Chapter 140 140 It seems that we can only dig up the corpse again...
In addition to traces of the car accident, bloodstains, and Ning Xin's damaged and turned-off mobile phone, the police also found Ning Xin's vehicle abandoned on the roadside 7 kilometers away from the accident site.
After inspection by the technical team and the traffic police brigade, it was found that the vehicle had been damaged by human beings. Apart from that, there were no other traces in the car. Through the biological samples extracted, only the DNA of Ning Xin, Ning Ping'an and the live-in nanny was detected, and there was no fourth person.
Based on these clues, the police speculated that Ning Xin was driving Ning Ping'an home when she found that the car had broken down and then stopped on the side of the road. Since no violent damage was found on the car windows, locks, etc., and there were clear fingerprints of people other than Ning Xin, Ning Xin should have gotten out of the car on her own. Then, for some unknown reason, she did not wait for road rescue, but got into a car disguised as a passerby, but was actually driven by a criminal.
Seeing this, Guan Xia overturned her previous thoughts and said hesitantly, "The vehicle was damaged, and she got into the criminal's car. This looks like a premeditated kidnapping. Didn't Ning Xin's parents receive any strange calls or texts? Why does this case feel so strange and out of place?"
Pang Le also scratched his cheek and said, "I feel the same way. If it's simple trafficking, isn't it just stealing? I've watched some documentaries before, and it's rare for human traffickers to go to such great lengths to select their targets. But if it was kidnapping, you wouldn't have lost the clues so lately, and revenge from the drug dealers is obviously unlikely. What exactly is the goal of these criminals? Is it purely for Ning Xin, or Ning Ping'an, or maybe both of them?"
At this point, Pang Le denied his own guess, "No, if the target was really two people, then Ning Xin wouldn't be dead. So, the target is actually Ning Ping'an?"
The more Pang Le spoke, the tighter his brows furrowed, and the confused expression on his face almost solidified.
Ji An said, "Whether it was the criminal police team that handled the case earlier, or my own investigation later, we repeatedly questioned Ning Xin's parents, and the answer we received was always no. To verify the accuracy of the information, we later retrieved Ning Xin's parents' call records from the month before and after the incident, and there was indeed no suspicion."
Guan Xia asked, "How is Ning Xin's relationship with her parents?"
Guan Xia didn't disbelieve in human nature, but she had watched too many detective dramas and crime documentaries, and most of them were about parents who didn't love their children.
In addition to being her parents' daughter, Ning Xin is also a smart, financially independent and successful person. Although Guan Xia still doesn't know her specific financial situation, it can be guessed from the four words "financial freedom" that the real estate and savings under Ning Xin's name must be a huge number that is enough to make most people excited.
Ji An understood the meaning behind Guan Xia's words, but his expression didn't change at all. He replied, "We've considered this direction before. We spent a long time conducting a very detailed investigation, and Ning Xin's parents have indeed been ruled out as suspects."
Ji An first set the tone, then added, "Based on our visit, Ning Xin and her sister, my classmate Ning Yue, both have very good relationships with their parents. Ning Xin's poor health is due to congenital reasons. She has been sick almost every other day since she was born. Her parents never gave up on her. Later, because of her poor health, she couldn't do strenuous exercise and didn't have many playmates. She envied other classmates who had friends or siblings to play with. That's why her parents gave birth to Ning Yue when Ning Xin was only 7 years old. Her parents even lost their decent jobs because of this."
Guan Xia and Pang Le both listened very carefully. Pang Le couldn't help but say, "It sounds like Ning Xin's parents are really good to her, but Ning Yue..."
Guan Xia didn't say anything, but she agreed with Pang Le's words in her heart. Even if Pang Le didn't say it completely, Guan Xia could guess what she wanted to say. She must have wanted to say it, but all this was very unfair to Ning Yue. Everyone is an independent individual, and no one should carry a mission from birth.
Ji An also understood the unspoken meaning in Pang Le's words and shook his head. "I've met Ning Yue's parents many times, and I've heard Ning Yue talk about her family many times. Although Ning Yue was indeed born because of Ning Xin, she fell in love with her. Ning Yue received no less than Ning Xin. Precisely because Ning Xin had no other playmates, Ning Yue received an extra bit of love. Ning Yue told me many times that Ning Xin treated her like the apple of her eye. Her sister wasn't in good health, but she still cared about her even when she was sick. Another time, she was bullied, and her sister, who was already in college, heard about it over the phone and rushed back by train overnight. She stood up for her very forcefully and almost got into a fight with the parents of the classmate who bullied her."
Guan Xia and Pang Le's expressions immediately returned to calm.
Guan Xia said, "It sounds like Ning Xin's parents really wouldn't do anything to hurt their daughter."
Pang Le's focus was elsewhere. He sighed and said, "What a pity. Such a good family of five now only has two elderly people left."
Before learning about the case in detail, Guan Xia didn't have much feeling, but now after seeing the photos of Ning Xin and Ning Ping'an, and listening to Ji An talk about the past of the two sisters, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Yes, two such outstanding sisters with such a good relationship, and Ning Ping'an who was only four years old and knew nothing, one died and the other disappeared, leaving behind two old people. I don’t know how they get through every day.
After feeling sad for a few minutes, Guan Xia forcefully shook off the messy thoughts in his mind and focused all his attention on the information in his hand.
The subsequent text basically describes what clues the police and Ji An and his team found during the five years of continuous investigation.
The first thing the police did after receiving the report was to track down the whereabouts of the criminals.
By tracking the criminals' vehicle through surveillance video, the police finally determined that the place where the criminals' vehicle disappeared was the T-junction where the provincial road and the rural road meet.
