Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 226 Free Bird

On May 2004, 5, it rained, and it rained continuously.

This kind of weather is perfect for killing people.

The reason why rainy days are suitable for committing crimes is that all evidence will be washed away by the rain. As long as I am careful, no one can catch me, just like the previous two times.

I had chosen my target several months ago, and that was Kuang Mei, who was from the same school as me.

She and I are not in the same class, but she is pretty and has a nice neck.

I like women's necks. Having a rope around them is the most exciting feeling.

Every night after class, I would follow Kuang Mei, looking for an opportunity to take action, but she always took the bus directly home, so I didn't dare to do anything.

Until the evening of July 7st, I was squatting downstairs of her house and was planning to go home, but I saw her go out and take the No. 1 bus.

I don't know where she's going, but I'll just follow her.

But as the bus went farther and farther away, the only passengers left on the bus were Kuang Mei and me, and of course, the bus driver.

If I do it tonight, I'll probably be recognized.

So I got off at Beijiao Xingfu Road, which was the second to last stop.

Then, I ran all the way, chasing the bus in the rain.

This way, it can be proved that I got off the bus halfway, and later, when the police investigate, they will not suspect me.

However, the bus did not follow the established route at all, but drove straight past the bus station.

Half an hour later, I saw the bus stopped at the edge of a hillside.

I walked around the back of the bus and saw the bus driver raping Kuang Mei.

Kuang Mei struggled hard and resisted desperately, so the driver stood up and kicked her in the head.

But Kuang Mei refused to comply, so the driver beat her more and more violently.

I just watched from the side until the driver realized that Kuang Mei's body was motionless after he had done the violence.

The bastard was panicking. He thought no one saw him committing the crime and had no idea that I had witnessed his crime.

The bus kept moving forward and I kept following it.

But it didn’t take long, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to catch up. Five minutes later, the bus arrived at an abandoned botanical garden.

I saw the driver take Kuang Mei's body out of the car and throw it into the abandoned well in the botanical garden.

I picked up that butterfly hairpin on the bus, and I also took the driver's water cup.

This was a prank because I wanted to see how panicked he would be if he was caught murdering someone.

Since then, I would occasionally take this bus and always observe the driver's expression.

However, this guy is also very capable. He has never run away. Until now, he still drives the No. 6 bus, but he has replaced his thermos cup with a new one.

I don't know if he has continued to kill people in the past few years...

In the interrogation room, Lan Hanwen narrated the incident calmly, without a trace of emotion in his tone.

Luo Rui really wanted to ask if this was his hallucination. After all, since then, Lan Hanwen has been ill and hospitalized. This is a fact, and the doctor has also made a diagnosis.

In other words, it was Lan Hanwen who killed the man, but everything he said was just his imagination.

But it’s easy to prove.

As long as we find the driver and the abandoned well in the botanical garden, the truth will be revealed.

Lan Hanwen raised his head, his eyes showing that he had given up struggling, and nodded heavily.

"I admit that I killed Wang Jialing. At that time, I did not have a mental illness attack."

call……

Hearing this, Luo Rui let out the anger that had been pent up in his heart for a long time.

Jiang Gang behind him couldn't help but stand up, waved his fist in the air, and then slapped Luo Rui's shoulder with his right hand.

Li Nong also leaned back and felt relaxed all over.

At this point, although the case has not yet been concluded, the murderer of Wang Jialing has been caught!
……

Luo Rui threw the pen in his hand on the table, pushed open the door of the interrogation room, and strode out. Li Nong and Jiang Gang followed closely.

Outside the detention center, it was already dawn and the morning glow was rising in the eastern sky.

A large number of reporters gathered outside the door, holding cameras and long guns. Zhou Xia and her father stood at the front with anxious expressions.

Television stations in Haidong Province took turns broadcasting the investigation operations of the Huining City Police Department.

The murderer on a rainy night, the sensational headline stimulates the nerves of the general public.

Only then did Zhou Xia understand why the police officer named Luo Rui asked her whether she had ever made a date with Lan Hanwen on a rainy day.

It turns out that Lan Hanwen was not only involved in the murder of Wang Jialing, but also in several cases of missing girls in Huining City, which were also related to him.

Zhou Xia was completely desperate and urgently needed to know the truth. She urgently needed to know whether the man she loved was a murderous demon.

The door of the detention center was opened, and Luo Rui walked out first, followed by Li Nong, Jiang Gang and others.

The reporters rushed forward and the police officers in the detention center tried to stop them.

One of the reporters shouted, "Are you the police officers who organized the Rainy Night Murderer? I have a few questions I want to ask."

Another reporter knew Li Nong and also shouted, "Captain Li, is Lan Hanwen the real murderer?"

……

Li Nong ignored the group of reporters and walked towards the police car parked on the side of the road with Luo Rui.

