Serious Crime Unit 1

Chapter 827 The final truth (1)
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Special police captain Qu Jianghao and Jiang Yiming had a relatively good relationship. He passed by the city bureau that day and thought of Jiang Yiming, so he went to find him. Jiang Yiming saw that the person coming was Qu Jianghao and quickly stepped forward to shake hands with him warmly: "Captain Qu, today Why do you have time to see me? Come on, please sit down." He asked him to sit down on the sofa and went to boil water and make tea.

"I happened to be working nearby today. When I saw your administrative building, I wanted to come in and ask for a cup of tea. I wanted to see you by the way. How are you doing recently?" Qu Jianghao is tall and strong, with a typical Chinese character face. Due to years of training and exposure to wind and sun, his skin is dark, like that of a South Asian.

"Some time ago, I was driven crazy by a serial murder case. I have only had some free time these days. You are lucky to have come here. Otherwise, I might not have time to make tea with you. You can only drink boiled water."

"I also follow your WeChat official account and always pay attention to the progress of the case... I heard that you seized a Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle. That is a good thing. How did you seize it? I am addicted to all kinds of sniper rifles. .”

"The sniper dropped the Barrett M82A1 at the crime scene and fled."

"Did you run away after you chased him?"

"No, after he shot the victim, he dropped the gun and walked away. When we arrived at the crime scene on the third day, we found it on the mountain opposite the scene."

"Strange, the gun is the second life of the sniper. Why would the sniper leave the gun to you?"

"The sniper's revenge has been avenged, so there is no need to use a gun, so..." When Jiang Yiming said this, his heart suddenly tightened and he couldn't go on: Since the revenge had been avenged, why did Cheng Guihui and Lin Xi still die in the same place later? Where are Hu Ke's men?
"Can I go see that Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle?"

"No problem, I'll take you to the evidence room."

Jiang Yiming and Qu Jianghao walked out of the office and went to the Municipal Bureau's evidence warehouse. They told the attendant that they wanted to see the Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle. The attendant asked him to register it and then took them to the evidence cabinet No. 1852. Opening the cabinet, a half-used Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle appeared in front of them. Jiang Yiming picked up the gun and handed it to Qu Jiang.

Qu Jiang admired it carefully, then raised the gun, took aim, and said, "It's a really good gun. It's not a counterfeit, it's a genuine American product. Did the sniper catch it?"

"He was caught, but he was a dead man. He committed suicide by jumping off the building."

"Oh, Zi Jue Yu Ren... is indeed a tough guy. He must be very tall and mighty, right?"

"No, I'm just of medium height, about 170 centimeters, and a bit vulgar in appearance..."

"Medium stature? That's not right. Look, the iron in the middle of the gun butt is polished. It was polished with the palms of the sniper's hands during years of training. Judging from the polished area, the sniper's height is at least 180cm. More than centimeters, about the same height as me.”

He held the gun in his left hand, holding the five fingers on the polished area. "Look at my left hand, it is about the same length as a sniper's hand. My height is 182 centimeters. If the sniper is only 170 centimeters, then the place where his left hand is held should not be polished, but more Near the base of the gun.”

When Jiang Yiming heard this, he was shocked again. Could it be that it was not Hu Ke who shot Tang Mingshi and Fang Weihai, but someone else?It's a pity that Hu Ke is dead, so we can't take him to identify the scene, otherwise we will definitely find flaws in it.

"Could it be that the murderer bought a sniper rifle from a tall man and used it to kill the victim?" Jiang Yiming asked.

"I don't know about that, that's your business."

Jiang Yiming fell into deep thought. He suddenly remembered that the footprints with shoe covers found at the scene of the seizure of the sniper rifle were size 42. This alone showed that it was not Hu Ke who killed Fang Weihai, but a tall man!There is another case behind this case, and the real culprit is not necessarily Hu Ke...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yiming broke into a cold sweat. If Qu Jianghao hadn't come to see the gun today, the real murderer would have been at large.

"Captain Qu, you deal with guns all day long, and you are also a first-class sniper. Is there anything special about you?"

"I know what you want to say... Snipers often hold their guns for hours or even more than ten hours. If things go on like this, thick calluses will grow on the palms of the hands, as well as on the belly of the index finger of the right hand. Look at my hands. ..." Qu Jianghao stretched out his hands to show Jiang Yiming, and sure enough he saw that his palms and index fingers were covered with thick calluses.

"Captain Qu, thank you. You gave me a god-like enlightenment today. Our case is not over yet. The sniper who shot Tang Mingshi and Fang Weihai is still at large. When the case is solved, I will treat you to a feast. I will never Break your promise, you must make time to attend our celebration party."

"I must come to support you!" He and Jiang Yiming high-fived.

