Chapter 138 Tooth Marks
Soot took the opportunity to sneak back to the hotel.
It was small in size, with black and gray fur, and was not conspicuous. It slipped from the second floor of the villa to the first floor, then to the yard, and finally ran out without alarming anyone.
After listening to Meihui's report, Xia Mufan clenched his fists and stood up suddenly.
"You bastards! They actually killed the person."
"The body is hidden under the ground of Bafang Hotel!"
"That boilerman is actually responsible for another murder?"
Xia Muchan thought for a moment and said to Meihui, "You should continue to stay at the villa during this period of time and don't let Zhang Hongtu harm the little bird."
Coal Ash responded and slipped out like a flash. Soon he disappeared from Xia Mufan's sight.
When it comes to surveillance and eavesdropping, the petite and agile Coal Ash is indeed the most suitable.
After Meihui left, Xia Mufan sat in the hotel room, staring out the window in a daze.
The case is now basically clear, but where to start the investigation still requires careful planning. After all, these words were overheard by Meihui, and Xia Mufan cannot tell everyone the conclusion directly.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Xia Mufan stood up and opened the door. Seeing Gu Shaoqi standing at the door, he smiled at him and said, "Are you tired after a day of shopping? How about having dinner together?"
"Come in first!" Xia Mufan naturally took Gu Shaoqi's hand, pulled him into the house, and closed the door.
With their fingers intertwined, the warmth from Xia Mufan's palm made Gu Shaoqi's heart beat faster. His eyes were full of desire, and he felt sweet in his heart as he watched Xia Mufan's every move.
Before Gu Shaoqi could take any further action, Xia Mufan had already briefly explained the whole process of the case.
Gu Shaoqi's thoughts were immediately diverted.
"How did they hide the body from the Huancheng police?"
"The boilerman is an accomplice. Why don't we start the investigation from him? Didn't they say that the boilerman was involved in another murder case and that the girl bit his face? Perhaps we can start from this point. The tooth marks can also be identified. Once they match, we can start to arrest him."
After hearing what Gu Shaoqi said, Xia Mufan's eyes sparkled: "Okay, let's do it."
There was a breakthrough in the case. Xia Mufan was in high spirits and didn't even have time to eat dinner. He went to the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Huancheng Public Security Bureau with Gu Shaoqi.
Yang Wenjing and Fan Yangping had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as she saw Xia Mufan, Yang Wenjing couldn't wait to ask, "How is it? Did you make any new discoveries?"
Xia Mufan remained silent, with a hint of compassion in his eyes.
Xia Mufan's reaction made Yang Wenjing's breathing stagnate. She stared at Xia Mufan nervously: "Xiao Xia, you have come to a conclusion, right? My father is dead, right?"
Although he knew that Yang Wenjing was mentally prepared, Xia Mufan still felt sad and couldn't say it when he really had to tell her that Yang Jiawei was dead.
Yang Wenjing's voice trembled a little: "Xiao Xia, I can accept any truth, don't worry about me. Tell me what you found out."
Xia Mufan took a deep breath and said slowly, "My father was murdered by Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha for money. As for where the body is, further investigation is needed."
Xia Mufan turned his head and looked at Fan Yangping: "Can you bring me the case file of the first investigation by the Huancheng police fourteen years ago? I want to know if there was any construction site around the Bafang Hotel when Yang Jiawei disappeared."
Fan Yangping glanced at Yang Wenjing and said reluctantly, "You mean... bury the body underground?"
Xia Mufan nodded, "Yes, that's what I mean. There are only a few ways to deal with the body. At that time, time was short, the body was cut up and blood was dripping, and the scene was chaotic, which would be easily discovered by the police. Throwing it into the furnace to burn it would not only have a strong smell, but also leave a lot of debris. Burying the body in the Bafang Hotel would make a lot of noise, and I believe the criminal police would definitely find clues. These methods are not suitable. But what if there is a construction site nearby? As long as the body is quietly thrown into a deep foundation pit or concrete, it will be invisible to everyone."
You know, the direction of investigation is very important. When Yang Jiawei's disappearance case first occurred, the police only checked the interior of the Bafang Hotel, and even checked the furnace in the boiler room, but they did not find the crime scene or the so-called burnt body remains.
Because no body was found and no blood was found in the hotel room, the police quickly ruled out the possibility that Yang Jiawei and Cai Chi were killed in the hotel and focused their investigation on whether Yang Jiawei and Cai Chi absconded with the money.
It was not convenient for the police in Hui City and Huancheng to communicate with each other, which took a lot of time. Therefore, the survey of the surrounding environment of Bafang Hotel did not become the focus of the Huancheng police's investigation.
