Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 397 The tragic crime scene!
Snowflakes were floating in the sky, dancing under the highway lights like night elves.

After getting off the toll booth, the off-road vehicle headed straight for the city center.

At this time, it was already two o'clock in the morning. The three people in the car had already understood the general situation of the case. In addition to the headless rotten corpse found in the well, on the evening of January 2010, 1, six hours ago, on the fifth floor of Jiashang International Hotel in Yonghe City, a model of Jiashang Media, named Su He, was brutally murdered in the bathroom before she was about to go on stage for a fashion show.

Her head was chopped off by a three-finger-wide blade, and the bloody head was placed between her knees. The scene was bloody and cruel.

Fortunately, Qiao Xue and Sun Zhihao were investigating the headless corpse case at the time, so they ran into the murderer's escape in time.

Moreover, when Qiao Xue was tracking the murderer, she was almost strangled to death by the murderer with a steel wire.

After Luo Rui briefly recounted the case, Chu Yang's expression was not very good. When he said that Qiao Xue would definitely not have survived if Sun Zhihao had not arrived in time, the expression on Chu Yang's face turned pale.

Lin Chen was so frightened that his back was covered in cold sweat. He turned to look at Luo Rui, who was already wearing a down jacket, and said, "Director Luo, does the murderer want to silence the witness?"

Chu Yang quickly asked: "Whose mouth are you trying to silence? Qiao Xue? She's a police officer..."

Halfway through his words, he realized he had misunderstood.

Fang Yonghui drove while shaking his head: "We didn't see the scene, and we don't know the specific details. Logically speaking, the murderer acted cautiously and knew that there were two places to hide the bodies. Cao Huanlei's head has not been found yet... It is unlikely that the murderer would dare to be so arrogant!"

Chu Yang immediately retorted: "What do you mean by being cautious? I think if it weren't for Qiao Xue and the others, this would be another case of a headless corpse! Let's put it this way, it's still unclear whether it's the same murderer. According to the nature of the Yonghe City Bureau, they will definitely not investigate the two cases together without any evidence."

Fang Yonghui nodded: "It's possible..."

Lin Chen thought for a moment and said, "According to criminal psychology, judging from the second case, this murderer is most likely a 'carnival type', which means that this murderer does not act according to common sense and enjoys killing people."

Fang Yonghui opened his eyes wide: "We still have such people here? Lin Chen, have you watched too many foreign suspense films?"

"roll."

Lin Chen curled his lips: "According to the details that Director Luo told us, we cannot deny the murderer's brutality and strong psychological quality. His skills and abilities are not bad!

Just think about it, the murderer committed the crime in the hotel, and just when the catwalk show was about to begin. Although the crime scene was in the bathroom, he committed the crime in front of so many people. He was very brave. Moreover, he did not flee the scene immediately after killing people. Have you ever seen such a confident murderer?
The murderer must have been waiting for someone to discover the body, and then admire his masterpiece as a bystander.

That night was a fashion show hosted by Shangjia International Fashion Media and a famous underwear company, but the murderer chopped off the model's head in front of hundreds of celebrities. He has become the protagonist and turned the venue into his own show!"

Fang Yonghui gave a thumbs up and said, "Officer Lin, your analysis is good. Your study of criminal psychology has not been in vain."

Lin Chen did not seem proud, but said in a heavy heart: "The carnival killer will not hide from us police. If we can't catch him in time, he will definitely commit crimes again at any time!"

Chu Yang agreed: "It's just a major serial murder case!"

After he finished speaking, the three people glanced at Luo Rui, thinking that he had been silent and was thinking about a breakthrough in the case. But when they looked at him carefully, they found that Luo Rui did not care about the case at all and was actually asleep.

Lin Chen felt a little uncomfortable. After being a leader for so long, has he started to be perfunctory? She pushed him and said, "Director Luo?"

Luo Rui folded his arms, opened his eyes, took out a tissue from the box, and blew his nose hard.

Lin Chen hid aside in disgust: "Ugh, that's disgusting."

Luo Rui rolled his eyes, crumpled up the tissue and put it in his pocket.

