You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 4: The Scene of the Body Dumping!

"Yeah, why didn't the murderer throw the dismembered body into the river? Why go through all that trouble to bury it in the reeds? Wasn't that just asking for trouble?" Zheng Kang muttered to himself.

Then he suddenly realized what he had said, glared at Yang Jinwen, and said, "Hey, what did I just say? Don't ask so many questions, didn't you understand?"

Yang Jinwen smiled and quickly shut up.

Seeing that his attitude was fairly proper, Zheng Kang waved his hand and said, "We've collected almost all the body parts. Let's go down and take a look."

The torrential rain continued, and the river swelled, rushing down and submerging a third of the shallows.

Two rain shelters have been erected on the open ground near the riverbank.

The area around the awning was crowded with police officers holding umbrellas. The dismembered body had been pieced together and placed on a white cloth.

The forensic technician, Zhang Lei, was standing under the awning wearing white gloves, saying, "Director Lu, Captain Zhang, the reed marshes have been thoroughly searched, and all the dismembered remains have been collected."

As you can see, the body was cut into eleven parts by the murderer…

Zhang Lei squatted beside the corpse, pointing to the woman's neck: "The victim's head was cut off, her chest and abdomen were also cut off, and her limbs were divided into eight parts, all cut at the joints."

In addition, three fingers on the victim's left hand were severed, and the severed fingers were not found in the eleven body bags or at the scene.

Most importantly, the victim's heart, kidneys, liver, and other organs had been removed, and we found none.

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned pale and remained silent.

Yang Jinwen is 1.85 meters tall. Standing on the outside, he could easily see the victim's pale, bluish face.

He recognized that face all too well!
In 1997, when the 5*30 major homicide occurred, he was still a staff member in the security department of the steel plant and had no opportunity to participate in the investigation of the case.

After three women were murdered in succession, He Jinbo and Zheng Kang investigated for a whole year but to no avail. Gradually, the case became a cold case.

It is called a backlog case because after the third victim was murdered on June 10, 1997, no similar murders occurred. Then, in the second half of 1997, a nationwide campaign to crack down on organized crime was launched, so the case was shelved.

This case was shelved for many years. The An'nan Municipal Public Security Bureau once organized a crackdown on the murder case, and it was reopened many times. Yang Jinwen also participated in the investigation.

Back then, he could only learn about the situation from case files and photos of the scene, but now he can see the body with his own eyes, which makes him even more determined to catch the murderer.

Lu Shaohua spoke up: "Can you determine the time of death?"

Zhang Lei shook his head and then nodded: "Director Lu, I can only give you a rough estimate. Judging from rigor mortis and the recent weather conditions, the time when the victim was killed should not have been more than twelve hours ago. That is to say, the victim was killed between yesterday's daytime and evening."

“Okay…” Lu Shaohua turned around and looked at the old man who was watching: “Take the body back first. After the forensic doctor Wen reports to the branch office tomorrow, have her start working immediately to find out the time of the victim’s death and the specific cause of death.”

"He Jinbo, this case is handled by your Major Crimes Unit. I don't care about anything else. Tomorrow morning at the meeting, the victim's identification information must be placed on my desk. Do you understand?"

He Jinbo looked troubled: "Director Lu, could you give us two more days? Our An'nan City has three districts and six counties, which is a huge area with a large population. Besides, it's raining so heavily right now."

We don't even know if the victim is from our jurisdiction. Giving me a day to find the body is practically forcing me!

"I don't care about that. I'll give you one day, by noon tomorrow at the latest." Lu Shaohua said no more.

At this moment, he noticed Yang Jinwen peeking out from the crowd, so he smiled at him and said, "Xiao Wen, learn well from your master and don't embarrass him."

Yang Jinwen nodded and said in a low voice, "I might know the victim's identity."

"What?" Because the sound of rain was too loud, Lu Shaohua and the others didn't hear it clearly.

