Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 269: Peeling off the cocoon
Nine o'clock at night.

While Yang Bo and his team were collecting evidence, Luo Rui went to the office and took a nap.

Normally, it would be time to get off work at this time, but because the case was at a critical stage of investigation, the criminal team had not yet left work.

It was almost ten o'clock when Chu Yang and Su Mingyuan came back from their visit.

Because Luo Rui only slept for two hours the night before, no one dared to wake him up.

He was not woken up until Zhao Ming came with the appraisal report.

Luo Rui wiped his face and let out a breath.

Zhao Ming found a chair and sat down, then handed him the report in his hand.

"The physical evidence has been verified. We extracted the female hair and footprints from the scene where Xia Bing was murdered. Comparing them with the biological samples from the rental room 416, You Qiumei was indeed present at the burial site."

Luo Rui didn't feel surprised at all, but the others all looked surprised.

Fang Yonghui asked: "Is this another case of a mother killing her son?"

Luo Rui glanced at him and said, "It's too early to draw conclusions now."

"Yes." Fang Yonghui shrugged, but the expression on his face showed that he was becoming more and more certain.

Zhao Ming handed Luo Rui a footprint map in his hand and said, "This is what you want."

After Luo Rui took it, he stood up and stuck the map on the whiteboard with a magnet.

Everyone stood up and gathered around the whiteboard.

The atlas is very detailed and Zhao Ming put a lot of effort into it.

In the middle is the earth pit where the bodies were buried.

There are a total of six people's footprints in the map.

The two footprints coming from the west were size 39 and size 41. Judging from the shoe sole patterns, height and weight, these two footprints belonged to the two people who called the police.

Among them, 39 footprints passed through the burial site and went into the woods.

Then, the 39-yard footprints returned, moving in a straight line, and stepped on the burial site, and appeared at the position of Xia Bing's shoulder, where Xia Bing stretched out his hand from the soil.

According to the confession of the person who called the police, he was tripped by a hand after using the toilet.

It was because of this that he discovered the burial site.

It can be seen that the footprints of No. 39 were chaotic, the steps were unstable, and the body was leaning forward. It can be inferred that the person who called the police was in a panic at the time.

Afterwards, footprints No. 39 and No. 41 appeared again and stayed three meters west of the burial site, and did not dare to move forward.

This is completely consistent with the statement made by the person who called the police, which means that after the owner of the footprint No. 39 (the bald man) saw the dead body, he immediately called his companions. After confirming that it was a dead body, the two of them called the police immediately.

From this point of view, the person who called the police did not lie, which ruled out the possibility that they committed the crime.

In fact, when the police are investigating murders, they are always skeptical about the confessions of those who report crimes.

In some Western countries, as the application of criminal psychology becomes more and more mature, people are highly suspicious of those who report arson scenes.

They have done a lot of profiling on arson suspects, and such people generally have a strong desire to show off and perform.

When the fire starts, these people usually stay at the scene, otherwise they will not be satisfied psychologically.

At this time, Luo Rui looked at the footprints to the east of the burial site.

This side has the most footprints. In addition to the footprints of the victim Xia Bing, there are also You Qiumei and two footprints suspected to be the murderer, which are footprints of size 41 and 43 respectively.

On one side of the map, Zhao Ming has marked the height and weight estimated from the footprints.

Size 41 footprint: height between 173cm and 176cm, weight 65kg, lame, with disability in the left leg.

Size 43 footprint: height between 178cm and 185cm, weight 82kg.

There is also the size 35 footprint, which belongs to You Qiumei, and the size 39 footprint, which, judging by height and weight, should belong to Xia Bing.

Among them, the footprints that appeared most frequently were No. 43 footprints and You Qiumei's footprints.

Their footprints appeared next to the burial pit, but the difference was that You Qiumei's footprints were more messy and her steps were unstable.

The 43-yard footprint is much more reliable, and it is deeper at the burial site than the 43-yard footprint coming from the east.

Fang Yonghui frowned: "This You Qiumei is very suspicious. Her son is dead, but she is still alive. Look at the footprints of these three people, they all went out to the east."

