Chapter 92
"Never seen it?" Luo Jingyao repeated.
"Yes." Lin Jiafan nodded slightly. "They were sent by the human trafficking organization in Sichuan Province specifically to cover the Lu Deshu line in Jin City. Ninety-nine percent of the children abducted by Lu Deshu's gang are taken back to Sichuan by these people and then resold across the country."
"Some children were even sold abroad through certain channels."
If you are sold back home, there is still some hope of getting it back. But if you really go abroad, you will completely lose all hope.
Hearing this, Luo Jingyao's heart sank, but she still looked up with hope: "What about the remaining 1%? Will it stay in Jinshi?"
Lin Jiafan hesitated to speak, but Pang Guang behind him mercilessly punctured her fantasy: "Based on past experience, that one percent is most likely damage to the 'goods' during transportation."
In short, the little potato is most likely dead.
Even healthy children cannot withstand the torture of these beasts, not to mention the rescued children who already have some disabilities. Those who are involved in human trafficking are all cold-blooded people. A life is nothing in their eyes. Once it is gone, it is gone.
Luo Jingyao slowly lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long time before she reached out and grabbed her baseball jacket. "If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body, right?"
Could it be that the crime scene she saw this time was a long time ago? But according to her previous experience, most of the crime scenes she saw were very timely.
And even if some children suffered various accidents and died along the way, Lu Deshu and his gang could not just abandon them on the roadside. They should have a home.
"Brother Dao and Brother Hao, who are responsible for connecting the two sides, do have some impression of this child, but half a year has passed after all, and the clues they can provide are very limited." Lin Jiafan raised his hand helplessly and pinched his throbbing solar plexus.
"One said the child was apparently put on a car from Sichuan Province, and the other said he was taken to Yongzhuang's old nest, and then suddenly disappeared."
"Didn't you ask Lu Deshu?" Luo Jingyao's face was full of confusion.
"I asked, but he refused to say anything from the beginning." Pang Guang leaned dejectedly on the table next to him. "He knows he can't escape legal punishment, so he's trying to protect his boss."
"He's quite loyal, leaving us here running around in a panic."
"But I do agree with what Coach Luo said just now." Lin Jiafan suddenly said this. Under Luo Jingyao's puzzled but extremely focused gaze, he looked away a little uncomfortably.
"That means he's dead and wants to see the body. Since Brother Dao Wu Qiang said he remembered bringing Little Potato back to Yongzhuang, why not go back and investigate thoroughly? I can also take Lu Deshu and the others back to conduct a scene identification."
Hearing this, Luo Jingyao and Pang Guang looked at each other, but no one raised any objections.
In the end, Lin Jiafan forced her upstairs and back to the office of the Special Case Investigation Team.
Several people in the group treated Luo Jingyao with the utmost courtesy, enthusiastically letting her enjoy the most popular sofa all to herself. As for them, they took out folding beds from under the table one after another, and their movements were so skillful that it was heartbreaking.
Within a few minutes, the entire office was filled with snoring. Except for Lin Jiafan who was still rummaging through files at his desk, everyone else seemed to have fallen asleep.
After staring at the irregular patterns on the ceiling for a while, Luo Jingyao tightened her baseball uniform. Her thoughts gradually became blurred until her eyes were completely plunged into darkness.
The next morning, just as the sky began to lighten, she woke up on the sofa.
Sitting up and observing everyone who was sleeping soundly, Luo Jingyao subconsciously held her breath and tiptoed out of the office.
After washing her face twice in the bathroom not far away, she was surprised to find disposable cups and toothbrushes on the storage shelf next to the mirror. While being shocked at the intensity of Lin Jiafan and others' overtime work, she also brushed her teeth.
Based on her memory of the preferences of the investigation team members, Luo Jingyao brought back several large bags of breakfast from the cafeteria which had opened early.
Maybe it was because she had eaten with Pang Guang and others yesterday morning, but the old man in charge of guarding the cafeteria door did not stop her at all, and even greeted her enthusiastically when she left.
When she returned to the office again, although those people had already gotten up, they were obviously in a state where their bodies were moving while their souls were desperately chasing after them.
Fortunately, after a hearty breakfast, everyone recovered a little, packed up and prepared to set off for Yongzhuang.
