Chapter 16 No Signal in the Village
Zhou Ning sorted out his thoughts.
Zhao Xinli also came over and handed him the camera. Zhou Ning said slowly:
"I don't have much information at the moment, so I'll report to you two that the male victim, Li Delin, died between 5 and 9 days ago, and the female victim, Zhu Meifeng, died between 48 and 36 hours ago.
In other words, Zhu Meifeng died 3-6 days after Li Delin's death, and a bloody sock footprint was found on the stove on the north side of the living room, and there were traces of trampling on the wall.
Hair was found in the small window above the stove. I suspected that there was a third person at the scene and that he escaped through this window and fabricated the scene of Zhu Meifeng's suicide.
As for the male victim Li Delin, when he was killed, he was trying to escape from the bedroom in a panic. He was stabbed and fell in front of the bedroom door. There were signs of a struggle. He was stabbed in the back and died at the door of the main house.
But the bedroom was spotless, with no wrinkles or hair on the sheets. The cause of death of the female victim, Zhu Meifeng, can only be determined by an autopsy."
Zhou Ning's words were like a bomb dropped into the calm lake, and the old policeman looked surprised.
"you sure?"
"Sure."
Zhou Ning said this, but he was very anxious.
The countdown on the large transparent screen was still ticking, one time it became 17:14, the other time it became 71:14. I muttered to myself for a while. Both the on-site investigation and the preliminary analysis had been very thorough, and the cause of death had also been explained. Why hadn't it stopped yet? Was the analysis wrong?
Or is there something missing?
At this moment, the 17:14 countdown on the big screen stopped, and a line of small words appeared below.
Did the binder submit the first part of the intermediate task?
Zhou Ning was stunned. Before, the system would automatically determine the answer as soon as he thought of it. If he got it wrong, the system would not respond. Now, this prompt appeared. What did it mean?
There was no problem with the on-site investigation, and the traces of the third person were also very obvious. Needless to say, the cause of Li Delin's death was obvious to any layman. Only Zhu Meifeng's cause of death looked too much like suicide. However, the two bodies died so long apart, and there was a third person present. Why would the murderer lock the door?
Thinking of this, Zhou Ning's eyes became much firmer. There were two problems in the task. If one of them was wrong, at least there would be no punishment. Thinking of this, Zhou Ning silently said "submit" in his heart.
The countdown stopped instantly, a ticking sound was heard, and only a countdown of 71:13 remained on the screen.
Zhou Ning blinked.
Damn, is this right or wrong? Can you give me a hint?
What's wrong with the system today? There is no signal in the village?
Or does the result only appear after both problems in the task are solved?
Suddenly, Zhou Ning's arm was poked. Zhao Xinli stared at him with his small eyes and winked at him. Zhou Ning was puzzled.
"Forehead?"
"Don't be distracted. The boss asked you if you have a direction for the murderer. It would be best if you could give a vivid image."
Zhou Ning said "Oh", but he was not panicking at the moment. It was not because he was forced to study crime scenes for a month, but because all the information he found was summarized on the big screen.
According to his analysis just now, an animation-like image appeared in the corner, starting from the murderer killing Li Delin, then Zhu Meifeng, then cleaning up the room, throwing everything into the yard, and finally jumping out of the window, returning to the yard to get something and escaping.
After all this was demonstrated, his confidence increased.
Zhou Ning took the camera, found the photo in the rear window, and showed it to Xu Dayuan.
"Look, Mr. Xu, this window is very small, only 33 x 25 centimeters, and the largest diagonal is only 41 centimeters. There are only two hairs left in the window, and there is an inconspicuous mark of stepping on the wall.
In addition, the murderer was able to stab Li Delin quickly, and then stabbed him from behind while he was escaping. This was a very quick reaction. He controlled Zhu Meifeng, disguised the suicide scene a few days later to avoid leaving fingerprints, escaped through the window wearing socks and gloves, and closed the window from the outside.
Having said that, Zhou Ning put down the camera and stared into Xu Dayuan's eyes.
"Combining these analyses, I have come up with a profile that the murderer is an adult male, very thin, not tall, at least not as tall or heavy as Li Delin, very agile, capable of counter-detection, meticulous, and has a certain understanding of police procedures.
Another point is that during the search of the bedroom, we found more than 1,000 yuan in cash in the bedside table, which was very conspicuous. This was not lost, but no property of the deceased Li Delin was found, including his cell phone and purse. "
The old policeman rubbed his chin and Xu Dayuan nodded vigorously.
