Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 268 Father and Son

Zhongpeng Apartment.

In the Mitsubishi SUV downstairs, Xia Lijun was handcuffed to the armrest of the back seat, looking frustrated.

Luo Rui stood outside the car, holding the identity information of Xia Lijun handed to him by Fang Yonghui.

Xia Lijun and You Qiumei are both from Guangxing City.

When he was young, he was a well-known hooligan in Xiajia Town.

A group of people once came together to fight for the operating rights of Xiajiazhuang passenger buses.

Any passing drivers who dared to pick up passengers in Xiajia Town and take them to the city would be stopped, threatened and beaten by them.

Back then, Xia Lijun was a gangster leader who spent five years in prison for seriously injuring others.

After he was released from prison, his former brothers all became rich and no longer played with him, so he fell into poverty for a while.

Later, through an introduction, he married You Qiumei and had a son.

Because of the birth of his son Xia Bing, Xia Lijun turned over a new leaf and went out to work to support his family.

This person has changed, and his temperament is much better than before.

After Luo Rui read his identity information, he asked, "Tell me, how did you know that Sun Baoming and You Qiumei had an affair?"

Xia Lijun sighed and said nothing.

Fang Yonghui pushed his shoulder and said, "Xia Lijun, your wife and child have been missing for two months. I tell you, if you want to find them, you have to cooperate with our investigation. If you don't want to think about your wife, you have to think about your son."

Xia Bing's body was just found last night, but Fang Yonghui did not tell Xia Lijun, mainly because he was afraid that the other party would not be able to bear it emotionally and it would affect the current record.

Speaking of his son, Xia Lijun immediately raised his head, and the expression on his face changed from frustration to worry.

"I quit my job and came back just for my son. He is my lifelong hope. That bitch is not worthy of being a mother! I work hard outside to earn money to support my family. My son has good grades and is well-behaved and sensible. But this bitch cheated on me."

Luo Rui didn't have the patience to waste time with him, so he asked directly: "How do you know that You Qiumei betrayed you?"

"I just came back from another province yesterday and immediately went to the police station to file a case. Then I returned to town, but as soon as I got home, my relatives and friends told me about it.

The friends I used to know were all bus drivers. They saw my wife walking arm in arm with a strange man in the city.

My friend was curious, so he went to inquire about it. The man was my wife’s landlord, Sun Baoming.

This matter had spread a long time ago, and all my relatives and friends knew about it, but they kept it from me.

If they hadn't been missing for two months and I hadn't quit my job and returned home, I guess these people would have continued to hide the truth from me.

I was cuckolded and I was kept in the dark.

I can't bear this humiliation unless I kill Sun Baomin, that bastard."

Hearing this, Luo Rui took out his cell phone and notified Yang Bo and Tian Guangyuan upstairs, asking them to control Sun Baoming first.

Xia Lijun's words were certain. Regardless of whether they were true or false, Sun Baomin had become the number one suspect in this case.

You Qiumei is a parent who accompanies her child to study. She comes into contact with very few people. Apart from her neighbors and the landlord, there are also the parents of her child's classmates. If we start the investigation by looking at their interpersonal relationships, there is a good chance that we will find clues to the case.

After the call, Luo Rui looked at Xia Lijun: "You said you just came back yesterday. Did you take the train or the car?"

Xia Lijun replied: "Train."

"Can you show me the ticket stub?"

"In my wallet." Fang Yonghui took out the wallet from his pocket.

After Luo Rui took it, he pulled out a train ticket from his wallet. The date on the ticket was December 12rd. The ticket stub was from another province to Guangxing City, and the time was 3: in the afternoon of the previous day.

In other words, Xia Lijun did not lie and did indeed rush back from another place.

But this cannot guarantee that Xia Lijun has nothing to do with the disappearance of the mother and son, so we have to call his unit to verify whether he has been working in the factory in the past two months.

In addition to the train ticket, Luo Rui also found a yellowed photo in the wallet.

This is a photo of a family of three. Xia Bing was only three or four years old. The time should be during the Spring Festival, and the background is a park in the city.

Young Xia Bing smiled happily. He rode on Xia Lijun's shoulders and pointed at the red lantern in front.

You Qiumei took Xia Lijun's arm and leaned on his shoulder.

At first, the family looked very happy and content.

Luo Rui put the photo into his wallet, then put the wallet into Xia Lijun's pocket and patted it with his hands.

These are precious memories, hard-earned life.

Xia Lijun stared at Luo Rui and said, "Officer, my wife and child are missing. It must be related to Sun Baoming. As long as you catch this bastard, you will definitely find my son.

I beg you, please help me find my child, he is my only hope to survive."

Luo Rui's heart was stabbed. He didn't dare to answer the question, so he just changed the subject and asked according to the procedure: "Xia Lijun, besides Sun Baoming, who is your wife closest to?"

