You're Guilty: Conspiracy Scene 2 crime escalation

Chapter 12 Strange Grandma Zheng

Back in the police force, Li Guanlan sent Feng Xinran to contact the public security detachment to summon Yao Chengwu in the detention center to obtain more clues about where the corpses were buried.Then I went to the forensic room to discuss with Su Caixuan how to restore the original appearance of the corpse.

Li Guanlan said: "You participated in a craniofacial restoration technique training at the Ministry of Public Security last year, which happened to come in handy in this case."

Su Caixuan said: "You are really a caring person. You even understand the dynamics of our forensic doctors. To be honest, since I learned the craniofacial restoration technology, I haven't applied it in actual combat. It is a good thing to have the opportunity to train soldiers. But according to the international The highest standard, the similarity of craniofacial restoration technology can only reach 70.00%. 50.00. We are limited by technology, and the similarity of the restored face may only be 60.00% to [-]%. I will put the ugly words in front, so as not to be blamed by you in the future. "

Li Guanlan smiled and said, "I have confidence in your ability."

Craniofacial restoration technology is an emerging technology that combines forensic anthropology, facial anatomy and computer three-dimensional digital image technology to restore the face of an anonymous skull.Most domestic criminal investigation units have not yet mastered this technology, and the Quzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau only established this project after Su Caixuan participated in systematic training.

The main content of craniofacial restoration technology is to "add flesh" to the skull.In this process, Su Caixuan adopted a seemingly stupid, cumbersome but very effective method - backward push.She compared the skull data stored in the database with the discovered skulls one by one, found five skulls with high similarity, and then analyzed and integrated them according to the original faces of the five skulls to obtain the original shape of the target skull. face.

After completing the data analysis, 3D technology is used to modify the synthesized appearance.Facts have proved that, except for details such as whether the deceased had double eyelids or single eyelids, the forehead, nose bridge, and double cheeks of the head portrait restored by this technology have a high degree of similarity.

The day after the corpse was found, Su Caixuan handed over the restored picture of the deceased's face to Li Guanlan.

Li Guanlan looked at the man in the picture. He was about 40 years old, thin, with high browbones, slightly protruding eyeballs, a big and flat nose, and a wide mouth. The whole face showed a fierce look.

Li Guanlan said with a smile: "The charm of technology is amazing. I can paint this face so vividly that it seems to be in front of my eyes. When I get older and I am not qualified for a front-line job, I will worship you as my teacher and do some technical work." Work."

Su Caixuan teased him and said: "The Li detachment's calculations are really good. When you were young, you repeatedly solved strange cases and had a great reputation. When you are old, you still have to use your spare energy to grab my job. You alone took all the good things."

Li Guanlan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I really admire and admire you."

Su Caixuan said: "Don't be silly, have you analyzed the doll brought back from the scene of the crime?"

Li Guanlan said: "For the time being, there is no way to determine whether it is a coincidence or a certain meaning, or the evidence left by the murderer inadvertently at the scene. We can only analyze it in depth when the case progresses."

Su Caixuan said: "I checked some information. This kind of doll is a 'head-down' that was very popular in Southeast Asia a few years ago. It is said that there are two colors. Casting spells on white dolls can restore lost feelings; and Casting spells on brown dolls can cause serious illness and even death. But this is demagogic nonsense, and I hope it will not cause trouble for you to solve the case."

Interpol Feng Xinran had contact with Yao Chengwu who was detained in the detention center. According to Yao Chengwu, the place where the body was found was indeed his house, but this house was bought from Grandma Zheng. Fourteen years ago, Yao Chengwu brought his family from Shandong to Zhao's hometown. Seeing the fertile land surrounded by mountains and rivers, he settled down there.It happened that Grandma Zheng had two houses for sale, so Yao Chengwu bought them with all his savings.

After listening to the report, Li Guanlan said: "I have an impression of Grandma Zheng. She is the retired worker who adopted Xu Luodan, a medical student. I didn't have direct contact with her a year ago, but this time she got involved again. Grandma Zheng is really a person who cannot be avoided."

Feng Xinran turned around to leave after reporting, but Li Guanlan stopped him and said, "What kind of person is that Yao Chengwu?"

Feng Xinran said: "In his 40s, he is quite kind, but his temper is not very good, and he will get angry at one point."

Li Guanlan said: "Go talk to the security detachment and tell Yao Chengwu that he helped solve the case. See if he can be released sooner. After all, he didn't make any big mistakes."

Feng Xinran understood and said, "Understood, I'll do it now."

Li Guanlan took policeman Xu Tianhua to visit Grandma Zheng's house.

Xu Luodan had graduated at this time and was working in the hospital, not at home.Grandma Zheng looked like Xu Luodan's own grandma at first glance, she was also short and thin, but her bones were tough.

Li Guanlan explained the purpose of coming to Grandma Zheng, took out the restored skull head, said that it was the skeleton excavated from the underground of Zhao's hometown, and asked her if she knew the person in the portrait.

Grandma Zheng glanced at the portrait, an imperceptible strange expression flashed across her face, her fingers trembled, and she almost threw the portrait on the ground.

Xu Tianhua looked at Grandma Zheng suspiciously, and said, "You know this person all the time?"

Grandma Zheng hurriedly denied, "No, I don't know him, how could I know him!"

Seeing this, Li Guanlan said, "Grandma Zheng, take a closer look. Is this person a villager from Zhao's hometown?"

Grandma Zheng said, "I don't know, I can't see it."

