Wrongful Death Criminal Investigation

As soon as midnight arrived on Qiu Shaoyang's birthday, he received a lot of birthday greetings on WeChat. Mingtang was on Qiu Shaoyang's pin, and Qiu Shaoyang saw him at a glance.

At that moment, he seemed as sweet as eating honey.

They will be able to meet in the evening.

The two chatted briefly and then fell asleep.

The next morning, Mingtang went to the police station full of energy.

Lu Changfeng looked him up and down: "You look pretty good."

"You're not bad either." Ming Tang replied to him.

Lu Changfeng snorted, "Remind you, today is Qiu Shaoyang's birthday, have you sent blessings yet?"

"That's up to you to say." Mingtang blessed on time at zero o'clock, proud and proud.

Lu Changfeng made an awkward expression.

Mingtang planned not to work overtime today, and went home after get off work to pick up a gift and then went to celebrate Qiu Shaoyang's birthday, but it was very bad, and a case was transferred to them before get off work.

Mingtang looked at the case in his hands and was a little speechless. He didn't come sooner or later, but it happened at this time, but this was not considered a decision, it was a force majeure factor, and he didn't leave when he was angry.

Lu Changfeng said: "How about this, you get off work normally, and I will take them to the scene first."

Mingtang struggled for a while, but decided to work overtime to solve the case, just hoping to finish the scene as soon as possible, so that he could catch up with Qiu Shaoyang's birthday party.

The crime took place in the outskirts of Fenghuang District, which belongs to the old urban area of ​​Chuncheng City. The old government was originally there. Later, after the expansion and re-planning of the urban area, the government departments were all relocated, and the development of the new area was not there. Slowly It became an old city, and now most of the people living there are aborigines, and the overall age of the residents is relatively old.

Although it is a suburb, it used to be an urban area after all. Although the buildings are old, the overall environment is much better than the suburban construction in the actual sense, and the technical facilities are also very complete.

The scene of the crime was an artificial lake on the outskirts of the city.

"Wow, there is such a big artificial lake in our Fenghuang District!" Xiao Ding was shocked when he saw the artificial lake in front of him, and climbed onto the railing by the lake to look at the calm lake, "This is too beautiful .”

This place used to be a mine, but later it was transformed into an artificial lake, which can be regarded as waste utilization, which has greatly improved the appearance of the city. However, many people don't come here, so they don't know this place. Even Mingtang and Lu Changfeng came here for the first time.

Two people in uniforms walked over from a distance, and two policemen walked in, both in their early forties.

The old policeman with a wrinkled face asked, "You are colleagues from the Municipal Bureau, right?"

Ming Tang took the initiative to introduce himself: "Ming Tang, Serious Case Brigade, Criminal Investigation Detachment, City Bureau."

"Lu Changfeng."

The old policemen immediately reached out to shake hands with the two of them: "So it's Captain Ming and Deputy Captain Lu. I'm Liu Changmao, the director of the nearby police station, and next to me is Li Tao, the deputy director."

After several people shook hands friendlyly, Li Tao sighed: "It's true, I didn't expect to come here. It turned out to be a colleague of the serious crime brigade. My old Li will be able to handle cases with the serious crime brigade one day."

Liu Changmao and Li Tao led them to the crime scene.

Lu Changfeng asked while admiring the scenery, "What's the situation at the scene?"

Liu Changmao introduced: "Although this is an artificial lake, due to the remote location, there are not many people who usually come here, and only those old men who like fishing will come here to fish. The person who reported the case is a person who often fishes here. The old man, according to his description, when he came here to fish, he didn’t catch anything in the morning, and he planned to change another place when he came back in the afternoon. When he went to another place to fish, he found something floating in the lake. After careful inspection, he felt like a person , and immediately called the police.”

"How do people die?" Mingtang asked.

Liu Changmao said: "The drowned man was fished out and found no obvious trauma on his body, nor did he find anything to prove his identity. His face was swollen and unrecognizable after being soaked in water."

Mingtang nodded, and asked, "Have the forensic doctor and trace inspection arrived yet?"

"It's already here." Liu Changmao said, "When I came here to pick you up, they had already started working."

Mingtang said that he already understood, and asked, "Is there surveillance around here?"

Liu Changmao said: "There are entrances and parking lots, but there are no other places."

Mingtang turned to YangMeng and said, "YangMeng, first go and copy all the surveillance videos in the vicinity for the past month."

YangMeng agreed.

Li Tao took the initiative to say: "Then I will take this comrade there."

YangMeng: "Then I'll trouble Deputy Li."

Li Tao chuckled, "It should."

It didn't take 5 minutes for them to walk to the place where the body was found. The body had been fished out and placed on the slope. There were more than a dozen people around and the police were scattered around looking for something.

