Chapter 77: Missing Girl Case (VI) The Third Body
At daybreak, Han Jianye and Ye Bai took Tao Xiaoni to help her find the way. Half an hour later, they finally found the banana field where she was hiding.
Tao Xiaoni recalled what happened that night again and still felt creepy.
As soon as they arrived at the banana field, they caught a glimpse of an unnamed mountain not far ahead.
As they saw, there were still some broken glass fragments on the road that had been crushed by cars.
It seems that Tao Xiaoni did not lie. The debris should be left by her smashing the car window.
Han Jianye felt that Tao Xiaoni would not be able to run far that night, so a large group of people led 6 police dogs forward, aiming for the halfway point of the mountain.
Mai Shaozhen followed behind Ye Bai and said, "Xiaobai, I think your speculation is very scary. It's a new society now. How can there still be people doing such superstitious things? And even sacrificing living people?"
"Sister Shaozhen, the world is so big that nothing is impossible. Everyone grows up in a different environment, and their mindsets are different. I tend to think the murderer is an older male, estimated to be between 40 and 50 years old. They don't have much education, and their cognition is not high. They are easily brainwashed by certain people or things to do something illegal."
The reason why Ye Bai thought so was that he thought of Wen Yuexi who was previously in the Qiyang Branch. Her sister's ashes were stolen for a ghost marriage.
Guided by the police dogs' keen sense of smell, they quickly followed the stench and headed straight to the mountainside.
Han Jianye and his team followed closely behind, running all the way. When their eyes looked over the hill, they finally found a female corpse hanging from a treetop.
The body was badly decomposed and gave off a sickening stench, which is why the police dog suddenly accelerated as it approached.
Standing under the tree, they looked up and stared at the female corpse. Han Jianye frowned, thinking to himself: If my guess is correct, then this female corpse is most likely Xiao Xiu Yu mentioned by Tao Xiaoni, and the unidentified female corpse found in Lu Jingshan should be Song Yingying.
Ye Bai walked up to Han Jianye and whispered, "Captain Han, I have an idea. Tao Xiaoni's escape that night means one of the four people is missing, which means that the plan that night failed. The murderer must have realized that the matter will be exposed sooner or later, and I am worried that they may escape early."
Just then, Han Jianye's cell phone rang. It was Liao Wei calling.
"Captain Han, we checked the street surveillance video leading into Anming Village and found a suspicious unlicensed white van. According to surveillance tracking, this van also appeared on the national highway in Lujing Mountain, and it was driving at an unusually fast speed. The footage captured by the camera shows that the driver was wearing a mask and his facial features could not be identified, but judging from his body shape, he should be a man."
"Keep looking and see where they ended up going."
"Got it, Captain Han."
Mai Shaozhen used his hands to brush away the maggots on the dead man's face, then carefully examined the knot on his neck and sighed, "Like the previous two dead, he was strangled to death. How pitiful."
With that, they prepared to carry the dead into the body bag.
Han Jianye and his team searched the forest and found nothing unusual.
What made them feel even more incredible was that the direction of this unnamed mountain was indeed northwest.
This echoes Ye Bai's speculation that there was a girl hanged on each of the four mountains in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest.
On the way back, Han Jianye looked solemn. "The leaders attach great importance to this murder case and asked us to solve it within a time limit. We don't know what the murderer's next plan is? Are there other victims who were killed in corners we can't see? The longer we delay, the more disadvantageous it will be for us to solve the next case."
After hearing this, Ye Bai fell into a brief contemplation. The current investigation phase had come to a standstill. The third body had been found today, and it was unknown whether there would be a fourth.
Fortunately, this incident has not been widely reported by the media, otherwise it would surely cause panic in society.
The leadership put pressure on the police to solve the case within a deadline, not only to bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible, but also to send a warning to potential criminals: justice may be late, but it will never be absent.
They must do their utmost to ensure social peace and justice.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai turned around and asked Tao Xiaoni: "Do you remember where the hut where you were locked up is?"
Tao Xiaoni shook her head in confusion. "I don't know. I didn't pay attention. Besides, when they took us into the car, it was very dark and it was raining heavily. The visibility outside was almost zero."
Han Jianye then asked: "In the hut where you were imprisoned, did you hear any sounds coming from outside? For example, the sound of a car horn or the roar of a machine, any sound is possible."
Ye Bai also added: "Or, have you smelled any unusual smells coming in from outside? Any clues may be helpful to us."
"Unusual smell?" Tao Xiaoni repeated Ye Bai's words and lowered her head into deep thought.
Han Jianye and Ye Bai exchanged expectant glances. Seeing Tao Xiaoni deep in thought, a glimmer of hope ignited in their hearts.
Their car was not in a hurry to leave the nameless mountain. Instead, they slowed down, opened the windows, and drove slowly along the road near the mountain.
They hoped that in this way, they could help Tao Xiaoni recall any details of that night, or capture any strange smells she had smelled, so as to determine the exact location of the room where they were held, and quickly determine who the murderer was.
After driving along the road for a circle, the car continued to drive towards the suburbs.
However, Tao Xiaoni still did not recall anything about the past.
At present, the only clue they have is that the murderer may be two men between 175 and 178 cm tall, and no one has seen their faces or heard their voices.
Suddenly, Tao Xiaoni exclaimed: "I remember it!"
Han Jianye immediately asked: "What do you remember?"
Tao Xiaoni replied excitedly: "When Xiao Xiuyu and I were taken into the car, I noticed that one of the men had a strong smell of plaster on his shoulder."
Han Jianye narrowed his eyes and asked in confusion, "What does the plaster smell like?"
Tao Xiaoni nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the smell is very strong, as if it is a newly applied plaster. I remember that when I was first brought to the cabin, there was no smell of plaster on the man."
Tao Xiaoni's words aroused Ye Bai's speculation.
He turned to Han Jianye and whispered, "The four of them were imprisoned in the hut, and the murderer took Huang Xiantian and Song Yingying away first. Is it possible that when they were carrying the dead up the mountain or hanging the dead, one of them accidentally pulled her shoulder, so on the rainy night of September 9, the murderer went to a nearby pharmacy to buy ointment and applied it?"