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

Chapter 264 Reinforcements!

Early the next morning.

June 6th, Grain in Ear (芒种).

Weather conditions: Rain.

A BJ2020 car drove up to the street opposite the Danan County Public Security Bureau.

Several minutes passed after the car stopped before three people wearing raincoats got out and headed straight for the guesthouse entrance.

"What kind of weather is this? The rain is getting heavier and heavier."

"It's the rainy season right now. I remember it was raining around this time last year too."

"With this much rain, what cases can you possibly investigate? I bet the number of murderers increases these days."

After Yao Weihua finished speaking, he looked at the staff behind the guesthouse counter and said, "Looking for someone. Yang Jinwen and Captain Yang from the Municipal Bureau are staying here."

The other party replied, "Please wait a moment while I look at the registration form."

Yao Weihua turned to Qi Bin and continued, "Xiao Bin, do you know why murderers like to appear on rainy days?"

Qi Bin glanced at him: "Old Yao, I graduated from police academy properly. You can't fool me."

"Then tell me?"

“On rainy days, murder scenes are easily destroyed by rainwater, and there are few witnesses, making it difficult to make arrests. Therefore, murderers prefer to commit crimes on rainy days.”

"Not very accurate."

"Why?" Qi Bin asked, glancing at Cai Ting standing beside him.

Cai Ting took off her rain hat and ignored them.

Yao Weihua replied, "Because God likes to collect people on rainy days."

Qi Bin scoffed: "Old Yao, you have to believe in science. Science is the primary productive force."

"How can I not believe in science? That's not contradictory. Don't be so skeptical, kid. Some things are mysterious, so don't wander around on rainy days."

"That's superstition."

"How is this superstition? Let me ask you about the wild man of Shennongjia, the Bermuda Triangle, and crop circles. Magazines, news, and newspapers have all reported on these. How do you explain that?"

"This...this is related to aliens, it doesn't fit with your metaphysical theories."

"Right? There are many things you can't figure out clearly. So, maintain a sense of awe, especially on rainy days."

At this moment, a staff member said, "Captain Yang Jinwen lives on the second floor, in room 201."

"Thanks."

Yao Weihua nodded and was about to go upstairs when Yang Jinwen and Maozi came downstairs.

"Captain Yang, Cat."

"Good morning, Lao Yao, Xiao Bin, Sister Cai."

After Yang Jinwen came down, Cai Ting handed him the travel bag she was carrying: "Captain Yang, this is what Forensic Doctor Wen asked me to give you."

"What's inside?"

"Clothes and toiletries."

Yang Jinwen raised an eyebrow: "Thank you. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I'll treat you to mutton soup next door."

Cat said with a sullen face, "Where's mine? I didn't bring any clothes with me either."

Qi Bin patted him on the shoulder: "I brought it for you, it's in the car."

Looking at the jeep outside, Maozi exclaimed in surprise, "My master is here too?"

"Where? Your master has a lot of things to do and can't leave. Captain He heard we were coming and asked us to drive his car. The road conditions in Danan County are bad, and the old cars from the Municipal Bureau are too outdated."

"He's really willing to do it."

"That depends on who is handling the case in Danan County."

"Isn't it just that you're worried about me?" Cat chuckled.

"How dare you!" Yao Weihua said sarcastically.

The five people went to the breakfast stall next door, but because of the rain, there weren't many customers.

Several people sat together, eating roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and talking.

Yang Jinwen asked, "How is Lai Changyu doing?"

Yao Weihua replied, "He's still in the hospital. He'll need at least a month to recover."

"Have you confessed everything?"

"He confessed everything, everything is clear, and he will definitely be sentenced to death."

Director Wen and Captain He are both very busy. People from the procuratorate come to our municipal bureau every day, transferring cases to them daily. Several squads are cooperating with the procuratorate to supplement evidence.

At this moment, Cai Ting asked, "Captain Yang, what case are we investigating here?"

"We'll have a meeting after dinner, then you'll find out."

Yang Jinwen took a sip of mutton soup and looked outside at the torrential rain.

When he looked away, he found himself in the conference room of the Danan County Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Because it was a rainy day, the conference room was dark, with white fluorescent lights shining from the ceiling, and raindrops constantly pattering against the windowpanes.

Fu Mingyuan stood in front of the whiteboard, holding a watercolor pen, and said, "Around 5 a.m. on May 29th last month, the Caochang Town Police Station received a report that someone had been murdered at Hongyunlou."

After the police from the local police station arrived, they found a female corpse in room 306 and immediately notified our criminal investigation team. We arrived at the scene at 7:30 a.m.

The person who called the police was Ji Xiaoqiang, a pimp at Hongyunlou Restaurant. The deceased was named Yu Jing, a woman who sold silver.

At this point, Fu Mingyuan picked up a few photos from the table and pasted them on the whiteboard.

These are photos taken by technical officers at the scene.

Photos of the interior environment, full-body photos of the corpse, close-up photos of the face, and photos of wounds, etc.

After Fu Mingyuan pasted the photo, he paused, took two steps back, and continued, "According to the forensic examination, Yu Jing had conjunctival hemorrhage, ruptured capillaries, a bluish-purple face, and urinary incontinence."

The forensic examination determined that the cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation, that is, strangulation.

