These two points alone are enough to prove that the deceased was a homicide.
Due to the overgrown weeds at the site and the long history, no effective clues or traces could be extracted, and it was impossible to tell whether the cave was a crime scene or a body dumping site.
The cave is in the shape of a slope, with a depth of about 5 meters and a height of only 1 meter. The entrance of the cave faces west, and there are several remains of small animals at the entrance. After entering the entrance, under the cave wall to the north, the deceased's Bai Sensen's skull and vertebrae are spread across the rock. You can clearly see the traces of wild beasts chewing on the bones. .
The cave is embedded on a gentle slope. The entrance of the cave is less than 20 meters from the road. The wasteland between the entrance of the cave and the road is covered with arrow bamboo. Except for the further expansion of the path cut by Lao Liu by the police, no other roads or traces of man-made damage to the bamboo forest were found in this small bamboo forest. This shows that the body or remains of the deceased appeared in the cave before arrow bamboos filled the wasteland.
Wang Xing was wearing a raincoat and squatting at the entrance of the cave, listening to the sound of rain outside the cave. He really couldn't understand that although there was no one living within a mile or two of this cave, no one of the pedestrians or vehicles passing by on the road had ever noticed this cave?
At that time, the wasteland was not covered with arrow bamboo, so the smell of corpses in the cave did not attract anyone's attention? If only one person had smelled the strange smell of rotting corpses and followed the smell to take a look in the cave, the remains would not have been discovered until now.
For murder cases, the longer the body is found, the more difficult it is to investigate. Especially for corpses whose clothes have been stripped off and no personal information is left behind, it is a big problem just to identify the deceased, let alone solve the case. Finding out the identity of the deceased is the prerequisite and foundation for solving the case.
The forensic doctor walked to the entrance of the cave to get some air. He seemed to have noticed Wang Xing's doubts and pointed to several animal remains at his feet: "These should be the bones of three rabbits. If any of the nearby villagers had processed rabbit meat, or in the mountains If you hunted hares, you couldn't leave them here..."
Wang Xing immediately reacted: "The murderer deliberately threw three dead rabbits here? In this way, even if someone comes looking for it smelling the smell of corpses, the first thing they see is the rabbits at the entrance of the hole, and then they think they are these three dead rabbits." The rancid smell of rabbits... This murderer is bold and careful, and may be a habitual criminal."
The forensic doctor nodded, raised his hand and handed him a small steel ax wrapped in a transparent plastic bag, pointing to the reinforcement between the ax head and the wooden handle:
"There is no blood on this ax, and it is not yet certain whether there are fingerprints. But this ax has a reinforced buckle to prevent it from falling off. It has a very special style and is rarely circulated on the market. You may be able to use this as a breakthrough to see if you can dig out any clues. .”
Wang Xing took the ax and looked at it carefully. He saw that the ax was of a special style. Although it was covered in mud, he could still tell that it was a new ax that had hardly been used. In other words, it is unlikely that the nearby villagers discarded a brand new ax here. Combined with the collapse of the deceased's skull, this ax is most likely the murder weapon discarded by the murderer.
This may be the only clue available to investigate the "Bone Case".
In addition, judging from the location where the bones appeared, since this cave is known, the murderer is most likely a local near Zhuxi Village, or a foreigner who lives here permanently. At the same time, if the cave is not the scene of the crime but the scene where the body was dumped, then the crime scene will not be far away from the cave. Because the deceased was large, it is impossible for the suspect to carry it over a long distance.
Yang Feng left Wang Xing here, and after telling him to watch the scene, he hurriedly stepped on the accelerator and drove to the funeral alone.
Wang Xing exchanged some opinions with the local police at the scene. The local police did not even conceal their next idea for handling the case: divide the troops into two groups. Taking Zhuxi Village as the center, we used the ax found at the scene as clues to investigate all nearby hardware stores. Another way to find information about missing persons nearby.
If the murderer purchased the ax online, then the first line of investigation is destined to be fruitless. Of course, everything must be done first before you know it.
Finally, the local police drove him to Su Chao's hometown to meet Yang Feng.
Strictly speaking, Yang Feng is Wang Xing's master, and Su Chao is Yang Feng's master, so Su Chao is Wang Xing's master.
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Moreover, the people's police are a family, and they are in the same unit. It coincides with the memorial service of the Soviet Super League, so Wang Xing has no reason not to go.
The next afternoon, when the two returned to the city, the local police took the initiative to contact Wang Xing and informed him of the progress of the case investigation. In the eyes of the local police, this "bone case" was discovered by the leaders of the municipal bureau and personally handled by them. They should take the initiative to report to them both publicly and privately.
After a day and night investigation, it was found that the reinforced ax found in the cave was sold by only one hardware store in the county. Because of the high price, it was not more practical than other unreinforced axes. Only 20 axes were sold from the time it was launched to the time it was stopped. , but due to the long period of time, the boss cannot be sure who the buyers of these axes are.
