When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1060 Policewoman 141
Tan You wasn't in a hurry to choose a case; she was currently discussing it with Lao Huang and Lao Wu. After all, Case 126 was handled so perfectly, so the case that followed it had to be equally impactful.

These are high-profile cases, mostly major cases, and choosing which one to choose requires careful consideration.

Captain Qian knew what Tan You and the others were thinking, so he didn't urge them. Anyway, the bureau was extremely busy right now, and even if Tan You chose a case, the bureau couldn't spare any manpower, so the officers from Jiangning City Bureau would have to step in.

Tan You pondered this for two days, by which time the follow-up work on Wang Li's case was almost finished. As for cases 126 and 725, there was still a heavy workload of paperwork to be done.

After considering all the options, Tan You finally chose the red nail polish case series. It's called a series because there were more than one case, and they all had similarities, which is why the police combined them for investigation.

However, they didn't find any usable clues after merging the cases.

In major cases like these, the case files are pitifully sparse. However, the investigation, interviews, and testimonies are abundant, which Tan You generally doesn't look at, as deduction isn't her forte.

She usually focuses on the photos and evidence.

Tan You is currently looking at the latest case in the red nail polish series, namely the 428 case.

The 428 case can be summarized very simply: on the evening of April 28th a year ago, a couple reported their 15-year-old daughter, Yang Yu, missing. She had gone missing on her way home after doing homework with her classmates over the weekend.

The police search yielded no results, and the case was shelved. However, two weeks later, a female corpse was found in a grove of trees beside National Highway 327. The police confirmed that the deceased was Yang Yu, a 15-year-old middle school girl who had been missing.

When the victim was discovered, her fingers were painted with bright red nail polish, and the perpetrator had even trimmed her nails afterward. Her clothing was undamaged, but the examination revealed she had died of suffocation and had been sexually assaulted before her death.

Apart from this, no other biological evidence such as semen stains or fingerprints were found, indicating that the murderer was extremely careful.

However, the national highway was located in a remote area with no surveillance cameras nearby. Since the incident occurred in the evening and there were no eyewitnesses, the case was shelved.

There are four similar cases in the red nail polish series, the earliest of which occurred three years ago, in which the victim also died of suffocation. All four female victims were sexually assaulted, and the perpetrator had painted their nails red.

The four female victims ranged in age from 23 to 15, with the oldest being Yang Yu, the victim in the 428 case.

The bespectacled man, holding the case files, asked, "Master, isn't it too difficult to handle four cases at once?"

Tan You stared at the four photos of hands: "Although it's difficult, I feel that the case can be solved, but I don't know where to start."

Xiao Zhang casually remarked, "Find a few more corpses?"

Xiao Liu kicked Xiao Zhang's stool: "Stop jinxing it. If Captain Lu digs up a few more corpses, our Jiangning City Criminal Police Team should be renamed the Corpse-Digging Team."

Xiao Zhang: "So be it, let them be the body-digging team. It's a good thing we helped them find the other victims."

Old Wu chuckled: "Helping people dig up the body and then solving the case is a good thing. Otherwise, just looking for bodies without doing any work will only make people resentful in the end."

"Xiao Lu, what are your thoughts?"

Tan You lay on the table: "I have no ideas. I just feel like I can solve the case, but I really have no clue where to start. Look, Captain Qian and the others have already investigated the nail polish case, but there's been no progress."

There were no eyewitnesses, no surveillance footage, and no biological evidence.

"So, the bodies of these four victims were all dumped along National Highway 327?" Tan You suddenly sat up straight. "Did the criminal investigation team search along this road?" Old Huang: "They searched it. They even used police dogs, but they didn't find any other bodies."

Tan You took the map: "Is this the map you searched after the 428 case? You didn't find anything?"

"We didn't find it," everyone said in unison.

Tan You looked at the map and then dragged the crime scene pictures of the four related cases in front of her: "None of the four bodies were dismembered; they were just dumped. I have only one question now."

"How did the killer take the victims away? The two victims here are women of the night, and they are not easily deterred. Are they the kind of people who would just go with anyone?"

Old Wu spent the most time looking at the case files: "The clients? Captain Qian investigated that, but found no clues."

“Hmm,” Tan You simply nodded, “It doesn’t necessarily have to be a customer of prostitutes, right? To be able to get on the national highway, the murderer would need a car, wouldn’t he? Otherwise, if it’s just a bicycle or a tricycle, even in the most remote place, it wouldn’t be convenient, would it?”

Shunzi: "Then it will be difficult to investigate, and there are no surveillance cameras, so there are no clues."

No matter how much they talked, they still had no clues. Tan You slammed the file shut: "Since we have no clues, let's go out and look for some. Let's take a walk along the national highway first."

Old Huang paused for a moment: "You're not thinking of digging up corpses again, are you?"

Tan You shrugged: "Let's go check it out first, I'm not sure either."

Tan You has exhumed bodies several times so far, and she doesn't want to have to do it every time she's investigating a case. But there are no leads, and Tan You has a feeling that the killer is so skilled that she doesn't believe there are only these four cases.

But there's no need to say that; it's too frightening.

The bespectacled boy shook his head and said, "Master, I have a bad feeling about this."

Tan You didn't speak, but fell into deep thought after getting into the car. The identities of the four victims had been confirmed, and none of them had any connection, making it difficult to start from their interpersonal relationships. Therefore, it could be said that the murderer randomly chose his targets.

Whether it's a random killer or a serial killer, it's very difficult to find.

Xiao Zhang noticed Tan You staring intently at the photo of the fingernails and asked, "Captain Lu, why are you staring at the victim's hands?"

Tan You: "I find it quite strange. Generally speaking, girls apply nail polish vertically along the nail texture. But the nail polish on these four victims was applied horizontally, and the murderer applied it very carefully, without ever spilling it over the edge of the nail."

"He was very careful even when trimming his nails, and he made them very smooth."

Xiao Zhang: "So Captain Qian guessed that the murderer was not a woman. Could a woman commit rape, murder, and body disposal? First of all, she wouldn't have the physical strength to do it, right? Even if they wanted to dispose of the body, they would have to divide it up first."

Tan You nodded: "That guess is correct. I also tend to think that the murderer is male, but there is one thing I don't understand. Take Yang Yu, the victim in the 428 case, for example. She went missing on April 28 and her body was found on May 12."

"When the body was discovered, the forensic doctor determined that the deceased had died within the past week. So where was Yang Yu during the time she was missing?"

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