Chapter 371 Searching for the Head
Zhou Yi really wanted to provide key information, but he didn't know what reason to use.
Although everyone present was from the Third Brigade, and he had just returned from Anyuan, he was not a suspect.
But he still didn't know how to explain his "foresight".
He shook his head and said, "Captain Wu, I don't have any ideas. Let's start a comprehensive search, centering on the first bag of body parts we found. I think the focus should be on trash cans, garbage dumps, and corners of flower beds."
Wu Yongcheng didn't notice anything unusual and nodded, saying, "Yes, Zhou Yi is right. So, Zhou Yi and Chen Yan, the two of you will follow Biaozi's instructions. Biaozi has extensive experience organizing large-scale searches. Regarding the mobilization of the first team and the deployment of grassroots police officers, you will handle it yourself."
"Xiao Qiao, stay with me. First, we'll check the missing persons list we compiled earlier. Second, we'll check the recent missing persons report records with the command center to see if there are any suspicious circumstances."
Wu Yongcheng clapped his hands and said, "Act immediately and find all the other body parts as soon as possible. Only when we can determine the identity of the deceased as soon as possible can we start the investigation."
"yes!"
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May 1st, 7:20 am.
Zhou Yi stood on the bank of Nansha River, where the bag of body parts was found last night.
According to the on-site investigation, the bag of body parts was not salvaged from the river by fishermen as in the previous life, but was washed ashore and stranded and discovered by passers-by.
This is normal. As time changes, the person who discovers the bag will naturally change as well.
But what remains unchanged is the location where the body was dumped, Nansha River.
Jiang Biao and Chen Yan walked along the riverbank, one north and one south, looking around. Jiang Biao returned to his original position and said, "I plan to call a salvage team and then use a dragnet to intercept the fish downstream."
This operation is the same as in the previous life, but the result is nothing.
"Brother Biao, I don't think it's necessary." Zhou Yi said.
"Why?"
Zhou Yi remembered that in the files of the grand case in the previous life, Wu Yongcheng had put forward an opinion after the initial salvage efforts were unsuccessful.
This is because among the eleven locations where body parts were found, only the bag salvaged from the Nansha River was in the water, while the others were in hidden corners such as trash cans or sewers.
Wu Yongcheng believes that the first bag found should also be the first bag where the body was thrown.
When the murderer dumped the body, he may have thought that the bag would sink to the bottom, but the bag did not sink to the bottom, or it may have floated up after sinking to the bottom.
One characteristic of the Nansha River is that although the surface of the water appears calm, the water flow is actually not slow.
After throwing the body into the first bag, the murderer found that the situation was not what he had imagined, so he gave up the plan to continue throwing the body into the river. Instead, he scattered the packaging and threw it into the trash can or garbage dump.
A piece of meat weighing about one pound and wrapped in a black garbage bag is not conspicuous in the trash can.
If there were no scavengers, the sanitation workers who normally recycle garbage would not carefully pick up the garbage, but would directly transport it back for processing.
So this point has not changed in this life.
Moreover, the method of cutting body parts in this life is different from that in the previous life. The volume of single human tissue pieces is smaller and the weight is lighter. Even if the total weight remains unchanged, the buoyancy will be greater after being thrown into the water, so they will be washed ashore and stranded.
Zhou Yi used this logic to explain to Jiang Biao that throwing the body into the river might be the murderer's mistake, and suggested that manpower be concentrated on searching the trash can.
Jiang Biao thought it made sense and adopted it immediately.
Subsequently, a large number of police officers from the Criminal Investigation Detachment arrived one after another. Jiang Biao began to search outwards, starting with the location where the body parts were found as the center.
At the same time, all grassroots police stations in Nanming District were notified to organize police forces to conduct carpet searches within their respective jurisdictions, and the police stations were required to keep the search matters and targets strictly confidential.
Zhou Yi then realized that the only work he "participated" in the grand case in his previous life was arranged by Jiang Biao.
"Why don't you two each lead a team and we divide the area?" Jiang Biao said.
Chen Yan nodded.
But Zhou Yi shook his head. "Brother Biao, I've only been working for a short time and don't have much experience in searches. I'm afraid I can't lead a team. Otherwise, I'll just take a look by myself, just in case I find anything."
Zhou Yi's original intention was that it would be more convenient for him to act alone and search for other body parts, especially in a sewer somewhere on Daguan Street.
In the previous life, Lu Xiaoshuang’s head was there.
If nothing unexpected happens, the other body parts will be found one after another during the normal large-scale search today and tomorrow, and there is no need for him to intervene specifically.
Only the deceased's head was discovered because the sewer was blocked.
Jiang Biao misunderstood, thinking Zhou Yi was still upset about the joke in the office, and said with a smile: "Zhou Yi, I was really just joking this morning."
