Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 368 The person has been found
"Where?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

“What I saw was a bathroom, a very large bathroom,” Su Miaoyi said. “I didn’t see the killer’s face, I only saw the killer’s gloved hands putting chopped body parts into the toilet and flushing it down. Then next to the toilet was a cutting board, a cleaver, and chopped body parts. There were thighs and sternums, all missing from this side, and the bathroom floor was covered in blood.”

“It’s a very large bathroom,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Now we can determine that the deceased was an adult male based on the pieces we’ve pieced together. The body parts retrieved from the river are so fragmented, the ones flushed down the toilet must be even more fragmented.”

Su Miaoyi nodded.

“Chopping it into such small pieces takes a long time, and even with good soundproofing, the neighbors will probably still be able to hear the noise,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

“That’s right,” Su Miaoyi said. “The bathroom I saw was very large. It’s either the murderer’s or the victim’s residence, and the residence must have been quite nice. This narrows down the scope of the investigation to some extent.”

“Hmm,” Zhuang Yanzheng said, “There’s also the water usage. Flushing the toilet and cleaning up bloodstains both require a lot of water.”

"Did you see the deceased's cufflinks? They cost six figures a pair," Su Miaoyi whispered. "He was very rich."

"Qi Feng is checking with the Municipal Bureau to see if there have been any recent reports of missing persons," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "I'll talk to him about starting the investigation in that direction."

Su Miaoyi was silent for a moment before saying, "Also, I saw the murderer put the victim's head into the refrigerator."

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at her.

"what happened?"

"This time, it was seen from the killer's perspective?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"Huh?" Su Miaoyi also realized, "Yeah, how come it's seen from the murderer's perspective? Could it be that the murderer was killed?"

After she finished speaking, they both fell silent for a moment.

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "The only thing missing from the salvage operation here is the right arm."

"Yes."

"You saw the murderer put the head into the refrigerator, then... did you see what the victim looked like?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

"Yes."

"Have Lu Zhishen draw it out, draw the deceased's appearance and the appearance of the bathroom, and have a renovation company check the renovation."

“Okay.” Su Miaoyi went to find Lu Zhishen.

"Captain Zhuang, there's blood here," Chu Xingrou called out to him.

Zhuang Yanzheng and Wen Xiao ran over.

It's a grove of trees in the park.

There was a path worn into the woods, but the bloodstains were not on the path itself, but about two meters away from it.

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the bloodstains dripping into the soil, then looked around and found two complete footprints that belonged to the same person.

There were also several incomplete footprints, which, judging from the shoe sole prints, all belonged to the same person. No other footprints were found.

"Collect it."

"Okay," Chu Xingrou replied.

Zhuang Yanzheng walked a little further away, and after leaving the woods, there was a horizontal pebble path.

He also found a drop of blood at the bottom of the cobblestone path.

“If it’s the victim’s blood, then we can confirm that it came from the parking lot on the west side,” Wen Xiao said. “If it’s not the victim’s blood, we can check if it’s the murderer’s, or it could be that a passerby accidentally left it.”

Zhuang Yanzheng had someone collect blood samples, and then he and Wen Xiao walked towards the west parking lot, carefully examining the samples as they went.

They didn't find anything else even after reaching the parking lot on the west side.

“These surveillance videos all need to be checked.” After saying that, Wen Xiao looked at the residential buildings not far from the park. “The nearby residents also need to be checked. The reason for choosing this place to dump the body is twofold: first, there are very few people in this river and park, making it a suitable location for dumping a body; second, the murderer may be nearby, so they dumped the body nearby.”

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the residential buildings, then turned around and patted Wen Xiao on the shoulder, saying, "Director Wen, I'm leaving this matter to you."

Wen Xiao glanced at him and said, "Yes, Captain Zhuang."

"What a character," Zhuang Yanzheng patted his chest with the back of his hand. Wen Xiao leaned back slightly.

The two then walked back together.

"I'll leave this to you," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"You're being too polite," Wen Xiao said. "This kind of case should be our responsibility."

“Why be so polite with me? Be polite with the guys at the police station,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Zhuang Yanzheng and Wen Xiao led their men to expand the scope of their investigation.

After dark, Zhuang Yanzheng and his team took the dismembered body back to the city police station.

The right arm has not yet been recovered, and the salvage team is continuing their efforts.

On his way back to the municipal bureau, Zhuang Yanzheng received a message that the branch bureau had received a missing person report around 5 p.m.

Qi Feng sent the missing person's information to Zhuang Yanzheng.

After learning the news in the afternoon, Qi Feng had someone check the water and electricity at the missing person's residence. Nine days ago, there were two consecutive days where the missing person's residence had used a lot of water.

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the photo of the missing person and found that it was basically the same as the one drawn by Lu Zhishen. He then showed it to Su Miaoyi.

"It's him. He's the one you see in the footage."

Chu Xingrou was driving, and Zhuang Yanzheng navigated to the address of the missing person, who was also the deceased: "Xingrou, don't go back to the Municipal Bureau yet, go here first."

"it is good."

Zhuang Yanzheng shared the deceased's information with them.

The deceased, Guan Zhou, male, 32 years old, from Dian City, currently works at Jinghai Diyue Media, and his current residence is rented.

“His information says he’s unmarried,” Lu Zhishen said from the passenger seat. “The information recorded when the police report was filed said his parents live in Dian City and don’t live with him. He rents a villa by himself? How much rent would that be for a month?”

"Money is no object," Su Miaoyi said.

Lu Zhishen looked back at her and said, "I'll fight you rich people."

Su Miaoyi patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, with me here, you're a rich man too. I'll take care of your expenses for the rest of your life."

Lu Zhishen turned to look at her: "Who's older between us? You should let me call you 'sister'."

“Qin Leyan is older than you,” Su Miaoyi said.

Lu Zhishen looked ahead and remained silent.

Yan Cheng glanced at the two of them: "."

A few seconds later, Lu Zhishen finally realized: "You're just kidding me. Qin Leyan isn't even as old as me."

Su Miaoyi patted his shoulder again.

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the police report sent by Qi Feng and said, "The person who filed the report is Guan Zhou's assistant. He said that Guan Zhou took a week off because he was too tired from work and planned to go out and relax. Guan Zhou's usual habit is that if he goes on vacation, he will turn off his work phone, and his assistant or colleagues will not be able to contact him."

"Today, two days after the holiday ended, we still haven't been able to contact Guan Zhou. We contacted Guan Zhou's parents, who said they haven't been in touch with him for almost two weeks. The assistant went to the villa where Guan Zhou is currently staying, but there was no one there. So the assistant notified the company and then called the police."

"Did the assistant go to Guan Zhou's residence?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"Yes."

"No abnormalities were found?" Su Miaoyi asked again.

"The assistant just said there was no one inside and they couldn't find Guan Zhouren," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "The assistant said he checked with the villa's smart home system and no one had entered the villa in the past week."

"Guan Zhou said he was going to relax. Did he tell his assistant where he was going?" Chu Xingrou asked.

"I didn't tell my assistant. Qi Feng checked, but couldn't find Guan Zhou's ticket purchase information."

(End of this chapter)