Soon, the bus company also called the police, and they received a printed threatening letter, the content of which was quite simple: prepare a ransom of three million in a week, or kill all the hostages.

In the police station, Qin Lin looked at this threatening letter with no beginning and no end very strangely, what does it mean "within a week?"

Under normal circumstances, the kidnappers only stated the amount, so why did they care how long it would take for others to collect it? And the letter did not specify the specific time and place for the ransom to be paid, so the letter seemed inexplicable.

At first, Qin Lin suspected that this kidnapper was a novice, but he quickly dispelled this idea, because the kidnapper could completely control seven people and take them away, how could he be a novice with such a swift method?

And the judge doesn't care who you kidnap, as long as you are caught, it is usually a heavy sentence, why did this prisoner let those rich children go, and had to kidnap a few civilians who were riding the bus?

The more I thought about this case, the stranger it became, but it was this weirdness that made Qin Lin excited!

The bus company quickly handed over the driver's data file, his name is Adrian, he can be said to be mediocre in appearance, 37 years old this year, and the blood type in the carriage matches him exactly. When the kidnappers hijacked the car, it is likely that he was stabbed with a murder weapon such as a knife.

Coming to the evidence room, the forensic personnel checked the few items left behind in the car, and the interesting thing is that except for the warm water cup (Qin Lin had picked it up and checked it before), no fingerprints were left.

The next day, Qin Lin came to the bus company alone, wanting to know about the driver. Wells and his men began to screen the kidnapped Tom Paul.

"May I ask what kind of person this Adrian is usually, no matter how small the details are..."Qin Lin began to ask the staff here.

The manager ate a hot dog: "Actually, I don't know much about him, and I guess my colleagues don't know him either! Because this Adrian doesn't like to talk, and he never goes to our parties, he is quite a withdrawn person, and I have never heard him mention his family..."

"When did he come here to work?"

"If I'm not mistaken..... It was more than three months ago!"

"And what did he do before?"

"It's a supervisor in a car factory..."

This made Qin Lin wonder a little, a director of an automobile factory was much more promising than a bus driver! Why would this Adrian give up a better job?

The manager seemed to see Qin Lin's confusion and said, "I know what you're thinking! I also asked him, and he told me that he resigned because of unpleasant memories there!"

Qin Lin stayed here for more than two hours, but he didn't get more information from Adrian, and every colleague didn't know much about him, not as much as the previous manager.

Just when he had a headache, Wells's phone called: "Qin.... Mr. Qin! One of the passengers has escaped! Now he is seeking protection at our police station!"

Definitely good news! As long as the passenger can describe the appearance of the kidnapper, the matter is much easier!

"Hmph, look up to him, he's really a novice! He actually let the hostages escape...."Qin Lin immediately walked towards his car.

..........

In the police station's interrogation room, a man who had just finished treating a leg wound was preparing to record a statement.

Seeing that Qin Lin had already come, Wells, who was recording a confession, stood up: "Mr. Qin, his name is Traft, and he was one of the passengers last night!"

Qin Lin raised his chin and motioned for him to continue. After sitting down, I looked at Traft's personal information: 36 years old, running a flower shop on Mel Street to make ends meet, unmarried.

"Tell me about last night, don't worry about anything else, the people at the police station will protect you!" Wells picked up his pen.

Traft looked very honest and nodded: "That's the case.... Last night I took the bus home as usual, there weren't many people in the bus, so it was quiet and I almost fell asleep. ”

"Suddenly, a man stood up and yelled at everyone, asking us to gather and claiming that we had been kidnapped! Then he forced the bus to stop and locked the door! The driver and began to fight, but it was clearly not an opponent, and he was stabbed!"

"At that time, the passengers were very frightened when they saw the blood, and they all squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands as he said..."

Hearing this, Qin Lin understood, it turned out that this kidnapper was also one of the passengers, he interrupted: "I'm afraid I can understand, but this kidnapper is only one person after all, although you are very thin, but there are no other men?"

"Yes, there is another man, but apart from me, there is only an old man with inconvenient legs, and the rest are women. ”

Looking at Traft's thin figure, Qin Lin believed that he and the old man were by no means opponents of the kidnappers, and it was a wise choice for them not to resist, otherwise it was very likely that they would be killed.

Wells motioned for Traft to continue.

"After that, he dropped the rope and made us tie our hands to each other, put on a black hood, and drove us out of the car with a dagger, and after walking a few steps, he put us in another car, which should be a van or something, barely enough to squeeze seven people...."Traft calmed down and continued: "At that time, everyone was very scared, because this kidnapper liked to use the tip of his knife against our backs, so everyone did not dare to resist, for fear of being stabbed...."

"Where did the kidnappers take you after that, and how did you escape?" Qin Lin hugged his arms.

"I was covered with my head, but when I heard the owl calling, I knew it was still on this road, surrounded by woods. I happened to be sitting by the door of the car, so I quietly unlocked the door of the car, and jumped down in a hurry! After rolling on the slope of the woods for two minutes, I hit my head on a tree and passed out. ”

"When I woke up again, it was already dawn, and my first reaction was to come to the police station to report the crime..."

"Is there anything else?"

"The kidnapper must be about my age, pretty athletic...", Traft was sure.

After recording the confession, Qin Lin asked Traft to cooperate with the other police officers to sketch out the appearance of all the passengers and kidnappers last night.

"Also, please point out the position where each passenger sits...."Qin Lin left a few more words.

Then, they went to the registry office, and after screening more than 1,000 people named Tom Paul in Newt City, they found that one of them actually had a criminal record, robbery and theft.

According to Traft's confession, it is certain that the only young man in the car at that time, except for the driver Adrian and him, was the kidnapper.

And the Tom Paul in the photo has fierce eyes, has a criminal record, and is of the right age, plus the lost VIP card on the bus, it is very likely that he is a kidnapper!