The police officer who was maintaining order advised: "Don't push forward. The case is still under investigation and the investigators will not accept interviews!"

When Zhou Xia saw Luo Rui, she took advantage of the police not paying attention and ran over.

Luo Rui was about to get in the car. When he saw her, he held the car door with one hand and stared at her.

Zhou Xia's eyes were red and swollen, her hair was disheveled, and she no longer had the aura of a strong woman.

Zhou Xia panted and asked, "Did he do it?"

According to the rules, Luo Rui should not disclose the case, but he nodded slightly and got into the car.

The police car drove along the road towards Huining City.

Luo Rui was sitting in the passenger seat. Through the steering mirror, he saw that Zhou Xia's body could not hold on and she squatted on the side of the road, crying inconsolably.

……

Huining City.

Lou Yong stopped the bus at the platform and opened the front door.

It is now 7:30 in the morning, which is the morning rush hour. There are many people on the bus, including office workers, students, and old men and women going to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

After working as a bus driver for so many years, he was already tired and wanted to change jobs.

But I'm already 58 years old, which is retirement age. What else can I do?

People live in a fixed track, like zombies.

Life always lacks passion.

A few young men came in from the front door, with black men's bags slung across their bodies.

He glanced at the two men and then closed the bus door.

After starting the car, he glanced at the young man standing in front of the door and said, "Don't stand in the front. There are seats in the back. If you block the front, how will others get on the car later?"

The young man smiled sheepishly and walked back a few steps, just behind his seat.

The driver's seat of the bus in 08 had no protective facilities, and passengers could grab the steering wheel with one hand.

Seeing that the young man was not very sensible, Lou Yong didn't care about it anymore.

The bus was swaying along the city road. Soon, it arrived at the next stop, but there was no one on the platform.

Lou Yong had no choice but to drive the car over without even stopping.

Usually, there are many passengers on this platform, but today it is strange.

Then he opened the driver's window and spat out, just in time to catch a glimpse of a passing police car.

He quickly retracted his head. Every time he saw a police car, he felt nervous.

This panic has continued to this day.

When it arrived at the next stop, the bus slowly stopped. Some people got off, but not many people got on. There were two sturdy young men.

There are several residential areas at the station here. Normally, when the bus arrives here, it would already be full of passengers.

Lou Yong felt something was wrong, but unusual things happened every day in this world.

Thinking of this, he felt relieved.

The terminus of bus No. 6 is at the bus station in the northern suburbs.

When they arrived at the place, Lou Yong parked the car in the parking space.

There is a special resting place for bus drivers in the station, but during rush hour, he can only rest for ten minutes at most before he has to continue working on the next trip.

Lou Yong stretched his body, then pulled out the key and stood up.

He saw a lot of people standing in front of the bus, all of them were his colleagues, and he wanted to go down and say hello.

When he left the driver's seat, he saw that the young men who had been there before did not get out of the car, but walked straight towards him.

"you……"

Before he could finish his words, he was pinned down by these people.

"Don't move, we are the police!"

"You've committed a crime!"

Lou Yong's hands were pulled behind his back, and someone was pressing his head tightly. The saliva in his mouth dripped down the corners of his mouth...

After he was handcuffed, one of them asked loudly, "What's your name!"

"Lou...Lou Yong!"

Lou Yong turned his head and looked at the back of the bus.

Four years ago, that girl died there...

……

After the person was caught, Deng Zhuo rushed to the scene as soon as possible. He was accompanied by the director of the branch and the propaganda police of the bureau. A lot of reporters were also called, but they were mainly local reporters. They had a good understanding with each other and would not report randomly.

Three girls were murdered, and Kuang Mei's whereabouts were most clearly known, which gave Deng Zhuo some confidence.

Lou Yong was detained in a room at the station, where he was guarded by several police officers.

The No. 6 bus was also identified as the murder scene and a cordon was set up around it.

But the incident happened four years ago, and the traces at the scene may have been cleaned up long ago. Also, with so many passengers every day, it might be difficult to extract any useful evidence. But it would be best if we could extract some trace physical evidence.

If that doesn't work, then immediately identify the scene where the body was dumped. This is the most direct evidence.

The abandoned well is in the botanical garden, but it has been deserted for a long time and almost no one comes here. Several policemen led the way, and Lou Yong was escorted forward.

The reporter was jogging beside, carrying a camera on his shoulder and filming.

People near the station also gathered around, but stood on the periphery.

After walking for more than twenty minutes, we finally found the well near the innermost part of the botanical garden, at the bottom of the slope.

The area around the wellhead was covered with weeds, and it would have been impossible to spot it if you weren't close to it.

Moreover, the well mouth was covered by a large stone, which was covered with moss.

