You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 172 Crime Scene! (Seeking monthly votes)
Upon hearing that it was a family massacre, everyone's expression turned solemn.

An'nan City comprises three districts and six counties. Lingmeng County is located in the northwest, with a high forest coverage rate, and the county seat is relatively poor.

The murder cases in Lingmeng County are relatively simple. As long as it is not a random killing, most of the people can be caught by investigating interpersonal relationships.

What we fear most is random killings, but the severity of a family annihilation case is fixed!
Even in Anan City, such cases have rarely occurred in the past ten years.

To put it simply, the perpetrator killed the entire victim's family.
That means not a single person was left alive!

Cases of annihilating an entire family are always taken very seriously, regardless of the dynasty or era.

Therefore, Lingmeng County reported the case to higher authorities immediately, not daring to investigate it on its own.

Not only the An'nan Municipal Bureau, but many government agencies and units received the notification.

Given the severity of the crime, the members of the Major Crimes Unit dared not delay. They hurriedly returned to their office to pack their belongings, and then went to the armory to collect guns, handcuffs, and magazines.

Upon arriving in the courtyard, the forensic lab and trace evidence team were already waiting.

Two sedans, two forensic and trace evidence examination vehicles (using Jinbei Haishi vans as investigation vehicles), sped towards Lingmeng County.

After leaving Jiaxing District, take the national highway and then turn off at the junction with Dayan City, which is Lingmeng County.

The county town is surrounded by mountains. Just over the mountains to the west is the neighboring city of Dayan. Six months ago, the criminal police brigade of the north of the city arrested a bus robber in Dayan.

Lingmeng County is a typical town with a length of three li (approximately 1.5 kilometers) and an outer wall of nine li (approximately 3 kilometers).

The most prosperous areas are only two or three old streets. The outer areas are no different from the town's outskirts, mostly consisting of paddy fields and farmland.

The fertilizer plant was located south of the county town. Following Wen Mo's instructions, He Jinbo and his team skipped the county bureau and went directly to the crime scene.

Outside the family dormitory building, a row of cars were parked along the wall in the alley, most of them county police cars.

After Wen Ling and the forensic investigator got out of the car, Wen Mo immediately instructed them to go to the scene.

Compared to the city, Lingmeng County is not as good at forensic medicine and trace evidence examination, so the municipal bureau must provide strong support in this case.

After getting out of the car, Yang Jinwen looked around at the surroundings.

Entering from this alley, the family housing is less than fifty meters away, with walls on both sides.

A gate opened in the left wall, leading to the fertilizer plant's staff quarters.

Once inside, there's a carport on the left and a three-meter-high wall opposite, topped with barbed wire.

To the right is the family housing building, with cement walls and five stories high.

Unlike in the previous life, houses in the 1990s did not have aluminum alloy mesh installed on the balconies. For example, on the first floor, you could simply break the window glass and climb in.

At this moment, there were forty or fifty people standing downstairs next to the carport. They were looking up at the building with anxious expressions, whispering among themselves.

These were clearly residents of the building; they dared not stay in their homes and rushed downstairs, still shaken.

The stairwell has been cordoned off, and several police officers from the local police station are on guard, preventing outsiders from entering or leaving.

Upon seeing Wen Mo, these people quickly stepped forward.

Wen Mo beckoned to his men: "Come here, everyone."

This is to recognize people.

He Jinbo quickly called to the Major Crimes Team and stood behind Wen Mo.

He pointed to the short, stout middle-aged man: "This is Director Wan Feng of our Lingmeng County Bureau, and this man next to him is Zhang Yong, the captain of the criminal investigation team."

He Jinbo nodded: "Hello, Director Wan, Captain Zhang."

Wen Mo introduced He Jinbo to them: "This is our newly appointed deputy branch captain, He Jinbo. He used to work in criminal investigation at the Chengbei Branch."

The tall Zhang Yong immediately said, "We met at the meeting, Captain He, hello."

Wan Feng forced a smile and nodded; it was clear he was under a lot of pressure.

Wen Mo said, "Enough of the small talk, Wen Ling, Lao Song, you two go up first."

Zhang Yong said, "I'll take you up there and explain the situation to you."

Wen Ling asked, "How many people died?"

"Four."

Wen Ling frowned and handed the survey kit to Yang Jinwen next to her: "You help me."

Yang Jinwen looked at Wen Mo.

Wen Mo ignored him.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Jinwen carried the survey kit and followed them upstairs.

He Jinbo and the others also wanted to go up, but Wen Mo stopped them.

"Please wait a moment and let them conduct the initial survey. Too many people going up there will affect their judgment."

"Okay." He Jinbo nodded.

Wen Mo asked, "Director Wan, what exactly is the situation?"

Wan Feng glanced at his watch; it was 11:00 AM.

"We received the emergency call at around 7:30 this morning and arrived at 7:50."

The person who reported the case was a laid-off female worker from the staff dormitory area, named Lin Qiaoyun.

Wen Mo immediately grasped the problem: "What is this woman's relationship with the victim's family?"

"They all worked at the fertilizer factory. The victim's surname was Wang, and his name was Wang Jian. His wife's name was Li Xiumei, and his daughter's name was Wang Yu. In addition to the three of them being murdered, there was also a girl named He Xiao."

He Xiao is Wang Yu's classmate, and it's unclear why she's at Wang Jian's house.

This information was provided by residents of the building. As for the person who reported the incident, Lin Qiaoyun, she suffered a mental breakdown, and our colleagues took her to the hospital. Therefore, we have not yet obtained her statement.

