Crime Profiler 2

Chapter 29
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"Zheng Yan, what do you think of this case?" Du Li, who was sitting in the back row, leaned over and asked Zheng Yan, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

Three hours ago, assigned by the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Zheng Yan, Du Li, Qin Ling and Mu Xue arrived in City H.After briefly listening to the police report on a serial murder case in City H, Zheng Yan asked for a car, and Qin Ling drove to the vicinity of the crime scene.

The crime scene is located in the busiest downtown area of ​​City H, about 20 meters away from the intersection.

Zheng Yan did not enter the scene, but observed from this distance.This is obviously not the first scene. Zheng Yan wanted to know why the murderer chose to throw his body here.

"She should have a car." Zheng Yan analyzed, "After killing and torturing the victim at the first scene, she needs a car to transport the body to this place."

"She stayed here for a while." Zheng Yan thought for a while and said, "It's not too long, it won't exceed 5 minutes. If it takes too long, people will find out. After that, there will be more cars on the road, and she stays behind." The traces of the next will be hidden under those wheels."

"Xiaoxue." Zheng Yan turned his gaze to Mu Xue, "Are you sure you can find that car?"

"No." Mu Xue said bluntly, flipping through the files in his hand, "The police in City H have extracted nearly 500 sets of rut marks from the scene. Let alone the problem of analysis, there is not even a reference object. How do you ask me to find it?"

Zheng Yan hummed, and opened the file box he carried with him. Inside was a large photo.

The background of the photo is the most prosperous downtown street in H City. The time of shooting was 4:[-] in the morning three days ago, when there were few pedestrians on the street.

A girl was lying naked in the middle of the intersection, with her limbs spread wide and her hair loose, covering her face.

The girl's body was covered with vertical and horizontal wounds, some of which were turned outward and appeared white.

When this photo was taken, the girl had been dead for more than 5 hours.

The girl's figure is very hot, with bumps and convexities, and her slightly protruding belly adds a different style to her.

Zheng Yan closed his eyes and thought about the introduction of the H city police on the case.

"The same case has happened three times in our city. The earliest one happened half a year ago. The three victims were all pregnant when they were killed. So far, the first scene of the three cases has not been found." H City Police The person in charge of this case said, "We found skin debris and blood that did not belong to the victim in the mouths of the three victims. Through DNA identification, we found that they belonged to the same person and belonged to a woman."

"Preliminary investigations showed that the ages of the three victims were 22, 24 and 20. The three victims did not overlap, but they had very similar life trajectories." The head of the police in City H pointed to the whiteboard in the meeting room He opened a notebook and said, "One year before the murder, the three girls resigned from their respective companies and moved out of the rented house. Strangely, for the new address, None of the three have disclosed to their families. They have even cut off contact with their colleagues. They occasionally go out with friends and have never talked about their lives."

"From the current situation, the families of the victims do not know what kind of work they are engaged in. But one thing is strange, in the past they often needed support from their families to live. A year ago, these girls not only stopped asking their families for money , Instead, remit a sum of money to the family every month.

"As for whether the three girls had boyfriends, their family members said they did not know about it, and we have not been able to find out who the father of the fetus in the girl's womb is.

"Actually, after the three girls were killed, we didn't receive any other relevant reports except passers-by. Only after we released the relevant notices did the family know that the girls had been killed. They took us to the apartment they rented. However, the landlord told them that the three victims had already moved away. The landlord said that he did not know where they moved.

"When the first case happened, we speculated that the murderer might be the victim's boyfriend. Because the woman was pregnant, he had an argument with the man, and the man accidentally killed the man. However, after investigating the No. 1 victim's relationship, we found that there was no People know who the girl's boyfriend is. Many friends said that they did not know that the girl had a boyfriend. Then, the second and third cases occurred. The same modus operandi, the same place where the body was dumped and the same The victim's blood and skin fragments overturned our previous conclusions, and after discussion we concluded that this was a serial murder case."

After the person in charge of the police in City H finished introducing the case, he looked at Zheng Yan and said nothing, but there was hope in his eyes, hoping that this young man, who was already well-known in the police circle, could bring a glimmer of light to their deadlocked case .

After thinking for a while, Zheng Yan said: "Give us a car, I'm going to the scene."

"What exactly does she want to do?" Zheng Yan frowned, looking at the endless stream of traffic, and fell silent.

He rubbed his temples vigorously: "She wants more people to see this scene, but why did she strip them naked? Why did she put on that shameful pose?"

"For girls," Du Li said, "there is nothing more humiliating than being naked in public."

"Show the public?" Zheng Yan was stunned for a moment, his eyes glowed with fire, "Yes, that's right, the murderer was just showing the public."

"She's showing off, humiliating the girl."

