Animal Detective

Chapter 409 Some people care and need an answer.

"What's the motive?" Ding Yuwei asked immediately.

There must be a motive for murder.

Not to mention a married couple.

"If their relationship breaks down, fine, that's no problem. The husband has plenty of time and countless opportunities to slowly poison and murder his wife."

"But these two are different. Even if outsiders like friends and neighbors don't know, surely their parents do."

“Especially Guo Jinhua’s parents. They live together, and they made it very clear that the couple has a very good relationship and is very loving.”

"If you're going to say that his parents lied, then Fu Lanting's parents said the same thing."

“We met them just yesterday. Her parents said exactly what: that Guo Jinhua is family-oriented and responsible.”

“Their son is unfilial. He often suffers from backache and leg pain, and Guo Jinhua always takes them to the hospital. He runs around taking care of them without ever complaining. They treat him like their own son.”

"When Guo Meijing was still alive, the three of them were close and happy, and all their friends and neighbors said so."

"Even diners say that the couple has a very good relationship and has never argued with each other."

"Then tell me, what motive did Guo Jinhua have to kill his wife?"

Ding Yuwei countered with a question.

Based on all the statements and interviews, the two were truly in love, and their relationship remained strong no matter what happened.

Guo Jinhua had a child from his second marriage, but Fu Lanting didn't care and raised Guo Meijing as her own daughter.

A family tragedy struck when their daughter fell seriously ill, and the two faced it together.

They support each other and diligently manage their little family.

If a couple like this both loves and hates each other.

You share a bed, but your partner is plotting to poison you.

Moreover, the poisoning lasted for more than two months without any hesitation.

If that's the case, Ding Yuwei feels that her views on love are about to be shaken.

Zhao Tianxing chimed in, "Yes, Shen Xin, you two must have misunderstood."

"If Guo Jinhua wanted to poison Fu Lanting, why did it take so long?"

"He even poisoned himself, and after poisoning her, he took Fu Lanting to see a doctor."

"This simply doesn't make sense."

The entire murder process was far too lengthy.

After poisoning the animals, he even went to the hospital for treatment.

Shen Xin looked at Yang Zeran and said, "You explain."

Yang Zeran's explanation was simple and blunt: "We don't know the motive, nor do we know what kind of mental journey Guo Jinhua went through in the past two months."

"However, if Guo Jinhua is not the murderer, then this case simply cannot be explained."

"So he must be the murderer, and he is the only murderer."

At this point, Yang Zeran said, "Shen Xin, do you think Zhang Zhi and the others had the same idea back then?"

Shen Xin said, "Of course."

If both he and Yang Zeran could think of this, how could seasoned veterans like Zhang Hancheng not have thought of it?

"Walk."

Yang Zeran jumped up; he needed to ask Zhang Hancheng.

He wanted to know what considerations Zhang Hancheng and his group had in order to reach such a conclusion.

By comparing them in pairs, we might discover something.

Shen Xin immediately followed.

In the office, Zhang Hancheng was talking to Political Commissar Xu Daoke about the development of spiritual civilization.

Seeing Shen Xin and his companion burst in, he waved his hand, signaling them to wait.

After the two finished speaking, Zhang Hancheng asked, "What's wrong? Is there any progress in the case?"

Shen Xin nodded and said directly without beating around the bush, "Chief Zhang, we have an idea. In the case of Fu Lanting's poisoning, we suspect that the murderer is Guo Jinhua."

After speaking, Shen Xin silently observed Zhang Hancheng's changing expression.

As expected, there was no surprise or unexpectedness.

Zhang Hancheng got up to refill his hot water bottle and then said, "Sun Zhao discussed this idea with me back then, and as the investigation progressed, I also kept having this idea myself."

Shen Xin thought to himself, "Just as I suspected."

These seasoned veterans couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

Zhang Hancheng said, "You must be wondering why we didn't investigate further when we made that judgment back then."

"how to say."

Zhang Hancheng frowned subconsciously: "This case had a huge impact at the time. Xiao Yang must have already come to the branch office by then."

Yang Zeran joined the company in the summer of 14, and had just finished his internship when the incident occurred.

"The main reason is that similar cases of poisoning at breakfast shops have occurred in Ningshan before."

"Many people believe everything they hear and rush to the hospital for checkups, causing widespread panic."

"The city government called and demanded that this case be thoroughly investigated."

“In this situation, if we want to conclude that Guo Jinhua poisoned the person, we need very concrete evidence.”

"So at the time, I thought I would ignore it for now and just focus on finding the source of the rat poison. As long as we found out the source, the problem wouldn't be too big."

Shen Xin nodded.

This is a poisoning case; investigating the source of the poison will solve the problem.

The result was not found.

In that case, explaining that, according to the principle of exclusivity, only Guo Jinhua could have poisoned the animal is simply not plausible.

Zhang Hancheng continued, "At the same time, we came up with this idea after the investigation had lasted for two months and we had found nothing."