"Okay, the funeral home's car has arrived. Send the body for autopsy first. I just notified Forensic Doctor Liu to go over and check for you. We will further expand the scope of the investigation based on this direction. Big Zhao, you take Little Liu and follow Forensic Doctor Xiao Zhou to help."
Zhou Ning didn't waste any words, he was the most anxious now. After all, the countdown was like a death sentence, and it made him feel uneasy just looking at it.
Zhao Xinli arranged for people to help load the body into the car. Zhou Ning squatted on one side, packed his things, and then they got into the car and left.
Xu Dayuan called all the policemen inside and outside the yard to the yard, looked at them seriously and said:
"We all saw the medical examiner take the body away. The preliminary investigation results are out. The possibility of robbery is almost zero. I personally tend to think it was a revenge killing. We have a lot of things to investigate at the moment.
I'm going to assign you something now. Don't tell me you're from Tieshan Police Station and not a criminal police officer. The case is in your jurisdiction. Do your best to investigate it. Do you understand?"
Everyone stood at attention and answered loudly.
"clear!"
"Okay, let's assign the tasks. Director Wang will lead your people to investigate the social relationships of the deceased Zhu Meifeng, especially the family of neighbor Liu Bingyi. Their two families are the closest. Also, before today, has anyone seen Zhu Meifeng? Where? With whom?
He Chunyang led the criminal police team to investigate Li Delin from Yujia Village, his family situation, social relations, and when he met whom. They also retrieved Li Delin's call records, the more detailed the better.
Li Delin's company also needs to be sent, and as for Zhu Meifeng's husband Liu Wangcai, He Chunyang sent people to check where he is. All his itineraries and call records within nine days need to be checked and fully verified.
Okay, two people are dead, and the murderer is still unknown. Our county hasn't had such a big case for a long time. We all know how serious the matter is. Especially at this critical period, we must not smear Qidong. We all have some ideas in mind and start to act. "
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12:22
Zhou Ning and others rushed to the county hospital.
As soon as the car stopped, Forensic Doctor Liu and Old Man Cui from the morgue were already standing at the door of the autopsy room. The old man showed his broken teeth enthusiastically and waved at Zhou Ning.
"It's busy enough. After only one month, there's already a big job."
Zhou Ning smiled and walked to forensic doctor Liu. It had been a month and the plaster on his leg had not been removed. He was still using crutches instead of a wheelchair.
"Master, there are two corpses, one of which is highly corrupted. You have to help me this time!"
Forensic Doctor Liu did not shirk his responsibility. He nodded and shouted to Zhao Xinli and the others:
"Hurry up, hurry up, everyone, get started. Send the highly decomposed corpses to Old Cui to freeze them for a while. Freezing them will reduce the stench. Send the female corpses to the autopsy room."
Everyone started to move and sent the bodies away. Zhou Ning's stomach growled twice in a timely manner. After all, he had been doing physical labor for a whole morning and had been jumping up and down to conduct inspections. His stomach was rumbling.
Forensic Doctor Liu took a glance and raised his chin towards the pavilion.
"Hurry up and wash up and eat. It will take at least till evening to finish these two. Besides, I won't have an appetite after that."
Zhou Ning knew that what Forensic Doctor Liu said made sense, so he quickly went to wash his hands and returned to the pavilion. Zhao Xinli and the others were all seated. Looking at the food in the lunch box, Zhao Xinli's face instantly fell.
"Liu, you are treating me differently. When Xiao Liu and the others were doing the autopsy with you, I heard that there were four dishes, three of which were meat, and this whole bunch was just vegetarian. How can I handle it with my physique? I won't be full!"
Liu Yongxin hit Zhao Xinli with the end of his chopsticks, widened his eyes and shouted:
"If you don't want to eat, hurry up and go to the team cafeteria to eat the big pot food. We will be doing the autopsy of a highly decomposed corpse and eating a lot of meat. How are you going to let us work? Otherwise, how about I collect all the little maggots for you and stir-fry a dish? That's high in protein!"
Zhao Xinli was smiling at first, but when he heard the words "little maggot", his face turned pale instantly and he clasped his hands together and raised them above his head.
"Uncle, I was wrong. Please stop talking. These vegetarian dishes are good. Very good."
Several people burst into laughter. Zhou Ning didn't say anything. He picked up the spicy and sour potato shreds and the scrambled eggs with tomatoes and put them into his rice. Then he held the lunch box, stirred it evenly, and put it into his mouthful one by one.
Seemingly in a bad mood, Forensic Doctor Liu poked Zhou Ning with his elbow.
"What happened to you, boy? Did your girlfriend dump you?"
