serious crime

Chapter 17 The Dark Night Demon (3)
"Don't be so impulsive, officer, you are running out of time now. If you have time to scold me here, you might as well figure out how to find evidence to convict me. Although it is impossible, because I just told you It's all a joke, I didn't kill anyone, how can you find evidence? Haha..."

Wang Baocai laughed crazily, the laughter was loud and cold, which made the surroundings feel cold, but this kind of cold was not like the natural cold in winter, but a kind of coldness that could be felt even in the bones. The stinging horror of the cold.

Through the conversation with Wang Baocai, Yao Shun felt that Wang Baocai's behavior seemed a little abnormal, even different from ordinary people. He knew that the police suspected him, but he dared to ask to see him, and said that he was the murderer. , such behavior itself is very unreasonable.

But what Wang Baocai said is also reasonable. The evidence that the police have now is not enough to prove that he is the real murderer. The investigators went to Wang Baocai's home to collect evidence. Except for Hu Jing's fingerprints and hair, they did not find any blood reaction. .Hu Jing died of excessive blood loss due to the severed neck artery, and the park where the body was buried was not the scene of the first crime. If Wang Baocai was really the murderer, where would he commit the murder?

The next 48 hours are crucial. If there is no more favorable evidence to prove Wang Baocai's identity as the murderer, then the result will be to let him go.

According to the survey, Wang Baocai is withdrawn, and his daily life is a two-point line between school and home, which is very monotonous. In school, he hardly communicates with anyone, and when he returns home, he lives behind closed doors. There are only people who have met him on the right, but they don't have a deeper understanding of him.

The superficial situation does not prove that Wang Baocai is the murderer, but Yaoshun does not think so. It is not difficult to see from the previous chat with Wang Baocai that he seems to have a very strong hatred for women, especially for women who are pregnant and have abortions. The hatred was deep, so Yao and Shun tried to find a breakthrough in Wang Baocai's emotional life.

But to Yao and Shun's surprise, Wang Baocai's love life is even whiter than a blank sheet of paper, because no one has ever heard of Wang Baocai being in love, whether it is a colleague at school or a neighbor in the neighborhood, and no one has seen him lead a stranger. women go home for the night.

Since he has never been in a relationship, nor has he had an improper relationship with women, naturally there is no reason for him to hate women due to emotional problems, but judging from Wang Baocai's tone of voice, he does have some kind of hatred for women , what is going on?
In the three-day investigation, apart from proving that Wang Baocai was withdrawn, he never found any valuable clues.The final result was the same as Wang Baocai said, because of insufficient evidence, the police had no choice but to release him after the 72-hour detention time had expired. As a result, the scene of Hu Jing's mother entangled outside the police station also appeared.

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"Have you not gone back yet?"

Hearing this, Yao Shun woke up from his memories, and then he noticed that the director Shen Xin stood outside the office at some point.

"It's raining heavily outside, I want to leave later." Yao Shun replied after getting up to welcome Shen Xin.

"It's raining heavily and you want to leave later, or is the case unsolved and you're in a bad mood and don't want to go back?" Shen Xin asked with a smile after taking her seat.

"This one……"

Yao and Shun didn't know how to answer for a while, because it was indeed as the chief said, he was not in the mood to go home because the case had not been solved. Since Wang Baocai was released, he stayed at the police station almost every day until two or three o'clock in the morning. I just went home, because even if I got home, I wouldn't be able to sleep in bed, so instead of wasting time, I might as well stay in the office and sort out the information I investigated during the day, and try to solve the case as soon as possible.

"I've heard it from my colleagues! Recently, you went out to investigate cases during the day, and you won't leave until two or three in the morning when you come back to the office at night. It's all about the murder of the female student, right? "

"Hey! Since you know everything, Director, I won't hide it from you. To be honest, if I didn't know who the murderer was, I wouldn't be so annoyed. But now I know the identity of the murderer, but I can't arrest him. I feel as if I have a breath in my heart, and something is wrong with me." Yao Shun sighed helplessly.

