more people, and a dozen people surrounded the mud pit and continued to dig downward.
Six pieces of broken corn cobs were found, but they were all so rotten that they could no longer be identified.
As time passed, it became completely dark.
Finally, there was another scream, and a technical police officer shouted: "What is this?"
A flashlight immediately shined over.
Zhao Ming picked it up from the soil and placed it under the halo of the flashlight.
“It’s the key!”
Lu Kangming asked: “It belongs to the victim?”
Luo Rui said: “It may also belong to the murderer.”
Lu Kangming’s eyes lit up: “If this is true, it would be more cost-effective than finding the body!”
Zhao Ming threw the rusty, jagged and almost broken key into the evidence bag, and then handed it to the policeman on the side for him to take pictures.
At this time, the mud pit has reached a depth of more than one meter. Now that the key has been found, digging deeper will probably not yield anything.
But the work did not stop. The police began to collect the soil and collect the surrounding insects, which had to be brought back for identification.
Luo Rui picked up a dug reed root from the ground and squatted next to Zhao Ming. "Director Zhao, based on the growth of plants in the mud pit, can we deduce the time when the murderer moved the body?"
Zhao Ming looked at him with some surprise: "Do you even understand this?"
Luo Rui shook his head: "I just heard about it."
Zhao Ming replied: "This will be applied to botany, a very cold subject. Do you think I am the material?"< br>
Luo Rui choked and laughed.
"Don't worry, I know some experts in this field, I will ask them."
"That's okay!" Luo Rui stood up.
At this time, it was completely dark and the surroundings were dim. Because it was the depth of winter, not even the sounds of frogs and insects could be heard.
There is only the light of the flashlight, swaying in the reeds.
Most of the police have moved their positions, leaving only a few technical police officers still busy at the scene.
As for Lu Kangming and others, they took the photo of the key and went to the police station in Longshan Town. They specially invited locksmith professionals to identify the origin of the key and prepare to cast a wide net for the search and visit.
Zhao Ming packed up the investigation box and drove directly to the county bureau. Physical evidence identification requires the use of sophisticated equipment, and Shahe County’s instruments are the most complete, because not long ago, Luo Rui came from Linjiang City Come back a lot.
Luo Rui and others drove to Longshan Town Police Station.
The place is very close, only ten minutes drive.
Because of this huge serial murder case that spans the century, a new victim has appeared. Although the victim was killed nine years ago, it is also the most important new clue.
The places where he was killed and buried were in Longshan Town, so this became the base camp for investigating the case.
As soon as he arrived, Luo Rui saw that the police reception hall of the police station was full of people.
These people, both old and young, were noisy and made the police on duty very angry.
While maintaining order, the police on duty shouted: "If you are not an immediate family member, please wait outside and don't block in the hall! Immediate family members, preferably those who are closely related to the missing person, live in Together, please line up!”
Lin Chen smacked his lips: "Why are there so many family members of the missing?"
Fang Yonghui said helplessly: "Lin Chen, do you know how many people go missing every year, whether in a county or across the country?"
"I know!" Lin Chen sighed.
"Yes, we police officers can't find them all. Some people just disappear for no reason."
Luo Rui followed up from behind and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be sad. Come on, cheer up."
Fang Yonghui nodded solemnly: "Yes, Luo Da."
As soon as Luo Rui entered the conference room, Lu Kangming and Dong Jianmin came out.
“You came just in time, come with me to meet the victim’s family.”
Luo Rui's heart sank: "Have you found the owner of the key?"
Lu Kangming sighed: "I'm not sure yet."
Luo Rui had no choice but to nod and follow them into the next door. reception room.
As soon as he entered, he heard miserable wailing. A rural woman threw herself on the table and cried loudly.
A middle-aged man sat next to her, his eyes red, his hands covered with calluses, resting on his knees uneasily.
In addition to these two people, there was a young man wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag. He stood aside with his head lowered and silent.
Li Nong quickly closed the door of the reception room to prevent the crying from spreading.
After seeing Dong Jianmin, the policewoman accompanying them quickly introduced: "Uncle, aunt, this is the director of our Fukang County Public Security Bureau and several other leaders."
Because This is the area under Dong Jianmin's jurisdiction, so he stood up , introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Dong Jianmin..."
Li Nong quickly handed the few photos he held to Dong Jianmin. After he took them, he showed them to the middle-aged man: "Please pay attention. Look, is this the key to your home? ”
Hearing this, the woman stopped crying, quickly raised her head and wiped away her tears.
"Officer, they just asked, before my daughter disappeared, she did have the keys to the house with her."
"Is it a bunch of keys, or just one key?"
"It's just a single key." The young man standing aside said: "My sister took the key from me before she disappeared."
Dong Jianmin nodded: "You should be careful Check it out, is it the one in the photo? ”
The young man took the photo and just looked at it before tears fell.
He nodded, tears dripping at his feet.
"Yes, it's the key to our home."
As he said that, he took out a keychain from his pocket, found a key from it, and handed it to Dong Jianmin.
After Dong Jianmin took it, he quickly compared it with the photo.
Luo Rui and Lu Kangming also came forward. The keys had the same shape, but because the keys in the corpse pit were rusty and the saw teeth were broken, except for the two broken saw teeth, everything else was exactly the same.
Out of a rigorous attitude, although I dare not draw any conclusions, everyone knows that this key most likely belongs to the victim.
Dong Jianmin took a deep breath. He knew that he could not retreat like before. The police must catch this murderous demon.
An hour later, after a detailed background investigation, the situation of the first victim at the beginning of the century emerged.
Name: Sun Ying.
Age: 18 years old.
Time of disappearance: January 22, 2000.
Description of the case: Late at night on January 22, it was raining lightly. Sun Ying returned home from Longshan Town, which was only half a kilometer away from her home, right next to the reed marsh.
The police speculated that the murderer should have been lying in ambush in the reeds at that time. When she was unprepared, he abducted her into the reeds and raped her before being brutally murdered.
Afterwards, the murderer buried the body, but due to other reasons, moved the body.
For the past nine years, she has been treated as a missing person, but no one expected that the place where she was killed was in the reed marsh in front of her house.
After so many years, her body is still missing...
Some police officers copied Sun Ying's photo and prepared to give it to the frontline criminal police for investigation.
These photos, one for each person, were passed on one after another, and finally reached Luo Rui's hands.
He looked carefully at this young girl who had been missing for nine years. She had a ponytail, was wearing a red down jacket, and had a sweet smile.
Luo Rui sighed deeply, looked out the window at the dark night sky, and murmured to himself: "Where will you be?"
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