Look at the wound on the deceased, the spiral pattern, so we deduce that it was probably a steel wire rope thinner than a little finger.

In addition, the deceased had multiple burns from cigarette butts on his body, including six burns on his chest and abdomen.

The forensic doctor also removed half of a Baihongmei cigarette butt from the victim's body. The suspect's fingerprints were found on the cigarette butt's filter. But one important point is that the victim, Yu Jing, had not been assaulted.

The time of death was between 7:30 pm and 9 pm on May 28th.

Furthermore, the gold necklace and valuables around the deceased's neck were stolen, including 800 yuan in cash, 600 yuan which was placed in the coat pocket in the wardrobe, and 200 yuan which was placed under the pillow.

Through our investigation, we traced the gold necklace and found it to coal miner Yang Jianhui.

On the afternoon of May 30th, he took the deceased's gold necklace to a gold shop to sell it. When we arrested him, we also found cash of unknown origin on his person.

In addition, his fingerprints perfectly matched those on the cigarette butt from the deceased's lower body.

We apprehended Yang Jianhui, and after three interrogations, he confessed to the theft but consistently denied committing murder.

Hearing this, Yang Jinwen blinked. Yang Jianhui had managed to endure three interrogations and still insisted that he hadn't killed anyone; he was quite a ruthless person.

Many criminals don't survive the third interrogation and have to give up after the second.

Zhou Changyuan, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, began by saying, "Tell me about the findings of yesterday's investigation."

Fu Mingyuan looked at the forensic investigators sitting to the side. They all had their heads down and dared not speak because the on-site investigation was not thorough.

Fu Mingyuan had no choice but to explain himself: "Yesterday, Captain Yang and I went to Hongyunlou again and found several suspicious points."

Firstly, someone was hidden under the bed of the victim, Yu Jing.

Judging from the dust marks under the bed, it must have been caused recently.

Whether someone hid under the bed when Yu Jing was murdered is currently unknown.

However, forensic examination has already extracted the mysterious person's fingerprints, hand size, and height.

The person's height is estimated to be between 1.65 and 1.7 meters, and fingerprints have been extracted.

Furthermore, based on the scratches found on the floor under the bed, Captain Yang deduced that the mysterious person was wearing a patterned metal belt.

"Metal belt?"

Zhou Changyuan looked at Yang Jinwen and questioned, "Could it be the key? Or the steel cable that the murderer was holding, which caused the scratches on the ground?"

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "Judging from the marks at the scene, the scratch is right on the lower abdomen. If this person wanted to get out from under the bed, they would have to crawl out on both hands. The scratch on the ground is on the lower abdomen. The scratch is very shallow, but it is five centimeters long, so I judge it to be a belt buckle."

"If the person hiding under the bed is the murderer, then this clue is very important."

"Yes."

Fu Mingyuan said, "I asked the public security brigade and the police station, and they haven't been to Hongyunlou recently, so it shouldn't be that the customer was hiding under the bed because he was afraid of being caught during a police raid."

Yang Jinwen pointed to the photo of the body on the whiteboard and asked, "By the way, were the cigarette burns on the deceased caused before or after death?"

"After death".

Yang Jinwen nodded and took notes in his notebook with his pen.

Curious, Lü Weiwei glanced at Yang Jinwen's notebook over the cat's shoulder and immediately widened her eyes.

What is this written? I don't recognize a single word!

Cat noticed her confusion and chuckled softly, "Don't even mention you, no one in our city bureau can understand Captain Yang's handwriting."

Fu Mingyuan continued, "Another very important point of doubt is that the suspect, Yang Jianhui, said that he arrived at the victim's residence at 8:30 a.m., and the door was open at the time. He pushed the door open and went in."

He saw Yu Jing lying on the ground, her head resting on a small stool, her eyes staring at the ceiling.

Last night, I went to the detention center to verify this again, and he still said the same thing. Moreover, when he took the victim's gold necklace, he also placed the victim's head like this, with her face towards the ceiling.

However, the person who reported the incident, Ji Xiaoqiang, said that he went to collect the money from Yu Jing at four in the morning. The door was locked. After entering, he saw that Yu Jing's face was turned to the left, but from the direction of the doorway, she was facing the right wall.

Zhou Changyuan frowned and said, "After the stiffness subsided, the body went limp, the head slid down, and the face turned to the right. Isn't that normal?"

Yang Jinwen shook his head and placed the wall clock, which was in the evidence bag, on the table.

"Without this, we might not have been able to determine the killer's intentions."

"how to say?"

At this moment, a forensic investigator mustered up his courage and said, "Director Zhou, we extracted fingerprints from the alarm clock, and they were fingerprints with dust on them!"

Zhou Changyuan's eyes widened: "Really?"

If that's the case, then the mysterious person under the bed has a movement pattern.

The so-called movement path is the trajectory of the activity. If this happens at the time of the crime, then it is definitely a major suspicion!
The man nodded: "The fingerprints on the clock are the same as those under the bed."

Zhou Changyuan pointed the tip of his pen in their direction.

"How much have you overlooked? You should all reflect on yourselves! Write down your full self-criticisms. Don't take any chances. You must be dealt with accordingly. This is how wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice occur!"

Several technical officers nodded in agreement, while the young man who had just spoken was glared at several times by his colleagues.

(End of this chapter)