Zhou Yi also knew that he had misunderstood, and quickly said, "Brother Biao, don't get me wrong. I'm not that petty. I simply don't have any experience. Don't let it affect everyone else. After all, everyone in the detachment is my senior."
"Okay, then you can do whatever you want. If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that you haven't even been working for a full year."
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Half an hour later, Zhou Yi stood at the intersection of Daguan Street.
This street is considered to be a relatively famous restaurant street in the vicinity, with old restaurants such as fly-infested restaurants on both sides.
There are usually a lot of people there. After the deceased's head was found, the police checked and inquired about all the shops on the street, focusing on whether they had found any suspicious persons.
Because the head of a deceased person is not a piece of meat in a garbage bag, which is not so inconspicuous.
But unfortunately, not only were there no valuable discoveries, there were even cases of deliberate misleading of the police.
The reason is very simple. They want to use the police to scare or even deal with those who have grudges against them.
The key point is that there are many such cases. The most outrageous one is that a waitress reported her boss to the police with full confidence, saying that he killed someone in the kitchen and took out the dead person's head and threw it away.
The investigators were shocked and immediately took control of the restaurant owner. Then a large number of police officers cordoned off the restaurant and conducted a large-scale on-site investigation, but found nothing.
At the last trial, the waitress admitted that she had lied and was holding a grudge against her boss.
The reason for her hatred was simply outrageous. It was because one time she secretly took two chicken legs and wanted to take them back to give to her son, but her boss found out and said a few words to her, and she started to hate him.
But the fact is that although the boss criticized her at the time, he still let her take the chicken leg away.
And, what’s even more speechless is that this happened more than a year ago.
The boss had long forgotten about it and even gave the aunt a raise during that time.
But the aunt was still brooding over it and always remembered the grudge.
After learning the truth, the police wanted to hold the aunt accountable for legal responsibility. However, the aunt felt that the police must have accepted bribes from her boss and were deliberately trying to harm her.
There are countless similar things.
I can only sigh helplessly that sometimes human nature is really a very complicated thing.
In addition to the fact that no witnesses spotted any suspicious persons, there was another problem, which was the manhole cover for sewage discharge.
At that time, the police investigated all the sewer structures in and around Daguan Street and found that these sewers were not originally used for sewage disposal, but for drainage.
No one knows when it became a sewage discharge port.
I only know that many shops on Daguan Street dump their kitchen waste directly into the nearby sewer inlet to save trouble.
It's not an isolated case, but has basically become an unwritten rule that every family does.
As a result, the manhole covers near Daguan Street are basically half-open, because this is to make it easier for them to dump garbage.
This caused great trouble to the investigation work.
Originally, moving the manhole cover and disposing of the body would be a rather conspicuous act.
But the result was that when passing by, they would just throw the dead person's head in without stopping.
Anyway, a large amount of sewage will be dumped in and washed away later.
If it weren't for the blockage and pollution report, it is unknown when the deceased's head would be found.
Zhou Yi stood at the intersection of Daguan Street. Although it was morning, there were still many people on the street.
Because those restaurants are all based on the idea of making as much money as possible, there are breakfast stalls at the door, selling buns, fried dough sticks, pancakes and everything else.
The fundamental reason why Daguan Street has good business and many restaurants is that there is a large old residential area nearby, which is home to a large number of local people.
There will be consumption only when there is a population, but at the same time, it is also easier for people to take advantage of the situation.
After standing here, Zhou Yi realized that it seemed a bit unrealistic for him to find the deceased's head in the sewer by himself.
The head was discovered in the previous life because it blocked the pipe along with other dirt, but this was four days after the first bag of body parts was discovered.
If all the body parts were dumped by the murderer at the same time, then the deceased's head would probably still be floating somewhere in the sewer. Even if I wanted to find it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to find it.
This place is eight kilometers away from the place where the first bag of body parts was found, and four to five kilometers away from Hongda. There is no reason for me to ask the relevant departments to conduct a large-scale search in the name of the police.
We have to find a way.
Zhou Yi bought breakfast at a nearby store at the intersection. While eating, he talked to the boss and complained that when he came here just now, he found that the manhole cover in front of him was very smelly. Is there no one to take care of this?
The boss said that it must be someone else's family that was not following the rules and was littering. He said it in a very righteous and stern way, giving people the impression that he was a very disciplined person.
"Boss, which department is in charge of your sewers?" Zhou Yi asked casually.
"Hey, no one cares. This area is the old town and no one has cared about it for a long time."
"No one cares? What if there's a traffic jam?"
"Contact the management office. We pay management fees every year," the boss said matter-of-factly. "The management office will then hire workers who specialize in cleaning sewers."
When Zhou Yi heard this, he immediately had an idea.
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