undocumented crime

Chapter 2 Please Catch Me
1
The scene was full of people, and the five police cars finally found a place to stop.

Zhao Tiemin, head of the Hangzhou Criminal Investigation Detachment, had just opened the car door, poked his head out to get out of the car, when a black stick suddenly stretched out in front of him and pushed him back.

"What's the matter!" He yelled, pressing his painful forehead in frustration and stood up again. A row of long-stem microphones appeared in front of him immediately, stopping him, followed by a bunch of cameras, before he could find out. Poked his "perpetrator" with a microphone, and the reporters on the other end of the microphone began to ask questions: "I heard that this is the fifth murder case. Are the police sure to catch the murderer this time?" What do the Public Security Bureau think of leaving a note of 'please catch me'?" "About this case, can you give us a brief introduction?"

……

Zhao Tiemin pursed his lips, his face showing a bit of displeasure, just after this big case came out, he was in a hurry to check the scene, these reporters were really annoying.

If it had been the time when he had just become a policeman, facing these people, he would have shouted impatiently: "I've never been to the scene, I know what the hell!" There will be headlines such as "The police know nothing about the clues of the murder" and "The police roared suddenly at the scene of the murder".

Naturally, he wouldn't do this now. As the head of the city's criminal investigation team and the highest-ranking leader of the police at the scene, it was very important to maintain his image.

Zhao Tiemin coughed hard, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Everyone, for the specific situation of the case, please contact the publicity department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I have no comment for other information."

He was too lazy to tangle with the reporter, so he waved his hand, and a group of police officers under him immediately went up to disperse the crowd, and the layers of onlookers were divided into two sides like Moses opening the sea. The criminal police from the District Public Security Bureau rushed up to say hello.

Zhao Tiemin nodded to him expressionlessly, and asked, "Is Lao Chen here?"

"It's early, forensic doctor Chen is doing an autopsy inside."

"Well," he waved his hand, "Then your people will hand over work to my people. This case will be handled directly by the Municipal Bureau, and your branch office will not be in charge."

Zhao Tiemin raised his eyes and looked around. Here was a wide green space beside Wenyi West Road. Behind the green space was a concrete clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a temporary sun-shading tent, and there was a person lying vaguely inside.A few police officers were still investigating next to the tent.

Zhao Tiemin walked to the front of the tent, and there was a fat man lying inside.There are many measurement labels on the fat man.

The fat man's eyes were wide open and protruding, bloodshot, which meant that the capillaries in the eyes were all ruptured.His upper body is naked, and there are tattoos on his chest and arms, which shows that this person is probably a "society" guy.In addition, his tongue was sticking out slightly, and a cigarette was inserted between his thick lips.

"How's the investigation?" Zhao Tiemin glanced at Chen Forensic, who was squatting next to the corpse.

With gloved hands, Chen Fayi raised the corpse's chin, pointed to a bruise on the neck, and said, "This is a strangle mark. Combined with the characteristics of the corpse's eyes and tongue, it can be judged that someone used a rope. Strangled. The murderer strangled the deceased from behind. The strangle marks showed that the murderer had a stronger left hand and was left-handed. The time of death was probably between 11:1 and [-]:[-] last night. It would be more accurate to go back and do an autopsy. But the time must be hurry up. He looked up at the sky, the September sun was shining fiercely, "The temperature is starting to stink now."

Zhao Tiemin touched his nose. This summer was extremely hot, and the dead body had only been dead for eight or nine hours, yet it gave off a faint stench.

Then, forensic doctor Chen reached for a transparent evidence bag and carefully removed the cigarette stuck in the corpse's mouth.

Zhao Tiemin frowned and said, "It's again..."

"Yes, it's Liqun brand cigarettes again," Forensic Chen shook his head with a wry smile, "everything is almost the same as the previous four cases. The murder weapon was found in the grass 600 meters away from here, a rope, which is still commonly used by students in physical education classes The skipping rope has wooden handles at both ends, and there are fingerprints left by the murderer on the wooden handle. The murderer uses this kind of rope to attack the deceased from behind and strangle the opponent. After killing the opponent, he takes out a Liqun cigarette and inserts it into the mouth of the deceased. Then Leave a printed A4 paper with 'Come and get me' printed on it. The relevant physical evidence has been packed."

Zhao Tiemin pursed his lips and remained silent.

Usually, after a murder occurs, the local public security sub-bureau is responsible.

The reason why the case was transferred from the sub-bureau to the city bureau immediately, and was personally supervised by a leader at the level of Zhao Tiemin, was because when the police from the sub-bureau arrived at the scene, they saw a print next to the corpse that said "Please come and arrest me" After reading the paper, he found that there was a cigarette in the mouth of the corpse. He immediately thought that this was the fifth case of the serial murder case that had not been solved for three years, so he hurriedly reported to the city bureau. Zhao Tiemin is in charge of this case.

This serial murder case is very famous and has extremely bad influence.

As early as two years ago, when the first homicide occurred, a note was left at the scene, "Please come and arrest me", which was an open and provocative police note, which caused an uproar in an instant. The media once reported a lot of it, which aroused the anger of the provincial and municipal leaders. The leaders of the provincial department beat the table and ordered that the murderer must be caught.

