Chapter 80: Photographs (Collect)
In Zou Cheng's inference, Song Ying was already dead, and she should have been taken away first, and then killed.
Song Ying's identity has been determined, as long as you look for any bones found in these years, you can do a comparison.
The police went to investigate this matter, but Zou Cheng still did not leave Huaixiang Town, he always felt that things here were not simple.
On the streets of Huaixiang Town, Zou Cheng was walking on the road, he didn't know what he was looking for, he was just waiting for news, but he always felt that something was wrong.
Suddenly, Zou Cheng saw a photo studio, and inside the glass wall of the photo studio, there were many photos pasted to tell the history of this photo studio.
But what did Zou Cheng see?
Song Ying!
Is it Song Ying?
A very young girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, is exactly the same as Song Ying.
Although Zou Cheng now has the portrait of Song Ying, she has matured a lot, but the woman in this photo is Song Ying.
The point is not that she is in the photo, but that there are four men in the photo, Song Ying and their group photo, and the five of them are smiling happily.
The four men are also very young, about the same age as Song Ying, maybe a year or two older.
Did Song Ying still have friends at that time?
Just when Zou Cheng was thinking about this, Zou Cheng's mobile phone rang, and it was actually a female forensic doctor calling.
"Hey. Zou Cheng asked.
The female forensic doctor said directly to Zou Cheng: "You asked me to check if there are any clues on the third deceased, the people from the police station are in the deceased's house, and they really found it." ”
"What discovery?" asked Zou Cheng.
"There was an electronic watch in the deceased's home, which was turned off, and when I opened it today, it showed a time. The female medical examiner said.
"What time?" Zou Cheng felt that this should be the clue left by Shi Baifei.
"25 October 1989. The female medical examiner said.
This time seemed to be a ray of light, hitting Zou Cheng, because Zou Cheng had just seen this time.
On the photo in front of me, it is this time, and the photo was taken on October 25, 1989.
Zou Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to enter the photo studio, but the photo studio was closed today.
Zou Cheng took a photo of the photo through the glass wall with his mobile phone, sent it to the female forensic doctor, and said, "Help me determine who the people on this are." ”
"Okay, I'll go to the people in the technical department. "The female forensic doctor is a very vigorous and resolute person, and she is very capable.
The police officer ran over, came to Zou Cheng's side and said, "Inspector Zou, I have already asked someone to check, I'm afraid there will be no news until the evening." ”
"Leave someone in town and ask where the owner of the photo studio has gone. Zou Cheng said.
The police didn't know why Zou Cheng asked the owner of the photo studio, but he still left two people down, and the others left and went back to Jianghai City.
Zou Cheng also came back, and after he came back, he went to the XC District Police Station and went to the technical department to see if these people had been found?
The technical department is still looking for it, Zou Cheng still needs to wait, Zou Cheng is sitting on a stool at the XC District Police Station.
Without distractions, he took out the paper seal that Shi Baifei gave him again, and each line of text had an explanation for each line of text.
There is only the third line left, how exactly do you explain the text of the third line?
The hypocrite who deceived me was hanged, and 33 buttons were scattered all over the place.
Haned?
Hypocrite?
33 buttons?
Zou Cheng silently looked at the paper stamp in his hand, and suddenly he thought of something, Zou Cheng asked the police officer on the side: "Is the clothes worn by the Catholic priest have 33 buttons?"
A police officer next to him paused for a moment and opened his mouth: "Ah......hhhh
How did he know, he couldn't answer Zou Cheng this question, Zou Cheng suddenly clapped his hands and said, "By the way, I know." ”
A police officer who followed Zou Cheng ran over and said, "What's the matter, Inspector Zou?"
"The next victim should be a priest, Catholic. Zou Cheng said.
"Priest?" the officer didn't know where Zou Cheng had come from.
"33 buttons, that's a hint, it's just that we don't know much about religion and haven't reacted to it. Zou Cheng said.
Some hints and clues, just like that, are often blind and can't get a glimpse of the roots.
If a Catholic person reads this sentence, he may react in a second, but for people like Zou Cheng, it takes a long time.
"To investigate, there has been no disappearance of the priest in this period of time, or no contact has been made. Zou Cheng said.
"Okay, I see. The officer ran down.
Waiting for news, waiting for the news of Song Ying's bones, waiting for the news of the people in the photo, waiting for the news of the priest.
Now Zou Cheng has found many clues, but each one needs to wait for news, Song Ying has found it, but Zou Cheng has not stopped.
He can't be led by Shi Baifei's nose, there must be other stories in this, Zou Cheng wants to figure it out.
The comparison of the technical section is progressing slowly, and there are only photographs, and they are from October 25, 1989, and it is even more difficult to compare them now.
As for the search for the bones, it will also take time, and Zou Cheng can only wait silently.
However, the officer who left soon came back and said to Zou Cheng: "Inspector Zou, there is no report of the disappearance of the priest, but we called the management committee of the church, and they said that there is a priest who has not been contacted for a long time. ”
"Do you know where people go?" asked Zou Cheng.
