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Chapter 24 The Dark Night Demon (10)
After calming down, Yao and Shun immediately called the scout in charge of monitoring Wang Baocai, in order to know where Wang Baocai was when the crime happened last night. Next, since Wang Baocai returned home yesterday evening, he never went out again.

This news made Yaoshun a little at a loss. He felt like he had fallen into a maze. After so many days of groping, he thought he could get out of this maze, but he didn't expect that after trying all the methods, the final efforts were in vain. The reason is only One, that is, this maze has no exit at all from the beginning.

From the first murder case, Yao and Shun identified the murderer as Wang Baocai, and he has been conducting investigations around Wang Baocai. The serial murder case took a 180-degree turn, because Wang Bao had a sufficient alibi, and the witness was the scout who followed him.

"Where did I go wrong? Could it be that my judgment was really wrong? Could it be that I was really influenced by Wang Baocai and his judgment was swayed by him? Could it be that all the previous investigations were in vain?"

Self-blame, anger, contradictions, and entanglements pressed down on Yaoshun like a boulder, making him feel out of breath for a moment. He walked outside the cordon, leaned against the car door, lit a cigarette, and deeply He took a breath, and then spit it out violently, as if he hoped to use this method to spit out all the sullen breath that was suppressed in his heart.

This night was destined to be another sleepless night for Yao and Shun. He stood by the window with a sad face, hoping that the night wind would blow away the boredom in his heart, but contrary to expectations, it was a windless and sultry night. It was solidified, without any sense of flow.

On the desk, there is an autopsy report, the content of which is exactly the same as the previous three, just like a copy, except for the name of the deceased, there is only one very subtle difference from the previous case, that is, the deceased The wound on the back of the brain was carefully examined by the forensic doctor. The wound on the back of the deceased’s head was the same as the wound on the back of the dead’s head in the previous two murder cases. They were both caused by hammering. The wound on the back of the deceased's head was much deeper than in the previous two cases. It can be seen that the murderer's method of attack is becoming more and more mature.

In addition, a large amount of food residue and article waste were found in the black plastic bag found next to the body. It is believed that this plastic bag was used to hold garbage.A large number of messy fingerprints were found on the surface of the plastic bag, among which a relatively clear group of fingerprints was on the seal. After inspection, it was found that this group of fingerprints was also left on the surface of the plastic bag, and most of them covered the rest of the fingerprints. I believe it should be Leftovers from the person who ended up using a plastic bag.However, after comparison, this set of fingerprints did not belong to the previous suspect Wang Baocai.

As for the identity of the victim, according to the investigators' investigation, the deceased was named Shao Wenfang, a salesperson in a large shopping mall. He was unmarried but had a cohabiting boyfriend. Like No.3 victim Li Yan, she had never had an abortion before she was murdered, and she had not accompanied any of her friends to the hospital to have an abortion in the near future.

If it is said that Li Yan was also murdered without having an abortion before, it can also be explained that she accompanied Xiao Honghong to have an abortion, and was considered by the murderer to be an act of "helping the emperor to abuse", so she was killed, then Shao Wenfang's murder obviously did not satisfy any one. There is something in common among the previous victims, so why was she killed?

"Is there anything in common that I haven't discovered?" Yao Shun said to himself.

"Are you going to stay overnight again?"

Shen Xin's voice came from behind Yao Shun, which also made him nervous immediately. He knew that after the fourth case happened, he had already alarmed the leaders of the provincial department and held an emergency meeting in the afternoon.

"Director, did the leaders of the provincial department ask for a deadline to solve the case?" Yao Shun did not answer Shen Xin's words, but asked nervously.

Shen Xin didn't answer Yao Shun's words, but nodded solemnly.

"How many days?"

"Three days. The leaders of the provinces and departments have no choice. They are also under tremendous pressure from public opinion. These days, newspapers, Internet and TV are all talking about these cases, causing panic among the citizens, especially women, whether they are accompanied or unaccompanied. If you are with me, I will go home directly after work, and I dare not stay outside for a long time, because I am worried that the murderer will stare at me."

"Well, I understand, alas! It seems that these three days have been busy." Yao Shun sighed softly.

"Look at your bloodshot eyes, haven't you slept for several nights?" Shen Xin asked with concern.

Yaoshun smiled helplessly, and replied: "The case is not solved, so I can't sleep at all."

"The case needs to be solved, but you can't ignore your body. You are not a robot. Although the three days are tense, if you don't rest, how can you have a good mental analysis of the case and catch the murderer." Shen Xin persuaded.

"It's okay, I can hold on. Instead of wasting time lying in bed now, it's better to wait until the case is solved, and I'll make up for it. Then I can ask Mr. Director for leave, and I'll get approval!"

"You have such a stubborn temper, you really can't bring back a few cows. All right! When the case is solved, I'll give you a long vacation and let you have a good rest." Shen Xin said.

"Then I would like to thank you in advance, Mr. Bureau Chief." Yao Shun smiled brightly, and his tired and depressed mood seemed to ease a little.

"Any new developments in the case?"