Li Guanlan put away the portrait and confirmed to Grandma Zheng that she sold the house to Yao Chengwu's family.

Grandma Zheng said: "There is such a thing. Of those two houses, one is mine, and the other is left by Xu Luodan's parents. My original work unit was in the suburbs, and I lived in Zhao's hometown for the convenience of going to work. After retiring, I moved to Quzhou City. I sold the Xu family’s house on my behalf, the township government approved it, and all the money from the sale was deposited in Xu Luodan’s name, and I kept it for her.”

Li Guanlan said: "When were those two houses built, and who lived there before you and the Xu family?"

Grandma Zheng said: "It's an old house for decades. I don't know when it was built. Before us, there were two families of the Zhao brothers who lived there. Moved to the city. Speaking of it, it has been more than 20 years, I don’t know if the Zhao brothers are still alive.”

Li Guanlan asked again: "Xu Luodan's father Xu Tong died in a car accident, did you know about this?"

An imperceptible strange look flashed across Grandma Zheng's eyes, and she said, "That was two months before I adopted Xu Luodan. Xu Tong went to work in other places, and he took a medium-sized bus in the county. About [-] passengers had an accident more than ten miles away from Zhao's hometown. They rolled over from the mountain road and the bus caught fire. The people in the bus couldn't escape. Some fell to their deaths and some burned to death. Since most of the passengers in the car were villagers from Zhao’s hometown and nearby villages, everyone later went to identify the body.”

Li Guanlan said, "Are you also at the scene?"

Grandma Zheng said: "I went too. At that time, I mainly wanted to see Xu Tong. After all, I was an old neighbor for more than ten years. I also wanted to help Qu Lin. I was afraid that she would suffer when she suddenly saw Xu Tong's miserable situation." Can't live."

Li Guanlan said: "You all know that Xu Tong will take that train back?"

Grandma Zheng said: "At that time, Zhao's hometown passed by this bus every day. When Xu Tong came back, he called the village committee and said that he came back by this bus."

Li Guanlan said, "Have you seen Xu Tong's body with your own eyes?"

Grandma Zheng said: "I saw it. Many people in the village saw it. The burn was severe, but I could vaguely recognize the face and the same figure. The watch he was wearing and the unburned ID card were all in his body. Qu Lin and the villagers all identified it as Xu Tong, and the other corpses were also identified with half-identification and half-guessing."

Li Guanlan said, "How were the corpses handled afterwards?"

Grandma Zheng said: "The bus company paid some compensation, and then the corpses were sent to the crematorium to be burned." The local residents called the crematorium a "cultivation field," which sounds creepy.

Li Guanlan said: "After Xu Tong's accident, Qu Lin had some strange behaviors at home, did you know about this?"

Grandma Zheng said: "The husband just passed away. It is understandable for the woman to behave abnormally. As for why she abandoned Xu Luodan and ran away from home alone, it is really strange. We can't guess the reason. It must not be out of economics. The pressure is not because I'm tired of Xu Luodan, now that Qu Lin has passed away, I'm afraid no one will ever know this secret."

After Li Guanlan and Xu Tianhua said goodbye and went out, Xu Tianhua said, "Grandma Zheng didn't tell the truth. Judging by the changes in her expression, it seems that she has concealed a lot of things."

Li Guanlan said: "I think so too. You can't just listen to one side and believe in another. You need to learn the overall situation from other villagers."

In order to solve the case, Zhao Dafu, the mayor of Zhaojia Township, recruited more than a dozen elderly villagers to help identify the reconstructed portraits of the skulls.In the meeting room of the township government, while the portraits were being circulated among the villagers, a villager named Zhou Dazhuang suddenly said, "You look like Xu Tong?"

The mayor, Zhao Dafu, stretched out his hand to snatch the portrait, and said, "What nonsense, Xu Tong has been turned into ashes a long time ago, how could it be him?"

Other villagers also looked at Zhou Dazhuang with reproachful eyes.Zhou Dazhuang stuck out his tongue, not daring to make a sound.

After passing it around, the villagers shook their heads, expressing that they had never seen the person in the portrait.

Li Guanlan was a little disappointed.According to his inference, Zhao's hometown has inconvenient transportation and densely populated people, so it is very difficult to transfer the corpses, so the place where the bones were found is probably the first scene, and the victims are most likely people from the village.Now the villagers unanimously deny it. Could it be that their deduction is wrong?Or does the portrait not look like the person?Or was the deceased a floating population?

The villagers' testimonies about Xu Tong's death in a car accident are also consistent with Grandma Zheng's statement.Li Guanlan and Xu Tianhua felt that the case had come full circle and returned to the original point. All the previous efforts seemed to be ineffective.

After the villagers dispersed, Li Guanlan chased after Zhou Dazhuang and said, "This old man, can you help us identify it carefully, does this person really look like Xu Tong?"

Zhou Dazhuang said hesitantly, "I dare not say it."

Li Guanlan said: "You say it boldly, it doesn't matter if you are wrong, you don't have to bear any responsibility."

Zhou Dazhuang said: "There are a few images, the forehead and the chin are similar, but the ears and eyebrows are not so similar, and the eyes are not so protruding."

Li Guanlan said, "Are you familiar with Xu Tong?"

Zhou Dazhuang said: "When he was alive, he would play a game of cards with us every three days, and he knew us very well."

Li Guanlan said: "Thank you for cooperating with our work, don't worry, no matter what you say is right or wrong, you are not responsible."

(End of this chapter)