Chapter 145: Developing informants, there are clues
Due to Gao Mingcheng's insistence, the investigators temporarily added one.
Gao Guobing said unhappily, "Follow us. Even if something happens, don't show up. Got it?"
"Okay, okay." Gao Mingcheng replied with a smile.
The police station is currently understaffed and has not recruited a large number of auxiliary police officers. Therefore, even for this family-murder case, there are not many investigators. Gao Guobing took two of his men to look for people all over the county, and another person, Xiao Song, stayed in the police station to organize the information.
Also because of the shortage of manpower, Gao Mingcheng insisted on finding the murderer. After Gao Guobing thought about it again and again, he agreed to let Gao Mingcheng follow him.
Gao Guobing thought that it was better for Gao Mingcheng to follow him than for him to wander around alone. He was not afraid of not finding the murderer, but he was afraid that if he found the murderer, Gao Mingcheng would get into trouble.
They have three pistols, and even if the murderer has a pistol, he may not be their match.
With this idea in mind, Gao Mingcheng was accepted.
But Gao Mingcheng quickly made a suggestion to Gao Guobing: "Uncle, the police station is short-staffed, but we can mobilize the masses to help us find it!"
Gao Guobing frowned and was about to scold him, but Gao Mingcheng said, "Let's go find those hooligans who often commit crimes. They are most familiar with the streets and alleys of the county town, and they know where to hide after committing crimes. We don't need them to confront the murderer head-on, we just need them to provide useful information."
Gao Mingcheng's suggestion is equivalent to recruiting gangsters and making them informants for the police station.
After hearing this, Gao Guobing's frown relaxed again.
At first he thought Gao Mingcheng wanted ordinary people to find the murderer, but if he wanted the gangsters to provide information, then that would be nothing.
In fact, when Gao Guobing was investigating this case, he investigated the victim's social relations and asked people living nearby about the situation and whether they had seen the murderer.
I even asked the thugs hanging out in that area, but in the end I didn't get much.
Because the murderer was not a local, but a vagrant. He had just arrived not long ago and committed the crime because he was greedy for money. He then fled. Therefore, the locals did not know much information about the murderer.
So this case is difficult to handle and Gao Guobing is under a lot of pressure.
If he solves this case, he may be able to make further progress in his career. This is both motivation and pressure.
Therefore, when Gao Mingcheng proposed to let the county's gangsters become informants and provide information, Gao Guobing agreed after thinking for a few seconds!
There is strength in numbers. If more people help find the murderer, maybe he can catch him!
"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Luo, the two of you go find some people and ask them to search the entire county for me within the next two days!" Gao Guobing said to his two men.
The two men immediately went to do their work, riding their bicycles and acting separately.
Not long after, they brought back two people. When Gao Mingcheng saw those two people, he immediately felt that the world was really small.
Those two people happened to be the ones who had tried to rob him before.
One is Xiao Song’s cousin He Dayou, and the other is the bald man with a scar.
When these two people saw Gao Mingcheng, there was a hint of unnaturalness in their expressions, their eyes flickered, as if they had no intention of recognizing him.
"You all know about the case I'm working on recently, right?" Gao Guobing looked at the two of them with a dignified gaze and a serious tone.
It is said that the people should not fight against the officials, not to mention that the backgrounds of these two people are not so clean, so they behaved very well in front of Gao Guobing.
They already knew in advance why Gao Guobing had approached them, so they stated on the spot that they would try their best to help the police search for the murderer and would tell the police once they found relevant information.
Just as the two were about to leave, Gao Mingcheng stopped them and said, "Are there many places selling noodles in the county? Pay attention and see if there is anyone who eats noodles three times a day! Er, steamed buns are also fine!"
Gao Guobing frowned and looked at Gao Mingcheng, and the others also looked at him in confusion.
Gao Mingcheng explained: "I have read the case file, which says that the murderer was brought home by the victim. The victim's neighbors saw him and talked to him. The victim said that the murderer was extremely hungry and pitiful, so he brought him home to have some food."
"When we investigated the crime scene afterwards, we did find a bowl of rice, but most of the rice was left in the bowl, and the vegetables were eaten up. So I boldly guessed that maybe the murderer was not from our county, or even from the south! Otherwise, if he was so hungry, why would he only eat the vegetables and not finish the rice?"
"My guess may not be correct, but it is also a direction to look for."
After listening to Gao Mingcheng's analysis, Gao Guobing felt as if his eyes had brightened. He had not paid much attention to the bowl of rice at the crime scene.
The two police officers, Xiao Zhang and Xiao Luo, looked at Gao Mingcheng with different eyes in an instant.
Gao Guobing said to the bald guy, "Well, when you're looking for someone, pay special attention to see if there are any outsiders. If they are outsiders, no matter where they are from, come to the police station and report it."
"Okay." He Dayou and the bald man both nodded in agreement.
They left quickly, gathered their men, and began searching the entire county for the murderer.
Although they are gangsters, they have never committed any murder. Now a whole family in the county has been killed, and it might be done by outsiders, so they are all very angry and want to help the police station to find the murderer as soon as possible and bring him to justice.
Although they had temporarily developed a group of informants, Gao Guobing and others could not return to the police station to rest and had to continue searching.
About half an hour later, He Dayou came over with a young man.
As soon as he saw Gao Guobing, the young man's face turned red with nervousness. People like them who are used to stealing would feel guilty when they saw people from the police station!
He Dayou pointed at the young man and said, "Section Chief Gao, this guy has news to tell you! He said that he saw a foreigner from the north in an alley near the train station. The foreigner spoke a foreign dialect and bought some noodles. We locals only eat one bowl of noodles at most, but the foreigner ate two big bowls! So the boy took a few more glances."
"Hurry up, describe that man's appearance to Section Chief Gao and the others!" He Dayou patted the young man, indicating that it was his turn to speak.
Although the young man was nervous, he still said, "The man was very tall and strong. He was wearing an old cotton-padded jacket. He had a full beard and messy hair, as if he hadn't washed it for a long time. Oh, his eyebrows were very thick, thicker than most people's!"
Gao Guobing said seriously: "Can you still find this person?"
The young man said, "It's hard to say. I've only seen him once. If the boss hadn't specifically mentioned the outsider from the north, I wouldn't have remembered him."
"Let's go to the train station now!" Gao Mingcheng said immediately. He knew that the murderer would leave tomorrow, but he was not sure whether the murderer had been hiding near the train station.
Now someone has seen the murderer there, so the murderer should be hiding near the train station!
Gao Mingcheng's sudden interruption caused everyone to look at him sideways, but Gao Guobing immediately said, "Let's go! To the train station!"
With his words, the group immediately headed towards the train station.
Several bicycles were speeding down the street, carrying a sense of momentum.
(End of this chapter)
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