Chapter Twenty-Five: Investigation Records, the World Is Small
"Records of the investigation of the visit to the '3.20' child disappearance
Date: March 29, 1998
Location: Shuimu Tsinghua Community
Investigators: Wang Jun, Hu Hai
Interviewee 1: Kindergarten teacher Pan Aiyun
Q: Mr. Pan, you are the teacher of Zhang Xiaohu's children, how much do you know about Xiaohu's disappearance, and when was the last time you saw him?
A: I really don't know how Xiaohu can't find this child. The children in the whole community are all in kindergarten here, and there must be seventy or eighty of them, how can I look at them one by one? Besides, Xiaohu didn't lose it in the kindergarten, and that afternoon after school, Xiaohu's mother rescued him and took him home, and I never saw him again. I don't remember the exact time, anyway, it was after five o'clock when the kindergarten ended.
Q: Xiaohu's mother said that the child was lost in kindergarten. At five o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th, she came here to pick up the child, but you said that the child had been picked up, is there such a thing?
A: What? Isn't this talking nonsense with her eyes open? I watched her take her son away, how can I say that I didn't pick it up? Comrade policeman, you have to find out, it is absolutely impossible for the child to be lost from me!
Q: Okay, don't get excited, we're just doing a routine investigation. Mr. Pan, what are you doing between 5 and 7 p.m. on the 20th?
A: At 5 o'clock, I waited for the parents to pick up the children, and when the children were all gone, I closed the door and went home to cook.
Q: Did you notice any strangers nearby during this time, or did you hear a cry for help similar to that of a child?
A: I haven't seen strangers. Our kindergarten is in the community, and there is still a distance from the gate of the community, and strangers must have been stopped by the gate first. As for the shouting of children, let me tell you, there is no shortage of children's shouting and making trouble in this area. Those who came back from elementary school, picked up from kindergarten and ran out of school, all played in my area. Want...... I remember! The last time I saw Zhang Xiaohu was at the entrance of the kindergarten, it was six o'clock, and I closed the door and left, and he was playing with a group of older children.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Yes. I'm sure. My Gao Yang is also with them, if I hadn't dragged him alive and dead, this kid wouldn't have gone home with me to do his homework.
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Interviewee 2: Wang Jianguo, a community doorman
Q: Hello, Uncle Wang. We would like to ask you about the situation of Zhang Xiaohu, a missing child in the community.
A: Who?
Q: Zhang Xiaohu!
A: Oh. Hello. Hello, Comrade Zhang Xiaohu.
Q: No, uncle. I'm not called Zhang Xiaohu, I'm asking you about Zhang Xiaohu's disappearance!
A: Who's missing?
Q: Zhang Xiaohu!
A: Why are you missing from here?
Q: Me......
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Interviewee 3: Yang Xianxian, a sanitation worker.
Q: Hello, I am Wang Jun, a trainee criminal police officer from Dongguan Police Station, and I would like to consult you about something. Does your garbage truck come to collect garbage at this time every day?
A: That's right, we all have a fixed time and route, and it is generally around half past six in the afternoon when we get to Shuimu Tsinghua Community.
Q: Okay, so do you remember what happened when you came here on March 20th to collect garbage, and did you see this child?
A: I don't remember this kid. The March 20th you said is nothing, just come and load the garbage and leave.
Q: Have you seen any children at the entrance of the kindergarten over there?
A: Children? Haha, we see a lot of children every time we come. As soon as our car entered, the bunnies would run away, and it was a common thing for them to run away. Comrade police, you don't know, they scare children like this, whose children are disobedient, they say that let's catch and take away those who collect garbage, so that we are like big bad wolves, and the children run away when they see it. But then I got used to it. Oh, by the way, there are a few parents in this community who have come to thank us. We come to collect the garbage on time every day, and their children run to the house on time, so they don't have to shout. We are also serving the people.
Q: Uh, hehe, yes, yes......
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Conclusion of the visit: Pan Aiyun provided clues to determine that Zhang Xiaohu was still playing at the entrance of the kindergarten in the community at about 6 p.m. on March 20. The doorman Wang Jianguo provided information that no strangers were found entering and leaving the community from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 20, and this information was not enough to be a clue for evidence. According to the clues provided by sanitation worker Yang Xianxian, it was determined that there were no children near the gate of the community at around 6:30 p.m. on March 20. It can be confirmed that Zhang Xiaohu disappeared between 6 and 6:30 p.m. ”
"Records of the investigation of the visit to the '3.20' child disappearance
Date: April 5, 1998
Location: Municipal Experimental Primary School
Investigators: Wang Jun, Xu Lang
Interviewee 1: Gao Yang, a second-year student
Q: Hello Gaoyang children.
A: Police ...... Hello police uncle.
Q: Children, you don't have to be nervous, your uncle just asks you a few words, nothing else.
A: Hmm.
Q: Uncle asked you, do you know Zhang Xiaohu's children?
A: Recognize ...... Know.
Q: Okay, do you remember the last time you played with Zhang Xiaohu's children?
A: Yes.
Q: How long has it been?
A: It's been a long time.
Q: Uh...... Gao Yang, what game did you and Zhang Xiaohu play for the last time, and who else is with you?
A: We are playing hide and seek, there are Xiaohu, Han Zhen, Feng Yuan, Feng Yu, and Wang Hao.
Q: How many rounds have you played?
A: Four rounds, the last time it was my turn to go to them, but before I could finish counting, my mother took me home.
Q:……
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Interviewee 2: Feng Yuan, a second-grade elementary school student
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Q: Kids, when do you come home every night?
A: As soon as the garbage comes, we go home.
Q: Your family and Zhang Xiaohu's family are neighbors, so do you go home with Zhang Xiaohu every time?
A: Yes.
Q: Why didn't we get together last time?
A: We played hide and seek, but we didn't find Xiaohu, and then the garbage truck came, and I was scared, so I went home by myself first.
Q: When you were playing the game, did you see a stranger take Xiaohu away?
A: I don't remember. But we're all very secretive, and strangers shouldn't be able to find it, right?
Q: Uh......
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Conclusion: Between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on March 20, the missing child Zhang Xiaohu was lost in the Shuimu Tsinghua Community, and there were no witnesses except for five primary school students. Of the five primary school students, four were investigated, and one was hospitalized for illness, and the visit was suspended. ”
The first thing I put in front of me were these two survey records, and I didn't feel strange until Brother Hu reached over and pointed to the two names on them.
"Xiao Yan, Gao Yang, the first primary school student we visited here, is the Gao Yang who died in the hands of Wu Ming. The other elementary school student who was sick and was not investigated is called Han Zhen, who has now become a ghost!" (To be continued......)