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

Chapter 43 How did that child survive?

The on-site investigation continued until evening.

Based on Wen Ling's estimated time of death, He Jinbo, along with Jiang Jianbing and Xu Guoliang, spent the entire day visiting and collecting statements from the surrounding residents.

Zheng Kang requisitioned the cat because Yang Jinwen wanted to follow the technical team and learn on-site surveying.

This infuriated Zheng Kang. Before leaving, he glared at him fiercely, suggesting that the relationship between master and disciple was showing signs of breaking down again.

After all, Zhang Xiaoying's murder had a profound impact on Zheng Kang, leaving him with a burning rage that seemed ready to erupt at any moment.

The two of them went to the patrol team and the anti-pickpocketing team because there were signs that Zhang Xiaoying's house had been ransacked.

The TV cabinet in the main room had been opened, and many items were scattered on the floor.

The innermost room was in the worst condition; the wardrobe and drawers had been opened and not put back in their original positions.

In order to determine whether the murderer broke into the house to commit burglary, which escalated into violent rape, and ultimately resulted in murder to cover it up, the police asked Sun Lu to point out where the money was kept in the house.

Sure enough, in the innermost bedroom, on top of the wardrobe, was a round mooncake box.

The cash, deposit slips, and the couple's ID cards and personal seals were all gone from the box.

According to Sun Lu's on-site identification, there was 800 yuan in cash in the mooncake box, as well as a postal deposit slip for 5,000 yuan.

This is all the wealth that Sun Lu and Zhang Xiaoying have painstakingly saved!
That night.

The conference room of the Chengbei Branch was filled with smoke, and the atmosphere was heavy.

In general criminal cases, Lu Shaohua and Captain Zhang Bin would first hand them over to the Major Crimes Team for discussion, and then determine one or two directions for investigation based on the clues they had gathered.

After the two leaders confirmed the information, the Major Crimes Unit began conducting interviews and investigations.

The current case is tentatively designated as Case 6*14. Zhang Xiaoying's home was broken into and burglarized, resulting in a loss of 5,800 yuan.

Not only that, she herself was raped, and the perpetrators, in order to silence her, brutally slit her throat.

Moreover, this happened during the campaign against organized crime, which is simply defying the law, heinous, and extremely arrogant.

Lu Shaohua dared not suppress the case, so he immediately reported it to the Municipal Public Security Bureau. The Municipal Public Security Bureau would send people to form a special task force early tomorrow morning to ensure that the murderer was caught.

The evening meeting was attended by veteran detectives from the Major Crimes Unit.

The technical team and forensic laboratory are still working intensively to collect evidence and test traces at the scene. The earliest they can get one or two results is tomorrow morning.

As soon as Zheng Kang sat down with a tired-looking cat, he pulled Jiang Jianbing aside and asked, "Where is Yang Jinwen?"

Jiang Jianbing glanced at Lu Shaohua, who was sitting at the head of the table, and whispered, "He's helping Lao Ma out."

Zheng Kang gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Has this kid forgotten which team he's on? Damn it, he doesn't do anything productive all day long."

Jiang Jianbing smiled and said, "Old Zheng, if you really think this kid isn't good enough, why don't you let me take him on? You know me, I usually don't accept cigarettes or alcohol from my apprentices. I'm clean-living."

Zheng Kang was about to agree, after all, he was holding a grudge.

Yang Jinwen is good, but he's not as obedient as a cat.

Cat can hit any target accurately. Even if it doesn't hit the bullseye, it will probably only get around eight or nine rings.

But Yang Jinwen, that kid often misses the target, shooting at other people's targets and hitting the bullseye. Where can you go to reason with that?
Sitting on his other side, Xu Guoliang whispered, "Old Zheng, don't fall for Old Jiang's tricks. Your apprentice spent the whole day investigating the site. No one knows more about footprint identification than him."

The scene was contaminated; there were footprints and fingerprints of seven or eight people, which your apprentice Yang Jinwen eliminated one by one.” Zheng Kang’s eyes widened, and he hurriedly asked, “Really?”

Xu Guoliang nodded: "That old fox Ma Boming keeps calling him a genius. Be careful, don't let him snatch Yang Jinwen away."

"Our serious crimes team finally found a promising candidate. If you always have a cold face, it will put a psychological burden on him."

Zheng Kang remained silent, his mind absorbed in the details of the case.

Once everyone had arrived, the meeting began.

As usual, He Jinbo introduced the case details, pulling the prepared clue board to the front of the conference table and pointing to the photos pasted on the board.

"The victim, Zhang Xiaoying, is 26 years old. She and her husband, Sun Lu, run a noodle shop on Jianmin Road. They have a son who is a little over one year old and cannot speak yet."

The police were called at 6:00 AM this morning. The incident occurred around 2:00 AM. The person who called the police was the owner of a small shop outside Wutong Lane.

The officers from the local police station arrived at 6:30 a.m. When they arrived, the crime scene had already been contaminated, with as many as eight people having entered it.

Among them were Sun Lu, his neighbors on either side, and the owner of the convenience store in Wutong Lane, etc.

These people went to many places, and most importantly, they untied the ropes binding Zhang Xiaoying's wrists and even covered her lower body with clothing. This caused great difficulties for our technical team's investigation.

He Jinbo paused, pasted Sun Lu's photo on the clue board, and continued, "Sun Lu is 26 years old. According to his description, he closed his shop at 6 a.m. on June 14th and then walked home."

When he got home, he found that the door lock had been forcibly broken. When he went inside, he found that the TV cabinet in the main room had been ransacked.

In the bedroom on the right, Zhang Xiaoying lay in a pool of blood, her upper body clothes torn open, and her lower body... her pants had also been removed.

He Jinbo wasn't used to using slides, so he pasted the photos taken by the technical team one by one onto the cue board.

These are overhead photos of Zhang Xiaoying's body, and photos from four different angles: head, feet, left, and right.

The video also included close-ups of the body's injuries, such as wounds on the neck, bruises on the forehead, ligature marks on the wrists, and areas on the lower back and limbs that had been violently assaulted.

Finally, the place where Zhang Xiaoying was violated...

Upon seeing these photos, the veteran detectives in the conference room sighed deeply and lit cigarettes to release their pent-up emotions. Even Lu Shaohua, who doesn't usually smoke, asked He Jinbo for one.

Only Zheng Kang sat motionless in his chair, his eyes fixed on Zhang Xiaoying's photo on the clue board through the hazy smoke.

He kept staring at her face, at her desperate eyes.

The scene of his last meeting with Zhang Xiaoying flashed through his mind.

"Officer Zheng, it's been a long time since you've come."

"Come on, Fanfan, call Grandpa Zheng."

“Last time his dad went to the department store and bought a can of milk powder. After eating this, the child became addicted to it and didn’t want to eat porridge anymore.”

"Try adding some maltose to the batter; kids love sweet things."

……

Zheng Kang's eyes were blurry. He sniffed and lowered his head.

After a while, he looked up again, and after He Jinbo and the others finished their cigarettes, he raised his hand and asked, "Captain He, how did that child survive?"

(End of this chapter)