investigative chronicle

Chapter 37

"Surveillance is everywhere now, and I still need to learn this." Ji Si'an wanted to stop this topic.

"Although this is the case, it is still useful. For example, in remote places or when the camera angle is not good, we still need to draw the suspect based on the description of the victim." Yuan Mu said.

Ji Si'an was afraid that continuing the chat would bring discomfort to Yuan Mu, so he changed the subject and said, "What do you want to see me today?"

"You are a friend, so I can't come to see you." Yuan Mu blamed.

Ji Si'an smiled. Although Yuan Mu looked outgoing and tough, he was actually a very closed person.Based on what she knew about Yuan Mu, she must have something to do when she came to see her today.

Sure enough, Yuan Mu took out a large book from his bag and handed it to Ji Si'an.

"What is this?" Ji Si'an asked like this, already having a rough guess in his heart.

"This is... the key point of that case. I wrote it down when I looked through the files." Yuan Mu said.

Ji Si'an took the hot notebook and couldn't wait to read it.

2000年7月1日早7时50分，城隍西街8号迎客来宾馆服务员打110报警称506房间有人死亡。

When the police arrived at the scene, they found two dead, an adult woman in her 30s and a child aged 7-8.Another 3-year-old child suffered a head injury and was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

Ji Si'an stroked the portrait on the notebook, and Yuan Mu copied all the photos from the scene.

The elder sister was lying on the double bed, covered with a thin sheet, her clothes were intact, even her hair was combed neatly, as if she was asleep...

"How did she die?" Ji Si'an couldn't control it, tears fell on the notebook, and she took out a tissue to wipe her face in a panic.

"Mechanical suffocation... the forensic doctor found cotton fibers in her nostrils, which came from hotel pillows," Yuan Mu said.

Compared with her sister, the scene of her mother's death was chaotic.She was lying on the ground, her hair was messy and there was a lot of blood on her back.

"She was stabbed three times, all from the back. The weapon was a single-edged sharp weapon about 15cm long and 3cm wide. The weapon caused..."

"That's enough, this... Needless to say, it doesn't have much to do with our investigation of the case." Ji Si'an interrupted Yuan Mu.

"Then let's directly look at the scene investigation and the suspect's situation." Yuan Mu could understand Ji Si'an's mood very well.

Since the scene of the crime was a hotel, the number of people coming and going was relatively complicated, and the follow-up protection of the scene was unfavorable, so no effective evidence could be extracted from the on-site investigation.They can only infer from the condition of the door lock that the suspect entered the room peacefully.

"Although it is said to enter the room peacefully, there will be two situations. One is that the other party knows your mother, and she takes the initiative to open the door for the murderer; the other is that he steals the room card to enter. You also know that the management of the hotel was chaotic at that time, often There are cases of taking the wrong room card or losing the room card.”

"And on the day of the incident, the hotel's surveillance system was broken and was being repaired... All kinds of coincidences combined together made this case unsolved for a long time."

Ji Si'an acted as if she had never heard of it. After so many years, she no longer had the patience to listen to those meaningless explanations and analysis.She turned directly to the back to see the suspects they locked.

First, the acquaintances of the father and mother were excluded, then the waiters in the hotel were excluded, and then the criminals near the hotel, and even fugitives were considered.Ji Si'an sat down on the chair slumped.The police are much better at handling cases than a half-assed like her. They have thought of everything she can think of, and they have thought of everything she can't think of...

"There will also be criminal investigation experts' analysis of the suspect's behavior. Take a look... Maybe it will help," Yuan Mu said.

The suspect is male, between 30 and 40 years old, physically strong. Judging from the fact that he can successfully get the victim to open the door, he should be a person who is easy to gain the trust of women.Or outstanding in appearance, or elegant in conversation.Of course, this is an analysis based on the exclusion of acquaintances committing crimes.

The suspect is full of guilt for the girl's death, but full of resentment towards the woman. If the crime was committed by an acquaintance, he should have conflicts with the woman; if the crime was committed randomly, he may be in a period of emotional change.

Judging from the way he treated his sister, he killed her but only knocked her unconscious.He obviously let his sister go on purpose, maybe because his sister was too young to identify him, or maybe he was moved with compassion...

These analyzes were too general to help her much, so Ji Si'an closed his notebook and tried to calm himself down and think. "They still doubted father?"

"There was no loss of property at the scene. If property crimes are excluded, the spouse should be considered first in this case." Yuan Mu tried to make his voice sound natural. "But don't worry, your father has an alibi, he was not in the city at that time."

"He's not in Chenghuang..., so why would he let my mother take me and my sister on a long trip alone?" Ji Si'an said with a reproachful tone.

"He said in the transcript that your mother brought you to Chenghuang to attend the class reunion, and originally planned to stay for two days before going back, but something happened on the day the class reunion ended..." Yuan Mu said.

Class reunion..., it sounds weird to take children to participate.Ji Si'an didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Your father said that your mother was in a bad mood during that time, and they had a quarrel. She insisted on taking the child to the party, which may have the meaning of relaxing."

"We also checked all the students who attended the party that night, and found no problems."

As expected of a cold case, I really have no clue.Ji Si'an scratched his hair and was extremely frustrated.

Yuan Mu understood her mood. "Thousands of police officers were mobilized for large-scale investigations, but there were no results. We have to be patient..."

"There must be something wrong, I have to think about it." Ji Si'an said while clutching his notebook.

"Why don't we start with those who were identified as suspects at that time." Yuan Mu put forward his own thinking.

She listed the names of the suspects one by one, and wrote down the reason for exclusion.Ji Hui and Li Shanlan acted as alibi for him....

Looking at these two unfamiliar names, Ji Si'an's nose was slightly sour.If it wasn't for her grandma's funeral, she wouldn't even know her grandma's name was Li Shanlan.That day, the sky was very blue, and the air smelled of mud after a new rain. Grandma called her to the bed and told her to keep going to school no matter what.

"My baby is a poor child. Grandma has no skills. My baby can't be like me. Xiaoan, you were born with few relatives and no one to rely on. We have to have our own skills to live a good life. Promise grandma, you must be more Go to that...university. At that time, don’t worry about them, we can do whatever they like, we can do it on our own.”

"My baby's birthday is coming soon, grandma is useless, she can't even cook longevity noodles, so I made up this little rabbit for you, do you think it looks good?"

Ji Si'an recalled those moments with tears in his eyes.I am really a person with few relatives, and my grandma left not long after her birthday.Her birthday is really not an auspicious day, if grandma insisted...

"Okay, these are the suspects I investigated at that time, I wrote it down..." Yuan Mu turned her head and saw Ji Si'an's eyes were red and tears were streaming down her face, she was at a loss for words.

Sensing his gaffe, Ji Si'an picked up a tissue and wiped his face indiscriminately. "Nothing reminds me of the past."

"By the way, I was an eyewitness at the time. Didn't they ask me what I said? What did I say." Ji Si'an looked at Yuan Mu expectantly, she wanted to find some clues from her words back then.

(End of this chapter)