civil forensic

Chapter 1078 Hide and Seek

Chapter 1078 Hide and Seek

"The murderer is still hiding at the crime scene?"

Everyone understood what Liu Jinghui said, but most people still found it a little hard to believe.

Liu Jinghui did not answer the question directly, but only said: "We have now discovered that there are probably two murderers. One of them is most likely the prop master. He is already in the interrogation room and is refusing to confess for the time being. The footprints of the other murderer do not match the characteristics of the crew members, which means there is an extra person at the scene. If this person had no chance to leave after killing someone, where could he be?"

"The Ming-style compound at the crime scene is very large and has complex architecture, so it can indeed hide people," said Wang Chuanxing.

Jiang Yuan also agreed with Liu Jinghui's words. This was not the first time he had seen the murderer return to the scene. He nodded and said, "The suspected murderer, Wang Yuxian, is also a prop master. He should be able to hide his accomplice well."

"If we look at it this way, then the people who caused trouble last night... should be the ones causing trouble this morning. That also explains why. If they succeeded, or if a new crew moved in, the murderer hiding at the scene could take the opportunity to come out." Wang Chuanxing also sorted out his thoughts.

Liu Jinghui raised the corner of his mouth and said, "It's more sophisticated than the design you mentioned. If a new crew moves in, the director will definitely be eager to start filming. If they are affected by the surveillance, he will definitely order the surveillance to be turned off. By then, the murderer can sneak out again, and outsiders will have no idea what's going on. It can be said that it's done without anyone noticing."

Maki Zhiyang said: "If you watch the surveillance video, you will find that there are gaps in time."

"It depends on the people who are checking the surveillance. If there are few people, or the people who are doing the work are not serious and do not watch it from beginning to end at a constant speed, they may not be able to realize it. Or, if this situation happens frequently, it is useless to realize it. It is not strange that the surveillance is turned off for a short time. If there is no evidence, the police officers in charge of image investigation can't say anything new." Liu Jinghui is too familiar with the details in handling cases and is accustomed to mistakes.

The carelessness and stupidity of some murder investigators can even be described as ridiculous. Some of these cases were later restored and summarized, and even written into papers and published publicly. To use a more popular expression: How big a mess have you made at work?

Police officers are also human beings.

To put it more seriously, not only employees of private enterprises slack off, but public servants do too.

Rather than trusting a group of people, Liu Jinghui trusts his own reasoning more.

The convoy turned around and drove towards the film and television city.

By the time Jiang Yuan, Liu Jinghui and others rushed back to the Imitation Ming Courtyard in the film and television city, the police officers sent by Dai Mingsheng had already surrounded the courtyard.

This time they were really surrounded, unlike before when they still had illusions about the high walls and iron nets.

Even so, Liu Jinghui's first order upon arriving at the scene was to ask Liu Wenkai to go to the monitoring room in person and get all the latest surveillance videos.

According to Deputy Captain Lin Xunlei, the surveillance system had been operating normally after the crew left, and no one should have come out from inside.

Liu Wenkai collected the surveillance video and took a few people to watch it backwards. If the murderer was a nimble guy who jumped out of the yard during this time, it would be really troublesome.

Soon, Dai Mingsheng rushed over and said, "I heard from Lao Lin, what are you going to do? A large-scale search or something else? If too many people go in, I'm afraid the scene will be destroyed."

He already knew the case-solving mode of Jiang Yuan and others. With more than 60 suspects, it was impossible to copy all the footprints in such a large area, whether using a video recorder or directly taking footprints, especially those overlapping footprints. The existing technology could only take pictures at most, and it would be meaningless to extract the footprints later.

In this case, if more people enter the scene, it will be difficult for Jiang Yuan to continue this investigation mode.

On the other hand, the scene was very well protected at this time, with a transparent acrylic bridge throughout, which fully demonstrated the financial strength of the Lanyue Municipal Bureau. But if you want to go in and conduct a search, it is impossible for all staff to work on a single-plank bridge.

Of course, it can be said that catching the second person is equivalent to solving the case, and there is no need to preserve the scene, but this is up to Jiang Yuan to judge and decide. Because the second person's stay at the crime scene is Liu Jinghui's inference, and there is no solid evidence to prove it. At that time, if he can catch the person and solve the case, it would be amazing. If he fails to catch the person, or fails to convict him after catching him, it would be a desperate gamble.

Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui looked at each other, then said to Dai Mingsheng: "Even if the scene is destroyed, it's not a big problem. We have almost finished the investigation. If there is any follow-up, we will probably have to look for other clues. However, there is no need for a large-scale search. Let's call the police dog over."

"Police dog? Okay. I'm worried that the police dog will run around on the ground and cause more damage to the scene." Dai Mingsheng explained.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand and said, "It's easy to tell the difference between dog paws and human footprints, don't worry."

"Okay. I'll call the police dog brigade over now." Dai Mingsheng shouted on the phone as soon as he went out.

After a while, three police dogs arrived at the scene in a minibus.

The minibus was modified, and it was the same as the one Jiang Yuan and the others had taken before. When they arrived at the place, the total number of people and dogs was about the same. The three police dogs were two German Shepherds and one Labrador, with a trainer, as well as the captain and political commissar of the police dog brigade.