"I can understand your feelings, because I also handled a similar case back then." Shen Xin recalled: "The murderer in that case was an artist named Ma Hao. He came to the police station to report the case. Said that his wife has not returned since leaving home two days ago. At the same time, we received a report that in the moat, the workers who cleared the mud found a sack containing a headless female corpse. From the clothing and DNA of the female corpse It was finally confirmed that the deceased was Ma Hao's wife, but the whereabouts of the deceased's head was still unknown. We searched upstream along the river bank. Although we did not find the deceased's head, we found a scene with blood stains on the ground. The blood stains were confirmed to belong to the deceased. According to the results of the forensic autopsy, the deceased was first strangled to death by the assailant with a rope, and then his head was cut off. However, we did not find any signs of struggle at the scene, so there should be only the murderer. The place where the head of the deceased was cut off was not the scene of the first crime. Because it is located in a remote place, few people usually go there, so no witnesses were found. After subsequent investigations, we basically ruled out the possibility of robbery Sex, love and vendetta are the most likely. After investigation, we found that the deceased was a good person and had no enmity with anyone. As for the relationship, there were some problems. Apart from the current husband Ma Hao, the deceased had another A close boyfriend, the two met through online chat, but when the deceased was killed, her boyfriend happened to be on a business trip, and he had an alibi."

"All the possibilities have been ruled out, so only the most unlikely possibility remains. The death of the deceased is most likely related to the people around her." Yao Shun guessed.

"You're right. When investigating this case, after ruling out all possibilities, we turned our attention back to the person closest to the deceased. The most suspicious thing is The husband of the deceased, Ma Hao. Ma Hao was a sculptor, but he was not well-known. He originally opened an art training room, but due to poor business, he closed down half a year before the death of the deceased. Since then, he has been unemployed at home. Living expenses are also borne by the deceased alone, and neighbors often hear the two arguing over trivial matters in life."

"Then does Ma Hao know that his wife is having an extramarital affair?"

"He said that he loved his wife very much, and their relationship was very good. His wife was also very pure and would never cheat. But what we learned from the deceased's boyfriend was the opposite. He said that the deceased had I told him that since Ma Hao closed the training room, her family's source of income has been entirely dependent on her. She admitted that Ma Hao really loves her, but it is precisely because of this love that she feels very stressed. It's realistic, love can't be eaten. She asked Ma Hao to find a job many times, but was rejected. Ma Hao said that art cannot be measured by money. So she made up her mind to have a relationship with Ma Hao Divorce, and then go to another place to start a new life, but whenever the divorce is mentioned, Ma Hao will beg bitterly, and will not hesitate to force her to death, so her heart softens, but afterward Ma Hao not only did not change, but became She was even more autistic and devoted herself to his sculpture art every day, so she planned to elope with her boyfriend, but unexpectedly she was killed."

"Ma Hao and the boyfriend of the deceased must be lying."

"Yes, we have also checked the chat records of the deceased and her boyfriend on the computer. It is not difficult to see from it that the relationship between the two of them is stable, and the deceased's boyfriend has no motive for committing the crime. In contrast, Ma Hao's suspicion is relatively strong. Big, because after the incident, Ma Hao never asked about the investigation progress of the case, which increased my suspicion of him."

"If he really loves his wife, it is really doubtful that he would not be indifferent to the progress of the case when such a big incident happened."

"So I listed him as an important suspect and launched a more detailed investigation on him, but it is a pity that although he did have a motive for the murder, he still could not find any evidence, nor did he find a lot of money in his home." The blood stain reaction, coupled with the fact that the head of the deceased remains missing, has also become a hurdle that hinders the detection of the case."

"If Ma Hao is really the murderer, why did he kill his wife and cut off his head? And where will he hide the severed head?" Yaoshun asked doubtfully.

"Hehe, what I thought back then was exactly the same as what you think now, and the most important thing is that it was Ma Hao himself who reported the crime. If he is the real murderer, then he must be fully sure, otherwise he would never do it. Such a risky thing, and he did not show his feet from the beginning to the end. From this, it can be seen that Ma Hao's psychological quality is quite high. Without substantive evidence, if he wants to break through his psychological defense, then The possibility of that is extremely slim.”