Zhao Ming nodded: "There is a small path to the east, and it is a muddy road. We collected tire tracks of two motorcycles in the mud pit."

Fang Yonghui asked: "Director Zhao, can we determine what type of motorcycle it is by looking at the tire marks?"

"That depends on whether the tires have been changed. I wrote in the forensic report that the initial speculation is that this tire mark came from a Jianshe motorcycle, model 125."

Tian Guanghan said: "This type of motorcycle is very common, especially in rural areas, and is often used to pick up passengers."

Yang Bo shook his head: "The incident happened in the woods of Xiahewan. There is wasteland all around, and there is no surveillance at all. It is quite difficult to find the motorcycle."

Luo Rui glanced at him and said, "Then let's find a suspect with a disabled left leg and a Jianshe 125 motorcycle. He has the required height and weight. This range is smaller, right?"

Zhao Ming blinked.

Yang Bo shook his head with a smile. The more he worked with Luo Rui, the more he felt useless.

He couldn't catch such an obvious thing in the first place.

This is how murder investigation works. Many clues are a tangled mess. In order to find the clues, in addition to unraveling them, you also need keen insight and judgment.

Don't underestimate this. For example, when an American police officer stops a suspicious vehicle, whether the other party has a gun or not, whether to choose to subdue him or empty the magazine, you are being tested all the time.

If you are not sensitive enough to certain things, things like what happened in America will happen, where Floyd's death triggered things like "I can't breathe."

Luo Rui noticed Yang Bo's disappointment and patted him on the shoulder: "Leave this matter to you and Lao Tian. There are two suspects in total. In addition to the man with a disabled left leg, there is another suspect with a size 43 footprint. His height is nearly meters, which is also a very significant feature.

These two people must be acquaintances, and they are riding the same model of motorcycle, so it is not difficult to find them. "

Yang Bo grinned, obviously taking the credit for catching the man to himself.

If they are lucky, he and Tian Guanghan will be the first to find the two suspects, and they will certainly be the most conspicuous in this case.

Many times, Yang Bo felt dazed.

He was originally a small policeman in Wuyuan Police Station. In terms of knowledge, he was not as good as Fang Yonghui, Chu Yang and Su Mingyuan. After all, they were top students who graduated from the Police Academy and were the backbone of the future police station.

When it comes to investigating and judging cases, he is not as good as Tian Guanghan. Old Tian has been in the criminal investigation team for more than ten years. He has seen countless deaths and arrested countless suspects.

Yang Bo knew that he had the worst ability. If he had not followed Luo Rui, he would probably still be staying in the Wuyuan Police Station. His daily tasks were nothing more than mediating neighborhood disputes, catching thieves, or cooperating with the public security brigade to crack down on pornography.

But within the system, who doesn’t want to make progress?

Even Xiaomu from the Shahe County Police Dog Squadron is working hard to improve the food.

Yang Bo was encouraged, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Sun Baoming, whom we captured, doesn't match any of the footprints at the scene. Doesn't that mean he has nothing to do with the disappearance of You Qiumei and her son?"

Luo Rui shook his head: "Not necessarily. He may also be a person involved in the case. Everything must be based on evidence."

The reason why Luo Rui has not started interrogating Sun Baoming is to have more clues in his hands so that the interrogation can be more accurate, and Chu Yang is currently collecting information about this person.

"Yes!" Yang Bo responded.

Luo Rui turned his head and pointed to two footprints around the buried body.

"The suspect with the 43-yard footprints should be the one who dug the pit and buried the body. You Qiumei appeared next to the pit. We still don't know whether she participated in the murder of Xia Bing.

But judging by the messy footprints, she must have been panicking at the time. As for why the murderer didn't kill her? This is a big question."

After saying that, Luo Rui looked at Su Mingyuan and said, "You visited You Qiumei's parents' home today. Did you find any clues?"

Su Mingyuan immediately picked up a notebook from the table, licked his fingers, turned two pages, and said, "You Qiumei is the third child, and her two older sisters don't have a very good relationship with her.

The main reason is that her two elder sisters married better and their husbands are relatively rich, so You Qiumei developed a competitive spirit.