Subsequently, the provincial and municipal levels immediately set up a joint task force to investigate. After half a year, the task force had to be disbanded due to no progress in solving the case.

Unexpectedly, not long after the special case group was disbanded, a second case occurred. Except for the difference between the deceased and the location of the crime, the plot of the first case was almost completely repeated. Similarly, the second case group was finally disbanded.

In this way, the special task force was established four times and disbanded four times. A total of thousands of police officers were invested in the investigation. So far, there is no basic outline of the murderer.At the beginning, the leader patted the table to investigate the case, but in the end, no leader dared to pat the table.

As of today's fifth homicide, Zhao Tiemin became the leader of the task force.

The criminal process of this serial murderer is basically the same. They all used a skipping rope used by students to strangle the deceased from behind, and then discarded the rope near the scene. The murderer's fingerprints were collected on the wooden handle of the rope.

In several cases, the police collected a large number of fingerprints from surrounding residents for comparison, but they never found the murderer.The crimes took place in the suburbs, and there was little surveillance nearby. Although several "suspicious persons" were found during the surveillance investigation, the possibility of crime was ruled out after investigation.

In addition, the most puzzling thing is that every time the murderer finished killing someone, he would put an unsmoked Liqun cigarette in the mouth of the deceased.

Why does the murderer stuff a Liqun cigarette into the mouth of the deceased every time after killing someone?

What is the point of this move?
Is the murderer trying to convey that smoking is harmful to health, or is the murderer the image spokesperson of Liqun Company?
This issue has been discussed countless times by the task force in the past, but there has been no conclusion.

Looking at Zhao Tiemin's expression, Forensic Chen knew that he was troubled in his heart. The previous four investigation teams were equally powerful, but they failed to solve the case. Will it be his turn to solve the case this time?

Forensic Chen coughed and reminded: "This case is different from the previous four cases."

"What is it?" Zhao Tiemin opened his eyes wide.

2
Forensic doctor Chen pointed to the ground on the right hand side of the deceased.

Zhao Tiemin followed the instructions and said unexpectedly, "Is there writing on the ground? Written by the murderer?"

Forensic Chen shook his head: "Looking at the situation, it should have been written by the deceased during his last struggle. When I opened the right hand of the deceased, I saw that he was holding a small stone, and then I found the words written on the ground."

Zhao Tiemin frowned, looked at it intently for a while, and said slowly: "Wood... soil... also, what does this mean?"

Chen Fayi said: "It's not Mutuye. There are three characters in total. These three characters overlapped when they were written. I guess the murderer strangled the deceased with a rope. The deceased struggled desperately, and finally felt that he could not escape, so Grab a stone at random, and leave the last three words by feeling. The three words should be 'local people'."

"Local?" Zhao Tiemin looked at it for a while, and nodded again and again, "That's right, the words 'local' are stacked together. Since it was left by the deceased, does it mean that the murderer is a local from Hangzhou?"

Forensic Chen said: "I think so too. The ID card found on the deceased showed that the deceased's name was Sun Hongyun and he was from Shandong. Refers to the identity of the murderer."

Zhao Tiemin thought for a moment, and said: "Compared to the previous four clues, if it can be confirmed that the murderer is a local this time, then the scope of investigation can be greatly reduced."

Hangzhou is a large provincial capital city with a large proportion of migrants. If it is clear that the murderer is a local, then the scope of the investigation can be reduced by half.

Forensic Chen said: "In addition, I think this clue reveals that the murderer probably knew the deceased."

Zhao Tiemin shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. According to the investigation results of the previous four murder cases, there is almost no possibility that the murderer and the deceased were acquaintances. There are two possibilities for the deceased to leave the word "local". The murderer knew each other, but the relationship was very shallow. He couldn't even pronounce the name. He only knew that the other party was a local. Otherwise, he could have written the other party's name instead of the local. The second is that the deceased and the murderer did not know each other. During the killing process, the murderer He spoke the local dialect of Hangzhou, so the deceased knew that he was a local."

Forensic Chen continued: "Besides the writing left by the deceased, there is another difference from the previous four cases. The position where the deceased is lying now is not where the murderer started his attack."

Zhao Tiemin's eyes glowed with excitement, and he said, "You mean, the murderer moved the corpse here after the murder?"

If it is a murder and then the corpse is moved, the whole crime includes the two processes of killing and moving the corpse, so the investigation will lead to many more clues than simply killing in place, and the case will naturally be solved more easily.

Chen Forensic Doctor shook his head, and said: "The person was killed at this location, which can't be wrong, because the deceased wrote here before he died. According to the situation at the scene, I roughly restored the incident of last night. Yesterday Between 11:1 p.m. and [-]:[-] a.m., the deceased was walking on the road outside. When he came to the side of the green belt, the deceased began to urinate. The man was strangled to death after being dragged here. Residues of urine were found beside the green belt in front of him. If it was the urine of the deceased, he would have to go back and have a test. I was attacked. But there is still a problem here. The murderer dragged people here from the green belt, and passed through the entire green belt grass in the middle, which was about ten meters long. There are only footprints of the deceased, but no footprints of a murderer can be found."

"What!" Zhao Tiemin yelled with his eyes wide open, "Are you kidding? The murderer dragged the man across the green field, but there were no footprints of him on the ground?"