"Director Jiang." Mingtang climbed down the fence, walked towards him, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Han was stunned for a moment: "Is it your turn to take action in this case?"

Mingtang smiled and explained: "The other teams have cases in their hands."

Jiang Han said: "The deceased was a woman, aged between 30 and 35, with a height of about 160cm-165cm. Judging from the degree of bone deformity in her feet, she should be a person engaged in ballet-related occupations. "

"In this case, the scope will be greatly reduced." Mingtang was quite happy when he heard the news.

"Ballet, ballet again." Liu Changmao muttered to himself.

Mingtang turned to look at him when he heard it: "What's wrong with the ballet?"

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with ballet." Liu Changmao explained to them: "That's right. Three months ago, people from our suburban ballet troupe came to our police station to report that their chief ballet dancer was missing. At that time we An investigation was also launched, but in the end, because there was no evidence to prove that she was killed, we listed her as a missing person and did not report it to the city bureau."

"Do you have any photos?" Jiang Han asked.

Liu Changmao said, "Wait a minute, I'll get someone to send it over."

Mingtang didn't continue to struggle, and instead asked Jiang Han: "Do you have any other discoveries? Do you think it was suicide, homicide, or accident?"

"It's hard to say now, but the clothes on the deceased's body are complete and there are no external injuries. At the very least, it can show that she didn't stumble and fall from above."

Jiang Han explained his judgment in detail: "There is a buffer slope from the main road above to the lake, and the railing is 1.2 meters long. The possibility of slipping is relatively low, unless the deceased climbed over the railing and ran down. Come by the lake, but the possibility of this is not very high. The deceased was wearing a very close-fitting short skirt. First of all, the movement of jumping over is very inappropriate. A girl dancing ballet should be an elegant woman It is an indecent behavior to climb over the railing in a short skirt. From the perspective of the deceased's attire, the clothes and jewelry worn by the deceased are all very expensive brands, so it can be judged that the deceased was a very active foreigner. In the image of a woman, such a person may not even be able to speak loudly in front of others, let alone climb over the railing."

"Did people drown here?" Lu Changfeng asked.

Jiang Han nodded: "The algae in the water here were found in the mouth and nose of the deceased, and it should be here that he drowned."

Ming Tang carefully looked at the surrounding environment, the fence was made very long, it seemed to be installed along the lakeside: "It didn't roll down from above, and it is impossible for her to climb over the fence on her own initiative, which means she must climb over the fence." reason for going over the fence."

Jiang Han nodded in relief: "You're right, the reason why the deceased could climb over the fence is probably to find something. Of course, it's also possible that the deceased suffered a sudden blow and didn't want to live anymore. Turn over and jump down. gone."

"This place is relatively remote, and the girl's family should not dare to come here alone."

Chen Yanjia immediately agreed: "For example, I would not dare to come."

At this time, Liu Changmao handed them the photos of women from three months ago.

Jiang Han asked someone to open the body bag and compared it carefully. Since the face of the deceased was so swollen that he couldn't see the original appearance at all, he handed the phone back to Liu Changmao and said, "I still have to go back to the Municipal Bureau to do it." The identity of the deceased can only be known through comparative analysis of DNA."

Jiang Han led his men back to the city bureau to do the autopsy, leaving the people from the Serious Case Brigade and tracers still in place.

Liu Changmao asked: "Ming team, what should we do next?"

Mingtang said: "Arrange people to do a survey nearby, especially those old people who like to come to fish, and ask them if they have seen young and beautiful girls coming here recently. Let's go to the ballet troupe you mentioned and find out Take a look at the situation."

Liu Changmao said yes, and immediately arranged for people to visit, and then took them to the ballet troupe.

The ballet troupe was the Spring City Grand Theater in the early years. After the theater was relocated, it was contracted by the ballet troupe and changed into a ballet dance troupe.

When they arrived, the people from the troupe had almost left. Fortunately, Liu Changmao called the people from the ballet troupe in advance, and the management who had left came back.

The manager is a man in his 40s named Ouyang Zheng, who treats them very well.

Liu Changmao seems to have a good relationship with this manager and is quite close.

Liu Changmao took the initiative to introduce to Mingtang and Lu Changfeng: "Ouyang and I are Fa Xiao."

"So that's how it is." Mingtang suddenly realized, "I said you guys are quite familiar."

Liu Changmao laughed with him, and said to Ouyang Zheng: "Ouyang, we came here this time to get to know Yu Wanwan, the chief ballet dancer of your dance troupe three months ago."

"Do you have news about her?" Ouyang Zheng was a little emotional.

Liu Changmao shook his head.

Ouyang Zheng sighed with some disappointment, "Hey, his parents often come to our regiment to inquire about her. Be alone, and disappear if you say no. I don't even know how to explain to the elders."

