Crime Profiler 2

Chapter 34 The Way of Enlightenment (2)
"We speculate that the murderer should have brought it there." The criminal policeman from City S said, "No such toys were found in the victim's home. Zhan Ruolin's toys are mainly hand-made. We also launched an investigation along this clue." , however, nothing has been found so far.”

Zheng Yan suddenly leaned forward and sniffled: "I think you may not be able to find any clues." He said, "These three plush toys were not bought, but picked up from a trash can. .”

"Base?" Mu Xue asked.

"I smell garbage, it's as simple as that." Zheng Yan smiled.

"What a strange murder weapon." Qin Ling straightened her waist and said suddenly, "The two adult victims were hit hard on the head, only once. Judging from the condition of the wound, the murder weapon was rectangular with a certain curvature. It should be Metal texture. However, in my impression, there is no murder weapon suitable for this kind of wound."

"The handle of the gun." The criminal police of City S said, "There was no trace of the victim's resistance at the scene. We speculate that the murderer should have used the gun to control the victim. Then it is reasonable to hit the victim with the handle of the gun."

"It really looks like a scar caused by the handle of a gun." Qin Ling thought for a while, then nodded, "However, the handle of this gun is too big, at least two circles larger than the normal handle."

"This is also where we are puzzled." The criminal policeman in S City scratched his head embarrassedly, "From the traces, it should be caused by the handle of the standard gun, but it is impossible for a standard gun to have such a large handle."

"Let me think about it again." Qin Ling said, "Now let's talk about the scars on Zhan Ruolin's body. In addition to the scars caused by the throwing, the scars from the whipping should be caused by the belt. Look here." She carefully picked up a piece of debris with tweezers, "If the contamination can be ruled out, this piece of debris should be on the murder weapon."

"You didn't find out before?" Zheng Yan looked at the criminal police in City S and asked.

"To tell you the truth, we only conducted a simple examination on the corpse before. Because the suspect is very clear. After we found out that the murderer is not the person we suspect, we directly reported it to you." The criminal police of S city smiled embarrassedly.

"There is another very important clue on the body." Qin Ling said, "There are choke marks on Zhan Ruolin's body, indicating that the murderer once controlled her. When Zhan Ruolin was thrown repeatedly, the murderer was on her body It left marks too. It's kind of weird that the marks are all from one hand."

"Is the murderer one-armed?" The criminal policeman in City S frowned.

"I don't think so." Qin Ling shook her head, "I think the murderer is not only healthy, but also physically strong."

"But, didn't you say that there was only one hand mark?" The criminal policeman in City S looked puzzled.

"Because the murderer's other hand has other uses." Du Li smiled and said, "The murderer should have harmed Zhan Ruolin in front of Zhan Ruolin's parents, Zhan Hong and Fang Fei, so He can only use one hand, and with the other he has to use the gun to control Zhan Hong and Fang Fei."

"Torturing the child in front of the victim's parents. Stuffing the victim into a plush toy in the shape of a bear." A smile appeared on the corner of Zheng Yan's mouth, "I think I probably know what the murderer wants to express. Now we have to All it takes is knowing how he did it, which will give us more clues."

"Have you checked the video surveillance at the time of the incident?" Zheng Yan asked.

"I checked and found nothing abnormal." The criminal police of S City said, "We checked all the videos within two hours before and after the incident, and there was no suspicious person entering or leaving the community. The surveillance video of Building 2, where the crime scene is located, was also not found. Anyone suspicious."

"Not enough." Zheng Yan thought for a while and said, "I want all the video footage of the day when the crime happened. Judging from the murderer's modus operandi and degree of perversion, it is not a murder of passion, but a premeditated crime. Before committing the crime, the murderer With sufficient preparation, he may enter and exit the community and the crime scene many times."

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"Come on, what is this?"

The drowsy Zheng Yan was awakened by Mu Xue's exclamation, he subconsciously stood up, and saw Mu Xue still staring at the monitor in front of him.

What was shown on the monitor was the surveillance video of the building where the crime scene was located on the day.

Zheng Yan looked over curiously and found that it was the video in the elevator.The time in the corner of the video shows that this video was taken two hours before the incident, that is, around 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.There was a sudden blackness in the video, and it returned to normal after 10 minutes, but after that, the video was the scene in the elevator without any change.

They have watched this video dozens of times, but have not found any valuable clues, Zheng Yan already wants to give up.

Mu Xue didn't speak, just clicked fast forward, and adjusted the video to the position at 1:1 in the morning.Later, she called up another video, which was at the gate of the community, and the time was also [-] o'clock in the morning.

She played the two videos at the same time, and slowly, Zheng Yan also noticed the abnormality.

The three victims entered the community at 1 o'clock in the morning, walked into the building where they lived, and walked into the elevator. However, they were not seen in the surveillance video of the elevator.

Zheng Yan stared at the surveillance video attentively. After 5 minutes, the video screen trembled violently, but there was no abnormality in the elevator.