"Not yet. Although I had some clues before, but now I have been beaten back to my original shape. I can't figure it out for a while." Yao Shun said helplessly.

"I also heard that there is no similarity between the No.4 victim and the previous three victims, can you?"

"Well, before I always thought that the common point of the murdered women was abortion, but this No. 4 murdered woman did not have an abortion, and she has no similar appearance with the three murdered women before. So far, the only thing that can connect several cases is the exact same method of murder. It is certain that the murderer of the four murders is the same person, and the nature of the serial murder is certain. I also passed my A friend who studies psychology has learned that when a serial killer commits a crime, most of the victims he chooses have certain factors, and these factors often imply the main reason for the murderer to commit the crime. I always thought that the murderer’s murder The motive is to hate those women who had abortions. Although No.3 victim Li Yan also had no abortion, she accompanied No.2 victim Xiao Honghong to the hospital to have an abortion before she was killed. I guessed that the murderer might think that Li Yan was Xiao Honghong’s abortion She was an accomplice to her, so I killed her as a punishment, but now it seems that my previous guess was wrong. The abortion may be just a coincidence. There must be some commonality among the four victims. The undiscovered commonality may be the real reason why they became the murderer's target."

"Have you ever thought that the murderer might be a murderer without a specific target?"

"I have also thought about this issue, but it seems unlikely. First of all, in several murder cases, no obvious clues were found at the scene or on the body, which shows that the murderer was premeditated, especially the No.2 victim Xiao Honghong, the murderer. Throwing her body into the inner river of the city, tied sandbags on purpose, and dug small holes in the bags. On the one hand, the murderer wanted to delay the discovery of the body, and on the other hand, he did not want the body not to be found. It is a small institution, thus satisfying two conditions. Secondly, if the murderer just randomly chooses the target to commit the crime, then there is no need to chop dozens of knives on the corpse and pour sulfuric acid on it. If there is a special meaning, since it is meaningful, it is impossible for him to choose the target of the murder at will, otherwise he will not be able to satisfy his real purpose of the murder. And the most important thing is the time of the murder. If the murderer commits the crime without a specific target, Then he can commit murder anytime and anywhere, and any woman can be his target, but it is not the case in reality. Although the murders happen one after another, the time is several days apart, and the time is short, which shows that the murderer is likely to use this period of time Find the target. Based on these three points, I believe that the murderer must have a fixed pattern in choosing the target." Yao Shun analyzed confidently.

"The fingerprints found on the bag used to hold the body did not belong to the previous suspect Wang Baocai. Do you still think he is the murderer?"

Yao and Shun didn't know how to answer Shen Xin's question. If the answer was yes, what about the evidence?The occurrence of the fourth murder case did make him a little confused, and even doubted his own judgment for a while.But if the answer is no, it means that all the previous investigations are wasted, all the work is wasted, and everything has to start again, and in the process, the murderer does not know how many people will be killed.

"Director, I really don't know how to answer your question, because even my own heart is very contradictory now." Yao Shun said bluntly, "Before, I always regarded Wang Baocai as the only suspect. It all revolves around him, but now that he has a perfect alibi, and the fingerprints on the black plastic bag are not his, I really doubt whether my previous judgment is correct."

"Indeed, the occurrence of the fourth murder case reduced Wang Baocai's suspicion almost to zero overnight, but it does not mean that he is not really the murderer. As the saying goes, 'The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear', because you are focused on solving the case, maybe some You may not be able to figure it out, but if you can put aside your own identity and look at this case from the perspective of a bystander, you may not be able to make new discoveries." Shen Xin said.

"Bystander?"

"Yes, I have read all the investigation materials of this case so far. There is nothing wrong with your investigation thinking as a whole, but there is one place that you seem to have overlooked. You have always focused all your attention on the investigation. Wang Baocai, but have you ever thought that maybe he has an accomplice? Because I feel that Wang Baocai's series of provocative actions are a bit too high-profile, as if he deliberately pushed himself to the forefront to attract attention."

Shen Xin's words made Yao and Shun suddenly enlightened. Indeed, from the very beginning, because of Wang Baocai's provocation, he had focused all his attention on Wang Baocai. As for the question of accomplices, he had never thought about it or paid attention to it. arrive.

After Shen Xin left, Yao Shun sat back at his desk and looked through all the materials of the case again. Of course, this time he did not look at these materials as a person involved in the investigation of the case, but as a third party. Identity re-researched the case in order to find more clues that he hadn't noticed before.

In the first murder case of Hu Jing, it was discovered through interviews that the last person who had contact with Hu Jing should be Wang Baocai. This was also confirmed through the interrogation of Wang Baocai, but he only admitted that he took Hu Jing out of concern. When he arrived at his home, he did not kill anyone.But his statement was quickly vetoed by himself, and he later explained the reason for killing Hu Jing during the detention period, but because there was no substantive evidence, and he retracted the confession on the spot, he could only be released in the end.

The second murder case of Li Yan (actually this was the third murder case, but Yao and Shun regarded it as the second case because the body was discovered first), after the incident, he was too impulsive, Wang Baocai was found in a short time, but Wang Baocai also had an attitude of admitting first and then denying, but this further confirmed his identity as the murderer.