For this, Liu Changmao had no choice. He had searched for all available methods, but he couldn't find them.

A gust of cold wind blew past, making Ouyang Zheng shiver, and quickly said to a few people: "Hurry up and go to the office with me, the temperature is starting to cool down now, it's cold outside."

They walked to Ouyang Zheng's office together. His office was in the corner at the back, and the dance room and changing room were in front.

Most of the people were off work, but the lights in the dance room were still on, and there were four girls dancing inside, so Ming Tang took a few extra glances.

In just a few glances, Ouyang Zheng caught it, and he explained to Ming Tang: "They are practicing the four little swans in the ballet Swan Lake, and there will be a domestic competition at the end of the year."

Going forward, there is also a dance studio, in which there is only one girl dancing solo.

Ouyang Zheng continued to introduce: "This is the backup chief dancer of our troupe, named Mino. She is currently the best dancer in our troupe. She has a very powerful sister named Mina, who is a top dancer in China. Ballet dancers who have won many high-value awards on the international stage. But it is a pity."

"Oh? What a pity?"

Ouyang Zheng sighed: "Maybe God is jealous of talents, Mina died in a traffic accident."

"That's really a pity."

Ouyang Zheng said: "In fact, our initial backup chief candidate was not Mino but Qin Zhao, but Qin Zhao suddenly couldn't be contacted more than ten days ago, so we had no choice but to choose Mino. Mino's technology is good, But she puts too much pressure on herself, and she dances too hard, without the lightness and beauty of ballet itself, and she wants to do it too well."

"You mean, another dancer from your troupe is missing, right?" Ming Tang suddenly had a bad feeling.

Ouyang Zheng nodded: "Yes, the chief dancer Yu Wanwan disappeared three months ago, and Qin Zhao also disappeared half a month ago."

"Did no one call the police?" Mingtang asked.

Ouyang Zheng shook his head: "No, this happened not once or twice. Qin Zhao came to our troupe and disappeared several times a year. We used to call the police when we couldn't find anyone, and then we didn't care about it anymore."

Ming Tang then asked: "Why don't you care?"

Ouyang Zheng explained: "It's not that we don't want to care about it, it's that she doesn't let us care about it. Qin Zhao is good everywhere, but he is a bit of a money worshiper. He is in love with a rich second generation. That rich second generation has some special hobbies. Every time It’s all because of Qin Zhao’s injuries. She rests for a while, and she will come back when she recovers. We have taken care of it before, but we turned a blind eye to it later. Qin Zhao’s ability is indeed strong. Well, she and Yu Wanwan are the faces of our troupe, and many people come to our performances to see her."

To put it bluntly, Qin Zhao is the cash cow of the troupe, and the troupe will allow her to have such a situation.

Ming Tang had a basic understanding, and then asked, "Has Qin Zhao offended anyone?"

Ouyang Zheng said: "It's not that I don't want to help you. I really don't know. She doesn't let me meddle in her affairs. In the troupe, she doesn't talk much to others. Most of the dancers in the troupe don't like it. With her style, no one plays well with her, and the Minuo you saw just now seems to have a good relationship with her."

"What about Yu Wanwan?"

A ballet troupe has been missing two principal dancers within three months. Why does it feel like someone is deliberately targeting the principal ballet dancers?

"Yu Wanwan..." Ouyang Zheng sighed again, and it could be seen that he was still very saddened by Yu Wanwan's disappearance.

Ouyang Zheng told them: "Wanwan is the top-level dancer I have seen for so many years. When mentioning our ballet company, the first person that people think of must be Yu Wanwan. She has been dancing since she was 18 years old. Even the chief of our dance troupe can be ranked first in China. It is because of her existence that our dance troupe can be what it is today, so she is our most important dancer. Wanwan is very dedicated and serious about dancing. Yes, in order to maintain her figure, she almost never eats high-calorie food that is easy to gain weight. Not only is she strict with her stage performance, but she is also very strict with herself. She is an extremely self-disciplined person. Because of this, We were able to quickly report to the police the next day she was in trouble."

In this way, the only thing the missing Yu Wanwan and Qin Zhao have in common is that they are both the principals of the ballet troupe.

"Buzz-"

Mingtang turned on the phone and saw that it was a message from Jiang Han, and it was a picture of the clothes on the deceased's body.

Mingtang handed the phone to Ouyang Zheng: "Mr. Ouyang, please help me identify whether this is Qin Zhao's clothes."

Ouyang picked it up and looked left and right, but couldn't confirm whether the dress belonged to Qin Zhao, so he handed the phone back, "Well, you can ask Mino to help identify, Mino and Qin Zhao are familiar, she Should recognize it."

