Chapter 158: Confirmed Identity: Was the crime committed by an acquaintance? ...
At the scene they found the victim's chest, abdomen, and severed head, as well as some women's clothing.
As these things were brought back to the Anyuan Branch, because it was a joint investigation, they could not return to the city until the case was announced as solved, so they naturally went back with Director Du and the others.
And a summary of all the information currently available on this case was made.
Sitting in the main seat in the conference room was Du Huamao, director of the Anyuan branch, with Ji Mingcheng and Captain Guo Jingguo sitting on either side of him. In addition, Qiu Jiang and his colleagues from Anyuan sat in other seats.
At this time, both sides looked at the big screen.
On the screen was a photo of all the parts of the corpse being pieced back together. It was rotten and maggot-infested, and the cut parts had even corroded so much due to the passage of time that there were gaps left where they were pieced together.
Seeing such a terrifying victim's body, they were both horrified and had to look at it.
Ji Mingcheng first introduced to them Lu Jianian's findings.
"The forensic doctor confirmed that the head, upper body, and legs we found belong to the same individual. Based on this conclusion, an autopsy was conducted, resulting in the following conclusions: the deceased is a female, approximately 162 cm tall, who had been deceased for two years, and was between 30 and 32 years old."
"The neck, waist, abdomen, and lower body of the corpse all had obvious cuts. The cuts were very neat and smooth, suggesting a very sharp murder weapon, such as a butcher's knife or some kind of cutting machine."
"Furthermore, because the body had been immersed in the damp and decomposing environment of the underground passage for a long time, it was severely damaged, leaving very limited traces. This also greatly increased the difficulty of identifying the deceased."
"Finally, I'd like to point out that the murderer buried the body in a very steeply sloped depression near a manhole. Therefore, the murderer likely entered through a tunnel and dumped the body underground. Given the cramped underground space, the murderer couldn't have been large to accomplish such a feat. They were likely a woman or a short, less robust man."
After Ji Mingcheng finished speaking, Anyuan's criminal police captain Guo Jing also explained the progress on their side.
"We have already screened missing persons from the past five years. The relevant data will be sent to us tomorrow morning. We will also conduct a survey of nearby residents tomorrow morning to see if we can identify the deceased through the clothing."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Du Huamao.
It can be said that the case has progressed at a rapid pace as so much information has been obtained from this morning to now. Du Huamao was relieved after hearing what they said.
He emphasized, "The city wants this case solved as soon as possible. We are under a tight timeline and have a heavy workload. I hope that all of us will work together to solve this case as soon as possible, provide justice to the deceased, and give a satisfactory answer to the city leaders."
He then mobilized everyone again and expressed his gratitude to Ji Mingcheng and Team 5 for coming to help.
For this purpose, he specially invited everyone to have a meal in a private room in the cafeteria, and other leaders of the Anyuan Police Station also accompanied them.
Because there were too many people, one room definitely couldn't accommodate them all. Qiu Jiang and the others didn't want to eat with their leaders, so they ate in another room with Deng Xingwang and the others.
Compared to the city, Anyuan is closer to the sea, so there is no shortage of seafood here, and the food in the cafeteria is also delicious. They have been busy all day and their stomachs have been growling with hunger. Now that they are all colleagues, there is no need to be polite and they naturally eat up everything in no time.
Less than twenty minutes after the meal started, all the dishes on the table had been swept away, and I finally filled my stomach.
However, the leaders had not yet left the banquet, so they could not leave after eating, and started discussing the case.
In fact, everyone’s feeling is not very optimistic.
After all, as Captain Ji said in the conference room, it has been too long and too much evidence has been destroyed, which has brought too much uncertainty to finding the identity of the deceased and the murderer.
Of course there are things to discuss.
"It's so sharp, I think it's probably the knife used to chop meat in the vegetable market. Otherwise, ordinary knives are not so sharp that they can directly cut off human bones with one stroke. Besides, doesn't they have a vegetable market over there?" Deng Xingwang guessed.
After he finished speaking, Wang Li added a clue, "Not only is there a vegetable market, but there's also a meat factory about five kilometers away that specializes in wholesale beef, mutton, and pork."
So there might not only be meat-cutting knives there, but also meat-cutting machines. It is really the perfect place to kill and dismember people.
This place feels suspicious.
I have to pay close attention tomorrow.
They all had this idea in their minds and were waiting to put it into practice tomorrow.
Then they yawned and chatted for a while, sighing that having fun also comes at a price.
After playing for a day, you still have to find a job for yourself.
"Could it be that when we came here to play, the person who died unjustly felt that we were a group of good policemen, so she used her mysterious power to ask us to come back and redress her grievances?" Jia Wang became more and more excited as he spoke, feeling that he was extremely powerful.
