As mentioned above, it snowed heavily on the night of the 17th. According to the weather station, the snow started to fall at around 9 o'clock and stopped at around 12 o'clock.

On the morning of the 18th, when the sanitation worker found the body, there were no footprints next to the body.

It is currently known that the deceased died between 7 and 9 o'clock in the evening. If the body was dumped after 9 o'clock, then there is no reason for the murderer to choose to burn the body in the open air.

After all, burning a body is to destroy the physiological information of the body. The murderer could not have been so bold as to choose a place with accumulated snow to burn the body after it snowed.

If the body was dumped after 12 o'clock, firstly, there would be no way that there would be no footprints at the scene, and secondly, this would also not be suitable for burning the body.

Therefore, the murderer must have dumped the body before the snow fell at 9 o'clock.

The heavy snow at 9 o'clock in the evening disrupted the murderer's plan, but he could not have gone to the scene after the snow fell, otherwise there would have been clear footprints on the snow.

The passenger said that he got on Wu Honglin's car at 8:50 and arrived home at 9:20. At that time, the snow had already started to fall.

Wu Honglin was photographed near Li Xiaonuan's workplace at 17 o'clock, and when he was soliciting customers at 8:50, he was on a street not far from the garbage dump.

From the route, he perfectly matched the murderer's route.

The police detained the suspect and further searched Wu Honglin's home.

The situation was extremely unfavorable.

Wu Honglin was short, wore size 40 shoes, and his truck was fueled by diesel. He had an electric tricycle that could be seen everywhere on the street.

"There are such black cars everywhere on the street. No one will take a second look at them when they go from street to street. Even if they see someone sitting inside, they will just think they are passengers. They are very suitable for dumping corpses."

Old policeman A analyzed.

Some cheap discord magazines were found in the truck. The descriptions were explicit and straightforward, stimulating to the eye, and the pictures were also very hot.

"Don't judge a person by appearance. Truck drivers run transportation all year round. Their desires cannot be relieved. In the day-to-day repression, they gradually twist into resentment towards women, so they always choose young women as their targets."

New policeman B said clearly.

Ji Liming refuted him: "Wu Honglin has only been running transportation for more than three years. From 2002 to 2003, he was not a truck driver."

"It's the same when driving a taxi."

Yes, Wu Honglin has no other skills, he can only drive a car. Before buying a large truck, he drove a taxi. The car belongs to a taxi company, and I work with someone, taking turns. You work the day shift these few months, and I work the night shift, and we'll take turns again in a few months.

The tires on the taxi are the most common type, and they are also the type that appeared next to the third body.

It's no exaggeration to say that Wu Honglin matched every feature of the suspect.

But Ji Liming did not jump to conclusions, but said: "Where is the murder weapon? We didn't find the key evidence."

Forensic tests determined that there was no charcoal attached to the stomach and respiratory tract of the five bodies, which meant that they were cremated after death, not burned to death. But the bodies were severely damaged, and the specific cause of death was difficult to determine.

Only Li Xiaonuan's body was relatively intact. After the autopsy, it was found that there was damage behind the head, which should have been caused by a blunt weapon.

There was no weapon that met the requirements in Wu Honglin's home or truck.

"The murderer may not have brought the weapon with him." Another police officer expressed his opinion, "Maybe it was a stone or a stick picked up from the roadside, wiped it clean, and threw it away. Who could find it?"

It made sense.

We had to continue digging deeper.

Let's not talk about the fifth victim, Li Xiaonuan, for now. Is Wu Honglin related to the other four victims?

It seems that he has nothing to do with Wang Zihui. But the identity of a taxi driver is enough for him to have a short-term connection with anyone without being noticed.

Soon, it was discovered that Wu Honglin's wife had been ill in 2000 and needed surgery. The family savings were spent, and the two owed foreign debts.

The old police officer who had participated in the investigation of the 2002 case picked up the wolfberry tea and took a sip, and said in a deep voice: "I don't understand what criminal profiling is, it's all fancy stuff. In my experience, money is the biggest motive for murder."

The young man said: "It's criminal psychology profiling, a new professional subject opened in 2005."

"Don't interrupt." The old police officer said, "Anyway, I think what you said about psychopathy and repressed desires are all wrong."

He said seriously: "Why do criminals specifically target young women? Because they are easy to deal with. They are young and have no social experience, so they are easily deceived. They will get in the car when you tell them to. They are also weak and easy to subdue. But they are already working and have some money on them. Unlike students, they only have a hundred yuan in pocket money. The loss is not worth it."

Ji Liming nodded slightly.

In his heart, he agreed with the old policeman's statement. There must be a reason why the criminals choose a certain type of victim. But at the previous discussion meeting, some young people mentioned things like hating women, Oedipus complex, and repressed desires. They were all too mysterious.

In the years when car robberies were rampant, many of the victims were women. Are the robbers all perverts?

No, they choose women just because they are easier to target.

Men are strong, children have no money, and the elderly have children. Once they go missing, they are easy to be found. But young women are alone outside, and if they live alone, it will be difficult to be found in a short time.

Although... Wang Zihui has roommates and a job.

Ji Liming thought for a while and said, "It's very likely that he did it for money, but they were all young women, so it's not certain that he did it for sex. The bodies were burned like this, so nothing can be extracted."