"What's going on?" Zheng Yan frowned.

Mu Xue didn't speak, but just dragged the progress bar and adjusted the video to 2 o'clock.There was a brief darkness on the screen again, this time only about 5 minutes before the screen returned to normal.

There is a little dark red on the elevator wall facing the monitor.

"Is the video fake?" Zheng Yan asked.

"No." Mu Xue shook her head, "It should have been tampered with the surveillance cameras. You also saw that there were two power outages at that time, and the surveillance probes in this community did not have night vision functions. The murderer probably took advantage of this time , Set up and withdraw the hands and feet I did in the elevator. For the specific situation, you need to go to the scene to see."

"Let's go now." Zheng Yan said, "If your inference is correct, then the two power outages in the community should also be related to the murderer."

"As I expected." Mu Xue came down from the ladder and raised the evidence bag in her hand, "There are some gelatinous substances in it. The murderer took advantage of the time of the first power outage to stick something on the camera, This thing made us think that the victim had never entered the elevator. During the second power outage, the murderer took it off."

"What could it be?" Zheng Yan asked.

"This, I think, should be a picture." Mu Xue said, thought for a while, and added, "It's the same picture as the elevator scene we usually see in the camera."

"Interesting." Zheng Yan smiled thoughtfully, "The murderer's little trick is simple and practical. But it may not be easy to implement in practice. He must have come and gone here more than once to collect the materials he needs. Xiaoxue, instruct City S The police expanded the scope of the search, investigated all surveillance videos from when the victim moved here, and asked the security personnel if they had found any suspicious persons."

Mu Xue quickly recorded Zheng Yan's words in the notebook, thought for a while, and said, "I'm going to see the power distribution room."

"Let's go together. Doctor Du, Lingzi, check this elevator. There should be traces of the victim here." Zheng Yan confessed, Qin Ling and Du Li nodded, and opened the toolbox.

The power distribution room of Longteng Community is located in a corner of the community.After arriving at the power distribution room, Zheng Yan didn't enter immediately. Instead, he walked around the power distribution room a few times and glanced at the surveillance cameras in the distance, feeling hesitant.

He nodded to Mu Xue, and Mu Xue just opened the door of the power distribution room, but she didn't enter immediately, but raised the survey light and shot a beam of side light at the ground.

Several groups of messy footprints appeared in front of them under the influence of lights.

"Three people." Mu Xue observed carefully for a while, and said, "Someone has been here twice, it should be the suspect's. The other two sets of footprints may be the property of the community. After the community was cut off, they came here for maintenance."

"Is there any appraisal value?" Zheng Yan asked.

Mu Xue observed carefully for a while, and said, "There is inference value, but no discrimination value. The shading of the footprint is too ordinary."

Zheng Yan gave a "hmm" and signaled Mu Xue to continue.

Mu Xue bypassed those footprints, walked into the power distribution room, and observed the power switch.

"The condition of the fingerprints is not ideal." Mu Xue said, "The murderer should have been wearing gloves when he pulled the switch. Wait, what is this?"

Mu Xue suddenly squatted down and carefully observed the traces on the ground.Under the illumination of the survey lamp, the faint trace reflected a little bit of oily light.

She stretched out her hand to rub it, frowned slightly, then took off her gloves, and without waiting for Zheng Yan to stop, she used her nails to pick off a small piece, put it in front of her eyes, "It's wax! There's been wax here."

"Lighting?" Zheng Yan asked.

"It doesn't look like that." Mu Xue shook her head, "There's no need to use that kind of lighting tool." She thought about it, and suddenly laughed.

"What do you remember, laughing like this?" Zheng Yan looked at her curiously.

"I think of a common trick in detective novels." Mu Xue said, "If you fix a candle on the switch box, fix one end of the rope to the candle, bypass the switch in the middle, and tie a heavy object to the other end, then when the candle burns to To a certain extent, the heavy object will fall, pull down the switch, and cause a power outage. However, it seems that no one will do this in reality, and the calculation of time is a very difficult thing."

Zheng Yan didn't smile, but looked at Mu Xue with a strange expression.

"What's wrong? What's on my face?" Mu Xue asked, wiping her face carelessly.

"No, I just remembered one thing." Zheng Yan said, "Do you still remember the trick used by the murderer in the elevator? Using photos to cover up the surveillance cameras, this is also a plot that only appears in novels, and it also requires very sophisticated calculations .There is nothing improbable about the murderer's trick of using candles here."

"Don't forget, the second power outage only lasted 5 minutes, which was not enough for the murderer to rush back to the elevator and remove the trick device. He should have set up the power outage device first, removed the equipment in the elevator, and rushed here to clean up At the scene, leave before the community property personnel arrive." Zheng Yan said.

Mu Xue didn't speak, but stood on tiptoe, looked at the top of the switch box, reached out and touched it, and found a round hole.A gloved finger reached into the round hole, and scratched along the edge, indicating to Zheng Yan.

It has an oily substance on it.

