Chapter 12: Attacking the Heart
Interrogation is a face-to-face battle of wits between the police and the criminal suspects.
When Xia Mufan was taking the "Investigation" course, he heard the teacher talk about some classic cases. The police officers made careful preparations, conducted on-the-spot interrogations, and engaged in a verbal battle with the cunning criminals, a battle of words that was so captivating.
Now that he had actually walked into the interrogation room and was observing a real interrogation process, Xia Mufan's heart was beating a little faster.
Blue-gray cement floor, white walls, simple wooden tables and chairs.
Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist - the eight large black Song-style characters on the wall look very solemn, giving an indescribable sense of oppression.
Qiu Tianqin was handcuffed and sitting in a chair.
He was wearing a blue vest, a cyan short-sleeved shirt, a pair of black trousers, and barefoot with a pair of Jiefang rubber shoes. He was dressed much neater than when I saw him last night. It seemed that Yue Yuan gave him time to tidy up his clothes before taking him back to the Municipal Bureau.
He kept his head down, and his whole body seemed as if his soul had been taken away.
Yue Yuan and a female police officer sat at a long table, and the female police officer was concentrating on taking notes.
Yue Yuan glanced at Xia Mufan, pointed to the seat next to him and motioned her to sit down.
Xia Mufan did not dare to interrupt the interrogation. He sat down quietly, moving as lightly as a cat.
Whenever he thought of the three bodies of little children in the morgue, Yue Yuan felt a lump in his throat. After shouting that sentence, Yue Yuan remained silent for a long time.
The presiding judge didn't speak, and the other judges in the interrogation room didn't dare to speak either.
Yue Yuan's angry questioning seemed to still echo in the room.
The atmosphere is very depressing.
Xia Mushige approached the policewoman who was taking the statement, wanting to see what she had written down.
The policewoman had a round face and a very kind attitude. When she noticed Xia Mufan approaching, she quietly pushed the transcript towards her.
Xia Mushige quickly browsed the page.
The interrogation should have just begun. Yue Yuan asked some basic information about Qiu Tianqin, including his name, age, ethnicity, occupation, place of origin, education, family members, experience and whether he had a criminal record.
Judging from Qiu Tianqin's answers, he has normal intelligence, a stable mentality, and a relatively passive personality.
"How many children were kidnapped in total?"
"Four."
"Why?"
"I was almost 40 years old, and I finally gave birth to a son, but he died of meningitis. I was devastated. Sister Hua went crazy, and she thought every baby she saw was a pillar, and secretly took them home."
"Why don't you take good care of it after you bring it home?"
"I don't really take care of the kids, it's all Sister Hua's fault..."
Seeing this, Xia Mufan spat in his heart. You bastard, you put all the blame on your wife!
The long silence in the interrogation room made Qiu Tianqin a little overwhelmed. He looked up blankly at Yue Yuan with an honest face.
"Police comrade, since Zhuzi died, Sister Hua's mind has been confused and clear at times. When she is clear-headed, she hugs the baby and calls out "Bao! Bao! Bao!" and cooks porridge and milk powder for them. When she is confused, she lifts up her clothes to feed the baby. When the baby cries, she screams and shouts, and bangs the baby's head against the wall. When she goes crazy, she is very strong and I can't do anything about it."
Yue Yuan said coldly: "You watched her abuse the child and you didn't stop her? That's murder! Murder, you know? Since ancient times, killing someone means paying with one's life, no one can escape it!"
The phrase "killing someone means paying with your life" made Qiu Tianqin tremble all over. With trembling lips, he tried desperately to explain: "I didn't kill anyone, no, no, it was all done by Sister Hua."
Yue Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Qiu Tianqin's face: "She is crazy, but you are not. She has no ability to control her emotions, but you do! Three children, three lives, three families were destroyed just like that, and you just said Sister Hua did it?"
As he spoke, Yue Yuan took out a stack of photos of the scene and placed them in front of Qiu Tianqin one by one.
The little child's body was rotten, with bones all exposed and maggots crawling in its eye sockets.
Qiu Tianqin began to retch.
Yue Yuan opened Gu Shaoqi's autopsy report and read the results to Qiu Tianqin one by one.
"Crescent-shaped exfoliation of the skin caused by the pressure of fingernails was observed on the neck of the deceased."
"Bleeding from deep muscle and tissue in the neck."
"Fractures of the greater horn of the hyoid bone, the superior horn of the thyroid cartilage, and the cricoid cartilage of the trachea."
"There were congestion and focal hemorrhages in the organs inside the body."
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The more he listened, the paler Qiu Tianqin's face became.
Yue Yuan suddenly raised his voice: "Did you see that? This is the sin of killing that you have committed!"
Qiu Tianqin raised his head abruptly, his eyes cloudy and filled with deep fear: "Comrade police officer, I, I just helped bury the child, I really didn't kill anyone."
Bang!
Yue Yuan slammed the table heavily.
"Confess and be treated leniently, resist and be treated severely. Only by telling the truth can you have a way out. How did you steal the child with Jia Huhua, how did you bring him home, how did you treat him, when did he die, how did you bury him in the vegetable field, the time, place, causes and consequences, tell him everything clearly!"
The fear of death completely broke down Qiu Tianqin's psychological defenses.
Yue Yuan's words "There is no way out unless you tell the truth" seemed to light up a lamp, giving Qiu Tianqin new hope. He leaned forward with a look of eagerness in his eyes: "I will confess, I will tell the truth!"
This scene made Xia Mufan dizzy.