"Then how was the final case solved?"

"Hehe, isn't there a saying you believe in that'everyone who walks will leave traces'? I also agree with this saying very much. When the investigation was still unsuccessful, I decided to take the initiative. If Ma Hao was really the murderer, I would definitely It's impossible not to reveal any flaws. The meeting with Ma Hao was really unforgettable for me!"

Recalling the past, Shen Xin couldn't help feeling a little emotional. He got up and walked to the window, looked at the pouring rain outside the window, and said, "I remember the time I went to look for Ma Hao, it was also raining like tonight, but not so much. It’s just big, don’t you think this rainy night is unlucky?”

"Perhaps it is!" Yao Shun sighed softly.

"I went to Ma Hao's home that day. In the room where he worked, I saw a work that he had basically completed - a life-scale sculpture of his wife. The whole sculpture had clear outlines and lifelike lines, especially the appearance, which was lifelike. , and Ma Hao put a white dress on the statue, which made the statue stand there, as if the dead himself had been resurrected. Although Ma Hao's carving level is outstanding, when I saw the statue, My first feeling was that I felt uncomfortable all over my body. I felt a chill surrounding me. Out of curiosity, I wanted to take a closer look, but Ma Hao stopped me. He said it was his love for his wife. , no one is allowed to touch it."

"It's just a statue, what about it?" Yao Shun asked curiously.

"Yeah! So I ignored him at the time and took a closer look. It was this look that made me discover the problem. From the statue, I smelled a stench, a bit like a rotten smell. Because the smell is very weak, I couldn't be sure for a while, and at this moment, Ma Hao suddenly asked me a question, he said: "Is she beautiful?" When he said this, he seemed very excited, just As if it was not a statue, but a real person, he said to me afterwards: "She is really beautiful and pure, and she is an angel in my heart." While saying this, he touched the face of the sculpture, With an intoxicated expression, at that moment, in that scene, instead of feeling Ma Hao's love for his wife, it made me feel a little horrified."

"The love shown to a cold statue is indeed very strange, but why does the sculpture have a rotten smell? Could it be..."

Yao Shun seemed to have thought of the answer, but he didn't say it, as if he was waiting for Shen Xin to announce the answer.

"You guessed right." Shen Xin saw Yaoshun's thoughts and gave him an affirmative answer, "It's unbelievable! Even I was shocked by the truth at that time. At first I didn't dare to go I thought about this, so after asking Ma Hao to no avail, I left, but the more I thought about it, the more something went wrong, the smell was always around me, after working as a policeman for so many years, this nose is very sensitive to the smell of rotting corpses Familiar, although the smell is very weak, but it is not too bad to judge wrongly. So I pondered for a long time, and decided to take a risky gamble. If I succeed, the case will be solved, but if I fail, I will be bitten by Ma Hao. It will be even more difficult to solve this case.”

"Hehe, the case was successfully solved." Yao Shun smiled.

"Yes! It's the so-called 'Skynet recovery'! Haha!" Shen Xin smiled heartily, and then he continued: "At that time, I applied for a search warrant and searched Ma Hao's house carefully, especially the deceased We knocked open the head of the statue and found the head of the deceased who had been highly decomposed. In front of the iron evidence, Ma Hao was speechless and admitted the whole process of killing the deceased. According to Ma Hao, He loves his wife very much, but she doesn't understand him. She can't understand his pursuit of art at all. He only knows how to measure everything with money. For money, she even betrayed her love for her. The reason why he wants to kill He killed his wife in order to keep her by his side forever. He cut off his wife's head and sealed it in a sculpture, just to make his wife stay with her forever, let her understand what art is, let her body Immerse yourself in real art.”

"There must be something wrong with Ma Hao's psychology. His pathological pursuit of art has distorted his personality." Yao Shun frowned.

