Animal Detective

Chapter 216 A million-dollar financial elite murders his wife.
Inside the observation room of the interrogation room.

Sun Zhao and Chen Chao looked at Bai Jifei inside through the glass.

He sat quietly, very calm.

"Old Sun, what are your thoughts?" Chen Chao asked.

At the previous case analysis meeting, Sun Zhao concluded by saying that he felt there was something wrong with the case.

Sun Zhao's gaze did not leave Bai Jifei, trying to find something on his face, and then he said, "It's hard to say, but I have a feeling that Bai Jifei's behavior is a bit abnormal."

“When you brought him back at noon and went through the formalities to take him into custody, he was very calm. He didn’t show any panic at all, even though he had committed a crime.”

"It was as if he had anticipated this scene."

When he was taken into custody, Chen Chao was still at the villa and was unaware of the situation.

But hearing Sun Zhao say this was indeed somewhat unusual.

Since the case broke out, he has never seen a suspect who doesn't panic.

And isn't it strange that he went from being the one who reported the crime to being the suspect? Shouldn't we question him?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Chao said, "Could it be that he thinks he's done a clean job and isn't afraid of us finding out?"

Cui Yan said that the on-site handling was extremely professional.

Sun Zhao shook his head again and said, "Then what about the murder weapon? It was just buried in your own home like that?"

"And why did you try to hack into the property management office and delete the surveillance footage? Did those cameras capture any evidence? And then you filed a false report. Don't you think that's a bit redundant?"

"Most importantly, what about the motivation?"

"Jiang Qi's condition is already very serious. He's so eager to kill her, couldn't he have waited a little longer?"

"This core logic doesn't hold water."

Chen Chao nodded thoughtfully. Indeed, it was difficult to explain why Bai Jifei would kill a dying man, given his motives.

And it had to be done in such an extreme way.

If he hadn't taken even the slightest bit of care, Jiang Qi might have died in an accident.

"Let's make contact first," Chen Chao said, calling Zhao Tianxing over, and then walked out of the observation room with the folder in hand.

Everyone stared at them.

Sun Zhao suddenly turned his head and waved to Shen Xin.

"Shen Xin, what are your thoughts?"

He felt that Shen Xin was quick-witted, and he would often ask Shen Xin for his thoughts when there were cases.

Shen Xin stepped forward.

I spent the whole afternoon thinking about this case.

Like Sun Zhao, I also felt something was a little strange.

At this moment, Chen Chao had already entered the interrogation room.

"Name."

As is customary, the questioning begins with identification information.

Unexpectedly, Bai Jifei just sat there silently, without saying a word.

Chen Chao asked twice, but his response remained the same; he simply looked at Chen Chao calmly.

But he just didn't say anything.

The last person to do this, without saying a word, was Guo Chunping.

The interrogation lasted a full twenty-four hours, and they didn't say a single word.

Chen Chao didn't mind and simply asked Bai Jifei to recount the process of his wife Jiang Qi's disappearance.

The result was the same as always; he remained silent.

Shen Xin snapped out of his reverie and continued with Sun Zhao's question.

"Captain Sun, during the case analysis meeting just now, I mentioned the surveillance camera at the back door."

Sun Zhao nodded, signaling Shen Xin to continue.

Shen Xin said, "Didn't we discover that the surveillance camera at the back door of the villa had been moved?"

"And the property management's surveillance footage proves that this camera was moved at least before the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."

"Then, on the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, at 11:30 a.m., the surveillance video and access control records were all hacked and deleted."

"This time was that afternoon, before Bai Jifei went to the property management office to check the surveillance footage."

"So, doesn't this make a bit of a mistake?"

Sun Zhao immediately crossed his arms and fell into deep thought.

Shen Xin just mentioned this situation, but he hadn't paid much attention to it yet.

Ding Yuwei, who was standing next to him, also realized what was going on and said, "Shen Xin, do you mean that Bai Jifei's behavior of going to the property management office to check the surveillance footage after trying to delete the video is a bit abnormal?"

Shen Xin nodded.

