Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 421

"Have the comrades from the Dianhai Branch found any traces on the main road?"

Seeing that Jin Zhihai did not answer his question, Li Yancheng threw out another question.

"No, the road has been cleared."

"Well, since there are no traces on either road, I guess you judged that the victim was attacked on the side road based on the damaged street lamp, and you didn't find any witnesses, right?"

"Yes, I didn't find it." Jin Zhihai nodded.

At this moment, he realized his mistake.

Although the road over there was a bit remote, it was a little after nine o'clock, which was not particularly late for the end of August. Some neighbors were still staying outside to cool off because they felt it was too hot at home and had not returned yet. The victim worked in a restaurant, so there must be many people nearby who knew her.

Someone must have seen her.

If you look carefully, you should be able to find it.

"Thank you Dacheng, this was a mistake on our part."

"Don't be polite to me." Li Yancheng shook his head and reached out to tap twice on the notebook.

"I just feel that this case is a little strange and not as simple as it seems. Of course, this is just my intuition. We still need to find evidence."

Jin Zhihai understood the meaning of these words and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Dacheng, you mean... this case wasn't committed by the man from ten years ago?"

"It's just an intuition, but there is no basis for it." Li Yancheng raised his hand and tapped his temple twice.

"Looking at the photos and the case details recorded in your notebook, I feel something is not right. Take me to the scene tomorrow to have a look. You can investigate as you should. Don't be disturbed by what I said. I will cooperate with you."

Jin Zhihai looked deeply at his childhood friend who was sitting on the other side of the stone table. The word "intuition" is very scary. For frontline scouts like them, intuition is sometimes very important.

He also knew that his childhood friend did not have any professional reconnaissance capabilities, and that the only reason he was able to thrive in both the public security and social systems was because of his unique interrogation skills.

But he never underestimated Li Yancheng's ability. Although he has always been on the front line of solving cases, the number of cases he has handled in the past ten years is probably not as many as what others encounter in one or two years.

After all, no matter how many public security and criminal cases occur in Beijing every year, it is a drop in the bucket compared to the total of more than 20 other provinces and cities, not to mention that the public security environment in Beijing is still very good.

"I hope that after you visit the scene tomorrow, you can provide me with more inspiration for solving the case."

“Haha, I hope so too. No matter if it was a case ten years ago or a case that happened a few days ago, no matter if it was the same person or not, the people who committed this kind of crime are beasts. I will definitely do my best.”

"Snapped"

Jin Zhihai leaned over and patted Li Yancheng's arm. People who committed such crimes were truly hated by both humans and gods.

"Godfather"

"Godfather"

"Oh, cheers and laughter, you guys are back from playing, come on, give your godfather a hug."

Just as Jin Zhihai withdrew his hand, two small figures flashed in from the second door. After seeing the person sitting at the stone table in the yard, they rushed over happily.

Seeing his godson and godson daughter running over, Jin Zhihai opened his arms with a smile and embraced them both in his arms, cheering loudly. After hugging them for a while, they just snuggled up to him. Little Xiaoyu sat directly on her godfather's lap.

"Godfather, why didn't godmother and brother Pengpeng come?"

"They are at home and will come over on the weekend."

As he spoke, Jin Zhihai reached into his pocket and took out two milk candies, and put one in each of Huansheng and Xiaoyu's hands.

"Thank you godfather."

As long as they have nothing to do on weekends, Jin Zhihai and Xing Lihua will bring their children back here to stay for a day.

Pengpeng is twelve years old this year. At that time, primary school only has a five-year system. He is already in the first grade of junior high school. He has a very good relationship with Huansheng and Xiaoyu, and he stayed here for a vacation during the summer vacation.

Jin Zhihai and his wife didn't know why. Both of them were in good health, but they just couldn't have a second child. At their age now, they don't have to think about having a second child anymore.

Both of them are very good at responding to laughter and joy.

"I'll send them to your place this weekend. Let them stay at your house for a day. I'll pick them up on Sunday night. Xiao Min and I may have something to do on Sunday."

Considering that he didn't know when he would go to meet his relatives, and that it would be more likely to be on the weekend, Li Yancheng didn't plan to take the children with him, so he simply let them stay at the Jin family for a day.

Although the Jin family's house in the staff compound is not big, only about fifty to sixty square meters, it is no problem for two more children to live there temporarily. Huansheng and Xiaoyue would sometimes go there to play.

"Yeah, yeah."

For the two children, being able to play with Brother Pengpeng is a happy thing, no matter where they live.

When I heard dad say he would send them there on Saturday, I was so happy that I almost jumped up.

Of course Jin Zhihai would not refuse.

