Chapter 105 Back to the Original Place
The entire municipal bureau almost stayed awake all night.
When the sky was just beginning to lighten, Wu Yongcheng convened the second case analysis meeting for the "March 13 Major Dismemberment Case".
Everyone had a tired expression on their face.
The canteen delivered hot porridge and buns, but no one was in the mood to eat.
After a night of hard work, Jiang Biao and his men found a large number of bones, but after a forensic examination, they believed that at least half of the bones were still missing.
They found out that two days ago, the neighboring city had opened the floodgates to release water for flood prevention work.
It just so happens that the upstream of two of these rivers is the big river in the neighboring city.
It was most likely washed away.
Wu Yongben had already ordered that all available police forces in the surrounding area be mobilized after daybreak to continue expanding the search scope.
As a result, this order was rejected by Xie Guoqiang.
The reason was that the city believed that a large-scale search would easily cause panic among the people.
Things have come to this point, and even if Wu Yongcheng is unhappy, there is nothing he can do.
"Let the forensic doctor first tell us about the autopsy results," said Wu Yongcheng.
Just as Xu Nian was about to stand up, Wu Yongcheng held her hand down, motioning her to sit down and talk.
"Alright, Captain Wu, the forensic doctor has performed autopsies on the body parts recovered from the Donghai residential complex, the bones found during the search, and the bone fragments Zhou Yi found at the auto repair shop."
"It is certain that all three are from the same body. The most complete one is the skull fragment, and the best preserved are the other parts of the body that have been discovered. The body parts are in the worst condition."
"We extracted blood from the human tissue inside the skull and compared it with Zhang Hui's medical records, and found that the blood type was consistent."
"Teacher Song is trying to restore the deceased's facial features, but it is very difficult."
Wu Yongcheng asked: "Can the cause of death of the deceased be determined?"
Xu Nian shook his head. "In this case, we can't determine the cause of death. Based on the suspect's confession you provided, we tried to find signs of mechanical asphyxiation. But unfortunately, we couldn't find any."
"Thank you for your hard work." Although Wu Yongcheng did not know anything about autopsies, he understood that forensic doctors were not omnipotent after seeing this level of dismemberment.
"Oh, by the way, we extracted something from one of the deceased's stomachs, but because it was contaminated, the testing is progressing slowly."
Then, it was Qiao Jiali's turn.
"I had the technical department perform a preliminary analysis on the rope found in Xu Jiaguang's bedroom. They found blood and male body fluids. The blood didn't match Zhang Hui's blood type, so we initially suspect it...belongs to Xu Xinxin."
Everyone present except Zhou Yi and Wu Yongcheng was stunned.
"But we don't have Xu Xinxin's blood type information. We'll take it and test it after the child wakes up."
Wu Yongcheng said, "Find a female doctor. In addition to doing a blood test and examining the injuries on her body, she should also examine Xu Xinxin's other organs."
"Okay." Qiao Jiali nodded solemnly.
"Zhou Yi, do you have anything to say?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
Zhou Yi folded his arms over his chest and shook his head silently.
Wu Yongcheng remained calm and raised his voice, saying, "Everyone, we now have reason to suspect that this was a premeditated and extremely vicious case of homicide and dismemberment. However, our biggest difficulty right now is that we lack the crucial evidence to prove that the murderer committed intentional homicide."
"Because the murderer's confession was manslaughter, it was accidental killing. I don't care what the procuratorate and the court will ultimately decide on, but my only request is that this manslaughter case report not be handed over to the police!"
"So we must find irrefutable evidence that Xu Jiaguang committed intentional homicide and ensure this cunning murderer receives the justice he deserves! Do you understand?"
Everyone present said in unison: "I understand!"
After the meeting, Wu Yongcheng walked over to Zhou Yi and said, "Come out with me for a cigarette."
"Okay." Zhou Yi stretched and followed Wu Yongcheng.
The sky has brightened and pedestrians begin to appear in groups of three or two on the road, heralding the official start of a new day.
There was a cool chill in the air.
Zhou Yi sniffed: "It seems like it's going to rain soon."
Wu Yongcheng took out a Daqianmen cigarette, pulled out two, and handed one to Zhou Yi.
The two men lit cigarettes, squatted on the side of the road and started smoking, just like two migrant workers.
Occasionally, someone would pass by on a bicycle, and I couldn't help but take a look, wondering what they were doing squatting on the curb smoking so early in the morning.
"Captain Wu, I think we've been a bit too hasty since we salvaged the body parts."
"How can we not be anxious about such a serious case? In some ways, this case is even worse than Zhu Xuejun's. The harm in Zhu Xuejun's case, while enormous, was hidden and unknown to the public. As long as it is handled properly, it will not cause social panic."
"But this case will soon become a hot topic and known to everyone. If we don't solve it quickly, the public opinion alone will be enough to put us in a terrible situation. Not to mention the pressure from above."
"I understand this. I mean it's too hasty. I'm referring to our own pace of handling cases."
Zhou Yi lowered his head and found a pile of dried dog shit in front of him. He quickly moved like a duck.
"Go on." Wu Yongcheng asked when he saw that he didn't respond.
"Oh, that's right. I think we need to slow down, go back to the source, and rethink this case."
Without saying anything, Wu Yongcheng picked up a branch at his feet and handed it to Zhou Yi: "Okay, let's stroke it now."
Zhou Yi took the branch and drew a line on the ground.
Then he circled one end of the line and said, "Let's say this line is the case, and the point that triggered the case is the motive for the crime."
"Xu Jiaguang confessed that it was manslaughter, so there was no motive for the crime. But now we have determined that he committed murder, so the motive for the crime naturally exists. So we have to go back to the starting point."
"The motives for murder are nothing more than love killing, money killing, revenge killing and rape killing."
Zhou Yi wrote one, two, three, four on the ground.
"Let's rule out rape and murder first. The motive for rape and murder is to prevent the victim from resisting or exposing the crime during the rape crime. That doesn't apply here."
Zhou Yi crossed out four.
"Then there's the possibility of a murder of passion. I think that's highly unlikely, as the main triggers of a murder of passion are infidelity, betrayal, and jealousy. However, the two were first lovers remarrying, and preliminary investigations have revealed no evidence of any romantic entanglement between them or a third party. At most, Xu Jiaguang's child support payments sparked discontent with Zhang Hui."
Zhou Yi crossed out another one.
"I think a vendetta isn't out of the question. It could be a possible line of inquiry. We can look into whether there's been a long-standing conflict between Xu Jiaguang and Zhang Hui, and whether anything has happened recently that has triggered this grudge. It certainly isn't Zhang Hui's inability to have children. After all, she was 42 when her uterus was removed, and whether she could have another son was unknown."
Zhou Yi circled three.
"As for the last one about wealth and killing..." Zhou Yi immediately thought of his second uncle's family.
"Check to see if Xu Jiaguang gambles regularly."
Zhou Yi said as he inserted the branch in his hand into the word "two".
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