Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 644: This is the first time I've commanded three special task forces.
At this moment, Yu Dazhang's attention was entirely focused on the documents in front of him.

There's more to the slavery case than you think!
No, saying "follow-up" is inaccurate.

It should be a case within a case.

He calculated the time in his mind.

When I was investigating the slavery case in N province, those twelve mentally disabled women had already been abducted.

Why wasn't it discovered at the time?
After recalling the events, Yu Dazhang concluded that there were too many victims.

At that time, it was impossible to count all the mentally disabled people rescued in a short period of time, so he had already returned to Songhai before the investigation was completed.

The trail has gone cold?

By the end, his brows furrowed.

Oh no, the other side is another group that uses their brains, and they're very decisive too.

Upon discovering that someone on this route had gone missing, they immediately cut off all contact, giving no one a chance to track them down.

Such suspects are often the most difficult to track down.

Female, under 35 years old, starting price 100,000, nationwide purchase...

Yu Dazhang memorized each and every key piece of information.

He had long developed a habit of memorizing the key points of a case, forming fragmented memories.

When these key points come together at a specific moment, they may very well become a completely new clue.

Then Yu Dazhang opened the case files in S Province.

Compared to case files, these materials focus more on narrative, recounting the case from the beginning, including the time, place, and investigation process.

He had heard about the case of the mass disappearance of deaf and mute female students before, but he didn't know the details.

After reading it from beginning to end, Yu Dazhang's brows furrowed even more deeply.

The clue is broken again?
Good heavens, it turns out that both mass disappearances in other provinces were due to a dead end.

Isn't this making things difficult for people?

Everyone's investigative methods are pretty much the same. Since you have no leads, you've just washed your hands of the matter.

"You think too highly of me..." Yu Dazhang suddenly felt as if there were nails under his butt.

That's right, I couldn't sit still any longer.

What he wanted to do most right now was to get up immediately and rush out the door.

As long as he returns safely to the branch office, no one can do anything to him; the branch office leaders will naturally protect him.

but……

I couldn't do something like that.

He sighed and then opened the local case files again.

"It still has to be our Songhai..." Yu Dazhang muttered to himself.

Although both cases involve mass disappearances, only seven people went missing in total, indicating that the security situation in these two provinces is much better than in the other two provinces.

Through the city's surveillance network, both groups of girls eventually disappeared within residential communities.

Although they are not the same neighborhood, the two neighborhoods are very similar.

First of all, both of these communities are old communities without access control, and anyone can freely enter and exit.

Secondly, there were no surveillance cameras installed in the community.

It is clear that these two residential areas were carefully planned and scouted by the perpetrators, with the aim of avoiding the city's surveillance network and thus increasing their chances of success.

This is a veteran... Yu Dazhang made his judgment in his mind.

He also concluded that the people who committed the crimes in Songhai were human traffickers.

The methods may differ, but the tactics are the same; the ultimate goal is to abduct people.

He then looked at the chat logs that the technical department had captured from the girls' social media apps.

Judging from the content, these records were clearly carefully selected, with irrelevant conversations being removed, leaving only key information related to the case.

One of the parts was quite interesting.

[Girl: I'm hungry, can you buy me a Shaxian snack? 20 yuan is enough.]

[Recipient: Transfer 88]

[Girl: I've got my eye on a pair of pants, they're only 98, could you...]

[Recipient: Transfer 188]

[Girl: My Android phone is too laggy, I want to switch to an iPhone...]

[The other party: Send a voice message to discuss in detail]

And then that was it. Chronologically, this last chat log occurred the day before the girl disappeared.

A master at manipulating human nature... Yu Dazhang could clearly sense the girl's changing attitude in the chat logs.

It seems like the other party has been transferring money continuously, making it appear as if they've been taken advantage of.

In reality, he was buying the girl's trust.

The more readily someone spends money and the less talkative they are, the more they attract the attention of these young girls, while also lowering their guard.

Humans are prone to habitual thinking.

The girls were so readily given money the first few times that they subconsciously assumed the other party wouldn't refuse them.

The value of an Apple iPhone is enough to allow them to meet him in person.

Do you think girls only like handsome men who are good-looking and have sweet words?
Compared to the top-ranked player, those are all nobodies.

In Yu Dazhang's view, the two missing persons cases in Songhai were the most difficult to handle.

Cases from other provinces can at least be traced back to the real person, but here they are all online names, and the technical department can only determine that the other party is in this city through IP address.

If the other party never logs on again, this last clue will be lost.

Closing the file, Yu Dazhang rubbed his temples. When he looked up again, he realized that the people in the room were staring at him.

"How about it?"

Sitting to his right, Team Leader Hua asked somewhat nervously:

Have you found any new clues?

He knew this question was a bit hasty, since no one could solve a case immediately just by looking at the case files.

But for some reason, he always felt that the fat man in front of him must have a solution.

"Are you kidding me?" Yu Dazhang replied irritably.

"I just wanted to get a general understanding of the case; I didn't even look at the case files. How could I possibly find any new clues?"

After he finished speaking, the tense atmosphere in the meeting room immediately eased.

Even the officers from the Criminal Investigation Department breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone hoped that Yu Dazhang could find new clues, but they also didn't want him to make any discoveries immediately.

Imagine that everyone present had no clue about the current case, but this fat man discovered a new clue after only reading the case file once.

If that were the case, it would make everyone present seem incompetent.

"That……"

Sitting on the other side, Captain Xu tentatively asked:

What do we do next?

The trail in N Province must have gone cold... Yu Dazhang thought to himself.

Since that's the case, we should start with the case of the deaf and mute girl in S Province. In fact, Captain Xu and his team have already found clues, but they are stuck on the technical aspects.

Let's divide into groups first.

Looking at the room full of people, Yu Dazhang felt inexplicably excited:

"Each task force will be further divided into three subgroups, which will facilitate coordination when there are operations."

It's easier to get things done when there are more people.

Moreover, all the people present are from various local criminal investigation teams; you could say they are all elites.

When directing these people to investigate a case, there's no need to worry about their lack of experience.

In less than ten minutes, the three task forces were divided into nine groups, with an average of three police officers in each group.

"Team Hua".

Yu Dazhang then looked at Hua Kaiquan and said in a commanding tone:
"You stay in Songhai and go with the task force here to investigate the neighborhood where the missing girl was last seen."

He paused for a moment, then reminded him:

“Although the city’s surveillance network cannot track down older residential areas, these areas usually have shops in the alleys, such as supermarkets, bicycle sheds, and express delivery stations.”

"Go check the civilian surveillance cameras in these areas. You should know what to do next."

The girls who were jumping around disappeared in two separate groups in two different residential areas.

The task force from Huadu and the task force from Songhai can simultaneously investigate these two communities.

This is the advantage of having more people; it can greatly improve efficiency.

"I understand," Hua replied immediately.
"In addition to checking the civilian surveillance cameras in the community, we also need to find eyewitnesses at the scene."

(End of this chapter)