Zheng Kang heard it clearly. He pulled Yang Jinwen behind him and laughed, "Director Lu, this kid is scared and talking nonsense. These days, young people would vomit for three days if they saw a corpse."

He Jinbo looked at the master and apprentice with suspicion: "Why didn't I notice he was afraid?"

Zheng Kang quietly pinched Yang Jinwen's waist hard.

"Ouch..." Yang Jinwen bent over in pain.

A moment later, Lu Shaohua left with his men, while the Major Crimes Team remained at the scene.

With one hand on his hip and the other holding an umbrella, He Jinbo shouted to his dozen or so subordinates, "Listen up, Director Lu is only giving us one day!"
"I don't care what methods you use, you must find out the victim's identity by noon tomorrow. Go visit people, ask around, check with the household registration office, check for missing persons, hurry up!" Everyone responded and immediately began to take action.

Technical police officers and officers from the local police station were also working at the scene, trying to gather as much evidence as possible before the reeds were submerged by the river.

Besides them, Zheng Kang and Yang Jinwen were also standing on the riverbank.

Zheng Kang pointed at Yang Jinwen with his finger, glaring at him fiercely: "Kid, what did you just say?"

Yang Jinwen took a breath, thought for a moment, and then answered truthfully, "Master, I should know the identity of the victim."

"You didn't kill him, did you?" Zheng Kang's whole body tensed up.

Yang Jinwen regretted saying that at the time; it was too sensitive a statement.

You discovered the body, you reported it to the police, and you even knew the victim's identity!

In 97, he would definitely be a major suspect, and there was no way he could escape; he would be handcuffed and interrogated by the police.

If you encounter some reckless investigators, they will just take your confession without any regard for the principle of presumption of innocence.

The downside of being reborn is that even though you know exactly what happened in the case, you have to keep it to yourself and can't say anything.

However, Yang Jinwen had only been reborn for a day, and his mind was still foggy. He was too anxious!

Moreover, they didn't want the case to reach a stalemate; it would take several days to investigate just the victim's identity, which was a huge waste of time.

The murderer is still at large, preparing for his next crime, while the police are still going around in circles.

That's how it was in my past life. Before I could even figure out the identity of the first corpse, the second victim had already been killed, his body chopped into eleven pieces, and dumped in an abandoned well.

The third victim died in the same way as the first two victims, and the dismemberment method was exactly the same. The murderer dumped the dismembered body in a manhole.

It was several months later when the police discovered the two more bodies.

At this point, the Chengbei Branch realized that this was a major serial murder case, and the special task force formed by the three districts and six counties of An'nan City began to intensify its investigation.

But the murderer stopped there and did not commit any more crimes.

In the late 1990s, there was no surveillance, no smartphones, and no big data. Crimes of passion were relatively easy to solve. By digging deep into the victim's interpersonal relationships, most cases could be solved by identifying the suspect.

However, given that the crimes were committed randomly and were serial murders, the police officers handling the case lacked the necessary expertise and resorted to outdated investigative methods, which was counterproductive and could easily lead them to a dead end.

What is meant by "old-fashioned investigation methods"?

In the absence of effective clues, the only approach is to screen through the people involved in the case layer by layer, and list whoever has a conflict with the victim as a suspect.

Yang Jinwen is a very good suspect in this case.

Therefore, he had to hurry and get ahead of the murderer!
On June 3rd, Jiang Yan was about to be killed.

There are still two days left. If the murderer can be identified within these two days, that would be the best outcome.

If the murderer cannot be caught, then the only option is to use Jiang Yan as bait and stake out her location on June 3rd.

But will the killer appear?
Since the first body had already been discovered, could the murderer have known the police's movements?

Will he choose another target instead?
Or should we just give up?

This is what Yang Jinwen is worried about. After all, as a reborn person, he has become a butterfly flapping its wings.

He needs to verify whether his second life will change the course of the case.

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