Deng Zhuo walked to the back and grabbed Lou Yong's shoulders: "Did the person fall into this well?"

Lou Yong had confessed earlier and did not put up any resistance.

The police took him directly to the body dumping site without questioning him, so it was even less likely that he would lie.

He nodded: "Yes, the girl is down there."

Upon hearing this, the police immediately moved the stone down and shone a flashlight down, but the well was pitch black and they could not see anything. A stale smell hit their noses.

The accompanying forensic doctor began to put on his equipment and then lowered himself down using a rope.

There was a lot of silt in the well, waist-deep.

The forensic doctor frowned and fumbled in the mud with his hands. After a while, he took out a schoolbag from the mud. After clearing away the mud on it, he found that the color of the schoolbag was blue.

Then, he fished out a piece of tibia from the mud...

……

After the police car got off the highway, Li Nong received a call. He turned his head, looked at Luo Rui, and said, "Kuang Mei's body has been found. It's under the abandoned well in the botanical garden."

Luo Rui exhaled and nodded.

"Lan Hanwen did not lie. Kuang Mei was indeed killed by the bus driver."

Luo Rui shook his head: "Kuang Mei is destined not to escape. Even if the bus driver didn't commit the crime, he would have killed someone."

While driving, Qi Lei asked, "Did Kuang Mei really run away from home and get targeted by these two guys?"

Li Nong replied: "That should be the case. Otherwise, how can we explain that she took all her pocket money? But we can't control this matter. The Daning Branch will investigate."

Qi Lei sighed: "It's really unlucky and pitiful."

Luo Rui looked out of the car window and said nothing.

Li Nong poked his shoulder and said, "Don't be so depressed. You have won such a difficult case, and you are not happy?"

Luo Rui forced a smile: "I have never encountered a case like this. In the past, I thought that as long as we caught the criminal, that would be enough!"

Li Nong said with deep feeling: "When I first joined the police force, I also thought so. But later, as the law became more and more complete, it doesn't mean that everything will be fine once someone is caught.

In recent years, the most troublesome thing is not that the murderer cannot be caught, but that the murderer refuses to admit to the murder.

When the bodies cannot be found, it is difficult for the procuratorate to prosecute. Some cases are delayed for many years! Some criminals have lived for five more years! "

"So, how long has it been since the K301 robbery and murder case and this serial murder case? Less than half a month, Luo Rui, if it weren't for you, the bodies of these three girls might never see the light of day.

Don't be depressed, okay? You created a miracle. "

Qi Lei also echoed: "Yes, Captain Luo, this case is the most complicated case I have encountered since I became a police officer! Think about it, from the K301 train robbery and murder case, to the Huining girl's disappearance and murder case, and finally, the bus driver killed Kuang Mei four years ago. Think about it, no matter which link is missing, the truth may be buried in the dust forever."

In response to the two people's comfort, Luo Rui forced a smile.

"Don't worry about me. I was just thinking, how could someone in this world take away someone else's life so easily?"

Li Nong let out a breath, took out a Zhonghua cigarette, and gave one to each of them.

"There are 10% criminals in this world. We police exist for these 10% of people. It is said that humans are more evil than animals, but that is not always true..."

He rolled down the window, lit up the cigarette and took a puff.

"While I have some free time, I will tell you a story. One year, I went to a famous mountain in the southwest region for a trip. I went with my wife and children. There were many monkeys on the mountain for tourists to watch.

You want to see monkeys, but they won’t let you see them for free. If the monkeys don’t want to and the staff at the scenic spot are not happy either, of course you have to buy some things.

So I bought some bananas and asked my son to feed the baby.

It is not the peak tourist season, so there are not many tourists.

At that time, I saw a scene that I still can’t forget. After my son came back, he had nightmares for a long time.

We saw a female monkey holding something in her hand and jumping in front of me. I was startled and opened my eyes wide. Guess what I saw? "

Qi Lei said: "It's definitely not a good thing."

Li Nong exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "The mother monkey was holding the body of her child. The baby monkey was killed not long after it was born, and the body was dried up by the wind."

Qi Lei blinked in disbelief: "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, so why would the mother monkey do this?"

"The tour guide told us that the mother monkey killed her own child just to play the victim and win the sympathy of the tourists so that she could get more food."

Li Nong continued: "If human beings are not bound by laws and morals, things like this will definitely happen. This is what we police officers should do!"

"But even with the constraints of the law, crimes still happen every day." Luo Rui murmured.

Half an hour later, the police car drove all the way to the back of a residential area in Huining City.

Qi Lei parked the car by the roadside, and the group crossed the green belt and walked straight ahead.

There were quite a few people standing on the slope in the distance, and two police dogs were squatting quietly on the side.

Chen Hao turned around, and because the sunlight was glaring, he raised his hand to his eyebrows and waved to Luo Rui.

