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

Chapter 373 Major Discovery
Zhuang Yanzheng had someone contact Ai Lan and Xu Gui.

The bad news is: neither of them is in Jinghai.

The good news is: Ai Lan is abroad and will be back by plane tomorrow afternoon. Xu Gui will also be able to arrive in Jinghai tomorrow afternoon.

Zhuang Yanzheng also received the list of artists that Guan Zhou was in charge of, including their locations.

After receiving it, he checked it and found that there was only one in Jinghai, which was located at the filming base.

Zhuang Yanzheng sent someone over to ask him some questions and collect his fingerprints.

For the other celebrities, we can only ask the local police to collect their fingerprints.

The surveillance footage also revealed some information.

Based on the time of death, Guan Zhou's vacation time, peak water usage times at the villa, and the villa's smart home system's entry and exit records, check the surveillance footage for that time period.

Several surveillance cameras on the west side of the park showed a figure carrying several black plastic bags.

The surveillance footage wasn't very clear, and it was taken at night.

It was a man's figure, wearing a black raincoat with the hood up, but his face wasn't visible in the photo.

He walked from the west parking lot toward the park river and disappeared from the surveillance footage. More than an hour later, he returned from the river and reappeared on the surveillance camera.

However, none of the photos captured the person's face.

The relevant vehicle was not found in the surveillance footage.

It's very likely that he parked his car in a blind spot of the surveillance cameras, and didn't actually park in the parking lot. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around at night, he got out of the car, walked to the parking lot, and then walked into the park.

This person must be very familiar with that area.

Based on the entry and exit times recorded by the smart home system in Guanzhou Villa, and by estimating the time from Guanzhou Villa to the park, it can be basically confirmed that the murderer left Guanzhou's house, went to the river to dispose of the body, and then returned to Guanzhou's house.

In addition, a boy was also filmed cutting the surveillance camera on the riverbank.

A month ago, the boy cut off the surveillance footage.

So the surveillance cameras have been broken for a month now. I don't know if no one really noticed, or if they did notice but just kept putting it off.

Based on the photos from the surveillance footage, the boy's home was quickly located.

Zhuang Yanzheng called Wen Xiao and asked him to send someone to his house to inquire.

Wen Xiao returned the call within half an hour.

A 15-year-old boy said he had arranged to fight by the river, but fearing being discovered, he cut the surveillance footage the day before the fight.

Unexpectedly, it was captured on surveillance cameras in the distance.

Wen Xiao and the others verbally reprimanded the boy, and when they came out of the boy's house, they heard the boy's screams and his parents' lecturing voices.

Zhuang Yanzheng felt relieved when he heard that the boy had been beaten in the end.

That naughty child! He needs to be disciplined!
The DNA information of Guan Zhou's parents has also been obtained. After comparing it with the DNA of the dismembered body parts, it can be confirmed that the dismembered body parts retrieved from the river belong to Guan Zhou.

The drug test results are also out.

It can be confirmed that Guan Zhou used drugs.

While waiting for other reports, everyone went to check the surveillance footage.

The surveillance cameras at Guan Zhou's neighbor's house, and the surveillance cameras at the street corner outside the villa.

They looked at it several times, following the timeline.

No suspicious vehicles were seen at all.

On the day Guan Zhou had a day off, he drove home, and his car was captured on surveillance footage.

Su Miaoyi and the others also saw the car he was driving in the villa's courtyard.

According to the smart home system's instructions, someone went to the villa around 1 p.m.

However, the surveillance cameras at the street corner and in the neighboring house did not capture any vehicles entering or passing by during that time period.

Then, in the early morning, the smart home system showed that someone had left and then returned. But during that time period, there was nothing on the surveillance footage.

There was no one and no car.

The surveillance footage from the second day still did not reveal any suspicious individuals.

Su Miaoyi put in some eye drops, closed her eyes for a few seconds, and then continued watching, slowing down the time to watch bit by bit.

After looking at it again, she suddenly said, "There's a shadow here."

Everyone gathered around.

Su Miaoyi shrank her shoulders from the jostling, and pointed to the computer, saying, "Here."

After the video was played, everyone stared at the tiny shadow captured on the green belt.

The surveillance camera only captured a small part of the shadow before it disappeared from the area that could be captured.

"Is that a human figure?" Su Miaoyi played it again.

"Yes," Chu Xingrou said.

The other figures were also confirmed to be human figures.

Lu Zhishen said, "The suspect avoided the surveillance cameras during the early morning hours, so the timing makes him the likely culprit."

“Also, I just checked,” Su Miaoyi said. “If a person walks close to the wall, the surveillance cameras won’t capture it. There were no suspicious vehicles entering or leaving the street corner either. I think the murderer was in the parking lot on the west side of the park. He didn’t drive in; instead, he parked his car somewhere that wouldn’t be easily noticed. He walked into the street, avoiding the surveillance cameras, and went to Guan Zhou’s house.”

"The murderer knew the area around Guan Zhou's residence very well and knew how to avoid surveillance cameras. It's possible that they did it intentionally, or they were simply familiar with the area. There were no signs of forced entry on Guan Zhou's lock, so the murderer likely had a key to his house," Qi Feng said.

"Currently, besides Guan Zhou, only his assistant knows that he has the key," Lu Zhishen said.

"Could it be the assistant? The thief is crying 'stop thief'?" Qi Feng said.

"Judging from the height, build, and gait of the figure captured by the park's surveillance cameras, it's not the assistant," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

“Actually, there is also a situation where someone hires another person to commit murder,” Su Miaoyi said.

"That's true."

"We calculated the height and weight of the footprints found in the park, and they basically match the figure on the park's surveillance footage," Chu Xingrou said. "The footprints found in the park are also the same as those found in the courtyard of Guanzhou Villa."

"Besides a woman's high-heeled shoe footprint, no other footprints were found in the villa. Moreover, the footprints in the villa indicate that the murderer was going in and out of the villa."

"But Guan Zhou's assistant was very certain that the footprints in the villa's yard were Guan Zhou's. Because those were a pair of shoes that Guan Zhou had customized, and the logo on the sole was unique to Guan Zhou. Moreover, those shoes were not in the villa; they were missing."

"The murderer must have worn Guan Zhou's shoes and taken them away," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"The murderer wore Guan Zhou's shoes to stage the scene and avoid leaving his own footprints," Lu Zhishen said.

The discussion went on until late into the night, almost until dawn, when some more test results came back.

Blood samples collected from the master bedroom bathroom and under the stairs in Guan Zhou's villa were matched with DNA and body parts.

It can be confirmed that it is Guan Zhou's blood.

And there was another discovery.

Yan Cheng collected additional DNA from the head that had been severed by the chainsaw.

According to Yan Cheng's speculation, it is very likely that the murderer was not very skilled with the chainsaw and injured himself, leaving some blood.

The murderer probably cleaned it up, but not completely.

Therefore, the murderer may have injuries, especially on his hands.

When Yan Cheng came over with the test results to tell them, they were already feeling a bit sleepy and dazed.

Hearing this news instantly sobered me up.

However, since there was no match in the DNA database, the identity information could not be found.

But this is also a significant discovery.

(End of this chapter)