At 9 a.m. the next day, the project discussion was held on time in the conference room on the third floor.

The identities of the two deceased have been ascertained.

The male victim's name is Zhou Tiancheng, 42 years old, from Fenggang County, Guizhou Province. He had a history of vehicle theft and worked part-time as a part-time worker in R City, Sichuan Province, after he was released from prison in 2012.

The female victim's name is Wu Xia, 39, from Kaiyang County, Guizhou Province. This person has no criminal record, and he and Zhou Tiancheng are indeed husband and wife. The two registered their marriage in their hometown in Guizhou Province in 2003. When Zhou Tiancheng went out to work alone, Wu Xia stayed in her hometown alone to take care of her daughter. But in the winter of 2008, their daughter fell ill and died, and since then, the two have not had another child.

The autopsy report showed that the time of death of the two victims was around 10:30 p.m. on April 7, 2016, and the cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation. It was judged that the murder weapon used to strangle the victim was most likely a wire used in home improvement. This kind of wire is very common and can be bought in any hardware store, so it does not help much to solve the crime. However, it cannot be ruled out that the murderer was a renovation worker, or that the family was engaged in renovation.

Based on the male victim's physical resistance injuries, it can be inferred that the victim had struggled violently before his death. The victim is a burly figure that is not easily subdued by ordinary people. The murderer broke into the victim's home single-handedly, and did not use other methods to weaken the victim's strength before committing the crime, nor did he adopt a more rapid and effective way to kill people, indicating that the murderer was very confident in his physical strength and ability, and should also be a person with a strong body and great strength.

After committing the crime, the killer placed the two victims side by side in the living room, restored the maiming of the two children to them in a-for-tat manner, gouged out the eyes of the female victims, and cut out the tongues of the male victims. This modus operandi has a certain provocative connotation, as if to show his masterpiece to the police. The police did not find the victim's eyes and tongue at the scene of the crime, and it is not known whether the killer took it back for collection or if it was used for other purposes.

DNA matching revealed that the two disabled children rescued from the scene of the crime were not related to the victims. Police speculate that the two children were likely "begging tools" that the victims had purchased from traffickers. At present, the police are looking for the domicile of the two children from the report records of the missing children. Once their identities are identified, the police will immediately send them home to reunite with their loved ones.

From the analysis of the motive for the killing, the murderer's purpose of killing has an obvious meaning of "doing the right thing for heaven", and the person and the victim should not know each other, and it is likely that his choice of these two victims as targets is only an accident. The police speculated that the murderer's crime process should have been as follows:

One day, the murderer met a disabled child begging on the streets of R City. Cases of child begging are common throughout the country because of the trafficking and maiming of children. The murderer was suspicious and decided to spy on the begging child and find out the adult hiding behind it.

From the little girl's mouth, it was learned that the two victims were begging in different places with their two children. The woman with the girl, the man with the boy, and the murderer followed one of the pairs home, and found the truth behind it chilling. He fully understood the living habits and work and rest time of the two victims, formulated a meticulous crime plan, killed two "exploiters" with his own hands, and successfully rescued two missing children.

From the perspective of criminal psychology, the person may have suffered some kind of unfair treatment or witnessed the misfortune of those around him. He has a strong sense of justice and hates the dark side of society. Instead of seeking help from the police, he chose to punish the darkness in his own way, indicating that he did not believe in the power of the law, or felt that his power was above the law.

Xiaofang recalled this morning that after the man took the aunt (referring to the female victim) out of the bedroom, he opened the door and entered the bedroom again after a while, and said this to her and Xiaojie: "Don't be afraid, you will soon be free, and you will soon be able to go home." ”

Xiao Fang said that the man's voice sounded strange. She was too young to accurately express her inner feelings, but according to Xiaofang's description, the police speculated that the killer must have used some kind of voice change tactic, or simply played a pre-prepared recording to them, so as to eliminate the danger of Xiaofang's voice being recognized by Xiaofang in the future.

Similarly, in order to prevent Xiaojie from seeing his appearance, he wore a "Grim Reaper mask" when committing the crime. While hiding the looks, that mask is also a symbol of strength. He felt like a god of death, who could dominate people's lives. He has justice in his heart, but he chooses to use the power of darkness to fight evil, and the result in this will never be light, but deeper darkness.