The three dogs were given a few words of scolding and then led into Fangming's courtyard. With a few barks, they began their day's work.

Mu Zhiyang was wearing a bulletproof vest and a bulletproof cap, with a Type 79 directly hung on his chest. He followed Jiang Yuan closely, looking at the dogs from a distance and said, "It's not easy for these police dogs. It's so hot, the floor is scorched, and they still have to run around."

Wen Ming was wearing the same outfit as Mu Zhiyang, but he didn't bring a Type 79 rifle. Instead, he had a Type 92 pistol on his waist and a stun gun. Wen Ming listened to Mu Zhiyang's words and couldn't help but twitch his lips. He said, "It's not easy for police dogs. They rest once an hour and have someone to take care of them. They don't have to worry about food and drink..."

"Then you should also drink a bottle of salty soda." Mu Zhiyang remained unmoved and said while observing his surroundings.

"Not thirsty yet. But we do need to stay in shape." Wen Ming's expression was quite serious at this time, and he said, "If the murderer jumps out, it will only take a moment. Don't be unable to react."

Maki Zhiyang was stunned and couldn't help wiping his sweat: "You are stealing my lines."

Wen Ming chuckled: "I'm tired of hearing what you said. Let me help you speak."

"What you said makes sense." Mu Zhiyang nodded, then pointed ahead and said, "Then you go ahead, do you want to bring a shield?"

"Forget it. If you really rush out, the small shield will be useless. I am the shield." Wen Ming didn't say anything more. He took out his baton and said, "You better watch me from behind."

"Don't worry." Mu Zhiyang grabbed the handle of the Type 79 gun and said solemnly.

The two of them talked, but they also assigned the tasks appropriately. Wen Ming had never had the opportunity to shoot, and even less experience of being shot. If he was left holding the gun in the back, when the most dangerous moment came, he might misjudge the situation because of nervousness.

On the contrary, Wen Ming was in front, facing the danger himself, and it was okay for him to subconsciously take some protective actions. The murderer was most likely not armed with a gun, so in this case, even if he was carrying a knife, the danger was controllable.

In addition to Mu Zhiyang and Wen Ming, several other criminal police officers were deployed to protect Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui's flanks. This imitation Ming building was spacious enough for living or filming, but it was still not enough for a large group of people to move around.

The two people who really stood by Jiang Yuan were Mu Zhiyang and Wen Ming.

Jiang Yuan began to try to enter each house.

Most of the rooms in this imitation Ming Dynasty courtyard are fake, often with only doors and windows, or at most a section of space upon entering. Even so, the few square meters inside the door and the furniture inside are enough to hide a person.

Jiang Yuan and others had not paid much attention to these small rooms before. Except for a few rooms set aside as changing rooms, most of the small rooms had nothing to do with the work of the crew, let alone the victims.

But when it comes to hide-and-seek, the situation is reversed.

"How is it?" Dai Mingsheng coordinated the situations of various units and immediately rushed to Jiang Yuan.

"Nothing has been found yet." Jiang Yuan then asked, "How is the police dog doing?"

"Nothing has been found yet." Dai Mingsheng replied.

Mu Zhiyang couldn't help but smile: "We are at the same progress as the police dogs."

The people in front of me all laughed.

Dai Mingsheng didn't understand what the comparison with the dog was, so he just said, "The three dogs have sniffed the yard, and so far they haven't found anything."

"The dog's progress is faster than ours?" Mu Zhiyang translated.

Dai Mingsheng said helplessly: "Under normal circumstances, in such a large space, three dogs will definitely find someone. Among these three dogs, there is a German Shepherd that is professionally trained to find people."

Jiang Yuan nodded slowly and asked again: "Have you sniffed everywhere in the yard?"

"Yes, I sniffed them all."

"Then let's focus on searching the west." Jiang Yuan suddenly made a decision. Without waiting for Dai Mingsheng to ask, he explained, "Room 3, the outermost room in the west wing, has obvious signs of being reorganized. The floor has been pried open. Several other rooms have similar situations, but judging from the time, Room 3 was the most recent, and it must have been reorganized within the past week or two."

Dai Mingsheng immediately understood: "The only way to avoid the sniff of the police dogs is to create a relatively closed space underground."

"I can only say that it's easiest to do it underground." As Jiang Yuan spoke, he began to move westward.

Mu Zhiyang quickly contacted people via intercom, and so did Dai Mingsheng.

Soon, a group of police surrounded Room 3 in the west wing, and then someone came in with construction machinery.

"Are there any footprints?" Liu Jinghui asked in a low voice as he stood beside Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan shook his head slightly: "It has been cleaned."

"Maybe they were cleaning the ground and cleared the footprints." Liu Jinghui quickly analyzed the result and said, "From this point of view, this place is really suspicious. Captain Mu, you have to be careful too."

"If he dares to rush out, I'll fire a volley of bullets at him." Mu Zhiyang's hand fell next to the submachine gun.

"one two three……"

With a shout from two workers, a large area of ​​fake blue bricks on the ground was lifted up, revealing a manhole cover underneath.