Forensic Chen nodded helplessly: "I also think it's weird, but after looking around, I only found the footprints left by the deceased's struggle during the process of being dragged here, not even half of the murderer's footprints."

Zhao Tiemin gasped. The murderer dragged the man for tens of meters without leaving any footprints. Could the murderer walk without touching the ground?Could he fly?
He felt uncomfortable for a while.

3
August is over, and the heat hasn't abated.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the sky is still bright.

Guo Yu tiredly got off the bus and walked to the rented community.He was wearing a pair of slightly heavy black-rimmed glasses, with a gloomy complexion and a thin figure. He looked like a miserable person who worked overtime for a long time.

After graduating from university, he went to a private company to become a programmer for three years.

He is not a technical genius, but a low-level programmer.He works hard every day and often works overtime. The only thing he is gratified about is that more than 6000 salary will be put into the bank card every month.

Survival in this city is not easy.Although he only rents a small house of [-] to [-] square meters in the suburbs, he still has to pay [-] yuan a month for it. In addition, he has to give several thousand to his parents in the countryside.At the beginning, he was admitted to a three-ben university, and his family borrowed tens of thousands for him to study.Last year, my father had an accident at work and spent tens of thousands.He also has a disabled sister who needs to be looked after at home.

Everything needs money, and the monthly salary is always stretched. He also thought about buying a house and a car in this city in the future to settle down, but every time he thought about it for a while, he smiled wryly, it was purely a dream.

Some people are born with no worries about food and clothing, and some people are destined to bear a lot of pressure from birth.

So he cherishes the job in his hand very much. He needs a stable job too much. Although working overtime is hard, his ability is limited, and it is almost an unattainable dream to change jobs to a big company.

After crossing a street from the bus station, it is a road at the side entrance of the community.

Not far away, two local hooligans around the age of 20 tied a dirt dog with a wire. The dog was only four or five months old. On the other end, he started dragging the dog around, laughing wantonly.

And that dog, whose mouth and limbs were soon bleeding, let out a piercing wail, and its eyes were full of horror.

Soon, the behavior of the two attracted many people to watch, and everyone reprimanded: "Hey, what are you doing, why are you playing with the dog like this, let the dog go!"

The little hooligan with a bunch of yellow hair on his head responded disdainfully: "This is my own dog, do whatever you like, who the hell stipulates that I can't mess with my own dog!"

Guo Yu often saw these two hooligans. It is said that they are both locals. They used to be nearby farmers. times, but because they did not commit major crimes, at most they were punished by public security.

Guo Yu was born in a rural area, and his family has raised dogs since he was a child. He also likes dogs very much. If he has food in hand, he will often give some to stray dogs.Seeing the two hooligans cruelly dragging the puppies, he felt angry, but he is a shy and timid person who never meddles in other people's business, and being in a foreign land, he dare not be the first bird, so he is only secretly indignant , standing in the crowd, being a bystander.

At this time, a local old man couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted loudly: "What are you two doing! There is such a dog! Are you a kid from the Zhang family? You call your dad again!"

Although the two young hooligans were in their early twenties, they did not have a job. They depended on their parents for a living, so they were still a little afraid of their parents. Seeing more people gathered around, they did not dare to provoke public anger, so they put down the rope and finally kicked the dog. , trying to save face, cursed a few words, and walked away slowly.

A young girl in her 20s ran out of the crowd, rushed to the dying puppy, picked it up, untied the wire, and checked the condition of the wound. Other well-meaning people passing by also came forward to help.

Guo Yu knew this little girl. She and her brother opened a noodle restaurant at the gate of the community. Guo Yu went to her restaurant to eat almost every day. Seeing her was what Guo Yu looked forward to most every day, but he never He confided to her something like liking, because he thinks that the current self can't bring girls to rely on.He just kept this feeling quietly in his heart.It is enough to see her every day and say a few words now and then.

The little yellow-haired rogue standing not far away said to his companion: "This little bitch is nosy, go find her in her shop later!"

The companion smiled teasingly: "What do you want to do? Fuck her?"

He smirked wickedly: "Sooner or later, she refused to sleep with her last time. Hmph, this little bitch is really sexy, I'm sure I'm going to sleep with her!"

4
The days in summer are always extraordinarily long. At 7 o'clock in the evening, the sun reluctantly casts the last ray of light, and the heat of the day is slowly cooling down.

By a river in the west of the city, at this moment, a few old people are sitting on a small bench enjoying the cool air and gossiping.In front, a young couple strolls slowly with a poodle on a leash.A four or five-year-old girl next to him saw the puppy and wanted to run over to play with it, but was stopped by her serious mother.Further on, there is a couple of college students next to the bus station who seem to be having a conflict.

The life of the whole city slows down due to the arrival of night.

Luo Wen hung a satchel on a slant, walked forward unhurriedly according to his inherent rhythm with his head bowed, and pedestrians walking passed by, he didn't raise his head once, and a young woman in a miniskirt with firm and beautiful thighs was beside him Talking and laughing happily, he also turned a blind eye to it, as if everything could not disturb his emotional waves.

Not far away is a resettlement community, which is commonly referred to as an urban village. The rent here is relatively cheap, and many young people who have just started working will choose to rent here.

A row of shops along the street outside the community are mostly open various restaurants and fruit shops.

As usual, Luo Wen went to a shop called "Chongqing Noodles" and sat down, ordering a bowl of Pianerchuan.