Xia Lijun's eyes widened: "Officer, what do you mean?"

"I mean, has your family offended anyone? Especially you. From what I know, you got into a lot of trouble when you were young."

"Do you suspect someone is taking revenge on me?"

"Just answer the questions and don't ask any more questions. We will investigate."

Xia Lijun tilted his head and thought for a while, then said thoughtfully, "When I was young, I did offend many people, but they wouldn't come to retaliate against me after more than ten years. If they dared to mess with me, they would have done it long ago, and wouldn't have to wait until now."

"You tell me a few names."

"That's fine. I was in jail because I beat someone up. The man was called... and two others. They were my enemies who fought over the passenger transport business rights. But they no longer do this business."

Fang Yonghui took note of the people he mentioned and also asked for their home addresses, waiting for follow-up investigation.

Xia Lijun saw that the two police officers in front of him were not as fierce as they were when they arrested him before, and their eyes looked at him more gently, so he pleaded, "Officer, please let me go, I haven't done anything bad.

If you plan to investigate Sun Baoming, I will not provoke him. I promise, I just want to find my son now. He has been missing for two months, and I have not been able to contact him during this period. I live my life for him. "

Luo Rui looked compassionate, but he was not moved by the other party's words.

"Xia Lijun, you are suspected of intentional assault and attempted injury, and you are carrying a weapon. We must detain you according to the law, but..."

"Officer, I beg you, please let me go."

Luo Rui sighed: "But... before I punish you, you have to go to the funeral home with my colleague."

Hearing this, Xia Lijun swallowed his saliva: "Funeral home? This..."

He hasn't reacted yet.

"Last night, we found Xia Bing's body. He had been murdered."

After saying that, Luo Rui looked at Fang Yonghui and said, "Call a policeman from the police station over here. You take him to identify the body, and then send him to the detention center."

Staying in the detention center is actually a good thing for Xia Lijun now.

If he were left outside, given his previous hooligan habits, he might do something bad.

Luo Rui glanced at Xia Lijun and saw that he was standing in a daze with no expression on his face.

"Okay." Fang Yonghui agreed and called out to the policeman who was walking towards them.

Luo Rui turned and left. As soon as he entered the apartment building, he heard Xia Lijun crying behind him.

"Ah...ah..."

The sound of the howling was like the endless wail of an old beast, the old, sad cry before humans evolved, when there were no characters and no way to communicate with words...

Zhongpeng Apartment, Room 416, with a yellow cordon at the door.

There are nearly forty rooms on each floor of this building, which is in a U shape. It was built by a local and is specifically for rent.

The fourth and fifth floors are both long-term rentals, with two bedroom and one living room options.

From the fourth floor down are single rooms, which can also be rented for a long time, but most of them are daily rentals.

The corridors and hallways were littered with garbage, rotten banana peels, discarded white plastic lunch boxes, and leftover chicken bones.

This kind of environment is really depressing.

There was a technician standing at the door, playing with his mobile phone. When he saw Luo Rui coming, he hurriedly put the phone in his pocket.

"Ahem...Team Leader Luo, Lao Tian and his team went to visit, so I..."

Luo Rui waved at him: "It's okay."

When the trace investigators are collecting physical evidence at the scene, someone must be guarding the periphery, even if they are playing with their cell phones.

This is mainly to prevent the people involved in the case from suddenly attacking from behind.

At this time, the technicians who were busy collecting evidence at the scene were completely unprepared.

If anything happened to a technical expert like Zhao Ming, it would be a real loss to the Haijiang District.

There was a metal box at the door. Luo Rui took out the foot covers and put them on, then walked under the cordon and entered the house.

This house is a two-bedroom apartment, decorated very poorly and with not many items in it.

A technician collects evidence in the bedroom on the left, using tweezers to extract hair from a pillow.

Zhao Ming was standing in the bathroom, putting the toothbrush on the sink into a transparent bag.

After seeing Luo Rui, he said, "The suitcases in the room are still there, and there is a women's bag on the bedside of the left bedroom, and the women's underwear in the closet has not been taken away."

Luo Rui nodded slightly. Although Zhao Ming did not say the result, his words were very clear. This ruled out the possibility that You Qiumei ran away from home with the child and hid on purpose.

In other words, You Qiumei and Xia Bing were most likely coerced by others. Judging from Xia Bing's death, this speculation should be beyond doubt.

Judging from the tidiness of the house, the coercion should not have taken place in this room.

Zhao Ming walked out of the bathroom and came to the bedroom on the left.

"This should be the bedroom where You Qiumei sleeps."

Luo Rui followed behind him and nodded slightly.

