deep white secret

Chapter 35 Hope is here

After Officer Zhang finished speaking, he looked at Xu Jie:

"Captain Xu, this is why I always remember this case. As long as there are criminal cases in the past three years, I will be connected with Wang Zhuangwei's case."

Officer Zhang smiled bitterly:
"It has become a heartache. No matter what, I really hope that Wang Zhuangwei drowned accidentally."

"Have you checked Wang Zhuangwei's call records back then?"

"I checked. We checked the records in his phone book one by one, and interviewed many people around Wang Zhuangwei. Everyone said that there was no special change in Wang Zhuangwei before the incident."

"Where are the files from that year? Can I see them?"

"Okay, Captain Xu, wait for me. I'll go through the procedures and lend it out."

Officer Zhang left, Ning Xia looked at Xu Jie with her heart sinking:

"Captain Xu, there is nothing fishy about this case."

Xu Jie lowered his voice:

"In this way, let's infer in this way, if Wang Zhuangwei was murdered, let's try to reason and analyze it from the perspective of the murderer."

Ningxia sat upright and listened.

"First analyze, if you were in the murderer's shoes now, how would you start?"

"First determine Wang Zhuangwei's release date, then follow him to determine where he will live and how he will live when he returns to Lin County, and then make a plan."

"What about tracking? What if you follow? Do you need transportation?"

Ningxia agrees.

"How can we not be discovered? Or not let Wang Zhuangwei notice it?"

Ningxia suddenly realized it and tried:

“Taxi is the most convenient.”

Xu Jie narrowed his eyes:

"It's not only convenient for daily use, but also convenient for committing crimes on the day of the crime."

Ningxia whispered:
"But Officer Zhang said just now that there is no taxi to go to the scene of the crime."

Xu Jie also moved closer to Ningxia, and could see her dark eyes reflecting his own appearance.

"There must be some reason why it was missed during the investigation, or the police felt that the taxi would not go there at that time. After all, the murderer wanted to kill people, which is different from the purpose of normal people."

"So we can gain something by checking the taxi operation records before and after Wang Zhuangwei's accident?"

Xu Jie nodded:

"It's enough to find out. After the murderer succeeds, he will definitely quit his job. Therefore, the person who stopped working after Wang Zhuangwei's accident is a serious suspect."

Ningxia gave a thumbs up. She was being one-sided again, and at the same time she had doubts:

"Captain Xu, apart from this, the murderer must have maintained some kind of contact with Wang Zhuangwei, but neither Zhang Qiang nor Wang Zhuangwei, we have found such a connection in their daily lives."

"It must have been overlooked by us, it is right in front of us, but we feel that it is irrelevant and filtered out."

Ningxia racked its brains, where is this overlooked clue?
"Captain Xu, let's go back to Wang Zhuangwei's house and have a look? Before I went out, I saw a locked room. If that is Wang Zhuangwei's room, will there be anything left behind?"

Xu Jie glanced at Ning Xia approvingly, and praised leisurely:
"With you here, careful observation, you can get twice the result with half the effort."

Xu Jie generously used two adjectives, and Ningxia was very happy.

It took Officer Zhang a long time to come back with the file. He wiped his sweat and handed the file to Xu Jie:

"Captain Xu, the file is here. It's been hard to find it after three years. I've been waiting for a long time."

"It's okay. You are busy first. Let's take a look here. Have you checked all the vehicles at the location of the accident?"

Police Officer Zhang nodded:

"There is only one road to the reservoir. Ten kilometers away from the crime scene is the last surveillance camera, although a car was photographed passing by that day."

Police Officer Zhang seems to be considering this doubt as well:
"But we verified it later, found the owner of the car, and found no problems. There are records in the file. The most important thing is that it rained in those days, and there were no car marks on the scene."

Ningxia didn't think so. If the murderer really operated in the disguise of a taxi, and the traces of the scene were wiped away by the heavy rain, he would indeed not be discovered.

When Police Officer Zhang saw that Xu Jie had been thinking about the case that year, he couldn't help but ask:

"Captain Xu, do you suspect that what happened to Wang Zhuangwei was not a mistake? Was it murder?"

"Because this case is inextricably linked to the case we are investigating now, it is difficult to determine that he made a mistake, and it is precisely because the murderer cunningly avoided that year that the current murder case occurred."

Xu Jie continued:
"Officer Zhang, I want to check the taxi operating company registered in Lin County three years ago. According to regulations, private operators also need to report. Can you help find this record?"

Police Officer Zhang immediately paid attention:
"Yes, but it will take some time. I'll go right away."

In the following time, Ning Xia and Xu Jie carefully looked through Wang Zhuangwei's files.

Because it is suspected to be a murder case, the records are relatively detailed. In addition to the forensic autopsy report, there are also a large number of interviews and investigations, and finally the death certificate. Wang Zhuangwei lost his footing and drowned on October 2018, 10.

Ningxia focused on the investigation conducted that year. Judging from the records, the possibility of homicide was indeed ruled out.

The vehicle information captured by surveillance cameras on the day Wang Zhuangwei was killed was also recorded in detail. Ningxia pointed to Xu Jie and said:
"Team Xu, there are vehicle records here, shall we check again?"

A total of 48 vehicles were photographed passing the intersection that day, including 27 taxis.

The license plate number and contact information had been recorded at the back of the file, and Xu Jie couldn't help but sigh:

"The case was investigated very carefully at that time, which saved us a lot of trouble. Do you think the murderer was among these people?"

Xu Jie recorded the 48 contact numbers, but the policeman Zhang hasn't come back yet.

Turn to Wang Zhuangwei's autopsy report: The forensic doctor concluded that the deceased died of suffocation.

The whole body blood does not coagulate, visceral congestion, petechial bleeding in the palpebral conjunctiva, mucosa, and serosa, and a large amount of light red foam can be seen in front of the mouth and nose.

The corpse spots were light red, the skin was wrinkled and had goosebumps, there was drowning fluid and silt in the respiratory tract, there was severe edema and emphysema in the lungs, and there were diatoms in the heart, liver, kidneys and other internal organs.

Apart from scratches and scratches, there were no violent injuries on the deceased's body.

After reading this, Xu Jie frowned:

"Ningxia, do you still remember how the autopsy report concluded that the deceased died of drowning?"

"Diatom, corpse spots, and fresh drowned corpses can be judged based on body surface changes, internal organ signs, and differences in blood components in the left and right heart chambers."

Xu Jie pointed at the last sentence:
"Judging from this result, Wang Zhuangwei indeed drowned accidentally."

Ningxia then read the report:
"If we believe that Wang Zhuangwei was pushed into the reservoir by the murderer, can the autopsy reveal this?"

Xu Jie pulled out a few photos of the scene:

"Wang Zhuangwei was wearing blue sportswear when he died. His face was swollen and he appeared to be in a drowning state. The forensic doctor detailed in the autopsy report that there were no external injuries on the body of the deceased."

"That's why Police Officer Zhang gave up the idea of ​​murder. Judging from the file, it is impeccable."

Xu Jie waved the 48 phone numbers recorded in his hand:
"Hope is here."

"Then we are one and a half."

Ningxia divided the records into two, and the two decided to make separate phone calls to verify one by one.

With the idea of ​​​​finding out the truth of that year, Ning Xia and Xu Jie stayed in Lin County that night. Police Zhang went to retrieve the operating records of the rental company three years ago, but the results will not be available until tomorrow.

Ning Xia and Xu Jie now agree that the deaths of Wang Zhuangwei and Zhang Qiang may be related to the Wu Yan case.

(End of this chapter)