The noodle restaurant is run by a brother and sister from Chongqing. The elder brother is Zhu Fulai. He is thin and crippled.My younger sister is Zhu Huiru. As her name suggests, she is a bright and cheerful girl who helps the store greet customers, deliver food, and do some chores.

While waiting for the noodles, Luo Wen took out the wallet in his pocket, opened it, and there was a photo of a family of three inside.The man in the photo is naturally Luo Wen, but he looks much younger than the current Luo Wen, and he has a wife who is not beautiful but he loves deeply. Between the two, there is a four-year-old girl with a drooping face , seems not to want to take pictures at all.

Seeing his daughter's weird expression, Luo Wen couldn't help smiling, but the smile soon subsided, leaving only an unpredictable and gloomy face.

He put his wallet back in his pocket, slightly wrinkled his mouth and looked up into the air.

Counting that they have been missing for more than eight years, are they still alive now?If my daughter was still alive, she would be in the sixth grade of elementary school by now.

In order to find his wife and daughter, he has been searching for clues for eight years, never letting go of any clues.He gave up his job and career, his identity as the Chief of Criminal Technology of the Ning City Public Security Bureau, his position as the double supervisor of the two departments of forensic medicine and material identification, and his title as criminal investigation expert of the Provincial Public Security Bureau, just to find the answer. .

Following the fragmented clues about the disappearance of his wife and daughter, he tracked it all the way from Ningshi to Hangzhou.He has lived in Hangzhou for three years, and he doesn't know how long he will live like this.Anyway, even if there is one ten-thousandth hope, he will continue to investigate.

But what if there is no hope?He smiled helplessly.

At this time, a voice came from behind him: "Brother, I picked up a puppy."

Zhu Huiru panicked and ran into the store holding a little yellow soil dog covered in blood.The little dog's eyes were full of panic, and his body was trembling.

Standing in the kitchen, Zhu Fulai looked out and complained, "It's so dirty, what are you doing with such a dog? Throw it away."

"No!" Zhu Huiru seemed to have expected that her brother would say that, and said, "Those hooligans dragged the puppy around with wires, and the puppy was almost killed by them."

"Which gangster? Don't cause trouble." Zhu Fulai looked at her worriedly.

"It's the two who live in the community, they're so bad!"

"Those two?" Zhu Fulai frowned, "Why did you provoke them?"

Zhu Huiru argued angrily: "I didn't provoke them, they wanted to kill the puppy, and many people couldn't stand it!"

At this time, Guo Yu also came to the store and ordered a bowl of noodles. He heard the quarrel between the brother and sister, secretly looked up at Zhu Huiru, and did not speak.

Zhu Fulai brought out a bowl of noodles from the kitchen, and gave it to Luo Wen, then turned his head to look at the puppy, frowned and said resolutely: "You throw the dog away quickly, and don't mess with those people in the future!"

Zhu Huiru was dissatisfied and said, "I wouldn't mess with them! Besides, I didn't want to keep this dog forever. I can't just let it die if I see it, right? Now that the puppy is like this, throwing it away will definitely kill me. Wait." Bring it up and give it away."

"Why don't others take you home, you're the only one who has trouble!"

"Then someone has to take care of it."

"You don't care!" Zhu Fulai turned around angrily, and went back to the kitchen to continue.Zhu Huiru angrily put the puppy on the ground. The puppy struggled to stand up, but immediately fell down and lay on the ground. Then, it struggled to crawl a few steps under Luo Wen's table, huddled in a corner, and looked around in fear. .

Luo Wen lowered his head and glanced at the dog, and the dog's eyes happened to be facing him.This is a very ordinary little soil dog, with gray and yellow hair, and a pinch of white hair between the two eyes, which looks like three eyes.

Luo Wen was stunned for a moment, and then a flood of memories came over him.

Eight years ago, when he came home from get off work, he saw a little native dog in the house, and his daughter was playing with the dog.He was not an animal lover, so he pulled his daughter aside and said that the dog was dirty, don't play with it, and throw the dog out.The daughter cried out in anxiety, and his wife stopped him, saying that the dog was just picked up from the side of the road, and it was only a few months old. It was probably hit by a car and couldn't stand up, so he took it home first.The daughter who has never been in close contact with small animals obviously likes puppies very much and must keep the dogs.Luo Wen had no choice but to agree, and used his doctor's ability to help the puppy heal the injury.

But when his wife and daughter disappeared a few months later, even the dog disappeared.

He remembered very clearly that the dog also had yellow fur, with a pinch of white hair in the middle of the eyes, which looked very much like this dog.

Looking at the puppy's eyes, Luo Wen couldn't help trembling, picked up a piece of meat in the bowl, bent down and handed it to the puppy's mouth, the puppy hesitated, and immediately ate the meat.

Luo Wen smiled, turned to Zhu Huiru and said, "Can you give me the puppy?"

Zhu Huiru recognized him as a regular customer in the store, but he only ate noodles and never spoke to him. She hesitated and said, "Do you want to keep it?"

Luo Wen nodded: "I will heal the wound and raise it."

Before Zhu Huiru could reply, Zhu Fulai inside quickly agreed: "That's good, Huiru, find a box for the boss to take back."

