Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 627 Everyone Has Weaknesses
A portrait itself cannot be used directly for facial recognition, but it can be processed with technology to import liveness information such as dynamic features to increase its recognizability.

This requires the portrait artist to have extremely high painting talent and rich dynamic memory.

Team China has yet to encounter such a master.

It's not that he's ignorant, but rather that there are too few criminal investigation sketch artists like him.

Just as they were discussing the next steps in the investigation, the meeting room door was pushed open from the outside, and a police officer strode in.

"Liveness information recognition successful."

The officer walked up to Captain Xu and quickly said:
"The suspect's identity has been found."

As he spoke, he handed over a document.

After taking it, Captain Xu immediately placed it on the table and began to read it.

The fourth brother, whose real name is Xie Wei, is a 41-year-old male from Xicheng, S Province. He is unemployed and was sentenced to two years in prison for theft in his early years.

After his release from prison, he lived with his parents and remained unemployed.

This document is very detailed, and even includes the identity information of Xie Wei's parents.

The elderly couple are retired and have pensions, but the money they receive each month is only enough for their daily expenses.

Team Leader Xu quickly noticed something was amiss.

Ren Yupeng once said that Lao Si was very generous. He usually treated everyone to meals, and even sometimes he would return part of his winnings.

However, he was an unemployed person with no source of income and his family was not well-off.

Where did his money come from?

It's obvious that Xie Wei became a human trafficker after his release from prison, and he did so long-term.

In reality, human trafficking is not as lucrative as people imagine.

例如那个于2025年2月被执行死刑的余桦英，10年间拐卖17名儿童，平均获利5000元一个人。

This is the normal price.

Those who truly made big money were the ones who came up with innovative and creative ideas.

For example, organizing the sale of women to specific locations to engage in this activity can generate substantial daily income.

There were also previous cases of slavery, where mentally disabled people were used as undocumented workers and profits could be made continuously over a long period.

People like Xie Wei are the lowest level of human traffickers; they only do one-off deals and don't charge high prices.

So he has to keep doing this in order to make a living.

After reviewing Xie Wei's identity information, Captain Xu read the information again.

Having the suspect's identity information makes the arrest much easier.

Captain Xu immediately ordered a detailed investigation into Xie Wei's social connections and sent officers to stake out Xie Wei's home.

The Chinese team, on the other hand, investigated the places Xie Wei frequented.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Neither of the task forces found any trace of Xie Wei.

The technical department also couldn't find any registration information for Xie Wei.

Xie Wei has neither bought train tickets nor stayed in hotels recently.

The city's surveillance network couldn't capture him either, as if he had vanished from the face of the earth.

In the conference room.

"This is not a good situation."

Team Leader Xu frowned, his face full of worry. His gaze swept across the conference table and landed on Hua Kaiquan across from him.

"This Xie Wei is very likely hiding."

According to the school bus driver who has already been arrested, Xie Wei once told him to find a safe place to hide and not to do anything for the next year.

His tone was somewhat heavy:
"Since he can teach others to do this, he himself might very well hide away,"

Especially human traffickers who are good at disguising themselves can actually hide for several years.

If his financial situation allowed, Xie Wei was even able to endure loneliness and quietly hide away in a place where no one knew him to live a long life.

He's absolutely capable of doing something like that. Just imagine, if Xie Wei didn't have that ability, he wouldn't have been able to remain undetected as a human trafficker for so many years.

"Everyone has weaknesses."

Hua Kaiquan didn't seem so pessimistic. His eyes narrowed to slits, and after taking a deep drag on his cigarette, he continued:
"If Xie Wei were truly a person of simple tastes, he would have no need to become a human trafficker; he could have lived off his parents' pension."

"So his crime wasn't driven by poverty; he still had desires."

His gaze sharpened:

“Since he has desires, he can’t hide them. We still need to understand him more deeply and figure out all his preferences.”

After hearing this, Captain Xu nodded.

Indeed, even if Xie Wei is more composed than the school bus driver, it cannot be completely denied that he has desires.

Moreover, this is someone who would commit a major crime if he saw a profit to be made.

Even if such a person can hide it, they will occasionally indulge their desires.

"The current arrangements remain unchanged, and those responsible for the stakeout should not let their guard down."

Team Leader Xu thought for a moment, then looked at Hua Kaiquan across from him:

"Leave the investigation and surveillance work to us. Please conduct a thorough investigation into Xie Wei."

Songhai.

Inside a coffee shop next to Yisheng Group.

“What were you thinking? You came to me with severe depression.”

Ye Zhiyu looked at Yu Dazhang across from him with a displeased expression:

"In the later stages of depression, psychotherapy is no longer very effective; the main treatments are medication and lifestyle adjustments."

"Besides, I am an expert in psychology, but I have never studied how to treat depression. You should consult a professional doctor for this kind of thing."

Yu Dazhang came to him for help out of desperation, somewhat like someone grasping at straws in a desperate situation.

After several days of interrogation, the case unfolded exactly as he had predicted: all the perpetrators shifted the blame for the missing gold onto Tan Mou.

Tan Mou, a patient with severe depression, took on all the pressure and guilt without hesitation.

The guilt of being the mastermind and the guilt of losing the gold have now fallen entirely on him, leaving even his colleagues at the pre-trial hearing scratching their heads.

Previously, the concern was that the suspect wouldn't confess; now, the fear is that the suspect will bear all the responsibility.

Therefore, Yu Dazhang wanted to see if Tan Mou's illness could be cured. Only if he rekindled his hope for life would he be able to tell the truth.

"If I needed to see a doctor, I wouldn't have come to you."

Yu Dazhang said irritably:
"Isn't there any shortcut, even if it's just to temporarily cure his illness?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, Ye Zhiyu glared at him:
"Your idea is dangerous. There is no such thing as a temporary cure for depression unless you take strong medicine, but that will also cause irreversible psychological damage to the patient."

“I remember you said before that you can’t use any means necessary to solve a case. You can’t just forget that when it comes to your own case.”

Yu Dazhang naturally knew what he meant by "taking drastic measures".

For example, some illegal drugs that make people happy.

Not only could Ye Zhiyu not agree, but the law also forbade it.

Let nature take its course... Yu Dazhang has come to terms with it.

Not all cases can be perfectly resolved during the investigation stage.

In any case, all the perpetrators have been apprehended, and from a legal perspective, the next step can now be taken.

If the suspect doesn't confess, it's simply a matter of how severe the sentence will be.

Furthermore, it is crucial to avoid overdoing things when handling cases.

Sometimes, getting stuck on a single point can easily lead to making fundamental mistakes.

"If a person suffers from amnesia, they might occasionally remember some things..."

Yu Dazhang suddenly changed the subject, hesitatingly asking:

"Do you have any way to make him remember everything?"

(End of this chapter)