"Rapers rarely do things so thoroughly." The old policeman said, "Besides, Wu Honglin has a wife. It's understandable that he was tempted by her once, but it's too much to do it several times. How much does it cost to go to a hair salon?"

Ji Liming knocked on the table and reminded him, "We can't presume guilt."

"I think it's probably him," the old policeman said, "I followed this case from beginning to end, and I invested so much manpower and effort. You know, after checking it over and over, he is the most suspicious."

The policemen participating in the discussion nodded in unison.

They had no grudges against Wu Honglin, and they definitely had no intention of framing him, but at this point in the case, he was the only suspect, and it was completely consistent with the clues obtained from the previous cases.

Therefore, even without direct evidence, Wu Honglin is still the first suspect.

Ji Liming still hesitated. For some reason, the image of Wu Honglin's wife suddenly appeared in front of him - if her husband was a murderer, would that woman have such a happy expression?

Is his mental quality so strong that he has no flaws in front of the person next to him?

It is not impossible.

Ji Liming has been a policeman for a while. He has seen people who seem to be fine after killing people. Some people are born rebellious and do not take human life seriously.

Maybe Wu Honglin is like this.

Ten days later, the procuratorate made a decision to approve the arrest.

But Wu Honglin did not wait for the court trial. The day

after he was formally arrested, he died.

The police in the detention center brought him dinner and saw him lying there motionless. They knocked on the iron door, but there was no response. Fearing something had happened, they opened the door and went in. He was already dead.

The forensic doctor determined it to be sudden death. It was speculated that it was because the work of a truck driver was too hard, lack of sleep and fatigue, plus the huge psychological burden brought to him by killing people, and he could not recover all of a sudden.

Some people also said that he committed suicide out of fear of crime.

This is a bit incredible, but reality is absurd at times, and it never cares whether people can accept it or not.

So, no matter what everyone was thinking, Wu Honglin's unexpected death brought the 11.2 major serial corpse burning case to an end.

That was all the information that was made public about the case.

In Jian Jing's opinion, there were indeed many doubts about this case. All the evidence was indirect evidence and did not form a complete chain of evidence.

But the corpse burning case was indeed special. Physical evidence was difficult to preserve at high temperatures. It was normal to lack evidence such as blood, hair, and dandruff. Wu Honglin's resume and timeline were both highly suspicious.

It was nothing for the procuratorate to arrest him. The person was dead... Why did Ji Feng ask about this case?

Was it related to his father's death?

Jian Jing searched for Ji Liming's name on the official website of the Public Security Bureau, and a notice popped up: On September 23, 2007, Ji Liming died in the line of duty at the age of 41.

The time is consistent with what Zhu Yanan said.

But Wu Honglin's case was in January, and Ji Liming died in September, six months apart. What's the connection?

Jian Jing was getting more and more confused, so she had to look at the file bag left by Ji Feng.

Although he didn't say anything, she had a hunch that this was not a pleasant answer.

"I want to see what you are up to." She decided to open it.

The file bag was not sealed deliberately, and there were not many things in it. They were all organized with clips. On the top was a printed verdict.

——

"Criminal Verdict of Zhang Mou for Intentional Homicide in the First Instance"

2008.1.2

Heping City People's Court

The defendant Zhang Mou was born in a certain place in a certain province in 1978. He only had primary school education. In September 2007, he was detained by the Heping City Public Security Bureau on suspicion of intentional homicide and is currently detained in a certain detention center.

In 1999, Zhang and Wu met and got married. In 2007, Wu was arrested for intentional homicide by the Provincial Procuratorate. On March 4, 2007, he died of a sudden heart attack and failed to be rescued.

According to the Procuratorate, after learning of Wu's death, Zhang had been dissatisfied with the police officers involved in the investigation of Wu's case. On September 12, 2007, Zhang bought a steak knife and a fruit knife at XX Supermarket. At about 10 am on September 23, he came to the gate of the Public Security Bureau and asked to see Ji, a person related to the case. Ji was

working outside, so Zhang waited until 3:40 pm and asked to talk to Ji alone on the grounds that he had something to tell him.

When the two men reached the corner of the street, Zhang suddenly pulled out a steak knife and stabbed Ji. Ji was stabbed in the abdomen and blocked Zhang's second attack with his right hand.

Zhang saw that he could not kill Ji, so he immediately raised his knife to commit suicide. Ji immediately stopped him and held down Zhang's right hand. At the same time, Zhang pulled out a fruit knife and stabbed Ji in the heart.

At this time, the relevant personnel around noticed the abnormality and stepped forward to stop him. Ji was sent to the hospital and died.

...

Zhang confessed that she believed that there was a hidden reason for her husband Wu's death, and that her husband was not the culprit of the corpse burning case. The police arrested him without sufficient evidence, which indirectly led to her husband's death. Therefore, she was full of resentment towards the people involved. After failing to visit, she decided to take revenge herself.

Zhang's behavior violated Article 232 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, and he was held criminally responsible for intentional homicide... After being detained, Zhang actively cooperated with the investigation and pleaded guilty...

In accordance with the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, Zhang was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

——Jian

Jing didn't read the following lines at all.

She could never have imagined that the truth of the matter was like this.

No wonder Ji Feng had doubts about his father's death, but said that the murderer had been arrested. Yes, Zhang has indeed been arrested and may still be in prison, but the real cause of Ji Liming's death is probably still in the corpse burning case.