One thing I never thought about was that I would get to know this woman in this way. At this moment, I didn’t know her name, and I didn’t know what happened to her before. Now she is a corpse. The corpse appeared in front of me, and she could not speak out about her grievances. For me now, this will be the first huge challenge I have to face after so many years of graduation.
How should I put it, in addition to worry and fear, there was also a bit of excitement. After all, when I applied for the police academy, I wanted to one day do something for these speechless lives.
From the moment I received the call to the moment I got into the police car driven by Master, I was still in the state I was in when I first received the call.
"Yang Yaozu!"
Here again I have to talk about my "hateful" name. I have always been the opposite of the name my dad gave me. Why would I suddenly add such a puzzling sentence? Because you all read it. My name has given me high hopes. However, since I was a child, nothing I have done has made my "ancestry" smoke, so my dad always uses my name to make excuses. , taught me more than once, so I often wanted to change my name, but of course I gave up the idea in the end. After all, this "bad" name has been with me for decades. If I were asked to change my name, maybe it would be better. I'm not used to it. Besides, it's been so many years and people around me have called me that. If I change my name, I have to tell them one by one that I changed my name. I think it's just adding trouble to myself.
When I came to my senses, my master and I and my other colleagues had already arrived at the scene.
The floors here are not high, only three floors, and they are shabby. The place we arrived is actually not too far from our police station. Because it was night, everything here seemed eerie, and our sirens added a bit of a scary atmosphere here. There is no doubt that everyone upstairs was awakened by our sirens, and every household Almost all the people standing outside the window were watching the excitement. Because the woman who called did not specify her specific location, we stood downstairs at a loss. Suddenly a man's voice came from one of the unit buildings.
His scream seemed to be foretelling something. After all, it was impossible for a grown man to scream so easily.
My master and I rushed towards the direction from which the sound came.
Don't tell me. Although my master is nearly fifty years old, his speed is not inferior to the so-called young people like us. I suddenly remembered what this old man said to me when I was working the night shift with him. In other words, young people should stay up less late, play less games, and exercise more. If something happens to you in this state, you won't be able to run as fast as me. At that time, I confidently told him: How could I not be able to outrun a little old man like you? But now it seems that the fact is that I really can’t outrun him.
By the time I got to the third floor, I was already gasping for air, but my master had no expression on his face. Well, after this time, I will definitely insist on running every morning.
There are three families on each floor of this building. As soon as we went upstairs, we saw a man standing at the door. It could be seen from his huge back that he was frightened because he was frozen and motionless. It wasn't until he turned around and saw us that he collapsed to the ground.
Now let's talk about the crime scene.
After the man blocking the door slumped down, we saw that the door of that house was half open. Through the crack of the half-open door, we could vaguely see a person hanging on the curtain rod of the balcony, but we couldn't see it yet. Male and female, because the man's head was covered by a black plastic bag and he was wearing unisex clothes.
It is difficult to judge anything until the moment we enter the scene. A very intuitive conclusion before us now is that the person involved has been murdered, and the situation at the crime scene is still unknown.
In fact, I smelled a strong smell of blood when I went upstairs, so before I entered the crime scene or before I climbed up to the third floor with difficulty, I was already prepared to face the extremely "visual" scene. Preparation for the "shock" scene.
However, judging from what I saw through the crack in the door, the crime scene might not be as tragic as I imagined, and there wasn't even a drop of blood. After all, people who die from overflowing will not bleed that much.
or
The killer had cleaned up the blood before we got here, or maybe there was something wrong with my nose.
Before entering the scene, I still couldn't help asking my master if he smelled blood.
He just nodded and said nothing else.
We have all the equipment ready to enter the site
I slowly opened the half-open door, for fear of causing any damage to the scene. We had to maintain the integrity of the scene before the criminal police from the branch arrived.
The scene was basically the same as what I just thought. There was not a drop of blood, not even a trace of a fight. The place was surprisingly clean. Even next to the water glass on the table, there was no trace of a drop of spilled water. We all also After a preliminary inspection of other rooms, there was no sign that anyone had been here a few hours ago. The windows were closed, and although the door was open, it was not damaged. It is easy for a person who has just stepped into such a scene to conclude that the deceased committed suicide rather than homicide.
But the only strange thing is that he left the door ajar before we came, which makes the conclusion of this case confusing, if it is suicide then why is the door ajar, and also there is a question if it is suicide, why The deceased would call us to save her before she was alive, so this can rule out the conclusion that she just committed suicide. The crime scene is so tidy, which can only mean that the murderer cleaned the scene before leaving.
