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

Chapter 558: No murder weapon found

The interrogation of Kou Chaoyi lasted for several hours. From Sun Menglan to Du Xun, the crime process of each case was several pages long. All the police officers who watched the interrogation smelled a strong smell of blood from Kou Chaoyi's words.

No wonder there were so many bloodstains in the office. Kou Chaoyi was so ruthless that even though the victim was dead, he still didn't stop swinging the hammer in his hand.

How much hatred does one have to have to do this?

What’s funny is that there is no hatred between Kou Chaoyi and the victim. In fact, it’s a stretch to say there is a conflict.

He was just venting completely and his psychology was extremely twisted.

A normal person will not become a madman for no reason, unless he is already a madman.

During the interrogation, a large number of police officers surrounded the grove that Kou Chaoyi mentioned, starting from the farthest end and advancing inch by inch inward, looking for the place where the murder weapon was buried.

It's halfway done and hasn't been found yet.

Everyone was very patient and not in a hurry. Since Kou Chaoyi admitted the crime he had committed, there was no reason for him to lie about the location of the murder weapon. There was no need for that.

If I say it’s here, it must be here.

The case had basically reached the trial stage, and everyone felt much more relaxed. Chen Yi called the provincial department to inform them of the progress.

Once the murder weapon is found, the case file can be turned over to the procuratorate.

This time, the provincial department and Xia Guangyuan spoke directly, Fang Songping personally intervened, and they jointly discussed how to deal with Qingshi.

Originally it would have been enough to just rectify the situation, but now such a serious murder has occurred, and the suspect is the principal Kou Chaoyi. It is probably unlikely that Qingshi can continue to exist.

To put it bluntly, private schools are profit-making enterprises. If the boss is imprisoned, how can the company still exist? His family does not have the ability to run it.

Closure and student diversion are the best solutions.

"Director Fang, it's a bit difficult to divert students now, and it will also affect students' grades. I suggest that we wait until the college entrance examination and the end of the semester before doing this?" Xia Guangyuan expressed his opinion, "During this period, I will discuss with the Education Bureau to ensure that students' courses proceed normally and coordinate the capacity of other schools."

Fang Songping: "It's not impossible. I will ask Chen Yi to close the case and leave the school as soon as possible. When the new principal arrives, we will pretend that nothing happened."

Xia Guangyuan: "Well, the temporary principal is easy to say. Anyone in the teaching and research department can be qualified for the position. Let the Education Bureau appoint the most professional teaching and research staff to go there."

The responsibilities of the teaching and research section are to carry out the city's teaching research, teaching guidance, curriculum reform implementation, etc. No matter who goes, it must be better than that madman Kou Chaoyi, it can't be any worse.

Fang Songping: "Then this matter is settled. The provincial department is responsible for the case, and you are responsible for the school."

Xia Guangyuan: "Okay."

……

By the next day, the murder weapon had still not been found.

The entire grove had been searched thoroughly, but the hammer that Kou Chaoyi mentioned was not found.

Everyone in the Criminal Investigation Team, including Chen Yi, was waiting for the hammer, but things were not going smoothly.

It seems that the third interrogation was not the last, as something unexpected happened in the middle.

Kou Chaoyi sat back in the interrogation room.

"You're not telling the truth." Chen Yi stood in front of him, "Where's the murder weapon? You said it was in the grove, but our people have turned the entire property upside down and found nothing."

Kou Chaoyi was puzzled: "That's impossible, I did bury the hammer there."

Chen Yi: “The fact is, no.”

Kou Chaoyi said helplessly: "Then I don't know, I did bury it in the grove, and I even admitted to the murder, so why would I lie to you?

Besides, is it any use to lie to you? Even if we can't find the murder weapon, you will still be sentenced to death."

This is the truth.

In fact, Chen Yi didn't think that Kou Chaoyi would lie. Could it be that the people below were not serious and found something wrong?
"Go, look again, carefully." He turned around and said.

Qin Fei: "Yes."

Chen Yi did not leave and talked about the murder weapon with Kou Chaoyi.

Was it buried in the grove and dug out when needed, or was it buried after Du Xun was killed?
Kou Chaoyi replied that he buried it after killing Du Xun. Because the police came this time, he felt a sense of crisis and was worried about being discovered, and it was not safe to keep the murder weapon with him.

Chen Yi: “Where was it originally placed?”

Kou Chaoyi: "It's in the drawer of the office. I washed it and put it in there."

After chatting for a while, Chen Yi could not find any loopholes and further confirmed that there was no need for Kou Chaoyi to lie. It must have been an oversight during the search.

Kou Chaoyi will be taken to the detention center today. Once the police investigation phase is over, the procuratorate will bring prosecution to the court.

Now the only thing left is the murder weapon.

If we really can’t find it in the future, we will still sue.

It would be best if we could find it, so that the chain of evidence is thoroughly complete. Theoretically it is impossible not to find it.

Chen Yi personally rushed to the grove to check the situation. The reason why there was a small word in front of the grove was because it did not cover a large area. With sufficient police force, it was enough to turn the entire forest upside down.

Looking around, the grove was full of policemen. Some were walking while looking down, while others were squatting there and digging deeper.