Zhao Ming pointed to the bed sheets and pillows: "Earlier, we found men's hair on the bed, and we also found a box of used condoms in the cupboard."

"Are you sure it's men's hair?" Luo Rui thought of Sun Baoming mentioned by Xia Lijun.

Zhao Ming took out a small transparent bag from the investigation box. Luo Rui took it and took a look at it. There was no doubt that this had confirmed the fact that You Qiumei had cheated.

This hair is not head hair, but male X-hair.

How to tell if it's male or female?
Men's are thicker and in an inverted triangle shape, while women's are diamond-shaped, so it's easy to tell the difference.

For example, when you were in school and learning physics, some teachers would talk about the degree of force on hair and ask students in the audience to take a hair for experiment. Some blind guys would use this to play pranks.

Not to mention the small umbrella hidden in the cabinet, You Qiumei's behavior is indeed problematic.

People cannot be idle. Once they are idle, problems are likely to arise.

You Qiumei stays in the city to accompany her children to study. Apart from cooking and cleaning, she has nothing else to do, so naturally she has a lot of thoughts.

Luo Rui walked out of this bedroom and went to the bedroom opposite.

This bedroom is smaller and only has a bed, a desk, and a simple wardrobe against the wall.

The quilt on the bed was folded neatly, and even the pillowcase had no marks on it, as if it had been smoothed out.

In the closet, clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter are hung in order, very clearly distinguished.

The desk was also kept clean and there was no clutter.

This bedroom belongs to Xia Bing. Compared with his mother's bedroom, it seems that his son is more fond of cleanliness and pays more attention to life.

Luo Rui opened the drawer under the desk.

There was a pile of award certificates in the drawer. Luo Rui flipped through them and found that they were from last semester.

I am ranked first in Chinese, mathematics, English, physics and chemistry.

Below the certificate was the transcript for last semester. Luo Rui picked it up and took a look. The total score was 695.

No wonder Xia Lijun was willing to turn over a new leaf and work hard outside for more than ten years, earning money on his own while letting his wife rent a house in the city and accompany Xia Bing to study.

If this accident had not happened to a child like Xia Bing, he would have definitely made a leap forward in next year's college entrance examination and entered the highest institution of learning in one fell swoop.

Summer ice, summer insects cannot talk about ice.

Xia Lijun did have high expectations for his son.

At this moment, the hand reaching out of the soil appeared in Luo Rui's mind again.

This child had been trying hard to live, but was brutally murdered.

Luo Rui sighed and put the transcript into the drawer.

He was about to retract his hand when he found something underneath the certificate.

He picked it up and saw that it was a photo.

This photo is exactly the same as the one in Xia Lijun’s wallet, except that the portrait of You Qiumei is folded up.

There were only portraits of him and his father.

The young boy rode on Xia Lijun's shoulders, pointing at a row of red lanterns with a happy smile on his face.

Luo Rui searched around the bedroom, then went to the living room and searched for a while.

Seeing his movements, Zhao Ming asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Schoolbag." Luo Rui blinked: "Xia Bing's schoolbag was not at home, and it was not found at the scene of his murder."

Zhao Ming understood: "You mean, Xia Bing and You Qiumei were abducted outdoors?"

Luo Rui didn't say anything. Seeing Zhao Ming's red eyes, he said with concern: "Director Zhao, go back and rest early. You have been up all day and night. Your body can't take it anymore."

"Okay!" Zhao Ming yawned. "I'll go back and sleep for two hours. I'll give you the results by tonight at the latest."

"can."

For the rest of the day, Luo Rui visited the area around Zhongpeng Apartment, looking for the whereabouts of You Qiumei and Xia Bing before they disappeared.

Xia Bing’s class teacher called the police on October 10th, but there was a short holiday before the 6th.

There will be no classes in school these days, so logically speaking, Xia Bing should not go out with her schoolbag.

But it is not ruled out that Xia Bing would go to the library to study with her schoolbag.

In addition, if Xia Bing really did not go out with her schoolbag.

So, is there any reason to suspect that he and You Qiumei disappeared on the day before the holiday, which was when school was over at the end of September?
Luo Rui brought police officers from the local police station and questioned the residents of the apartment, as well as the convenience store, supermarket and vegetable market downstairs.

These people all claimed that they had indeed not seen You Qiumei and her son during the holidays.

Luo Rui became even more certain that they disappeared on September 30th.

By six o'clock in the evening, there was still nothing.

Luo Rui gave up and bought a set of pancakes from a roadside stall. He ate them while walking towards his car.

When passing by the Internet cafe downstairs, he saw the blind masseur he had asked about yesterday, sitting in a chair at the door of the Internet cafe, wearing sunglasses, facing the computer, playing Need for Speed ​​with great interest.