Investigators did not find any valuable fingerprints and footprints at the scene of the crime, indicating that the killer came prepared and acted cautiously. The scene of the crime is in the old town of R City, and there are no surveillance probes nearby. Except for Xiaojie, the police did not find a second witness. But the murderer wore a mask when he committed the crime, Xiaojie was too young, and he was mute, so he couldn't describe the murderer's physical characteristics to the police.

The current situation is very unfavorable for the police.

Next, they had to identify the places where the two victims used to take their children to beg before their deaths, hoping to find some relevant clues from those places. At the same time, they also need to find out as soon as possible where the two children are domiciled and how the victims purchased the begging children.

There are two problems before them:

First of all, they have to solve more than just a murder case of a heinous nature, they are facing a murderer who has a clear purpose and is blatantly on the opposite side of the law. If they can't stop the killer in time, the chances of the killer committing another crime are very high once a target that matches the characteristics is found.

Secondly, through this murder case, the police speculated that there may be a criminal gang that buys and sells children in R City, although it is not clear the size of the gang and the mode of operation of the gang, but they will definitely not let go of any clues, and must pull this gang out of the darkness to prevent more children from being traded as commodities by human traffickers for money.

The meeting lasted more than two hours, and everyone's faces were covered with sadness. They are depressed and depressed, not only because the case is difficult to solve and the task is heavy, but because it involves innocent children. As soon as they thought of Xiaofang and Xiaojie's current appearance, and the future living conditions of the two children, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Especially those who have become parents, put themselves in the shoes of the parents of the lost child to think about this matter, and feel that it is not a taste in their hearts, as uncomfortable as a needle prick.

Because of the seriousness of the case, Director Xia personally commanded and deployed the next tasks for his subordinates. Qiao Sheng is responsible for leading people to track down the information about the criminal gang, making sure to find the origin of the two children, and make further communication with the local police. Human trafficking is generally committed across provinces, involving a large number of criminal suspects and scattered personnel. In order to successfully combat such criminal gangs, it is necessary to work together in many ways.

Xia Shi is mainly responsible for the investigation of the "4.7 Homicide Case". Although he was a new member of the criminal police detachment who was transferred only half a month ago, because of his outstanding ability and some merits in the past, no one in the veteran team present raised objections to him taking over the case.

What's more important is that Xia Shi is the son of Director Xia, and anyone can see that the director wants to give him a chance to perform this time. Even if someone is dissatisfied with such an arrangement, they will never dare to question it on such an occasion.

After the meeting ended, a crowd of people swarmed out of the conference room. Director Xia beckoned to Xia Shi, who immediately came to him and asked, "Are there any other tasks to be arranged?" ”

"Here's the thing." Director Xia explained to Xia Shi with a smile, "You will now go to the First People's Hospital of R City to pick up a colleague and discharge him." He suffered a bit of a work injury while working on the case last month, and although his body may not have fully recovered now, I don't think he will refuse to participate in solving the case. When you pick him up and leave the hospital, by the way, explain the homicide case to him in detail. In the next period of time, this case will depend on you, and you must arrest this murderer who has no one in your eyes. ”

Xia Shi had already realized who his father was talking about, and he couldn't help but show a displeased expression and said, "Since his injuries are not healed, why should I go to the hospital to disturb people's rest?" It's not humane. ”

"Alas, there is no way to do it......" Director Xia didn't seem to know about the past between his son and that person, and sighed helplessly. Now the manpower of the criminal police team is not enough, and several main team members have been drawn to the provincial department to help solve a serious case of vendetta, and I don't know when they will be back. At this juncture, I had no choice but to let him come back to work early. ”

That is to say. I'm going to partner with him next? Xia Shi was almost on the verge of sneering. The thought of that man's face made him feel utter disgust. If you want to talk about deep hatred, there is no one between the two, but I don't know why, they never seem to be able to get along together.

Before coming to work in the criminal police detachment, Xia Shi didn't think that he would meet that person again. But becoming a partner and solving the case together was a little difficult for him to accept for a while.

However, in the face of the leader's arrangement, Xia Shi had nothing to say. He can't bring these personal emotions to his work and make others think that he is a very childish person.