Han Cheng and the others once again asked the colleagues who came to Jiu Mingshan with Liao Bang and asked them whether Liao Bang had suicidal tendencies recently.
Liao Bang's colleagues said they could not see that Liao Bang had suicidal tendencies.
"It is impossible for Manager Liao to commit suicide. He said that our department's performance this month was outstanding, and he will treat everyone to dinner when he returns!"
"His daughter's birthday is in a few days, and he reminded me not to forget to buy a gift!"
"He has a successful career and a happy family. I can't think of any reason for him to commit suicide!"
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In fact, based on the circumstances at the crime scene, Han Cheng also felt that the possibility of Liao Bang committing suicide was relatively small.
First of all, when Liao Bang died, his face looked horrified and his eyes were wide open, which was a bit like dying with eyes open.
Secondly, he was only wearing a pair of underwear. Why would a suicidal person take off his clothes before committing suicide? This is a bit counterintuitive.
But if it was a homicide, the doors and windows were intact. How did the murderer get into the room and kill him?
Could it be that an acquaintance committed the crime?
In order to check who entered Liao Bang's room that night, Han Cheng asked the hotel security to call up the hotel's surveillance video that night.
Surveillance cameras are basically installed in hotel lobbies, elevators, corridors and other public places.
It stands to reason that as long as the surveillance camera in the corridor on the third floor is called up, we can know whether anyone entered Liao Bang's room that night.
And the people who have entered Liao Bang's room are naturally the most suspect.
However, things were far from as simple as Han Cheng thought. When Han Cheng watched the surveillance video, he quickly discovered the clues.
Between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m., all surveillance videos in the hotel were missing.
Han Cheng asked the security guard on duty that night alone.
The security guard said that the reason why the surveillance video during that period was missing was because the hotel's lines were suddenly disconnected and the entire hotel was without power at that time.
Therefore, the surveillance camera could not work normally. It was not until around 4 a.m. after the electrician repaired the line that the surveillance camera resumed operation.
Why did the wires break during the time when Liao Bang died? Is there any connection between the two? This made Han Cheng very confused.
So he asked the electrician who repaired the line that night to ask him about the repair status that night.
"Do you think the wires in the hotel were broken that night? What caused it? Are the wires aging?" Han Cheng asked the electrician.
"This is impossible! These wires were replaced not long ago! I can't tell what caused it! This hotel is built on a mountain, and the wires were pulled up from the mountain. They passed through some virgin forests on the way. It’s not a wild beast, maybe it was bitten off by a wild beast!” said the electrician.
"However, the cut surface where the wire was disconnected is very flat. If it was really bitten by a wild animal, it shouldn't be so flat! But it's hard to say, maybe which beast has sharper teeth!"
Hearing what the electrician said, Han Cheng felt even more strange that the wire was broken.
"Then did you take a photo of the disconnected opening of the wire?"
"Yes! I thought it was a little weird, so I took a photo of it!"
The electrician said, opening a picture on his phone and showing it to Han Cheng.
Han Cheng saw that the cuts on the wires in the picture were indeed very smooth. According to his experience, this was definitely not what a wild beast wanted, but more like it was cut by a tool such as scissors.
Who cut the hotel's wires?
Could it be the murderer?
When Han Cheng was confused, more than a dozen hotel guests came to Han Cheng and told him to call the police, saying that their money had been stolen!
When asked, everyone said it was stolen while sleeping last night.
The hotel wires were cut, and then someone's money was stolen. Are the two related?
Chi Shen made a conjecture based on Han Cheng's discovery: "Captain Han, I think a thief came last night. He first cut off the hotel's wires, then sneaked into the hotel under cover of darkness to commit theft. After that, he stole into Liao Bang's room. At that time, he was discovered by Liao Bang, so he killed him and gave Liao Bang poison, and finally Liao Bang died from the poison.
I have to say that Chi Shen's analysis seems to have a certain possibility.
If Liao Bang also lost property, then Chi Shen's speculation seems to be more reliable.
So Chi Shen asked Liao Bang's colleagues to identify Liao Bang's luggage. Several people said that Liao Bang's cash and brand-name watches were missing!
It seems that the thief really entered Liao Bang's room!
Therefore, Han Cheng and the others focused their investigation on finding the thieves.
But without surveillance video, how can we find the thief?
Han Cheng carefully analyzed the location of Jiu Mingshan Hotel.
It is built on Mingtou Mountain, the main peak of Jiu Ming Mountain.
There are dozens of kilometers from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, and it is almost impossible to walk up.
People who travel to Jiu Ming Mountain basically drive up the mountain by themselves and park their cars in the parking lot before going there.
If a thief wants to go up the mountain and leave Jiu Ming Mountain after stealing, he must use a car as a means of transportation.
Just look at cars that left the parking lot between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. and you might find the thieves.
So, Han Cheng and the others came to the parking lot of Jiu Ming Mountain.
This is an unattended parking lot. Drivers only need to scan the QR code at the exit to pay the parking fee, and the blocking lever will automatically lift to let them pass.
Fortunately, there is a high-definition surveillance camera at the entrance of the parking lot.
And the camera was functioning normally that night.
Han Cheng checked the surveillance video of the parking lot that night.
It was discovered that only one vehicle had left the parking lot during that time.
And the license plate number was clearly photographed.
Hong Xi checked the license plate number and found out that it was a fake car.
He left between 1am and 4am, and the license plate number was false again.
Could the person driving this car be the thief?
It's a pity that this man was wearing a mask and a peaked cap, covering himself so tightly that you couldn't see any of his facial expressions.
But after watching the video again, I still made new discoveries.
He noticed that when the suspect scanned the QR code at the exit to pay the parking fee, he once stretched his mobile phone out of the car window to scan the QR code.
It was his seemingly ordinary behavior.
However, Han Cheng freeze-framed the picture and saw the WeChat "My" interface displayed on the screen of the suspect's mobile phone.
And this interface happened to display the suspect’s WeChat ID.
Nowadays, all WeChat accounts with payment functions must have their real names.
So soon, Han Cheng and the others found out the suspect's true identity through the suspect's WeChat account.
This person's name is Lin Ming, a thief with a history of theft.
Lin Ming was quickly captured and taken back to Jiangnan Branch.
Lin Ming never expected that he would be caught by the police less than 24 hours after the theft.
After some interrogation, Lin Ming quickly confessed the fact of his theft.
But he only admitted that he had stolen, and refused to admit that he had killed Liao Bang.
