criminal profiling

The police in Lingbei County were tense all day, but the murderer was nowhere to be seen, but several thieves were caught.Just when most people thought that the letter was just a prank and that the homicide in the neighboring county was just a coincidence, the second letter appeared again.

Like the first time, the letter came by post, so no one knew who sent it.Opening the envelope, the words were still inside:

I am a killer.

If you are more careful, you will find the difference. The paper used to write the letter is not a random napkin as last time, but a folded A4 paper; the handwriting is also a little different. The last time the words were crooked, and the napkin was punctured several times. There are holes, and the four characters written on this A4 paper are as neat as if they were traced with a ruler.

After receiving the news, Shi Ke left the city with Zhuang Sheng. One took people to Heng County and the other to Lingbei County.

Xu Jie was in the same car as Zhuang Sheng. Along the way, he kept looking at the man in the driver's seat, as if he wanted to say something but held back.Zhuang Sheng was sitting with him in the back row, looking down at the documents seriously, and didn't notice Xu Jie's full of doubts at all.

Mr. Butler, who was driving the car, glanced at Xu Xie who seemed to have a nail under his butt through the rearview mirror, and asked kindly: "This little brother from the police station, do you have any doubts that you want to answer? "

Xu Jie's movements froze, his face was a little stiff.

Still "below"?This foreign friend, you not only dyed your blond hair black, but also speak Chinese so fluently, are you trying to completely disguise yourself as a Chinese?Then why don't you cover your green eyes too.

Xu Jie complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He smiled embarrassingly, and said, "Well, I'm just a little curious. Why didn't Brother Meng come to drive today? Oh, I didn't say that you and Meng Er Brother means the driver, it’s just that second brother Meng cares so much about Dr. Zhuang, so I thought—”

For what reason, he couldn't tell why.

Anthony smiled tolerantly, "Meng has other things to do, so let me be the driver." As he spoke, he winked at Xu Jie and lowered his voice slightly.

"Xiao Shengsheng is the treasure of the Meng family, and she can't be hurt in the slightest. Otherwise, if some people get angry, it will be quite scary."

Xu Jie looked bewildered. In fact, he only wanted to know who this person was and what his relationship with Meng Yan was. He didn't want to hear any family secrets or anything.

People in the previous bureau thought Meng Yan's attitude towards Zhuang Sheng was a little strange.Ever since Zhuang Sheng uttered the last sentence in the live broadcast that day, everyone knew about his relationship with Meng Yan, or the Meng family - he has lived for so long since he was a child, so there is nothing to care about, right?

When he arrived in Heng County, Xu Jie still didn't ask the driver's identity.On the contrary, Anthony teased him to talk, not only learned about Zhuang Sheng's situation in the bureau, but also relieved the boredom of driving all the way.

When he got out of the car, Zhuang Sheng looked at Xu Jie who was a little languid in a strange way. He couldn't understand how excited he was when he got in the car, and his brain circuit became like this after sitting in the car.

Zhuang Sheng looked up at the butler of the Meng residence, "Mr. Anthony, if you have something to do, you can leave by yourself instead of following me all the time."

Anthony smiled and shook his head, "No, cute little guy, the only thing I have to do today is to take care of you."

Zhuang Sheng paused, pursed his lower lip and said, "Actually, you don't need to listen to Meng Yan. If you don't feel comfortable refusing, I can go and talk to him."

Anthony is the housekeeper of Meng's house, and Zhuang Sheng felt a little uncomfortable when Meng Yan called him to protect him.

After hearing Zhuang Sheng's words, the smile on Anthony's face became wider, and he raised a finger and shook it lightly.

"No, little guy, this has nothing to do with Meng. The main thing is that I dare not disobey the chairman's order."

Zhuang Sheng suddenly didn't know what to say.

Forget it, since it was someone else's kindness, he accepted it.If you refuse again and again, I'm afraid it will hurt people's hearts.

Zhuang Sheng stopped worrying about this point and devoted himself to the new case.