Initially, the task force investigated as if someone had poisoned the victim. Then, just like with Shen Xin's case, they conducted a thorough investigation, ruling out all possibilities, before finally considering whether the initial direction might have been flawed.

That's when suspicions began to fall on Guo Jinhua.

“By then, the case had lost its initial hype. We tried to compare it with previous investigations, but the resources we could mobilize were limited, you understand?”

Shen Xindong.

Initially, the case attracted a lot of attention, and even the city government called, demanding a clear result.

That would definitely require a large number of police officers to investigate.

It's shown in the case file.

The entire criminal investigation team of Tingyang Branch, consisting of dozens of people, devoted themselves to this case.

They also transferred some police officers from the public security department.

When investigating a particular district, they would also coordinate with the local criminal investigation team to coordinate a group of people to help with the investigation.

The total number of police officers mobilized by the task force is estimated to be close to 60 or 70.

This is no small number.

It lasted for two whole months, and in the end, nothing was found.

At this point, a new idea arose: people suspected that Guo Jinhua, the victim, was the murderer.

In hindsight, Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation and found it easy to reach this conclusion.

But back then...

Guo Jinhua is still lying in the hospital, and there is not a single piece of evidence pointing to him.

From Zhang Hancheng's perspective, the conclusion that Guo Jinhua was the murderer was simply because no suspect had been found, leaving no one to doubt.

What if you haven't investigated thoroughly enough, and there are still unknown details or unusual methods of poisoning?

With so many police officers working tirelessly for two months, all they did was turn around and go back to square one.

It seems like an easy thing, but it's actually not easy at all.

If you want to convince your subordinates, you should at least provide some evidence.

But Zhang Hancheng didn't have any such evidence; it was just an idea.

How could he dare to make such a judgment so easily?

By this time, the case had been under investigation for two months, and everyone was exhausted.

There are cases every day in Tingyang District, and the police force cannot be focused on this one case indefinitely.

The only option is to reduce staff.

Zhang Hancheng said, "I discussed it with Sun Zhao at the time. We took two steps. We had Chen Chao take a few people and compared our previous investigation with the direction that Guo Jinhua was the murderer."

"But unfortunately, nothing was found. In fact, if there had been even the slightest evidence pointing to Guo Jinhua, I would have been able to persevere."

"But no, and it eventually became an unsolved case."

"After you decided to reopen the investigation into this case, I didn't tell you about this because I didn't want to interfere with your judgment."

But clearly, both groups made the same judgment.

Zhang Hancheng said, "Since we all think this way, I think it's very likely that Guo Jinhua is the murderer, and he must have a motive that we don't know about."

"Shen Xin, you must put in a lot of effort to investigate their motives. To outsiders, their relationship seems very good and they are very happy, but outsiders may not know what's going on behind the scenes."

"Fu Lanting is a woman who is sensible, patient, and traditional, which are good qualities. But because of this, she will show different things in public and in private. She will also hide any problems in the relationship very well."

“I suggest you try to find out about their daughter. Guo Meijing passed away in 14, and the case came to light just one year later. I think it’s inextricably linked to her.”

Shen Xin nodded and noted it down, then asked Zhang Hancheng if he had any other instructions.

Zhang Hancheng thought for a moment and said, "There's also the source of the rat poison. Now that I think about it, I'm sure there are still some oversights."

“Especially later when we suspected Guo Jinhua, when I asked Chen Chao to lead a team to investigate, there were only a few people, so the possibility of omissions was very high.”

“You need to consider one thing: even if we find the motive and want to convict Guo Jinhua, we still need to confirm the source of the drugs.”

At this point, Zhang Hancheng's expression became more serious, and he reminded Shen Xin, "This case has been going on for almost three years. To be honest, even if we confirm the source of the drug, we may not be able to find conclusive evidence to lock down Guo Jinhua."

"And there's another issue: Guo Jinhua's health isn't good either; there are some realities you have to take into account."

He gave Shen Xin a meaningful look.

Shen Xin thought for a moment and could roughly guess Zhang Hancheng's thoughts.

Guo Jinhua has been diagnosed with uremia and needs dialysis and a kidney transplant. The latter is out of the question; his family doesn't have that much money given their current circumstances.

Dialysis is a form of slow death.

He also suffers from hemiplegia, nerve damage, and a very poor quality of life.

In this situation, if he is proven to be the murderer, then what?

Send him to prison?

He is unable to take care of himself, and even if he is sentenced, he can only be released on medical parole.

Therefore, Shen Xin believes that if Guo Jinhua is indeed the murderer, then realistically speaking, he is already in jail.

It was the kind of imprisonment where life was worse than death.

He will eventually die a few years later.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Xin said, "Chief Zhang, actually, many people just need an explanation."

In terms of consequences, there may not be much difference, but some people need to know the outcome and give themselves an explanation.

For example, Fu Lanting's mother.

Yesterday, when we went to Hutang, she chased after us as we were leaving and held Shen Xin's hand.

No words were spoken.

But her eyes and her hesitant expression said it all.

Some people care and need an answer, so we can't just let this matter slide.

(End of this chapter)