When we returned to the Haijiang Branch, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

After a tiring day and having only slept for two hours yesterday, Luo Rui sat in the chair and couldn't help but doze off for a while.

Just a few minutes after I closed my eyes, Yang Bo called.

They said they took Sun Baoming back to the police station and he is now being held in the interrogation room on the first floor.

This morning, at You Qiumei's rental apartment, it was Sun Baoming's wife who helped the police open the door; he himself did not come.

Luo Rui wiped his face vigorously, then made himself a cup of instant coffee, drank it, and walked out of the office.

At the door, he happened to meet Yi Chunlin.

"Team Leader Luo, the autopsy report is out."

After Luo Rui took the report, he looked at it and asked, "Is there anything strange?"

"The time of death was between 12pm and 1am on December st. The deceased died of suffocation. In addition to the contusion on the head, the deceased's limbs also had injuries from being tied up.

My master examined the wounds caused by the binding and found that the deceased must have been tied up for a long time, and those wounds were not caused in the past few days. "

The report contained photos, and they were very clear. Luo Rui saw that Xia Bing's wrists and ankles had large purple bruises and bloodstains due to the ropes. Moreover, Zhao Chunlai wrote in the report that because the binding lasted too long, it had caused large areas of necrosis of the muscles around the binding, as well as deformation of the limbs and necrosis of the bones in the ankles.

Luo Rui thought about the time Xia Bing had been missing, which was nearly two months. Xia Bing had been tied up by the murderer and had no freedom at all?

Who the hell is so cruel to a child?

Luo Rui's heart was in a knot.

Yi Chunlin looked at his expression and lowered his voice a little: "In addition, in addition to finding soil in the victim's stomach, we also found that the victim's stomach had shrunk a lot and his body was very thin. He must have suffered from hunger for a long time."

Luo Rui threw the coffee in his hand into the trash can: "I see. What was the last meal the deceased had before he died? Have you analyzed it?"

Yi Chunlin nodded. "The autopsy report has the key points. My master marked them. Strangely, the deceased had a rich lunch as his last meal. We took out some undigested food residues from his stomach, including chicken, potatoes, cola, and other foods."

Luo Rui was stunned.

Xia Bing was treated cruelly during the past two months. Not only was she imprisoned, but she was also starved.

The murderer actually let him eat one last rich meal before killing him?

No matter from which angle you judge it, the murderer must have known You Qiumei and her son.

It has been two months since they disappeared. The murderer did not ask for a ransom, nor did he call to threaten Xia Lijun. Moreover, Xia Bing was able to have a full meal before she died.

After sorting out these clues, a possibility emerged in Luo Rui's mind.

But without evidence, he couldn't tell it.

At this time, Luo Rui asked: "Chunlin, can the analysis of the digestive matter in the stomach determine when the deceased ate?"

Yi Chunli pondered and said, "It should be 10 hours before death. If we calculate it from the time when the deceased was killed, it would be around noon."

"Chicken, potatoes, Coke?" Luo Rui frowned slightly: "No rice detected?"

Yi Chunlin shook his head.

"Okay, I get it. According to that, the last food Xia Bing ate should have been from KFC or McDonald's at noon on December 12st. This time is exactly lunch time. There are many fast food restaurants like KFC and McDonald's. I will ask someone to investigate."

"Team Leader Luo is amazing. He came up with a clue in such a short time." Yi Chunlin flattered him.

Luo Rui smiled and said, "This is all thanks to the work of your forensic doctor. By the way, Uncle Zhao's temper hasn't been very good recently, so you should be careful."

Yi Chunlin sighed and instantly became gloomy. He shook his head and said nothing.

From this look, Yi Chunlin is still very well-behaved. Now that there is no one around and he hasn't complained about his master, he has already done his best for Zhao Chun.

Finally, he said, "Master has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Actually, Master is right. I didn't find anything strange about the case at that time."

Luo Rui patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Five minutes later, in the interrogation room on the first floor.

Yang Bo and Tian Guanghan were standing at the door, whispering to each other.

Seeing Luo Rui coming, Yang Bo immediately stepped forward and said, "Luo Da, we took a lot of effort to catch Sun Baoming. This old guy must be up to something."

Luo Rui stood at the door and looked inside.

A middle-aged man in a suit sitting in a tiger chair.

His hands were pinned to the table and his shoulders were shaking.

"Where did you catch him?"

"In a fast food restaurant, before we revealed our identities, he saw us and ran away. Lao Tian and I chased him on the street for half an hour."

"I understand." Luo Rui looked at Yang Bo and ordered, "You two take Sun Baoming to the bathroom first, cut off a few strands of his pubic hair, and then take it to Director Zhao."

"what?"

Yang Bo and Tian Guanghan looked at each other, eyes full of shock.

(End of this chapter)