"Yes, this case is actually not difficult. The key point is that I thought the murderer was too simple from the beginning. We can use normal logical thinking to deduce the murderer's motive through the clues we found, so as to follow the clues. Find the murderer, but this Ma Hao's thoughts cannot use normal logical thinking at all. Just imagine, a normal person will definitely be afraid after killing someone and want to run away. But this Ma Hao is not only not afraid, but also He also called the police himself, and even cut off the head and hid it in the sculpture. He also behaved very calmly in front of me, and knowing that the head of the deceased was hidden in the sculpture, he still said those words in front of me, all of which Behavior is impossible for any sane person to do."

"That's right, and a criminal like Ma Hao with abnormal psychology, in addition to being good at deceiving people on the outside, the method of attack is beyond the imagination of ordinary people." Yao Shun agreed.

"Yes, so when encountering this kind of murderer, we should be more calm. Although Ma Hao's case back then was fundamentally different from the case you are encountering now, judging from some of the murderer's behaviors, it seems that they both With excellent psychological quality, they are not afraid of confronting us head-on, and some of these murderers even get psychological satisfaction and pleasure in the process of competing with us. However, no matter how much their psychological quality is It is difficult to comprehend how strict the layout is and how incomprehensible the murder method is, but they are still human beings, and as human beings, they will definitely make mistakes. As long as we are patient, we will definitely find their faults and bring them to justice. Yu Fa. No one will doubt your ability to handle cases, what you need now is rest, don't push yourself so hard all day long, a string will break sooner or later." Shen Xinyu said earnestly.

"Well, I'll try my best, I'll try my best." Yao Shun nodded.

Although he agreed to the director, after the director left, Yao and Shun still went his own way, and had no intention of resting.Of course, it's not that he doesn't respect or understand the director's good intentions, but because he really doesn't have the mood to rest. Whenever he calms down and closes his eyes, Wang Baocai's hideous face and the tragic appearance of the corpse will appear in front of him. appeared in front of his eyes.

Now in Yaoshun's mind, there is only one thought, no matter how much the price is paid, Wang Baocai must be arrested and brought to justice, and justice should be given to the deceased.

However, when Yao and Shun were trying to find evidence, a murder happened again, which caught him off guard.

The scene of the crime was located in an unfinished building that was about to be demolished in the eastern district of the city. The workers responsible for the demolition found the body when they entered the construction site in the morning and reported the case.

When Yao Shun led the team to the scene of the crime, the surrounding area outside the cordon was already surrounded by spectators. They probed the crime scene in the unfinished building and discussed a few words from time to time.

After Yaoshun arrived at the scene, without saying a word, he jumped over the cordon and entered the scene of the crime impatiently. His face was gloomy, his brows were knotted, and they were knit together from beginning to end.

The place where the corpse was buried was under an open-air wall on the right side of the unfinished building. Yao Shun walked to the corpse and squatted down to observe the corpse carefully.

The deceased was a woman, whose whole body was wet because of being washed by heavy rain all night.The appearance of the deceased was intact, but the clothes and flesh on his body were scratched beyond recognition by a sharp weapon, and the area below the abdomen was completely corroded, and there was not a single inch of intact skin to be found.

All the features on the surface of these corpses are consistent with the murder case in which Hu Jing was killed. Immediately, the anger suppressed in Yaoshun's heart erupted. He didn't even listen to the preliminary autopsy results of the forensic doctor and rushed out After arriving at the scene of the crime, he got into the car, sounded the siren, and ran towards the destination in his heart, with a posture that felt like he wished he could reach it in an instant.

"Squeak!" There was a piercing sound of brakes, and the sound had not completely disappeared. Yao Shun had already rushed out of the police car, rushed into the residential building directly in front of him like a madman, and rushed up to the fifth floor in one breath.

"Boom boom boom!"

Yao and Shun knocked on the door of the resident on the right side of the stairs. The sound could not be described as "earth-shattering". If the anti-theft door was not strong, he would have knocked him down.

"I won't take it easy!"

Dissatisfied reprimands came from inside the room. Following the voice, the door opened. The person who opened the door was none other than Wang Baocai, the suspect in the previous case of Hu Jing's murder.

(End of this chapter)