Chapter 144 A Case Concerning Career
After arriving in the county town, Gao Mingcheng went straight to the police station.
Today was a working day, so Gao Guobing must be alone at home, so he went to the police station to look for him. However, when he entered the police station, he was told that Gao Guobing was not there.
"Mingcheng, come here." Xiao Song, who had met Gao Mingcheng a few times, pulled Gao Mingcheng aside.
When they reached an empty corner, Xiao Song said, "A big case has happened in the county! It's a family annihilation case!"
Gao Mingcheng's eyebrows jumped. He didn't expect the news to be so shocking.
A family annihilation case is a major case no matter when or where it happens.
The nature of this kind of case is very bad. Once it happens, the police station faces a lot of pressure to solve it. Gao Guobing is considered a veteran in criminal investigation, so this case was also handed over to him.
"Xiao Zhang is out with Section Chief Gao to handle a case. I'm sorting out the information at the police station. Ming Cheng, this case is not easy to handle. Section Chief Gao has been under a lot of pressure recently. I'm afraid he doesn't have time to see you. But..."
Xiao Song stopped talking halfway. He looked around cunningly and saw no one approaching. Then he leaned close to Gao Mingcheng's ear and whispered, "If Section Chief Gao can handle this case, he might get promoted!"
Hearing this, Gao Mingcheng frowned instinctively.
In his previous life, Gao Guobing held this position until his retirement and had not been promoted.
In other words... Gao Guobing didn't handle this case in his previous life?
"Brother Song, I am also somewhat interested in handling the case. How about... you let me see the information you have compiled." Gao Mingcheng said to Xiao Song.
Xiao Song is older than Gao Mingcheng, but he feels quite proud when he hears Gao Mingcheng call him Brother Song.
The original case information could not be shown to anyone at will, but who was Gao Mingcheng? He was the nephew that Section Chief Gao valued very much!
So Xiao Song returned to his desk and showed Gao Mingcheng all the information he had sorted out earlier. When the rest of the people in the police station saw this scene, they turned a blind eye.
The current case handling conditions are poor, and the most critical information in this case is still the autopsy report. According to the autopsy report, a total of five people died in this family murder case, two elderly people, two young people, and a three-year-old girl.
These five people were all hacked to death with the same machete. The machete was left at the scene, and the blade was curled, which shows how much force the murderer used.
The victim lived in Datian Village. Although it was called a village, it was actually right next to the county center. The victim's family was not wealthy and made a living by farming. The young man was a bricklayer and had an extra income, so he lived a slightly better life than his fellow villagers.
Therefore, after the victim was killed, his home was ransacked and his belongings were scattered everywhere.
After reading this, Gao Mingcheng suddenly felt that God was helping him.
He knows who the murderer is in this case!
Gao Mingcheng returned the information to Xiao Song and said, "I brought some things to my uncle. Since he is busy, I won't bother him. Brother Song, can you help me pass the things on?"
After saying that, Gao Mingcheng took something off the bicycle and handed it to Xiao Song.
Xiao Song was not surprised to see Gao Mingcheng was about to leave after reading the information, because solving a case is not something that everyone can do.
He took the things and promised to hand them over to Section Chief Gao.
"I'm leaving first. Goodbye, Brother Song." Gao Mingcheng rode his bicycle and left the police station.
He arrived at the victim's home, the door had been sealed, and the surroundings were quiet. Everyone in the village knew that a murder had occurred here, so they would not deliberately pass by this place.
Gao Mingcheng didn't go in either. He just looked outside the door and then continued riding away.
He remembered this case. The murderer was not brought to justice until twelve years later. So no matter how capable Gao Guobing was, he could not solve the case at this moment.
Today has been two days since the crime occurred. In another day, the murderer will leave their county.
Gao Mingcheng knew this time point and had also seen a photo of the murderer taken twelve years later on the Internet. He knew that the murderer was from Gansu Province. After committing a murder in the local area, he fled all the way south and later committed many crimes. The murderer only committed this one crime in their county because he would leave tomorrow.
Many years later, the murderer said that he was very thirsty at the time, and the victim kindly took him home and gave him water and food. However, when the man gave the hostess the day's wages and asked her to keep it, he stared at the money and suddenly had evil thoughts.
For that little bit of money, he killed a family of five, but when he collected the money in the end, he only got two hundred dollars.
He originally wanted to leave immediately, but he was injured when he killed the victim. His right foot was hit by a stool and the pain was unbearable, so he stayed for two more days until he heard that the police were investigating the case, and then he left quickly.
There are no real-name tickets and no surveillance at this time, and there is no way to identify the murderer through the fingerprints on the murder weapon, so the case-handling process is much slower, and many cases are not handled in a timely manner.
Gao Mingcheng rode his bicycle towards a cheap hotel in the county.
Whenever he passed by a noodle shop, he would stop and carefully observe the people eating noodles in the shop. Most of them, the locals, ate rice noodles and rarely ate noodles, but this murderer liked to eat noodles and basically did not eat rice or rice noodles.
I walked and stopped along the way, but I couldn't find the target person at all.
The information he got was still a little insufficient. He only knew that the murderer would leave tomorrow, but he didn't know where the murderer was before he left. The murderer didn't mention it, so he naturally didn't know.
But Gao Mingcheng did not give up and continued searching.
He wanted to find the murderer, not only to allow Gao Guobing to get a promotion, but also to save the innocent victims who would later die at the hands of the murderer.
After leaving here, the murderer changed his name and hid, but he continued to commit crimes, including theft and murder.
Gao Mingcheng rode his bicycle through the streets and alleys, especially the alleys, and checked carefully.
The murderer committed the crime of murdering an entire family and hid because of his foot injury, so he would naturally hide in a dark place so as not to be noticed.
"Mingcheng, why are you here?" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded behind him. Gao Mingcheng turned around and saw Gao Guobing.
Gao Guobing brought two of his men, also riding bicycles with pistols on their waists.
Judging from their expressions, they are also searching this area.
"Uncle, I'm here to find the murderer. I think the murderer may still be hiding in the county. I read the information that said the tables and chairs in the room were in a mess, and one of the chairs was even thrown to the ground with a fresh crack. I guess the murderer may also be injured." Facing Gao Guobing, Gao Mingcheng did not try to find any excuses, but directly stated his purpose.
Gao Guobing frowned and shouted angrily: "Nonsense! You are not a policeman, why are you looking for a murderer? He killed five people!"
Although it was a scolding, it was actually concern.
I stayed up late to update despite being sick because I didn’t have time to write during the day.
(End of this chapter)
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