Chapter 304 Her Body
In fact, for veteran criminal police officers who have been in the police for many years, they are completely indifferent just by looking at the files and photos of the crime scene.
They have seen all kinds of corpses, those extremely horrific cases of mutilation, corpses charred by fire, corpses with limbs broken and twisted after falling from a high height, and highly decomposed giant corpses. Wait, these are already commonplace.
But at this moment, the woman named Duan Xia, who luckily escaped from the serial killer, did not have peace for the rest of her life.
She stuffed the corncob she was holding into her mouth. This intuitive and heart-breaking visualization made all the police officers present feel shocked and ashamed.
Fang Yonghui and others gritted their back teeth and turned their heads, unable to bear to watch.
“This damn beast!” Chu Yang cursed angrily, but it was more of a feeling of powerlessness.
Even an old man like Tian Guanghan, who smiles all day long, bites his cheek: "If I catch this murderer, I will kill him to death!"
Duan Xia The husband is holding the rice bowl in his hand and has an indifferent expression. He has become accustomed to it.
He said calmly: "She has been crazy for ten years. During these ten years, she has been holding the corn cob in her hand. As long as I took it away from her, she would yell and use her head. She hit the wall and her head was bleeding. I had no choice but to let her do this.”
At this time, Duan Xia opened her mouth wide and her cheeks bulged. The exposed half of the corn cob looked like a devil's curse, like a shackle on her body.
Her eyes were red and the words in her mouth were unclear. She shook her head slightly and tears fell from her eyes.
Seeing this, Luo Rui's heart became cold.
Old detective Pang Zhong on the side also shook his head: "Every time I come here, she is like this, and I can't find any clues at all."
Lin Chen wiped his wet eyes, He cautiously took a few steps forward.
When Duan Xia saw her coming, her eyes became more terrifying and frightened.
She babbled, stretched out her hand, and continued to stuff the corn cobs into her mouth.
Seeing her humility and surrender, Luo Rui wanted to stop Lin Chen.
But Lin Chen waved her hands and whispered softly: "Don't be afraid, we are the police, and I'm here to help you."
She walked up to him in two steps and took the other person's hand. Finally, hold it firmly.
She wanted to convey to the other party a sense of faith called courage, as well as a sense of comfort...
But Duan Xia suddenly blocked her hand, and then climbed onto the bed, like a wounded beast, He curled up at the end of the bed, shaking his head pitifully and helplessly.
"Let's go." Luo Rui sighed.
Lin Chen nodded and followed everyone out of the room.
Luo Rui looked at this room. It could be said that the house was bare. There was not even a decent electrical appliance in the living room. The only smart thing was a very old rice cooker.
Luo Rui sighed. He pulled Duan Xia's husband aside and whispered, "Have you ever sought treatment from a doctor?" , had lived in a mental hospital for a while, and treated other patients After being bitten, we were kicked out by the doctor. Besides, we don’t have money to treat her now, after all these years..." He sighed and smiled bitterly: "No matter what, she is also my wife, as long as I If you don't die, you can keep her alive.
If I get old and can't take care of her, I can only... I can only... and then I will die too and be buried together."
Luo Rui shook his head: " Don't think like that, she's not completely crazy, otherwise she wouldn't She has a sense of prevention, but what she has experienced has kept her from getting better. So... you pack your things now and go to the mental hospital in the city, and I will help you find a doctor."
"Huh? "The man frowned and his body froze.
Luo Rui nodded: "Don't worry, the cost of treatment, including your living expenses during the hospitalization, will be borne by me until she gets better. Remember, never give up hope at any time!"
Hearing this, Lin Chen and Pang Zhong immediately opened their eyes. His eyes were wide open, especially the latter, and he reminded: "Luo Da, this is not a small amount. You'd better think it through before making a decision."
After all, in his cognition, even if Luo Rui is the captain of the criminal police brigade, and his annual salary is not much.
Lin Chen looked at Luo Rui, with little stars rising in his eyes: "I have also saved some savings, and I can also contribute some..."
"Don't argue with me. , you don't have as much money as me." Luo Rui replied, then looked at Duan Xia's husband: "Hurry up, I'll ask someone to take you to the city."
"This..." The man's hands were shaking.
Pang Zhong saw that Luo Rui had made up his mind and stopped urging him. If Duan Xia could really be cured, it would not only be of great help to the case, but he would also feel less guilty, so he urged Said: "Go, Luo Da is right, don't give up hope."
Duan Xia's husband, whose originally indifferent expression suddenly became tense and untenable, his knees softened and he almost Kneel down for Luo Rui.
But Luo Rui quickly held on: "After all these years, we still haven't caught the murderer. We are sorry for you."
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On the way back to Longshan Town, everyone sat in the car with deep thoughts and no one spoke.