In the third case of Xiao Honghong's murder, although she was killed before Li Yan, her body was discovered after Li Yan's murder, and it was Wang Baocai, the first suspect in the case who found the body.The black plastic bag tied to the body to sink the body was found to have been artificially manipulated. It was used to sink the body and also to delay the discovery of the body. What if Wang Bao was the murderer?Then what is his purpose in doing this?
The fourth murder case of Shao Wenfang brought the serial murder case a 180-degree turn. Apart from the fact that the method of murder was completely similar, the similarity of abortion among the previous murdered women did not exist in this case, and the most important One point is that Wang Baocai had a perfect alibi this time.

After reviewing the case again, Yao and Shun still pointed the finger at Wang Baocai, but in this way, all the questions returned to the original point. He shook his head, and then focused his attention on some doubts that have not been answered so far.

After the first murder case of Hu Jing happened, criminal investigators searched Wang Baocai's residence, but nothing was found except for Hu Jing's fingerprints left at the scene. The cause of Hu Jing's death was severe blood loss from the severed neck artery , if the scene of the crime is at Wang Baocai's home, it is impossible that nothing has been discovered.But if the scene of the crime was not at Wang Baocai's home, where would he kill the man?Not only killing people, but also destroying corpses. If there is no relatively safe place, it should be impossible to complete the entire murder process, but so far, no other residence has been found for him.

Then there are the abandoned corpses. Judging from the locations of several abandoned corpses, they are all some distance away from Wang Baocai's residence. Wang Baocai has no car, only an electric bicycle. In this case, how can he transport the corpse to hide it from others?
Yao and Shun had to admit that in the previous investigation, he had indeed ignored these two issues, because from the very beginning he believed that Wang Baocai was the real culprit, coupled with Wang Baocai's continuous provocative behavior, he was in the process of investigation. In the process, he was so focused on finding a breakthrough in the case from Wang Baocai, but he didn't notice the doubts in the case itself.

"Could it be that Wang Baocai really has an accomplice?"

Yao and Shun naturally didn't want such an idea to be true, because it would undoubtedly make the case more complicated, especially since the time to solve the case was only three days. At this time, if the real culprit was someone else, the difficulty of investigation would be enormous One can imagine.

Although he didn't want his ideas to come true, Yao and Shun had to accept this fact. After all, only such a hypothesis could explain why Wang Baocai found no evidence of killing Hu Jing in his home, and why he could abandon the corpse without anyone noticing it. And why Wang Baocai was able to commit the fourth murder without leaving home.

If Wang Baocai still has an accomplice, who is the accomplice?This is not a simple matter of helping to move a house or looking after a door. Now that there are four serial murders happening, what kind of person would be willing to help Wang Baocai with such a favor?In Wang Baocai's information, it seems that no one has a good relationship with him enough to be willing to help him kill someone.

"Wang Baocai? Accomplice?"

The emergence of new doubts quickly occupied Yaoshun's mind, and this was the first time since the incident, he diverted his attention away from Wang Baocai.

Yao Shun closed the case file, stopped all actions, closed his eyes, and leaned on the chair with his whole body relaxed. The office suddenly became extremely quiet, and the "tick-tick" sound from the wall clock was very clear at this moment.

Messy clues are like disorganized jigsaw pieces. Without the original picture, if Yao and Shun want to piece together a complete picture, they can only try various combinations piece by piece, not to mention whether these pieces are still unknown. whole.

After a long time, Yaoshun opened his eyes suddenly, slapped the table with his palm, and shouted out the words "Wang Baohua" at the same time.

Yao and Shun had suspected that Wang Baocai's real identity was Wang Baohua before, but as the investigation deepened, he felt that identity was not the key point of the case, so he ignored it. But now it seems that Wang Baohua cannot be completely separated from the relationship.

Assuming that neither Wang Baocai nor his brother Wang Baocai were killed in that fire, it can be explained why the fourth murder occurred even though Wang Baocai stayed at home, because his accomplice was his younger brother Wang Baohua. Only in this way can it be explained why Wang Bao had an accomplice and why the case was so meticulously laid out.

If Wang Baocai and his brother did not die in the fire that year, then besides Wang Yuzhu, Zheng Hui and his son Zheng Peng, among the four people who were killed in the fire that year, who did the body belong to?With the emergence of this question, the name "Liu Jun" appeared in front of Yao and Shun again. Liu Jun disappeared strangely. Although it can be explained that he fled to other places to hide after he set fire to Wang Yuzhu's family and died This kind of explanation seems a bit far-fetched, even if he really wants to escape, it is impossible for him to escape without a trace. Concerned about the follow-up progress of the matter, it won't be too difficult to find someone to go back to the village to find out what's going on!If he found out the wind, it should be clear that everyone thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, so he could go back to the village without hesitation. After all, he still has his career and wife here.Now it seems that the most reasonable explanation for Liu Jun's bizarre disappearance is that he has already encountered misfortune, which is why he has not heard from him for many years.

"If that's the case, where is Liu Jun's body?" Yaoshun thought.

(End of this chapter)