After a moment of silence, Song Minghui asked, "Since everyone feels something is amiss, let's analyze the suspicious points in this case carefully."
Luo Jun nodded. "I also think we should analyze this carefully. Since we had already identified the culprit, no one had looked at the case details carefully, and there must be many things we overlooked."
Everyone agreed with this, so they immediately took out their case reports and started reading them.
"First of all, we suspected Guo Dahe was the murderer because he had enough motive and there were eyewitnesses, which is why no one suspected him before."
If it wasn't him, then who could it be?
Why did he run away?
Why did he injure someone when the police first arrested him? Doesn't that make things even more complicated?
After hearing this, Su He thought for a moment and said, "Let's assume for a moment that if the murderer was not Guo Dahe, what was he thinking at the time?"
Because he was rejected as a son-in-law, he harbored resentment towards the Fan family. So, after drinking, he decided to take revenge. What did he plan to do? Did he intend to kill someone?
He didn't want to think about that for now. Fueled by alcohol, he went to the Fan family's house. When he arrived, he found the door ajar. Stepping inside, he was met with a stench of blood; the Fan family members were all dead. Startled, he screamed and stumbled away.
Luo Jun immediately nodded in agreement. "Yes, the Fan family members were probably already dead before he arrived. Otherwise, why would he shout and be heard by the neighbors? Was he afraid that others wouldn't notice?"
Su He continued, "Guo Dahe's shouts attracted the attention of the neighbors, so they saw him running away."
He was probably terrified at the time, and his head was spinning from drinking, so he never even thought about reporting it to the police.
In fact, the highest-ranking official that many rural people see is the village cadre, so when something happens to the people, the first thing they do is not to report to the police, but to find the village cadre.
Therefore, village officials wield considerable power. In many remote villages, village officials can resolve all matters, and even when it comes to matters involving death, they rarely report to the police.
Therefore, it's understandable that his first thought was to run rather than report to the police.
He just didn't expect to be suspected and treated as a murderer by the police.
Guo Dahe had never been to school and only possessed reckless courage. Upon discovering the dead body, his immediate thought was probably just to run away as quickly as possible and avoid being implicated.
He even fired a gun in an attempt to escape.
Later, while wandering in the mountains, he unexpectedly learned about the outside world and realized that he had indeed been mistaken for the murderer.
Perhaps his long life on the run made him realize what had happened and that he couldn't continue like this.
Feeling very resentful, he went down the mountain, intending to turn himself in and clear his name.
However, he never expected that after carrying the blame for so long, hearing Captain Chen believe him would make him so excited. Combined with the fact that his long period on the run had clouded his judgment, he made the wrong move and was ultimately killed…”
However, everyone frowned after hearing her analysis.
Song Minghui said, "It's a bit of a stretch. For example, knowing that you are not the murderer but still fleeing and shooting people doesn't quite fit the psychology of a normal person."
Su He couldn't think of any other reason besides that.
In the end, we can only guess: "Perhaps people from rural areas are more afraid of going to the police station and going to jail. He was afraid that he would really be regarded as a murderer, so he simply ran away?"
But this reason obviously didn't convince everyone. Su He was only guessing, so seeing this, she said, "Why don't we stop thinking about why he would do this and think about who the murderer could be if he really isn't the one?"
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