"We assume that he moved the back door surveillance to cover up something. We don't know exactly what it is, but it must be something important, so he chose to hack into the surveillance and delete the video and access control records."

At this point, Shen Xin added, "Actually, there are still many things that don't make sense."

“You see, if his initial idea was to dispose of the body, so he moved the back door surveillance camera to avoid being caught on camera.”

“But the villa has a private garage, so he could put the body in the trunk directly in the garage. The external surveillance cameras wouldn’t be able to capture it, and there would be no need to move the surveillance cameras outside the back door.”

"We checked his car and found no traces in the trunk, which means he may have given up on the idea of ​​disposing of the body in the car."

"If you use other vehicles, you need to register when entering and exiting, and the security guards will remember it."

"If there's no need to go out and dispose of the body, then why did he delete the access control data?"

"There are a lot of things that don't make logical sense here."

Everyone fell into deep thought.

Shen Xin continued, "Furthermore, since he has the means to delete the property management's video footage, he could confirm whether any evidence unfavorable to him was captured during the deletion process. So why would he bother going to the property management office to check the video?"

Ding Yuwei thought for a moment and had an idea.

“I looked at Bai Jifei’s information. He studied finance, so he shouldn’t be proficient in hacking.”

"Could it be that he found a hacker to do it for him, but then, worried that the hacker might not have deleted it completely, he went to the property management office under the pretense of losing his dog and checked the surveillance footage to confirm it?"

Sun Zhao immediately nodded, "That's a possibility."

Shen Xin thought about it for a moment and found that Ding Yuwei's explanation also made sense.

"Captain Sun, I think the sixth day of the Lunar New Year is very important."

Sun Zhao nodded and instructed Zhao Tianxing beside him that the road surveillance cameras outside the community on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year must be thoroughly checked, and the information of every vehicle must be verified.

Zhao Tianxing noted it down.

Inside the interrogation room, Bai Jifei remained unmoved and silent.

After much persuasion, Chen Chao decided to give up.

Back in the observation room, Chen Chao discussed with Sun Zhao whether they should reveal some evidence.

That is, bloodstains and murder weapons in the villa.

He had only talked about Jiang Qi's disappearance before, without mentioning these crucial pieces of evidence.

Sun Zhao considered it and thought it was a good idea.

Strike while the iron is hot; don't give Bai Jifei too much room to think.

Chen Chao entered the interrogation room again.

He first used evidence from external surveillance to prove that Jiang Qi had not disappeared this morning.

"Bai Jifei, you are filing a false police report!"

He shouted angrily, then directly presented evidence of a large amount of blood in the first-floor guest bathroom.

The evidence was right in front of him, yet Bai Jifei remained remarkably calm.

Shen Xin saw it clearly; his eyes didn't show much fluctuation. If it was just a matter of strong mental fortitude, that would be too much.

Although he works in the high-pressure financial industry, he is not like Guo Chunping, who used to work in the security department and has professional skills.

Murder and dismemberment, such a serious matter, and you didn't feel any psychological fluctuation at all?
Chen Chao didn't reveal all the evidence at once; he took his time and then left the interrogation room again.

"Damn, this guy's got some issues; he's too calm." Chen Chao said as soon as he entered the room.

In his view, an overly stable mental state is also problematic.

Sun Zhao stared at Bai Jifei, pondered for a long time, and then said, "Don't let him be idle. Take turns interrogating him until he's tired."

If we don't interrogate him now and let him go back, he'll have plenty of time to think of a solution.

So you have to interrogate him until he's exhausted, so exhausted that he falls asleep immediately.

This will give everyone time to find more evidence.

Chen Chao nodded, turned and went out, ready to continue arguing with Bai Jifei.

Then Sun Zhao called everyone to watch the road surveillance footage together.

Focus on watching the video from the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and then watch all the videos from the third day to today.

Sleeping was out of the question; everyone who was free was put to work, and videos were distributed for each person to watch.

And most criminal cases are actually solved in this way, using the most rudimentary methods.

When Shen Xin woke up again, it was already past eight o'clock the next morning.

