Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 221 This time the criminal is a bit arrogant

"Later, a large team staked out the victim's home while tracking down the criminal."

Li Jun exhaled a cloud of smoke and continued:

"I thought the criminal would call to extort money, but yesterday, the victim came back on his own."

"only……"

Hearing this, Yu Dazhang suddenly felt that he seemed to have heard this scene somewhere before.

He unconsciously opened his mouth to continue:

"Is the victim crazy?"

"How do you know?" Li Jun's voice was filled with surprise:

"Has anyone else told you about this?"

Someone did tell me that, but it was two months ago... Yu Dazhang asked unhappily:

"How many fingers did the victim lose this time?"

This scene was mentioned by one of my colleagues at the celebration party two months ago.

Because it was so bizarre, he was deeply impressed.

Unexpectedly, two months later, Li Jun actually told him this story as if it were a true story.

"You even know this." Li Jun was surprised and replied:

“This time there are three fingers missing.”

It doesn't look like he's teasing me on purpose... Yu Dazhang could confirm that this was the truth from Li Jun's expression.

"Captain Li, you should smoke less in the future."

Yu Dazhang finally figured out where the problem lay.

Li Jun had completely forgotten the casual chat from two months ago.

It seemed that he, like himself, treated the case as a story at the time.

"Two months ago, we had a team dinner together." Yu Dazhang reminded:
"Brother Liu from the team talked about a similar case at the dinner table. It was almost exactly the same as what you said."

"Old Liu told me about this?" Li Jun recalled:
"I remember, I think I did say that."

It is said that noble people tend to forget things...Yu Dazhang understood Li Jun's forgetfulness.

As the detachment leader, he has a lot of things to deal with every day.

I am so busy with my work that I don’t have the energy to remember the trivial things that were discussed at the dinner table.

"I remember a similar case happened in Province S."

Yu Dazhang recalled the details of the casual chat that day:

"It's the provincial department's experts who are investigating it. Two months have passed. Could it be that they haven't solved the case yet?"

He had already put it very tactfully.

The same case happened in Songhai, which is enough to prove that the previous serial finger amputation case had not been solved.

But we cannot say it explicitly, otherwise it would be questioning the ability of the provincial and ministerial experts.

It will affect unity.

"Yes." Li Jun nodded helplessly:
"Including the case that just happened in our district, there are a total of nine victims."

Nine victims... Yu Dazhang counted in his mind.

When I first heard about this serial case two months ago, there were seven victims.

In other words, during the period when the provincial and ministerial experts were investigating the case, the criminal committed two more crimes.

Crazy enough.

The fact that the criminals dared to commit crimes continuously in such a short period of time shows that they did not take the police seriously at all.

Another reason is that criminals are extremely confident in their abilities.

Too embarrassing!

Yu Dazhang couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Did the first team find any clues?"

He believed that the first team would definitely be able to find clues.

The elites of the branch are concentrated there, and each of them has rich experience in handling cases.

Combined with the traces left at the scene, we can always find some clues.

"At present, there are no valuable clues."

Li Jun looked a little frustrated:
"Besides, there is not enough time. People from Province S are already rushing here."

Yu Dazhang immediately guessed the reason for Li Jun's frustration. Few police officers were willing to investigate two cases together.

The reason...

One is the fear of having their credit taken away from them.

This is not a guess, but similar things have happened many times.

Therefore, police officers who have experienced collaborative case handling will have some resistance.

The second is to protect personal interests.

This needs to be put mildly.

Many times, joint investigations will reveal the misconduct behind the scenes on both sides.

I won’t say much, just stop here.

In short, no one is willing to investigate the cases together unless they have no choice.

"So you asked me to come?"

Yu Dazhang couldn't figure out what connection he had with this case.

"You know Wei Qian's temper." Li Jun said with a serious expression:
"So after repeated consideration, the bureau has decided that you will lead the backlog team to connect with the provincial department."

Just let us be receptionists.

By listening carefully, Yu Dazhang quickly guessed what Li Jun was thinking.

In the past month or so, there has been little progress in the backlog of cases, so the team found some work for them.

After the people from Province S arrive, the Hongkou Branch will definitely send people to cooperate in the investigation.

To put it nicely, it is a joint investigation.

In fact, some local police officers were just treated as coolies and were ordered around at will by people from Province S.

Although Yu Dazhang felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't say anything.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, the backlog of cases team he led seemed to be idle and inactive for more than a month.

"No problem." Yu Dazhang agreed straightforwardly:

"We guarantee that the provincial and ministerial experts there will feel the warmth of home."

What are these words?

Li Jun heard sarcasm in the fat man's words.

"Da Zhang, did you misunderstand something?" He quickly explained:
"I made this arrangement just to let those experts see our case handling capabilities. You are a recognized criminal investigation talent in our bureau."

It’s better to be a leader… Yu Dazhang smiled:
"I understand. Don't worry. I will cooperate with you."

That afternoon.

Yu Dazhang met three experts from Province S in the captain's office.

It was also the first time that Li Jun met them, so after shaking hands, both sides introduced their own situations.

The three people who came are not ordinary people.

The leader was a middle-aged man, Ding Feng, deputy captain of the Provincial Department's Criminal Investigation Corps.

He looks to be in his early forties and his hair is already grey, but he looks very energetic.

His face is thin, and at first glance, you can tell that he is a serious policeman.

The other is a criminal portrait artist from the serious crime detachment of the provincial department.

Do you think being a portrait artist is no big deal?
If you think so, you are totally wrong.

The status of a criminal portrait artist is very high!
Those who can enter provincial departments are even rarer.

Let me put it this way, a portrait artist who can work in the serious crime detachment of a provincial department must at least be specially appointed by the Ministry of Public Security.

And this line of work requires a lot of talent.

Not only do you need good painting skills, but you also need to be detailed enough to be able to portray the characters vividly.

Use clues provided by eyewitnesses to determine which descriptions are credible.

This is also what is often said in criminal investigation: "eliminating the false and retaining the true."

Few people can achieve this alone.

Often the eyewitness accounts are confusing, and before the painting even begins, they are already confused.

Many people with great talent in painting cannot become portrait painters because of this reason.

After introducing this person, Yu Dazhang quickly came to a conclusion.

This serial case has been investigated for such a long time, but we still haven’t even figured out the criminal’s appearance!

(End of this chapter)