According to her two sisters, although Xia Lijun worked hard to earn money and was able to support the family, You Qiumei was still very dissatisfied with her husband.

This time, You Qiumei's younger brother was getting married, and her two sisters did contribute money to buy a car for him. However, You Qiumei couldn't come up with the money, and she was too embarrassed to face it, so she had a lot of complaints about Xia Lijun.

As for whether You Qiumei has a lover outside, her family members all said no. "

Tian Guanghan smacked his lips and said, "You Qiumei's family is kidding. Let me tell you, those who dislike their husbands for not making enough money and don't feel sorry for their husbands will most likely have an affair with another man."

Fang Yonghui laughed and said, "Old Tian, ​​what you said may not be true. You are inferring from the result. You said this because you knew that You Qiumei cheated on you."

"Tsk, Yonghui, let me tell you, I've handled a lot of cases like this before. Either the husband cheated on his wife or the wife cheated on him. It's almost always like this. After more than ten years of marriage, I've gotten tired of each other.

When you touch her hand, it's no different than touching your own hand, not to mention...

It is human nature to seek multiple opposite-sex partners, both men and women.”

Fang Yonghui curled his lips: "Old Tian, ​​you are too biased..."

Luo Rui quickly raised his hand to stop them from continuing: "Don't interrupt, let's get back to business. By the way, how is the relationship between You Qiumei and Xia Bing?"

Su Mingyuan replied: "It's just a normal mother-son relationship. I didn't find any conflicts between You Qiumei and Xia Bing."

Luo Rui nodded and looked at Zhao Ming: "Director Zhao, I would like to trouble you for one more thing. Please do a paternity test for You Qiumei and Xia Bing."

Zhao Ming opened his eyes wide: "Are you doubting that they are not mother and son?"

"in case."

As soon as Luo Rui finished speaking, a technical detective officer pushed open the glass door and said, "Director, the hair forensics results are out."

Zhao Ming took the forensic report handed over by the other party.

"The suspect, Sun Baoming, is not the same as the one found on the bed in Room 416."

When everyone heard this, they all gasped. Did it turn out that You Qiumei had cheated on more than one person?
How many times has Xia Lijun been cuckolded?
Luo Rui asked: "Is the data accurate?"

The one who answered was Zhao Ming: "Not very accurate. The hair on the bed in Room 416 fell off naturally. We need to extract the hair follicles from the freshly plucked hair for identification. Moreover, Sun Baoming's hair was cut and had no hair follicles."

Hearing this, Yang Bo and Tian Guangming looked at each other and both coughed twice.

Luo Rui also touched his nose. This was what he had instructed the two to do. It said to cut it, not pull it out.

If I pull it out, it will definitely hurt.

Zhao Ming continued: "However, there is no need for a DNA test. It is obvious that these two people have different hair."

Yang Bo blinked: "It could be one of the two suspects."

Tian Guanghan said: "Well, if that's the case, we should be able to find these two people by investigating You Qiumei's interpersonal relationships."

Yang Bo and Tian Guanghan are partners, and they have already started to analyze the situation. This speculation is quite reasonable, and Luo Rui is more inclined to Yang Bo's statement.

"It's getting late now. After I assign the tasks, everyone go back and rest early. You will have to work harder in the next few days. I hope we can catch Xia Bing's real murderer and solve the case as soon as possible."

From a missing case to a homicide case, the case has now reached a critical period of investigation. After hearing what Luo Rui said, everyone immediately perked up.

"Yang Bo and Lao Tian, ​​follow what I just said and go find the two motorcycles. The motorcycles came from the trail outside the forest, and there were four people on them, which means there were two people on one motorcycle. The tire marks should be very deep. Go in the direction the motorcycles came from and make sure you find the two suspects."

"Yes!"

"Understood!" they both replied in unison.

Luo Rui then ordered: "Yonghui, come with me to interrogate Sun Baoming now."

Chu Yang suddenly became anxious. They all had tasks to complete, so why were he and Su Mingyuan left behind?

Su Mingyuan was a straightforward person and immediately asked, "Team Leader, what about me and Lao Chu?"

