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

Chapter 400 Digging Up a Corpse on a Snowy Night!

Wu Kai's mood sank to rock bottom, especially since the provincial department was involved in the case, which gave him an urge to immediately notify Yue Hongdong.

But with Wen Mo and the provincial government officials present, he couldn't do that.

Besides, Yang Jinwen is already interrogating the suspect.

At this moment, apart from footsteps, the only sounds in the courtyard were Yang Jinwen's questions and the thugs' replies.

Lu Ruixiang and Shen Wenzhu exchanged a glance, sighed softly, and tacitly approached Yang Jinwen, wanting to hear about the case.

"Kang Dazhong, how many people have you abducted in total?"
The thug named Kang Dazhong was handcuffed and squatting on the ground. His belt had been removed, causing his pants to slip down to his thighs.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Wu Daqing grabbed him by the back of his collar: "I'm asking you a question, how many people have you killed?"

"Five...five."

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "Kang Dazhong, you're not telling the truth. With just five people, how could you get rich? Geng Hao has already confessed that you started defrauding insurance in 1995. Over those three years, how much money did you swindle? How many people did you kill? We'll find out everything in an investigation."

This is your chance to confess. If you don't tell the truth, and we find evidence, your crime will be serious!

Kang Dazhong was so frightened that his knees trembled and his teeth chattered.

His two accomplices, Chang Yonghua and He Fang, were taken to the other side and interrogated separately by Cai Ting and Maozi.

Cai Ting has identified at least eight missing homeless elderly men and women, not counting those who have not yet been identified.

Therefore, Kang Dazhong's answer was clearly a lie.

“Kang Dazhong, you refuse to confess, but can Geng Hao, Chang Yonghua, and He Fang not confess? Since we were able to find our way here, you can’t escape your fate!”

Don't even think about hiding it. I advise you to tell the truth.

"I dare not say it, I dare not say it..."

Kang Dazhong became agitated: "I know I deserve to die. I'm going to die this time. Do whatever you want with me!"

Upon hearing his words, the detectives present knew that the matter was serious.

Kang Dazhong was not resisting, but rather extremely afraid. If he hadn't caused so many deaths, he wouldn't have given up the struggle even if there was a chance of survival.

Yang Jinwen questioned him for more than ten minutes, but he didn't say anything.

However, during the interrogation, Cai Ting and Maozi's expressions grew increasingly grave.

The reason why the four criminals were not brought back to the branch was because there were no homeless old men or women in the courtyard when they were arrested.

Where did they go?
According to Geng Hao, they lured these people, fed them, and bought them clothes in order to use them to defraud social security funds.

The method is simple: they find some elderly people who are widowed and alone through hospitals, funeral homes, or Kangda Zhong themselves. Whether they died of natural causes or were harmed by them, as long as their identities have not been cancelled, they can exploit them.

Initially, only three people were doing this: Kang Dazhong, Chang Yonghua, and He Fang.

After 96, they recruited Geng Hao and Guo Yu, and had them find people. Kang Dazhong took advantage of his previous work at the Social Security Bureau to become familiar with the pension claim process and used loopholes in the system to defraud social security funds.

As long as the homeless elderly people they find bear some resemblance to the deceased retired elderly, and the deceased's identity has not been cancelled, they can continue to deceive people.

Every month, Chang Yonghua and He Fang would take people to collect their pensions. At the pension collection window, they would use homeless elderly people they had found to impersonate retirees, and bring fake ID cards, retirement certificates, and household registration books.

Because in this day and age there are no computer networks and people are only seen by their ID cards, it is difficult for staff to identify them. Besides, it is very common for retired elderly people to have changes in appearance due to illness or other reasons.

Kang Dazhong dared not speak, because he knew he was doomed.

Geng Hao, Chang Yonghua, and He Fang were terrified of death, and the three of them recounted the facts and details of the crime.

Geng Hao was only responsible for finding people, not for what happened afterward. However, Chang Yonghua and He Fang had been working with Kang Dazhong on this project from the beginning, so the case gradually became clearer after their answers.

Starting in 95, Kang Dazhong and others did not obtain much retirement pension through fraud, nor did they have the courage to commit murder.

In early 1996, Kang Dazhong incurred a large debt from loan sharks. He then used two homeless old men, fabricated their identities, and defrauded an insurance company of up to 100,000 yuan.

The two homeless old men fabricated identities as the fathers of Chang Yonghua and He Fang, and deliberately caused the two old men to die in a car accident.

The driver of the vehicle was Kang Dazhong. He deliberately ran someone over and killed them before fleeing the scene.

After pulling off these two heists, Kang Dazhong got the money and repaid the loan sharks.

They wanted to continue doing this because the money came too quickly, and besides, none of these homeless elderly people had family members who reported them to the police.

Chang Yonghua and He Fang's identities had already been used, and they couldn't find suitable 'family members'. They recruited Geng Hao and Guo Yu because these two had criminal records with the police, so a check would be easy to find.

Insurance companies are very good at investigating insurance fraud, so they gave up and instead focused on defrauding the social security bureau of retirement funds.

Besides the two homeless elderly men they brutally murdered, they abducted a total of twelve homeless elderly men and women in 96 and 97.

The identities they used would eventually be canceled upon their deaths, so the operation could not continue. Fearing that the police would investigate their crimes, they sent nine elderly men and women to a neighboring province and abandoned them in some remote town.

