Chapter 248 Major Discovery
When Zhou Yi rushed to Donghai Community, in addition to Shi Tao and He Bin, Miao Cheng and his men were also there.
Miao Cheng was very happy to see his old friend Zhou Yi, but he was confused and uneasy about the fact that the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment had suddenly set its sights on the Donghai Community.
"Zhou Yi, is there any other information that needs to be supplemented in Zhang Hui's case?" Miao Cheng asked.
"Captain Shi didn't tell Officer Miao?" Zhou Yi asked.
Shi Tao was amused: "I was waiting for you to tell me. I was afraid that if I told you, you would scare Lao Miao to death."
Not long ago, when the whole city was searching for Long Zhiqiang and his gang, Miao Cheng discovered the van, so he met Shi Tao.
"What's going on?" Miao Cheng looked at Zhou Yi eagerly.
"The body parts recovered from the community's septic tank last time may have contained tissue from another person. We suspect there's more than one dismemberment case in the Donghai community. And the other one may have happened even earlier than the Zhang Hui case."
After hearing this, Miao Cheng widened his eyes in disbelief.
"Is this... not wrong?"
Zhou Yi shook his head and talked about the new DNA testing laboratory built by the provincial department.
He was not sure what the first case was after the DNA laboratory of the provincial department was built and put into use in his previous life, but it was obviously the double dismemberment case in Donghai Community.
Miao Cheng was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only say, "Anyway, with Officer Zhou here, this case will definitely be solved. It will definitely be solved."
Before Zhou Yi arrived, Shi Tao and his team had already done a lot of verification on several suspicious individuals from yesterday.
Mainly from Miao Cheng and the neighborhood committee.
First, there was the middle-aged couple. Although they had already gone to work, He Bin found the only scrap recycling station near the community and confirmed that the couple had indeed been selling iron scrap to him for a long time.
At first, I took them to his recycling station to sell them. Later, we became familiar with each other and I would ask him to pick them up at my house every time. This frequency was about once every two or three months, and it had been going on for at least two or three years.
He Bin asked him, have you ever thought that these iron blocks you collected were stolen?
The recycling station owner said confidently: "What? It's written on it. It's not gold. How would I know where it came from?"
In fact, both the seller and the buyer are well aware of this kind of thing.
After Shi Tao learned about this, he was actually not that surprised, after all, Zhou Yi was right.
What he meant was that the police station should handle such matters so as not to waste their energy.
Then there was the widow. Miao Cheng had an impression of her because he had responded to a call late one night while on duty.
It was not the young widow who called the police, but the widow's next-door neighbor.
Because two men were fighting in front of the young widow's house in the middle of the night, and blood was seen.
The neighbors were afraid that someone might die, so they quickly called the police.
When Miao Cheng and his colleagues arrived, they found three people at the scene: a sexy young widow, a shirtless man wearing a big gold chain, and a man with a flat head and bleeding from his head.
Miao Cheng immediately took the three people back, and when he asked them, his three views were shattered.
Both of them claimed to be the young widow's boyfriend, but Miao Cheng discovered that both of them were married.
The man with the big gold chain is a small self-employed boss in his early forties. He is usually generous and is like a young widow supported by his money. He comes to spend the night with her every now and then.
The young man with the flat head was the young widow's poker buddy, and they had hooked up after a few visits. He was younger than the young boss, better looking, and had better physical strength, and he had just gotten married.
Neither of the two men knew of the other's existence. The young widow had always managed their time very well. One provided money, the other provided emotional value and other things, and they lived in peace.
But when it comes to a game with three people, the most frightening thing is a sudden surprise.
On that day, the flat-headed guy's wife went back to her parents' home temporarily. The lonely guy thought of looking for the young widow to give her a surprise.
As a result, when I knocked on the door and it opened, the surprise turned into shock.
The elder brother and the younger guy started fighting after just a few words of disagreement.
Miao Cheng was quite surprised, but he could only mediate the situation as if it was a fight, not prostitution. After all, neither keeping a mistress nor adultery was illegal, they were just immoral.
But for these three people, morality doesn't matter.
As for the old man with the pot lid on his head, Director Chen of the neighborhood committee said that the old man was indeed a little weird and superstitious about qigong. He was often angry with the old lady, and when he was angry, he would tell people that the old lady was dead.
Finally, the neighborhood committee found the phone number left by the old couple's daughter and confirmed after inquiring that the old lady had indeed gone to her own home after her parents had quarreled.
As for the mother and daughter, Director Chen said that he only knew that the family had been divorced for a long time. The woman worked in a plastic factory and was usually tough and had a strong desire to control. It was common for her to scold her daughter.
My daughter should be in her second year of high school this year, about seventeen years old, and she is studying at Xiangyang Middle School not far away.
Director Chen said that apart from the fact that this family usually scolds their children harshly, he has not heard of anything else happening.
