Chapter 79: Missing Girl Case (VIII) Catching the Suspect
Han Jianye analyzed: "Tao Xiaoni said that she smelled the smell of plaster on one of the men's shoulders the second time she got on the bus. We only need to focus our visits on the pharmacies and health centers near Anying Mountain and Lujing Mountain."
"Got it." Ye Bai and Qi Xiaolei answered in unison, then turned around and left without any reluctance, leaving very decisively.
Han Jianye looked at their backs as they walked away and turned to ask one of the investigators, "Do I look fierce?"
The investigator immediately shook his head. If he didn't answer this fatal question well, he would suffer the consequences. So he smiled and replied, "No, Captain Han is the best criminal police captain I have ever seen."
Han Jianye sighed, turned around and walked forward, muttering, "You can't even lie."
The investigator scratched the back of his head helplessly and said to himself, "Don't you know what your temper is like? You come to ask me again, and you're not happy again after I tell you."
Ye Bai and Qi Xiaolei were the first to go into a small clinic on the street to ask, but when they didn't get the results they wanted, they walked out the door and continued to their next target, going into any pharmacy they could find.
"Xiao Bai, aren't you always in a group with Team Han? Everyone says you two are partners."
"No." Ye Bai denied it very decisively.
Ye Bai was also helpless. Ever since he came to Zhunan Branch, he was often asked by Han Jianye to go out to do errands together, although he understood that he could not be picky about work.
( ￣) …
But deep down, he still felt that it was more comfortable to work with Su Wan and the others. At least he didn't have to face a time bomb all day long.
Qi Xiaolei looked at Ye Bai's confused expression and silently mourned for him for three minutes.
Because of Ye Bai's arrival, Han Jianye directly focused his attention on him as a newcomer, which took away a lot of their opportunities to be alone with Han Jianye.
Qi Xiaolei felt that it wasn’t that it was difficult to work with Han Jianye, but it would be perfect if he had a gentler temper. After all, he was so handsome and manly. (^_^)
Han Jianye walked into a chain drugstore and asked the cashier, "Excuse me, did a man come to buy plaster on the evening of September 9?"
After seeing the police ID Han Jianye showed, the cashier paused for a moment, then turned to a female pharmacist and asked, "Who is on duty on the evening of September 9th?"
"It's me." A short-haired female pharmacist answered.
Han Jianye asked her directly: "Do you remember that on the rainy night of September 9, a man came in to buy a plaster for his shoulder?"
The female pharmacist nodded and confirmed: "I remember, at 11:30 that night, I was about to close the store, and a man got out of a van and stopped me. He said that his shoulder was injured and he wanted to buy some medicine."
Han Jianye asked anxiously: "Do you still remember what he looks like? What did he buy?"
"I was deeply impressed by him," the pharmacist recalled. "He was wearing a raincoat and his rain boots were covered in mud. He even stepped on the cardboard at the door and it was dirty. He told me that he had injured his shoulder while doing heavy work and wanted to buy some medicine. I recommended him some active oil, plasters, and muscle and bone strengthening tablets, but he finally chose only a box of plasters and a box of painkillers. I told him that he needed to register his ID card to buy painkillers, but he just bought a box of plasters and left."
Han Jianye continued to ask: "Did you see his appearance clearly?"
The female pharmacist thought for a while and said, "He was wearing a blue raincoat and a mask. All I could see was that he had double eyes and thick eyebrows."
Then she added, "By the way, his fingers are clubbed. I also asked him with concern whether he had gone to the hospital to check his lungs or heart. He told me that he went to the People's Hospital for a check-up last month and there was a 5mm ground-glass shadow in the upper lobe of his right lung.
I think he is about 50 years old. I feel quite sorry for him. He may get off work so late because he does manual labor. I told him that ground glass nodules of 4-5 cm are low risk and mostly benign, and recommended that he have regular check-ups. He just nodded and left without saying anything. ”
Ye Bai and Qi Xiaolei just walked into the pharmacy and heard this conversation. They looked at each other, their shock was obvious.
So, the man who bought the plaster went to the People’s Hospital for a lung check-up last month?
Han Jianye asked the cashier to check the surveillance video on the night of September 9.
After getting the surveillance footage, they immediately rushed to Zhunan People's Hospital.
Ye Bai said, "Male, about 50 years old. He went to the hospital for a lung check last month and was found to have a 5mm ground-glass opacity in the upper lobe of the right lung. Captain Han, if you look for it based on these characteristics, you will definitely find it."
Han Jianye's eyes were fixed on the surveillance video on the mobile phone screen. This was a recording from 11:30 p.m. on September 9 that had just been transferred from the pharmacy's computer.
He said thankfully: "Fortunately we did not give up this clue. If it was two days later, these videos might have been automatically overwritten."
Ye Bai took the phone and watched the video carefully.
He thought to himself: Combined with the characteristics of the murderer provided by the female pharmacist, this information is completely consistent with his previous speculation - the murderer is most likely an adult male between 40 and 50 years old, with a low level of education and limited ideological cognition.
After learning the purpose of Han Jianye's visit, the hospital director actively cooperated with their investigation.
Through computer screening, a total of 13 patients who underwent lung examinations at the People's Hospital in August were found to have 5mm ground-glass shadows in the right upper lobe of the lung.
After excluding women and young men, there were only two people who met the characteristics of the murderer they were looking for: one was 48-year-old Chen Lie, and the other was 52-year-old Shen Lanshan. Both of them had detailed personal files in the hospital.
Qi Xiaolei turned to Han Jianye and asked, "Captain Han, what should we do next?"
Han Jianye answered decisively: "Let's go back to the police station first to prepare for the operation, and then go to their homes to arrest them at night. Regardless of whether they are suspects or not, they must be brought back to the police station for interrogation."
Director Zheng sat behind his desk, while Political Commissar Gao stood quietly by the window, both of them listening attentively to Han Jianye's report on the progress of the case.
Director Zheng gently extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and his eyes met Han Jianye's firmly. His voice was low and decisive: "In this case, what are we waiting for? Come to the door immediately and bring the person back for interrogation."
Ye Bai looked up at the night sky. The atmosphere tonight was unusually depressing. It was the time of the return of the south wind, and the air was filled with a damp smell. Countless flying ants were dancing wildly around the lights, so densely that it made people's scalps tingle.
It looks like another heavy rain is coming.
Han Jianye walked out of the director's office with a serious expression. Tonight they will be divided into two groups to start the door-to-door arrest operation.
Under the cover of night, the two teams launched their operations in a mighty and silent manner.
Ye Bai was assigned to the action team led by Han Jianye. Sitting in the car, he was carefully wiping his pistol. Their target this time was the suspect's residence.