"In the end what happened?"
Lu Yao murmured, closing his eyes and meditating.
She wasn't talking to anyone. I just tried to restore the unknown crime scene in my mind based on some of the video data that had been left behind and everyone's confessions.
The deceased was a human trafficker and was driven away by a vehicle carrying dozens of children before his death. According to the police who later investigated the scene, there was only one large truck remaining that blocked a passage on the highway, causing many passing drivers to honk and complain within two hours. Nearly five hours after the death of the deceased, one of the more enthusiastic drivers went around and got out of the car to check, only to find that an adult male was crushed under the tires of the car.
Blood flowed not only all over the ground, but also soaked into the wheels. The surviving photos still show the tragic scene at that time. At first, both the driver and the police who arrived later believed that this was a hit-and-run incident. The driver got out of the car and was at a loss to escape. The only reason why there were pedestrians crossing the road was suspicious.
However, after inspection, the fingerprints on the steering wheel matched those of the deceased. Several children also identified photos of the deceased before his death, indicating that this uncle was the one who took them into the car. In other words, the deceased was both the driver himself and a trafficker who abducted dozens of innocent children. But at the same time, the so-called "real murderer" has also become a mystery.
There are many doubts at the scene, but they have not been fully answered. In order to ensure that the children could be sent to the destination in good health, the other arrested prisoners from the den said that in addition to feeding each child sleeping pills, they also prepared a quilt for each two children to keep them at a suitable body temperature during the journey.
But in the end, the number of children was an odd number, and the children who woke up also took all the bedding into the truck, and it was impossible to tell who was wrapped in the same heating position as who. For other traffickers who are scrambling to explain everything in order to reduce their sentences, this detail should not be ignored. But they were not too particular people. They only knew about "buying and selling" and did not count the number of children. After all, there were not such convenient smartphones and memo functions at that time.
There is another point that is also suspicious. Many heavy objects were left around the road, which was still little visited at the time. But because there was already a lot of garbage there that didn't belong there, it didn't attract much attention.
The conclusion at that time was quite clear, that is, the murderer was the driver's accomplice. But at this moment, Lu Yao had well-founded doubts about this conclusion.
But this suspicion... is too bizarre. According to common sense, if her conclusion is true, then the truth may be too heavy for people to say.
The first thing Lu Yao retrieved was the fingerprint clues on the steering wheel of the truck that were used as evidence.
It turned out that the entire steering wheel was covered in the deceased's own fingerprints. The positions of the branches are even and reasonable, without any traces of wiping. This was reasonable, and Lu Yao knew after careful consideration that the method in her mind did not require any manipulation of the steering wheel at all, and the "suspect" would not be able to achieve this kind of manipulation with his knowledge and stature.
The most probative question lies elsewhere.
Gear Shift - Because the murderer in the case was never found, the truck was stored in a police warehouse used to store large evidence. After checking the evidence again, Lu Yao also understood why the fingerprints here did not have the same information recorded in the electronic file as the steering wheel.
Since there are no fingerprints on the gear lever, there is no fingerprint data on file.
In other words, the murderer accelerated the truck and killed the deceased by directly operating the gear lever and accelerator without touching the steering wheel. Subsequently, the remaining fingerprints on the shift lever that must be touched were also promptly wiped away.
Then the suspect in the case disappeared from everyone's sight, without any clues. Even when the police later used the characteristics of the sighting location provided by the children, combined with clues provided by a few parents and relatives, to follow the clues and find other cooperating traffickers' lairs, they could not find out where such an accomplice came from.
But now, the truth of this case became more and more clear in Lu Yao's mind - there were never any accomplices who killed each other, because the real murderer of this case was a child who escaped and ascended to heaven.
A child who is knowledgeable but fearless, as bold as ever.
The specific techniques were lost in the past along with the evidence, and perhaps only the true owner of that experience can recall the whole story. The police did not find the fleeing suspect during their investigations on the highway and surrounding villages - because they were simply going in the wrong direction.
People in the village were asked all over the place if there were any strange adult men. Naturally, no one would suspect the girl walking in the fields like their own doll. If the girl had multiple contusions but it didn't appear on the outside, no one would have paid any attention to it - in the past, in relatively simple rural areas, it was not surprising for any child to walk around the streets.
Naturally, the real accomplices of the traffickers would not know that there was such a fictitious accomplice. They might be the first ones to be confused. After all, such a person does not exist. The deceased, who was the only accomplice who had never been caught, also ate and lived with them. They did not have time to get to know such a companion who killed them. , and there is no reason to bring people into the car during transportation.
If you are an adult, you will naturally only need to instruct your accomplices and then drive to kill. But if it is an ordinary child who wants to save himself but doesn't know what to do, the methods required are much more complicated.
On this basis, it is possible to find many vague evidences at the crime scene caused by the chaos caused by the child being picked up from the car - because it is impossible for the murderer to commit the crime with the simplest verbal trap. Then she naturally needs another plan.
The bruises on the girl's body, the bedding that disappeared from the scene, the other girl who refused to tell the truth...
Even if it is unbelievable, knowing that a person cannot disappear out of thin air and leave no traces before committing a crime, the only fact that can achieve all this is the final truth.
This is not a simple escape, but a planned revenge and escape conspiracy.
The girl did not take sleeping pills. She took away the bedding of the child who was sleeping with her, and used the gap on one side where objects could pass through to throw the heavy objects in the car. As long as a movement is heard by the driver with the window open, he may become suspicious and get out of the car to check.
This is the opportunity that can be taken advantage of - the length of the truck is not short, and it will take time to get out and explore the surroundings.
The girl was also cruel to herself. She wrapped herself in a quilt as a buffer. After the vehicle slowed down to a certain extent, she jumped out from the rear door. Getting out of the car before stopping was an inevitable choice because she had to leave quickly before the person noticed. Once the car stopped, the time difference was not enough for her to get to the corresponding location.
She wrapped the quilt into shape and then took a detour from the other side of the driver's seat. At the same time, the driver who had already decided to observe the situation also went around behind the car. He may not immediately see the bedding left behind in the distance - finding it will delay the inspection, but he will definitely try to close the open door of the truck.
The moment the rear door closes and makes a sound, as long as you can be in the car, turn the gear to reverse, and step on the accelerator, everything will be over.
It's not without reason that the girl behaved well-behaved and self-consciously. Nothing makes it easier for an obedient child to extract such simple yet meaningful information from an adult. All people are easy to be teachers when they have a devoted audience.
All appearances are not without reason.
Children are born ignorant. But once the so-called ignorant people possess extraordinary wisdom, they will often show extraordinary endings.
Evil is not natural, but ignorance is part of nature. The so-called evil is also born from ignorance.
She just used her simplest thinking to free herself, save the rest of dozens of children's lives, and then ran away.
"So, you are the murderer?"
Lu Yao confessed such a simple question because she really had no evidence and could only take the initiative to pursue it with irresponsible curiosity.
The person who was talking to her fell into silence.
