Gao Huanyu seemed to have thought of something and immediately looked up -
On the other side of the deep pool stood a steep rock wall tens of meters high, with trees vaguely visible growing on the top of the rock wall.
He turned around and walked towards the park manager who had been waiting outside the cordon, pointed at the rock wall and asked:
"Director, is there a way to get up to the top of that cliff?"
The headmaster was terrified and trembling all over.
"Yes... that's halfway up the mountain behind our park. You can get there by following the path at the back of the mountain."
He was still asleep in the morning when the staff on duty at the park came to his house and knocked on his door to wake him up. In a daze, he heard that someone had fished out a body from a pond in the back mountain of the park. He was so frightened that he rushed out of the door wrapped in his coat without even having time to change his clothes.
I've been standing at the crime scene for almost three hours, and my toes are numb from the cold.
But such a big thing happened in the park, and he didn't dare leave without the police's order, for fear that the police would think he was not cooperating with their work and would hold him responsible for improper management, a blame he could not afford.
Gao Huanyu nodded at him, then glanced down and saw that he was still wearing slippers on his bare feet, with a piece of cotton trousers showing under his coat, and then he said:
"Director, please go back first. Our investigation is almost complete. We will leave personnel on site to protect the area. This area will not be open to the public for the time being. We will contact you if there is anything we need to know."
Hearing Gao Huanyu's words, the headmaster felt relieved and nodded in response:
"No problem. I'll have the office issue a notice to ensure no one approaches this area."
Gao Huanyu thought for a moment and added:
"The path leading to the back mountain will also be temporarily closed until we go up and investigate."
The headmaster felt a chill in his heart and nodded rapidly.
My God, it looks like there’s something wrong halfway up the mountain. I guess no one will dare to come to the back mountain of this park anymore!
Gao Huanyu turned around and called Liu Jun:
"Brother Liu, let's go up and take a look!"
Liu Jun was eager to leave the scene as soon as possible, so he strode over and caught up with Gao Huanyu.
On the way to the middle of the mountain, Gao Huanyu walked slowly, observing the road conditions as he walked.
Liu Jun was also observing the situation, but he didn't find anything suspicious, so he asked casually:
"Xiao Gao, what are we looking for?"
Gao Huanyu observed carefully while answering Liu Jun's questions:
"I suspect that the pond just now was not the first place where the body was dumped. The real place where the body was dumped is somewhere else."
Liu Jun opened his eyes wide in surprise:
"I've only heard of the first crime scene. Is there a first and a second location for the body dumping?"
Gao Huanyu nodded and explained patiently:
"Of course, wherever the criminal has been, there will definitely be clues left behind. Finding these places may lead to clues that will help us solve the case."
Liu Jun suddenly understood, but then looked puzzled and said:
"I understand, but how do you know that wasn't the first place the body was dumped?"
The longer Liu Jun worked with Gao Huanyu, the more he admired this colleague who was a generation younger than him.
What Gao Huanyu said was not just the simple and dull knowledge from books. Every word he said could be supported and verified at the scene of the crime. This made Liu Jun convinced of him.
In addition, Gao Huanyu never put on airs as a scholar. He usually climbed hills and went down hills with Liu Jun, squatted on the roadside to eat steamed buns and chat, and answered all his questions, so Liu Jun was also happy to ask him questions.
Today was no exception. Seeing Liu Jun asking questions, Gao Huanyu took the opportunity to tell Liu Jun some of the analysis he had just made based on his observations:
"Brother Liu, this is what I think. The female corpse plus the suitcase must have weighed at least a hundred pounds. Today, we followed the route of the two people who reported the case, walking from the back door of the nearest park to the pond. It took us about half an hour."
"Just imagine if the person who dumped the body was dragging a suitcase weighing over 100 kilograms, walking the same route through the pitch-black jungle. How much time and energy would it take? This completely doesn't fit the psychological profile of urgency involved in dumping the body."
"More importantly, look at that woman's body, there are over forty wounds on it. The blood has stained the suitcase inside and out. But did you see a single drop of blood on our way here? I checked the pool all around, and there wasn't a trace of blood at all."
"Even the most skilled murderer couldn't have cleaned up the bloodstains so thoroughly in a natural environment. The suitcase containing the woman's body definitely wasn't thrown into the pool from the shore. It's more likely that someone pushed it down from a height and dropped it into the pool."
"So, I suspect the top of the cliff is the correct place to dump the body."
Liu Jun nodded repeatedly as he listened. Didn’t it seem that the situation at the scene was exactly as Xiao Gao had analyzed?
He also felt strange at the scene. Although the location of the pond was remote, it was not an easy task to move the suitcase containing the body to that place. He didn't know how many traces would be left along the way.
After listening to Xiao Gao's methodical analysis, Liu Jun felt that his doubts had been sorted out. He also tried to put forward his own opinion:
"And I think this suitcase is so large and heavy that even an adult male would have difficulty moving it alone, let alone trying to move it to the dumping location as quickly as possible without being seen. I think it's very likely that two or more people were responsible for this crime."
Gao Huanyu also nodded, indicating that he agreed with Liu Jun's point of view.
The place chosen by the murderer to dump the body is in the city center, not in a remote suburb, which means that the crime scene should be relatively close to this location, making it convenient for dumping the body. Moreover, the murderer most likely does not have a car, otherwise he (she) would definitely choose a safer and farther place to dump the body.
Although the path up the mountain behind the park is easier to walk on than the dense forest, it is also a trend of going up one stone step after another, which consumes more physical energy.
Therefore, he was more inclined to believe that the crime was committed by a group as Liu Jun suspected.
The two of them carefully observed the conditions along the road while slowly approaching the halfway point of the mountain. However, the strange thing was that the road conditions along the way were normal, exactly the same as those at the foot of the mountain, and no trace of blood was found.
As they were about to reach the halfway point of the mountain, Liu Jun couldn't help but frown and said:
"Is this a mistake? It's not here? Why can't I see a single drop of blood along the way?"
Gao Huanyu also found it a bit strange. There were only two ways to move the suitcase to the pond. How could there be no traces anywhere?
It is impossible for such a huge suitcase to fall from the sky. He believes that any crime he has committed will leave traces.
Gao Huanyu looked at the cliff not far away and said in a deep voice:
"Don't worry, let's go over and take a look first!"
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