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Chapter 1103 Arrest
Chapter 1103 Arrest
Jiang Yuan, Liu Jinghui and others followed Jian Louyuan's team and first went to the house rented by the female victim Li Miaoyan.
Perhaps because Li Miaoyan has an underage sister, the two rented a commercial apartment with two bedrooms and a living room. The rent was 2600 yuan, which had already taken away most of Li Miaoyan's salary.
Just looking at this house, Liu Jinghui frowned.
Living beyond one's means is more difficult than being in debt. From a psychological point of view, if a person's daily expenses can be covered by his daily income, then at the very least he can be a deadbeat, and life will always be manageable, and it will be easier for him to live.
However, if a person's daily income cannot cover daily expenses, people with assets will feel that they are "living off their savings", and those without assets will naturally have a harder time. It is even more difficult to rely on borrowing money to maintain life, and long-term borrowing is more difficult than long-term debt.
From this, we can infer that Li Miaoyan’s financial situation is probably more complicated than her bank statements.
Apart from anything else, her rent expenses were not reflected in her bank statements, so they were basically paid in cash.
"Let's start from the door. Let's take a few footprints first." Jiang Yuan gave orders while standing in the living room, and was not in a hurry to go inside.
Mu Zhiyang stood beside Jiang Yuan with his hand in the holster. Wen Ming and two local criminal police officers searched every corner of the room.
At the same time, the two technicians turned on the exploration lights, searched for a few footprints on the ground and began to fix them.
Jiang Yuan went over to take a look and confirmed: "It is basically the same as the footprints seen at the Dongxi Lake cremation site. Okay, let's start the investigation."
Footprints are not as specific as fingerprints. Theoretically, the possibility of two people having the same fingerprints is extremely low, but if two people are the same age, weight, height, walking posture, etc., the possibility is relatively higher. The most important point is that footprints may not show all the specificities. If only part of them is shown, the similarity will be higher.
Of course, this was more than enough for the task force.
After confirming once again that the suspect was a suspect, Jian Louyuan was very happy. He also followed Mu Zhiyang's example and stood on the other side of Jiang Yuan with his hands on his hips, with a gun in his holster.
The Criminal Police Brigade is the highest level criminal investigation unit in the province or city. It handles many serious cases and is quite different from the grassroots police units. Captains like Jian Louyuan occasionally have the opportunity to shoot. If they really encounter a case, they are not afraid to shoot.
Jiang Yuan went forward personally to check the footprints.
By switching the light source with the survey light, you can see various traces left on the ground and walls.
Jiang Yuan selected the clearer ones and pointed them out. Then someone took photos with a camera and collected evidence.
Jiang Yuan walked around the house for a long time, and after checking the whole house, he came back and said, "I didn't see any signs of a murder, but we can't rule out the possibility that this is the first scene. In addition, there are footprints of multiple men in this house, and the female footprints are the victim and her sister."
Jian Louyuan responded and said, "After our people investigated and questioned in the supermarket, they determined that the victim, Li Miaoyan, had a boyfriend who drove an excavator. There was no report to the police afterwards, so we have sent someone to invite him over."
Liu Jinghui immediately asked: "Not in Lanyue City? Where is your workplace?"
"I used to work in Lanyue City. I left a few days ago and returned to my hometown, which is a town near the city." Jian Louyuan said.
"Where's his excavator?"
"The excavator belonged to the company and he was just the driver. Before leaving, he told his coworkers and the foreman that his relatives in his hometown were having a party and he wanted to go back to attend. The foreman paid him his salary."
Liu Jinghui's questions followed one after another: "How is his financial situation? Did the foreman pay him the full salary? Did he deduct any money?"
"I was paid over 3000 yuan. I think yuan was deducted. According to the foreman, her financial situation should be average. She is a little better off than Li Miaoyan, but she also has elderly parents and no savings."
Liu Jinghui snorted and said, "This person is a major suspect."
"Yes. I think so too. Why did he leave later or earlier, but only ran back to his hometown after Li Miaoyan was burned to death." Jian Louyuan had obviously thought of this problem as well, and his breathing was a little rapid due to excitement.
"Besides, doesn't he take care of Li Miaoyan's sister?" Liu Jinghui asked, "How long have they been together?"
"It's been about three years." Jian Louyuan took out his cell phone and looked at it, then said, "Liu Chengming, now 36 years old, is five years younger than the victim. The victim's sister didn't have a very good impression of him. When she called the police, she mentioned that her sister and her boyfriend often quarreled. When the local police investigated, they also questioned Liu Chengming..."
"In that case... let's wait and see?" Liu Jinghui looked at Jiang Yuan.
From Liu Jinghui's perspective, this case has begun to become ordinary. The current clues all point to Liu Chengming, so we can wait until Liu Chengming is brought to justice before continuing the investigation. It is really unnecessary to rush to investigate other clues at this time, which is more like a desperate attempt to find a cure.
Jiang Yuan naturally agreed and said, "You guys go and rest first. I'll finish handling the scene here. I was going to sweep it anyway."