Zhu Huiru thought for a while, and then nodded. After all, the store is really not suitable for keeping dogs.

After making this decision, Luo Wen suddenly began to regret his actions just now, and now he should focus on doing his own business, how could he have the energy to manage the dog?But when he looked down and saw the eyes of the puppy huddled in the corner, he smiled again. If his daughter was by his side, she would definitely do the same.

After paying the bill, Luo Wen was about to pick up the cardboard box and leave when the two little hooligans broke into the store. The leader, Huang Mao, glared at Zhu Huiru and said, "Hey, where did you take my dog?"

Then he saw the dog in the cardboard box on the ground, and sneered, "So it's here!"

He was about to pick up the cardboard box when Luo Wen stretched out his foot and hooked the box towards him.

The little hooligan said angrily, "What are you doing?"

Luo Wen asked calmly, "Is the dog yours?"

"Of course, pay me back!"

"Oh, so it's yours. Then, sell it to me."

"Sell it to you?" The little hooligan saw that the other party was a middle-aged man, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. After thinking about it, he said, "Okay, is 300 yuan okay? This was born by my bitch and has been raised for several months. , fed very strong—”

Before he finished boasting about his advantages, Luo Wen interrupted: "No problem, three hundred, right?"

After speaking, he took out his wallet and simply handed him three hundred.

The little hooligan was surprised to see the other party readily take out 300 to buy a local dog. After receiving the money, he regretted that he should order more. It is estimated that if he asked for [-], this fool would give it.Having won [-] yuan from a fool for nothing, the two proudly sat down on the table next to them and shouted, "Two bowls of fried eel noodles!"

Zhu Huiru said angrily: "If you don't cook, you didn't pay for the previous few times!"

"Fuck me-"

Zhu Fulai was afraid that his sister would cause trouble, so he ran out with a limp and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Huiru, you go inside! ——I'll cook right away, just wait a moment."

"Brother! Don't cook it!" Zhu Huiru said angrily, "Why do you let them eat for free! This has happened several times! Last time I delivered food, he not only didn't pay, but... he even treated me..."

"How was it for you? Didn't you just touch it a few times, haha, don't say you haven't been touched by a man before." Huang Mao immediately showed a rascal face.

Zhu Fulai showed pity and helplessness in his eyes, but he is a cripple, he has been bullied by his peers since he was a child, and he is used to swallowing his anger, so he can only grit his teeth and gently hold his sister's arm to prevent her from continuing to fight with him .

At this time, Guo Yu, who was eating noodles at the table next to Zhu Huiru, couldn't bear it any longer when he heard Zhu Huiru being humiliated. He put down his chopsticks and slapped them on the table.

Hearing the sound, Huang Mao turned his head and found Guo Yu staring at them, and immediately stood up: "What are you looking at, kid!" He went straight up, pointed at Guo Yu's nose and asked, "Do you fucking want to stand out? "

Guo Yu pursed his lips, he was only excited for a moment, and the timid he was immediately frightened by the other party, and hurriedly lowered his head.

"Don't fucking stare if you don't care, you know?" Looking at him, the gangster knew he was easy to bully, and even patted the back of Guo Yu's head heavily, then sat back on his seat arrogantly.

"Are...are you alright?" Zhu Huiru ran over and asked with concern, while glaring at the rogue resentfully, the rogue didn't care at all.

Guo Yu blushed, lowered his head and said, "No...it doesn't matter."

Luo Wen sat in his seat and watched the beginning and end of the whole conflict without saying a word, then stared at the little rascal for a few seconds, shook his head and smiled, picked up the cardboard box and left.

5
In an office of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the core members of the task force were sitting.

Investigator Yang Xuejun is explaining the latest investigation results to everyone: "The time of the incident was confirmed by Chen's forensic doctor, and it was between 11:12 and 45:19 last night. The victim Sun Hongyun, 25 years old, is from Shandong. He has many criminal records and served three times in prison. Records. At the age of [-], he was sentenced to four years in his hometown for the crime of theft, and at the age of [-], he was sentenced to seven years in his hometown for the crime of intentional injury. The second year after he was released from prison, he came to Hangzhou and stayed for more than ten years. It is said that at first he sold some stolen goods, etc. In the past few years, a group of people have been assembled to operate freight in the western part of the city. They have monopolized the logistics of a steel market through threats and other illegal means. The year before last, a truck driver was seriously injured due to a dispute. He was just released from prison this year. It is said that he is very vicious. He has two concubines here. After preliminary investigation, we found that neither of them knew what happened to him yesterday. After investigating many of his subordinates, it was said that his usual work and rest time is not fixed. After supper, he went to Wenyi West Road to break up with everyone and go home alone. When he got to the green belt, he started to urinate. At this time, he was attacked from behind by the murderer and dragged all the way to the middle of the concrete floor behind the green belt. Dead. The urine on the green belt was identified as his own. The people who were with him last night did not find any abnormal behavior. We will investigate one by one in the future to confirm whether there is any suspicion of crime. "

Zhao Tiemin took a deep breath and said, "He went home last night and walked Wenyi West Road alone, did anyone know in advance?"

Yang Xuejun shook his head: "We asked the friend who had supper with him last night, and they said that supper was a temporary proposal, there was no prior arrangement, what time will he finish eating, whether he will go home alone, and which way he will take. Unpredictable."