Zheng Yan took a deep breath, smiled, and closed his eyes.

23:50
He entered the community from the only monitoring blind spot, came to the distribution box, and checked the crime tools he carried with him one last time.For this day, he has been preparing for a long time, uninterruptedly tracking the target's movement trajectory, and confirming the time when they return home every day.Observe the patrol rules of the community, find monitoring blind spots, and test the reaction time of community security personnel in the face of emergencies.

He will never allow a little bit of failure in action.

00:00
He pulled down the main power supply, and the community suddenly fell into darkness.

Surveillance video running a separate line didn't stop working, but cameras lacking night vision were unable to record him.

Now, he had at least 10 minutes to set that ruse.

He avoided the cameras as much as possible, walked into Building 2, walked into the only elevator that was open at night, and placed the photos he had prepared in front of the cameras.

This photo was carefully prepared. The dimensions, angles, and distances were calculated in advance, and the abnormality of this elevator could not be discerned from the monitor.

00:10
The power supply of the community was restored.At this time, he had already returned to the power distribution room, and after the property staff left, he began to set up the second trick.This trick will start after 1 hour and 50 minutes, this time is carefully calculated.At that time, he had completed the crime.The activated trick will bring him 5 minutes. He must use these 5 minutes to remove the mechanism in the elevator, and then rush to the power distribution room to clean up the traces left by the mechanism here and escape from the surveillance blind spot.

00:50
When the target appeared, he followed the pre-observed route, sneaked into the elevator first, and waited for the target to throw himself into the trap.

01:05
The target enters the elevator.The target shows no suspicion of the stranger in the elevator.But when the elevator started and he pressed all the buttons from the 1st floor to the 22nd floor, the target realized that something was wrong.However, it was too late.

He had a gun in his hand, and the three victims could only passively accept orders at gunpoint.

He did nothing to the two adults but pulled the little girl and beat her repeatedly.He even lifted her up with one hand and fell into the elevator.

"What you have done in the past, I will pay you back twice today!" He said viciously, "My parents don't know how to educate you, so I will educate you!"

01:10
5 minutes is the time when the victim Zhan Ruolin abused the victim baby in the elevator. Five minutes later, he coerced the victim out of the elevator and entered the second crime scene.

In the second scene, he chose the roof.Because this is a high stage, even though it is late at night, in his subconscious mind, this is a stage for him to play to his fullest.Downstairs, he imagined, thousands of people were eagerly awaiting his performance with the three victims.

He should have prepared a camera to record all this and wait for the right time to make it public.

Here, he has plenty of time to abuse her.

This time is 40 minutes, and another 10 minutes is his final preparation time.

The gun in his hand made the two adult victims dare not resist at all, they could only watch him violently abuse Zhan Ruolin.He was beaten with fists, thrown, and even whipped with a belt.Facing the muzzle of the gun, Zhan Ruolin could only hold back her sobs in her throat.

01:50
The victim, Zhan Ruolin, has lost her response.

He shot the two adult victims in the back of the head with the butt of a gun, making them incapable of resisting, then took the plush toys hidden in the trash can outside, stuffed them in, and threw them out of the window.

This is his carefully prepared gift for the victim, three dolls in the shape of bears.

"Bear children, bear parents. This is my final position for you." He must have thought so, "Not only that, you are garbage among garbage, just like these three dolls, coming from garbage, and finally returning to the trash."

02:00
He threw the three victims downstairs and left calmly.When he left, he didn't forget to clean up the traces in the room, although he didn't leave any traces.

Afterwards, he used the brief power outage to clean up the mechanism left in the elevator, then rushed to the power distribution room, cleaned up the mechanism there, and left the crime scene.

Zheng Yan opened his eyes, at this time he was standing on the roof of the building where the crime happened.

"This is the whole process of the murderer's crime." He said, "A perfect crime like a textbook."

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"I don't think this is revenge. Although the murderer's abuse of Zhan Ruolin looks more like revenge, it is obviously different." After listening to Zheng Yan's empathy, Du Li said, "Pure revenge does not need to take time. Taking everything into consideration, let alone stuffing the victim into a plush toy."

"The murderer should be conducting trial and punishment." Mu Xue thought for a while and said, "The plush toy in the shape of a bear is a trial for the victim. If the son doesn't teach, it's the father's fault. The murderer thinks it's because of Zhan Hong and Fang Fei. It is only the bear parents who have a bear child like Zhan Ruolin, and the beating of Zhan Ruolin is to punish her for her evil deeds. To abuse a child in front of the parents is to punish the parents for their ignorance."

"Who would do this?" Zheng Yan asked as if talking to himself.

"He has a strong sense of justice." Du Li said, frowned, and continued, "You said that he abused Zhan Ruolin in front of the two adult victims, which has another meaning, which is to educate the children on behalf of the parents. .Then, the murderer is most likely not used to Zhan Hong and Fang Fei's way of educating children, so he may be engaged in the education industry."

(End of this chapter)