"Let you stand in the cold wind in your underwear for more than an hour to see if you catch a cold. Yonghui, let's go to Jiashang International Hotel first..."

He looked at Chu Yang and Lin Chen: "You two have nothing to do, don't speculate blindly. Go to sleep when you have time. Whether you will have time to sleep next is still a question."

After saying this, Luo Rui folded his arms tightly and continued to tilt his head and squint.

Lin Chen leaned forward and whispered to Fang Yonghui who was driving, "Let's find a pharmacy first. Director Luo has a bad cold."

"I know." Fang Yonghui nodded.

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The fifth floor of Jiashang International Hotel.

It was already three o'clock in the morning. The elevator made a "ding" sound and the car doors slid open from both sides.

Luo Rui held the thermos he had just bought in his hand. He threw the pills into his mouth, tilted his head back to drink a sip of water, and walked outside the cordon.

All the lights in the lobby were turned on. Not only that, the technicians conducting the on-site search also set up several searchlights in the direction of the restroom.

The police officers maintaining order, the criminal police walking around, and the on-site investigators squatting and lying on the floor, people who didn't know the reason would think this was an archaeological site, just like a movie set.

Before coming, Luo Rui asked Lin Chen to buy a lot of food. She, Chu Yang and Fang Yonghui were carrying six large plastic bags.

Inside the cordon, Feng Jianqiu was talking to his men. He turned around and saw Luo Rui standing in front of the elevator door. His face lit up with joy and he hurried over.

"Director Luo, you are finally here!"

Lin Chen curled his lips, and only then did he realize that the Yonghe Municipal Bureau must have dragged Luo Rui here, so that Luo Rui did not even have a chance to breathe. He stood on the shore in his flowery shorts, like a plucked chicken. He caught a cold from the cold and could not muster up any energy all the way.

Luo Rui had been looking around the venue. When he saw Feng Jianqiu, he nodded slightly: "I bought some food and will share it with the brothers."

Lin Chen and the other two handed the bag in their hands to Feng Jianqiu, who hurriedly called his men to take the bag and distribute it to the police officers investigating the scene.

Feng Jianqiu raised the cordon and let Luo Rui step into the scene, saying, "Director Luo is very thoughtful and has asked you to spend money. Give me the bill and I'll reimburse you."

"It's just a small matter." Luo Rui didn't care.

"The crime scene is here." Feng Jianqiu led the way and pointed to a round pillar at the three o'clock direction.

Next to the pillar is a T-stage, and behind the stage is the bathroom, which is also the crime scene.

Luo Rui handed the cup of water to Lin Chen, then strode forward.

A uniformed policeman was lying on the red carpet, with a disposable blue hat on his head and blue latex gloves on his hands, carefully examining the marks on the carpet.

"Director Zhao?" Luo Rui called.

Zhao Ming raised his eyes, his face was pale, his eye bags were swollen, and his eye sockets were sunken, as if he had been punched twice.

Seeing his look, Luo Rui was shocked: "Ahem...Brother Zhao, Brother Ming, you can't be so hardworking. You've stayed up so late that you've become like this. If Uncle Chunlai knew about this, he would definitely skin you alive."

Zhao Ming exhaled and stood up, but his head was dizzy and his feet were numb, so he could not stand steadily. Luo Rui quickly supported him.

"Really, don't work so hard. If something happens to you, how am I going to explain it to Uncle Chunlai?"

"It's okay." Zhao Ming waved his hand: "My blood sugar is just a little low."

"That won't work. It's not your company. Why should you be so considerate of them?"

Hearing Luo Rui's words, Feng Jianqiu touched his nose but didn't dare to say anything.

After Zhao Ming's dizziness subsided, he immediately grabbed Luo Rui's wrist and said, "I've discovered something..."

Luo Rui patted his hands and said, "It would be strange if you, a technical master and national treasure, were not discovered. I brought some food. Go eat something and have a good rest. I will meet you after I have seen the scene."

"but……"

"Don't be in a hurry, go and take a rest." Luo Rui urged. He knew that Zhao Ming was a workaholic. Not only was he skilled, but he was also careful in his work. He was less than 45 years old, but most of his hair was white. He looked older than his father Zhao Chunlai.