Another group collects information on missing persons. There were 19 people in total, but none of them could match the deceased in terms of height and weight alone.
But among these missing people, not everything was found. A missing person named He Shuangxi, compared to the other 18 people, his disappearance is full of strangeness...
Before the person on the phone with Wang Xing could continue, Wang Xing suddenly came to a sudden stop, causing Yang Feng, who was sitting next to him, to almost knock himself against the passenger seat.
"What do you think that person's name is?" Wang Xing turned on the speakerphone and asked loudly into the phone.
"He Shuangxi, what happened?"
"Is he divorced? His ex-wife's name is Liu Zhaodi?"
"How did you know?"
Yang Feng immediately remembered: Liu Yuanyuan's sister is named Liu Zhaodi.
The local police officer continued on the phone: "It seems that you are investigating this He Shuangxi..."
What they are investigating is He Shuangxi's former sister-in-law, Liu Yuanyuan.
But the twists and turns could not be explained in a few words, so Yang Feng shouted directly into the phone at the top of his voice: "Where are you? We will be here soon. I am Yang Feng from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau..."
"Captain Yang, we are at the county bureau. I am here to draw students..."
After Yang Feng exchanged a few polite words with Laihuasheng, he hung up the phone.
While driving, Wang Xing asked in confusion: "Captain Yang, do you want to intervene in this case, or do you want them to leave it to us? Isn't this inappropriate?"
Yang Feng was noncommittal: "Let's take a look first. This Liu Yuanyuan... I only talked to her on the phone, and I have almost no impression of her. If my brother's unit hadn't reminded me that she was also suspected of committing the crime, I would never have thought that she would be involved with her. 'Related to the Zhou Xiaolu case."
"I have been thinking that if Liu Yuanyuan is the murderer of Zhou Xiaolu's case, then she must be a very smart person. I even suspect that after killing Zhou Xiaolu, she arranged the crime scene and faked Zhou Xiaolu's death." The illusion of female murder allowed her to perfectly avoid everyone’s suspicion.”
"Smart people are often weirdos, and strange things often happen around weirdos. When you mentioned Liu Yuanyuan's sister-in-law yesterday, I suddenly had a hunch that Du Juan's disappearance might have something to do with Liu Yuanyuan."
"But in the end you said that Du Juan was not missing, but that she had eloped with another man. I began to wonder if I was thinking too much. Maybe it was because facing a smart person like Liu Yuanyuan, I didn't have much confidence that I could win her over. That’s why I’m particularly sensitive, and I always hope to find other breakthroughs and seize her for other reasons.”
"But today I suddenly heard that Liu Yuanyuan's former brother-in-law is actually a missing person."
"My sister-in-law ran away with another man, and my former brother-in-law also disappeared. Are these things about the people around Liu Yuanyuan considered weird things? Do you think this is too much of a coincidence?"
Yang Feng's remarks about "smart people and weird people do weird things" have no scientific basis and are purely a matter of opinion. ap.
Wang Xing frowned, unable to find any rebuttal for a moment, so he could only ask lightly: "So? You decided to go on this trip to learn about the case?"
"I understand what you mean. When handling a case, you must rely on evidence and logic, not feelings... I am a party member, no
I believe in ghosts, gods, Marxism-Leninism, and I am a staunch atheist, but I also believe that there is God’s will in the dark, and it’s either that it’s not retribution or that the time has not come…”
As expected, Captain Yang is still the familiar Captain Yang. When there is no substantial evidence in the investigation of a case, he will habitually "follow his feelings." Wang Xing secretly showed an imperceptible smile, stepped on the accelerator, and went straight to the local county bureau.
"The forensic autopsy report does not have any valid information. It can only be concluded that the deceased died at least three years ago. No fingerprints were found on the axe. It was obviously wiped intentionally and it should be the murder weapon discarded by the murderer."
Lai Huasheng received Yang Feng and Wang Xing in his office. After a brief greeting, he went straight to the point and introduced the investigation progress of the case.
"Those rabbits at the entrance of the cave died at the same time as the deceased." Lai Huasheng suddenly added this sentence.
Seeing Yang Feng's confused look, Wang Xing explained to him that the murderer most likely deliberately threw three dead rabbits at the entrance of the cave to cover up the inference that there were corroded human corpses in the cave.
Yang Feng nodded, indicating that he understood, and then motioned to the painter to continue.
"By screening missing persons across the county, our original intention was to find information about people who could match the deceased, so as to identify the deceased. But among the 19 missing persons..."
"I have to emphasize again that among these 19 missing persons, some may be dead and some may still be alive, just because no one, including us, can't contact them or find them. People were dead but no bodies were found, so they were all listed as 'missing persons."