Luo Rui and Chu Yang were sitting in the back seat, and Lin Chen was sitting in the passenger seat. She turned her head and glanced at Luo Rui. Seeing that he seemed to be asleep, she whispered to Fang Yonghui who was driving: "Is the team leader rich?"
Fang Yonghui glanced at her: "The richest policeman in Haidong Province is our Luo Da."
"Huh?" Lin Chen didn't believe it. She blinked, not knowing what she was doing. To what extent can a policeman be considered the richest?
"The richest? How much is that? How rich can we policemen be with such a small salary?"
When talking about this, Fang Yonghui said with some interest: "The team leader never said I don’t know how much money he has, but we discussed it privately and calculated it..."
As he spoke, he held out three fingers.
Lin Chen praised: "Awesome, 300,000 yuan is not a small amount. I worked in the provincial department for one year, and the salary and benefits combined were less than 70,000 yuan. The team leader's 300,000 yuan , I have to work for five years.
Besides, the team leader has saved so much money at such a young age, so he is really frugal..."
Hearing this, Fang Yonghui rolled his eyes: "What are you thinking about!"
His three fingers made heavy gestures.
Lin Chen rolled his eyes and said clearly: "Three million?"
Fang Yonghui rolled his eyes again: "Guess again."
"Oh my god, Is it 30 million?" Lin Chen was obviously frightened, covering his mouth and said: "That is indeed the richest criminal police captain in Haidong Province."
Fang Yonghui curled his lips: "Why don't you have any imagination?"
Seeing him say this, Lin Chen's expression completely lost control.
Fang Yonghui heard the sound of her throat rolling, and he looked proud. It was quite satisfying to use others to brag.
“Don’t tell me it’s 300 million!” Lin Chen was in a daze and couldn’t help but look back at Luo Rui. He still had his eyes closed and had not woken up.
Fang Yonghui made the final decision: “It’s three billion!”
Anything beyond your imagination is false.
Lin Chen felt the same way, so she controlled her expression and pouted: "Fang Yonghui, you thick eyebrows and big eyes, you can actually lie to people and pay back three billion, team leader If you had this kind of money, why would you be a policeman? How old is our team leader? He’s still two years younger than me. I wouldn’t believe it if he made so much money.”
“If you don’t believe me, ask Chu Yang, can he lie to you?”
Lin Chen turned his head and looked at Chu Yang, who was looking down at the computer.
He raised his head with clear eyes: "Absolutely, that's so many."
Hearing this, Lin Chen's expression froze on her face, and she mechanically turned her face to look at Luo Rui.
Wearing an ordinary black short windbreaker, the sleeves are still frayed, the jeans are washed white, and the shoes are also very ordinary sneakers, and because of the steps, the edges of the shoes are a little unglued.
Lin Chen never expected that the person he planned to follow would look miserable all day long. In addition to being young, he was already the deputy captain of the criminal police and was actually a billionaire.
The sense of gap between people is simply worlds apart.
She swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva and asked: "This... why is the team leader so rich? He doesn't look like a rich second generation."
Fang Yonghui smiled and said: "The team leader earned his own money. We all said that if the team leader was not a policeman, he must be a business wizard, and he might be on the national rich list now."
Chu Yang also felt this in his heart. , couldn't help but said: "Who can say otherwise? I suspect that the team leader was reborn..."
"Corn cob!"
A sudden sentence interrupted Chu Yang's voice.
The three people opened their eyes wide, and Lin Chen stuck out his tongue: "Team leader, are you not asleep?"
Luo Rui opened his eyes tiredly and asked: "How can I sleep when you talk about me in front of me?"
Lin Chen chuckled and looked down at the pair of shoes on Luo Rui's feet. Some stripped sneakers.
Chu Yang thought quickly and asked: "Team leader, what did you just say?"
Luo Rui sat up: "Call Director Zhao and ask him to extract five The corn cobs collected at the murder scene, although the murderer did not leave any direct fingerprints or hair when committing the crime, Evidence, but the type of corn is different. When the murderer commits a crime, he is used to using this tool to see if he can trace the type of corn, and then investigate the seed company and the area where it was planted."
Hearing this, Lin Chen said. Frowning: "Should this have been checked?"
Chu Yang searched the file on the computer, opened it quickly for a while, shook his head and said: "There is no physical evidence information, I haven't checked it."
"This..." Lin Chen didn't believe it, so she opened it too. She picked up the tablet and searched again: "There is indeed none."
Then she opened the search box and typed in key information such as the type of corn.
“There are many types of corn, which can be classified according to the shape and structure of the kernels, and can also be classified into multiple types according to functions, including hard kernel type, dent type, floury type, and sweet type. , sweet powder type and explosive type... there are so many types, how can we find them? "
Luo Rui squinted and replied: "Three counties organized police to conduct door-to-door inspections! "
"This..." Chu Yang said, "You have to search for nearly 100,000 households in three counties?" If this is the case, it will consume a huge amount of time and energy.
