Campus Trickster (IV)
After the autopsy, Shen Xingyan sutured the body. Halfway through, An Xin came back. His face was pale, not much better than the body lying on the dissection table.
He endured the churning in his stomach and said, "Let me sew it."
Shen Xingyan was a little worried, "Can you do it?"
An Xin nodded. He was a grown man, but he was vomiting all over the place, and yet he was no better than a little girl. In terms of age, they were about the same. His ability is not as good as others, so he can't let others do the finishing work.
Seeing that he was determined, Shen Xingyan gave him the suture needle. I took off my dissecting gown, washed my hands, and let out a long sigh. My back was already wet with sweat.
Bao Wu gave the autopsy results to the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
The cause of Cai Hongfen's death was determined to be liver rupture caused by a sharp object and excessive blood loss.
The Criminal Investigation Brigade once again investigated Cai Hongfen's home, and Shen Xingyan, An Xin and Bao Wu also arrived at the scene.
Cai Hongfen's house is a one-story courtyard with five main rooms and two auxiliary rooms. Cai Hongfen died in the bedroom of the main house. There was a long trail of blood on the floor and there were scratches from fingernails on the floor.
Cai Hongfen was not dead at the time. She was struggling to crawl out. Unfortunately, it was late at night and no one heard her cries for help. She eventually died from excessive blood loss.
No signs of a struggle were found at the scene, and the trace examination results showed that apart from Cai Hongfen and Ma Chao, no one else had entered the room.
Qiancheng Village is a small village with dozens of households. The villagers know each other. If an outsider comes in, he will definitely be discovered. During the days when Cai Hongfen died, no outsiders came to the village.
Ma Chao said that he went home once the day before yesterday, but because the weather suddenly turned cold and he didn't bring thick clothes, he went home specifically to get some.
Neighbors also confirmed that Ma Chao came back to get his clothes and then returned to the county town.
There were no outsiders and no signs of a struggle. Could it be that the crime was committed by an acquaintance?
The criminal investigation personnel visited the neighbors, and they all said that Cai Hongfen was cheerful and generous. She had never had any conflicts with the villagers and had no enemies.
The case seems to be at a standstill.
Shen Xingyan looked around the room carefully. Nothing in the room had been moved and the money was still there, so he ruled out the possibility of robbery.
If it was a murder in passion, there would have been an argument, and it would have happened late at night, so the neighbors would have heard it. Neighbors said they heard nothing that night, not even a dog barking, and ruled out a murder in the heat of the moment.
Murder of passion? Neighbors said that Cai Hongfen was an honest and decent person and had no mistress.
Walking into the yard, there are two auxiliary rooms on the east side, and a shed opposite the auxiliary rooms. There was a tractor with coal on the back, surrounded by bricks.
The amount of coal was at least 500 kilograms. Cai Hongfen even bought coal for the winter in advance. She never expected that she would die before winter came.
Going further ahead, there is a pigpen with pigs grunting inside. There was an iron cage next to it, with a plastic basin in it containing leftovers and lumps of cornmeal.
Shen Xingyan's heart moved, he took out his gloves, put some cornmeal into a plastic evidence bag, and then stuffed it into his pocket.
When I walked out of the yard, I saw a figure passing by.
Shen Xingyan hurriedly chased after him, but the man had disappeared. She walked a little further, and when people on the street saw her, they all went home.
Shen Xingyan had no choice but to go back. When she entered the yard, she saw Bao Wu staring at a wall in a daze. She walked over and saw half a shoe print on the wall. "Did someone climb over the wall?"
"Well, the shoe print has been extracted, but unfortunately only half of it."
Shen Xingyan showed the evidence bag to Bao Wu, and pointed at the cage. Bao Wu nodded in appreciation.
Back at the criminal police team, Shen Xingyan tested the evidence and found no drugs.
"The cage is used to hold dogs. Neighbors also confirmed that Cai Hongfen had a dog at home and had kept it for many years. Dogs guard the home. If it was a stranger, the dog would definitely bark. Neighbors said they did not hear the dog barking, and there was no medicine in the dog's food. So the dog must have known this person. There were no signs of a struggle in the room, which also proves that the crime was committed by an acquaintance.
Cai Hongfen died between 10 o'clock at night and 12 o'clock. It was so late. Who among the acquaintances could enter her house, especially by climbing over the wall? The dog didn't even bark. ”
An Xin said: "Could it be Ma Chao? But why would he climb over the wall to enter his own home?"
One of the detectives said: "We visited the place where Ma Chao worked, and his co-workers said that Ma Chao went to bed at nine o'clock and they didn't see him go out after that."
An Xin muttered, "It's really a ghost."
Huang Hao, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, said, "Old Hu, go check Ma Chao's social relationships. Xiao Li, go visit Qiancheng Village and find out where their dog is."
Shen Xingyan couldn't sit still, so he also went to Qiancheng Village. An Xin went with them in the spirit of learning.
The scene was cordoned off and Ma Chao stayed at a neighbor's house.
