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

Chapter 217 Should we just give up like this?

The last snowfall was at the end of February, after which Annam City welcomed early spring.

It's early March now. A few mornings ago, you could still see frost in the grass, but now you can't.

As the weather starts to warm up, the most noticeable change is that you no longer feel cold feet even after sitting for a long time.

Inside the city's major crime unit, He Jinbo sat in the criminal investigation conference room, looking at the clue board placed next to the blinds.

The clue board displayed photos of five victims and the main perpetrator.

The identities of all the victims have been found.

Zhou Qiuju and Liao Kai were murdered late at night on January 24.

Lu Xiaoshuang, who was murdered on January 27, was a saleswoman at a department store. On her way home from get off work that evening, she was attacked by Jin Chao and Chen Zhen. The two men dragged her into the woods near the bridge and subjected her to inhumane torture. Her body was covered by branches and meadows, and her head was thrown into a road culvert two kilometers away.

The two victims at the sports park were named Peng Lizhang and Shen He.

The former is an accountant at the Water Resources Bureau, and the latter works at an electronics store in the provincial capital.

During the Spring Festival, a relative introduced the two people to each other, and that was their first meeting.

The two had lunch at the Anan City Grand Hotel. After finishing their meal, it was already 2 p.m. The two chatted more and more enthusiastically, and neither of them wanted to leave.

So Peng Lizhang suggested going outside to see the snow, and the two of them walked aimlessly until they arrived at the sports park.

At 4:30 PM, they encountered Jin Chao and three others and were brutally murdered.

At this moment, Maozi stood beside the conference table, staring at Shen He's photo, and sighed, "She really is very beautiful. No wonder Jin Chao and the others didn't let her go."

He Jinbo glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Just because someone is pretty, does that mean they should be killed?"

The cat shook its head: "Master, that's not what I meant."

"Don't joke about the dead."

“Master, I understand.”

The cat responded and then asked, "Should we take the photos down?"

He Jinbo took out a cigarette and offered one to Yao Weihua and Cai Ting, who were sitting on his right, ignoring Maozi and Qi Bin.

The three men lit cigarettes and stared at the two clue boards.

In this major murder case, the main culprit, Jin Chao, fled, so his photo is still on the clue board.

Chen Zhen, Du Jiang, and Bai Yu were captured, while Du Yang was killed by Yang Jinwen.

So the photos of the three of them have been taken down.

Jin Chao and Chen Zhen were involved in three cases, Du Jiang and Du Yang were involved in the first and third cases, and Bai Yu was only involved in the murders of Zhou Qiuju and Liao Kai.

The case has been handed over to the prosecutor's office, and they are preparing to prosecute it with the death penalty.

Bai Yu immediately protested and cried and begged for forgiveness in the detention center.

He said he was only involved, not the main culprit, and did not kill anyone.

The municipal bureau can no longer handle the follow-up to this case.

Since the case was solved in early February, the criminal police brigades of Chengbei, Chengnan and Jiaxing have all returned to their daily work.

However, under the strong demands of the Municipal Bureau, the three jurisdictions and their subordinate police stations need to be rectified to comprehensively crack down on hooliganism and crime in society and closely monitor released prisoners.

Regarding Jin Chao's escape, this matter was naturally handed over to the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Major Crimes Unit.

For the past twenty days or so, He Jinbo and his team have searched all the surrounding counties and cities, but they have not been able to find Jin Chao's whereabouts. It's as if he has suddenly disappeared.

Yao Weihua took a puff of his cigarette, flicked the butt off on the edge of the ashtray, and said, "I think if Jin Chao is going north, we should still go with him, even if it means going further away."

He Jinbo asked, "We don't have a single clue. How are we supposed to go? Are we just going to starve? The two of us have been in Tongchuan City for the past few days, and the city bureau has been treating us like idiots."

Based on Chen Zhen's confession, He Jinbo and Yao Weihua took the train to Tongchuan City and investigated for several days, but not only did they find no clues, they also suffered a lot of disdain.

Although Cai Ting was a woman, she had developed a smoking habit after working at the Municipal Bureau for a long time. She only took a few puffs before throwing the cigarette butt into the ashtray and said, "In the last ten years alone, there have been thirteen major criminal offenders who have fled from our An'nan City."

Apart from the successful capture of Zhao Daqing and Chen Li in the Lingmeng County family annihilation case before the Lunar New Year, none of them have been brought back.

He Jinbo let out a sigh of relief, looked around, and asked, "Where's Captain Yang? Hasn't he arrived yet?"

Cat shook his head: "Captain Yang got off work very late yesterday."

What has he been doing these past few days?

Cai Ting replied, "While you and Lao Yao were in Tongchuan City these past few days, Captain Yang has been reviewing Jin Chao's resume..."

Maozi continued, "Captain Yang also led us to collect Jin Chao's fingerprints and biological samples, which we then sent to the provincial department."

He Jinbo frowned: "Will it work?"

He said that if they can't catch them now, they will definitely be able to catch them later.

"Alright then." He Jinbo stood up. "Everyone, you may leave."

The group packed up their belongings and returned to their work stations.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Yang Jinwen arrived late, carrying his briefcase.