Zhao Tiemin nodded: "That means the murderer followed him all the way, instead of waiting around the green belt beforehand."

Yang Xuejun said: "I think the same is true, but according to other people's memories, they didn't feel anyone following them at the time. It seems that the murderer was very careful when following him. There are not many surveillance cameras on this section of the road. I have already called the traffic police to monitor, and I am investigating. See if you can spot any suspicious people."

Zhao Tiemin said: "In the previous four cases, the monitoring did not find any suspicious objects. This time, the monitoring of the section of the road was all about the road. There are a lot of dead spots in the sidewalks and green belts. I am not very optimistic about the monitoring results. But, the monitoring still needs to be checked.”

Zhao Tiemin turned to Chen Forensic Doctor and said, "Old Chen, you have checked the scene, but you still haven't found any footprints of the murderer?"

"The concrete floor is not easy to preserve footprints, and there are cases where the murderer deliberately destroyed some of the scene. The footprints on the green belt are well preserved, but there is no murderer."

Zhao Tiemin pursed his lips and looked at the others: "The murderer dragged the deceased for dozens of meters, but left no footprints. What do you think?"

Everyone also looked at each other in blank dismay, because according to common sense, it is impossible to happen unless the murderer can fly.

Zhao Tiemin rubbed his chin. The silence of the crowd on this question was also expected by him. He also couldn't understand how the murderer did it.

After pondering for a while, he said to everyone: "Everyone must keep this detail secret. Everyone must inform his subordinates. Except for members of the special case team, don't mention this detail to anyone, including other police officers who are not part of the special case team."

He looked at the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, and explained: "If this incident gets out, the murderer dragged the deceased for dozens of meters without leaving any footprints, and we have been investigating this serial murder case for three years. I don't know anything about the murderer until now, I'm afraid there will be rumors like "the murderer is not a human, he can fly" in the society, especially if some media exaggerate it, it will easily cause panic, and it will also greatly increase our handling of the case. Public pressure."

Everyone nodded. The meeting here is all old detectives. They are all materialists. They know that the murderer can't fly. He is a normal person. He must have used some kind of method.But ordinary people in society may not be so rational. Once all kinds of rumors spread, it will bring all kinds of troubles to the police's subsequent work. Naturally, the stronger the case, the greater the pressure on them to handle the case.

Zhao Tiemin is already the leader of the detachment, and he is directly in charge of hundreds of people. Even if the case cannot be solved, he is just shameless and will not be punished. However, he has always wanted to enter the leadership position of the Provincial Public Security Bureau. If it is broken, it will add a lot of points to his future.So before the case became clear, he didn't want to put too much pressure on public opinion.

Zhao Tiemin continued: "Let's put this matter aside for the time being. Everyone should think about it when they go back and see what methods can be used to avoid leaving footprints. Now let's comprehensively analyze the common points of the five cases. First, add today's , the five victims were all released prisoners, and the crimes they committed were not minor, including rape, theft, and intentional injury.”

An old criminal policeman said: "Captain Zhao, what do you mean... the murderer is a criminal punished outside the law?"

Zhao Tiemin said: "Usually the criminal motives for homicide are nothing more than manslaughter, robbery, and vendetta. These five cases are obviously not manslaughter. Since all the deceased's property is intact, it is not robbery. It seems that only vendetta is left. However, according to previous investigations, the deceased did not know each other at all, and no suspicious person could be found to be enemies with them. Therefore, the motive of vendetta is also untenable. Excluding these three conventional criminal motives, combined with The five victims were all released from prison, so I think the murderer wants to do justice for the heavens, and there is a high possibility of extrajudicial punishment."

Yang Xuejun said: "But I have read the files of the five victims. When they were arrested and sentenced for their crimes, their sentences were basically reasonable and they were not given light sentences."

Zhao Tiemin said: "Perhaps in the eyes of the murderer, the crime they committed should be punished by death."

An expert in criminal psychology nodded in agreement: "From the perspective of criminal psychology, this murderer considers himself the embodiment of justice and wants to do justice for the heavens. He disdains the judgment of the law, but follows the sentencing standard in his own mind. .”

Another old criminal policeman said disapprovingly: "But one of the victims is just a thief. Theft should be sentenced to death. Is the murderer crazy?"

Zhao Tiemin thought for a while, and felt that what he said was somewhat reasonable, and then said: "Let's put aside the question of the motive for the murder. The analysis of the criminal motive is not very helpful to this case. We can't draw the specifics of the murderer based on the motive alone." Features. Let me talk about the second common point of the five cases. After each crime, the murderer discarded the tools of crime not far from the scene, and each time used a rope. Why did the murderer use a rope every time instead of a knife, etc. ? Killing with a knife is faster, but strangling the other party with a rope, if the victim has strong resistance, the murderer is likely to fail."

All the subordinates shook their heads, expressing their confusion.If you intend to murder, using a knife is the quickest and most successful method, so why strangle people to death every time?

Zhao Tiemin continued: "Thirdly, every time the rope is a physical education skipping rope with wooden handles at both ends, the murderer's fingerprints are found on it. Isn't the murderer afraid that fingerprints will pose a threat to him?"

Yang Xuejun said: "Either this person does not realize that leaving fingerprints is a threat to him."