Yue Yuan's interrogation was just right, and he controlled Qiu Tianqin's psychology with extreme precision. With a few adjustments, he made Qiu Tianqin confess the entire process of the crime clearly.
After interrogating Qiu Tianqin, Jia Huhua was interrogated again, and the two gave consistent testimonies.
It is basically the same as the criminal psychology analysis that Xia Mushige had done previously, but with more details.
Because she was heartbroken over her son's death, she had evil thoughts when she saw a chubby boy who looked like her son, and kidnapped him when he was least prepared.
The Qiu family was separated from the villagers in the bay by a large fish pond, and since Jia Huhua never took the child out, no one noticed that there was a new child in their family.
How can a two or three-year-old child be obedient? When he arrived at a strange place, he started crying and making a fuss, and no matter how Jia Huhua tried to comfort him, it was useless. Jia Huhua's mental state could not withstand any stimulation. She would go crazy when she heard a child crying. She would either beat or scold the child, and when she got angry, she would grab the child and slam him against the wall.
An innocent and lively child would not survive more than a week at the hands of Jia Huhua.
Qiu Tianqin's parents died early, and he was the only son in the family. He was very obsessed with carrying on the family line. But he suffered from asthenospermia. After ten years of marriage, the couple finally had a son, but the son lost his life due to a sudden illness. This made him feel evil when he saw other people's lively babies.
——How come other people have sons who call them daddy affectionately?
——How come other people’s children can grow up to be adults?
——Why? Why?
When Jia Huhua brought back a chubby little baby from the market when no one was paying attention, Qiu Tianqin's heart started beating fast and he drove back home in a flash.
At that time, what he wanted was to raise this stolen child, treat him like his own child, support him in his studies, teach him how to raise fish, and let him inherit his family business in the future.
But Qiu Tianqin didn't expect that he couldn't raise the stolen child. After arriving in a strange place, she cried heart-wrenchingly and no matter how I comforted her, she wouldn't stop crying. Although Luoxia Village is a rural area, it is close to the urban area. He was guilty and afraid that the villagers would find out and report him. After feeding the child sleeping pills several times, he became irritable and took action.
As for Jia Huhua, as Qiu Tianqin said, she became a little abnormal after her son died. She was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. The crying of the child awakened her painful memories. She regarded the young child as the devil who took her son's life. She beat, pinched, bumped and threw him...
Walking out of the interrogation room, Xia Mufan seemed to be thinking about something.
Yue Yuan saw that she was different from her usual energetic appearance, so he asked, "What's wrong? Are you confused while listening to the interrogation?"
Without Xia Mufan's participation, the case would definitely not have been solved so quickly. It was she who provided the clue of Dongyang Lake, it was she who quickly found Xiaobao, and it was she who confronted Mr. and Mrs. Qiu and asked them where the three children had gone.
He has keen perception, good observation skills and amazing mobility. He is definitely an excellent criminal police talent and must be carefully nurtured and trained.
Therefore, even though the Criminal Investigation Brigade was very busy, even though people kept greeting him standing in the corridor on the first floor, there were always people passing by, suspects were being arrested and interrogated, crime scenes were being investigated, samples were being sent for testing... Yue Yuan still stopped patiently and asked Xia Muchan with concern.
Xia Mufan raised his eyes and looked at him seriously: "It's not that I'm confused. I gained a lot from listening to the interrogation. I'm just thinking about a question. The emphasis on Jia Huhua's abnormal mental state in her confession, will it be a reason for her to get away with it?"
Yue Yuan sneered: "They say she's crazy, so she's crazy? We will ask experts to conduct a mental evaluation on Jia Huhua."
Xia Mushige breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the evil couple was caught.
Fortunately, I was able to hear the animals' voices and successfully found the child.
There has never been a moment when Xia Mushige was so grateful for having such a special ability.
Looking at Xia Mufan, Yue Yuan once again had the idea of transferring Xia Mufan to the serious crime team.
However, the Criminal Investigation Brigade plans to reform its organization this year, so it would be better to wait and let her get familiar with the case handling process in the police station, get in touch with some family affairs, and become more mature.
Yue Yuan turned around and saw Gong Weiguo still standing by. He couldn't help but frowned: "What are you still doing here? Go and organize the transcripts, file all the information, and prepare to hand it over to the procuratorate."
Gong Weiguo glanced at Xia Mufan and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
He still refused to accept what Forensic Doctor Gu said that he couldn't beat Xia Mufan, and wanted to compete with her. But looking at Team Leader Yue's attitude towards her, he seemed to be teaching Xia Mufan like his apprentice. How could Gong Weiguo dare to talk about this in front of Yue Yuan? Isn't that asking for trouble?
Xia Mufan glanced at Gong Weiguo with a half-smile: "Oh, Officer Gong is ready..."
Gong Weiguo was startled, fearing that Xia Mufan would tell on him, so he forced a smile and said, "Well, I'm going to treat Xiao Xia to a meal and show my hospitality."
Yue Yuan scolded Gong Weiguo with a fierce face: "If anyone is going to treat, it should be me, not you." Xia Mufan is such an outstanding girl, she cannot be snatched away by Gong Weiguo, a useless guy.
Gong Weiguo saw the team leader's disdain and said with a wry smile, "Yes, yes, yes."
In this way, Xia Mufan, Yue Yuan and Gong Weiguo had a meal in the canteen of the Criminal Investigation Brigade and experienced the canteen culture here.
The missing children case in Hui City was solved.
Xia Muchan made new achievements.
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