PDLP Chapter 55 Witness
Chapter 55 Witness
"Damn it, this is outrageous!" Cao Dahua cursed immediately. "This kid is completely disregarding us!"
"If I don't catch this kid, I'll teach him a lesson!" Jiang Yang slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
"Provocation! This is a complete and utter provocation against our Criminal Investigation Team 3, and against the entire North City Branch!" Xu Bin, who walked in carrying a thermos, gritted his teeth and slammed the thermos heavily on the table.
"Old Ma, you guys keep an eye on Wang Aimi's side; that could be a breakthrough point."
The rest of you go to the scene immediately. We must apprehend him as quickly as possible, otherwise, given his rate of killing two people a day, he might cause a major incident!
……
This is the 11th floor of a mid-rise building with an elevator.
The technical investigation team went in first to secure the evidence, while the third squad questioned the person who reported the case in the hallway, who was the resident across the hall, a middle-aged woman in her forties dressed simply.
"Did you file the report?" The members of the Third Squad surrounded the woman who filed the report. Xu Bin showed his identification and asked.
"It's me!" The middle-aged woman nodded, her face still showing signs of fear.
"Tell me what happened?"
"My child had just left for about ten minutes. I finished washing the dishes and was thinking of sitting down to watch TV for a while when I suddenly heard a 'snap' sound. After a few seconds, there was another 'snap' sound."
It sounded like firecrackers.
Normally, I would have assumed that some kids were playing with firecrackers in the neighborhood. But yesterday I heard that there was a shooting at Shulin Shijia, where an elderly couple with a child died. It just so happens that the couple living across from me is also an elderly couple with a child in school, so I became more cautious and peered through the peephole at their apartment.
After watching for about three or four minutes, the door opened from the inside, and someone came out.
"Do you know this person?" Cao Dahua interrupted the person who reported the case and asked.
"I don't know if I know him or not!" the complainant said helplessly. "He was wearing a black baseball cap and a mask, so I couldn't see what he looked like at all!"
However, I'm sure it wasn't their son. Both of his sons are tall and strong, but the person who came out of their house this time was short and thin, and was wearing a brightly colored camouflage outfit.
He left without even closing the door.
However, I didn't dare go inside to see what was going on. I was worried that it might be the work of the murderer from the Shulin family, or that he might not have gotten off the elevator and was waiting for me to go there, and I would be killed as soon as I arrived. To be on the safe side, I called the police.
Oh dear, I can't believe that the couple across the street actually got murdered!
They're both so pitiful. They're both over sixty. They were just talking to me about going on a trip after their grandson finishes his college entrance exams next year. Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity!
"Where does their grandson study, and what grade is he in?" In both cases, the elderly were looking after their sons' grandsons who were in school. Wu Song was worried that it was a conflict between students, so he asked.
"Senior year of high school, the college entrance exam is next year."
"They're not in the same grade as the one in the previous case!"
If they are in the same class, it could be due to conflicts between students.
However, since they weren't even the same age, Wu Song felt that the possibility of killing due to conflicts between students could be initially ruled out.
Furthermore, even if a conflict between students were to escalate to murder, killing the student or their parents would be perfectly normal.
But sparing the students and choosing to kill the elderly is really hard to justify.
"What specific type of camouflage uniform?"
"You know, those colorful camouflage uniforms, green ones, black ones, you often see people wearing them on the street."
"Okay! Thank you for your cooperation!"
"Of course, officer! You absolutely must catch this killer as soon as possible! This is outrageous! How can we allow him to keep killing like this every day? We can't live in peace!"
"Don't worry, we will apprehend him as soon as possible!"
"Jiang Yang, Xiao Wu, go find the security guards and cleaners and ask them if they've seen a short, thin man in camouflage." Xu Bin immediately arranged for people to investigate based on this clue.
"Old Cao and Xiao Song, you two should ask the neighbors."
"yes!"
Asking the neighbors this time wasn't so easy.
Two of the neighbors on the two floors couldn't get through to the door. I asked the property management and found out that these two households hadn't even started renovations yet.
The remaining two houses belong to two young couples without children; they should be at work by now.
After completing their inquiries and interviews, the master and apprentice returned to the stairwell outside the crime scene.
After waiting for a while, Jiang Yang and Xiao Wu returned.
"I asked the security guards on duty today, and they were all certain that they had not seen anyone wearing camouflage uniforms enter or leave the community this morning."
"What?"
"Do you think it might be a case committed by someone within the community, so they don't need to enter or leave the community at all?" Cao Dahua offered his guess.
"They might also be carrying a bag containing the camouflage uniform, which they would put on before making the move, and then take off afterward, putting it in the bag and taking it with them."
"Yes, that's possible. This way, we can avoid bloodstains getting on us and others seeing it when we go out." Xu Bin nodded thoughtfully.
……
After the technical investigators secured the evidence, everyone went back inside.
The details of the case are almost identical to the previous one.
The male victim was killed at the doorway, shot between the eyebrows.
The female victim was found dead on the sofa with a gunshot wound to the eye; a hole could also be seen in the sofa next to her.
"This killer's marksmanship is really terrible! He can miss even at three meters!"
Wu Song stared at the hole for a moment, then focused his attention on the deceased's drawer.
Just like in the previous case, the murderer searched the drawers from top to bottom.
"The modus operandi, timing, and actions are consistent, and even the locations of the crimes are very close, leading to the preliminary conclusion that it was committed by the same person!"
"Yes, they also used 7.62x25mm pistol ammunition, so we can draw this preliminary conclusion!" Xu Bin nodded solemnly, then his gaze swept over everyone.
"Why would the murderer do this? I've never heard of such an arrogant criminal before. He killed four people in two days. What's his hurry?"
According to the deceased's son, at least 30,000 to 40,000 yuan in cash and 20,000 yuan worth of gold were stolen from the house yesterday.
"With so much money, enough for him to live a carefree life for years, why would this murderer be in such a hurry to commit another crime the very next day?"
"Did he kill the wrong people?" Liu Shutong asked. "He only realized he had killed the wrong people after he killed them, so he couldn't wait to come and kill the couple."