However, our police station was not far from the crime scene. It only took us about half an hour from the time we received the call to the crime scene. How did the murderer do all this in such a short period of time.
We still did not give up on every corner here, and started a careful search together with the comrades from the branch who had just arrived at the scene.
But nothing was found, so now we can only protect the scene temporarily, hoping to get something from the body.
The little old man looked at everything in front of him, and it was obvious that he was thinking about something.
All the mysteries at this moment can only be gleaned from the victim who is still hanging on the curtain rod. Due to the layout of the house, the living room opens as soon as the door is opened. Although there is a design for the entrance, it has no effect. Otherwise, how could I Maybe I saw the victim just outside the door. Although I had seen the corpse illustration in school, I was still a little scared when I actually saw the corpse in front of me. After all, this was once a living thing. s life.
Therefore, it is possible that the man was frightened like that outside the door. After all, a "professional" like me was stunned when he saw this scene.
After the investigation team sent by the Criminal Police Detachment of the County Public Security Bureau took photos of the body that was still hanging on the curtain rod at the crime scene, they found someone to put the body down first. In order to confirm the identity of the victim, they removed the plastic bag covering her head. When the plastic bag was removed, I was frightened because this woman was the woman I looked at when I was arguing with Master at the breakfast shop that morning. Our man, at that time I was confused as to why this woman looked so haggard, as if she had been hurt in some way.
Because the rope compressed the large blood vessels in the neck when hanging, the face of this woman's corpse was very pale. The victim's tongue was obviously exposed when he was put down. This is a symptom of most people who died of self-inflation.
"Can you roughly determine the time of death?" Master asked
The forensic doctor who was making a preliminary examination of the body stopped what he was doing and replied: The time of death should be within this hour, because the body has not yet shown rigor mortis and even has residual warmth.
"Master, I have met this person. On the morning when we had breakfast, this woman was also there. She and I even looked at each other."
"I remembered, that morning, I said why when I just took off the plastic bag, I always felt like I had seen her somewhere."
"Old Liu"
The person who greeted my master was Zhang Kai from the County Public Security Bureau. We had met before. He and my master could be considered old colleagues, but he was not too old. However, my master has now retired to the police station. When he became the director, he still stayed in the branch, and now he became the captain of the criminal police team.
I met him before because there was a study program held in the county that brought everyone together. My master took me to see him, and he showed extra respect for my master.
"Captain Zhang, these are the fingerprints extracted from that cup!"
"Take it to the technical department for inspection as soon as possible. Let's solve this Chinese New Year issue as soon as possible."
"I got it, Captain Zhang"
"Old Liu, what do you think about this matter?"
Zhang Kai asked me if my master was here
"This matter is not that simple, but people from our police station can't help much. This matter still has to be left to professionals like you. We can only assist."
Hey, I just thought that the time has come for me to show off my skills. When Old Man Liu said this, I had no chance to "gain knowledge". Why didn't I live up to my expectations and go to the county branch when I took the exam? I got such a " "Broken place", isn't this an early entry into the senior center?
"By the way, Captain Zhang, do you think you can give me some face and let me, your apprentice, learn from you? He will come to our police station after graduating from college. He usually doesn't have many opportunities to study. It just so happens that this case will allow him to learn something."
What! What! This old man actually asked me to follow up! My chance has come! I, Yang Yaozu, really want to Yaozu! Master! I love you so much!
Although I was very excited inside, I still had to put on a studious expression on the outside.
Whatever you are saying, Lao Liu, I have to call you master according to my seniority. I will definitely take care of my master’s apprentice!
"Yang Yaozu, why are you still standing there, why don't you thank Captain Zhang."
"Thank you, Captain Zhang!"
In this way, I joined the investigation team responsible for this case.
Closer to home
The fingerprints at the scene that the investigation team just extracted are the most effective things so far. Although it cannot be determined whether they belong to another person or the victim, all the things we have now that can help the investigation of this case are only Able to make preliminary judgments about the case
"Captain Zhang, judging by the time, if it was a homicide, the victim shouldn't have gone very far. Do you want..."
"Your master has sent your people out to search. Only you are the most familiar with this area."
"Xiao Yang, go and ask our Wang Zhiyi what the man saw before you came up."
"Zhiyi, come here for a moment"
A "burly" boy walked in from the door. It could be seen that this man must exercise regularly, but if you think about it, they do all physical work throughout the day.
"Zhiyi, this is Yang Yaozu, who graduated from the same school as you and is considered your junior. You and he go back to their police station first and ask the man just now what he saw just now and about this woman. Ask, after all, they are neighbors and they all know something."
