Chapter 1150: People can be arrested, but where is the evidence?
While Lu Chuan and the others were pursuing Xiaodongbei with all their strength, that is, Zhang Chao, Nanzhou also set off a huge wave.
I really didn’t expect that the wrong person would be arrested in a robbery case three years ago.
In fact, this situation can be avoided in theory.
There are no strange things in the world, and situations like twin brothers and twin sisters are not uncommon in the process of solving crimes.
Although in a certain city, the number of encounters may be relatively small, but nationwide, the possibility of encountering them within a few years is still relatively high.
Even in the absence of twins, it is not uncommon for someone to take charge of the crime.
In the past few years, when the control was not particularly strict, some people took the blame for those above. This phenomenon was not uncommon.
So when handling a case, we must not only pay attention to the evidence, but also pay attention to the entire logical process and whether the suspect's narrative is logical and consistent with the results of the police investigation.
It is not a crime committed by the person involved, so he will not be able to describe some details very clearly.
This is also the main reason why when the police interrogate a criminal suspect, even if the other party has admitted the crime, they still need to conduct multiple interrogations.
On the other hand, identifying the crime scene is to confirm the evidence, and on the other hand, it is to verify again at the scene whether the person arrested by the police is the murderer.
After all, even if you take the blame, you probably only know some of the process, and the specific details are not clear.
The ministry issued a similar case two years ago.
This case was reported to the whole country and was a murder case.
The real murderer is the son, but the person who bears the blame is the father.
It is not uncommon to tell the truth in this situation. This happened often in the past.
When my son commits a crime, I take the blame.
When this case was investigated, everything went smoothly, and there were basically no major problems.
The entire confession, the entire logical process, and the entire chain of criminal evidence prove that it was his father who killed him.
However, when identifying the scene, there was a certain deviation in the location of the body.
And after two confirmations, the father still did not correctly point out the location where the body was thrown. The distance he pointed to and the location where the body was thrown was about 5 meters away.
And it is this distance of 5 meters that exposes the fact that the other party is guilty.
So if something like this happened here in Nanzhou, it can be said that no matter who is handling the case, it is estimated that they will not be able to escape responsibility.
And after receiving this information at that time, Lanzhou immediately interrogated Zhang Quan in prison, and the results also proved that the other party was indeed a twin brother and not Zhang Chao who committed the crime at the time.
Compared with the new case that Lu Chuan and the others investigated, the other case could be said to have been wrongly convicted and the wrong person arrested, so the whole case would definitely be over.
Of course, Zhang Quan's substitution of his brother for going to jail does not mean that he is not guilty, because he must have known that his brother had committed a crime.
If you still take the blame even though you know that the other party has committed a crime, then you are suspected of harboring the crime.
In addition, it mainly depends on whether the nature is serious. Zhang Chao committed robbery, so the nature is relatively serious.
In this case, it is very likely that the person will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
However, one good thing is that if Zhang Quan is really suspected of harboring and sentenced, the sentence he has already served can be offset against the sentence for harboring.
Lanzhou has carried out other restart work on these cases, but related matters have to wait for news from Lu Chuan. After all, only after Zhang Chao is caught can the final determination be made. Lu Chuan's work was also progressing smoothly. Three hours after he started conducting a comprehensive investigation on Zhang Chao, he discovered that the other party had opened a hotel using Zhang Quan's ID card.
Zhang Chao did not leave Haizhou City. Instead, he opened a hotel with Zhang Quan’s ID card and wanted to lurk here. Come down, it's just ridiculous.
Of course, if Zhang Chao's identity is not confirmed and his hometown is not contacted, then Zhang Quan and Zhang Chao are twin brothers, and no one knows about their identities.
As for the people here in Haizhou City, most people only know his name is Xiao Dongbei. Those who really know his name know that he is Zhang Chao and don't know anything about Zhang Quan.
So Zhang Chao feels that if he acts as his younger brother Zhang Quan, it can be said to be foolproof.
However, the other party did not expect that the alternation of identities between himself and his brother would have been exposed long ago.
"Bureau Lu, we have just confirmed with the front desk staff of the hotel that Zhang Quan is inside. He went out this morning and came back and never went out again."
Wang Zhaokai looked excited. , he had just sent someone to check and confirmed that Zhang Quan was in this hotel now.
In the command vehicle, Wang Zhaokai reported the situation.
“Now, shall we arrest you or not?”
Catch you? !
At present, there is no order to arrest immediately.
Finding the other party before finding Zhang Chao is the most important task that the police need to do, but now that the person has been found and wants to arrest the other party, it has become relatively easier.
But here comes the problem. After catching the other party, what will happen if the other party refuses to admit it?
The evidence currently being investigated from the crime scene shows no evidence that Zhang Chao committed the crime.
The community where the crime occurred did not monitor the security guard at the door. He was over 60 years old and could not see people clearly.
Wang Hong just said that Xiao Dongbei might come to their home, but no one knew how likely this was.
Of course, Zhang Chao must be suspected of leaving the rental house where he lives, but who can say that this suspicion is related to the killing of Wang Lili.
There must be evidence.
In other words, even if Zhang Chao admitted his murder after being arrested, if there is still no direct evidence pointing to the other party, it still cannot be conclusively proven that Zhang Chao is the murderer.
Otherwise, what is the difference between it and his brother taking the blame for Zhang Chao?
It is very likely that this will be another wrongful conviction many years later.
So now that it is easy to arrest someone, the key is to look at the evidence.
Without evidence, everything is in vain.
“There is no rush to arrest him now. Let’s keep an eye on him first. As long as he doesn’t run away, we can arrest him at any time. But the key to the rest is that the criminal investigation detachment first looks at the office’s trace evidence collected at the scene. Can the analysis point to Zhang Chao’s crime?”
After Lu Chuan finished speaking, Wang Zhaokai also understood what he meant.
After working as a criminal police officer for so many years, Wang Zhaokai has actually experienced many similar cases.
Sometimes the case has even been solved. It is clear that this person is the murderer and he is the one who committed the crime, but because there is no evidence. So there was no way to accuse him, no way to convict him, we could only watch him slip away.
(End of this chapter)