Mystery Tracker 2

December 7, at 4 o'clock in the morning.

Police station, chief's office.

"The case three months ago?!" Cheng and Chen spoke at the same time, quite surprised.

Director Wang nodded. He pointed to the person sitting next to him and said to Cheng and Chen, "This is Director Zhao of the Yunxi County Public Security Bureau. The case happened there."

The two turned their heads in the direction of Wang Ju's finger—I saw that Director Zhao was about 50 years old, and his figure was a little thin.The old man is definitely an old policeman, with a serious expression unique to policemen in his eyes.He greeted Cheng and Chen, then pointed to his deputy, and said in a local accent: "This is Captain Liu of our Bureau's Criminal Investigation Brigade. Let him introduce the specific case to you."

This Captain Liu should be younger than Director Zhao. He probably was born in a rural area or has often dealt with the wild. His dark face showed the vicissitudes of the wind and the sun. He said in the same local accent: " This case happened on March 3 this year at a guest house in our county. The two victims were both waiters in the guest house, female. One of them fell in the waiter's lounge and was stabbed three times and died on the spot. ; the other fell on the aisle outside and was stabbed in the body..." At this point, Captain Liu paused slightly strangely, and then continued: "It didn't look good at the time... I asked about it at the scene One question, did she see the murderer? She said she did, and I asked her if she knew the murderer. She said yes, and I quickly asked her who it was, but at that moment the girl convulsed and fell into a coma. , and never woke up again..."

Speaking of this, Captain Liu sighed deeply, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes, and then he continued: "According to the situation at the scene, we judge that this is a robbery and murder case, because the girl who was killed first The place where they are located is the room where their guest house put the money, and the money in the cabinet was also taken away. It is estimated that the murderer was discovered when he stole the money, and then the murderer killed the killer. We followed this clue to investigate , It's a pity that there are too few clues left, we identified a few suspects, but in the end it was confirmed that the murderer was not them..."

"Captain Zhao," after hearing this, Shen Yan finally couldn't help but said, "Two suspects were killed in this case. According to the usual practice, if you encounter difficulties in investigating the case, you should pass it on to the higher authorities. Why did you wait until now?" Tell us?"

Yunxi County is a county-level city under City S, and the public security agency is the Yunxi County Public Security Bureau.According to the principle of division of labor for criminal cases by the public security organs, when the number of victims killed in a case reaches two, the case should be reported to the county criminal investigation brigade, and the criminal investigation detachment of the city bureau should be responsible.However, the Yunxi branch of this case did not tell them three months after accepting the case. Leaving aside other things, the biggest problem is that it caused too long a delay. In three months, a lot of evidence at the scene may be lost. has disappeared, the murderer may have already disposed of the crime tool or even escaped, which will greatly affect the detection of the case.Anyone who engages in criminal investigation knows that the longer a case is dragged on, the more difficult it will be to solve it.

Shen Yan spoke in a very calm tone, but as soon as this question came up, Captain Liu still showed obvious guilt on his face.Just as he was about to speak, Director Zhao on the side first explained: "Captain Shen, don't blame Captain Liu for this. I approved the temporary refusal to hand over this matter. You probably don't know that one of the two victims was killed This individual is Captain Liu’s niece.”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Yan and Cheng Jinsong's expressions froze at the same time. They looked at each other and immediately understood the reason for Captain Liu's slightly emotional performance when he told the case just now.

Hearing Director Zhao explaining for himself, Captain Liu twitched the corner of his mouth sadly: "That girl Danzi is actually a girl from my uncle's brother's family, but her father and I grew up in the same village, and later we went to the county together. Girl, I can say that I watched her grow up... After the accident, her parents felt very uncomfortable. As an uncle, I wanted to catch her murderer with my own hands and avenge her. But I really didn't expect this The investigation of the case will be so laborious, we have searched the neighborhood three or four times in the past three months, but we have not been able to find the real murderer..." Speaking of this, Captain Liu's deep-lined face showed strong self-blame, His voice was also choked, Director Zhao patted him on the shoulder comfortingly when he saw this, Captain Liu also took the opportunity to lower his head and quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he raised his head and continued: "A few days ago, the Director told me , let me hand in this case; and I also heard that you spent two hours to solve a case two days ago, and I thought you must be better than me, so I told the director that it’s fine to hand it over I just hope that the three months I've been delayed won't cause you too much trouble..."

"Captain Liu," Shen Yan said quickly, "Don't worry, we will do our best to solve this case and give your niece and the other victim justice."

Over there, Wang Ju also said, "That's right, Qingxiang, don't blame yourself too much. We can understand your desire to help your niece solve the case. If you work together in the future, this case will definitely be solved!"

Captain Liu nodded heavily.

After talking with Director Zhao and Captain Liu, the serious crime team of the Municipal Bureau officially took over the murder case in Yunxi County.After Shen Yan and Cheng Jinsong returned to the office, they immediately convened a short meeting with the team members, briefly introduced the whole case to everyone, and then distributed the case files of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Yunxi County to everyone, so that everyone could explain the case in detail. understand the case.After careful study of the files, everyone discovered that there was probably a reason why Yunxi County hadn't solved the case for three months: First, there were very few clues for investigation in this case.The crime took place in a guest house in Jingyun Town, Yunxi County. The security measures in this guest house are still at the level of the last century. It's not a safe, it's just a locked drawer!According to the staff of the guest house, the daily income of the guest house is stored in a drawer in the office and locked with a very simple iron lock.This extremely crude protective measure provides extremely convenient conditions for the murderer to commit crimes.Judging from the photos at the scene, the murderer should have pried open the drawer without much effort, and then swept away all the money in it.Second, the case lacks eyewitnesses.According to the file, the case should have happened around two o'clock in the morning, in the dead of night, and the murderer did not meet anyone except the two victims during the process of entering and exiting.The Yunxi County police checked all the residents who stayed that night, and none of them had seen the murderer or any suspicious person.The two victims died one after another before they could provide some useful clues, which also made the police investigation very difficult; in addition, the guest house is located next to the Yunxi County Railway Station, and there is a huge flow of people every day. Determine whether the suspect committed the crime on the run.

"In a word, this case is probably not that easy." Fang Liyuan closed the file and said to Shen Yan.

Shen Yan nodded slightly in agreement.Anyone who engages in criminal investigation knows that it is often not difficult to detect those seemingly complicated cases. On the contrary, it may be more difficult to solve such seemingly simple cases, because the cases are too ordinary and lack obvious signs and features. enough clues. "The only thing to be thankful for now is that Captain Liu and the others have kept the crime scene as it was. Even the two corpses were not cremated. So if we're lucky, we might be able to find some more clues." After finishing this sentence, he Putting down the file, looking at Fang Liyuan, he said, "Tell everyone for me, go back to pack your things tonight, and set off for Yunxi tomorrow morning."

7 month 5 day.

Yunxi County is located 110 kilometers southwest of S City, with an area of ​​2490 kilometers and a population of 51.The county governs 17 townships and 1 provincial-level development zone.Jingyun Town, where the crime took place, is the third largest town in Yunxi County.

When the group arrived at Jingyun Town, it was a quarter past ten in the morning.Captain Liu and Deputy Captain Jin of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Yunxi County Public Security Bureau and a police officer from the Jingyun Town Police Station were already waiting outside the town police station.Shen Yan and the others not only dispatched the serious crime team, but also the forensic evidence team and forensic doctors.Shen Yan and his team got out of the car, greeted the two captains, and then Shen Yan said to Captain Liu: "Let's go directly to the scene."

"Okay." Captain Liu nodded, and he pointed to the southeast: "The guest house is not far ahead, you can park your car here, and we can just walk there."

Shen Yan nodded, everyone got out of the car together, and followed Captain Liu to the crime scene.

Jingyun Town is a typical county formed by rural urbanization. The entire county is small in size. The biggest landmark is the Yunxi Railway Station and the square in front of the station next to the Jingyun Police Station.The small square is crowded with people, there are passengers with big and small packages catching the train or passengers who just got off the train, there are also people who are eager or reluctant to pick up the station, and there are vendors selling water and snacks at a stall, and Compared with the modernization of the city's railway station, there is a different kind of vitality here.Captain Liu introduced while walking: "This railway station was just repaired a few years ago. The original railway station in Yunxi County is on the east side, but that station is too small. A new one was built here in Jingyun Town a few years ago. Now there are almost no cars at the old station, all of them are this new station, especially last year when the high-speed rail was connected, there are more people here. Look," he said, pointing to the buildings around the square , "There are guest houses all over the square, all of which are for people who come and go to stay."

Several people looked at the light boxes of "Guest House" signboards of different sizes and styles around them, and nodded in agreement.

While talking, they had arrived at Jingyun Xinmei Guest House located in the northeast of the square.This guest house is not next to the square, but on the side of a small road outside the square.It is a small four-story building with a small restaurant on the left and another guest house on the right.Several people followed Captain Liu and pushed the door in. The small service at the front desk was startled to see so many men coming in together, and stared blankly at everyone, at a loss for what to do.Captain Liu obviously knew the waiter, and said to her: "Xiao Liu, we are here today because of that case, you don't need to talk to us, what should we do."

The girl named Xiao Liu was stunned for a moment before she remembered and nodded.At this time, Captain Liu had already led people to an aisle next to the front desk.

"Captain Shen, the crime scene is just ahead," he pointed to the corner of the aisle in front of him, and said to Shen Yan, "Come with me."