Because the county police station is still a long way away, this man had just been frightened, and it would be a little reluctant to be taken directly to a police station that far away during the Chinese New Year, so Zhang Kai asked us to take this man first. We returned to our police station and together with Master, only people from the branch were left at the scene.
"Got it, Captain Zhang!"
On the way back to the police station, the sparse sound of fireworks outside continued. How should I say, at this moment, I suddenly understood that sentence. You never know which will come first, accident or tomorrow, so live in the moment.
“It’s good to be alive”
I couldn't help but sigh
"Yeah, so let's see if you can still exercise well in the future."
"Master~ What does this have to do with whether you exercise or not~"
I suddenly changed my tone of conversation with this old man in the past and said
Of course, my master was also disgusted by me looking like this.
"Don't fucking embarrass me when you're out."
I forgot that Wang Zhiyi and the man who was paralyzed on the ground just now were sitting in the car.
"Hey! What's your name?"
I asked
The man still didn't speak, and it could be seen from the rearview mirror that he hadn't come to his senses yet.
"Wang Zhiyi, how many years have you been in the criminal police team? Hey, I really envy you."
"Can you shut up!" Old Liu suddenly said fiercely
"It's okay Liu Suo, I happen to be a little sleepy. It would be nice to chat with everyone."
After being fucked by Lao Liu, I didn’t dare to say a word. Who dared to chat with you? I was so grumbling in my heart.
After returning to the police station, we started questioning the man who had seen the crime scene before us.
"Drink some water and take it easy. What do you call it?"
"Call me Chen Ming"
"Do you know her?" Wang Zhiyi did not directly ask him if he knew the deceased. Maybe he was afraid that saying the word "decedent" would cause Chen Ming discomfort again and affect the progress of the case.
"I know you, but I'm not too familiar with him, because I usually leave early for work and come back late at night."
"Then can you tell us what you know about her first?"
"Not long after I moved here, the few times I met her were because I heard the sound of fighting at her house. Then I went out to check and saw her a few times. Every time she was beaten by a man. His face was injured, and every time after that, the man would disappear for a while, then come back and beat the woman again. This scene has been repeated to this day..."
"Then did you see anything unusual just now?"
"Before you guys came, I heard the sound of fighting as usual, but the sound stopped just when I wanted to go out to break up the fight, so I continued to do what I was doing without thinking too much. It was strange. It was scary that everything was quiet after the fighting stopped this time, because usually when the sound disappears, there will be a heavy door slamming, but not this time. Just when I was thinking about whether I should go out and take a look. When I arrived, I heard the sound of your police car, so I went out, and then I saw the half-open door of her house, and the scene you just saw."
"Did you see anyone suspicious?"
"I didn't see anyone."
"Okay, I'm really sorry, but I'd better take you to the police station."
"I can......"
I looked at his face in confusion as he stopped before he finished speaking.
"Say." Wang Zhiyi said
"Can I spend the night at the police station tonight? I, I don't dare to go back."
"Of course, as long as you don't mind it"
I mentioned that the police station is my territory and I have the right to speak.
We thought we could get some particularly useful information from Chen Ming, but now we only know one thing. The deceased had been subjected to domestic violence during his lifetime, but this is also useful information, after all, domestic violence homicide cases are also Not without.
We have to wait until dawn to check other things, and tomorrow will not be a smooth start. After all, everyone during the Chinese New Year will be a little taboo about this matter.
Eight hours after the incident
I finally stayed up until dawn, and I basically didn’t sleep that night.
I have been thinking about what Chen Ming said yesterday. In fact, to be honest, I have always been disgusted with domestic violence. When I entered the police station, I also received large and small police reports, and domestic violence accounted for one of them. Most of the time, the result is reconciliation between the two parties. I hate the outcome of this kind of mediation, but I can't do anything else. I can't persuade people to divorce. Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh, if I marry a wife in the future I will definitely be a thousand times better to him.
Last night, the three of us, Wang Zhiyi and Chen Ming, spent the night at the police station.
After eating breakfast, Chen Ming returned home.
In the afternoon, Wang Zhiyi and I went to the guard office at the crime scene, because this is the information receiving office of every old community. Now this is the only method that is the fastest way to confirm the identity information and social relations of the deceased. Maybe we I can get some useful information here.
"Who is it! I'm always irritable when I'm on duty during the Chinese New Year!"
"We are from the Public Security Bureau, here to investigate something."