Luo Rui said thoughtfully: "After I have interrogated Sun Baoming, I will assign you tasks.

Xia Bing was imprisoned for two months, and the long-term binding caused his limbs to deform. Not only that, he also suffered from long-term hunger. Such inhumane abuse and cruel treatment must be a motive for a murder.

Moreover, where was he imprisoned for the past two months? Why was he imprisoned all the time? And two months later, the murderer killed him again.

We still don’t know the answers to this series of questions for the time being.

If Xia Lijun's confession is credible, then Sun Baoming and You Qiumei have a close relationship. Now they hope to pry some information out of this person.

It’s getting late, you guys go back and have some rest, and I’ll be there for you anytime.”

Su Mingyuan immediately smiled.

Chu Yang also breathed a sigh of relief.

From the previous conversation between Luo Rui and Yang Bo, both of them clearly felt that Luo Rui was somewhat biased towards the Shahe County Bureau.

Not only is he the deputy captain of the Shahe County Bureau, but Yang Bo and Fang Yonghui were also seconded from this place.

Yang Bo was entrusted with an important task, and Fang Yonghui has always been by Luo Rui's side.

Chu Yang and Su Mingguang felt a little jealous.

If Cai Xiaojing were still here, it would have somewhat balanced the relationship between them.

Luo Rui could also see what these two people were thinking.

However, he cares more about the collective rather than the personal losses.

……

Sun Baoming had been in the interrogation room for several hours. From the initial fear, he became slightly calmer now. But when he saw the two interrogators come in, his shoulders began to tremble again.

Luo Rui and Fang Yonghui reported their names. This was the interrogation process.

When interrogating a suspect, you must let the other party know who is interrogating you. If it is not in compliance with the regulations, you can file a lawsuit by naming the suspect.

After completing the whole process, Sun Baoming's expression became even more frightened. When answering his name and place of origin, he spoke hesitantly, his face was pale, and he kept his head down, not daring to look straight ahead.

As Yang Bo said, it is obvious that this person is up to something.

Luo Rui holds Sun Baomin's identity information in his hand.

Name: Sun Baoming.

Native place: Guangxing City.

Age: 46 years old.

Marital status: Married with one daughter.

Occupation: Unemployed.

Although he is unemployed, Sun Baoming is actually richer than anyone else. He is a native of Guangxing City. He made a fortune from demolition in his early years. Then he partnered with others to buy land, built Zhongpeng Apartments, and rented them out.

The rent collected every month alone is a considerable amount, and this money is tax-free.

In this era, the profession of landlord is really a sure-win, with guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood.

At this moment, the brief silence made Sun Baoming even more panicked.

Luo Rui looked up and saw that his knees were shaking.

Interrogation rooms are carefully designed.

For example, there is an iron fence in the middle of the interrogation room of the detention center. The suspect can only look at the interrogator through the gap in the iron fence. Moreover, the light in the interrogation room is relatively dim, and the interrogator usually sits in a backlit position, so the suspect cannot see the interrogator's face clearly.

This kind of environment can have a great deterrent effect on people's psychology. Suspects with poor psychological quality can easily become more timid because of this atmosphere. In order to escape from this space as soon as possible, they will say the answer the other party wants regardless of the consequences.

Sun Baoming's psychological quality is obviously very poor.

Luo Rui threw the documents in his hand on the table and tapped it with his hand.

This was a signal that the interrogation officially began, and Sun Baoming's shoulders shook even more violently.

"Sun Baoming, do you know why you were arrested?" Luo Rui's first words were a lie.

"No... I don't know."

Luo Rui raised his eyebrows: "You don't know?"

"I really don't know, officer."

lie!

Although Sun Baoming was afraid of the police, he frowned and looked to the right when answering questions, which was a micro-expression that indicated he was making up lies.

Sun Baoming must be up to something, and he intends to resist, but judging from his expression, it won't be difficult to break through.

Luo Rui began the questioning phase of the accusation.

"Sun Baoming, what is the relationship between you and You Qiumei? You Qiumei and her child Xia Bing have been missing for two months. Her husband Xia Lijun has also rushed back from another place. According to his confession, you had an affair with his wife You Qiumei.