"Okay, then you can pick them up after get off work on Saturday afternoon... Never mind, if you don't have anything else, I can come pick them up."

He is now the deputy director. In order to be able to go out at any time, he drives the department's jeep to and from get off work.

"No, I'll send it over."

Li Yancheng waved his hand. Jin Zhihai was busy with a case and might not be able to get off work on time. It would be more convenient for him to send it over directly.

……

At around nine o'clock the next morning, Li Yancheng drove to the place where he had agreed to meet with Jin Zhihai last night. It was less than a hundred meters away from where the sanitation worker found the victim's body.

After parking the car on the side of the road, he opened the door and got out, looking around.

This is a ruin that is being demolished. There are many people working here during the day. Only the place where the body was found has been temporarily protected by the local police station. The workers working here will stop to take a look when they pass by that area. It has only been a few days since the incident, and many people are still talking about this case.

He stood on the side of the road and watched for a while, then heard many people passing by talking about this case, and some older people also mentioned a case from ten years ago.

After standing there and listening for a while and hearing nothing new, he walked towards the circled area.

As soon as I approached, a policeman from the police station who was in charge of guarding the scene and preventing outsiders from destroying the traces came over.

"Comrade, you are..."

Perhaps because Li Yancheng was also wearing a police uniform, the police officer who came over had a nice attitude.

"It was Jin Zhihai from your Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division 2 who asked me to come here. He hasn't arrived yet, so I came over to take a look. I won't go in, but just take a look here."

Li Yancheng did not make things difficult for the police officer who was in charge of guarding the place, nor did he take out his ID.

He had a work permit issued by the Public Security Headquarters in his pocket. If he took it out, the policeman in front of him would definitely not dare to stop him from entering, but he felt it was unnecessary.

He is indeed not qualified to enter the crime scene at the moment, so there is no need to make things difficult for the police officers guarding the scene. Rules are rules.

Before he could finish his words, a jeep drove over and stopped behind his car. It was Jin Zhihai who drove over.

Seeing that Li Yancheng had already arrived outside the scene, he pushed open the car door and ran over with a letter of introduction in his hand.

I came here late just to go to the Municipal Bureau to get this letter of introduction.

After registering in the temporary registration book in the hands of the police officer on duty, Li Yancheng, led by Jin Zhihai, entered the crime scene where the body was found.

"This is the more complete footprint, and that one is the half one. Look, the heel just stepped on this stone."

After entering the scene, Jin Zhihai pointed to the footprints circled with white lime on the ground and said.

Li Yancheng squatted there and looked carefully, then looked in the direction of the footprints. Because this place was being demolished, there were bricks, wood blocks and other debris scattered all over the ground. It was impossible to leave footprints on them. Being able to leave footprints on this small open space was already a blessing in disguise.

After looking for a while, he stood up and followed Jin Zhihai to the location of the body.

There was nothing to see here. Li Yancheng just took a quick look at the circled marks on the ground and then turned back to the footprints.

"Why, what can you tell from the footprints?" "Have the experts from the ministry seen this scene?"

"Of course I have."

"Did they say why this person's stride was so small?"

The half footprint left on the ground was from the same foot, the right foot. According to the analysis of the footprints, the person's height was between 1.7 and 1.75 meters.

But Li Yancheng looked at the two right footprints left on the ground. There should be a left footprint between them, but it should have stepped on the rubble, so no trace was left. Then there was the complete footprint.

But the distance between the two right foot prints is a bit small. This does not seem like the pace of a person over 1.7 meters tall.

"Experts also noticed this. They analyzed that the small stride was probably caused by the rubble on the ground. The criminals committed the crime at night, and there was no light at all.

After he finished, he must have been a little flustered when he walked out, and with all the things on the ground, he had to slow down his pace. "

Listening to Jin Zhihai retelling the expert's analysis, Li Yancheng squatted there and looked at the half footprint with a frown. After looking for a while, he stood up and walked towards the direction of the footprint with his back bent.

"We looked for it at the time, but there were no other traces."

Jin Zhihai knew what he was looking for at a glance.

"Zhi Hai, it was just past nine o'clock." Li Yancheng raised his hand and pointed to the main road about fifty or sixty meters away: "At this time, there must be people on that road. Tell me, why did the criminal choose such an early time? Although the place he chose is also remote, it is far worse than ten years ago. Isn't he worried that someone will see this place when walking on that road?"

"Dacheng, it's my problem. I forgot to tell you." After looking in the direction of Li Yancheng's finger, Jin Zhihai raised his hand and slapped his forehead, saying with some annoyance.

“There was supposed to be a wall there, but it was demolished only the day before yesterday, which means that on the night the criminals committed the crime, it was not visible from that road at all.