He just took a quick look and couldn't be sure whether this was the first scene.
To truly make a judgment, there are many points that need to be examined.
Logically speaking, the male and female victims most likely did not go to Dongxi Lake voluntarily. Whether it was threats, killing, or some other means, the victims' homes would be the key suspects.
In fact, most of the vicious murders nowadays happen indoors.
Liu Jinghui hesitated for two seconds and said decisively: "Thank you for your hard work. I'm going to take a nap first. I may need to use my brain later."
Liu Jinghui went out and went straight to the hotel, took a quick shower and went to bed.
He wasn't really that sleepy, but he couldn't do what Jiang Yuan could do. In fact, with the case progressing to this point, Liu Jinghui believed that the next time he, the dragon rider, would be most needed would be after he captured Liu Chengming and came back.
If Liu Chengming refuses to confess, it will be very difficult to obtain sufficient evidence in this case.
Not to mention anything else, just proving that the two bodies belonged to Li Miaoyan and Wang Youming would take a lot of effort - the effectiveness of the evidence required in the investigation stage and the level of evidence required by the court are not the same.
The police must at least find evidence that the two people arrived at Dongxi Lake during the time period that meets the requirements, as well as the corresponding chain of evidence, such as surveillance videos or photos on the road, or the location of mobile phone signals, etc. The footprints at the scene alone, not to mention the difficulty of proving that the footprints are the same, even if they are proven, can only prove that the two people have been to Dongxi Lake.
But the footprints could have been left long ago.
This may sound a bit ridiculous, but that's what court evidence requires.
Therefore, police officers should still obtain confessions as much as possible, as the effectiveness of the evidence will be greatly improved.
From Liu Jinghui's perspective, Liu Chengming is merely a key suspect. There is a high possibility that he is the murderer, but it is not absolute.
If Liu Chengming is not the murderer, then Liu Jinghui's next task will be very difficult.
By then, he would need to point out the direction for Jiang Yuan to move forward.
As for now, Jiang Yuan can do whatever he wants, whether it is to use dragon flame to cleanse the ground or to remove traces of physical combat.
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10 pm.
Liu Jinghui was awakened by the vibration of his cell phone. He rolled over and felt a little dizzy.
Looking at the time again, Liu Jinghui was speechless. He thought he was not too sleepy, but he never expected that he would fall into a deep sleep and not wake up.
"Hello." Liu Jinghui opened the call.
"Director Liu. Liu Chengming has been brought back and has explained everything." Jian Louyuan's throat was tight, like a broken clamp.
Liu Jinghui was stunned: "Has the case been solved? Did Liu Chengming commit the crime independently?"
"Yes."
"Okay." Liu Jinghui couldn't explain his emotions. As a policeman, he was naturally happy to have solved another murder case, but as a dragon rider who had just woken up, his emotions were hard to describe.
"Director Liu. Then shall I send a car to pick you up?"
"Okay. By the way, what is the murderer's reason for killing people?"
Jian Louyuan paused for a while and said, "According to Liu Chengming, on the evening of the 9th, Li Miaoyan proposed to enroll her sister in a cram school, but was short of 800 yuan, so she wanted Liu Chengming to pay for it. Liu Chengming said that the cram school was too expensive, and he explained a lot to Li Miaoyan, but in the end he didn't pay, so Li Miaoyan insulted him and called him a coward, a dog-like man, etc."
Jian Louyuan: "Liu Chengming said that he really couldn't come up with 800 yuan at the time. If he wanted to get the money, he had to ask the foreman for expenses. It was already evening, and he had to ask for it the next day, and maybe he could only get the money on the third day. Li Miaoyan scolded him a lot at the time, and Liu Chengming was also angry, but he didn't kill anyone."
Jian Louyuan: "Afterwards, Liu Chengming was kicked out of the house. He had no choice but to borrow 800 yuan from someone and then go back to beg Li Miaoyan to let him in. It is said that he begged for a long time, and when he opened the door, he found Wang Youming lying on Li Miaoyan's bed."
"Just lie down on the bed?" Liu Jinghui's scalp tingled when he heard this: "Is it necessary to give money to others and ask for money?"
Jian Louyuan said: "Liu Chengming said that the construction site is far away. If Li Miaoyan doesn't open the door, he will have to stay in a hotel outside and waste hundreds of dollars."
"So you trapped your lover in the house?"
"Well, Liu Chengming knew about Wang Youming's existence. He just told Li Miaoyan that Wang Youming couldn't come to their house. The three of them had an argument because of this, and Wang Youming imitated Liu Chengming's words to beg for mercy outside the door. Liu Chengming became angry and took out the knife he carried with him, and then tied up the two victims."
Liu Jinghui listened and thought, feeling that his brain was almost not enough: "Does Wang Youming know Liu Chengming? Does he agree?"
"Wang Youming joined later, so of course he knew Liu Chengming. He was a carpenter and was very busy at work, so he had no time to look for Li Miaoyan. Usually, after finishing a job, he would invite Li Miaoyan to stay for a few days. Of course, the two of them didn't like each other."