I stayed up until about 5 a.m., then couldn't stay awake any longer and took a short nap.

Sun Zhao's eyes were also red, and he called everyone to go to the cafeteria for a meal.

Today we will continue to implement the arrangements made at yesterday's case analysis meeting.

"Captain Sun, how's the interrogation of Bai Jifei going?" Shen Xin asked, stretching.

Sun Zhao shook his head and said, "This guy is really something. An ordinary person would have given up long ago."

That means there's no result yet.

Shen Xin shook Ding Yuwei awake. She went to the bathroom to wash her face before she felt a little more awake.

No problem, staying up all night has become a regular occurrence since I joined the criminal investigation team.

canteen.

Shen Xin, Ding Yuwei, and Zhao Tianxing sat at the same table.

Shen Xin ate his porridge while looking at his phone.

Researching the habits of Maltese dogs, something seems off about this case. Just in case, I might need to use my own talents.

Zhao Tianxing next to him was also on his phone, but he was watching short videos.

At that moment, he suddenly exclaimed "Holy crap!" and hurriedly handed his phone to Shen Xin, saying, "Look, you guys!"

Shen Xin accepted it.

It's a short video.

The video was posted by a local Nanjiang account, a video account that shares local news.

The video starts with exciting background music, as if something big is happening.

The key is the video content.

This is Bai Jifei's villa. There are police cars parked in front of it, and police tape has been put up.

Then came the exaggerated headline.

A high-earning finance professional, earning millions annually, turned out to be a monster, murdering his wife and brutally dismembering her body.

In the video, police officers can be seen going in and out.

They even thoughtfully blurred out the images.

Shen Xin was surprised to find that he also saw himself.

This is the video from yesterday morning.

The question is, who took the photo?

There were residents watching at the scene; could it be that they filmed the video?

From this angle, the video looks like it's from a security camera outside the main entrance.

The key is this title.

Murder his wife and brutally dismember her!
How did the person who filmed the video know that Bai Jifei had dismembered the body?

The case was only opened for investigation yesterday, and the details have not been released to the public. Apart from the police, no one would know that Jiang Qi was dismembered.

The specific details of the news announcement are below.

In Nanjiang, a heinous crime occurred in the Shuiyue Lushan villa community.

He even knew Bai Jifei, referring to him as the suspect, Bai.

It is said that Bai was once a financial elite with an annual income of millions, but he was a man whose face was known but whose heart was not.

He also said that his wife was seriously ill, and fearing that she would become a burden to him, he coldly murdered her.

They even went so far as to cruelly dismember the body.

The victim, Jiang Qi, was the only daughter her parents raised with great difficulty, only to be cruelly murdered by a modern-day Chen Shimei.

The woman's parents have fainted several times from crying and have been taken to the hospital.

After reading the whole thing, even an outsider would feel indignant and think that Bai Jifei is a cold-blooded devil.

But the key question is, how did the person who posted this video know this information?

Moreover, Shen Xin discovered that the video had an alarmingly high number of views.

It received over 300,000 likes and over 90,000 shares.

I run my own short video account, and with these likes, I'd easily get millions of views.

Let's look at the comments.

[True or false]

[Is it really that ruthless during the Lunar New Year?]

Whatever the grudge, at least let's get through the New Year!

[I feel sorry for her; this woman is so pitiful.]

Some locals from Nanjiang also began to share their experiences.

[It should be true; I saw police cars pass by yesterday.]

[A relative of mine lives in Shuiyue Lushan. He said there were a lot of police officers at the scene, so it's highly likely that the body was dismembered.]

How terrifying!

The comments section was filled with excitement and the discussion was incredibly heated.

This video even topped the local trending list in Nanjiang.

Shen Xin was a little confused.

This isn't right.

The case was only filed yesterday, how come it's already been posted online today with such detailed information?

Just then, a colleague rushed in and whispered a few words to Sun Zhao.

Sun Zhao's expression changed, and he quickly left.

Shen Xin soon learned the situation.

Local reporters even came to the police station to inquire about the case.

(End of this chapter)