"What else?" Luo Rui asked.
Chu Yang nodded. It was not them who had the final say in organizing such a large scope of investigation, nor Shahe County. It was only the hard work of the grassroots police.
Luo Rui immediately took out his mobile phone and called Zhao Ming first, but the other party did not answer the call.
After that, he contacted Li Nong and explained in detail the clues he had investigated in Pingyang County today, especially the differences between the cases in Shahe County and Pingyang County, and the reasons why the two murderers were suspected of committing the crime. Condition.
Li Nong sighed on the phone: "Okay, I will tell Bureau Lu right now that he is in contact with the provincial department. By the way, Luo Rui, a worker in the textile factory, we have already started screening. If we find clues, I will contact you You."
"Understood." Within a few seconds, Luo Rui hung up the phone and the phone rang again.
He picked up the phone and Zhao Ming said directly: "Luo Rui, I asked a professional to look at the murder scene in the reed swamp in Longshan Town, Fukang County. Through the growth of the plants in the corpse pit, we
Because the germination period of reed is early April, the leaf unfolding period is early May, the growth period is from early April to late July, and the booting stage is from late July to early August. The heading period is from early to late August, the flowering stage is from late August to early September, the seed maturity stage is from early October, and the leaf-falling stage is after the end of October. Buds sprout from underground rhizomes in mid-to-late March in Shanghai, and occur in large numbers from April to May. , blooms from September to October, and bears fruit in November..."
Luo Rui felt dizzy: "Director Zhao, just tell me the results."
Zhao Ming is engaged in technology. In his daily work, of course he follows the principle of excellence and is particularly sensitive to data and evidence. However, the current discovery does not require the use of physical evidence in court, but to determine a time range.
Immediately, he concluded: "In other words, we speculate that the time when the corpse was transferred, based on the annual growth of the reed, should be around 2000."
Luo Rui frowned. The eyebrow asked: "2000?"
"Also, we have made a very detailed identification of the soil collected. If the corpse After the body decomposed, the murderer dug up the body and moved it, and there would definitely be traces of organisms, but we didn't find any.
In other words, the murderer was killing the sixth victim, Sun Ying, before he could wait. When the body was completely decomposed and the body was moved, I speculate that the murderer returned to the scene of the crime within one to three days.”
Luo Rui nodded, and then asked: "Is the time accurate? It should have been winter, the temperature was extremely low, and the decomposition of the body should have been delayed..."
Zhao Ming interrupted him: "You Wrong, the soil has heat, and the burial site is located in a sunny location, and it is also close to a swamp. The soil is not only moist, but also exposed to the sun. Microorganisms are very active and decompose the corpse very quickly
<. br>The corpse itself has no acid-base resistance However, if microorganisms corrode the corpse, the decomposition of organic matter will produce lactic acid, making it acidic and giving off a rancid smell, which can be detected in the soil."
"I understand. "Yes." Luo Rui felt a throb in his heart: "Thank you for me."
Zhao Ming said with a smile: "I also came to this conclusion after staying up all night with me. I hope it can be correct." This case helps.”
Luo Rui said: "That's really a blessing. Just ask, what is the name of the expert you invited? If there is a chance, I will be the host and treat him to a meal."
"That's not necessary. , he is very busy, by the way, his surname is Jiang..."
Luo Rui raised his eyebrows and told Zhao Ming about the corn cobs.
Luo Rui could hear the sound of the other party typing on the keyboard.
Zhao Mingdao: "Luo Rui, this is indeed an omission. I will ask the botanist for help again. I will talk to you if there is any situation."
After hanging up the phone, Luo Rui quickly contacted Dong Jianmin of Fukang County.
Sun Ying was murdered late at night on January 22, 2000. At the time of the murder, Zhang Xiaolong accidentally saw the murder scene.
Nine years later, despite his identification, the police did not find the victim's body in the burial ground.
This shows that the murderer may have realized that he might be discovered, so he took the risk, returned to the scene of the crime, and moved the body.
The time was between January 23rd and January 26th, 2000. Although Zhao Ming gave an extremely accurate time, Luo Rui still moved the time slightly just in case. It was postponed for two days, that is, before the 28th.
After Dong Jianmin listened, his enthusiasm was high. Before he could say anything, another voice asked: "Luo Rui, are you sure?"
This was Lu Kangming's voice. Dong Jianmin should have turned on the speakerphone.
"Bureau Lu, this is a very important clue. The case has been going on for so many years. Even if we go through all kinds of troubles, we still have to find Sun Ying's body."