Without waiting for Fan Yangping to get the file, Yang Wenjing said calmly, "No need to get it. I can recite every word on the file. The inspector in charge of the investigation did not mention any construction sites nearby."
Xia Mufan frowned and asked, "Who were the people in charge of investigating the case at that time? Can we find them and ask them?"
Fourteen years passed in a flash. Some of the police officers who were responsible for the investigation of the Yang Jiawei case have retired, and some have resigned. Fan Yangping made several phone calls and finally contacted a police officer who had been transferred. He asked him about the situation at the Bafang Hotel at that time.
In 1982, next to the Bafang Hotel were two- and three-story buildings built by farmers themselves. Because of the construction of the provincial road, some smart farmers converted their houses into hotels and restaurants. There was a vacant lot to the east of the Bafang Hotel, and a house was being built there at that time. The open space was surrounded by a blue iron fence, and a lot of excavated soil was piled next to it.
Fan Yangping quickly contacted the Planning Section of the Construction Committee of Huancheng City, looking for the construction application status of the vacant land to the east of the Bafang Hotel in 1982. He then discovered that the vacant land to the east was also bought by Zhang Hongtu, and a two-story hotel was built there that year, which coincided with the rapid development of Huancheng and made a fortune. It was not until 1990 that Zhang Hongtu combined the three-story Bafang Hotel and the two-story hotel into one, demolished them and rebuilt them, which resulted in the current appearance of the Bafang Hotel.
Hearing this, Yang Wenjing's face turned pale and he sat blankly in the office of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
My father and Uncle Cai were buried underground, but I had always ignored this.
If she had been more careful and had kept an eye on the scene when the Bafang Hotel was rebuilt in 1990, would the evil couple Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha have already been thrown in jail?
Xia Mufan came over, put his hands on her shoulders, and said softly: "What we need to do now is to make Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha confess their guilt."
Fan Yangping sighed: "The body is buried underground. We have no evidence to support it. We can't tear down the house to dig it up, right?"
Xia Mufan's eyes were calm and his voice was firm and powerful: "If this road doesn't work, then find another way!"
The determination in Xia Mufan's words was very contagious. Yang Wenjing, who was in a state of self-blame, raised her head and said in a hoarse voice, "What should we do?"
Xia Mufan said to Fan Yangping: "There was a rape and murder case in a public toilet in Huancheng fifteen years ago, and the murderer has not been found yet, right?"
Fan Yangping's expression was a little heavy. "Yes, this case is an unsolved case and has not been solved yet. The girl who was killed was only 19 years old. She came to Huancheng from another place to work. Her family came once and then nothing happened. Alas! Rural girls are not valued. It's very pitiful."
Yang Wenjing looked at Xia Mufan and asked, "What is the connection between this case and my father's disappearance?"
Xia Mufan said: "From what I know, that public toilet is very close to Bafang Hotel. This case is most likely done by someone from Bafang Hotel."
After saying that, Xia Mufan glanced at Fan Yangping and said, "Well, could you please introduce this case?"
As a criminal policeman, Fan Yangping is always impressed by the cases that cannot be solved.
This public toilet is located next to the provincial road, and it takes about five or six minutes to get there by crossing the road from the Bafang Hotel.
The murdered girl was named Huang Yanying and was a waitress working at Jixiang Restaurant.
The restaurant's toilet was broken that day, so the owner asked the waiter to go to a nearby public toilet. Since it was not far away, no one had any objections.
Huang Yanying had to urinate urgently in the middle of the night, but didn't want to wake up her companions, so she got up and went to the public toilet alone. She thought the environment here was familiar and the public toilet was only twenty meters away from the restaurant, so there would be no danger.
But what I didn't expect was that she never came back after that time.
In the early morning, a passing driver found the girl's body and reported it to the police in panic. When the police arrived at the scene, the autopsy found that Huang Yanying had been raped, with marks of strangulation on her neck. The cause of death was suffocation. In addition, residual human tissue was found between Huang Yanying's teeth and under her fingernails, which obviously showed that she had put up a fierce resistance before her death.
The public toilet was located beside the provincial road, and drivers often stopped to use the toilet, so the scene was very chaotic and there were a lot of footprints. In addition, the criminal investigation methods were limited at the time, so the murderer was never found in this case, and it became one of the unsolved cases in the archives of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Huancheng City.
Hearing this, Yang Wenjing and Gu Shaoqi exchanged glances. Professional habit made them ask at the same time: "Are there any archives of the residual human tissues between teeth and fingernails?"
