Eye of Sin

Chapter 642 Alone
The two men walked around the crime scene and communicated with the local police officers on the scene. The situation here was similar to what they expected.

The small alley behind the building is connected to the freight channel and belongs to the property management of the building. There were originally surveillance devices installed by the property management.

But later, the mall closed down, and the building has been vacant after several unsuccessful short-term leases. The property management could not pay salaries, so basically everyone in various positions left, and no one maintained all the facilities, including the surveillance equipment.

There are several cameras outside the building, some of which have only a bare bracket left, while others are still hanging there, but are covered with a thick layer of dust, and it is not known whether they are still useful.

Although the hope is slim, we still have to give it a try.

The two people found a way to contact the property management company of the building. Although the other party was very reluctant, due to a serious injury incident that occurred behind the building and involved a criminal investigation, they finally agreed to come and help them see if there were any surveillance cameras that were working properly.

I didn't expect that trying this would actually yield some results.

In the corner of that dead end, there is a surveillance camera covered with dust and cobwebs. Although there are many stains on the lens cover and for some unknown reason, even the time automatically added by the system is wrong, it has been working normally without any maintenance. Although it is not a high-definition camera and the shooting angle is limited, it is better than nothing in this situation. It is very good to be able to find such a camera.

With the help of the staff member, Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan retrieved the footage from the surveillance camera. Although the footage was blurry, they still managed to capture something.

The camera can capture about half of the entrance to the dead end. Through the fuzzy stains on the lens cover, one can vaguely see a person entering the surveillance screen at the "18:20" displayed in the corner of the surveillance screen.

The person's appearance cannot be seen clearly, and we can only guess from the color of his clothes that he is a male.

This person was walking very slowly, and seemed to be looking around as he walked. He seemed to be holding a mobile phone in his hand, and he kept looking down to confirm something.

Just as he turned into the dead end and was in a relatively clean and clear area of ​​the camera, a blurry figure suddenly appeared behind him. The man approached the man who first appeared in the camera at a very fast speed. The moment the man noticed someone approaching from behind him and turned around, the figure that appeared later made a quick move, then turned around and ran away.

The man who appeared in the camera first seemed to feel great pain after a slight pause. He hunched over, staggered a little, moved a few steps with difficulty, then tilted his body and fell down.

The place where he fell was blocked by a stain on the lens cover, and after that one could only vaguely see that the man seemed to be making some slight movements, as if he was struggling to get up, but couldn't.

Then the figure crawled on the ground for a while, then disappeared at the edge of the camera and could not be seen anymore.

Judging from the time, body shape, and the direction in which the person moved with difficulty after falling to the ground, it can be basically confirmed that the figure photographed is the victim of this case, Xu Li.

Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan saved this video, and then switched the screen back to real-time. They compared the time on the screen, calculated the error between the monitoring system time and the actual time, and found the actual time when Xu Li was stabbed - 4:20 a.m. Unfortunately, except for this video, none of the other surveillance cameras around here could work properly. Without exception, they were all broken.

The nearest camera that is still functioning properly is the road traffic monitoring system on the main road.

Coming out of the building, Ning Shuyi stood on the steps, looked around and sighed.

"Do you remember that there was a period of time a few years ago when many people were arguing for no apparent reason, saying that there were too many surveillance devices in public areas, which violated people's privacy and made people feel uncomfortable." Ning Shuyi pointed around, "It was not until the case was investigated that we found that there were not only not enough surveillance devices, but not enough!"

"Didn't you counsel Luo Wei before?" Huo Yan couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw her angry look.

"A doctor cannot treat himself. I am the same. I can persuade others but not myself." Ning Shuyi smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Is there anything you can infer from the surveillance video just now?"

"If the person in the video is indeed Xu Li, then the person who attacked him from behind is slightly taller than him by a head, judging from the camera," Huo Yan told Ning Shuyi his previous estimate. "Considering that the camera is installed at a top-down angle, the height difference between people will be proportionally reduced. So, combined with Xu Li's height, the attacker should be around 185 cm tall."

"Then it is most likely a male." Ning Shuyi speculated, "Although there are women who are 185 cm tall and above, in terms of proportion, they are much fewer than men.

This is good news. Whether it is a man or a woman, a height of 185 cm will make the target more eye-catching after all.”

"Let's go to the hospital to check on Xu Li's condition." Huo Yan looked at the time and called Ning Shuyi.

The two returned to where they parked and rushed to the city center hospital. They learned that Xu Li's surgery was still in progress. Due to excessive blood loss, his vital signs were very weak when he was sent to the hospital. The hospital could not guarantee whether he would be able to survive the ICU after the surgery.

"When he was sent here, the situation was urgent, so he was sent in without completing any signatures or formalities." A doctor from the emergency department said to Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan, "Later, the police officer who came with him from the police station said that they checked your system and found that he had no family members.

Can you guys check it again?
Everything else is secondary. If I can survive the ICU, it will be like a trip through the gates of hell. I will still need someone to take care of me after I am transferred to a regular ward."

Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan were both a little surprised. Although they knew Xu Li, they had only dealt with him superficially and were not familiar enough to know each other's background.

However, the impression Xu Li had given them before was that he was well-mannered and well-dressed, like a person from a wealthy family who had received a good education and was carefully brought up since childhood.

I didn't expect that he had no family?