Moreover, the area had not been demolished to the extent it is now, and there were still many houses. If someone shouted for help here, the sound would be heard on the road, but it would not be clearly heard. The next day, comrades from the Dianhai Branch conducted an experiment here.

So that's how it is. Li Yancheng raised his eyebrows. This made sense.

He said that although this place is indeed quite empty and normally no one would come here at night, it is not far from the road, and even if that road is not a main thoroughfare, there would still be many people passing by.

It was quite late in winter, and not many people would be out in the cold.

But for early autumn when the temperature is still very high, that point is not too late, and there are still many people enjoying the cool air outside.

Anyway, if you put yourself in his shoes, Li Yancheng feels that he would definitely not choose that time period to commit any crime.

"The criminal brought the victim here. Someone should have seen it on the road. Have you found any witnesses?"

"They are searching. The Dianhai Branch has only found two people who heard the cries for help."

Jin Zhihai talked about this last night.

"Zhi Hai, whether you come from that path or the main road, the distance to here is about the same. No matter which path you take, you may run into people at that time.

The victim must have been unconscious at the time. How did the criminal convince others that he was walking on the street with an unconscious person and not worry about being seen by others and calling the police?"

"There"

This time it was Jin Zhihai's turn to raise his finger.

"Less than a kilometer down the road is a hospital for employees. After analysis, we believe that in order to deceive others, the criminals must have pretended to send patients to the hospital."

"Did he carry the patient on his back or in his arms? Or did he push him on a bicycle? Or did he use some other method?"

“I don’t know.” Jin Zhihai shook his head: “We are currently investigating and visiting.”

Ugh……

Li Yancheng sighed, supported his thigh, stood up again, and walked out of the protected circle.

Because he and Jin Zhihai were here, many workers working nearby not far outside the protection circle were looking over here and whispering something.

"Zhi Hai, have you visited all these workers?"

"Of course, since there is no work here at night, they don't know anything."

"Let's go. I'll go back and think about it. There are some things here that I haven't figured out yet. I'll call you when I figure it out. By the way, remember to follow the formal procedures when I let you help interrogate me."

"Don't worry, I've already submitted the application to the bureau this morning."

"That's fine. I'll send joy and laughter over there this weekend. I'm leaving now."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

After leaving the scene, Li Yancheng got in the car and left, driving back to his office at the Social Affairs Bureau headquarters.

Because he was not in charge of much work and there were not many documents that needed his signature, after reading the documents sorted out by his secretary, he took out a piece of letter paper and drew the floor plan of the crime scene he had just seen on it.

He originally wondered if this case might be a copycat crime, but the footprints that appeared at two crime scenes over a period of ten years could not be explained.

Many people had access to the footprints back then, but it was not an easy task to make them look real enough to deceive the experts in the department.

Thinking of this, Li Yancheng frowned and put down the pen in his hand.

Confuse the real with the fake?

If this case is really a copycat crime, the first condition is that the criminal has access to a case from ten years ago and is familiar with the circumstances of the case at that time.

Secondly, you must be able to touch the footprints, and then be able to imitate those footprints.

Could it be that……

Putting down the pen in his hand, he reached for the phone on the table and dialed.

"Director Chang, it's me, Li Yancheng from the Social Affairs Bureau."

"Hello, Secretary General Li."

"Director Chang, I have a few questions for you. Is it okay to bother you?"

"Don't bother me, I'm free right now. Secretary Li, please let me know if you have anything to say."

Director Chang on the other end of the phone is a footprint expert in the public security system. He also compared the footprints in this case and issued the same identification report.

"Director Chang, I already know about the case that happened a few days ago. I'm calling to ask about the footprint comparison you did..."

The footprint expert on the other end of the phone interrupted Li Yancheng before he could finish his words.

"Secretary Li, I know what you want to say. Although the identification report has been issued, I have been thinking about the footprints left at the scene for the past two days, and I have also consulted several people."

"Why, Director Chang also has doubts?"

"Yes, I do have some doubts."

"Why do you doubt it?"

“Because… because I found that the footprints left in this case are almost exactly the same as those left ten years ago, except for the different patterns on the soles, the rest of the foot pressure points are almost the same.

Ten years have passed, and this person has grown ten years older. Normally, it is impossible for his walking traces to be exactly the same."

call……

Li Yancheng on the other end of the phone let out a breath.

"Director Chang, you are an expert in footprint identification. How do you think we can leave a footprint that is almost exactly the same as the one we left ten years ago?"

"This is also a headache for me. Everyone has different living habits, different ways of walking, and different forces on the soles of the feet. I still haven't figured out why this happens."

"What about other people you consulted? What did they think?"

"No one has ever encountered such a situation, and we are still discussing it."

(End of this chapter)