deep white secret

Chapter 45 The Best Place to Throw a Corpse
This tacit understanding made the two people look at each other and smile.

"I come."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he pulled the two opened pockets wider, and the two of them looked into the bags at the same time.

Inside the bag were many black plastic bags, two of which were opened to reveal a human hand and rotten flesh.

Ningxia endured vomiting and stood up. Xu Jie closed the bag:

"Wait for the forensic team, let's investigate the scene."

The two people stood up, the summer heat swept in from all directions, and the alley was soon filled with the smell of corpses.

Xu Jie took a few steps faster and looked around to observe the situation on both sides of the alley. After walking 500 meters, the two people walked out of the alley.

This is the backyard of Fuhai Hotel, running from east to west. In front are two residential buildings, a locked tea house, and a closed courtyard, which looks like an abandoned factory, filled with rusty tools and wood.

200 meters away from here is Kuiying Street, the main entrance of Fuhai Hotel.

There is a steep road in the opposite direction, and down the road is Haining Street, the main road in Jinghai City.

After Xu Jie looked around, he asked Ningxia:
"Do you have any idea?"

"Captain Xu, to put it bluntly, this is the best place to dump the body. It is hidden. The murderer should be very familiar with this place."

"The east side is Haining Street. If the murderer drove here to dump the body, it would be possible."

"Then I'll go back and investigate."

Xu Jie looked up at the residential building, Ningxia followed Xu Jie's gaze and continued:
"Team Xu, we can't rule out the possibility of people in the residential building. There are too many possibilities for this place to dump the body."

Xu Jie nodded, looked around, and finally stared into Ning Xia's eyes:
"There is no surveillance here, which makes it more difficult for us to solve the case."

While the two were still discussing at the entrance of the alley, the manager arrived with Police Officer Han and several police officers from the forensic team.

"Captain Xu!"

"Korean forensic doctor."

"You are too fast. My home is close to here, why are you so fast?"

"It's a coincidence that Ningxia and I are eating here."

Han Fayi looked at the two people and nodded with interest:
"I can smell the stench of corpses from a distance. I'm going to start."

"Do you need help?"

"No, you are busy with your work."

After saying that, forensic doctor Han and his assistant squatted in the corner and opened the first bag.

Ning Xia and Xu Jie stepped into the back door. A middle-aged woman in a gray uniform was standing by the door, holding the door frame with an anxious look on her face and explaining something to the manager.

"Captain Xu, this is the cleaning lady. It's the body she found just now."

Ningxia walked over, introduced herself and comforted:

"Don't be nervous. Can you tell me how you found the body parts this morning?"

The cleaning lady’s eyes and eyebrows were all pulled together:
"I just took out the trash as usual. I saw a woven bag next to the trash can. I was very curious and opened it. The result... Oh my god, there are human hands."

The eldest sister became more and more excited as she spoke, her voice became high-pitched and her cheeks turned red.

"Besides the woven bags, did you think there was anything else unusual? For example, was there anyone in the alley? Where are the seven woven bags?"

The cleaning lady shook her head:
"There was no one in the alley at the time. Three of those bags were in the bin and four were outside the bin," he said.

"Do you remember the exact time you found the bag?"

"Three fifty. Why do I remember it so clearly? At that time, I answered a phone call at home. When I hung up the phone, I checked the time and then went to the back door."

"Who can come to this place?"

"That's a lot. People from our hotel can come, as well as nearby residents and people passing by."

"If someone comes in and out of the hotel, where in the hotel can they see it?"

Sister Zhang pointed to the corridor inside:

"It's just the people in the back kitchen. The back kitchen has a window facing the corridor, but the back kitchen is very busy. I don't know if anyone saw it."

"Where are the residents nearby? Do many people throw garbage here?"

"Not much. You have to walk a long way to the alley. There are garbage cans over there in the community. People who drive on Haining Road usually like to stop here and drop off their garbage along the way before driving away."

"But this place is at least 500 meters away from the intersection. Even if you drive, are you willing to walk this far?"

"No, officer. Most people just throw them into the alley, just for their own convenience. As time goes by, they become more and more comfortable. I guess there are only a few people."

"Is this the first time you've been to the trash can today?"

"Many times."

"When was the last time?"

"It's about three o'clock, I'm not sure about it."

“There were no woven bags back then?”

"Definitely not."

"Is this door usually closed or open?"

Ning Xia pointed to the back door.

"It should be closed all year round, otherwise the smell of garbage will come in."

"But there's no lock, so you can come and go as you please."

Ningxia saw an iron lock hanging on the brown door, but it was rusty and the lock was still closed.

The manager had been listening and nodded when he heard this:

"Yes, yes, for the convenience of entering and exiting the kitchen, the door here is not locked all year round."

"Manager, according to the information provided by the eldest sister, the murderer's body was dumped between three and three fifty. Can you find anyone who has been here in the hotel during this time?"

"Ok, Ok."

When the cleaning lady heard this, she was afraid that she had said something wrong, so she nervously explained again:

"Officer, I'm not sure. It's almost three o'clock, or it's two o'clock. It's definitely okay."

"Okay, then let's make the timeline longer and include people who come here after two o'clock."

Ningxia was helpless. Xu Jie had been taking notes behind Ningxia. Seeing that Ningxia had finished asking questions, Xu Jie said:
"Also, can the surveillance camera at the hotel's front entrance on Kuiying Street see this side of the alley?"

The manager shook his head:
"No one walks in the back alley here. There are only four garbage bins, so there is no monitoring installed."

"There's a tea house and a yard outside the back alley. Do you know what's going on there?"

"The one with the yard was some kind of factory before. It has been moved away a long time ago. I heard that the land has been sold, but it has been vacant without construction for the past two years. The teahouse next to it has also been closed for a long time. The location is too remote and no one goes there. .”

"Okay, then I would like to trouble the manager to call everyone. I want to ask questions. The focus is on the people who have been here and the people in the back kitchen."

Ten minutes later, more than 10 people stood in front of Ning Xia and Xu Jie.

This time Xu Jie walked up to the seven men in white uniforms and asked first:

"You should work in the back kitchen. You can see the back door through the glass window in the back kitchen. Did you find anything today?"

All seven people shook their heads, and the oldest one explained:
"There is indeed a window in the back kitchen, but the kitchen has been suffering from oil smoke all year round, and the window is full of oil stains. Now we have put a shelf there, and the window has been completely blocked."

Xu Jie had already thought of this result and asked the remaining people:

"Tell me, come here this afternoon to take out the trash. Has anyone seen these woven bags?"

At this time, a waiter in his 20s slowly raised his hand and said weakly:

"Manager, officer, I saw it."

Everyone's eyes turned to her. The little girl's face turned red with fright, and she quickly took the hand of the girl next to her:

"Jiamei, did you see it?"

The girl named Jia Mei, also in her 20s, responded in a panic and then raised her hand:

"Well, I saw it too, but I didn't know there was something wrong with that bag, so I didn't move it. I took out the trash and came back."

After saying that, the two girls held their hands tightly together.

"Yes, I'm the same as Jammeh, I saw it too, but I never thought it was those things, so I didn't move."

"Which of you saw it first? Or did you see it together?"

The little girl answered first:

"It's Jammeh. I met Jammeh in the corridor when I went there."

The girl named Jia Mei nodded frequently when she heard these words.

(End of this chapter)