Dongcheng Branch Criminal Police Brigade Conference Room. Su Le came here early. This place is not unfamiliar to Su Le. He has participated in several case discussions here before. But this time, from receiving the case to the preliminary
The investigation and the discovery of clues were all led by Su Le, but there was no case.
Participating in the meeting were He Xiaohui and Zhang Hongfei from the Criminal Police Team, Liang Bai, a master's student in technical investigation, and You Jianming and Su Le from the Hanfu Police Station.
At the beginning of the meeting, Su Le introduced the preliminary investigation situation, and then Liang Bai reported on the on-site investigation last night. Liang Bai yawned and rubbed his dry face with his hands before speaking.
"Thank you, you haven't slept all night." He Xiaohui asked with concern.
"It's okay. After sorting out the materials, I squinted on the sofa for a while." Liang Bai opened the folder in front of him and began to report:
"The appearance of the Wuling van with the license plate number Jiang A-2G309 showed no signs of scratches or impacts. We successfully opened the door with the car key found in the bag. There were no signs of items in the van being turned over, except for some plastic bags and mineral bottles.
Water and nothing else. The car looks very clean inside and out."
"However, we found two people's fingerprints on the left front door handle of the vehicle. One of the fingerprints appeared in large numbers in the car and was consistent with the fingerprints left on the fishing rods on the river embankment. It can basically be determined to be the driver's fingerprints.
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"The other person's fingerprints only appeared on the driver's door handle, five clear fingerprints from his left hand."
"Have you searched for the fingerprints left behind?" He Xiaohui asked.
"Yes, no matching fingerprint was found in our fingerprint database."
"Are there other fingerprints covering these five fingerprints?" Su Le asked.
"No, all five fingerprints are very clear."
"It should be that someone tried to open the door after the driver left, so clear and uncovered fingerprints were left behind," Su Le said.
"It should be like this." He Xiaohui nodded and said.
"Did you find anything on the river viewing platform?" Director You asked.
"Except for the bunch of keys, there are no valuable clues in the canvas bag. The fingerprints left on the bait bucket and fishing net are consistent with the fingerprints we extracted from the car." Liang Bai stopped here and looked around at the attendees.
personnel, continued:
"Let's take a look at this picture."
Liang Bai turned on his computer and projected a photo onto the conference room curtain. Su Le saw a photo of two fishing rods placed by the railings of the river viewing platform.
"These two fishing rods are placed here. It seems that the fishermen have placed the bait and left them here waiting for the fish to take the bait. However, we found no fingerprints on the two fishing rods."
"I remember there was a rag in the open canvas bag," Su Le said.
"Yes, there is a rag in the bag." Liang Bai said.
"You mean not a single fingerprint was found on the fishing rod?" Su Le asked.
"Yes, we checked the entire fishing rod, and indeed no fingerprints were found."
"Is it possible that the fisherman just wiped the fishing rod with a rag?" Zhang Hongfei said.
"Unless you wipe it with gloves," He Xiaohui said.
"We made another discovery on the river viewing platform. In the corner where the railing and the stone were in contact, we found a button." Liang Bai placed a plastic bag in the middle of the conference table. There was a black button inside the plastic.
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"This button is black, with a diameter of 28 mm, and two capital letters fx on it. The material of the button is initially judged to be ivory, but further inspection is needed."
"Ivory?" Zhang Hongfei asked in amazement.
"It's an ivory fruit, not an ivory. But this kind of button is not an ordinary button. It is only used in some high-end men's clothing. This kind of ivory fruit is the fruit of a palm tree in Africa, because the texture and color are very similar to ivory.
That’s why it’s called ivory fruit.” Liang Bai explained.
"This clue is very important, but we don't know yet whether it will be useful to us," He Xiaohui said.
"There are no fingerprints on the fishing rod, the buttons left at the scene, and the fingerprints on the van. What do these mean?" Su Le frowned and said to himself.
"By the way, Lao You, is there any news from Jiangbei Province?" He Xiaohui asked.
"I asked Xiao Liu to contact Jiangbei Province early this morning. He will notify me immediately as soon as there is news." Director You replied.
At this time, Su Le's cell phone suddenly rang. It was an unfamiliar local number. Su Le hesitated and picked up.
"Hi, hello."
"Are you Officer Su? I'm Lao Sun."
"Ah, you are Uncle Sun." Su Le said Uncle Sun loudly on purpose, pointed at the phone with his other finger, and gave everyone a look.
"Officer Su, I have something to report to you."
"Okay, sir, tell me." Su Le turned on the speakerphone of his cell phone.
"That's right, I saw the lights on in Lao Zhang's dumpling house last night."
"Ah! Is Lao Zhang back?"
"I don't know. I came back from a walk last night and saw that the lights of the dumpling restaurant were on, but the door was closed tightly. I knocked on the door for a while, but no one came out. I thought he went out to buy something, and I thought he would come back.
Okay, come see Lao Zhang again tomorrow morning, and then go back to sleep." Lao Suntou continued for a long time, and his breathing became a little short.
"Don't worry, sir. Speak slowly."
Uncle Sun took a few breaths and continued:
"When I went out for a walk this morning, I took a special look. There was no light on in the house. I thought he might be sleeping, so I didn't disturb him. But when I came back from the walk, the door of the store was still closed, and there was no sound no matter how hard I knocked.
People respond.”
"Has anyone else seen the lights on in the store?" Su Le asked.