It happened that Ming Tang also wanted to ask Mino to know something about Qin Zhao, "Then please call her for us, can you?"

"No problem, just wait a moment."

Ouyang opened the door to go out, walked to the door of the dance studio, and knocked on the door.

Mino, who was dancing inside, stopped when he heard the sound, looked outside and saw that it was Ouyang Zheng, so he came over and opened the door for him, and asked, "Manager Ouyang, what's the matter?"

Ouyang Zheng said: "That's right. There are a few policemen who want to ask you something. They are waiting for you in my office."

"What are you asking?" Mino asked suspiciously.

Ouyang Zheng said, "It has something to do with Qin Zhao."

As soon as he heard that it was related to Qin Zhao, Mino immediately became anxious: "What's wrong with Qin Zhao?"

Ouyang shook his head: "They didn't explain in detail, they just let you go."

Mino straightened his drooping hair, pointed to his dance outfit and said, "I'll go and change first, it's not appropriate to meet them in this outfit."

Ouyang Zheng agreed: "Alright then, hurry up."

Mino stretched out three fingers: "Just three minutes."

Ouyang is waving for her to go quickly.

Three minutes later, Mino appeared in Ouyang Zheng's office in casual clothes.

Mino's appearance is still very good-looking, with delicate features and fair skin, she is a standard beauty.

"Hi, Miss Mi, we are from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Bureau." Mingtang pointed to himself and Lu Changfeng and introduced himself.

Mino: "Hello."

Ming Tang made a gesture of invitation: "Miss Mino, please sit down. Don't be nervous. We asked you to come here to learn about Qin Zhao's situation. According to Mr. Ouyang, the relationship between you and Qin Zhao is not bad. ?"

Mino was a little nervous, holding his trouser legs with one hand on each leg, "Yes, she and I are good friends, we both joined the dance troupe in the same year."

"I have a few pictures here, and I want you to help me identify them to see if they belong to Qin Zhao."

Mingtang calls out the pictures of clothes and jewelry for Mino to identify.

Mino recognized it when he saw the first one, "It's hers, and the ring is a birthday present from me to her."

Looking back, there were also clothes, watches, earrings, and necklaces. Mino felt that something was wrong, and asked, "Can you tell me if something happened to Qin Zhao?"

"The case is still under investigation. Before there is a result, we can't make a judgment rashly."

Mino's eye circles were a little red.

Ming Tang asked, "When was the last time you saw Qin Zhao?"

"It's been less than half a month." Mino wasn't sure about the date either.

Mingtang said: "Then based on what you know about Qin Zhao, has he offended anyone in the troupe?"

"Offending people..." Mino thought carefully for a while, and said, "She doesn't have a good relationship with everyone. But there seems to be no one that is particularly bad."

"Qin Zhao is very talented in ballet, but she doesn't focus on it. We usually practice for seven or eight hours, and some people have more. Qin Zhao basically only has three or four hours a day. He asks for leave every now and then, and always wins prizes every time he returns to the competition, and there are indeed some people in the group who are jealous of Qin Zhao."

Mingtang asked: "Then who would be jealous of her?"

Mino said: "Everyone will be more or less jealous of her, even myself. Who doesn't want to be particularly talented in something they particularly like? I often persuade her to practice ballet, but she never Listen, what it was like before, what it is still like, plus she won No.3 in international competitions two years ago, absenteeism is even more common. After so many years, everyone is actually used to it, so no one hates her His teeth itch with hatred, and at most he would talk behind his back. Qin Zhao never took other people's comments to heart, so he never had conflicts with anyone."

Through the description, Mingtang also had a rough image of Qin Zhao's image in his mind.

"Do you know Qin Zhao's boyfriend?"

Mino nodded: "I've met him a few times. That man's name is Ye Quan, and his family has some money. Fortunately, Qin Zhao is a classmate in college. The two of them met at the class reunion, and they started dating later, but Ye Quan had some money. Sex/addiction, often hurt Qin Zhaozheng. I persuaded her to break up, but she didn't listen to me, and even wanted to marry that man. I couldn't persuade her, so I was lazy to persuade her. They were together After so many years, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, I don't bother to get involved after I figured it out."

If it is not the person involved, how can he make a decision for others.Mingtang can understand Mino's thoughts very well.

It may look abnormal in the eyes of outsiders, but it is normal for the person involved.

"Then do you know how her relationship with his boyfriend is?"

Mino: "Ye Quan can't find any faults other than sex/addictions, and he takes care of Qin Zhao meticulously."

Lu Changfeng: "Do you have his boyfriend's contact information?"

Mino found Ye Quan's WeChat account and gave them to them, "I don't have his phone number, only his WeChat ID."

"Thank you."