Volume 1 Volume 1 - Chapter 12
June 28, morning, 8:15, 5 days before the time limit to solve the case.
Seeing that time slipped away bit by bit, and the deadline for solving the case was approaching, in order to seize the time and capture the suspect, Feng Long and others went out to investigate early in the morning.
According to the information gathered yesterday, the old man who was hit by a motorcycle was surnamed Chen, and he had a son and a daughter, both of whom were married and had children, and lived in the city.
This old man originally lived alone, and after the old man died, his son Chen Yubai took the old man's insurance and got a large amount of compensation.
After that, the house in this urban village did not come except for the occasional person who came back to clean it.
Mr. Chen's son, Chen Yubai, now lives with his wife and children in the Xinyue community near the city center.
Early in the morning, Da Zhuang came to Xinyue Community alone, and after asking the security office about the location of the specific unit, he went directly to Chen Yubai's house.
"Officer Wang, please be seated." The door was opened by a middle-aged woman, dressed generously and decently, but it was plain, even if her face was powdered, she couldn't hide her haggard color, and it seemed that life was not satisfactory.
"Is Mr. Chen Yubai here?"
Mrs. Chen poured a cup of tea for Da Zhuang before she spoke: "My husband is busy with work and went out early in the morning. โ
Da Zhuang hurriedly took the tea, "Mrs. Chen doesn't need to be busy, I'm here today to ask about Mr. Chen." โ
"My father?"
"Mrs. Chen, as far as I know, Mr. Chen passed away in an accident and has been dead for half a year, can you tell me more about it?"
After hearing the other party's intention, Mrs. Chen sighed slowly, "My husband's mother passed away early, and we always said that we would take my father to live with us, but my father said that he was used to living in an urban village and was unwilling to move in with us, so he has been living alone. โ
"Who knows, there was a sudden accident, I remember it was on the night of December 28 last year, the snow was very heavy, my husband was worried about my father, so I wanted to call and ask, but the phone kept turning off, because the old man did not sleep well, and he would always turn off his mobile phone before going to bed, so we didn't think much about it, and thought that my father had rested."
"However, the next day, the snow had stopped, and we suddenly received a call saying that something had happened to my father, and when we rushed over, my father had been lying in the snow all night."
"For this reason, my husband blamed himself for a long time, and after arranging his father's death, he was seriously ill."
Hearing this, Da Zhuang couldn't help but interrupt the other party, "Mrs. Chen, how did Mr. Chen have an accident?" โ
"That section of the road is the only way home, it is dark, the road is slippery and difficult to walk, and the old man has bad legs and feet, so he falls."
"It's so late, and it's snowing heavily, what is Mr. Chen doing when he goes out?"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Chen seemed to remember some sad past, and her expression was very sad.
"My youngest son, who ran away from home two years ago, disappeared and has not returned. My father loved him the most when he was alive, and every night, I had to go to the entrance of the village to see if he had come back, but I didn't expect that night, it snowed so much, and my father also went. โ
Da Zhuang frowned, "Missing? Did you call the police? โ
"I reported it, but it's been two years, and there is no news at all."
Thinking about this, Da Zhuang didn't ask her about her disappearance anymore, but asked, "How are you so sure that Mr. Chen died by accident?" โ
"That morning, when my father's body was found, he was lying in the snow, his body stiff and covered in repeated bump wounds. Therefore, we conclude that my father fell and rolled down. โ
"So after that, did you perform an autopsy?"
"No, my father is superstitious, and he said before his death that the body must be complete after death, and even the funeral, we are buried in the ground, not cremated."
"Mrs. Chen, I heard that after Mr. Chen's death, Mr. Chen received a large amount of compensation."
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"I see." Da Zhuang wrote down the last stroke in his notebook, "Okay, everything has been understood, thank you Mrs. Chen for your cooperation." โ
Seeing that Da Zhuang was leaving, Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked, "Officer Wang, you came here today, is there any doubt about my father's death?" โ
"No, we're investigating another case and need some information." The perpetrator is dead, and it is useless to say more.
"That's right."
Da Zhuang walked out of Chen Yubai's house, looking at the rising sun in the morning, and couldn't help but rise a sense of pride and ambition in his heart, the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning always gives people a new hope.
It seems that the Chen family has no motive or suspicion of committing the crime, and they still don't know the truth of the matter.
So, who is the murderer? The son of a suicidal old lady? Or Qin Youyou?
Feng Long ran around the urban village alone before he got the news that the family had moved out. The old lady who committed suicide was surnamed Wang, and she was well-known for her kindness in the urban village, so everyone in the village still remembered her.
Feng Long heard that after the old lady passed away, the rumors started out of nowhere, insisting that the old lady's daughter-in-law usually took advantage of her husband's absence to harshly criticize and abuse her mother-in-law, and finally forced her mother-in-law to drink medicine and commit suicide.
The rumors are terrible, and the rumors are getting more and more outrageous, although the daughter-in-law is usually not very good to the old lady, but she didn't think about forcing her to commit suicide, and the daughter-in-law finally couldn't stand the gossip of others, so she blew the wind in her husband's ears.
The husband also thought that he had no relatives here, so he moved back to City B with his daughter-in-law, which is where the daughter-in-law's maiden home is located, and the family moved away quietly.
Feng Long checked the household registration information and determined that the family had indeed moved out in early May this year and had not returned since.
Feng Long sat in the car, turned on a bottle of water, and thought while drinking, Da Zhuang had already determined that the Chen family was not suspected of committing a crime, and now that the son of the old lady Wang had also moved away, the suspicion of committing the crime could be ruled out.
So, the biggest suspect now is Qin Youyou, but, a little girl? Could it be the murderer who killed and shredded the corpse?
And she is still a high school student and has no medical foundation.
Feng Long fell into deep thought, could it be that he had misjudged? The murderer is not someone Zhang Yang has offended in the past year, and it may be earlier.
Or, is the killer a random killer at all? No, random killings are generally accompanied by continuous crimes, and so far, there has only been one case of corpse mutilation, which is likely to be very small.
Now I can only wait for the results of He Xu and Ye Liu's investigation, I don't know how they are progressing?
Sherlock Holmes said that when all impossibilities are eliminated, what remains is the truth, even if it is no longer possible.