"No," Zhao Tiemin shook his head resolutely, "Judging from the five cases, we have not grasped the basic outline of the murderer so far. It can be seen that this person must have a considerable awareness of anti-investigation, and he would not have thought of the threat of fingerprints to him. .”

Another person said: "I think this person was inexperienced in the first crime, and threw away the criminal tools in a panic after the murder. Afterwards, he knew that the police had already got his fingerprints, and there was no need to continue to cover up, so he simply After committing a crime, they all discard their tools and show us their fingerprints. This is another kind of provocation, which is consistent with his behavior of leaving a note."

Zhao Tiemin said: "It's possible, but in the past few cases we have handled, we have collected the fingerprints of a large number of nearby residents for comparison, and we have never been able to find the murderer."

The humane said: "Comparison can't collect everyone's fingerprints, there must be fish that slipped through the net, and it's hard to say whether the murderer lives nearby."

Zhao Tiemin said: "I think the murderer should live near the west of the city, because the five murders all happened in the west of the city, and they all happened at night. If the murderer lived in other areas, he would always come to check out spots at night and wait for an opportunity to attack. It would be too troublesome. gone."

The policeman was a little helpless: "But the flow of people is too large now. If the murderer deliberately avoids the police to come to collect fingerprints, it is easy to do so."

Zhao Tiemin nodded, and continued: "Fourth, after the murderer completed the crime, he left a note of 'please arrest me' at the scene, which shows the intention of provoking our police. And he inserted a Liqun cigarette into the deceased five times. In the mouth, this is even more incomprehensible."

Yang Xuejun said: "Perhaps the murderer deliberately wanted to leave some inexplicable clues to mislead our investigation direction."

The others also nodded in agreement, saying, "That's the only way to explain it, otherwise it's pointless to keep a cigarette."

Yang Xuejun said again: "Then how should we investigate now?"

Zhao Tiemin said: "The next investigation will be carried out in several directions at the same time. First, Xuejun, your people are in charge of investigating and monitoring and interviewing the victim's interpersonal relationship; The stationery store in the area, see if you can find the source. In addition, the note 'please catch me', let the material appraisal experts from the provincial department identify the ink and paper, and see if you can find anything; third, send more The team conducted a large number of visits to the residents along Wenyi West Road, asking if they had seen any unusual people or things last night, including suspicious people who appeared nearby recently. I hope these three tasks can have good news, otherwise, we can only use As a last resort, fingerprints were extensively collected and compared. This time, the deceased left the word 'local', and everyone should pay attention to the local residents."

After the meeting, Zhao Tiemin had just returned to the office when a subordinate ran in and said, "I just got an important clue."

In the middle of the night yesterday, the local police station in the west of the city received a report from a woman, saying that when she came home from get off work in a bar, she was held hostage by a middle-aged man in his 40s and dragged into a nearby green belt for molestation.The time of the obscenity coincided with the time of the murder.The obscene location was just next to the crime scene, only five or sixty meters away from the concrete vacant lot where the crime happened, separated by a landscaped green space and a few rows of trees.

Zhao Tiemin opened his eyes immediately: "Could it be that the guy who molested women last night was the murderer?"

He squinted his eyes, it seemed that it was necessary to investigate last night's molestation case first.

6
Early in the morning, as soon as Zhao Tiemin arrived at the work unit, Yang Xuejun approached him: "The sub-bureau brought in the information about the molestation case. It is said that this middle-aged man in his 40s has kidnapped and molested women in the middle of the night several times in the past few months. Women who came home alone were forcibly pulled into the green belt, threatened with a knife, and then molested. After the molestation was completed, they threatened a few words arrogantly, and then walked away swaggeringly. The news has also been reported many times.”

Zhao Tiemin stared and said, "Then why haven't you caught it yet?"

"That guy was a lone woman who was waiting for an opportunity to go home alone at night, waiting for an opportunity to strike, so he was never caught on the spot. Although the branch office filed a case at the beginning, it didn't take it very seriously. After all, that guy only molested The woman did not directly rape or cause other personal injury, nor did she rob the woman's property. The nature of the crime is not too serious. In recent weeks, the frequency of crimes committed by that guy has increased significantly. On average, he commits a crime every two or three days. There are already eight female victims, so the sub-bureau intensified nighttime inspections and searched for suspects through surrounding surveillance. However, this person usually wears a hat, and the frontal facial features cannot be photographed. After monitoring and investigation along the road, it was found that he had a quirk."

Zhao Tiemin saw Yang Xuejun's strange expression, and asked strangely, "What quirk?"

Yang Xuejun twisted his mouth and said, "Several monitoring along the road has tracked him to run into some communities in the middle of the night and shit in the elevators of the communities."

Zhao Tiemin touched his forehead, raised his eyelids and said, "Run into the elevator to shit? Just shit?"

Yang Xuejun nodded: "Yes, every time he wears a hat, walks into the elevator, and then in front of the elevator monitor, takes off his pants and defecates without wiping his butt, and then leaves the community after defecating."

What kind of psychology is this?
Zhao Tiemin felt a strange feeling in his heart.

It looks like a pervert, could this pervert be the serial murderer?He couldn't be sure.

Zhao Tiemin took over the file from the branch bureau, browsed through it, thought for a while, and said, "Have you contacted the woman who reported the case the night before?"