"Hey, please wait a moment"
After hearing us announce our home, the attitude of the woman at the door obviously improved.
The door to the guard room opened, and standing in front of us was a woman who looked to be in her fifties, but she was dressed fashionably and had the most popular hairstyle of this year.
"Please come in. I'm sorry that the office is a little messy."
There is a saying that this is a bit of a mess, it is simply a mess with nowhere to stay.
"You two are here to ask what happened in our yard last night, right?"
She said straight to the point.
"Yes! Think about it, is there anything you can tell us about her?"
"Her name is Fang Yin. He has moved here for many years. When she first came here, she was a very cheerful person. She would say hello to everyone she met. She was even more enthusiastic towards the people in our guard room. She would buy something during the holidays. Come and give it to us, but to be honest, we have seen this kind of people a lot. After all, after working in this industry for many years, there are all kinds of residents coming and going. "
As she spoke, she tidied up the messy office that didn't look like an office.
I had just arrived at that time and had no acquaintances, so I basically didn’t have much contact with the owner. And she was the owner I got to know the fastest here. I remember the day I first met her, she had a smile on her face and was dressed simply. She introduced herself enthusiastically, so I got to know her basic situation that day, but I was not interested in any of this, and she would come here from time to time. Looking for me so that everyone thought we knew each other before. But we just met her not long ago. "
"Besides herself, do you know anything about her friends, family or other things?"
I asked
"Actually, most of the things she told me went in one ear and out the other, so I don't know how helpful what I'm going to say will be to you. Their company has a lot of activities, and I saw her several times. Wearing a dress to go out, I asked her casually one time, and she said she was going to attend company events, and she would often invite friends to her house for parties, because as you know, old houses like this basically have no sound insulation, so I would often pick up We reported to their family, but because she delivered things to the property management, we turned a blind eye to these things. However, everything started to become abnormal after she found a boyfriend. "
"unusual?"
"Yes! In the beginning, they were like most lovers, they stayed together every day. I have seen that man a few times. To be honest, the man's appearance was not very suitable. He was unshaven, and from his perspective There is an indescribable smell when you walk by, not quite like perfume, but still like perfume. At that time, I thought about how Fang Yin could fall in love with such a person. They rarely quarreled, but when they did, they would make a lot of noise. Da, one time I was on duty at night. I am a bit old and slept very soundly at night. I remember that night was the first time they had such a fierce argument. Because it was early in the morning, their quarrel could be heard in the whole yard. It seemed extremely clear. The whole courtyard might have been awakened by their quarrel. I probably heard the reason for their quarrel. It seemed that the man thought that Fang Yin dressed up all day long to find another man. In short, This was basically the content of their quarrel. Later, I fell asleep again while listening to their quarrel. The next day they still went out together. To outsiders, they looked as harmonious as those who had quarreled last night. It wasn't them, but this time Fang Yin was wearing very light makeup, and she was wearing a style of clothes that she might not normally wear. I heard that Fang Yin quit her job a week ago, but that man would come every night She came here. But I don’t know why they quarreled more and more. Sometimes I could even clearly hear the man beating her again. One time, he even beat her too hard. My colleague Lao Li and they all went up to break up the fight. , we almost called the police that time, but Fang Yin refused to let us beat him, so we gave up. That was probably the most severe beating Fang Yin had ever received. Speaking of which, you will definitely ask, why is there no one to persuade him after this? Did they separate? It's not that I didn't persuade her. After all, women still have to help women, but if I persuade them once or twice, it's okay. If I persuade them too much, others will think I'm meddling, because Fang Yin won't listen to me at all. So I didn’t try to persuade him afterwards, but Fang Yin’s condition seemed to be getting worse day by day.”
"Let me go get you some water." the woman said
"No need, the bureau is pressing hard. Do you think there is anything else to add? If not, we will withdraw first." I replied to her.
"Fang Yin's boyfriend seems to be named Su Shao. I don't know anything else."
"By the way, there is another person. She is Fang Yin's sister Fang Han. Every time Fang Han comes to see Fang Yin, she brings a lot of things. I feel that many of Fang Yin's things were bought by her sister. It can be seen that her sister Be nice to her."
"I can only think of so many scattered things right now."
"Okay, can you leave your contact information? If you think of anything, you can call us right away."
"Can."
I really can’t figure out why a woman can endure it and not choose to call the police after being subjected to “domestic violence” many times, and why she can still live with such a beast.
After I came out of the guard room, my thoughts were even more confused. This case is now like a mess. You don't know where to start, but at least all the suspects are now focused on the person named "Su Shao" This may be the best breakthrough point in this case.