The person who received Zhuang Sheng and his group was a middle-aged policeman. When he saw the young Zhuang Sheng, Xu Jie who was younger than Zhuang Sheng, and a foreigner, his eyes flickered. The enthusiasm is completely extinguished.

Zhuang Sheng didn't pay attention to the middle-aged policeman's expression, and Xu Jie couldn't feel his disgust at all.Only Anthony, a foreigner, turned his eyes around the middle-aged policeman and smiled meaningfully.

"Did the local post office send someone to guard it? Did you find any suspicious person?" After a brief introduction, he learned that Heng County also received a second letter on the way they came. Zhuang Sheng didn't exchange greetings, and went straight to the point .

When the middle-aged policeman heard Zhuang Sheng's question, he frowned, and the already deep crease between his brows became more obvious.

"There are two post offices in Heng County. There are so many people coming and going every day. What's the use of staying at the post office?"

After hearing this, Zhuang Sheng frowned unconsciously.

After the discussion at the city bureau, Zhuang Sheng suggested that the three counties send people to monitor the local post offices.Since the murderer sent the letter to the police station by postal delivery, it is very likely that he will go to the post office to deliver the letter in person.

—But, obviously, not everyone will do what he says.

Zhuang Sheng didn't say much. After checking the newly received letter and sniffing it, he asked to see yesterday's crime scene.

Two people died in Heng County yesterday, both were fatally stabbed in the chest.It was a couple who died. The two were killed on the way home after eating out at night.

That road is not considered remote, there are street lights on both sides, and there are still many passers-by before eight o'clock.The time when the two victims were killed was around nine o'clock, and there were no shelters on both sides of the road, so the murderer probably came from the opposite side, and when he approached the two victims, he took out a knife and killed them.

He shot quickly, first stabbing the man in the couple to death, and then killing the woman with a knife before she was too scared to run away.Judging from the fact that there were no defensive wounds on the two deceased, the murderer was sophisticated and calm, and struck quickly.After he got it, he hid the knife in his clothes and left at night. Even if someone saw him, he would not know that he just killed someone.

This is a real killer.

Zhuang Sheng came to a conclusion after watching the scene.He talked to Shi Ke, roughly talked about the situation on his side, and asked him how it was going there.

Shi Ke sighed, "Wandering around the city like an idiot, staring at everyone like a murderer. Hey, if this continues, I feel like I'm going to age before I get old."

Zhuang Sheng ignored his complaints, and after Shi Ke finished speaking, he calmly said: "You can go to the post office to investigate and ask them if they have seen such a person: the height is about 1 to 75 meters, Average looking, relatively strong looking. Clothes and hair well done, clean face, freshly shaved in the morning, and left-handed."

Shi Ke was a little confused after hearing this, "These characteristics you mentioned, wouldn't they be one of the murderers?"

Zhuang Sheng's tone did not fluctuate, "It was the killer who appeared in Heng County before, and he should have gone to Lingbei County now. Lingbei County received the letter this afternoon, so it is very likely that the murderer sent the letter yesterday evening. Maybe someone Seeing it leaves an impression.”

Although I probably know what the profiling is all about, I still find it amazing every time I see it.More Shi Ke was afraid to ask to reveal his IQ, so he picked up the question he was most curious about: "How did you judge that you are left-handed? Did you see the corpse? They didn't find this in the autopsy before. "

Zhuang Sheng replied calmly, "It's not the corpse, it's the handwriting. When you write with your left hand and your right hand, the direction and strength of each stroke will be different."

Shi Ke, who also saw the handwriting but didn't notice it at all: "..."

So it was known earlier that one of them was left-handed?

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Sheng and Xu Jie came to the Heng County Post Office, and Anthony's bodyguard followed behind Zhuang Sheng.Hengxian County is a small county town. When you meet a good-looking little brother like Zhuang Sheng, you will take a few extra glances. What's more, there is a handsome foreign guy who is not only good-looking but also of blood, and the rate of returning is 100%.

Xu Jie was very uncomfortable being stared at by those curious or pure nympho, and could not help but stare at the tall and burly man next to him with some complaints.If it weren't for such an eye-catching focus, would they investigate cases and go shopping like celebrities?With such a high profile, how do you go deep into the masses to inquire about news?