"I've made an appointment. I'm going to go over to find out more about the situation with her later."

"Okay, where does she live?"

"It's just north of Wenyi West Road, in a community southwest of Zhejiang University."

"Zhejiang University?" Zhao Tiemin stood on the spot intently. When he mentioned Zhejiang University, he thought of an old friend. That guy should have a way to explain why the murderer didn't leave footprints.He paused and said, "Okay, I'll go with you later."

"You want to go there in person?" Yang Xuejun seemed a little surprised.

In the past, this kind of basic investigation work was almost in charge of ordinary investigators like Yang Xuejun. Zhao Tiemin was the captain of the criminal investigation detachment, equivalent to the chief of the branch. Police officers of this level seldom participated in solving cases in person, and most of the time they would spend some time on "special investigations". Theoretical guidance" and some "instructions", it is even more impossible to do basic research in person.

Zhao Tiemin nodded: "Yes, let's go together."

An hour later, I arrived at the girl's house.

The girl's surname is Liu, she is from the north, and she lives in this rented house in the west of the city.

Looking at her appearance, Zhao Tiemin found that even though she did not wear makeup in the morning, she was considered a beauty with a great figure.

The girl claims to be a waiter in a bar, so she basically rests during the day, goes out to work at night, and usually returns home in the middle of the night, usually at 12 o'clock.Because I was frightened the night before, I took a day off and didn't go to work last night.

As for the basic situation of the girl, Zhao Tiemin simply asked so many questions. As for whether the girl is just a waiter in a bar or has another part-time business, it has nothing to do with the case, so he is naturally not curious to inquire.

After understanding the general situation, Zhao Tiemin said: "Ms. Liu, about the situation of the night before last, could you please repeat it to us in detail?"

"Can you really catch that pervert?" The girl recalled the scene the night before, with a look of disgust on her brows.

Yang Xuejun was stunned for a moment. No policeman dared to guarantee that the suspect would be caught. He was thinking about how to deal with it. Zhao Tiemin answered her straightforwardly: "I will definitely. But we need to know more details. You can report to the police station." This record is not exhaustive enough."

"Okay." The girl nodded, "I got off the bus before 12 o'clock the night before. I didn't see anyone on Wenyi West Road, so I walked a little further."

"Approximately how many meters have you walked?" Zhao Tiemin asked.

"It's just walking from the bus station to that place, it's only 200 meters."

"Well, okay, you continue." Zhao Tiemin wrote it down in his notebook.

"At this time, a man in his 40s wearing glasses walked up to him. He looked... um... his face was just a normal face, a bit long, with no wrinkles on his face, and his hair was neither long nor short. He looked quite clean. one of the people."

Zhao Tiemin interrupted again: "Is he wearing a hat?"

The girl shook her head: "No, but he was carrying a shoulder bag, which seemed... like a big Gucci bag. Anyway, that man looked quite rich, not that kind of migrant worker. At that time, I would never have thought that he would Do that kind of thing. Later I heard from the police at the police station that the man was photographed wearing a hat on the surveillance camera. I think he hid the hat in his bag. If he appeared in front of me wearing a hat at night, I might still Be prepared."

Zhao Tiemin nodded, no one is around at night, if a person wearing a hat walks towards you, this standard villain outfit will undoubtedly make the victim more vigilant.And the other party didn't wear a hat, dressed normally, and looked quite clean. Some other victims even recalled that this person was wearing a string of jade bracelets, and the overall impression looked quite rich. No one could have imagined such a gentleman A middle-aged man would drag the victim into the green belt for molestation.

The girl showed a terrified look on her face, and continued: "I just passed by him, and after walking a few steps, I suddenly heard footsteps running behind me. Before I could react, this bastard pulled my hair Stop, he also took a knife in his hand, dragged me into the green belt, and yelled that if I shouted out, he would kill me immediately."

Although more than a day has passed, the girl still trembles with fear when she thinks of the scene at that time.

"In the case of your registration at the police station, the way he molested you was..." Zhao Tiemin coughed, but still said the following, "The way he molested you was to let you jerk off for him?"

The girl frowned, showing a disgusted expression, and lowered her head, "No, he forced me with a knife and masturbated at me."

"It's not that you masturbate him, but he masturbates himself?"

"Yeah." The girl nodded in disgust.

"How long did it last?"

"I ejaculated all at once," the girl felt uncomfortable after she finished speaking, and glanced at the policeman. The two looked very serious, and she hurriedly added, explaining in a subtle and gentle manner, "It's about a minute or two."

Zhao Tiemin looked embarrassed. He felt that it was inappropriate for two male policemen to ask the female victim about each other's obscene details, but in order to handle the case, he insisted on asking: "Did he leave then?"

"Yeah, he... He looked flustered and ran away immediately after he finished. In fact, I was even more scared. After he walked for a long time, he dared to stand up. He fled to the gate of the community, called the security guards, and then Called the police, but they couldn't catch him."

After listening to her description, Zhao Tiemin faintly felt that there was something wrong in it, but for a moment he couldn't think of what was wrong with her description.Then I confirmed the crime location again, and it was only five to sixty meters away from the murder scene, separated by some trees and green areas.

After the investigation, Zhao Tiemin asked Yang Xuejun to drive the police car to Zhejiang University, and he decided to talk to an old friend.

(End of this chapter)