wavenovel Chapter 936 Big Drift
Chapter 936 Big Drift
Chapter 936 Big Drift
The interrogation lasted a day.
The next day, Lao Qiu, an interrogation policeman from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Changle Municipal Bureau, and Meng Chengbiao, an interrogation expert from the Jiangyuan backlog case team, came to the detachment chief's office and reported: "There is something wrong with this suspect."
"Something's wrong. What do you mean?" Captain Lang Heng was like an antelope, enjoying the beauty of the green grass. When he heard Lao Qiu's words, his ears stood up as if he smelled the stench of a group of lions.
"Xu De has always claimed that the victim fell into the fish pond on his own. After repeated interrogations, his statement has not changed much." Old Qiu took a breath and sat in front of Lang Heng with a solemn and emotional expression.
"The suspect is unwilling to identify the scene?" Lang Heng asked.
Meng Chengbiao said, "It hasn't come to that yet. Xu De has confessed his guilt, but his account of the murder process was too sloppy and did not match the facts at the crime scene. This is a big problem."
Lang Heng sat up straight and said with a smile, "Don't worry. It's common for suspects to lie. Don't worry about it."
"The problem is, the lie he told is too outrageous." Old Qiu slapped the table with his hands. "The deceased was tied up, and a stone fell on him and he sank into the fish pond. He slipped and fell into the water... This lie is too stupid. After repeated interrogations, I feel that this guy is not pretending."
Lang Heng's expression suddenly became serious: "What did you say? Did you take the initiative to mention the cause of Cai Tingxun's death?"
Old Qiu was now sure that Lang Heng understood, so he shook his head slightly and said, "No."
Lang Heng felt more relaxed: "That's good."
Meng Chengbiao said, "If it was a younger person, things might have gone wrong. Qiu Ke handled the situation very well."
Lao Qiu: "Captain Meng, you reminded me well."
If Lao Qiu took the initiative to speak out about such an important matter, theoretically, it might involve a confession that is more serious than inducement or deception. It is equivalent to telling the suspect information and then asking the suspect to answer according to the information provided by the interrogator.
Of course, since the confession is written by the interrogator, it does not really involve any major issues. However, if there are major flaws in the case, such an interrogation will also be flawed.
The most crucial question is whether Xu De is the real murderer.
Lang Heng lit up a cigarette and tossed the cigarette box to Lao Qiu and Meng Chengbiao. The three of them smoked for half a cigarette before Lang Heng tapped off the ash and asked, "Do you mean that the suspect is taking the blame for someone else?"
All three of them had been criminal police for 20 years, and after just a few words, they made their own judgments.
Old Qiu also felt more relaxed and said, "I was present when he was arrested. The old man was shaking like a teddy bear. He definitely knew about this."
"Shelter?" Lang Heng asked.
"That's the only explanation for now." Old Qiu paused, then looked at Meng Chengbiao and said, "We asked someone to check. Xu De's only close relative is a daughter. She married well. Her husband opened a small company that does landscaping and greening projects. Her husband's parents both work for state-owned enterprises and own four houses. In the past month, they sold two houses in a row and transferred the money to their son. The son took out all the money."
Lang Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think his son-in-law killed him? Xu De took the blame for his son-in-law? If he took the blame for his son-in-law, would he not know the details of the scene?"
"Then I don't know. But don't you think this explanation makes sense?" Old Qiu laughed, still very proud.
From the perspective of an experienced criminal policeman, if he doesn't check this smooth explanation, he will not be able to sleep well.
Lang Heng put out his cigarette, picked up the phone, and said, "Ask Lao Pi to come to my office."
Putting down the microphone, Lang Heng asked: "Do you think this Xu De was really not at the scene, or was he deliberately talking nonsense, or was he an accomplice?"
"My father-in-law killed someone, so my in-laws don't have to sell the house." Meng Chengbiao rejected the option of being an accomplice.
Lao Qiu said, "It's hard to say whether he was at the scene or not. He might be talking nonsense. He might not know the way we take notes, and he might even want to overturn the verdict."
"He knows now, right?" Lang Heng smiled.
The police take statements in the form of paraphrasing, that is, the text recorded in the transcript is not the original questions and answers, but the text summarized, refined and translated by the police.
Therefore, the transcripts are usually in compliance with the regulations, and Xu De cannot overturn the verdict through confession. The most he can do is to change his statement.
Old Qiu recalled Xu De’s emotions at the time, but couldn’t say anything.
However, the fact that his son-in-law's parents, Xu De's in-laws, sold their house could explain something. Lang Heng called the captain of the Third Brigade and asked him to investigate as soon as possible.
After everything was arranged here, Lang Heng notified Jiang Yuan immediately.
Although forensic and technical issues were no longer involved at this time, Lang Heng still maintained a rare humility among criminal police officers.