The room was still filled with the stench of a corpse, and the bloodstains on the ground had turned dark red. This was Shen Xingyan's second time here, and the placement of every item remained unchanged. She suddenly remembered the half footprint on the wall and bent down to look under the bed.
There was a pile of shoe boxes under the bed. She took them out and laid out all the shoes. There are shoes for both men and women, in three sizes. The women's shoes are Cai Hongfen's, and among the men's shoes, one size is Ma Chao's, and the other size is their son Ma Wenyuan's.
She looked at the patterns of the men's shoes one by one. They were all different from the ones on the wall. She was about to put them back when she suddenly stopped. I picked up one of the pairs of women's shoes. They were dark pink wedge-heeled leather shoes with heels about five centimeters high.
Cai Hongfen is a rural woman in her fifties. Why would she wear such shoes? I turned over the sole and saw a small amount of dust, which shows that they have not been worn much. There was actually a receipt still in the shoe box. It was a standard receipt with the purchase date being September. She put the shoes in and picked them up.
An Xin said: "Is there something wrong with the shoes?"
Shen Xingyan: "Let's go to where Ma Chao works."
Ma Chao worked as a bricklayer in a construction team in the county town, and he lived and ate in the team. Fellow workers said that Ma Chao was very honest, capable, able to endure hardships, would never complain even when he suffered losses, and was easy to talk to. One of his co-workers' mother was sick and asked to borrow money from him. He lent the money without saying a word, and has not paid it back yet.
An Xin nodded, he seemed to be a good person.
Shen Xingyan said: "Does Ma Chao have any female acquaintances? Female friends are fine too."
One of the workers said: "He has no female friends, but he has a sister who often comes to see him. He treats this sister very well and always responds to her requests."
An Xin looked at Shen Xingyan, a little surprised. They had checked Ma Chao's family relationships and found out that he only had one younger brother, who died young, and he never had a younger sister.
This sister is really thought-provoking.
Coming out of the construction team, An Xin couldn't help but say, "The people from the Municipal Bureau are really amazing. If it were me, I would never have thought of this."
"It's actually very simple. Cai Hongfen would not wear this kind of shoes. It's very likely that Ma Chao bought them for someone else. For some reason, they ended up in Cai Hongfen's hands. Let's go look for this shoe store."
There are many shoe stores in the county, and it is difficult for the two of them to check them all, so they reported the information to Huang Hao, who coordinated the arrangements.
After a day of investigation, we finally found the store where Ma Chao bought the shoes. The owner of the shoe store confirmed that more than a month ago, Ma Chao did bring a woman to buy shoes.
The woman was about forty years old and was dressed very fashionably.
The pair of shoes she bought was a new model that had just arrived and cost about two hundred yuan. At that time, she thought they would not buy it because Ma Chao looked like an honest farmer and not a rich man, but he bought it without blinking, so she was very impressed.
She also praised the man for loving his wife, and the woman was very happy at that time.
The person who was claimed to be Ma Chao's sister was drawn based on the description of the shoe store owner and the construction team workers. After investigation, it was confirmed that the woman's name was Xia Weiwei. She was a hotel waitress and a call girl in private.
When the police found her, she was negotiating the price with a man, and both of them were arrested at the same time.
The man confessed quickly. He said it was his first time and that he was introduced to her by a friend. He was tired of looking at his wife every day and wanted to find some excitement. He begged the police not to tell his family, as he had a decent job and was afraid of losing his job and also of losing face.
The criminal police officer in charge of the interrogation told him ruthlessly that he would be detained and fined in his case. The man wilted when he heard this, cursing his bad luck inwardly, as he didn't get to taste the sweetness, but instead tasted the taste of a prison cell.
The interrogation of Xia Weiwei went smoothly, and she admitted that she had an improper relationship with Ma Chao. But Ma Chao was not the only one who had an improper relationship with her. He, a country bumpkin, always dreamed of marrying her. She said it was impossible and she didn't want to get married at all.
"Then did you know that Ma Chao's wife died?"
Xia Weiwei was shocked. "What? Dead? Impossible. You suspect Ma Chao killed his wife? Is he sick? Why would he kill his wife?"
Old Hu's face was serious. "Then I have to ask you, have you ever given any verbal hints?"
Xia Weiwei thought about it for a while and began to sweat. "No way, he took it seriously? What a fool."
"What did you say?"
"Well, didn't he buy me a pair of shoes a month ago? I bought him a pair as a return gift. Of course, his pair was much cheaper, just a few dollars. Later, when we separated, he took the wrong bag and took my pair of shoes home. His wife saw it, so he lied and said he bought them for his wife.
But I lost it, it was a new model. I told him to take it back, but he said he couldn’t because he was afraid his wife would find out about our relationship. I asked him to buy another pair, but he had no money, so I got angry and told him to either take it back or buy new ones.
He said that if his wife found out about our relationship he would divorce her and marry me. What nonsense! I don’t want to get married. I’m so free being alone. ”
Lao Hu slammed the table and said, "Let's get down to business!"
Xia Weiwei licked her lips and said, "I was just joking with him, saying that if you killed your wife, she wouldn't know about it. Officer, I was really just joking. I didn't expect that he really killed his wife."
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