Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 519 Intentional Injury

Time flies and five days pass.

The sunlight was as golden as crystal, the sky was clear, and under the white clouds, Chen Yi and Fang Shuyu were immersed in the beautiful picture bestowed by nature, enjoying an unprecedented happy time.

No cases, no bodies, no pressure.

When you suddenly get away from your busy work and enjoy the journey of life, your soul seems to be cleansed, and there are no cases to deal with. It feels like time is no longer a unit of measurement, but a medium to feel the beauty.

Mengzhou is a nice place, so the two of them have not left for five days and are planning to set off for the next stop tomorrow.

Go east and follow the coastline back to Yangcheng.

However, although their journey was free, cases were happening every day in Yangcheng, the only difference was the size.

Not to mention the ordinary fights, frauds, thefts and robberies, today the Criminal Investigation Detachment received a report of a major criminal case. No one died, but the victim was seriously injured in his own company and is still in the ICU.

The doctor said that he is still in critical condition and even if he doesn't die, there is a high chance that he will become a vegetable.

The attacker hit the victim on the head several times, causing severe damage to the higher areas of the victim's nerve center. He is now in a deep coma.

The criminal police cannot influence the outcome of the hospital. All they can do is find the person who did it.

The weapon used to commit the crime was a common self-defense baton, which many security guards carry.

The crime took place in the restroom of a car rental company in Yangcheng.

At this time, He Shixin was leading people to visit and investigate within the company, checking the on-site inspection and surveillance.

The initial judgment is that this was a case of venting anger, and the attacker may have intended to kill the victim, but simply did not kill him.

After beating the victim several times, he saw him lying motionless on the ground and thought he was dead, so he left in a hurry.

Fingerprints have been extracted from the murder weapon, and the trace investigators are on their way back to the Municipal Bureau. As long as the match is successful, the murderer can be identified. To He Xin, this case does not seem difficult.

Footprints were also extracted. The new footprints came from three people. One of the footprints belonged to the victim, and the other two footprints came from two men, forty-three and forty-four yards respectively.

"Captain He, we've found out clearly." Zhuo Yun, Qin Fei and others reported the results of their inquiry to He Shixin. The victim Zeng Mian did not have a good reputation in the company.

The bad reputation comes from two aspects.

Zeng Mian, who is 36 years old and still single, is a pervert. As the manager of a car rental company, he often harasses female subordinates in the company. Due to the power of his boss, no one dares to speak out.

It is not easy to find a good and comfortable job nowadays. If you offend Zeng Mian, you may be harassed or even fired.

Of course, there are also women who pretend to be nice and use Zeng Mian's hobbies to get ahead so that they can increase their salaries and make more money.

I heard that there was a young female manager who got promoted with the help of Zeng Mian, but when she became equal to Zeng Mian and no longer had to look at his face, she was immediately kicked out and turned to curry favor with higher-level company leaders.

The workplace is like a battlefield. Some companies are so chaotic that it is difficult to get ahead without some tricks, especially for positions that do not require much personal technical ability.

Recently, a new person joined the company, a woman named Yan Yun, who worked as a customer service specialist. She was very pretty and could be called the company's belle. Unfortunately, many male employees already had boyfriends.

However, whether or not he has a boyfriend has not affected Zeng Mian. Ever since Yan Yun came, his eyes have been fixed on her every day. He buys her breakfast and milk tea, asks her about her well-being, speaks frivolously, and is almost ready to make love to her.

The point is, Yan Yun’s boyfriend came today and had a fight with Zeng Mian, and everyone in the company knew about it.

This is the first aspect of the bad reputation.

Secondly, Zeng Mian’s attitude towards customers was not good and his after-sales service was not timely, so some customers even came to Zeng Mian to argue with him.

It's no surprise that such a person was sent to the hospital.

If nothing happens today, something will happen in the future.

At present, Yan Yun's boyfriend is a strong suspect, but why did he choose a security baton as a weapon? Where did he get it from?

Using the company security guard's baton to injure someone in someone else's company is consistent with the judgment of impulsive venting of anger.

Jiang Xiaoxin is still checking the surveillance footage and there should be results soon. As long as the surveillance footage captures Yan Yun's boyfriend going to the bathroom on the top floor with a baton, he can be arrested immediately.

"Zeng Mian's office is on the second floor, why did he have to go to the top floor to go to the bathroom?"

Zhuo Yun raised a question, which was quite strange.

The restroom where the crime was committed is on the top floor, but Zeng Mian's office is on the second floor. It's just a dozen meters away if you turn right out of the office door. Why bother taking the elevator to the top floor?
Qin Fei asked, "You were called up by someone, right? Yan Yun?"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Yan Yun, who was standing in the distance with a complicated and worried expression.

This is a more reasonable inference. It seems that the only person who could make Zeng Mian willingly go to the bathroom on the top floor without being suspicious is Yan Yun.

Yan Yun called Zeng Mian to the top floor, and then her boyfriend took action?

The case seemed very clear, except for the fingerprints on the murder weapon and the surveillance.

