"I guess there will be a few more teams leaving tomorrow." Captain Zhao brought some food and sat at Bai Song's table.
"It's New Year's Day after all." Bai Song said, "Who will be in charge here tomorrow?"
"I am still in charge, who else can it be?" Captain Zhao smiled slightly.
"I looked at the rest schedule and it's your day off tomorrow."
The next day, Lin and others from the Municipal Bureau came to the meeting and then went back. Later, when the superiors first came to lead, Lin came out again. After that, it was always Deputy Captain Wei who was here. Wei was not always here. He did not come today.
There is not much to investigate in this case. Even the deputy director of the Xingang Branch is not always here. Captain Zhao is the most direct manager.
"If the guests don't leave, the host will feel uneasy." Captain Zhao said in a low voice.
"Eh?" Bai Song was stunned. Was Captain Zhao referring to them?
"Do you think I was like this when you were here?" Captain Zhao poured himself a glass of wine. "Come on, I hope this case can be successfully completed. It would be best if it is completed in our own hands."
"Thank you, Captain Zhao," Bai Song raised his cup, and Liu Shuyuan, Sun Jie and Wang Huadong immediately picked up their cups as well.
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Everyone knew what the case was about. Simply put, there was no direction for investigation. Zhao Detachment naturally hoped that someone could solve the problem or find the problem, but Tianhua City was not a pushover, and sending more people might not be helpful.
Bai Yulong had also gone out of the province to participate in some cases, but none of them were solved in the end.
Captain Zhao’s meaning was very clear. Xingang District and the Municipal Bureau were one family after all, and it was their own business no matter what. With so many outsiders here, Captain Zhao would not rest even if anyone else did.
"You've worked hard these past two days." Captain Zhao clinked paper cups with everyone else and said, "Actually, I know you've been busy these past two days, too."
"This is your territory after all." Bai Song sighed, "We checked a lot of small clues separately, but in the end, we didn't find anything new."
"You guys are all great, and you are really suitable for the stage of the Municipal Bureau. Seeing you, I want to find an opportunity for my son to learn more from you." Captain Zhao said, "Call me if you have anything. I'll go greet the guests first."
Bai Song found it novel to see so many people from other provinces, but Captain Zhao had seen a lot of them, so there was nothing wrong with calling these people guests.
However, just as Captain Zhao stood up, the phone rang.
After listening to a few words, Captain Zhao asked, "Can't we just send this matter to the police station?"
Then, after a few more words were spoken on the phone, Captain Zhao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll see who else is there."
It was New Year's Day, and there had been too many shifts in the past few days. Most people were now on leave, and a few were on business trips. Captain Zhao thought about it and decided to make a phone call and ask the office staff to arrange for a few people in the unit to gather in the cafeteria.
"What's the matter? Are you free to tell me?" Seeing that Captain Zhao seemed to have something to do, Bai Song took the initiative to ask.
"A woman posted on WeChat Moments saying she didn't want to live anymore, and then left home. Her family called the police." Captain Zhao said, "During this special period, the General Affairs Office called me directly."
This is indeed a special period, January 1st, and there are so many people from other departments here, so we must pay great attention to it. Otherwise, if someone dies, it will be very troublesome to determine the cause of death. On weekdays, suicide cases are basically investigated by the police station, especially those that are threatened.
"Everyone is on break. We have nothing to do and can help." Bai Song said, "Captain Zhao, we are your people."
Captain Zhao was about to refuse, but after hearing the second half of his sentence, he thanked him, "Thank you very much. From what I have learned, the girl's parents said she might have committed suicide by jumping into the sea. Several police stations along the coast have already sent people there, but the coastline is so long, we have to go and fill in the gaps."
"No problem," Bai Song said, "He's not a suspect, so he probably won't hide from surveillance. Let's check the video as soon as possible, maybe we can find out his approximate location."
After saying that, Bai Song could only go and call out Wang Liang, who he had been chatting with for a long time.
Comrades from other places saw that there seemed to be changes and thought that there was a breakthrough in the case, so they came over to ask. Captain Zhao could only give a general explanation.
Without saying much, the four of them drove off without Wang Liang.
Wang Liang was assigned to the monitoring room in the jurisdiction.
The police station has conducted a preliminary investigation and found that the woman took a taxi after she came out and the driver has been contacted. The woman did get off the car near Donggang.
This place is one kilometer away from the sea, and the coastline here is almost 10 kilometers long. Theoretically, it could be the place where the woman jumped into the sea. Judging from the time, it's a bit late now, but the police station people have already arrived.
The police station personnel rode two motorcycles directly and started to investigate along the pedestrian path next to the coastline. So far, no one has been seen jumping into the sea, and no bodies have been found.
It gets dark quickly in winter, and it is already completely dark at this time. If the person who wants to commit suicide just wants to die, it is really difficult to help him.
If someone really wants to die, they will just jump when they get the chance. It is impossible for tens of thousands of police officers to surround the coastline hand in hand.
"What is this person thinking? Why jump into the sea on New Year's Day?" Wang Huadong muttered, "Isn't it better to live a good life?"
"Let's find the person first. Judging from the situation in the group, this woman has nothing to do with Xiao. Previously, the leader was worried that the murderer committed suicide out of fear of punishment, but now it can be basically determined that it is not the case. But since she has come out, we should find her." Bai Song said, "If she really wanted to die, she would definitely hide from police uniforms and police cars. We are all in plain clothes and driving a car with a local license plate. Maybe it is easiest to find her. You can all remember the photos, right?"
"I can draw them all." Wang Huadong sighed: "New Year's Day..."
"The more days like this happen, the more likely someone will not be able to endure it." Bai Song stopped the car on the side of the road and said, "Huadong, you get off first. Follow the assignment just now and split up. The suicidal person may have seen the police motorcycle and started to hide. We should also search the nearby woods."
The trees on the beach are basically pine trees and evergreen coniferous trees. The woman was wearing light-colored clothes, so it was really hard to find her at night.
Before coming, Bai Song analyzed that if the person in question walked towards the beach from where he got off the car and retreated after seeing the police car, considering his mood at the time, he would definitely avoid the area with guardrails and sidewalks because motorcycles can be ridden in this area.
From here, it’s three kilometers to the left and seven kilometers to the right.
Common sense would say the person would go to the left, but if the person who is suicidal is seeking death and wants to stay away from human society, he or she is more likely to choose the right path.
The other policemen were mostly checking the left side, with four people deployed one kilometer apart.
In this forest, it was impossible for the woman to move more than four kilometers in more than half an hour.
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