Chapter 111 111 Yes, the third one to appear in 24 hours...
Several cars chased and blocked the middle-aged man, and even though he was very reckless, he was only delayed for about ten minutes. He was finally stopped on an unknown road near the entrance of the national highway in the suburbs of Jianyang City.
The middle-aged man also tried to speed up and knock the traffic police car away to get out, but facing so many people, his actions were always just a fight of a trapped beast. With the sharp and continuous brake sounds, the middle-aged man's car and the dented police car drove off the roadbed and stopped after crashing into the trees on the side of the road.
Guan Xia watched this grand scene that could only be seen in criminal investigation dramas. She held on to her seat belt tightly the entire time and didn't dare to breathe. She even suppressed her subconscious exclamations in her throat for fear of disturbing Zhong Xiaoyu's driving. She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she saw the middle-aged man's car finally stop.
Zhong Xiaoyu reacted extremely quickly and stepped on the brakes, stopping the car on the side of the road. Almost as soon as the car stopped, she jumped out of the seat and rushed straight towards the car driven by the middle-aged man as if it was a conditioned reflex.
Like a signal, brake slams were heard all around. Before Guan Xia could recover from the shock, she saw Lian Pang Le also rushing up, and everyone rushed to surround the car.
Because of limited vision, Guan Xia couldn't see the specific situation, so he opened the car door and got out.
As soon as he reached the rear of the car, Guan Xia saw Zhong Xiaoyu, who had rushed to the driver's seat, opened the door and was about to grab someone, suddenly lean back and quickly took a few steps back.
Guan Xia Dingqing took a look and found that the middle-aged man had taken out a kitchen knife with blood on the blade from somewhere and was waving it around to drive away the people who were rushing towards him.
The middle-aged man took the opportunity to get out of the car, waving his weapon continuously while shouting frantically, "I've already killed a few people. If I get caught by you, I'll be dead. Might as well take a few more with me. Killing one is no loss, killing two is a huge profit. Come on, come on."
Perhaps because he had a weapon in his hand, the middle-aged man stood with his back against the car for only a few seconds, and then chased and hacked Zhong Xiaoyu, who was closest to him, like a madman.
Guan Xia was so scared that cold sweat broke out on her palms and she almost screamed. She stared at Zhong Xiaoyu's movements without blinking, fearing that she would be hurt.
Fortunately, Zhong Xiaoyu had been a paramilitary police officer, so he was not at all panicked. He dodged left and right flexibly and looked for opportunities calmly.
Just when Guan Xia was frightened for her and cold sweat was pouring down her forehead, somehow, the middle-aged man who had originally looked crazy suddenly turned his eyes and fixed his gaze on her. When Guan Xia met those bloodshot and fierce eyes, she didn't have time to react. She saw the middle-aged man who had originally been chasing Zhong Xiaoyu suddenly turn around and rush towards her.
This change came suddenly and everyone was surprised, but they reacted quickly and seized the opportunity.
Almost at the same time, Xu Nian and Zhong Xiaoyu rushed towards the middle-aged man together, but Zhong Xiaoyu was one step faster. He decisively used his joints to clamp the middle-aged man's right arm holding the knife, and threw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
At the same time, Xu Nian also arrived. Together with Jiang Yingyao, he pressed the middle-aged man face down on the ground and handcuffed him. Wang Yu, who was a step late, could only kick the kitchen knife away with his feet. Pang Le, who had no time to take action from beginning to end, could only quietly kick the middle-aged man in the chaos, and then walked back to Guan Xia.
"How's it going? Are you okay?" Pang Le looked at Guan Xia's face with some worry, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your physique is truly unique. There are so many people on this field, and all of them are in front of you. How did that guy target you? I saw it, he was coming straight at you."
This roller coaster-like thrill lasted just a minute, and Guan Xia felt her heart beating so fast it almost jumped out of her chest. It took her more than ten seconds to realize what Pang Le had said.
Guan Xia shook his head in shock, but his mind suddenly became clearer than ever before.
She suddenly remembered something. No wonder she always felt something was wrong recently, as if she had forgotten something. Only then did she remember that her halo had not been recharged since she came back from investigating the case in Daqu County.
Fortunately, she never acts alone, even her morning jog is left at home. Once she goes out, she goes in groups, so she doesn't encounter any danger.
But obviously it won't last long, as the example just mentioned shows.
There were obviously more than ten people at the scene, and she was standing in a very inconspicuous position at the outermost edge, but it was as if she was a magnet that attracted the middle-aged man. Originally, he and Zhong Xiaoyu were fighting in full swing, but in the blink of an eye, the middle-aged man focused all his attention on her. He was crazy as if Guan Xia had some deep hatred with him. He completely ignored the many policemen surrounding them and rushed towards her with a knife in his hand.
As if sensing Guan Xia's fear, Pang Le suddenly reached out and hugged her, patting her on the back a few times before pointing to the middle-aged man in the center of the crowd and saying, "Guan Xia, look."
Hearing Pang Le's shout, Guan Xia came to her senses and subconsciously looked in the direction of Pang Le's finger. She saw that the zipper of the middle-aged man's tightly wrapped coat had been unzipped, revealing the T-shirt inside that was completely stained with blood.
"With so much blood and what he just said, I'm afraid this grandson has committed a serious crime," Pang Le analyzed with great experience. "Looking at his expression, it's very likely that he killed someone in a fit of passion. Fortunately, we ran into him, otherwise he might have gotten away."
Guan Xia was about to speak when she heard the sound of sirens coming from the distance behind her. Pang Le took out Ji An's phone from his pocket and took a look. He said, "It's the Tong'an Branch. Luckily, I was smart and turned on location sharing, otherwise it would have been delayed for a while."