Zhao Chunlai scolded his son more than once, saying that he had a pig's brain and had been transferred to work in the provincial department. Couldn't he enjoy himself? If he continued to work day and night like this, he would die suddenly sooner or later, and the pension would not be enough to support his wife and daughter for a lifetime.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Zhao Ming held his waist, with a support belt wrapped around it.

Seeing him walking towards the lounge, Luo Rui said to Fang Yonghui, "Give Director Zhao some food. He has a bad stomach. Didn't we get a few servings of casserole porridge? Give him more, otherwise it will be snatched away in a while."

"Okay." Fang Yonghui did it immediately.

At this time, Feng Jianqiu looked very embarrassed: "Director Luo, this is all my fault. The case is urgent and the city bureau leaders are furious. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, we have been here for six or seven hours. It was my negligence that I didn't remember that my comrades hadn't had supper yet."

"Where's Captain Li? Where's your director?"

"Uh……"

Luo Rui squinted at him and asked teasingly, "Go back to sleep?"

Feng Jianqiu shook his head quickly: "That's not the case. After the case happened, the Municipal Bureau attached great importance to it and planned to set up a special case team, but Director Luo, you are here..."

"Just because I'm here, they relax and go back to sleep?"

Feng Jianqiu had a headache and complained in his heart, "Why do you always think that the leaders of the Municipal Bureau are lazy?" Just as he was about to reply, a voice came from the bathroom.

"Old Feng, come in!"

Feng Jianqiu trotted to the door, and Luo Rui and others followed behind him.

Jiang Mengde, the director of the Yonghe Municipal Bureau, looked at Li Xu with red eyes with worry: "I tell you, no matter what the cost, no matter how many resources are mobilized, you must solve this case for me. We can't rely entirely on the provincial department, otherwise why would the city support you guys? Eat for free?"

Li Xu was timid, but when he saw Luo Rui, his eyes lit up and he immediately turned around and explained to Jiang Mengde: "Director Jiang, this is the captain of our provincial department, Luo Rui."

Jiang Mengde's face turned from anger to joy, and he extended his hand enthusiastically: "Director Luo, I have heard of your great name for a long time, but I didn't expect you to be so young."

According to his position, Luo Rui had to address him as his leader: "Director Jiang, I just met you today. I haven't done my job well."

This was said with a sarcastic tone. Luo Rui was investigating the case of twin brothers swapping identities in Yonghe City, and during that time he had never met Jiang Mengde once.

It was obvious that the other party was deliberately avoiding him.

You have to hide. Just based on Luo Yanwang's reputation, wherever he goes, the people in charge will be eliminated. Who wouldn't be afraid? Who wouldn't be terrified?

Although Jiang Mengde's position is much higher than his, standing behind Luo Rui are Wei Qunshan, Hu Changyu, Zhu Yong and others. Not only these people, but the one who makes people feel the most chill is the boss of the entire police system of Haidong Province, Wu Chaoxiong.

If he hadn't intentionally cultivated him, no matter how good Luo Rui was at solving cases or how good he was at flattering, he wouldn't be able to sit in this position until he retired.

Jiang Mengde ignored his words and turned his head to look at Lin Chen who was standing next to Luo Rui.

"Hello, Officer Lin, hello..." Jiang Mengde seemed more enthusiastic than before, with a big smile on his face, as if he had seen his own daughter. Lin Chen blinked and shook hands with him: "Hello, Director Jiang."

"Is your father in good health?"

"Uh...it's fine." Lin Chen pretended to be calm, but he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

There are quite a few senior police officers who know her identity, but no one points her out. They all treat her as an ordinary police officer. Obviously, Lin Chen took her mother's surname to avoid these troubles.

But Jiang Mengde didn't buy it and directly tore the emperor's new clothes.

"I remember that your father was hospitalized for stomach problems a few years ago, and I went to visit him. Every time I go to the provincial department, I will visit him..."

This kind of situation was totally inappropriate to talk about this, and Lin Chen couldn't say anything back, so he could only respond with a smile.

Luo Rui ignored the two men and put on his equipment and walked into the crime scene.

