Chapter 2817 Finding a Needle in the Yangtze River
Liu said with a gloomy face: "We are police officers, especially this case, which is directly related to the life safety of the hostages. Leaving any clue may bring danger to the hostages. Can you afford this responsibility?"
Lin Hai shook his head and said, "I don't understand criminal investigation. I only know how to think from the perspective of others. If I were a kidnapper, how would I choose."
At this time, Lu Ying spoke: "I prefer what Lin Hai said. I think what he said makes sense. Let's first check if you can find the vehicle there."
"Comrade Police Officer, I know that you have your own procedures for handling cases. Outsiders cannot interfere easily. However, under the current circumstances, if the movement is too high, it is very likely to cause the kidnappers to be alert. To be honest, manpower and material resources cannot be wasted."
Liu could only walk aside and make a phone call.
At this time, the technician raised his hand again: "Captain Liu, I just found that the owner of this license plate, a middle school teacher, checked his information, including the driving area of the nearest car, and basically it was between the unit and the home, and no problems were found."
"As for this vehicle with a license plate, it was equivalent to saying it appeared out of thin air. No records were found before, and it was probably started using it today."
Liu gritted his teeth and didn't say anything, but his face was very gloomy.
He had called the police station on the other side of Nanling Road to search for vehicles in the nearby area, and now he would wait for an echo.
However, at this moment, he was not willing to wait for a moment, so he returned to the map and continued to study it repeatedly.
Lin Hai pulled a chair and sat down in front of the surveillance camera, watching attentively, but no one knew what he was looking at.
Not long after, Liu's cell phone rang. He glanced at it and picked it up, then listened to the other end, his face became more and more as he turned pale.
After hanging up the phone, he looked at Lin Hai, tried to suppress his emotions and said, "You are right, the Nanling Road Police Station found the gray van used by the kidnappers in an alley."
"You're right, this clue is broken."
The atmosphere became extremely depressing for a moment. So many policemen had all the advanced equipment and criminal investigation methods that could be used, but in the end they were stolen by a young boy like Lin Hai. But this was nothing at all. The most important thing was that it meant that they had lost the whereabouts of the kidnappers and Zhang Wanru.
After Liu finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Continue to check. Since the kidnapper abandoned the car and replaced it with another car, he always needs to come out of this area. Check every intersection, and strictly check all vehicles after that period. Once suspicious ones are found, they will strictly check and track them."
However, this is easy to say, but it is completely a needle in a haystack. It can be seen from the surveillance screen that there are a lot of vehicles during this period, and they have no idea about the physical characteristics of the kidnappers. As long as they can modify it, they can escape from their noses.
But there is no better way at the moment.
Lin Hai stared at the picture, looked thoughtfully, and then began to study it on the electronic map.
Da Liu watched him pointing on the electronic map, and circled his fingers from time to time and zoomed in, as if he was studying something, and couldn't help asking: "What are you looking at?"
"I was thinking that if I were a kidnapper, throwing away the original car now would be equivalent to disappearing from the police's sight and temporarily leaving the surveillance, which is a safe state. Then I will definitely take Zhang Wanru back to the hiding point I had originally selected for the site."
"If I were a kidnapper, I would choose where to choose this hiding point."
Da Liu sneered: "Donghai City is so big, it's enough to find a place to hide it."
"Besides, what if the kidnappers drove out of the East China Sea directly? The security of Donghai City is strict, and it is not easy for Tibetans to hide. However, if he leaves the East China Sea, he is nearby mountains and forests, and even in an abandoned factory, we don't know when we can find it. Could we push it a little bit, turn the East China Sea upside down, and search all the nearby areas?"
Lin Hai ignored his ridicule and smiled and said, "Let's eliminate the impossible area. Then the remaining area may be the area where the kidnappers hide. Shrink the scope bit by bit, and finally you will be able to find the kidnappers' hideout."
He didn't look at Liu Da's expression and said to himself: "First of all, it is impossible for the city. Donghai City is still relatively strict in population control. Moreover, the city is crowded with people, and the activities of kidnappers are easily discovered. The risks are too high and are not suitable for Tibetans at all. They will not do this."
"That is impossible in the other directions, the east is not possible, because the east is the most prosperous and developed region in the entire East China Sea. It has a high population density and is very dense. The possibility of being discovered is very high and the risk is very high. Therefore, if I am a kidnapper, I will not consider going east."
"There are several remaining directions, and they are all suburbs, and there are a large number of villages and farmland, and the northern suburbs are the former industrial park."
"Let me rule it out. If I were a kidnapper, I would definitely plan the entire route in advance, including the location of the action. It is impossible to just cram and drive casually and run around at will. Then I must have considerable research and understanding of road monitoring, so I must be instinctive and avoid monitoring as much as possible."
Several policemen nodded involuntarily. What Lin Hai said was indeed very reasonable, and they could not agree.
"So let's look at the kidnappers' route again, and we can find that this route goes west from the Welfare Home Road, and then turns to Nanling Road, which goes north."
"If I am a kidnapper and I want to flee south, I have to change my car anyway, so I can avoid the police's surveillance. Then why don't I choose a blind spot for surveillance in the south to change my car, and why should I go to the distance here?"
"In addition to the intersection of Nanling Road is a blind spot for surveillance, according to the density of people, there is no advantage in changing cars, so if you go south, there is no need to choose here."
"The northern suburbs and the west side became the greatest possibility, especially the police officer just said that the northern suburbs were originally a factory area, with many abandoned factories suitable for Tibetans."
"There are mountains in the west, and there are villages nearby. According to the economic development laws and population flow, most of the rural population should be moving to cities, especially the big urban areas of the East China Sea. I just checked the Internet and it is true. So most of the villages here are only left behind old people, and most of the young people go directly to the city to work and develop."
"So, both of these directions are likely to be the final hiding place for the kidnappers."
Da Liu looked at the map and finally smiled mockingly and said, "Yes, the range has suddenly shrunk a lot, from looking for a needle in a haystack to looking for a needle in the Yangtze River."
Lin Hai ignored his sarcasm because he knew that the abandoned industrial park in the northern suburbs alone covers an area of hundreds of acres, and there are so many abandoned factories inside. The kidnappers can find one to hide, which is enough for them to find.
This is even more true in the villages to the west. There are several towns in a row, and there are twenty or thirty villages below. With such a large area and so many farmlands and forests, if they are hidden, where can they be found?
"The range can be smaller." Lin Hai said thoughtfully, then suddenly raised his head: "Can you play the recording of the kidnapper's call just now?"
Zhang Youyou's phone number has been fully monitored by the police, so the kidnappers just called and recorded it directly, which is to facilitate their investigation. At this time, when Lin Hai said this, the technicians quickly called it out.
Chapter completed!