In addition to kidnapping rescued children, the Lu Deshu gang was also involved in many unsolved theft cases in Jinshi. When they were arrested before, a lot of stolen goods that had not been sold yet were found in the factory, so this time they simply took them back for on-site identification.
There were still a large number of police cars, the only difference from before was that it was daytime now.
The wheels rolled over the narrow dirt road in Yongzhuang Village, and the clouds of yellow soil raised by them successfully attracted the attention of many people.
Under Lin Jiafan's command, the police who followed were divided into two teams. One team was responsible for escorting Lu Deshu and others to identify the scene where the stolen goods were hidden, and the other team took out a lot of high-end equipment and started searching the factory yard without delay.
Listening to the constant "beep beep" electronic prompt sounds of the equipment, Luo Jingyao, after getting Lin Jiafan's approval, carefully crossed the loess courtyard and came to the front of the factory.
The first thing she found was the windowless room that the undercover SWAT officer had mentioned on the day of the arrest.
The lock on the rusty iron gate had been cut by the police long ago. She exerted a little force with her hand and the iron gate opened.
Very smelly.
Very dark.
These were Luo Jingyao's only two impressions of this room. She endured the discomfort of the strange smell hitting her nose and stepped over the threshold and walked in.
With the weak sunlight coming in from the door, she slowly looked around.
In the corner were several thin quilts that were so dirty that their original appearance was unrecognizable, as well as a bucket that was covered with starch and emitted a foul odor, and an iron chain fixed to the wall on one side, all of which indicated that this was once a place where people were imprisoned.
I just don't know whether the ones being held captive are the disobedient guys in the team, or the disabled children who were abducted.
She withdrew her gaze in disappointment. This was not the place where the little potato she had seen imprisoned before.
After walking out of the dark room, Luo Jingyao's slightly confused mind was cleared up a little by the autumn breeze. She took a few deep breaths and turned to rush into another room.
It’s a pity that even after touring this huge factory, I still couldn’t find the place in my memory.
Just when she was confused about what to do next, a loud shout suddenly came from the yard: "Captain Lin! We've found something!!"
Lin Jiafan immediately led his men over, and a staff member from the laboratory handed over the thermal imaging screen.
After just two glances, Guo Zhen said confidently, "Captain Lin, these are human bones, and judging by the proportions of the limbs, they can't be more than ten years old."
Luo Jingyao, who had just arrived at the back of the crowd, found it difficult to breathe after hearing this, and the expressions of the other people around her were not much better.
Following Lin Jiafan's order, the police quickly began the excavation work.
Unexpectedly, while digging on one side, another discovery was made on the other side.
This continued until the afternoon. The police had almost searched the entire west side of the loess yard. The skinny corpses were neatly arranged on the plastic sheeting. It was so heartbreaking to look at it at first sight.
Guo Zhen walked over to the first body excavated and remained silent for a long time. After a few minutes of barely composing himself, he spoke in a trembling voice, "Based on the teeth and pelvis, the deceased was a girl between six and eight years old. Judging from the facial bone features, she likely had Down syndrome. The decomposition of the body suggests she died at least four years ago."
After performing preliminary autopsies on the nine victims one by one, Guo Zhen sighed silently.
The youngest of these victims was only three years old, and the oldest was no more than eleven or twelve years old. The most recent victim had been dead for less than six months.
So Lu Deshu and his gang actually had the nerve to cry out for injustice. With so many corpses in the yard, even if they didn't participate in kidnapping children, they did participate in burying the evidence. How could they even cry out that it was injustice?
Luo Jingyao approached Guo Zhen as he stood up and walked out after examining the body. She asked cautiously, "Officer Guo, are there any victims with a disabled left leg?"
After thinking about it, Guo Zhen shook his head: "No, and there is only one victim who matches the time of Little Potato's disappearance, but he is much older than Little Potato."
It was hard to tell whether she was feeling relieved or sad. After thanking the other party, Luo Jingyao turned around and walked aside.
Another gust of autumn wind blew by, and she felt a chill on her back. She habitually wrapped herself tightly in the baseball jacket she had been wearing since last night.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a thin figure a few steps away from the corner of her eye. It was He Jinzhe.
When she was talking to Guo Zhen just now, the distance between the boy and them was less than three meters.
Seeing her looking at him, He Jinzhe turned slightly to avoid her slightly inquiring gaze.
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