The one who reacted the most was Liu Jinghui.
He actively participated in the next two interrogations, read the previous interrogation records, and then squatted aside to write something.
When Jiang Yuan saw Liu Jinghui again, there were three whiteboards with the mind map in front of him.
"What do you think of this case?" Liu Jinghui asked him excitedly when he saw Jiang Yuan coming.
Jiang Yuan glanced at the mind map drawn by Liu Jinghui and quickly looked away. Some things would make one lose spirits if one looked at them too much.
Jiang Yuan took a box of Zhonghua cigarettes and gave it to Liu Jinghui to comfort him. He then said, "I saw that the results from Langzhi have come out. It is confirmed that the son-in-law committed the murder."
"How are you sure?"
"The technical investigators determined that he was at the scene at the time of the crime. His wife, Xu De's daughter, was also at the scene. In addition, the technical investigators monitored the phone calls of several suspects and secured some key clues. Finally, the technical staff later found the video of the scene from Xu De's daughter's mobile phone, proving that it was the son-in-law who killed someone..." Jiang Yuan's answer was very clear and to the point.
Liu Jinghui didn't want to listen halfway through, and threw down the pen in his hand angrily, sighing: "You technical people... are so boring... In this case, did the son-in-law kill someone accidentally? Or was it a murder in the heat of the moment?"
"Yes. It was an accident at first, and then it was probably intentional homicide. He got carried away and killed in passion. It was both." Jiang Yuan gave Liu Jinghui a thumbs up, mainly because he brought his emotional intelligence with him today, and he wanted to comfort Liu Jinghui at the same time.
"That's the only way it can be." Liu Jinghui sighed, "Since they were filming the scene, it couldn't have been premeditated. They might have just been arguing, but when they got too excited, they ended up killing someone."
Although he was guessing, his tone was basically certain.
Jiang Yuan nodded: "The victim originally wanted Xu De to ask for money, and the two met at the riverside. Xu De's son-in-law stood up for his father-in-law and followed him. After the two sides had a conflict, the daughter secretly filmed a video to use as evidence for the follow-up. As a result, Xu De's son-in-law pushed the victim into the water, claiming that he wanted to sober him up, and the victim died in the end."
"Afterwards, Xu De took the initiative to take the case on his own terms, on the condition that once the case was uncovered, the man would give his daughter money for two houses and cover the expenses of the case. If he went to jail, he would give his daughter half of the company." The speaker was Mu Zhiyang, who was more interested in the follow-up. He added, "Xu De and his daughter participated in disposing of the body. Xu De had fished in the fish pond where the body was dumped before. He knew that this place had been empty for many years and had water all year round, so he took his son-in-law to dump the body together."
"In fact, there is enough information, all of which can be inferred. Why use technical means..." Liu Jinghui felt helpless after hearing this.
Mu Zhiyang chuckled: "The video is awesome, it confirmed it at a glance. Xu De's daughter didn't even know to delete the video."
"Keep the video, you can overturn her father's verdict at any time. Xu De will always be her father, but her husband may not always be her husband." Liu Jinghui said calmly, "She has a child, right? Help the child to keep his father first. You and the child will also have financial security, and then you can protect your own father later. There will be no delay."
Maki Zhiyang: "Is it the world where her father was injured?"
"This choice is the best solution for these three people. They probably discussed it later." Liu Jinghui reasoned calmly, "It was his father who caused the trouble, so it's normal for his father to take the case. Besides, if the body hadn't been found, no one would have to go to jail, and the relationship between the father-in-law and the son-in-law would have been more harmonious. The case has been discovered... and it was started by Xu De. Even if he doesn't take the charge of murder, he still has to go to jail for dumping the body and harboring a criminal."
Liu Jinghui looked at his whiteboard with regret, and then said, "It is also crucial that the daughter has the video of the crime scene. Since the daughter can help her father overturn the case at any time, Xu De has many options. If it really doesn't work, he can let his son-in-law go abroad first, or even let his daughter go abroad with him, and then bring back the video to change Xu De's crime from intentional homicide to harboring a criminal and destroying and falsifying evidence. The sentence for these two crimes combined will not be more than a few years, and the prison sentence may be enough by then."
Mu Zhiyang suddenly realized: "So when Xu De was recording the details of the murder, he deliberately made up nonsense?"
Liu Jinghui nodded: "Xu De can definitely claim that he was induced or forced to confess. When the time comes, there will be video evidence. Since he was not the murderer, even if he was at the scene and saw the murder process, he can say that he confessed in advance to protect himself. As long as the rhetoric is convincing, the court will always judge the case based on the facts."
"Mr. Qiu and Mr. Meng escaped. But the son-in-law's whole family was ruined." Mu Zhiyang's thoughts are always particularly unconventional.
(End of this chapter)