Li Nong took a step forward, ran over and held Chen Hao's hand.

A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Green Ghost Chen Hao is the captain of the criminal police detachment whom Li Nong regards as his idol.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Luo Rui looked at the wasteland below the slope.

In the wasteland, several policemen holding shovels were taking turns digging the soil. Zhao Ming, wearing latex gloves, stood by with his eyes fixed on the ground.

Chen Hao patted Luo Rui on the shoulder and said, "Fortunately, you got Lan Hanwen to speak up, otherwise we would never have found the girl's body."

"Tian Panpan."

Chen Hao frowned: "What?"

Luo Rui said: "The girl's name is Tian Panpan."

"I understand." Chen Hao nodded.

Luo Rui looked around and asked, "I don't see any maple trees here."

"Where is the maple tree? Didn't I just say that? Fortunately, you made Lan Hanwen speak.

It was raining heavily on the day of the incident, and Huining City was severely flooded. The maple leaves must have been washed onto the streets by the rain, and Lan Hanwen just happened to step on the sole of his shoe. Besides, maple trees are usually planted in cities, and there are no such trees in the wilderness."

Li Nong immediately flattered him, "Chen Zhi is wise, you have thought of this."

Chen Hao curled his lips and said, "In terms of case-solving ability, you are the strongest subordinate."

He looked at Luo Rui, who had already walked down the slope.

Luo Rui nodded to Zhao Ming, then said to a policeman, "Take a break, I'll do it."

He took the shovel and started digging.

Five years!

Fifteen-year-old Tian Panpan has been buried here for five years. Wild grass and tree roots have long grown in the soil, intertwined like a big net.

Luo Rui swung the shovel vigorously, sweating profusely.

After digging two inches down, a group of insects immediately emerged from the mud.

Luo Rui stopped immediately, and Zhao Ming also gestured to stop the police from continuing to dig.

Insects are very sensitive to corpses and blood. Generally, insects will smell the odor and lay eggs on the corpse as soon as a murder occurs, even within a few minutes. If a corpse is abandoned in the wild, the first insects to arrive are ants. Ants only eat fresh corpses and do not eat rotten corpses with maggots.

If there are insects, there is no doubt that there is a corpse buried underneath.

Zhao Ming and his apprentice took over and started catching insects, which could be used to determine the time of death and condition of the corpse.

Burying a corpse is a very hard job. It is difficult to bury the corpse very deep because the soil becomes harder the deeper you dig.

If it was a single person, it would be even more difficult.

A common plot in movies and TV dramas is that the murderer holds a gun and forces the victim to dig a hole himself. After the hole is dug, he shoots the victim to death and then can easily bury the victim.

Burying soil is also a technical job, because no matter how much you backfill the excavated soil, there will always be excess soil.

So many times, the excess soil has to be thrown to other places to avoid a mound of soil appearing where the body is buried.

You know, thousands of years ago, Genghis Khan's tomb still cannot be found. After his coffin was buried, his warriors drove thousands of horses to trample on his tomb and then scattered grass seeds. The next spring, no one could find his resting place, and it remains a mystery to this day.

Lan Hanwen obviously knew what to pay attention to when burying a body, so he dug neither too deep nor too shallow. If it was too shallow, the body might be taken out by wild dogs or washed out by rain. If it was too deep, he would not have the strength to bear it.

Three feet, three feet a little deeper would be better.

Tian Panpan's body was finally found. The first thing that was exposed was her head, and then her feet.

Of course, her body had long since decayed.

Luo Rui stood in the distance, leaning on a shovel, watching Zhao Ming dig the soil bit by bit.

From the top of the slope came heart-wrenching cries.

The wind carried the crying sound far, far away.

Tian Panpan disappeared 500 meters away from her home and less than half a kilometer away from where she was buried.

Her parents rushed over after hearing the news, knelt on the ground, and kept saying sorry, sorry.

No one could have imagined that Tian Panpan, who had been missing for five years, was buried near her home.

But compared to Kuang Mei and Tian Panpan, Yan Xiao has not been found yet.

Huining City organized a large amount of manpower and material resources and searched the river for a whole week, but still failed to salvage her body.

This river is very close to Linjiang. People speculate that it might be a flood a few years ago that washed her body to the wider and faster-flowing Linjiang River.

The remains of Kuang Mei and Tian Panpan were returned to their parents, and their souls returned.

However, the police still did not find Yan Xiao's body.

Luo Rui's Seventh Squadron also participated in the search, but after a long time, nothing was found.

In the end, everyone decided to give up.

As the speedboat moved down the river, a bird flew across the sparkling water.

Luo Rui raised the camera hanging around his neck and took a picture of it.

It was a free bird...

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Thank you very much.

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