Chapter 1078 The deceased Zhang Laoba
“I haven’t seen Zhang Laoba recently.”
“He had all his things there at the time, but he disappeared. It’s quite strange.”
< br>"We are not familiar with him either. He also collects garbage here. We have met him a few times..."
Zhang Tao and the others found some clues during their investigation in the back alley of Beigou Building.
In the past two or three months, there has been a man named Zhang Laoba who often picks up rags by himself or collects some rags and then sells them.
This Zhang Laobao is probably in his 60s. No one knows where he is specifically, but I haven’t seen him for a while.
“Nine times out of ten, it’s this person.”
Zhang Tao knew very well that these old people who scavenged for rags and rags valued their little possessions more than anything else.
And they have no fixed place to live, so they always carry their belongings with them at all times, and some of their clothes, bedding, etc. are also placed in fixed locations.
But according to the current investigation here, Zhang Laoba suddenly disappeared. His things have not been taken away, so there is a high probability that he went to other places or other cities.
Otherwise, Zhang Laoba will definitely take away all his valuable things.
But it was a pity that his things were turned over by these people after no one came to pick them up after a few days.
However, Zhang Tao and others were not completely fruitless, and finally found a coat that originally belonged to Zhang Laoba.
It was snatched by an old lady who was scavenging.
Zhang Tao gave the other party fifty yuan and got the jacket.
At the same time, basically similar situations occurred in other parts of Haizhou City.
Whether it is a group of scavengers or a group of people who collect garbage and rags, although this group of people has little contact with ordinary people in society, it does not mean that they are completely isolated.
Even if everyone doesn’t know each other’s names, and some even only know each other by a nickname or have only met once or twice, some traces have been left behind after all.
Of course, under normal circumstances, everyone is not surprised when someone or someone suddenly disappears.
Many people have no fixed abode. They live here today and may live there tomorrow. They disappeared this month and may come back next month.
Except for people like Zhang Laoba who don’t want anything of their own, so it’s strange, others are generally not within the scope of police investigation.
Three days have passed quickly, and more than a dozen clues have been reported to various grassroots police stations and branches.
Like Zhang Tao's group of police officers, many grassroots police stations also sent some clothes or daily necessities that may belong to the missing persons.
Lu Chuan quickly arranged for someone to do DNA information testing.
The face of the corpse in Dongfeng Canal could no longer be identified due to long-term soaking.
So its identity can only be confirmed through comparison of DNA information.
Facts have proved that this kind of city-wide search is still necessary.
Among the eight victims, 4 have been killed in the past two days.
Now that the identities of the three people have been confirmed, Lu Chuan can carry out more further investigation work.
Lu successively identified four people in the past two days, and Lu Chuan dispatched several teams from the criminal police brigade. Start investigating based on the interpersonal relationships of these four people.
Zhang Laoba is also one of them.
The police station only came to do basic inquiries and investigations and then went to investigate other situations after discovering Zhang Laoba. Therefore, there was no further in-depth investigation based on Zhang Laoba's line.
What they learned there was only a basic situation. But after the DNA information comparison was successful, Wang Zhaokai specially sent a group of people to find out a basic situation about Zhang Laoba.
"When he was not seen before, he slept in this bridge hole."
Soon, Wang Zhaokai and the others found Zhang Laoba's former residence.
In fact, this so-called residence is very simple, just a bridge hole.
And when Wang Zhaokai and others came over, there were many other people and things in the bridge hole.
Obviously, this is not Wang Laoba’s habitat alone.
"When did he disappear?"
A man whose hair was full of dirt and whose face was so dirty that his age was hard to tell, but he seemed to be an old man in his sixties or seventies with a stooped waist. He knew Mr. Zhang Eight, the two of them turned out to be "neighbors."
"It must have been two months. That day he went out to collect rags as usual, and then he didn't come back. After waiting for a few days, he never showed up, so we thought he might have left, so Divide his things among everyone.”
This is the tradition of their group.
In three days, if the person has not come back, others will be able to handle his property.
Of course, the so-called property is actually nothing. They will carry cash with them and will not leave it at their residence. What is left behind is some things that are inconvenient to carry at any time, such as some thick clothes, bedding, trolleys and the like.
Where did Zhang Laoba come from? Basically no one knows, but he has lived in this bridge hole for about a year and a half.
This person doesn't usually talk much, but his accent sounds like he's from the north. No one asked where he was.
After getting to this point, there is no need to get to the bottom of it, so everyone tacitly understands it and just comes here in a daze.
"Exactly what day did he disappear? Do you know where he went that day?"
Wang Zhaokai asked.
The murderer dumped the body in Dongfeng District. Since there is no surveillance and no witnesses, nothing has been determined. And found that there are basically no clues there.
But the lack of surveillance and clues when the body was dumped does not mean that the victim’s missing location could not be traced when he disappeared.
Although the people here don’t know enough about Zhang Laoba’s situation, and Zhang Laoba himself doesn’t have any particularly complicated interpersonal relationships.
But as long as the police find someone who has contact with Boss Zhang, they can basically determine the time of his disappearance or the approximate location of his disappearance.
In this way, the investigation can focus on the location where the victim disappeared, and then conduct other visits and investigations.
For example, the discovery of surveillance or witnesses, etc. are all clues that can be followed.
"This..."
The old man thought for a while: "I can't remember the specific time. Anyway, I know it was probably more than two months."
< br>Wang Zhaokai frowned.
Zhang Laoba's corpse was the corpse numbered sixth. After forensic examination, the time of his death or the time when he was thrown into Dongfeng District should be between two and three months.
This time span is basically certain, but if the investigation here only locks in this approximate time, it will basically have no effect.
“February 3rd.”
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from inside the bridge hole.
(End of this chapter)