"Of course. "
Luo Rui nodded: "In addition, I have another guess. In addition to the murderer being aware of the scene where he was seen committing the crime, the reason for moving the body may also be related to the victim Sun Ying... ”
"An acquaintance committed the crime again?" Lu Kangming asked.
Luo Rui guessed that Li Nong should have told him his analysis of Huang Yan's murder.
"No, what I mean is that the scene of Sun Ying's murder was in the reed marsh, very close to her home. It is also possible that the murderer did not know her home address when he killed her and buried the body in
But after killing her, Sun Ying’s family thought she was missing and called the police, so the police must have conducted an investigation and visit at that time. , after the murderer learned about this, he was afraid that the body would be discovered, and then moved the body.
If this is possible, why did the murderer know the news at the first time? Therefore, the murderer stayed in Longshan Town for a long time around January 22, 2000.”
After hearing this, there was silence on the phone for a while, and then Dong Jianmin asked: "Is it possible that the murderer is someone from Longshan Town?"
Luo Rui pondered: "It is also possible."
There was another silence on the phone. The serial murders that occurred at the end of the century and the beginning of the century were so difficult to investigate and the situation was so complex. They had never encountered it before. Not only that, but there were also two murders. The murderer really gave the investigating police a headache.
Having a headache is better than being unable to do anything. Dong Jianmin made a decision: "I will immediately organize personnel to investigate the suspicious persons that year, especially those who appeared near the reed swamp."
"Okay. " Luo Rui agreed and hung up the phone.
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It was already evening when we returned to Longshan Town.
Dong Jianmin mobilized almost all the police forces in Fukang County, not only hoping to find the suspicious person who appeared in the reed swamp around January 22, 2000, but also hoping to find Sun Ying's body.
With the reed swamp as the center, hundreds of police officers with more than a dozen cadaver dogs radiated outward. They had been searching for a whole day, but still found nothing.
Luo Rui's criminal team also joined in the process of searching for the body.
The murderer will definitely need transportation to move the body.
Either a car, a motorcycle, or a tricycle.
When the crime occurred in 2000, cars were not yet popular in rural areas, so motorcycles and tricycles were the focus of the investigation.
The murderer either owns a motorcycle or a tricycle, or he borrowed it from someone else.
This is a key investigation direction.
There is a muddy dirt road outside the reed marsh, running east to west. To the east is Longshan Town, and to the west are the villages leading to the town's jurisdiction.
Dong Jianmin’s judgment is that the murderer must have gone west. After all, the population is sparsely populated and the location is remote. The conditions for burying and dumping the body are very good. As for sinking the body, it is of course possible, but there is no river in the village. , there are only weirs and ponds, but during the dry season every year, the weirs and ponds will dry up and are easily discovered.
Water wells are also possible, but if the draft water wells had a peculiar smell, the corpse would have been discovered long ago.
At this time, Luo Rui stood on the muddy road and looked at the reed marsh below.
There was a cordon in the reed swamp, and no outsiders were allowed to enter. However, outside the cordon, there were three figures squatting.
They turned their backs to the swamp and faced the burial ground, and lit a fire in front of them.
Under the firelight, the faces of Sun Ying's parents and younger brother seemed to be coated with a bright golden color.
The sky was dark, the fire was getting stronger and stronger, and the dust was pouring into the evening sky, floating far and wide.
Lu Kangming came over and pursed his lips: "It's Sun Ying's family, burning paper money for her."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt very heavy.
Lin Chen stared blankly at the fire and the corpse pit not far away.
"If she is in the spirit of heaven, I hope she can help us find her."
Lu Kangming smiled and said: "Xiao Lin, we police officers are not allowed to believe this. If it is really like what you said, Like this, the murderer killed this So many people should have received retribution long ago."
Lin Chen curled his lips: "Bureau Lu, this is not superstition. The body itself points to the suspect. If Sun Ying's soul can really lead us to arrest. Where is the person? ”
As soon as she finished speaking, a policeman stumbled over. Because it was a muddy road, he even fell down.
He ignored the dirt on his knees, shook the flashlight in his hand, limped over, and found Dong Jianmin standing aside.
"Director, there is something discovered."
Dong Jianmin was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked: "What discovery?"
The policeman gasped and replied: " Corpse, body found!”
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Lu Kangming swallowed his saliva and asked: "Where was it found?"
"According to the search team, the police dogs from Shahe County found it two kilometers away. In a cave, but I don’t know if it is Sun Ying’s body. The news came back that there were three corpses in the cave!"
Lin Chen opened her eyes wide and looked at the fire in the reeds...
She couldn't help but He shuddered and leaned closer to Luo Rui unconsciously.
The fire burned more and more fiercely, and the rising air lifted a piece of burning yellow paper, and as the wind blew, it floated to a wider swamp...
(End of this chapter)