After eliminating them one by one, the most suspicious one is only Room 201 in Building 30.
Director Chen said he had no impression of this household.
Miao Cheng found the landlord of the house through the information in the institute and contacted him.
However, the landlord said that he worked in another province and his family came with him. He only came back to Hongcheng during the holidays. He had no idea about the tenant's situation and usually paid the rent through bank transfer.
However, he provided the other party's name and ID number, which was consistent with the information previously registered.
The tenant is Yuan Shuai, 28 years old, and is from Cannes next door.
Apart from this, there is no other information.
Before Zhou Yi came, Shi Tao, He Bin and Miao Cheng were discussing what to do next.
"Does the landlord agree to us breaking into the house?" Zhou Yi asked.
Shi Tao said: "I didn't say I disagreed, but the landlord meant that if nothing was found and the tenant quit, we would have to compensate him."
Zhou Yi understood as soon as he heard it. So that's what was going on.
In theory, under normal circumstances, if the police cause property losses to citizens during the investigation, they can seek compensation from the public security organs, but this type of claim is direct compensation, such as breaking a door when breaking it, or damaging a roadside vehicle while chasing a fugitive, etc.
However, if the tenant cancels the lease due to an inspection, the possibility of compensation for this indirect loss is very small.
This landlord is quite shrewd. He knew that the dismemberment case in Donghai Community would definitely make it difficult to rent a house in the future. If the tenant had moved out on their own, he would have had no objection, but now he is trying to blame the police.
Zhou Yi knew that there was a saying that "the crying child gets the milk". As long as he was noisy and fussy enough, the higher-ups would most likely compromise in order to calm the impact, and then the police below would have to learn a lot of regulatory materials.
Zhou Yi said, "Captain Shi, why don't we just hire a locksmith instead of breaking the door? The landlord has already agreed to let us in, and all he wants is compensation for his losses. So, let's just take a look. It won't cause much damage, right? As for the tenant, if he really hasn't broken the law, let him file a complaint. Otherwise, wasting time like this isn't a solution."
The reason why Zhou Yi said this was mainly because he was certain that there must be something wrong in this house. Which good person would rent a house and make it so dark and gloomy?
Shi Tao nudged Zhou Yi with his elbow and said, "You have a bright future, boy. You're much more flexible than Old Wu. Sometimes you have to let go of the rules when handling cases. It's not easy to do everything by the rules."
The two of them agreed and didn't delay any longer. They asked Miao Cheng to find a locksmith, because most regular locksmiths are registered with the police station.
The master arrived soon, but he was visibly nervous as he was surrounded by several policemen.
"Don't be nervous. This is legal and has the landlord's permission. Be steady." Shi Tao encouraged.
The master smiled awkwardly, and then with a click, the door lock was opened.
Suddenly, everyone smelled a turbid odor.
But it was not the rotten smell that one might imagine, but rather the stale smell that came from a long period of lack of air circulation, mixed with some indescribable smell.
Zhou Yi instantly thought of the tomb, and wondered if it felt the same when the tomb robbers opened the door.
The room was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. Shi Tao reached out and touched the light switch.
When the lights came on, the situation in the room made everyone immediately understand what this place was for.
This two-bedroom, one-living room house was actually converted into a small casino.
Not only is there a Paramount poker table similar to the one in the casino, but there are also several slot machines.
A few people walked around the house and found that in addition to the various props used for gambling in the living room, there was actually a wall of football match information, a huge odds table, and a TV in one of the bedrooms.
The interior of the entire house has also undergone special modifications. It is not just as simple as sealing all the windows, but also wrapping the walls with a layer of sound-absorbing cotton.
"These things are not simple. There is even professional football betting." Shi Tao said, patting a slot machine.
"Captain Shi, these devices are not something that ordinary people can get," said Zhou Yi.
Gambling seems to be very common, but it is actually quite different from what the public perceives.
Generally, playing cards in a chess and card room or with relatives and friends and winning or losing a little is not considered gambling at all.
Only when large amounts of money are gambled by multiple people for the purpose of profit, and the winners take a high commission, is it considered illegal gambling in a group.
"Yes, this Yuan Shuai is worth investigating carefully," said Shi Tao.
This person is no ordinary person as he can open a casino in a residential area without being discovered.
It was obvious that this person left in a hurry and did not take any equipment with him. It was most likely because he was scared away by the police who were attracted by the Zhang Hui case.
This level of vigilance is quite high, but in this case there is no question of whether to cancel the lease or not. According to regulations, the landlord still has to come back to take a statement.
But it also means that all the suspicious clues that were found after a day of hard work yesterday have been broken.
Later, they could only run around to investigate the relocated residents who had been found.
But nothing of value was discovered.
Seeing that the day was almost over, around 3:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Yi received a call from Xu Nian.
"Zhou Yi, please come back soon. Elder Qin has finished the autopsy and has made some important discoveries."
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