Chen Shi walked into the office and began to report the results of the investigation into the identity of the deceased.
Xu Lei, male, 19 years old, from Xiacheng District, Baiyin City, his mother died of massive hemorrhage when he was born.
His father was a gang member in Xiacheng District. When Xu Lei was ten years old, he died in a fight with another gang due to a conflict.
Xu Lei has lived with his grandmother since he was a child, and finally got into high school. However, during school, because he was pursuing a female classmate, he had a conflict with another suitor and accidentally injured him. Xu Lei was expelled.
After that, he has been hanging out in Xiacheng District.
More than a month ago.
His grandmother, who had been raising him, passed away, and Room 601 was the only inheritance left to him by his grandmother.
According to interviews and surveys, Xu Lei has returned home since his grandmother passed away and rarely goes out. Except for his boss, who has recently contacted him, few people have seen him.
After reporting the basic information, Chen Shi continued to report the cause of death and on-site investigation results when Fang Mu and Liu Tao didn't speak.
"The deceased's time of death was around 1:30 to 2:30 in the morning on April 4. The cause of death was a blunt blow to the back of the head and intracranial hemorrhage."
"The deceased was killed with one blow. There were no resistance injuries on his body, but there were restraint injuries. There were wires wrapped around his neck and there were obvious strangulation marks. After a forensic autopsy, it was found that the restraint injuries were caused after the death of the deceased. The purpose was to keep the deceased's body upright by the window. , the murderer’s purpose for doing this is still unclear.”
"The wire binding the deceased's neck was a three-meter-long charging cable, which belonged to the deceased."
"The murder weapon was a common tool hammer, which was abandoned by the murderer in the grass behind the residential building."
"We found biological samples such as blood stains and hair of the deceased on the murder weapon, and determined that the tool hammer was the murder weapon that killed Xu Lei."
"In addition, we also found half a bloody fingerprint on the handle of the murder weapon. Through blood test comparison, it was found that the blood did not belong to the deceased Xu Lei, but from another deceased Chen Xuefeng. The fingerprint comparison results have not been released yet. "
"After comparing the murder weapons, it was found that although the murder weapon that killed Xu Lei and the murder weapon that killed Chen Xuefeng were not the same, they were basically the same model and condition."
"Also, the scene was messy, but there were signs of cleaning. We couldn't find any traces related to the murderer at the scene."
"At this point, that's basically the information we have."
After listening to Chen Shi's report, Fang Mu and Liu Tao frowned and looked extremely heavy.
According to the existing clues, Xu Lei's death is directly related to the 404 case.
After a long silence, Liu Tao finally spoke first.
"From this point of view, Xu Lei's death is probably the result of the murderer of the 404 case trying to silence him."
Fang Mu neither opposed nor agreed with Liu Tao's views.
"Why did the murderer want to kill Xu Lei? What was the motive? What was the purpose?"
After hearing this, Liu Tao thought for a moment and said, "Maybe Xu Lei witnessed the entire process of the 404 case and was discovered by the murderer, so he killed him."
"Since Xu Lei witnessed the murder, why didn't he call the police immediately?"
Liu Tao thought without thinking: "Because he is a gang member. As you know, those people in Xiacheng District do not trust our police. What's more, they are still our key targets."
Fang Mu glanced at Liu Tao, then turned to Chen Shi and asked, "Is Xu Lei a gang member?"
Chen Shi shook his head and said: "Barely so, but according to the gang members themselves, Xu Lei did not join them and has always been on the periphery of the gang."
Fang Mu asked again: "Did Xu Lei call anyone else before he was killed?"
Chen Shi flipped through the information in his hand, shook his head, and said, "No, we retrieved Xu Lei's call records. The last call was at 10 o'clock in the evening on the 3rd, and it was a takeaway call."
Fang Mu nodded, turned to look at Liu Tao and said, "I neither called the police nor called anyone else. This is obviously not the reaction you should have after witnessing a murder."
"Maybe it's because I'm afraid of forgetting?" Chen Shi said tentatively.
Fang Mu and Liu Tao shook their heads after hearing this.
What Chen Shi said may not mean nothing, but it is very small.
Chen Shi also realized this and frowned: "It seems that Xu Lei probably didn't see anything, but in this case, why did the murderer want to kill him? Could it be that the murderer of 404 found someone in Room 601? , you think Xu Lei might have seen him and killed him just to be cautious?"
Liu Tao was reading the on-site reports and surrounding visits and investigations. When he heard this, he shook his head and said: "Although this is possible, it is not true."
"Why?"
Liu Tao showed the information in his hand and said: "There are three or four households in the residential building near the scene of the 404 incident, but they are all elderly. If the murderer really kills for this purpose, killing one of them is also a murder." , why doesn’t he kill everyone, there aren’t many people anyway.”
When Chen Shi heard this, he subconsciously wanted to refute, thinking that this was impossible and that the murderer could not be so perverted.
But he immediately thought of the tragic deaths of Chen Xuefeng and Shen Jiayi.
Chen Xuefeng and Shen Jiayi suffered inhuman torture before they died, and it lasted for a long time. This shows that the murderer was a pervert and had no humanity at all.
If the murderer really wanted to kill everyone, it would not be impossible to kill all the residents of the residential building, and the possibility was very high.
"Is it because Xu Lei is a young man?"
Liu Tao rolled his eyes and said angrily: "How did the murderer know whether Xu Lei was young or old? Could it be that the murderer specifically visited the spot before committing the crime?"
But Chen Shi's eyes lit up and he said: "The spot? Yes, the murderer will definitely check the spot before committing the crime."
"..."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Tao was instantly speechless.
He glanced at Chen Shi, turned to look at Fang Mu, and complained: "Is this the first graduate in the grade? He might as well be a co-op at the police station."
Fang Mu was also helpless, but seeing Chen Shi's confused expression, he still said patiently: "If you have time, read more about the investigation report."
"There are very few residents in the residential building near the crime scene. There is only one entrance and exit. If strangers come in and out, they will definitely be seen. But when we visited and investigated, they didn't see it, so..."
After Fang Mu's reminder, Chen Shi quickly picked up the information and read it, but he didn't see any strangers coming in or out during the recent period.
However, Chen Shi's words reminded Fang Mu.
"The murderer chose to commit the crime in Xiacheng Street. He must have planned it in advance. The case a month ago also occurred in Xiacheng Street. This shows that the murderer is very familiar with Xiacheng Street."