Not only the police, but everyone present was looking at Yan Yun. Everyone knew that the other party's boyfriend had quarreled with Zeng Mian today. Now that the person was in the hospital, it was natural that it was Yan Yun's boyfriend who did it. It was completely in line with the cause and effect relationship.

In fact, everyone felt happy in their hearts. They had disliked Zeng Mian for a long time. They didn't dare to do it themselves, so they felt good when others did it. They just wanted to watch the fun without taking any responsibility, and they didn't mind it being a big deal.

"Not like it." He Shixin was also looking at Yan Yun. "Is this the expression after committing a crime together? It's hard to act. I'm more inclined to believe that she didn't know anything and is worried whether it was really her boyfriend who did it. Has Song Shoujie been found?"

Song Shoujie is Yan Yun's boyfriend.

Qin Fei said, "We found him. Song Shoujie is a ride-hailing driver. He has plenty of time at work, so he has time to come here and quarrel with Zeng Mian. Luo Wenshan and his team have gone to intercept him and brought him directly to the Municipal Bureau."

He Shixin nodded: "Let's go to the monitoring room. Qin Fei, go call all the security guards."

Qin Fei: "Yes!"

monitoring room.

Jiang Xiaoxin is repeatedly checking the company's surveillance videos. The reason why she has not found anything yet is that there are no surveillance cameras installed on the top floor of the crime scene.

The top floor is in a semi-abandoned state and is not yet in use. There is no office space and normally no employees go up there.

There is surveillance in the elevator, which confirms that the victim Zeng Mian took the elevator to the top floor alone and was then beaten.

There was no sign of a second person, probably taking the emergency fire stairs.

If you want to take the fire escape staircase, you must go up from the first floor, but the surveillance camera on the first floor that can capture the entrance to the staircase is broken, and other surveillance cameras nearby show a lot of people coming and going, so it is impossible to prove who has entered the fire escape, nor to determine who is going to the fire escape.

This is not accidental. Perhaps it was inevitable that the perpetrator chose to commit the crime in the company because the equipment was broken.

After explaining the situation to He Shixin, he immediately ordered the trace investigators to check the fire escape stairs. Footprints are also one of the chains of evidence and can be compared with the footprints left at the scene.

With fingerprints and footprints, the results can be obtained quickly.

Knowing that the surveillance is broken, it is very likely someone inside the company, but this cannot be used to rule out Song Shoujie.

Soon, Qin Fei called all the security guards of the company, both young and old. After questioning, he learned that the defense batons are generally stored in two places, one is the security booth and the other is the company warehouse.

There was nothing missing at the security booth, so the murder weapon most likely came from the warehouse.

"Is there any surveillance in the warehouse?" He Shixin asked.

"Yes, I'll check."

The person who spoke was Jiang Xiaoxin. She sat in front of the computer and skillfully called up the warehouse surveillance, searching from the time of the crime at double speed, aiming for the person who entered the warehouse and took the defense baton.

At this time, a security guard whispered, "Um...comrade police, there are also defense batons in the company's utility room. Most of them are broken or badly worn, but there are also some newer ones. They are not registered, so I don't know how many there are."

When Xin turned around, he asked, "Where is the utility room?"

The defensive baton used by the attacker was not broken or badly worn, and looked quite new.

Security guard: "Top floor."

"The top floor?" He Shixin frowned slightly. There was no surveillance there. "Call Lu Yongqiang and go there after you're done." Zhuo Yun: "Okay."

Time passed slowly. During the investigation and surveillance, He Xin called the warehouse manager and asked him to count the number of defense sticks in the warehouse. He soon got the result.

Nothing is lost.

Jiang Xiaoxin stopped investigating the warehouse surveillance. The batons in the security booth and the warehouse were still there, so they could have been taken from the utility room on the top floor.

The attacker went to the top floor from the fire escape on the first floor, entered the utility room to take the defense baton, followed Zeng Mian into the bathroom, and hit him severely.

While Lu Yongqiang was leading the technical investigation team to investigate the scene, the fingerprint comparison at the Municipal Bureau came out with results. The identity was confirmed. The murderer used his left hand, so he should be left-handed.

The fingerprints on the murder weapon are the most important evidence. Now that the fingerprint comparison has produced results, the case has reached the stage of finalization.

However, to the surprise of everyone in the detachment, the owner of the fingerprint was not Song Shoujie.

"Shi Chiyong?"

"Who is Shi Chiyong?!"

He Xin asked loudly in front of everyone in the company, including the security guards.

When they heard Shi Chiyong's name, everyone was visibly stunned. After looking at each other, their eyes all turned to a young man in the corner of the crowd.

The young man was wearing a security uniform and his face was a little pale. It wasn't because he was scared, but because he was naturally pale, a weak and sickly pale.

He Xin looked over following the crowd's gaze, raised his hand and waved, and Qin Fei and others immediately surrounded him.

"I...it wasn't me who did it!"

The young man panicked and denied it quickly.

He Xin approached: "Your name is Shi Chiyong."

Young man: "Yes, my name is Shi Chiyong."