"She tore off her last fig leaf, leaving her with no secrets in public."

"There must be something about this girl that aroused the murderer's hatred. And this is just the stage chosen by the murderer."

"The murderer gave her the last dignity and covered her face."

Zheng Yan finished speaking in one breath, thought for a while, and then said: "There is a secret hidden in them. This secret began in their lives after resignation. Their pregnancy may be the root cause of their murder. The most urgent thing is to find their children. fathers."

"The H city police have taken this into consideration." Mu Xue said, "They have launched investigations from various aspects, but so far they have not found any valuable clues. After resigning, these three girls seem to have disappeared. "

"They need to be hidden," Zheng Yan said. "The child's father does not want them to appear in front of everyone. It seems that we can only hope to find more clues on the corpse."

"I hope trace evidence can help." Mu Xue sighed and said, "Clues will definitely not be easy to find, otherwise, the police in City H would not be so passive in their work."

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"The victim's fatal wound was on her left chest, with a double-edged dagger piercing her heart."

The girl killed in the third case lay quietly on the dissecting table.Zheng Yan forced himself to look away from the bony wound on her body, and focused on Qin Ling's explanation.

"The shape of the dagger is very strange." Qin Ling drew a comparison and said, "It gradually widens from the tip to the hand guard, with a thickness of about 5 mm and a length of 50 cm."

"The gauntlet of the dagger should be in a spherical shape. When the murderer pierced the dagger into the victim's body, the gauntlet left marks on the victim's body." Qin Ling pointed to the bruises on the victim's left chest that ran through the wound.

"What kind of dagger is that?" Mu Xue asked.

"The dagger in the left hand." Qin Ling said concisely.

Zheng Yan and Du Li, who had studied in the United States, are no strangers to this term.

"Left-handed dagger" is a short sword named after "left hand" in French. It is an auxiliary weapon specially designed for fencers.

The left-handed dagger is small in size, generally no more than 50 cm, so it is more concealed; and the left-handed dagger is generally well decorated, like a work of art, which makes it easy for people to relax their vigilance.When the opportunity arises, it can also become a deadly weapon, so the "left hand dagger" is also known as the "concealed killer".

"A woman who knows how to fencing, and maybe also likes fencing." Zheng Yan made such a judgment, "Her body will not be too weak, but she is strong and powerful, and can complete this case alone."

"What about the other scars on her body?" Zheng Yan asked.

"It was caused after death." Qin Ling said, opening a slightly whitish wound on the victim's body. "The soft tissue is light in color, indicating that there is no life response. Basically, these are the wounds. The murderer died after the victim's death." Her body was tortured."

"Where are the wounding tools?" Zheng Yan asked.

"Part of the scars were caused by scratching with fingernails, and the nail polish that did not belong to the victim was left in the scars. However, there are still some scars that cannot be judged for the time being. What is certain is that the left-handed dagger is only used to kill people and is useless. Come to torture the corpse." Qin Ling said, pointing to the victim's face, "The main area targeted by the murderer is the victim's face. The number of scars on the victim's face is several times that of the body, which shows that the murderer's purpose is very Possibly disfigured."

"It's usually out of jealousy that another woman's face is ruined." Du Li said, "Part of the motive in this case may be related to jealousy."

"There is also hatred." Qin Ling said, "Most of the victims who torture the corpse after death are related to hatred. These scars can show that there is a deep hatred between the murderer and the victim, and the murderer even needs to scratch it with his own hands to vent this hatred." .”

"Do you remember?" Zheng Yan asked suddenly, "During the investigation by the police in City H, there was no intersection between the three victims. Why did the murderer have such hatred for these three people who had no connection with each other? "

"They have done the same thing, or they have some common traits." Du Li said, "This is a bit like the routine of a perverted serial killer."

"Put this question aside for now." Zheng Yan thought for a while, but still had no clue, and said, "Are there any other clues?"

"Yes." Qin Ling nodded, "It should be the biggest harvest today."

She pointed to a container next to it, which contained a puddle of paste, exuding an unpleasant sour smell.

"This is the undigested stomach content extracted from the victim's stomach." Qin Ling explained, "Judging from the digestion of the food, the victim should have died about three hours after the last meal. When the deceased was first discovered, the forensic doctor of H City According to the body temperature, it was inferred that the time of death of the victim was around 11 o'clock the night before. Then it can be inferred that the last meal time of the victim should be around 8 o'clock the night before."

"And in these stomach contents, I found caviar ingredients." Qin Ling said, "Fresh caviar is not the kind bought in supermarkets."

"The victim ate caviar at a western restaurant at around 8 o'clock on the night of the murder." Qin Ling came to this conclusion, "What we have to do is to collect as much caviar as possible, and then Make a unified identification. Maybe we can restore the whereabouts of the victim that day."