As soon as he entered the office, he glanced at the cat and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up this morning?"

Cat glanced at him: "You only went to sleep at two in the morning, so why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Yang Jinwen looked at Yao Weihua: "Old Yao, how's it going? Did you find anything?"

Yao Weihua shrugged: "There are no clues at all."

"Where is Captain He?"

"He must have gone to report to Director Wen."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Then let's have a meeting."

Yao Weihua frowned: "What kind of meeting?"

"What else could it be but a meeting about the pursuit of Jin Chao?" "No, Captain He went to explain the situation to Director Wen. He should have listed Jin Chao as a fugitive, but since there are no leads, Captain He's intention is to put it on hold for the time being."

"Can not give up!"

Yang Jinwen shook his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, word by word, "Jin Chao is the main culprit in this major murder case. He killed five people. Allowing him to live even one more day is a betrayal of the victims!"

Cat scratched his face: "Then how do we investigate? Jin Chao has been on the run for almost a month."

Yang Jinwen put down his briefcase and ordered, "Go to the conference room."

Several people got up, took their notebooks and pens, and followed.

Yang Jinwen took off his brown jacket, revealing a green sweater, and stood in front of the cue board.

"Where did we catch Zhao Daqing when we were chasing him?"

Yao Weihua asked, "What do you mean?"

"Yuncheng, right?"

"Yes."

Why did Zhao Daqing and Chen Li go to Yuncheng?

Cat replied, "Buy a gun, go to Yuquan County and take revenge on the gangsters."

"Then why buy it in Yuncheng?"

At this point, Yao Weihua seemed to have grasped the key points.

He held up his pen and said, "Because he is familiar with Yuncheng."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "That's right! He lived in Yuncheng, he is familiar with Yuncheng, he is familiar with Bailiqiao. Even though he committed two crimes in Yuncheng, he still went back to Yuncheng."

Cai Ting followed suit and immediately asked, "Captain Yang, do you mean Jin Chao will also go to familiar places?"

"We cannot draw a direct conclusion, but it is possible. Both humans and animals only move within familiar spheres; this is human and animal nature."

Some fugitives have extremely strong willpower. They go against their nature and go to an unfamiliar place, making it very difficult for us to catch them.

Therefore, Jin Chao has two choices: escape to a familiar place or escape to an unfamiliar place.

If it were you, what would you choose?

The cat scratched the back of its head: "If it were me, I would definitely go to a place I'm familiar with."

Qi Bin also said, "Me too."

Yao Weihua was more rational: "We need to add one more condition..."

The cat asked, "What is it?"

Yang Jinwen answered the question: "Money, you need money. As long as you have money, you can survive anywhere."

"Does Jin Chao have any money on him?"

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "Yesterday I went to the detention center to interrogate Chen Zhen and Du Jiang. They confessed that when Jin Chao fled, he had no more than 300 yuan on him. He also did not have any bankbooks or valuables."

Yao Weihua frowned and said, "If it's no more than three hundred yuan, even if we're very frugal, we can only live on it for half a year at most."

Cai Ting shook her head: "It might run out in a month. He's a fugitive; he has many expenses."

Yang Jinwen asked, "The money's all spent? How will he make money then?"

Yao Weihua said, "They either work illegally, rob, or commit another crime."

Which probability is higher?

"He's definitely going to get into trouble again!" Maozi and Qibin answered in unison.

Jin Chao was released from prison, but he started committing crimes again in less than a year. It is absolutely impossible for him to turn over a new leaf, stay in one place and clear his name.

Once the thought process was clear, everyone's minds became active.

Yao Weihua continued with the previous question: "Captain Yang, which areas is Jin Chao most familiar with?"

Yang Jinwen picked up a watercolor pen and wrote two place names in the blank space on the clue board.

"Han Zhong, Guang Yuan".

"Jin Chao is 36 years old now, and he was 29 years old when he was imprisoned in 90."

Before he turned 27, he spent two years in Hanzhong and worked as a laborer in a state-owned coal mine for a few months.

After that, he stayed in Guangyuan City for three years, but it's unclear what he did there.

Yao Weihua blinked: "Where did you get this information from?"

Yang Jinwen replied, "It was Jin Chao's wife's confession."

"Shall we go and investigate in these two places?"

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "Going there would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. How about this, we communicate with the two municipal bureaus and send them Jin Chao's fingerprints. If Jin Chao commits another crime and the fingerprints match, we can lock him down."

Cat said, "Neither of these places is in the north."

Yao Weihua laughed and said, "I think Jin Chao was just trying to fool Chen Zhen and his accomplices by telling them he was going north."

Jin Chao has a keen sense of smell; he knows that this group can't all escape and will be caught sooner or later. He's saying this to interfere with our investigation.

"So that means heading west."

Yang Jinwen said, "Not necessarily, it depends on whether God will allow us to catch him."

If he really goes north, or south, or east, no matter which direction he goes, we won't have a chance.

We can only hope that future advancements in forensic science and technology, along with closer communication among police forces nationwide, will give us a chance to catch him!

Cat's eyes were resolute: "The net of heaven is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it. I believe we will definitely be able to catch him!"

(End of this chapter)