Qiu Jiang and the others twitched their lips and really didn't want to continue the conversation.
And I'm really sleepy.
Fortunately, after only half an hour, there was finally movement in the other room.
They could finally go back to sleep.
When they arrived at the accommodation arranged for them by Anyuan, Qiu Jiang took a good shower as soon as he entered, then fell into bed and fell into a deep sleep.
She slept for a long time and woke up when she heard a knock on the door.
"Qiu Jiang."
It was Deng Xingwang's voice outside.
She quickly jumped out of bed and opened the door, only to see him and Tong Bei waiting at the door. The moment he saw her, Tong Bei handed her the paper bag.
"Sister Jiang Jiang, these are the clothes Captain Ji bought for you."
Qiu Jiang then remembered that she had gone into the sewer yesterday. Although she was wearing thick protective clothing and her body was not dirty, she always felt that her body smelled bad and she smelled it many times along the way.
I guess Captain Ji saw it and knew she didn't have a spare one, so he bought her one.
She took the paper bag and asked them again, "Where's Team Ji?"
"Captain Ji went to a meeting with Director Du, Captain Guo, and the others. He asked us to have you have breakfast and then wait by the car."
Qiu Jiang said as soon as she heard it, "Wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and come out."
After she closed the door, she hurried to wash and change her clothes. In less than ten minutes, her door was opened again from the inside.
Wearing light blue jeans and a white long-sleeved sweatshirt, she went to the cafeteria of Anxi Branch with Deng Xingwang and others to have dinner.
This time it was still a private room.
After they finished eating, they rushed to the car without stopping.
Compared with the continuous rain the day before yesterday and the gloomy sky yesterday, today is a rare good day. The warm sunshine shines on people, and it feels very gentle.
It's just that the wind is a bit strong, which adds a touch of chill.
Ji Mingcheng's windbreaker rustled in the wind, and he walked towards this side with his long legs.
"Get in the car."
"Where are you going?"
Everyone hasn't caught up with the idea yet.
"The deceased's home."
"ah???"
Their shock showed on their faces.
"Anyuan has confirmed the identity of the deceased. They have already gone to the deceased's workplace to investigate. Let's go to the deceased's home."
After saying that, he got into the car, and after he got in, she followed him in without any delay.
They also quickly got into the van they drove.
On the way, Ji Mingcheng explained the situation.
"The deceased, Kou Xiaomei, was reported missing by her husband two years ago. She was about to go on a business trip with her company boss and colleagues, taking her suitcases with her. Her husband thought she had left early, but it wasn't until the next day that someone from their company came to their house and said the deceased wasn't with them. By then, they couldn't contact her anymore, so they panicked and called the police."
"After that, officers from the Anyuan Police Station conducted an investigation and discovered that someone had seen the deceased leaving the residential complex with a suitcase on the day she disappeared. She looked normal at the time, though a little anxious and hurried. They hadn't spoken to each other, so no one knew where she had gone. Because no other witnesses could be found, the deceased was never found and was subsequently officially declared missing."
"The reason we were able to find her identity so quickly was because someone at the market recognized her yellow spotted skirt, proving it was her favorite at the time."
After he finished speaking, Qiu Jiang immediately grasped the key point, "Western market? The one in Chaoba Lane?"
"That's right." Ji Mingcheng replied to her in a deep voice.
"The deceased lived in the same neighborhood where you found the body."
As soon as he said this, Qiu Jiang finally understood why the black shadow she saw disappeared in that community.
Unfortunately, she had just crawled out of the ground and could not keep up with the speed of the black shadow at all. She only knew that she threw the body of the deceased on the ground and then quickly went to her right front.
Not far away was the residential area that Ji Mingcheng mentioned.
In other words, the murderer is most likely a neighbor in their community?
Or maybe someone from her family?
Qiu Jiang pursed her lips and drew a figure on the paper.
The figure of a woman.
Because even if she only glanced at it briefly, she could be sure that the figure who threw the deceased into the sewer and dragged him to the sink was a woman.
And she was a woman wearing a hat and wrapped in something like a raincoat.
By the way, this also explains why the murderer chose to dump the body in a place with such a large flow of people.
If it was raining heavily that day, who would go out for a run?
If it was at night, it would be even more unlikely that we would run into anyone.
Yes, the deceased was seen in the vegetable market at night, almost getting dark in the afternoon, and was reported missing to the police the next day.
The deceased might have been murdered and dismembered that night.
And it is very likely that he knows the murderer, otherwise he would not drag his suitcase to look for someone else.
So was the crime committed by someone you know?
She gently wrote these two words on the notebook.
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