Chapter 13: Dilemma

Luo Fei said "Hey" and ran out. After ten minutes or so, he came in with a stack of materials and said, "Captain Gu, the DNA identification result of the sperm spots extracted from Ge Ge Manli's brassiere is out. It can be concluded that it belongs to Shu Jiaqing! Also, this is what Teacher Zheng asked me to give to you."

He handed the materials in his hand to Gu Changzheng. Gu Changzheng saw an on-site investigation report, showing that on the grass under the bathroom of Ge Ge Manli's house in Building 3, there were substances with the same composition as those in the bathtub when Ge Ge Manli had the incident! In other words, Gu Changzheng's reasoning matched this!

And from a string of footprints found here, after trace detection, it seemed to be left by a woman!

Could it be that the killer was really a woman? Did she take the bath towel dropped on the grass downstairs after Shu Jiaqing left?

But these, so far, were just Gu Changzheng's reasoning. There were no witnesses, no physical evidence, and even the motive for murder was unclear!

He thought of Shu Jiaqing detained in the bureau and the bureau leaders waiting for his case closing report, and felt anxious in his heart! He was also an ordinary person, and there were times when he was helpless and fragile!

Just closing his eyes and thinking, suddenly Luo Fei's voice came to his ear, "Captain Gu! Guo Hao and the others are back, saying there is an important situation to report to you!"

After listening to Guo Hao's report, Gu Changzheng felt a bit surprised! According to the situation Guo Hao learned, Ren Jiahe's company was now in a huge financial crisis! But what did this have to do with Ge Ge Manli's death?

Was his suspicion wrong? Was the investigation direction wrong?

He thought for a while and made a decision!

"You guys use technical means on Ren Jiahe! There are too many doubts about Ge Ge Manli's time of death, and too many coincidences have appeared in the people associated with her!"

Guo Hao knew that the "technical means" he mentioned was to wiretap and monitor Ren Jiahe. He nodded and said, "Captain Gu, I will arrange it."

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June 28th, a week has passed since Ge Ge Manli was victimized. During this period, Ge Ge Manli's death has been characterized as a murder case. Under the instruction of the City Bureau, a "6.21" special case team has been established with Deputy Bureau Chief Gao Gao Jianjun of the Jiangdong Bureau as the team leader and Captain Gu Changzheng of the bureau's criminal police brigade as the deputy team leader. The City Bureau gave a 30-day case-solving period, and 7 days have passed until today!

Regarding Shu Jiaqing's interrogation, apart from evidence proving that he stole a brand-name handbag from the deceased Ge Ge Manli, he was transferred to the detention center for the crime of burglary.

And the Guo Hao group responsible for monitoring Ren Jiahe fed back that Ren Jiahe's words and deeds were all normal, and several people even doubted the significance of monitoring him!

Gu Changzheng felt that he had fallen into a circle with no clue. Clearly knowing that Ge Ge Manli died of murder, he could never catch the thread that could glimpse the truth!

June 29th, 8:30 AM, Gu Changzheng arrived at the City Bureau early. It was almost July 1st, and the City Bureau held a theme party day activity for the Zizhen City Public Security System. Gu Changzheng came to participate in the study with other members of the Jiangdong Bureau Party Group. Gu Changzheng arrived at the City Bureau building on time. At this time, a familiar figure appeared before his eyes.

"Old Hu!" Gu Changzheng called to Hu Jinquan, the captain of the Shadao District Branch Criminal Police Brigade, who appeared not far away.

He and Hu Jinquan were of the same age, and Hu Jinquan was two years older than him. The two had worked together for a few years when they first joined the police force, and their relationship was good.

Hu Jinquan, who was walking in front, heard someone calling him, turned his head, saw it was Gu Changzheng, and hurriedly stood still to wait for him to come over.

"Old Gu, how is it? Do you have any clues about the bathtub sinking corpse case in your hands?"

Gu Changzheng shook his head lightly, "Still under investigation, a bit difficult!"

"You guy! Don't you like cases with high challenges? I remember when we were still under the master, when we encountered difficult cases, weren't you the most excited? What's wrong? Now you're cowardly? Haha!"

The relationship between the two was good, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time. Hu Jinquan saw his expression was a bit decadent and deliberately teased him.

Gu Changzheng knew that Hu Jinquan was encouraging him! He patted Hu Jinquan's arm and said, "When have I ever been cowardly? It's just that the case is a bit difficult, and the train of thought has encountered a bottleneck!"

"Sigh! Tell me about it! Our Zizhen City's civilized city title has failed again this year! A bathtub sinking corpse case in your jurisdiction, a sand plant charred corpse case in our jurisdiction! This water and fire have extinguished the civilized city!"

"Oh? When did the charred corpse case in the sand plant you mentioned happen?"

Gu Changzheng was a workaholic, especially having a special fanaticism for criminal cases.

Hu Jinquan had also been trapped in the dilemma of having no clues about the case during this period, but this person was an optimist. Although he was under pressure from a major case, he was still an optimist. He knew Gu Changzheng was good at reasoning, so he took this opportunity to want to hear his opinions, which might give himself new ideas...

In the evening, the two came to a dumpling restaurant in the old city area, a plate of peanuts, two plates of dumplings, and the two chatted while eating.

"23rd, several middle school students playing with bicycles in the sand plant reported the case. Hu Jinquan and Xu Yang rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the report."

"A car that had been burned into a skeleton appeared at the scene. After investigation, it was a 125 scooter. Through the frame number, the car owner was found, but he was told that the car was stolen 10 days ago. The car owner's police report record was also retrieved, and there was no problem."

"There was also a corpse at the scene that had been burned to only a skeleton. After technical identification, it was confirmed to be a male between 35 and 40 years old, about 163 cm tall, and the time of death was June 22nd. Apart from the car tracks left by the burned scooter and the traces left by the students' bicycles, there were some messy footprints at the scene."

"Apart from a few students and the deceased, there was also a male footprint."

"However, there is no surveillance near the scene, and we haven't found any witnesses through visits. And so far, because the corpse's bones were burned relatively fully and basically carbonized, the forensic doctor's DNA extraction failed, and the identity of the deceased hasn't been figured out."

Hu Jinquan finished saying the basic situation of the case, picked up a dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely, "The only thing that can find the identity of the deceased now is the footprints left at the scene. What do you think?"

Gu Changzheng remained silent and didn't answer him. Hu Jinquan knew he was thinking, took the opportunity to swallow several dumplings in a row. This was a habit he had developed from working all year round because he didn't know when there would be a task, so eating was like grabbing!"

"After the on-site trace investigation, was there any discovery that the deceased lost anything?" Gu Changzheng asked slowly.

"Are you suspecting that someone killed for money?" Hu Jinquan said.

"Motive is very important. A person won't kill for no reason."

"We also considered this possibility. Through the situation that the vehicle was stolen, we suspected whether it was a theft gang splitting the loot unevenly, and someone suddenly took action to kill. But the fuel tank capacity of this kind of motorcycle is limited, and those few liters of gasoline are not enough to burn an adult male like this, so we are more inclined to believe that this is a premeditated murder case. The killer prepared enough gasoline in advance, and the charred skull of the deceased has multiple blunt force injuries. I believe it should have been killed by beating and then burned!" ===== CHAPTER 14 =====