They were also warned that if they dared to return to Qincheng, they would be killed.

The other three elderly people were killed by Kang Dazhong, Geng Hao, and Guo Yu because they were not cooperative, felt they were only given one bite to eat, and were locked in the yard, starving, and wanted to escape.

After Geng Hao and Guo Yu killed Li Song and Fan Chuanping, although Geng Hao kept it from Kang Dazhong, he managed to get information out of Guo Yu. This guy had a keen sense of smell and knew that two people had died at the Hongxing Brick Factory.

This morning, Kang Dazhong took the two elderly people who were locked in the yard to Hanzhong City and abandoned them there. Kang Dazhong originally planned to wait for Geng Hao to return so that they could discuss whether to run away, but unexpectedly, the police suddenly arrested them.

In other words, not counting Li Song, Fan Chuanping, and the homeless old woman who died in the car, Kang Dazhong was not lying; they killed a total of five people!
If we include Li Song and others, this case involves eight lives!
Apart from the two people who were killed for defrauding huge insurance policies and causing a car accident, the bodies of the other three people and the ashes of the two others were buried in the yard!

The interrogation came to an end, and the police officers present remained silent.

This case is extremely serious!

Even Wen Mo and Wu Kai put aside their competitive feelings and began to focus on the case itself.

Wen Mo looked around, his tone serious and solemn: "Where is the person buried? Dig them out and get the forensic and technical teams here right away!"

Wu Kai nodded and shakily pulled out his phone.

Geng Hao and Guo Yu were responsible for burying the body. Guo Yu had already been killed, so Cai Ting and Wu Daqing dragged him to a wall on the right side of the yard.

For easy identification, Geng Hao's handcuffs were placed in front of him, illuminated by the light of more than a dozen flashlights.

Geng Hao raised his hands and pointed to the unmelted snow in the corner of the wall.

"There is a person buried there, about two meters to the left of the wall, and another person buried there. The third old lady is buried in the corner on the left side of the wall."

Yang Jinwen asked, "What about the ashes of the other two people?"

"I don't know that."

Cai Ting replied, "Chang Yonghua just confessed that the ashes were scattered randomly in the corner of the wall in March 1996, so they should not be found."

Yang Jinwen didn't reply, but felt a tightness in his chest.

Homeless people, including elderly men and women, were exploited and killed by this group of beasts.

Is this something a human being would do?
The detectives present found shovels and began digging at three designated locations.

The cat joined in, gritting its teeth and digging the soil with all its might using a shovel.

Beneath the snow lies barren wild grass, its roots tangled and intertwined in the soil. Next spring, these roots will sprout new shoots, and new life will grow here.

If this case hadn't been solved, no one would have known that three bodies were buried under the courtyard wall.

After digging through a layer of soil, there was a layer of plastic film inside, which had been punctured by earthworms and other insects. The plastic film was probably used to prevent the stench of the corpse from emanating.

Furthermore, the detectives found lime powder particles in the soil, suggesting that the group may have sprinkled lime when burying the body to prevent the stench of the corpse.

According to Geng Hao's directions, the body was buried a meter deep, showing that they had put in a lot of effort.

Maozi swung the shovel with all his might, gritting his teeth. Li Yang wanted to let him rest, but Maozi refused.

When the three pits were dug to a depth of nearly one meter, the soil layer became harder and harder. Over a year, the underground soil was compacted again, and it was impossible to tell that this was a place where a body was buried.

As they approached the depth where the body was buried, the detectives dared not exert any force and could only kneel on the ground, carefully digging the soil.

At this time, the technical team and forensic experts arrived one after another.

Wen Ling first looked at the thug's body lying on the white sheet, and when she saw the three bullet holes in his face, she raised an eyebrow: "Who shot him?"

Shen Wenzhu, who was standing to the side, glanced at her and said, "He said he's your fiancé."

"I knew it……"

Wen Ling let out a breath, seemingly having already made up her mind that there weren't many people in the Qincheng Detachment with this bad habit of shooting in the head.

She looked at the corner of the wall to her left, where almost everyone was gathered, their flashlight beams forming a continuous line, like a galaxy in the night sky.

To provide clearer illumination, the technical team began setting up searchlights.

Under the dazzling lights, snow began to fall again in the night sky.

Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Found it! Chief Wen, the body has been found!"

"Something has been discovered in Pit 2 as well!"

"There's one here too, in the corner!"

The crowd began to murmur and gathered around the three burial pits. The bodies were the most important evidence in the case; without them, even if there were confessions and a complete chain of criminal logic, it was all nonsense.

Out of the corner of Yang Jinwen's eye, he saw Maozi dejectedly throw away his shovel, walk away from everyone, and slap himself hard twice.

The 127 major criminal case involves multiple murders, including insurance fraud and murder, and numerous other crimes.

The propaganda officers who came from the provincial department had cameras hanging around their necks and were taking pictures of the burial site from different angles.

A snowy night, a dilapidated courtyard, detectives inside, blinding searchlights, and unearthed skeletons...

Wen Mo, Wen Hesong, Yang Jinwen, and even the cat crouching in the yard with its head in its hands were all captured on video by the technical police officers.

Today is December 12, 1998, at 10:30 PM...

(End of this chapter)