After sending Qu Jiang away, he came to the forensic center and asked Luo Jin to open the cabinet where Hu Ke's body was frozen. Luo Jin felt strange: "Captain Jiang, isn't the case closed? Why do we still need to see the body?"

"The case is much more complicated than we imagined." Jiang Yiming said seriously. "Still have any doubts? Fortunately, the body has not been taken away for cremation." As he said this, Jiang Yiming pulled out Hu Ke's body. He carefully examined Hu Ke's hands. There were no thick calluses on his left palm and right index finger, which showed that Hu Ke had not been trained at all. Snipe.

Jiang Yiming called everyone together for a meeting and explained the situation to everyone. Everyone thought that Jiang Yiming's statement was reasonable. Because the murderer was dead and the scene could not be identified, there was a loophole.

Jiang Yiming turned on the projector, brought up the picture of the sniper's shoe cover footprints, and played it for everyone to see: "This is the suspicious footprint we extracted from the mountain opposite the death scene of Fang Weihai. We analyzed it after surveying the scene: These footprints wearing shoe covers should have been left by snipers. These footprints are size 42 sports shoes, and the owner is at least 180 centimeters tall. Hu Ke admitted in his suicide note that he killed Tang Mingshi and Fang Weihai. I don’t think it was a homicide. Yes, I have seen Hu Ke’s feet and he wears size 40 shoes, so the sniper is still at large.”

"No wonder Hu Ke died so decisively. It turned out that he was trying to protect the sniper." Xiao Ke said.

"Did Hu Ke hire snipers to kill Tang Mingshi and Fang Weihai?"

"We don't know yet. The relationship between them may not be an employment relationship, but an alliance. If there are snipers who were wrongly convicted like Hu Ke, then they may form an alliance to deal with the four victims together."

"I think they are an alliance," Wu Jiang said, "because Hu Ke cannot afford to pay enough to hire snipers."

"Not necessarily, he is a flying thief, he will find a way to raise money." Luo Jin said.

"We first speculate that they are in an alliance. Then, the sniper must have been tortured and unjustly convicted, so they formed a life-and-death alliance. If this is the case, it will be easier to handle, because there are clues to investigate. If they are in an employment relationship , the sniper took Hu Ke’s money and hid, then the sniper cannot be brought to justice.”

"Let's first investigate in the direction that they are allies. The most convenient way is to find someone like Hu Ke who has come back from the dead."

"Then we have to investigate from prison to see who committed suicide."

"Yes, let's all investigate according to this method. We must get to the bottom of everything." Jiang Yiming said firmly.In fact, the case has been closed after it was found that Hu Ke committed suicide, but now that there are new doubts, the investigation process must be restarted. Fortunately, they have not handed over the case to the prosecutor's office.

"Warden Xiang, we are here to trouble you again." Jiang Yiming was sitting in the office of the Provincial No. [-] Prison, and Zhou Ting was sitting next to Jiang Yiming.

"What's wrong? Isn't your case closed?" Xiang Shitong is of medium height, 50 years old, steady in speech and action, introverted, very good-tempered, and very patient. He expressed interest in Jiang Yiming and Zhou Ting's return.

"On the surface, the serial killer Hu Ke has committed suicide, but after our investigation, we found that the four deceased were not killed by one person, but by two or three people. Therefore, we have to continue to investigate the other suspect. people."

"What's going on? Can you tell me in detail?"

Therefore, Jiang Yiming carefully explained to him the doubts analyzed by everyone.

"It's rare to find a murderer who hides so deeply." Xiang Shitong said.

"Yes, every case is a challenge for us... We want to know whether there are any felons in your prison who have died after being released from prison."

"I have been here for 20 years. In my memory, there are people who died after being released from prison without asking for leave. Of course, Hu Ke. In addition, everyone also knows that he died fighting floods. We often use Hu Ke as an example. , to educate the prisoners." His voice is relatively soft, he speaks slowly and gently, and he sounds very gentle, which is suitable for judicial work.

"The best memory is no match for the lightest ink, can you check for us?"

“We can only detect people who died after taking leave from prison while serving their sentence, but we cannot detect people who died after being released from prison.”

"Of course, we have sent people to investigate those who died after being released from prison. All you need to do is help investigate those who died while taking leave to visit relatives."

"Okay, I'll ask Xiao Du from the archives office to check. The results should be available soon. Now all inmates' information is managed using computers." After that, he walked out and arranged for someone to check.

After making arrangements, he returned to the office and asked Jiang Yiming and Zhou Ting to wait for a while, and then chatted with them about various things about the four victims. He deeply lamented that it was not easy to work in the Public Security Bureau, because no matter what era, unjust cases are inevitable. , it’s just a matter of probability. No one dares to say that if they work as a criminal police officer for a lifetime, the rate of unjust and wrongful convictions will be zero.

(End of this chapter)