criminal profiling

No.3 The identity of the deceased was already known when the body was first discovered - it was not discovered by searching the human resource library with DNA comparison, but at the scene where the body was discarded, the police also found some other things .

Clothes and belongings of the deceased, including wallets.

Looking through the ID card in the wallet, I knew the identity of the deceased at the first time, and then through DNA comparison, it was confirmed that the deceased was undoubtedly the person on the ID card.

Cai Minghui, 28 years old, a corporate executive, has just been married for a year, and his wife is a full-time housewife.

Cai Minghui was notified by the company to go on a business trip three days ago, and he has been unable to contact him since then.Because the place where he travels is a relatively backward mountain town, sometimes he encounters poor signal conditions, and Cai Minghui can be called a workaholic, and he hates being disturbed when working, so the company and his family didn't think much about it.

"Does his wife not know that her husband has been killed?" Zhuang Sheng asked without looking up while sitting in the passenger seat.

Shi Ke put his hands on the steering wheel, looked ahead, nodded when he heard the words, and said in a slightly heavy tone, "We first confirmed with Cai Minghui's work unit, they got in touch with the people at the business trip, and they said that Cai Minghui didn't arrive at all. The destination. In other words, he is very likely to be targeted by the murderer during the business trip, and then killed." Shi Ke paused here, and his voice became deeper.

"His wife doesn't even know about this."

Zhuang Sheng stopped talking, and the car fell into silence.

Shi Ke and Zhuang Sheng were going to inform the family of the deceased, and also asked some basic information, to see if they could deduce the reason why the murderer targeted Cai Minghui.

When the car drives into a high-end residential area, you need to swipe your card to enter.Shi Ke showed his police ID, and the security guard at the door let him through with a strange expression on his face, and asked in a low voice pretending to be careful:

"Officer, what happened to this neighborhood? Could it be a murderer living here?"

Shi Ke glanced at him with a smile, and joked: "Even if it is a murderer, you will let him in, right?"

The security guard stared at him, waved his hands and screamed, "The prisoner can't write on his face, and I'm not like you, Mr. Police. I have sharp eyes and can tell who is a prisoner. As long as you are a legal resident in this community, of course you can only let him go." Come in, it has nothing to do with me."

"I didn't say it was related to you." Shi Ke stepped on the accelerator, and the car slid into the community. He shook his head while driving, and said with a sigh:

"If all the murderers really had writing on their faces, it would be great. There wouldn't be so many unsolved cases and the murderers would get away with it."

Zhuang Sheng glanced at Shi Ke, and said flatly, "If that's the case, there would be no need for the police."

Shi Ke was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile and replied: "That's right."

Cai Minghui's home is on the fifteenth floor. This is a newly completed high-end residential area. Cai Minghui is not a tenant here. Before getting married, he bought a house with full money as a wedding room.

Standing in front of the anti-theft door, Zhuang Sheng and Shi Ke looked at the word "Hi" pasted on it, feeling a little complicated in their hearts.

He rang the doorbell, and after a while, a female voice came from inside.

"Who?"

"Is that Ms. Tang? I'm Police Officer Shi who talked to you earlier."

The anti-theft door was opened, revealing a woman in her twenties with light makeup and a white dress. She looked at Shi Ke and Zhuang Sheng at the door, and then glanced at the police ID card that Shi Ke was holding, with an expression on her face. Very disturbed—it was the kind of uneasy expression that had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, but couldn't be sure how bad it was.

"You asked about my husband's whereabouts on the phone yesterday. What happened to Minghui?"

"Ms. Tang, can I go into the room and talk?" Shi Ke asked with a serious expression and tried his best to use a gentle tone.

The woman welcomed the two into the room, poured water and put it on the glass table, and then sat on the single sofa, rubbing her thighs with her hands unconsciously, and looked at Shi Ke and Zhuang Sheng nervously.

Shi Ke glanced at Zhuang Sheng, seeing that his expression was more serious than his own, he couldn't help but look away, and decided to come by himself.He first turned on the law enforcement recorder on his body, then coughed, stared at the woman diagonally opposite, and said slowly:

"Ms. Tang, we have found your husband. I'm sorry, your husband has already been killed." Shi Ke explained a few more words, and then stopped, allowing the woman to buffer time.

The woman's eyes widened slowly, looking at Shi Ke with a dazed and dazed look.

"You, what did you say?"

Shi Ke didn't emphasize it again, but just looked at her steadfastly. In his unwavering eyes, the woman gradually realized that it wasn't her hearing it wrong, let alone a joke.Tears accumulated in the eyes and finally fell down.

There was no hysterical wailing, and the whole person seemed to be weeping silently, which made Shi Ke even more uncomfortable.In particular, this woman is not bad looking, she has a kind of soft and weak temperament, so she is suddenly crushed and loses her soul, and her eyes are empty, which is even more pitiful.

Shi Ke's mouth moved a few times, but he didn't say anything else.Zhuang Sheng glanced at him, turned his gaze away, leaned forward, and said to the woman who was silently shedding tears:

"Ms. Tang, Mr. Cai was killed. We need your cooperation to find the murderer as soon as possible."

The woman didn't seem to hear it, and her tears flowed more violently. Zhuang Sheng frowned slightly, and was about to persuade him again, but Shi Ke held his hand to stop him.Zhuang Sheng looked at Shi Ke, Shi Ke shook his head slightly at him.Zhuang Sheng pursed his lips and sat back in his seat silently.

Shi Ke put his hands on his ears, as if he was listening to something, which caused Zhuang Sheng to glance at him.After a while, Shi Ke put down his hands, sat closer to the woman, and took out a few tissues from the paper box and handed them over.