Have you visited the surrounding residents and the fertilizer plant?

Wan Feng nodded: "It's in progress, but there's no news coming back yet." Wen Mo looked at He Jinbo: "Old He, you take some people and go with the comrades from the county bureau to visit and investigate, and clarify the social relationships of the victim Wang Jian's family."

This is the old method; you can tell what Wen Mo means just by listening.

Such a huge case, killing an entire family, the murderer must be either utterly deranged or have some deep-seated hatred towards this family.

Most family annihilation cases are due to revenge killings; otherwise, there's no explanation for why someone would kill an entire family.

Therefore, the victim's social relationships are of paramount importance.

He Jinbo agreed and divided the people into two groups.

He was in a group with Maozi and Cai Ting, while Yao Weihua was in a group with Qi Bin.

As soon as the people were assigned, the people outside the cordon started shouting loudly.

"The murder of Wang Jian's family must have been done by the staff dormitory."

"Most likely! Old Wang is the office director, so he knows the list of laid-off workers too."

"The layoffs were already announced, why are they still laying off people?"

"What do you think? I reckon another batch of people will be laid off after the Spring Festival. Look at the state of the factory now!"

“There are quite a few people on the other side of the wall who hate Wang Jian, so Director Lin and his ilk are shrewd. Whenever they have a weekend off, they rush to stay in the city instead of staying here.”

"Don't even mention it, I wouldn't dare live here anymore."

"Do you have the money to buy a house?"

"Whether you're rich or poor, you wouldn't dare live there. Didn't you see his house? It was too tragic. Two young girls died embracing each other. I curse that murderer! Catch him, and executing him ten times over wouldn't be an exaggeration!"

"You've been inside?"

“I went in and took a peek. I was just on my way to work at the factory when I heard Lin Qiaoyun shouting in Wang Jian’s room. I thought they were fighting.”

Immediately afterwards, the person who said this was surrounded by He Jinbo and Maozi.

"Hey bro, what's your name?"

This man wasn't afraid at all and very proactively said, "You want to ask me about the situation, right? Let's find a place where there are too many people and too much gossip, and I'll tell you in private who Wang Jian's enemies are."

Seeing that he was very open and honest, He Jinbo nodded and said, "Alright, let's go to the guard room to talk."

third floor.

Police tape was also put up in the corridor. After Wen Ling showed her identification, the police officers guarding her lifted the tape and let them in.

Before even reaching the door, Yang Jinwen could smell a pungent stench of blood.

There is no doubt that the amount of bleeding at the scene was considerable.

There were several people standing at the entrance, probably technical personnel from the county bureau. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to have already gone inside to investigate.

Wen Ling didn't know them, but Song Jun from the trace evidence team did; they had worked together before.

He called out to one of them, "Old Gao, what's the situation inside?"

The old investigator, nicknamed Lao Gao, sighed, "I haven't seen such a bloody scene in years. In short, it's horrific."

We didn't touch the body, but we checked the fingerprints and footprints. The scene had been cleaned up.

Before Song Jun could speak, Yang Jinwen immediately pressed, "Has it been cleaned?"

Old Gao nodded: "Yes, there are no footprints or fingerprints."

"Where are the bloody footprints?"

"That's not entirely accurate. I heard that someone went inside before the report was filed, but the scene was definitely cleaned up." Old Gao stepped aside: "Come and see what this is?"

Yang Jinwen walked over and took a look at what Lao Gao was pointing at.

At the entrance, there was a cloth mop, stained red with blood.

No wonder I smelled blood as soon as I arrived.

Old Gao said, "When we came here, this mop was right here, next to the shoe rack. That means the murderer killed someone and mopped up all the footprints and traces in the house."

Two words came to Yang Jinwen's mind: habitual offender.

Wen Ling said, "Put on your gear, let's go in first."

Yang Jinwen nodded, and after the group got dressed, they carried their survey kits inside.

Steps have been erected from the entrance to the living room to prevent damage to the scene once people go inside.

When Yang Jinwen reached the end, he immediately saw a male corpse.

The man lay on his side behind the door, with more than a dozen holes stabbed into his body.

The fatal wound should have been in the neck; someone stabbed him in the throat, and he lost so much blood that the wound was no longer visible.

Above him was a dining table with leftover food on it. From the remaining food, one could tell that there was a plate of fish, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and a plate of kimchi.

But there were no bowls or chopsticks!
Going inside, you enter the living room, which is quite messy. There's an ashtray on the coffee table, but it's empty of cigarette butts.

There are two bedrooms on the left.

In a bedroom, a woman lay on the bed, covered by a quilt, her head sticking out of the bed, her hair cascading down like seaweed, touching the floor.

The other bedroom was a small room, where two girls were also lying on the bed, embracing each other. They were clothed on top, but their lower bodies...

When Yang Jinwen saw this scene, his blood rushed to his head, making it difficult for him to breathe!
　I'm tentatively planning to update four chapters, totaling 13,000 words, at midnight on August 1st. I haven't written the manuscript yet, but I'll try my best to finish it. However, I'm not sure if I can keep it up. I'll be quite busy at the beginning of the month, and crime fiction is really hard to write. But after the 5th or 6th of this month, I'll try to update one more chapter every day. I might not be able to achieve that, but I'll try my best. It depends on my inspiration.

　　In addition, some readers have reported that this book has been plagiarized, and I have to spend time creating a color palette.

　　Finally, I'm asking for your votes next month.

　　
　
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