"They didn't know, they told us to go to his diocese and ask. The officer said.
"Call me when there is news of those searches, and we will go to the diocese and ask. Zou Cheng left with the police.
They quickly arrived at the parish, where they found the priest's colleague here.
When colleagues heard that they had come to the priest, they welcomed them.
"What kind of man is he?" asked Zou Cheng to the priest's colleague.
"A priest is a good priest who is known as the father of orphans, and those children whose parents are criminals or who have become orphans because of criminals. ”
"The priest took care of them and gave them a new identity and a new life. "The priest's colleagues have a very high opinion of the priest and seem to have been recognized by everyone.
"He hasn't been there for a long time, do you know where he's going?" asked Zou Cheng to the priest's colleague.
"The priest has a private prayer room, and every once in a while, he goes there to pray," said his colleague. ”
"It's just that this time it's been a long time. The colleague also frowned, feeling that the time was a little too long.
"Haven't you been there, why didn't you call the police?" asked Zou Cheng.
The colleague shook his head and said, "The priest doesn't like to be disturbed when he goes to the private prayer place, and we don't go there." ”
"And this is not the first time that the priest has done this, there was a time when he had been there for longer than he is now, but many years ago. ”
It seems that the priest's habits, and what he had done before, made everyone not even realize that he might have been killed.
"Address. Zou Cheng said.
"Priests don't like to be disturbed. "This man is still holding on.
"He's probably not going to be bothered anymore. Zou Cheng said.
This person didn't quite understand what Zou Cheng meant, but when the people from the police station handled the case according to the law, he still gave Zou Cheng the address.
Zou Cheng and the police drove over, and it was a hill with a house.
As soon as he approached the room, Zou Cheng sniffed, and he knew that it was not good.
"Call the medical examiner and ask them to come over. Zou Cheng said to the officer.
After that, they opened the door and went in, wearing gloves, and they saw that the room was in chaos.
The door of the other room was ajar, and inside knelt a priest with a rope around his neck, who had been dead for a long time.
The corpse fell down, but could not fall because a rope was around his neck and pulled him from behind.
The people from the police station and the forensic doctor came quickly, and it was still the female forensic doctor, and after coming in, she didn't talk nonsense, and began to examine the body.
"The body had no signs of trauma or resistance, and there were no fractures in the cervical vertebrae, which looked like suicide. The female medical examiner said.
"Suicide?" Zou Cheng thought that he had killed, and the priest had hanged himself, and the reason why he knelt on the ground was probably put down after death.
Shi Baifei killed so many people, it was impossible to disguise the scene of his murder and turn it into a suicide scene.
Then this person should have committed suicide, Zou Cheng looked around the room.
The calendar in the room says January 15th, so the priest should be the first person to die.
The air conditioner was turned on, apparently to slow down the decay of the corpses, but it was also decomposing.
Was Shi Baifei here at the time?
He was here, he was so angry that he smashed this place.
The clock on the wall fell to the floor, and the time showed 4:55 p.m.
This is the starting point of the serial murder case, why did Shi Baifei start to get angry here.
Here he threw things, smashed things, but did not kill the priest, the priest committed suicide?
Is there a connection?
"Do you want to go back and see if there are any clues in his stomach?" Zou Cheng said to the female medical examiner.
He was worried about what clues Shi Baifei had left in this person's stomach, and the female forensic doctor nodded to indicate that she understood.
Coming out of the prayer place, Zou Cheng couldn't figure it out in his heart, and found another dead man.
Four people died.
Four!
Zou Cheng suddenly thought that he found a photo of Song Ying today, and there were also four men on it.
Shi Baifei's portrait of Zou Cheng and Song Ying, Song Ying is still very young, so Zou Cheng can be compared with Song Ying's photos when she was a teenager.
But how old is that man, if he is alive now?
How much will it change?
Zou Cheng has no way to compare, but there are just four men, and now four people are dead, is it a coincidence?
"Professor Wei, Wei Hui is forty-four years old. ”
"Boss Zhang Zhuang of the tire is forty-four years old. ”
It's not a coincidence, Zou Cheng thinks it's not a coincidence, he said: "Check the priest, and Shi Baifei's father, how old is today." ”
The investigation was done quickly, and the police officer told Zou Cheng: "Forty-four years old?"
All are forty-four years old, it can't be a coincidence, the four people in the photo, they know each other.
The four people in the picture may be the four people who are dead now.
But now that the four people who have died, their lives don't seem to have any communication, could they have been in the same space before?
"Tell the people in the technical department to compare the identities of the four people in the photos with the identities of the four people. Zou Cheng said.
Without clues, the people in the technical department can only look for a needle in a haystack, and now that there are clues, it is much simpler in comparison.
Soon the people from the technical department came back with the news, and the identities were confirmed, and the four people who died were the four people in the photo.
They and Song Ying both knew each other, they had both been to Huaixiang Town, and they also took photos with Song Ying.
Now they're all dead!