"I don't know about that. Alas, I should have called you last night." Uncle Sun said regretfully.
"It's okay, sir, I've written it all down. Do you have anything else to say?" Su Le asked.
"No, no, I've caused trouble to you again."
After hanging up Uncle Sun's phone, Su Le looked around at the people attending the meeting. Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances. No one spoke for a while.
"Didn't we find a bunch of keys by the river?" Zhang Pengfei suddenly said.
Hearing what Zhang Pengfei said, everyone turned their heads to He Xiaohui. He Xiaohui thought for a moment and said to Zhang Pengfei:
"Okay, Xiao Zhang, go and go through the formalities. Then you, Su Le and Liang Bai go have a look and pay attention to collecting the fingerprints left at the scene."
A warning cordon was put up at the entrance of Hongqu Dumpling House.
People at a shop across the street looked at the police officers busy in front of the dumpling house and let out a long breath, but then they became nervous again.
Su Le, Xiao Zhang, and Liang Bai carefully searched the dumpling restaurant from the first floor to the second floor, but did not find any valuable clues. The first floor was full of kitchen utensils related to the dumpling business, and the second floor except for some in the corner
There was nothing except fishing gear, clothes in the closet, shoes under the bed and some account books in the desk drawer.
The room on the second floor is very clean. It doesn't look like someone who has lived here for more than ten years. It looks like a resident who has just moved here and hasn't had time to buy anything yet. Everything hasn't had time to settle.
It was already noon when everyone returned to the branch after collecting evidence. Liang Bai didn't have time to eat before he went to analyze the extracted fingerprints. Su Le and Zhang Hongfei had just finished lunch in the cafeteria and answered the questions in the office when Su Le's cell phone rang. Su Le looked at it
It was the landline number in the institute, so I quickly picked it up.
"Su Le, there is news from Jiangbei Province."
"How's it going? Have you found Zhang Guifu?"
"I've found it, but it's exciting again! I'll pass it on to you, and you can see for yourself." Director You hung up the phone after saying that. People of his age seem to particularly like using fax machines.
Su Le put away the phone and ran straight to the fax machine. At this time, the fax machine rang and started the automatic receiving process. After a while, the fax machine started printing and a piece of A4 paper was slowly spit out.
Su Le grabbed the A4 paper and quickly scanned it, then handed it to Zhang Hongfei.
"Impossible, this is impossible!" Su Le turned around and walked a few steps in the office, then came back and looked at the A4 paper again behind Zhang Hongfei.
"How is this possible? How could this happen?" Zhang Hongfei also felt incredible after seeing it.
"Let's go find Captain He." Su Le pulled Zhang Hongfei towards He Xiaohui's office.
He Xiaohui sat behind her desk, holding the A4 paper handed to her by Zhang Hongfei, and looked at it carefully. The investigation report sent by Jiangbei Province said:
After investigation, Zhang Guifu, a native of Zhang Village, Hecheng Township, Shangdong County, Jijiang City, Jiangbei Province, ID number: *********. His current residential address is No. 377, Zhongshan West Road, Beijiang City, Jiangbei Province. Zhang Guifu has been operating "
Lao Zhang Dumpling House”.
After questioning him, he found that except for returning to his hometown during the Spring Festival every year, he lived in Beijiang City at other times. He had never been to Jiangnan Province in recent years.
The attached photo was taken at the entrance of "Lao Zhang Dumpling House" at 5:05 pm on March 17, 2020.
Next is a photo. Although the faxed photo is not very clear, you can still tell that it is a man who looks exactly like Zhang Guifu, the owner of Hongqu Dumpling House, standing at the door of a shop with the sign "Lao Zhang Dumpling House".
At this time, Su Le's cell phone rang. Su Le opened it and saw that Xiao Li from the police station had sent a clear and colorful photo of Lao Zhang from Jiangbei Province via WeChat. He quickly put the phone in front of He Xiaohui.
"Do you think it's a person?" He Xiaohui, who had never seen Zhang Guifu, glanced at the mobile phone on the table and asked Su Le.
"Zhang Guifu in this photo seems a bit dark, while our Zhang Guifu has fair skin. They look similar, but they are probably not the same person. There is a big difference in temperament between the two, although they both look amiable,
But the amiable Lao Zhang in the photo has a sense of honesty and honesty, while the amiable Lao Zhang here has a sense of melancholy," Su Le analyzed.
After hearing Su Le's analysis, He Xiaohui stood up and walked a few steps back and forth in the office. She turned to them and said:
"It seems that we can only go there once. You two will leave immediately to find Zhang Guifu in Jiangbei City to learn more about the situation and try to come back in the evening. I called Lao You and asked him to send someone to find Lao Suntou and his left and right sides.
Neighbor, please check again to see if the person in the photo is Zhang Guifu."
Nowadays, the high-speed rail is very convenient. The high-speed rail from Zhongjiang City to Jiangbei City takes more than an hour. Su Le and Zhang Hongfei turned around and left. As soon as they reached the door, they were called back by He Xiaohui:
"Su Le, come here for a moment."
Su Le walked up to He Xiaohui, and He Xiaohui lowered her voice and said to him;
"Lele, I have sent you to investigate the case. You can't go back on your word about the blind date."
When Su Le heard what Captain He said, he immediately became uncomfortable. He wanted to reject Captain He outright, but when he thought it would be troublesome if she didn't ask him to go to Beijiang City, he reluctantly smiled and said: