criminal profiling

"The deceased's head was pierced by a sharp weapon through the ears. The ears are the softest part of the head, so the piercing was very deep, resulting in immediate death." Photos from the local police station were played on the screen. Xu Xie was in charge of explaining. Too dare to look at the bloody corpse.It's a pity, who made him half an external liaison officer, and the captain was lazy, so this kind of work can only be left to him.

"Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?" a police officer asked below.

"Confirmed, because it was his friend who called the police, and they were attacked while traveling. There were six people in the group, one died, one was missing, and the other four were injured to varying degrees. But—" Shi Ke stopped here Next, the expression on his face was a bit strange, "The injuries of these people were not done by the murderer, but they fell on their own while running for their lives in a panic. In addition, according to their confession at the time, the attackers may be humans or monsters. Or something else."

Xu explained that he felt it was ridiculous, especially those who called the police were not emotionally stable, and their words were confused and inconsistent.All of them were very excited, claiming that what they saw was absolutely true.

From Xu Xie's point of view, these people are also trying to die, they don't follow the normal route, and they insist on doing some adventures for the sake of excitement.As a result, I didn't know what I saw at night, and I was scared to death.

If it wasn't for the fact that the injuries of the deceased were not accidental or caused by wild animals, Xu Xie felt that the so-called attack on a moonlit night in the forest was all a fantasy.

"Has the missing person been found yet?" Zhuang Sheng asked.

"Yes, a search and rescue team has been organized to search and rescue in the forest. But it was night, and several young people were frightened and ran for their lives in a panic. The man was lost, and no one knew where he went." Xu The answer was that he himself was younger than those few people, but he was so old-fashioned that he called them "young people", and he felt a strong sense of superiority spontaneously.

Zhuang Sheng frowned, "More than twelve hours have passed, and he is in the deep mountains and old forests. That person may have fallen somewhere and lost his ability to move, or he may—"

He didn't go on, but everyone present understood what he meant, and didn't think he was worrying too much.After all, among the few people who successfully ran out of the forest, the one who suffered the most serious injury and broke a leg, didn't they just fall because of their ignorance and fear?

Song County has become a tourist attraction due to its large forest resources, and it is only about two and a half hours away from the city by car.Because there was still a rescue mission, after a quick meeting to discuss, Shi Ke took Zhuang Sheng and Xu Jie to the crime scene.

Although the captain of the criminal investigation team is Kong Dongning, he is also the captain of another team, so although Shi Ke is the deputy team, he is actually no different from the main team.Such things as leading a team out to support places have been done a long time ago.

In the car, Xu Jie was driving, Shi Ke was in the passenger seat, and Zhuang Sheng was in the back seat.

"Xiao Zhuang, what do you think about this case, tell me your thoughts." Shi Ke asked Zhuang Sheng.

Zhuang Sheng seemed to be thinking about other things, but didn't realize it for a while, raised his head and said "ah", and then replied: "There are too few clues at present, so I can't make an inference. When I get there, I need to talk to those who reported the crime." People talk."

Shi Ke nodded, "When we get there, Xu Jie will talk to the local people to see if we can collect some useful clues. I will go into the mountains with the search and rescue team to find people, and investigate the scene of the crime by the way. As for Xiaozhuang , just talk to those young people and see what you can ask."

Both Zhuang Sheng and Xu Jie agreed.

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After more than two hours, the three of them arrived at the place and first went to the local police station in Song County.Those who reported the case were injured and frightened, and they were all in the hospital at this time, accompanied by two policemen.

Zhuang Sheng was transferred from the police station to the hospital. He read the transcripts beforehand and found a very strange place.Four people, three men and one woman, all said that there was something in the forest, but they were not sure whether it was a human or a beast.Among them, the rhetoric of the three adult men is different, and it sounds very fantasy.

One said that he saw a wolf, and it was the wolf that bit the head of his companions and chased them;

A monster, said to have green eyes, attacked his companion while he was away, and ate his head.

There is another one, saying that the forest is haunted, and they are going to be caught as substitutes. If they don't run fast, they will never get out like the other two.

From Zhuang Sheng's point of view, this was just an illusion created in his mind after being extremely frightened.In the middle of the night in the mountains, the companion died strangely. Under the birth of fear, he saw what he was afraid of, and then believed it.

As for the only girl among the four, although what she said was very divorced from reality, some details were not as imagined.

For example, she was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up, she just buried her head in screaming.The thing approached her, as if it wanted to grab her, but she kicked and beat her like crazy, and was beaten away.

When that thing approached him, it made a strange sound, neither like a beast nor like a person.She was too scared at the time, so she didn't pay attention at all.

In summary, the girl may be the only one who has been exposed to "that thing".

——But Zhuang Sheng needs to help her remember correctly.

The girl's face and hands were covered with scraping scars, and she was lying on the hospital bed, not fully recovering from the shock.Seeing Zhuang Sheng appearing with the police, the girl suddenly became excited, raised her body and grabbed the quilt and asked eagerly:

"Have you found Linlin? How is she? Is there anything wrong?"

Zhuang Sheng paused, trying to put on a friendly expression, "Not yet."

From the girl's point of view, the young and handsome police officer in front of her had a calm and serious expression on her face - very much like those public officials on TV who informed their families of the bad news, and she couldn't help feeling sad all at once.

"Lin, did something happen to Linlin? Don't worry that I won't be able to bear it. Please tell me the truth."

"..." Zhuang Sheng, who didn't know what the problem was, tried to explain, "There is no news yet, and the search and rescue team is looking for it."

"Really, really?" The girl asked incredulously.

Zhuang Sheng paused, recalling what the seniors should have said when they got along with each other, so he nodded and said, "No news, it's good news."

"..." I don't know if it is the comforted girl.

Finally finished the small talk that Zhuang Sheng was not good at, and once he got to the point, his uneasy feeling of not being sociable disappeared.Zhuang Sheng sat face to face with the girl, stared into her eyes and said seriously:

"I need you to recall what happened last night again."

Perhaps it was because of lingering fear, which left a shadow, the girl resisted a little, "The police officer has already asked the question before, do you want to ask it again?"

Zhuang Sheng looked at her and said: "When people are under fear, their brains are in a state of confusion, and what they see may not be true. I will let you go back to the situation at that time, and you may find some details that you didn't notice at the time. "

"B-Back to that time?" The girl trembled, looked at Zhuang Sheng with pitiful eyes, and her face turned pale again.

Zhuang Sheng hesitated, and reached out to hold the girl's arm, "Don't be afraid, you are safe now, just remembering." After a pause, he tentatively proposed, "If you are really afraid, you can hold my hand .”

From the girl's eyes, it can be seen that what happened last night really left a big shadow on her, she looked at Zhuang Sheng pitifully, "Did I do this, so I can find Linlin quickly?"

Zhuang Sheng looked at her for a while, then nodded seriously, "Yes."

"Okay, I, let's get started."

The girl closed her eyes according to Zhuang Sheng's words, and her eyelashes kept shaking, showing that she was more nervous than she showed.Zhuang Sheng entered the state almost the moment the girl closed her eyes.

"You're staying overnight in the forest. How's the temperature at night? Is it windy?"

The girl began to recall, "It was a bit cold, but we lit a fire, and it was fine sitting by the fire. There was no wind last night, and Linlin and I sat next to each other. She is more afraid of the cold, and she put on an extra coat. "

Zhuang Sheng asked, "Is the coat her own?"

The girl shook her head, her expression gradually relaxed, "No, it's Zhang Jian's clothes. He has always been courteous to Linlin, and Linlin doesn't want to talk to him much."

Zhuang Sheng's voice was soft and gentle, "Why don't you want to talk to him?"

The girl wrinkled her nose and snorted softly, looking a little coquettish, "Linlin has a boyfriend, and Zhang Jian likes flirting with girls very much. Linlin ignored him, but he dared to turn his target on me."

The girl had already returned to the situation at that time, Zhuang Sheng brought the topic to the place he needed, "You are sitting around the fire with your back to the forest, you are talking with everyone, what is there in the forest?"

"Nothing, but—" the girl hesitated, with a confused expression on her face, "I always feel a little uncomfortable, as if, as if being stared at by something."

"Then?"

The girl struggled on her face, and the eyeballs under her eyelids were trembling, "Afterwards, Zhang Jian went to make convenience, but she didn't come back for a long time. Everyone suggested to look for it, and the two girls, Linlin and I, stayed. Linlin was complaining about Zhang Jian to me. Suddenly looking at the front and yelling, my heart jumped out of fright."

Zhuang Sheng spoke faster, "What did she see?"

The girl's breathing became more and more rapid, her hand unconsciously grabbed Zhuang Sheng's arm, and the narration began to become intermittent, "No, I don't know, but she was terrified and refused to stay where she was no matter what, so we went to find Zhang Sheng together. Jane. We found Zhang Jian. He, he fell to the ground covered in blood. There was something in the woods, and everyone ran back in fright. The flashlight was lost, and we ran in the wrong direction. That thing, always, always I was chasing me, I desperately called for help, but everyone ran away, and I was the only one left."

"What is chasing you?" Zhuang Sheng's voice at this time was extremely cold.

"I, I don't know, he grabbed my hand, and I screamed and struggled desperately. But, then, he covered my mouth—" The girl suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes full of disbelief, "... Said a word."

Zhuang Sheng's pupils condensed slightly, "What are you talking about?"

The girl looked at him blankly, with a dazed expression and an erratic tone.

"He said—shh, be quiet, don't make a sound, you'll attract them."