That village is a left-behind village. Most of the young and middle-aged people in the village have gone out to work, leaving only the elderly and children in the village. The street lights and surveillance cameras were installed many years ago. The street lights can still be used normally, but the surveillance cameras have long been broken. In addition, the village is not geographically remote. Although there are not many roads within the village, it is connected to other villages and can be said to be well-connected. The police who were tracking the criminals finally lost any trace of their vehicle here.
The police also visited and investigated the entire village, but because there was a lack of entertainment activities in the village and the elderly and children went to bed early, the answers they received were that they did vaguely hear a vehicle passing by at night, but no one came out to check, so they didn't know what the vehicle was doing or where it went.
This line of investigation cut off the clues, and the police later ruled out the possibility of a kidnapping case through Ning Xin's parents.
The police who subsequently handled the case suspected that it might be a revenge killing or a murder of passion, but they conducted a detailed investigation of Ning Xin's social relations, but ultimately found nothing.
Although Ning Xin has her own company, she only holds technical shares. The company has other partners, all of whom are her college classmates. One of them even has the same graduate supervisor as her. Whether in public or in private, according to the other two, there have not been any serious conflicts or disagreements. After all, the company's main business relies entirely on Ning Xin's technical support. In their own words, everyone in the company depends on Ning Xin for a living. In addition, due to her health condition, they have never had any arguments since they started working together.
Of course, all these statements were carefully verified by the police in charge of the case, and the suspicion of committing the crime was ruled out later.
After this, the police also considered the possibility of human trafficking, but after continuous investigation, they still found no clues.
The case had reached a dead end and there was nothing more to learn. However, the police, while repeatedly studying the surveillance videos before and after the incident, discovered a disguised figure of a wanted drug dealer near the residential area where Ning Xin lived. This gave them a new direction for investigation.
It’s a pity that although the fugitive drug trafficker was subsequently captured and several small drug trafficking gangs were arrested together with the anti-drug police team in Shangshuang City, no clues about the case were found.
Seeing this, Guan Xia finished reading all the case files. After closing them, she thought for a moment and asked Ji An, "Sister Ji, have you discovered anything in the four years since you resigned and have been investigating?"
Ji An shook his head with a somewhat gloomy look. "In the past two years, I was still considering human trafficking. I busted several human trafficking gangs, but I still couldn't find any trace of Ning Xin and Ning Ping'an. I couldn't even get a word from the captured human traffickers. After that, I repeatedly looked for a breakthrough in revenge killings, love killings, kidnappings, etc., but in the end, I found nothing."
Ji An paused for a moment before continuing, "As for the drug dealers' revenge, I started investigating it tentatively at the end of last year. Because it was too dangerous, I didn't dare to make any big moves. I've been investigating for more than half a year now, but I haven't found anything."
Guan Xia sighed and said, "It seems we can only start with the newly exhumed body. I wonder if Xu Nian will be able to see the autopsy report when he goes there today."
Another point is the recording, which was not long but not short either. Compared to the autopsy report, Guan Xia was more looking forward to this.
After reading the information and discussing for a while, the four of them packed their luggage separately and had dinner together. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening before Xu Nian and the others returned to the hotel with tired looks on their faces.
When Guan Xia received Xu Nian's call, he was sitting cross-legged on the bed, carefully studying the few pages of case materials.
Pang Le spent the whole afternoon looking at it but couldn't figure out anything, so he simply used mineral water bottles as dumbbells and did some basic exercises out of boredom.
Hearing the ringing of the phone, Pang Le was even more excited than Guan Xia. He jumped to Guan Xia's side and asked excitedly, "Quick, check if it's Xu Nian? He went to the police station responsible for the disappearance of Ning Xin and her daughter today. He must have got some clues, right? Then we can start work tomorrow. I really don't want to stay in the hotel. My arms and legs feel stiff from not being able to move around."
Guan Xia glanced sideways and saw that it was indeed Xu Nian, so she picked up her phone and said, "It's him. I guess there should be good news."
Sure enough, as soon as Guan Xia picked up the phone, she heard Xu Nian say, "Do you have time? Come to Wang Yu's room. We talked to our colleagues in Shangshuang City about the case we are investigating today, and they have made some new discoveries."
Guan Xia practically jumped off the bed and hurriedly replied, "We'll be waiting for you to come back when we have time. I'll call Sister Ji and the others over right away."
After hanging up the phone, Guan Xia was too lazy to change clothes, so she simply put on a thin jacket and knocked on Ji An and Zhong Xiaoyu's door in shorts and slippers. After the two came out, they went to Wang Yu's room together.
When they arrived, Xu Nian and the others were already inside, soaking their instant noodles. Seeing Guan Xia and the others come in, he said without waiting for questions, "The autopsy report is out, and the body has been found. We can now confirm that the deceased is Ning Xin. However, they dug near the spot where Ning Xin buried the body but couldn't find Ning Ping'an. Based on the time of death given by the forensic doctor and some wound marks, we can infer that Ning Xin must have died on the day she disappeared, and Ning Ping'an must have been taken away by the criminals."
Guan Xia hadn't expected this, and was a little surprised when she heard it. She then asked, "I heard from Sister Ji today that among the physical evidence the police found was an extremely important recording. The recording contained the voice of the suspect. Did you get the audio today? I'd like to listen to it."
Xu Nian said, "The case is still under investigation. No physical evidence can leave the police station, not even special physical evidence like recordings. However, I have asked my colleagues in Shangshuang City today, and we can go to the police station to listen to it tomorrow."
Guan Xia nodded. As long as she could hear it, it was fine. After all, it had been five years since the case happened, so she didn't care about this little time.
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