Tian Chunda said: "Yes, it can be said that the crime scene is where the body was found, or it can be said that the crime was committed elsewhere and the body was transported there. Think about it, the autopsy results prove that the victim's There was coal powder attached to his lungs, which means that Meng Xiangyu inhaled coal powder before he died. However, there was not even a coal dust near the scene where the body was found."
"However, we can't say that the coal powder in the lungs must have been inhaled when the victim was killed, right? It may also have been inhaled a few hours before the victim, or a few days ago." Yu Ping said.
"Ah, that makes sense. This means that the murderer transported the body here after committing the crime elsewhere." Meng Xiaochun continued.
"Then it becomes more and more important to investigate the route taken by the victim." Tian Chunda said thoughtfully. He added: "Let's go and take a look at the place where the body was found."
The police car arrived at the place where Meng Xiangyu's body was found in the eastern suburbs. The detectives got out of the car.
Tian Chunda stood there and looked around at the situation and said, "Hey, let's go over there and have a look!"
The detectives climbed up the narrow slope and came to the high hill. From here you can see the long narrow valley-like street below.
"There are no factories near here!" Tian Chunda said while looking around. Not even a chimney was seen in this area. Only the roof ridges of the rows of residents shone in the autumn sun.
Hao Dong knew what the team leader was thinking. He was looking for a place with coal.
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The detectives continued their tireless investigation.
First of all, about the traces of the victim Meng Xiangyu. As a result of the investigation in the eastern suburbs, no clues were found. The criminal police analyzed that the time when Mrs. Zhang saw Meng Xiangyu going out was around four o'clock, so it can be inferred that the time when she arrived in the eastern suburbs was between five o'clock and five thirty. This time is the climax of commuting and getting off work. In this crowded situation, who could notice Meng Xiangyu who was caught in the crowd.
So, where was Meng Xiangyu from the time he left home at 4:00 pm on the 12th to the time when his body was found in the woods in the eastern suburbs at 6:30 am on the 13th? The body was accidentally discovered at 6:30 in the morning on the 13th. How long before that the body was placed here? Assuming that the crime was committed between 10pm on the 12th and 1am on the 13th, as confirmed by the autopsy results, where did he spend the six or seven hours he was alive? Still no clues were found.
If Meng Xiangyu had arrived near the scene in the eastern suburbs during the period of his survival, he must have used some kind of transportation. Therefore, the criminal police investigated the buses passing near the scene in the eastern suburbs. However, the bus drivers all said they had never seen a man who looked like Meng Xiangyu. The detectives also visited various taxi companies in the city. As a result of the investigation, no clues were found from the taxi driver.
The test results of the coal powder stuck to the victim's nostrils and lungs came out. This was done by a university geology laboratory. It is said that the quality of the coal is very good.
On the other hand, we also learned a very important situation: an investigation into the actions of Lu Tian's two drinking buddies from the evening of the 12th to the noon of the 13th. Lu Tian and Chen Xiong came to Ji Chuan's house in Sanlibao, the eastern suburbs, for a drink at around seven o'clock in the evening on the 12th.
"What? Sanli Fort?"
After hearing this report, Tian Chunda screamed because Sanlibao was one kilometer north of the woods where the body was found.
According to several drinking friends, Chen Xiong said he had something to do at 11pm and went back first. Lu Tian, Ji Chuan and their three neighbors drank until about 3:30 in the morning. As a result, Lu Tian and their neighbors all stayed at Ji Chuan's house.
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"Chen Xiong left Ji Chuan's house at 11 o'clock in the evening", which attracted the attention of the criminal police. Because Meng Xiangyu's death time was approximately between 10pm and 1am, and Ji Chuan's home was only one kilometer away from the body site.
"This is very suspicious. Let's investigate Chen Xiong again!" Tian Chunda said.
Chen Xiong is a man with a square face and medium height, thirty-five years old. He was a little listless and spoke lazily.
This is how he answered the police's inquiry: "After drinking for a while at Ji Chuan's house, my lover called me and asked me to come over in the evening. I said I had something to come out first. My lover's name is Ai Yuting. I I arrived at her house around 11:30 and stayed there that night.”
Based on Chen Xiong's confession, the criminal police came to Ai Yuting's home, investigated her, and learned that the situation was true.
It was already clear that Chen Xiong left Ji Chuan's house at eleven o'clock and arrived at Ai Yuting's house thirty minutes later. From this point of view, it is impossible for him to have enough time to go to the woods one kilometer away from Ji Chuan's home to kill Meng Xiangyu or transport his body there. Moreover, he slept with Ai Yuting until the next morning, and it was impossible for him to escape and commit crimes during this period.
"So, he didn't have time to commit the crime, so the suspicion is relatively small!" Hao Dong said.
"Yes!" Meng Xiaochun replied.
"Where exactly was Meng Xiangyu killed?" Tian Chunda said while smoking a cigarette.
"Team leader, let's investigate where there are coal storage yards in the city!" Hao Dong said.
"Okay." Tian Chunda nodded.
The criminal police began to visit places with coal storage yards in the city. But until the third day, I still couldn't figure it out.
At this moment, a completely unexpected piece of good news came to the serious case group who was in trouble because their way was blocked by the mountains. As the saying goes, God has eyes. Although this is an old saying, the current team leader Tian Chunda thinks so.
The report said: On the morning of the 13th, the Dongjiao Huimin Road Police Station received a lost handbag. It was picked up by a little girl in the fifth grade of primary school when she passed by a coal storage yard near Huimin Road. The handbag is leather, square and black, and contains a wallet, cigarettes, lighter, toilet paper and other items. The wallet was empty and no business card was found. The police at the police station thought that the handbag had nothing to do with the case and did not report it to the criminal police detachment. This was asked by a criminal policeman when he came to the Huimin Road Police Station to investigate the situation at the coal storage yard.
The serious crime team immediately brought the handbag and sent Meng Xiangyu's wife to identify the handbag.
"It is indeed my husband's." Meng Xiangyu's wife affirmed.
"Does your husband have any connections around Huimin Road?"
The woman shook her head: "No."
Tian Chunda led his men to the coal storage yard near Huimin Road. A policeman was waiting there with the little girl who had found the handbag and the girl's mother.
"Kid, where did you pick it up?" Tian Chunda asked.