Even the technical detectives provided technical support, trying to determine the approximate range of the murder weapon by looking for bloodstains.

But there was no blood, no hammer.

Although they didn't dig three feet into the ground, they did search all the places they should have searched. It's impossible for Kou Chaoyi to bury a hammer very deep, as he wasn't burying a corpse.

To put it another way, even if he was extremely cautious and spared no effort to bury it very deep, there should be signs of loose soil.

Now there are two outcomes.

Or, Kou Chaoyi lied.

Or, the murder weapon is still underground and has not been found.

Chen Yi was not idle. He could walk from Qingshi to the grove. He thought of himself as Kou Chaoyi. Where would the other party bury the hammer after he came to the grove? After walking around, he finally found that such a small place was completely visible. Instead of racking his brains to guess, it would be more practical to search it in a carpet manner.

"Expand the scope and search slowly."

Chen Yi gave the order that the search area was no longer limited to the woods and began to extend outward.

A day later, the suspect was not found, so additional police were dispatched.

Two days later, the man was still not found, so more police forces were dispatched.

Three days later, they still hadn't found him. They had to look closer to the school. The provincial department saw that the municipal bureau had not yet concluded its investigation, so they called to inquire about the situation.

This case should be handled as little as possible.

"Chen Yi, what's going on?" Wei Jianfeng said on the phone.

Chen Yi: "Captain Wei, we haven't found the murder weapon."

In three days, he went to the detention center six times and questioned Kou Chaoyi six times, but the latter's confession did not change at all, and he insisted that the murder weapon was buried in the grove.

I asked so hastily that I almost cursed.

I have admitted that I killed five people. They are all sentenced to death. Why should I lie to you? Is there any point?
Chen Yi understood this logic, but the disappearance of the murder weapon was indeed very strange.

Wei Jianfeng: "Are you sure he didn't lie?"

Chen Yi: "It is impossible to be 100% sure whether he lied or not. This is a subjective issue. We can only analyze that there is no need for him to lie."

Wei Jianfeng: "So someone poached him halfway through?"

Chen Yi: “There are only two possibilities in this situation.

First, Kou Chaoyi lied, the murder weapon was not buried in the woods near the school.

Second, Kou Chaoyi did not lie, the murder weapon was taken away by someone else."

Wei Jianfeng: "Is there anyone else involved in the case? Did he take away the murder weapon so that the police could not close the case? No, that doesn't make sense. The existing confessions and evidence are enough to convict him."

Chen Yi: "Captain Wei, this is strange. We cannot stop investigating until we figure it out."

Wei Jianfeng: "Okay, you decide. I'm just calling to ask."

Chen Yi: "Okay."

The search is still going on. Now that we know the murder weapon exists, it is impossible to leave it missing forever, we must find it.

Furthermore, the fact that the murder weapon could not be found is a suspicious point. How can a case with doubts be closed?

Keep checking.

The investigation continued until the maximum period of criminal detention had expired and until the procuratorate intervened.

Municipal Bureau.

The Criminal Investigation Brigade held a small meeting to discuss the issue of the murder weapon in this case.

Kou Chaoyi had no reason to lie, but the murder weapon could not be found. This was such a strange thing that had never happened before. Could it be that someone really just passed by and happened to dig it up?
Is it such a coincidence?
"Let's make an assumption. Suppose Kou Chaoyi lied. What do you think?" Chen Yi glanced at everyone.

lie?

Everyone looked at each other and no one spoke.

Admitting to murder but lying about the murder weapon doesn't make sense.

This is like admitting to rape, describing the motive and process of the crime in detail, but not saying where the condom was thrown away. There is absolutely no need for that.

Chen Yi: "Every action has a reason. Let's assume he lied. Can anyone tell me why?"

Still no answer.

When Xin Qin Fei and others also remained silent, they really couldn't find any explanation.

Chen Yi couldn't explain it either, he just asked the question but didn't have an answer.

"Captain Chen, assuming that Kou Chaoyi is lying is a false proposition in itself, right?" A police officer broke the silence.

Chen Yi looked over and said, "Isn't it a false proposition that he didn't lie? We didn't find the murder weapon, unless we consider the small probability event that the murder weapon was dug up by an unrelated person.

It's a small forest in the wilderness, there are no rare medicinal plants, and it's past the cicada season, and there are no residential areas around. Will anyone come to dig them?"

The police officer thought for a moment and said, "It seems that only a low-probability event can explain it?"

Chen Yi: "No, there is another less likely explanation. Kou Chaoyi himself didn't know where the murder weapon was, so he made up a location."

Hearing this, He Xin said: "How is it possible that you don't even know where the murder weapon is?"

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Chen Yi turned around.

The one who opened the door was Lin Chen, who did not participate in the meeting: "Captain Chen, someone is looking for you."

Chen Yi: "Who?"

Lin Chen: "It seems he is from the Education Bureau, deputy director of the teaching and research department, and currently the acting principal of Qingshi."

Chen Yi was surprised: "What is he doing here? Did he tell me the reason?"

Lin Chen: "He said... Qingshi might have some problems, and he wants to talk to you."

Have a problem?

Chen Yi stood up and let everyone discuss it on their own.

(End of this chapter)