As soon as Wang Zhi and I left the guard room, he and I returned to the branch.
One thing to say, this place is not a bit bigger than the police station. Once again, I am jealous of everyone working here, but fortunately, I have a great master who allows me to come here to "study."
"Captain Zhang, we are back."
"Did you ask anything?"
Wang Zhiyi told Zhang Kai word for word what we heard in the guard room, and then Zhang Kai took us to the place where the autopsy was performed.
The person who performed the autopsy was named Li, and Zhang Kai called him Li An.
"Old Li, can the autopsy report be released?" Zhang Kai asked
"How long has it been since you came here to urge me? You came to urge me to die, right?"
"Lao Li, what are you talking about? Isn't it because I can solve the case as soon as possible so that everyone can rest and have a good year as soon as possible?"
"Come on, I really can't give you a complete autopsy report right now, but I can tell you some of the things I've examined so far. The victim didn't die for a long time, as I judged at the scene. Basically, you arrived shortly after she died. So there were varying degrees of swelling in some parts of her brain, the blood vessels on the entire brain surface were full and expanded, and there were obvious splay marks on her neck, as well as on the lower limbs, lower abdomen, and forearms of the corpse. The dark stains on the body, and the victim's fingernails dug into her hands. This is because the victim struggled during the process because it was too painful, so it can be seen that the deceased was not hung up after death. Also, I checked her There are many scars on the body caused by external force, some from a few days ago and some just recently. There are still specific things left that we can tell you in detail after we dissect the body, but for now we can give them to you. The conclusion is that she hanged herself before she was alive." This is what Li An told us, so we won't get the autopsy report for a while.
Nearly sixteen hours have passed since the incident.
So in addition to waiting for the autopsy report, we should also investigate other things. The only information we got from the guard room and Chen Ming is not enough for the progress of the case. After all, you can't just get it from two people. To judge a thing based on what comes. People are always changeable.
It's evening now, we have been dealing with this matter, and we didn't realize that time can pass so fast. I suddenly feel a little hungry. At this moment, I actually missed Lao Jiang’s steamed buns, so after I greeted Captain Zhang and the others, I went to Lao Jiang’s steamed bun shop first.
"Why don't you come to my place after lunch?" Lao Jiang said when he saw me walking in.
"What else can I do? It's not like you don't know this is what I'm doing." I said.
"I heard that there was a murder case yesterday. Your master sent you to the branch to study. How was the case handled?" Lao Jiang asked while busying with what he was doing.
"I just wanted to tell you about this and let you help me analyze it from the perspective of an old policeman."
"You tell me."
I told him everything that happened today word for word. Because Lao Jiang also retired from the branch, we did not deliberately conceal some things to keep them confidential. Instead, we told him that it might be beneficial. .
"You said that the victim called you before to tell you that someone was going to kill her, but no signs of a fight were found at the scene, so we only preliminarily judged that she committed suicide based on the current evidence?"
"Yes, and apart from the 'domestic violence man' we know about Fang Yin, we can't think of anyone else who could be related to her murder."
"Is there any news from the fingerprint identification department?"
"We only extracted one person's fingerprints at the scene, and Captain Zhang hasn't heard from Captain Zhang about the fingerprints."
"Then all these things that we have now indicate that the girl committed suicide. Then why would she call you?"
"I came here to discuss this issue with you and wanted you to help me analyze it. It's good that you came back to me again."
"So this matter is not that simple. Let's learn from Captain Zhang."
Lao Jiang said after putting the buns he had just finished making on the steamer.
"It seems that because there is too little information, Lao Jiang cannot make any judgment.
In fact, there are two doubts now: If Fang Yin is judged to have committed suicide, then why did I receive that call for help?
Secondly, there is nothing at the scene to prove that Fang Yin committed suicide. There is no evidence at all.
"Sometimes I think that although we are very tired every day, as long as we are alive, everything can be solved."
I sighed to Lao Jiang
Yes, when I saw a real "suicide" case appeared in front of me, at that moment I felt how good it was to live. No one's life is cheap, so no matter whether this case is a suicide or a murder, we will all Give the victim's family an answer.
"Yaozu, Captain Zhang said the fingerprint test results came out and it's Chen Ming! Have you finished eating? Come back!" Wang Zhiyi said on the other end of the phone.
Chen Ming? Why did Chen Ming's fingerprints appear in Fang Yin's house?
"Chen Ming! How could it be him!"
"You come back first."
“Lao Jiang’s buns are packed!”