According to Qin Ling's instructions, the police in City H bought back a copy of all the caviar provided by western restaurants in the city, and made a unified identification with the caviar in the victim's stomach.

The entire laboratory became a caviar restaurant for a while, and the people involved in the test almost vomited out.After a day and night of torment, the information that came back was disappointing.

"Are you sure you have brought back all the samples of caviar from the western restaurants?" Looking at the conclusion in the appraisal report that no caviar from any western restaurant matched the caviar eaten by the victim, Mu Xue asked unwillingly.

"Perhaps, the victim was caviar eaten at home." Facing Mu Xue's questioning, the H city police said so.

"No." Qin Ling categorically denied the statement of the police in City H, "I have analyzed it with a professional chef. Judging from the raw materials of the caviar eaten by the victim, it can only be cooked by a very professional chef. The seasonings used are all It is an authentic western recipe. This restaurant should also be a very high-end western restaurant, probably owned by a foreigner chef.”

Zheng Yan's face was strange. The so-called professional chef's analysis is actually very likely that an old forensic doctor who has deep research on stomach contents directly tasted those stomach contents.

"In this way, we did not get a sample of caviar from a western restaurant." An investigator provided a very important clue, "The caviar raw materials from this western restaurant were all shipped in by air on the same day. And it was not Available at any time, advance reservations are required.”

"How much is the cost?" Zheng Yan asked.

"I didn't ask how much." The investigator scratched his head embarrassingly, "Anyway, from the looks of it, my monthly salary may be enough for half of it."

There was a sound of laughter in the conference room, but Zheng Yan didn't laugh.

According to previous investigations, the victim had resigned for nearly a year. Where did she get the money to consume such high-end food?
With this question in mind, Zheng Yan came to this western restaurant with the victim's photo.

After showing the relevant documents, the waiter in the restaurant checked the order and confirmed that the victim had indeed ordered caviar that day.

The waiter recalled a detail.

The caviar ordered by the victim was for two people.At 6 o'clock that night, the victim entered the restaurant. When the waiter asked if the food was served, the victim asked to wait.Until around 7:[-], the victim made a phone call, and there seemed to be a quarrel with someone on the phone.

The waiter did not understand the content of the phone call, but it was speculated that the person who was supposed to have dinner with the victim could not show up for some reason.After hanging up the phone, the victim cried alone for a while. After being reminded by the waiter, he asked for food and finished the meal alone.

At about 8:30, the victim paid the bill.After paying the bill, because of light rain, the victim claimed that she was pregnant, asked the waiter to call a taxi for her, and gave the waiter a tip of 500 yuan.

"That person should be someone very close to the victim, and also the father of the fetus in the victim's womb," Zheng Yan said.

The police in City H then found the taxi carrying the victim based on the surveillance video in front of the restaurant.

The taxi driver was impressed with the victim.

According to the driver's recollection, the victim was emotionally unstable after getting in the car, and had called someone several times, saying that if the other party refused to show up at a certain time, she would kill the child in her belly.But judging from the performance of the victim, the other party did not agree.

"You are not willing to marry me, but you want me to give birth to this child for you. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"What I paid for you was my youth and the reputation of a girl, which no amount of money can buy back."

"I just want a title."

The driver recalled that the victim repeatedly emphasized these words on the phone.

Zheng Yan felt that the reason why the victim resigned should be related to this matter: she fell in love with a married man who should have strong financial strength, but for some reason, she never had children.

After the victim fell in love with this person, she no longer needed to consider financial resources, resigned and became a full-time wife at home.It's just that this full-time wife is secret and cannot be known.

Not long ago, the victim found out that she was pregnant, so she wanted to use this matter to take over the position of the wife.But for some reason, the other party did not agree.

Is this why she was killed?

"Where did she go after that?" Zheng Yan asked.

"She wanted me to take her to the bar," the driver said, "but I didn't agree."

The driver sighed: "The child looks about the same age as my daughter. She went to the bar just to drink away her sorrows, but the place was too messy, so I was afraid that something would happen to her, so I drove her around casually. "

"After running for about an hour, her mood gradually stabilized, so I asked me to take her home." The driver said, "Her home is really not close, but it looks like she is quite rich. She is a lonely woman. villa."

The detached villa mentioned by the driver is located in the western suburbs of City H, and it takes at least an hour to drive from there to enter the city.

The villa is surrounded by mountains, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and is extraordinarily quiet.It is said that this is the most upscale villa area in H city, but because it is too far away from the urban area, most of the people living here are the elderly and women and children who do not need to go to work.

The police in City H found through the property system that the villa where the victim lived was under the name of a person named Bai Ye.

(End of this chapter)