A few minutes later, the police car arrived and stopped. The young male policeman named Xiao Chen, whom I had met before, got out of the car with a tired look on his face.
"Where's your new suspect?" Xiao Chen said straight to the point, "Take him back to the police station quickly. I still have to go to the crime scene. There's a new victim, and the whole bureau is going crazy."
Guan Xia pointed in the direction of the middle-aged man, then asked in surprise, "Another one? The third one after the one Captain Yang went to?"
Xiao Chen hummed, looking hopeless as he continued, "Yes, this is the third one to appear in 24 hours. Even Director Tian was alerted. Since they were so short of manpower, Xiao Yan even took the remaining clerks and auxiliary police officers to the scene of the new victim."
Xiao Chen suddenly remembered something and added, "Oh, right, I brought the surveillance footage from the second victim's crime scene. Also, I'll have to rush to the scene after I take the victim back to the police station. Captain Yang told me to tell you that if you have time to interrogate this man, you can do so at your leisure. If not, lock him up in the interrogation room and wait for him to return. No matter what happens, you must prioritize the current case."
It could be heard from Xiao Chen's machine gun-like speaking speed that although he looked tired, he was indeed anxious inside. So Guan Xia originally had some questions to ask, but in the end she didn't ask them. After taking the middle-aged man into the car, they went back to the Tong'an Branch together.
Just as Xiao Chen said, the most important thing now is the case at hand.
As soon as the car drove into the police station, the middle-aged man was escorted out of the car. Xiao Chen didn't even turn off the engine. He casually greeted everyone and stepped on the accelerator and drove away again.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and then pushed the middle-aged man into the building as if nothing had happened.
It was at this time that the system interface finally popped up and started a new round of charging of the halo.
With the halo's protection again, Guan Xia suddenly felt safe again, and almost jumped for joy as he walked into Captain Yang's office.
Wang Yu placed the small USB flash drive containing the surveillance video that Xiao Chen had given him on the table. He simply distributed it to everyone and then got busy while eating breakfast.
Guan Xia originally thought that given the first murderer's caution and cunning, even if he left behind quite important evidence, he would still be careful not to leave too many traces when killing people, and delay time as much as possible to complete his next plan. Unexpectedly, he found the suspected suspect almost effortlessly.
Guan Xia didn't choose carefully, but just picked up a USB flash drive at random. As a result, he made a discovery when watching the first surveillance video.
Before she could even shout, she heard Wang Yu suddenly say, "Captain Xu, I've found something."
As soon as Wang Yu finished speaking, the voices of others were heard.
Jiang Yingyao said, "I have some here too."
Ji An said: "I have also discovered it."
Pang Le also said, "I have it too."
Guan Xia also said upon seeing this, "The same thing happened to me."
Almost everyone noticed this unusual situation at the same time. They looked at each other in confusion. Xu Nian frowned and said, "The suspect is not trying to hide her whereabouts at all. It seems her plan may be even more time-sensitive than we imagined."
Three people were killed in less than 24 hours. This was beyond their imagination. Could there be a fourth and fifth victim?
Guan Xia was in shock when Xu Nian suddenly stood up. "No, there's no point in continuing to watch the surveillance video. The killer might already be on his way to the fourth victim. I'm contacting Captain Yang now. We need to issue a joint investigation notice to all police officers in the city. Only then can we catch him before the next victim appears."
Xu Nian said this and walked aside to make a phone call. It was obviously the first time for the others to face such a situation and they didn't know what to do.
Jiang Yingyao was the most experienced and responded quickly, "I'll capture the suspect's face and send it to Captain Yang. With facial scanning, so many surveillance cameras throughout the city, and so many police officers, it won't be difficult to find him as long as we have accurate identification information."
Jiang Yingyao also got busy.
About ten minutes after Xu Nian returned from his phone call, a strange female police officer in uniform came running into the office, panting heavily as she handed over some documents. "Captain Xu, Captain Yang asked me to give you this. The suspect's identity has been confirmed, and he does have a criminal record. Captain Yang and his men have already left the scene to set up surveillance. Director Tian is leading the team. Captain Yang asked me to tell you that while the possibility of the suspect surrendering himself is low, it cannot be ruled out. Therefore, someone from our branch needs to be on duty. I'll trouble Captain Xu to bring someone there."
Xu Nian took the information, responded casually, and looked at it without even raising his head.
Guan Xia recalled the scene when she went upstairs just now, where the entire office building was empty, and she could understand Captain Yang.
After all, it was their jurisdiction, but such a terrible serial murder case occurred. All they wanted was to catch the suspect as soon as possible, so of course they would send as many people as they could. Since Xu Nian and the others were in the bureau, they would temporarily capture some able-bodied men and station them in the branch. It just so happened that they had just caught someone before, so they could interrogate him as well.
With these thoughts in mind, Guan Xia also moved closer to Xu Nian to look at the identity information of the suspect.
The first thing that caught my eye was a close-up photo, which was exactly the same person I had seen in the surveillance video before.
She had a square face with a slightly wide jaw, thick eyebrows, and big, bright eyes. The most eye-catching thing was her left cheek. It was not known whether it had been scalded or burned. The skin was uneven and the color of the skin was of varying shades. There was actually a large scar covering the entire left face.
Seeing her face, Guan Xia suddenly remembered his previous guess. Perhaps the first murderer was also one of the victims of some bad children who committed serious crimes and caused tragic consequences. That's why he resonated with those who were hurt by these children and killed them.
Guan Xia couldn't help but wonder if the two victims who were killed after the second murderer had the same motive.
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