There were six rows of cubicles in the bathroom, and the body was in the second to last one.

At this time, Yi Chunlin and forensic doctor Meng from the Municipal Bureau were squatting by the door with frowns on their faces.

Seeing Luo Rui coming over, Yi Chunlin stood up and said bitterly, "Director Luo, look, this person died tragically. Director Zhao hasn't examined the body yet, so I don't dare to move the body."

Luo Rui looked inside and saw a headless corpse and a human head resting between the corpse's knees. All the blood in his body froze.

This is not just miserable, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as perverted.

The white toilet bowl was covered with clotted blood, and there was sticky blood on the floor, as well as a lot of water stains.

The victim was wearing only underwear and shorts, exactly what she was going to wear for a fashion show.

Her chest was covered in blood, her left hand was resting on her knees, and her right hand was hanging by her side.

Luo Rui felt his stomach churning. He forced himself to calm down and murmured, "Is she holding her head?"

Yi Chunlin exhaled: "Old Meng and I have carefully examined the scene. There are not many traces. The murderer's fighting ability is very strong."

Yi Chunlin turned on the laser pen in his hand and pointed the green light at the back of the victim's head. The back of the head was deformed and the wound was very large, obviously having suffered a severe impact.

"Director Luo, look here. The murderer must have rushed in while the victim was using the toilet, grabbed the victim, and slammed her head against the wall.

Generally speaking, such a collision would cause massive bleeding in the brain and swollen and blackened wounds, but this phenomenon did not occur, which means..."

Luo Rui continued, "This means that the murderer cut off her head immediately after attacking her when she lost the ability to resist!"

Yi Chunlin nodded vigorously: "That's right."

Luo Rui stared at the door of the cubicle: "How did the murderer get in when the victim was using the toilet?"

At this time, Li Xu came over and explained: "Director Luo, we carefully checked the buckle behind the toilet door. There is no sign of forced entry, and the latch behind the door is not damaged..."

"Could it be that he jumped over from the cubicle next door?" Feng Jianqiu looked at the two-meter-high partition. The partition board of the bathroom was not very thick and the workmanship was very rough.

If the murderer had found the toilet cubicle where the victim used, there would have been traces left.

Because the crime scene has not yet been fully investigated, we can only guess at this point.

Luo Rui did not answer, but asked: "Have you adjusted the surveillance?"

"All the solid-state hard drives of the hotel's surveillance have been taken out, and I have organized police officers to investigate and collect evidence." Feng Jianqiu replied.

"Where's Qiao Xue?"

"Sun Zhihao accompanied her to the hospital."

"Have you figured out the identity of the victim?"

Li Xu nodded: "The basic information is already known. The victim's name is Su He, a model of Jiashang Media Group, 26 years old, and a local.

The person who called the police was her colleague. According to her, Su He went to the bathroom at around 7:40 in the evening as she had to go on stage at 8 o'clock. The time was very tight. In their line of work, they needed to change clothes constantly as the show would last until 10 o'clock in the evening.

Su He had been gone for a long time, and the brand designer was urging her to come back, but she hadn't come back yet, so the colleague hurried to the bathroom to look for her. When he went in, he was shocked to see that Su He's head had been chopped off.

Luo Rui asked, "Does that mean the murder took place within these twenty minutes?"

"We need to shorten the time." Li Xu replied, "We checked the models on the catwalk. One of them went to the bathroom at 7:45. She said she didn't notice anything strange at the time."

Luo Rui shook his head: "We need evidence. We can't just believe what they say. There is a surveillance camera at the other end of the bathroom that can capture it. Besides, the murderer is in disguise, so it is unlikely that he could not be captured."

Li Xu instructed Feng Jianqiu: "Old Feng, quickly ask the Image Reconnaissance Team to extract the surveillance footage from the restroom first. We need it now!"

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

Luo Rui pondered: "There is another question."

"You talk." Li Xu nodded.

"When the woman who discovered the murder scene entered the restroom and found the victim murdered, was the stall door closed or open?"

"It's open."

A cold light flashed in Luo Rui's eyes: "Are you sure?"