Fan Yangping sighed, "No. At that time, the police did not know what DNA testing technology was. The body had been cremated and no DNA samples were retained."
Yang Wenjing felt a little frustrated. The criminal investigation technology back then was indeed limited. There were even very few forensic scientists at that time, let alone DNA testing.
After listening to Xia Mufan's details, Gu Shaoqi asked, "Are there any autopsy photos of the deceased in the case file?"
Fan Yangping nodded: "Yes." Although the DNA sample cannot be preserved for fifteen years, the text and pictures have been sealed in the file bag.
Gu Shaoqi continued to ask: "Are there any photos of the deceased's teeth?"
Fan Yangping looked at Gu Shaoqi in confusion: "What do you want this for?"
Gu Shaoqi calmly analyzed: "There are human tissue residues in the teeth of the deceased, which means that she had bitten the other person. If we can find scars on the suspect's body and compare the tooth marks with the scars, if they match, it can become evidence."
Fan Yangping was stunned for a moment and looked at Yang Wenjing.
Yang Wenjing nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the tooth mark matching can be used as evidence. However, after so much time, are the scars on the murderer still there?"
Fan Yangping suddenly stood up, his voice rising several degrees with excitement: "There is a large piece of flesh and blood in Huang Yanying's mouth. She must have been killed at that time. The murderer must have been seriously injured. Even if he is cured, there will be scars. You can give it a try!"
When Fan Yangping thought that there was hope for solving the unsolved case fifteen years ago, he could not hide his excitement: "Who do you suspect? Is it Zhang Hongtu?"
Xia Mushige: "No, I suspect it's the boilerman Xiong Feiliang."
Fan Yangping had an impression of this person: "Why would they suspect him? At that time, the criminal police checked all the people coming and going from all the hotels and restaurants near the public toilets and along the provincial roads. Xiong Feiliang went back to his hometown to visit his mother two days before the crime and returned to the hotel a week later. He had no time to commit the crime."
Xia Mufan asked back: "Who testified that Xiong Feiliang went back to his hometown to visit his mother? Was it Zhang Hongtu and his wife?"
Fan Yangping suddenly realized: "Zhang Hongtu and his wife gave false testimony to protect Xiong Feiliang?"
Xia Mushige: "That's right."
Fan Yangping immediately perked up, rubbed his hands, and asked excitedly, "Why did you think of suspecting Xiong Feiliang? Have you heard of this case before?"
Even he, a Huancheng policeman, did not connect Xiong Feiliang to the rape and murder case in the public toilet. What's wrong with Xia Mufan's brain? How could he think of this?
Xia Mufan did not answer the question directly, but turned to look at Yang Wenjing: "What are the physical qualities of your father and Cai Chi? If they were to face Zhang Hongtu and his wife, who do you think would be able to subdue whom?"
Yang Wenjing thought thoughtfully: "My father and Uncle Cai are both tall and in good physical condition. If they were sober, Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha would not be their opponents at all."
Fan Yangping raised a possibility: "Is it possible that they were drunk?"
Yang Wenjing said: "My dad is often out on business, and he knows safety first, so he will never get drunk. Uncle Cai can drink a lot, so it's not easy to get them drunk."
Fan Yangping added: "What if it was Meng Sha who drugged them? After all, they were eating and sleeping in the hotel, so it would be easy for Meng Sha to do it."
Yang Wenjing pondered for a moment and calmly analyzed: "The Bafang Hotel's meal-inclusive service is their business feature. Every morning, noon, and evening, Meng Sha will prepare meals according to the number of guests. They will eat at a fixed time in the lobby on the first floor. With so many people coming and going, Meng Sha doesn't have the opportunity to drug anyone individually."
Xia Mufan said: "Yes, if it is two on two, Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha can't win at all. So I suspect that Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha have helpers."
"Analyzing the situation of other people in the hotel, Meng Sha's brother is timid and weak. He just eats in the hotel. He should not have the courage to participate in the murder. At most, he is just colluding with others. But the boiler worker Xiong Feiliang has been following Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha for so many years. I heard that he has a separate room on the first floor and earns a lot of money every month. I am very suspicious of this person."
Yang Wenjing stood up impatiently: "What are you waiting for? Let's do the tooth mark comparison!"
If Xiong Feiliang is an accomplice, then as long as we can pry his mouth open, not only will we find the murderer of the rape and murder case in the public toilet fifteen years ago, but the case of Yang Jiawei's disappearance will also be solved in no time.
Xia Mufan grabbed Yang Wenjing and said, "Don't worry, let's make arrangements carefully. We must not alarm Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha. If these two find out something is wrong and run away early, it will be troublesome."
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