Zhuang Sheng didn't notice it, and walked into the post office all the way.There was a young man in front of the counter, wearing a green uniform. He saw Zhuang Sheng and his party come in with a warm smile on his face.Just before he opened his mouth to say welcome, Zhuang Sheng took out his ID and handed it over. As soon as the young man smiled, he suddenly became serious.

"Comrade policeman, what's the matter?"

Zhuang Sheng asked: "Yesterday and today, were you on duty here?"

The young man nodded, "Yes, there was one other person, and we were on duty. She was sick and asked for leave these two days, so I was always alone."

"Then have you seen such a person in the past two days?" Zhuang Sheng repeated what he said to Shi Ke. After the young man listened carefully, he frowned and thought for a while, looked at Zhuang Sheng regretfully and shook his head.

"I probably haven't seen it, otherwise I should have an impression."

Zhuang Sheng didn't show any disappointed expression, nodded, and asked again: "Then have you ever seen such a person, a middle-aged man in his 40s, less than 1 meters, his clothes look a little dirty, as if stained What kind of oil. The eyes don't quite meet the person's eyes, the whole person is a little tense, and the expression looks like he is guarding against something—"

"Yes, yes—" before Zhuang Sheng finished speaking, the young man had already yelled, "When I was about to get off work yesterday, I saw such a person standing by the mailbox outside, holding a letter in his hand as if he was about to deliver it, but He looked very hesitant. I thought he had some problem, so I went out and wanted to ask him. As a result, when he saw me walking by, he quickly stuffed the letter in and ran away." The young man stopped here and looked at Zhuang Sheng, "Is this the person you're talking about?"

Zhuang Sheng and Xu Jie looked at each other, then looked at him again and asked, "Have you noticed what his envelope looks like?"

Without even thinking about it, the young man said with certainty, "It's a white envelope. I saw him holding it in his hands for a long time, and the sweat on his hands soaked into it."

Before leaving the post office, Zhuang Sheng handed the young man a business card, "Next time you see this person, please call this number."

-

There were no homicides that day, but Songquan County had a big harvest—one of the senders was caught.

It was a little bastard, and after being caught on the spot, he didn't ask much questions, so he did all the tricks himself.Said that someone made a bet with him, dare to play tricks on the police.The little bastard was impatient, and at an age that didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, he stuck his neck in a few words and said harsh words.

It is the grandson who dare not.

"I just send letters to these counties every other day, because those big brothers on TV feel very handsome writing on napkins, so I also want to imitate it. Although I wrote the four words 'I am a killer', but I I really didn’t kill anyone.” After the recruiting, the gangster shouted for grievances, and now swallowed all the harsh words he had said at the beginning, wishing he could kneel down and call the old policeman opposite him “Grandpa”.

"Who are you betting against?"

"I, I don't know each other, but we often get together as a group of people to play, maybe you pull someone, I pull someone, there is no definite number. I also drank a little wine that day, and somehow I talked about what kind of things I would do People think they are handsome, and then, just--" Looking at the increasingly cold faces of the two policemen opposite, the little gangster couldn't continue.

"Write a letter to the police station with the words 'I'm a killer' written on it. Do you think it's cool to do this?" The younger policeman looked at the young man as if he was mentally retarded, and scolded him furiously, " I think you are out of your mind, and you are playing with the police, is it too comfortable to stay outside, and you want to sit in the police?"

The little gangster was sprayed with saliva all over his face, but he held it back firmly and didn't wipe it off with his hands.He didn't dare to refute, just whispered:

"Aren't I just sitting in the police station right now? When I go out next time, I will tell people that I have also been in the police station." After talking about it, he was still vaguely proud.

The young policeman, who heard his muttering clearly, was so angry that he almost wanted to jump up and beat him, but was stopped by the old policeman.Looking at those eyes that have been baptized by the years and cannot see emotions, the little gangster felt his whole body tightened instantly.

The old policeman just looked at him for a while without saying anything, and looked back at the young junior beside him.