"Does You Qiumei's disappearance have anything to do with you?"

"I... no, it's unfair. You Qiumei just rented my house. I... I have nothing to do with her."

Luo Rui looked straight into Sun Baoming's eyes, but Sun Baoming's eyes were evasive and he didn't dare to look him in the face.

lie!

Luo Rui was too lazy to talk to him any more and started making up topics directly.

The so-called fabricated theme is to push the current murder case onto Sun Baoming. No matter whether he is involved in the case or the main suspect, as long as the hat is put on his head, he will definitely be on pins and needles. Whether he admits, refutes, or lies, he will be exposed.

Luo Rui stood up and placed the photo of Xia Bing's murder in front of him.

"Sun Baoming, you don't know why we arrested you, so I'll tell you the reason. You are suspected of kidnapping You Qiumei and her son, and suspected of killing Xia Bing. We are now interrogating you. I hope you can be lenient if you confess, or be strict if you resist."

Sun Baoming glanced at the photo and then listened to what Luo Rui said. He swallowed and immediately became panicked. His shoulders and knees stopped shaking. Instead, he raised his head and glared.

"You are wrongly accusing me. I didn't kill anyone! I really didn't kill anyone! I just slept with You Qiumei a few times. How could I kidnap them? I am wrongly accused!"

Luo Rui snorted coldly: "You didn't kill anyone? Then what are you afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid. How could I be afraid?"

"You just said that you and You Qiumei were just landlord and tenant, so why are you admitting that you have a special relationship with her now? Sun Baoming, from now on, we the police will not believe anything you say.

I showed you the photos. Xia Bing has been murdered. This is a murder case. She should be executed. I don't want to waste time talking to you now. Wait for the prosecutor to come and play with you."

After saying that, Luo Rui walked back.

Hearing this, Sun Baoming suddenly became anxious. "No, officer, you can't leave. I can tell you the truth, I'll tell you everything."

Luo Rui sneered, turned around and said, "Then I'll give you one last chance. If you dare to lie again, I won't be so easy to talk to."

Sun Baoming couldn't help nodding: "I promise, I'm telling the truth."

Luo Rui sat in the chair and stared at him coldly.

"You Qiumei and I did have an improper relationship, but she seduced me. She didn't want to pay the rent, so she did this to pay it off.

At the beginning, our relationship was simple, but later, when this woman found out that I had money, she started to pester me.

It was once a month at first, but later she started to contact me actively.

I thought she was pretty and mature, so I agreed and gave her some pocket money every month.

She has a son, and I know that the child is very good in grades, so I never go to her house.

At the beginning of this year, my friend opened a casino and I also invested in it. At that time, You Qiumei's appetite became bigger and bigger, and she always pestered me for money.

Then I brought her into the casino and let her work there so that she could earn some income.

After that, I ignored her, and in recent months, I noticed that she contacted me less and less, so I thought she must be dating a rich man.

The casino's gamblers included many people who had been relocated from their homes and nearby contractors, and naturally many wealthy people. The turnover in one night was in the millions.

I have seen a lot of rich people, so naturally they won’t take me seriously. "

Luo Rui saw that he didn't seem to be lying.

But when Yang Bo caught him, he ran away immediately. This reason doesn't make sense.

"anything else?"

"That casino is located in the construction site behind Zhongpeng Apartments. I know all the people whose houses were relocated. Some of them lost money and came to trouble me. Besides, the casino is not open now."

Luo Rui understood that Sun Baoming regarded Yang Bo and Tian Guanghan as the people whose houses were to be relocated and was preparing to take revenge on him.

Anyone who opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Moreover, this is clearly a scam, with some lawless elements specifically targeting those who are being evicted.

Sun Baoming himself was a household that was being relocated, and he also teamed up with others to open a casino and cheated his neighbors. It would be strange if others didn't hack him to death.

Luo Rui was indeed surprised that You Qiumei was also involved in this matter.

After all, judging from the physical evidence found in the rental house, You Qiumei did not buy any expensive clothes or luxury goods.

Unless she has another place to stay...

(End of this chapter)