Li Xu called his subordinate and handed him the testimony book he had collected. "It says here that the door was open, but the woman who discovered the scene was frightened and her speech was incoherent. I have arranged for the police to send her to the hospital first. We will continue questioning her after she calms down."

Luo Rui looked at the transcript carefully, memorized these words in his mind, and then returned the notebook to Li Xu.

"Let's collect clues first. It's useless to say anything now."

Li Xu thought so too, and ordered forensic doctor Meng: "Take the body away first. Although the murder process and other aspects are very certain, the autopsy still needs to be done carefully, otherwise when the case is sent to trial, the forensic doctor of the court will argue with us again."

After several people walked out of the bathroom, Chu Yang and Lin Chen immediately took action. The former went to the image detection team to help, and the latter hurriedly collected relevant clues.

Ten minutes later, Qiao Xue and Sun Zhihao also rushed back from the hospital.

Qiao Xue had a bandage around her neck and her lips were pale.

After seeing Luo Rui, two people immediately came forward.

Luo Rui shook his head: "You are already in this state, why are you still interfering?"

"Director Luo." Qiao Xue's throat was torn, and when she spoke, the wound felt as if it was burned by fire.

Luo Rui quickly waved his hand: "Stop talking, go back and rest."

Qiao Xue pursed her lips tightly, stared at him eagerly, and shook her head gently.

Sun Zhihao said at the side: "Director Luo, I told Sister Qiao to go back and rest, but she refused. She said she must catch the murderer herself."

Luo Rui laughed and said, "Are you so stubborn? How about this, if I catch someone, I'll let you put the handcuffs on, and that'll count as your contribution, okay?"

Qiao Xue smiled, swallowed her saliva, and tried to speak: "Luo... Director Luo, thank you for saving... saving me..."

Luo Rui shrugged nonchalantly and patted Sun Zhihao on the shoulder: "It was him who saved you, not me."

Sun Zhihao felt warm in his heart. The leader patted him on the shoulder. Doesn't that mean he treats me as his own?

His face lit up, and he quickly said, "If Director Luo hadn't called me in time, I wouldn't have known that Sister Qiao had gone after the murderer. It was a close call. If I had been a dozen seconds later, Sister Qiao would have been in real danger."

Luo Rui lowered his hand from his shoulder, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Did you see the murderer's face?"

Qiao Xue wanted to reply, but Luo Rui stopped her by reaching out his hand to prevent her wound from being torn while she spoke.

Sun Zhihao recalled: "It was very dim in the corridor at that time, the murderer was hiding behind Sister Qiao, and the situation was very critical. I didn't pay much attention and just wanted to save people.

The murderer was wearing the hotel's cleaning uniform and a wig. He was 1.75 meters tall, neither fat nor thin, and very skilled. I felt that he must have practiced martial arts, and his movements were very agile. When I shot him, he was not panicked at all. He jumped from the second floor and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Luo Rui asked: "What do you think?"

"Me?" Sun Zhihao pointed at his nose.

"Yes, you had close contact with the murderer and shot him."

Sun Zhihao rolled his eyes and replied, "I think this person probably has no criminal record and is not afraid of a police investigation."

"Oh?" Luo Rui was a little surprised. He didn't expect him to think of this.

"Director Luo, think about it, most murderers try their best to hide their identities, but he is not..."

Before he could finish his words, Qiao Xue patted his shoulder. She took out a pen and paper from somewhere, quickly wrote down a paragraph, and showed it to Sun Zhihao.

"Are you stupid? Does the murderer not want to hide his identity? If Director Luo hadn't taught me how to identify the murderer, I'm afraid we would still be spinning in circles."

When Sun Zhihao saw this, his face twitched: "This...how could I have forgotten this."

Luo Rui smiled and said nothing.

Qiao Xue picked up the pen and wrote something in the notebook again...

At this time, Chu Yang came running from the temporary office area on one side of the venue: "Team Leader, there is a major discovery in the surveillance!"

Luo Rui was about to follow him when Qiao Xue immediately stopped writing and showed the notebook in front of Luo Rui.

"I smell the oily smell on the back of the murderer's hand..."

(End of this chapter)