Chapter 251: There is no better place to escape than prison
After being released from prison.
He was unkempt, dressed in shabby clothes, still lived in the same house he once lived in, and even visited his wife's grave every month to pay respects.
These seemingly affectionate expressions are actually deliberate disguises by the ghost.
It's obvious.
Either the ghost is afraid that past events will be dug up and settled, and wants to maintain an appearance of regret for having made a mistake.
Or...the ghost needs to use this method to create the best special criminal identity for himself in order to avoid police pursuit.
after all.
This middle-aged man who looks extremely decadent and deeply misses his deceased wife, and has basically not been active in society, makes it difficult for people to associate him with the criminal murderer of the case.
It can be said that if Su Ming had not keenly discovered the problem with the leak-patched van and combined it with the time served by One-Eye and Brother Long, he would not have seized on this detail to conduct an in-depth investigation.
By piecing together seemingly unrelated clues, it is estimated that the ghost's true identity will never be discovered.
......
now.
Looking at the surveillance photo on the projection screen, Su Ming narrowed his eyes and gestured slowly.
"It has been almost half a year since Lan Cai'er was murdered."
"Judging from the timing of the previous changes in membership of this drug trafficking organization, it is very likely that only six months have passed and they have not had time to change their membership."
"Not to mention, the murder of Lan Cai'er was a sudden incident, so there was naturally no previous preparation."
"So it is highly likely that Ghost has not changed his identity yet and is still using the previous identity of Liu Su."
"Moreover, judging from the overall case investigation in the past six months, ghosts with a background as magicians are indeed very good at giving hints and controlling people's minds."
"Magic is the use of various techniques, props, psychological hints and other skills to deceive the audience."
"Then with these special skills, the ghost can do exactly what the butcher said, amplifying the fear in the prey's heart until it actively stretches out its neck."
"Finally, from the previous manslaughter case, it is clear that the ghost is indeed cautious and patient as a magician. He did not choose to act rashly, but waited until he thought it was the most appropriate time."
"Just like in this hotel corpse case... Although Lan Cai'er was controlled and her mouth was covered early, it took nine days for the best opportunity to erase all traces of herself before she chopped off the butcher knife."
"This extreme patience clearly further proves that the murderer of these two cases is most likely the same person."
"Because after removing those minor details, the overall core and the modus operandi are not much different, so we just boldly locked on the target directly."
Speaking of this.
Su Ming paused for two seconds, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he continued in a slow voice.
"Director Chen."
"Any more detailed information? Or any photos or surveillance footage of other ghosts?"
Seeing Su Ming's firm decision, he was sure that Liu Su was the hidden ghost.
Chen Sheng's emotions were stirred again, and the few worries and doubts he had turned into complete certainty.
He believed that Su Ming, who was able to unearth the murderer of the dismemberment case at Magic City University twenty years ago, as well as important criminals such as Rose, Poison and Butcher, would definitely not make a wrong judgment in such a matter.
Then he immediately pressed the mouse again, called up several other surveillance pictures, and gestured.
"In addition to the convenience store surveillance video, there are a few more photos here, but they are all from the earlier period."
"For example, in this photo, Ghost is eating at a small stir-fry restaurant. This small stir-fry restaurant was also the restaurant he and his wife often went to eat at."
"And this one is a picture of the ghost buying a bouquet of lilies and cymbidiums in a flower shop. On the first day of every month, he would bring the same bouquet to his wife's grave."
"These ghosts found in the surveillance are either going about their daily lives or missing their wives."
See the many photos on the projection screen.
Xu Changsheng, who was standing nearby, revealed a cold and disdainful expression as he spoke.
"It seems that in order to maintain his infatuated persona and continue to commit crimes, Ghost is working very hard. This kind of patience is not something that ordinary people can have."
"To be honest, this kind of behavior of deliberately making it look like manslaughter in order to mitigate the guilt when he clearly killed his wife with his own hands is already very bad."
"In the end, for some special purpose, he actually used this affectionate persona to reduce suspicion and facilitate his subsequent crimes."
"It is very rare to find a criminal with such a dark mind and such a cruel heart, not to mention that he even spent several years in prison just to completely get rid of suspicion."
"The depth of this kind of person's mind is enough to shock ordinary people."
Regarding Xu Changsheng’s statement.
Su Ming nodded in agreement, then narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully.
"Indeed."
"Although there is a saying on the Internet that if a person pretends to be a good person all his life and does good things all his life, even if his heart is ugly, he will become a real good person."
"But those netizens didn't realize one thing: pretending is always fake. No one knows what dirty things the so-called good people have done behind the scenes."
"Although we can't define a person based on just one thing, the so-called affection of the ghost is indeed disgusting."
"Then, the surveillance photos of the ghost only lasted until five days ago. This time point basically coincides with the time when we dug out Zhou Shirui. We can further confirm the identity of the ghost."
"But what puzzles me now is..."
"Why did the ghost kill his wife? Was it because of emotional problems, property division, or was it to cover up something?"
"From this, I want to infer where the ghost might be hiding at the moment."
Hear this question.
Chen Sheng shook his head slightly and spoke with certainty.
"Team Leader Su."
"When we were investigating the case, we were able to basically confirm that Ghost and his wife had no emotional problems, nor did they have any property division issues."
"Because they had a naked marriage, basically everything was created by their own hands."
"To be honest, it was because of these factors that our comrades in the neighboring district failed to judge that this was a deliberate homicide."
Speaking of this.
Chen Sheng was suddenly stunned and slapped his thigh.
"yes."
"If it was intentional murder, what was the ghost's motive for killing his own wife?"
"It's impossible that he would kill his wife, whom he had been married to for so many years, for no reason. I don't think such an extremely morbid mentality can make Ghost have such a calm personality."
Regarding Chen Sheng’s question.
Su Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, then tapped the table lightly and made a bold inference.
"Director Chen."
"Do you think it's possible that the ghost's wife discovered a secret, or that a secret they both knew was about to be exposed?"
"In order to prevent the secret from being further uncovered and to avoid being hunted by the police or the killer, Ghost planned this case of manslaughter?"
"Because I feel..."
"Is there no better place to hide than in prison?"
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