"Ms. Tang, I saw the word 'Happy' pasted on the door. Is it to congratulate you on your wedding or housewarming?" Perhaps Shi Ke's gentle and low voice played a soothing role, or this question reminded me of the beautiful The woman wiped away the tears on her face, although the tears still did not stop, she also raised her head to look at Shi Ke, and said with a choked voice:

"It's to congratulate us on moving to a new home. Originally, we planned to hold the wedding after we moved in. Because of the decoration problem, the honeymoon trip was also postponed. Minghui said, I will replenish it in the future. We, we have a home. Others Yes, everything else will be fine..." As she spoke, she burst into tears again.

Shi Ke quietly waited for her to cry for a while, and handed the water glass to her during the period, and waited for the woman's emotions to ease down again, before speaking:

"Ms. Tang, can you tell me about the last time you saw Mr. Cai?"

The woman closed her eyes and spoke slowly.

In her story, Cai Minghui left home on a business trip three mornings ago, and the woman packed him up and saluted him.Everything was as usual, nothing out of the ordinary happened.Because Cai Minghui often travels for work, he does not call home every day when he is on a business trip, so even if there is no contact for three days, his wife at home does not think much about it.

After the woman finished speaking, Shi Ke asked to see their bedroom and Cai Minghui's study.

When he got up to leave the sofa, Shi Ke breathed out almost inaudibly. Zhuang Sheng glanced at him, fixed his gaze on the Bluetooth headset on his ear for a moment, and then moved away as if nothing had happened.

From the decoration and furnishings of the bedroom, it can be seen that it is mainly arranged by the wife, and there are not many things that reflect the host, except for a book beside the bed: "Carnegie's Human Weakness".

The study room looks like a work office, and there are some company documents on the desktop.A wall of bookshelves are lined up with messy titles. There are books on history and philosophy, as well as fashion books and magazines, and there are many books on management and interpersonal communication.

Zhuang Sheng looked through the rows, and pulled out a copy of "Historical Records" from the top floor. It was still a hardcover edition, and the cover was very new.Zhuang Sheng flipped through two pages casually, frowned and said, "I haven't read it."

Shi Ke was checking the documents on the table. Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at the title of the book on the cover. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Obviously it's for decoration. In this society, apart from those literature and history experts and hobbyists Who would really read "Historical Records"?" He pointed to the middle row of bookshelves, "Obviously, his true loves are those."

Zhuang Sheng looked over and frowned a little deeper.

On the bookshelf in the middle are all books about success and inspiration.

On the way back, Zhuang Sheng seemed very silent. Shi Ke was driving the car and looked at him from time to time. Before returning to the police station, he took the lead and said, "Zhuang Sheng, I hope you don't mind what happened just now." After a pause , he suddenly smiled, "Actually, like you, I'm not good at soothing women's emotions."

Zhuang Sheng pursed his lips, knowing that Shi Ke was talking about being at Cai Minghui's house before, to prevent him from continuing to ask about Cai Minghui's wife.Zhuang Sheng didn't care about this, but he was silent and didn't speak.

Shi Ke didn't care about Zhuang Sheng's silence, and continued with a smile: "Fortunately, there is the help of Second Brother Meng. He understands psychology and women. When dealing with similar matters, no one can do better than him." good."

Shi Ke drove and stared ahead, but didn't notice that Zhuang Sheng's complexion darkened suddenly after hearing his words, and his mouth was tightened even more, almost into a straight line.

"Ah, by the way, Brother Meng also reminded us that we need to find that box as soon as possible." Shi Ke clenched his fist and beat the steering wheel, his voice became a little excited, "Cai Minghui's wife said that he took a black box with him when he went out. The box, but we didn’t find any box next to the body, maybe it was hidden by the murderer. Maybe there is some secret in the box, this is our breakthrough.”

Compared to Shi Ke's excitement, Zhuang Sheng was much calmer than him, finally spoke, and said flatly: "The box was thrown away by the murderer."

"Uh——" Shi Ke was so excited that his speech was cut off halfway. He glanced at Zhuang Sheng in astonishment, wanting to ask why, but his eyes touched the indifferent expression on his face, and he swallowed the words again. Fortunately, Zhuang Sheng himself and went on:

"The murderer's target was Cai Minghui. He deliberately left the deceased's belongings when he threw the body, showing that he didn't care about letting us know the identity of the deceased, and he might even let us know on purpose. The box is large and difficult to move. It is also harmful to the murderer. It's useless, so the murderer will choose to discard the box halfway."

After being silent for a while, Shi Ke asked tentatively, "Then what do you mean, you don't need to look for that box?"

Zhuang Sheng glanced at him. Although he showed no expression, Shi Ke felt a trace of contempt.

"Of course we need to look for it. The murderer kidnapped Cai Minghui on his way to the airport. He should dispose of the box nearby. Therefore, by finding the place where the box was discarded, at least we can roughly calculate the murderer's driving route."

Shi Ke nodded, his eyes focused on the front, and after a long while, a monosyllabic word leaked out.

"Oh."

When they arrived at the police station, Shi Ke parked the car and asked Zhuang Sheng to go to dinner with him, but saw Zhuang Sheng push the door to get out of the car, and walked straight in as if he didn't hear it.

Shi Ke thought that Zhuang Sheng really didn't hear it, so he raised his voice and shouted again, "Zhuang Sheng, it's getting late, there is a restaurant nearby, I invite you."

Zhuang Sheng didn't stop and didn't turn his head. He waved his hand and said, "I'll go back and check the information."

Seeing Zhuang Sheng's back disappearing into the gate of the police station, Shi Ke was stunned for a moment, and murmured with emotion:

"So hard."