Chapter 775: Crime Scene
Another person has died?!
Gao Xiang’s face turned ashen, and the others looked the same.
Li Donglin sat at the head, his brow tightly furrowed.
Li Donglin never expected that just as the Provincial Department’s Major Crimes Unit had settled in to understand the case, another serial murder case would occur.
Counting the three people who died earlier, this is already the fourth victim.
Lu Chuan was equally astonished.
This kind of storyline is something you only see on television, who would have thought he’d encounter it himself.
"Let’s go to the scene!"
Li Donglin waved his hand, directly ordering everyone to head to the scene.
On the way, Li Donglin had already flipped through the relevant case reports.
Originally, Li Donglin’s plan was to briefly listen to the report of the Binzhou City Criminal Investigation Team after arriving in Binzhou, to understand their progress in solving the case, to see if there were any clues, and then head straight to the three crime scenes.
However, Li Donglin was initially a bit worried, after all, it’s been about a week since the three incidents occurred.
Over at the scene, the Binzhou City Criminal Investigation Team had also conducted a crime scene investigation.
There were some clues and some traces, and during the second investigation, they might not be able to extract anything.
Unexpectedly, this matter is now resolved because another murder just happened.
Number 128, Nanwan Road.
The Xizhou Road Police Station had already cordoned off the crime scene.
At this moment, Li Donglin and the members of the Major Crimes Unit had arrived at the foot of the building where the crime occurred.
The core staff of the Binzhou City Criminal Investigation Team, along with the crime scene investigation team and the forensic doctor, were also following behind.
Gao Xiang, his face ashen, asked, "What’s the situation?"
The occurrence of this case can be said to be completely disregarding the police.
Killing three people within a week.
Despite the police’s vigorous efforts to solve the case, the culprit brazenly committed another murder.
This is definitely a provocation!
The director of the Xizhou Road Police Station, Wang Yu, immediately reported.
"The street crowd just called the police, we haven’t entered the scene yet, and directly reported it to the team."
Wang Yu also hadn’t been there for very long.
Just after receiving the report call, Wang Yu led everyone from the Xizhou Road Police Station to the scene, immediately setting up a police line.
In the past week, all the police station directors under the Binzhou City Public Security Bureau have been living in fear.
With three serial murder cases, no one knew if there would be a fourth, or who the fourth victim would be.
The shoe has dropped, and now it’s the Xizhou Road Police Station’s turn.
No matter what job it is, one needs a bit of luck.
Some police stations have almost nothing happen in a year, not even a robbery or theft, a year without cases.
But some police stations have incidents happening constantly, if not today then tomorrow, even the day after tomorrow a murder case, cases are endless.
The Xizhou Road Police Station belonged to the latter, Wang Yu and everyone else remained busy throughout the year.
But just across the street, the Xizhou Road Police Station was different.
The whole year, they hadn’t even caught a thief, no cases to report, it seemed these criminals just targeted their street, those few roads, this specific area.
If it weren’t for the fear of shame, Wang Yu would have already taken everyone to pray to Buddha.
"Lu Chuan, you take over the scene."
"Yes!"
In Li Donglin’s eyes, Lu Chuan is undoubtedly the top crime scene investigator in the entire province.
Lu Chuan had previously come to Binzhou for a case and knew Wang Hao, the Binzhou City Criminal Investigation Team’s crime scene investigator.
According to the rules, there must be at least two people conducting a crime scene investigation.
Since Li Donglin had given the order, with Lu Chuan taking over the scene, everyone entering the scene had to follow Lu Chuan’s instructions.
"Wang Hao, prepare the crime scene investigation kit, later we two will go in first, the forensic doctor will wait outside a bit."
At the door of apartment 301 on the third floor, Lu Chuan and Wang Hao put on shoe covers and gloves.
As usual, the two of them wore three layers of rubber gloves, and from the moment they started at the door, Lu Chuan was already in his work mode.
The indoor crime scene, the door inspection is an extremely important part.
Because during the killer’s entry into the residence to commit the murder, there’s a high probability of them touching the door.
Although Lu Chuan knew that after the three cases, the Binzhou City Criminal Investigation Team found no clues at the other three scenes, it indicated that the other party was extremely cautious, unlikely to leave fingerprints at the fourth scene.
But crime scene investigation is not just about sweeping for fingerprints or discovering footprints.
Whether the lock was damaged, whether there are any scratches, can determine many things.
Generally, if the lock was not damaged, it’s very likely the killer knew the victim.
Or perhaps the killer had a key to the victim’s home.
Another possibility is that the person disguised themselves as a property management worker to trick the victim into opening the door.
If there’s evidence of forced entry, all these guesses can be negated.
"Give me the crime scene camera."
Wang Hao knew Lu Chuan’s skills, so he remained an assistant throughout the process.
After the inspection of the entry door, Lu Chuan focused on observing the floor and the shoe cabinet behind the entry door.
No detail can be overlooked.
On the other side, Li Donglin instructed Wang Song to learn about the situation from the informant.
The informant was the wife of the deceased.
"Ms. Li, what time did you discover your husband’s murder?"
The victim’s wife sat in the police car, looking sad but not overly so.
At least, Wang Song didn’t see her shed any tears.
"A little past 9 in the morning... I came back from my night shift and... found out."
The victim’s wife spoke with a tremble, but Wang Song could tell she was more scared than sad.
"You don’t seem particularly saddened by your husband’s death."
The woman named Li took a deep breath: "What’s there to be sad about? We were both remarried; it was just convenient for us to live together."
"Remarried?"
The other party nodded: "We met through introductions last year, and after spending a few months together, we found our personalities compatible, and both had good financial conditions. We registered our marriage during the New Year."
Wang Song realized that they had been married for only a couple of months, no wonder there was a lack of emotion.
"Can you tell me the specific time, and where do you work night shifts?"
The victim’s wife took out her phone and checked her call records: "After discovering his death... I immediately called the police, the exact time was 9:37."
"I work at the railway section, we work in shifts, one on and two off, yesterday I had a 24-hour long shift."
Wang Song made detailed notes.
"Did Zhao Kai have any enemies when he was alive?"
"We weren’t married long, so I wasn’t particularly aware of Zhao Kai’s personal relationships, but he was a nice guy, generally pleasant."
"For our wedding, we didn’t make it a big affair, since it was a second marriage, just had some friends over for a meal."
"Some childhood friends and a few colleagues showed up."
"As for enemies... probably not, Old Zhao was in the renovation materials business and rented a stall in the North China Market..."