When Xin looked at the other person's left hand, he asked, "Left-handed?"

Shi Chiyong was bewildered: "No, I use my right hand. My left arm is sick and I can't use it for several years."

"What? Are you sure?" He Shixin's eyes turned cold and he didn't believe it.

The murder weapon is covered with his fingerprints. Judging from the position and direction of the fingerprints, he used his left hand. Now you tell me that you can't do anything?

It definitely takes a lot of strength to severely injure Zeng Mian with a defensive stick. Not to mention that you can't use any strength, even a weak person can't do it.

"My...my left arm is really sick!"

Shi Chiyong became anxious and twisted his left shoulder to prove it to He Shixin. He tried to raise his left arm, but he could only raise it to a very small arc.

The other security guards around couldn't help but speak up to testify that Shi Chiyong had been in the company for four or five years. His left arm could not move since he came. He did have a disease and had been to many hospitals but none of them could cure it.

Over the years, Shi Chiyong has never been seen using his left hand, and he even uses his right hand when going to the toilet.

He Xin was somewhat confused, so he asked other people in the company for confirmation and got the same answer.

It appears to be true.

A person with a sick left arm does not have the ability to seriously injure Zeng Mian.

But what about the fingerprints on the murder weapon?

Shi Chiyong is a security guard, so it is normal for a security guard to leave fingerprints on his baton. Could it be that the murderer was wearing gloves and the baton he used happened to be the one on which Shi Chiyong left his fingerprints?

If this is the case, Song Shoujie is still highly suspected of committing the crime.

Having said that, there are still doubts.

"How did you become a security guard when you can't move your left arm?" He Xin stared at Shi Chiyong.

Hearing this, Shi Chiyong lowered his head and hesitated.

Other people in the company were also looking at Shi Chiyong. They were also curious about this question. Someone had asked him about it before, but the other party didn't say anything. They probably thought he was related to a leader of the company by some relatives or friends.

When New: "Answer questions."

Shi Chiyong scratched his head and asked tentatively: "Can I...can I tell you quietly?"

"Okay." He Xin took two steps forward.

Shi Chiyong came closer and whispered something.

Cousin?

He Xin was stunned. Is this such a coincidence? Shi Chiyong is the cousin of the victim Zeng Mian.

This could explain why a person with a disabled left arm could work as a security guard in a company, but... on the other hand, it increased suspicion.

Putting aside the conditions for committing the crime, the closer the relationship with the victim, the greater the suspicion.

Cousins ​​are not that close, and cases of husbands killing their wives happen from time to time. So what's the big deal if the cousin beats his older cousin seriously?
“What size shoe do you wear?”

Shi Chiyong replied: "Forty-three."

If the size matches, as long as the pattern on the sole matches, it proves that Shi Chiyong has been to the bathroom on the top floor. If it doesn’t match... we also have to consider whether he changed his shoes.

The company’s security guards need to work night shifts and there are security dormitories with conditions for changing shoes.

"Shi Chiyong, Yan Yun, you need to go back to the city bureau with us to cooperate with the investigation. Don't worry, it's just an investigation."

There are Shi Chiyong's fingerprints on the murder weapon, and Yan Yun's boyfriend is a strong suspect. Both of them must be taken back for questioning.

Shi Chiyong was helpless and Yan Yun sighed, but neither of them said anything.

The person was taken away, but He Shixin had not left yet. He scanned all the employees in the company. If Shi Chiyong was not the suspect in this case, it meant that all the males in the company were suspects.

Judging from the motivation, it seems that everyone can do it.

Given Zeng Mian's reputation in the company, it's amazing that he can still be a manager. Has he never thought of filing a joint complaint? Or does Zeng Mian have someone above him who doesn't dare?
The phone rang, and the police officer from the bureau informed that the newcomer had been blocked and Song Shoujie had just got into the police car.

He did not run away. After leaving the car rental company, he continued to take orders and drive for online ride-hailing vehicles. When He Xin asked the other party about his reaction, the police officer said that Song Shoujie felt puzzled by the police's blockade, but he still cooperated.

"Qin Fei, now I give you the list of all the outsiders who have come to the company today. Ask them carefully to see if there is any motive for committing a crime." He Shixin ordered.

He was relatively assured and trusted the people brought by Chen Yi.

Before the suspect is identified, the investigation must be comprehensive.

Qin Fei nodded: "Okay, Captain He."

"Zhuo Yun." He Shixin looked at Zhuo Yun again, "Go to various hospitals with Xiaoxin to verify Shi Chiyong's medical records and find out whether he really has a disease in his left arm."

The testimony of the company employees is credible, but that is only on the surface. What if Shi Chiyong pretended to be sick for some purpose?

Anyway, there were his fingerprints on the murder weapon, and it happened to be on his left arm. It always felt like it couldn't be such a coincidence and needed further investigation.

Zhuo Yun: "Understood."

When will you prepare to return to the Municipal Bureau?

There is still a question: why are there three footprints in the top floor bathroom? And they are all men.

One is the victim, one is the suspect, what is the third one doing?
(End of this chapter)