"Take him to find that person. Although you may not be able to find it, at least it is a clue." After a pause, he glanced at the little gangster, and added, "Don't take off the handcuffs, just take him away like this."

It was only after the old policeman left that the little gangster came to his senses.

Don't take off the handcuffs, go out to find someone - isn't this the treatment of parading?If you have been in prison, you can brag about it, but it would be embarrassing to be escorted by the police to find someone everywhere.

The little gangster wanted to cry immediately but had no tears.

-

During dinner in the evening, Zhuang Sheng received a call from a stranger. He listened for a few words, his expression became condensed, he stood up and walked out while talking.Anthony put down his chopsticks when Zhuang Sheng put them down, and saw him get up at this moment, following with his expression unchanged—only Xu Jie was halfway through grilling the rice, with his mouth half open, showing a silly expression.

"Don't get too close. It's best to follow. If you can't follow, don't force yourself. Pay attention to your own safety." He hung up the phone and looked back at Xu Jie.

"The post office worker found the whereabouts of the suspected suspect during the day, and we are rushing there now."

Hearing that it was such an important clue, Xu Jie hurriedly took two mouthfuls of rice, put down the bowl, and hurriedly got up to catch up, "Shall we go? Don't you tell the police in the county?"

Zhuang Sheng walked out while answering his question, "I'm not sure yet, too many people will scare the snake away."

Anthony was still driving, and the three of them soon arrived at the location the boy at the post office said.When the car stopped, the young man jumped out from an unknown corner, pointed at the caller in the dark corner ahead, and said in a low voice:

"It's him. I saw him when I came out to have a barbecue. He seemed to be on the phone all the time. I didn't dare to get too close, for fear that he would recognize me." After speaking, he turned to Zhuang Sheng, with some uncertainty and faint excitement, and asked road:

"Comrade policeman, is he the one you want to arrest?"

Zhuang Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, the man was standing in the shadow under the wall, the street lights couldn't reach him.I could only vaguely see the outline of the individual, with his back slightly arched, talking non-stop.The distance is a bit far, and with the noisy voices around, I can't hear what I'm saying.

Suddenly, the man shouted explosively:

"I'll take the money back!"

The man hung up the phone, and stood in the shadow for a while before coming out. Being exposed to the light seemed to make him a little uncomfortable, and he shrank subconsciously.

Zhuang Sheng saw the man's appearance clearly, and the expression on his face became calm.

"It's him."

Xu Jie didn't see that the man looked like a murderer, but he was very similar to Zhuang Sheng's description, and he believed in Zhuang Sheng's judgment.Xu unrolled his sleeves, stared at the man eagerly, and asked without looking back:

"Catch it?"

After waiting for a long time without hearing a response, Xu Jie looked back and saw Zhuang Sheng looking at him with a slightly complicated expression, and Anthony looking at him with loving eyes.Xu Jie was puzzled, touched his head, and asked:

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Zhuang Sheng looked at him and said, "To catch a thief, you must first catch the king, and to catch a thief, you have to get the stolen goods. We don't have any evidence of his murder, so what are we going to use to catch him?"

Xu Jie was stunned, "Didn't you say—"

Zhuang Sheng looked at him with a hint of sympathy, "That's just my speculation. There is no evidence, and there are no relevant documents issued. If you arrest people in the street like this, do you want to be investigated?"

Xu Jie opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.Anthony patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said:

"To be a policeman, you have to abide by the law."

The man was wandering on the street, staring at the passing pedestrians from time to time. He didn't go to crowded places, and he only chose remote paths.Finally, he seemed to have settled on a target, a thin girl.Maybe it was coming home from an evening shift, talking on the phone while walking.

The man quietly followed the girl, and slowly came to an empty alley. A street lamp in the middle was broken, so it looked a little dark.The girl seemed a little scared, the phone had already been hung up, so she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

The footsteps behind her also quickened, and the girl became even more frightened. She didn't dare to turn around, so she had to walk faster, and finally started to trot.When she was about to run out of the alley, her hand was grabbed suddenly, and a strong force pulled her back.

The girl suddenly screamed.