Chapter 1287: Lottery Chariot

"Has the phone been found? This third phone," Jiang Yuan asked the key question.

"Not yet. Qikeli turned it off on the day he died." Meng Chengbiao paused and said: "We have now confirmed the phone number and are contacting the operator, hoping to get his communication records and text messages. In addition, Qikeli should also have multiple WeChat and WhatsApp numbers, which we are also confirming."

"What about the other two phones?"

"There is no sensitive information in the other two phones. One of the phones is for Qikeli to contact his parents and sect members. The second phone, which is commonly used, mostly contains friends, classmates, and business partners. He doesn't use it much, and it's often not in Qikeli's hands. The one he uses most in his daily life is actually the third phone that was lost."

Jiang Yuan quickly grasped it: "In other words, the thing he does most in his daily life is playing with women?"

"Pretty much. Judging from what his few friends said, besides perfunctorily dealing with his father's side, he spends most of the rest of his time hanging out with various women. His father doesn't allow this, but he doesn't have time to manage him either." Meng Chengbiao said, roughly describing the descriptions of several of Qikeli's "friends."

"Among the people around Qikeli, the friends he sees daily, are there any suspects?" Jiang Yuan asked another question.

Meng Chengbiao said on the other end of the phone: "None found."

"Then how do you plan to find this phone, or find relevant information?" Jiang Yuan asked the key point now. Qikeli's phone is not real-name registered, and the WeChat he uses also has multiple accounts. Whether he uses other chat software is unclear. To get further clues, one can only find the phone itself.

Meng Chengbiao hesitated for a moment and said: "After our discussion, we currently have an idea. However, it might be relatively more complex."

Jiang Yuan gave a light "Hmm." Complex means high cost, low success probability, and relatively unreliable. However, having an idea is better than having no idea. A complex path to success is slightly better than not finding a path at all.

Meng Chengbiao said: "We feel that Qikeli and the building where the crime scene is located basically have no relationship. From this perspective, why Qikeli went there and who told him the address—this information is very likely to be found through his third phone."

Jiang Yuan continued with a "Hmm," which was continuing to pave the way.

Meng Chengbiao added: "At the crime scene, we found the first phone and the second phone that Qikeli carried with him. Theoretically, he should have carried this third phone with him as well. And according to the operator's report, the location where the phone was last turned off is about three kilometers away from the crime scene. It's slightly far, but it's not a route Qikeli would pass by daily. Therefore, we believe that this phone was very likely discarded by the killer in that area."

"You want to sift through the trash on the side of the road?" Jiang Yuan understood Meng Chengbiao's meaning immediately and asked: "How large is the area?"

Meng Chengbiao laughed dryly: "According to the operator's report here, the area they can finally determine is a circular area with a diameter of about 500 meters."

"Is it complex?" Jiang Yuan has experienced too many screenings. The so-called area doesn't matter at all; the longitudinal length and the complexity within the area are more important.

"It's a roadside area with a piece of residential housing, greenery, and open space. What I'm more worried about now is the frequency of their trash cleaning. If the phone was thrown away, we might have to sift through the landfill again," Meng Chengbiao said, slightly uncertain.

"Finding a phone is easier than finding plastic foot covers," Jiang Yuan sighed.

Meng Chengbiao reacted immediately: "You agree?"

"Agreed. I'll communicate with Nizha. You go to the scene to take photos now, and then contact Director Xu Taining and let him give you some ideas." Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate at all.

Don't look at the 500-meter diameter area as quite large, and there are residential houses and so on, but those who often screen know that it is the same as turning the house upside down; finding a phone is relatively simple.

Moreover, according to Jiang Yuan's guess, the phone was very likely discarded, which is also the practice that best serves the killer's interests. There are several situations here: the first is that the phone is still in its original place, it may be intact, it may be damaged, it doesn't matter, send someone to search it once and you can find it.

The second is that the phone was picked up by someone. The possibility of it being intact is very low, because the first reaction of ordinary people is to turn it on, and the operator's record will change accordingly. If a damaged one is picked up, it may be put away, it may be sold. If you encounter this situation, you can only visit the neighborhood and ask if anyone has picked up a phone recently.

The third is that the phone was thrown into a trash can and then sent to the landfill. This situation is the worst, and unlike finding the gloves and foot covers used by the killer, which could directly lock onto the killer, finding a broken phone might be of no use, making it difficult for people to decide to invest a lot of resources.

However, the possibility of the third situation is also the lowest. The neighborhood is not a high-end community, and there will inevitably be people who make a living by sifting through trash cans. If they encounter a phone, even if it is damaged, they will pick it up. Moreover, visits can also be used to relieve part of the possibility, to see if anyone has obtained a phone by scavenging.

In the final analysis, this plan is still about scratching lottery tickets. But those who want to win the jackpot by buying lottery tickets are all like this. If the lottery ticket doesn't win, you can only continue to spend money to buy lottery tickets, full of beautiful wishes, and gamble all the way.

Even Jiang Yuan had no reason to step on the brakes at this time.

Nizha and his Bureau Chief Kumar didn't either.

The lottery chariot accelerated all the way, as if as long as the speed was fast enough, they could gamble for the jackpot.

Hotpot.

Barbecue!

Grilled fish—

Tropical fruit feast...

Bureau Chief Kumar and Nizha were resisting while trying their best to entertain Jiang Yuan, as if as long as they served him well enough, the case could have clues.

"Found the car."

The most exciting news of the day came from Tang Jia and Zhong Renlong's group, but it wasn't evidence they searched for themselves, but the reward they had just released, which brought returns.

"Team Leader Jiang, look, this is the one." Tang Jia carefully manipulated the phone in her hand. In order to maintain the integrity of the evidence chain, they simply bought the phone of the person who claimed the reward.

The video was filmed by employees in the nearby office building. The lens focused on the traffic and environment downstairs, mainly filming the scenery. It neither captured the situation on the rooftop at the time of the incident nor captured the license plate of the vehicle.

But this was already the clearest video they had harvested.

The photos and videos provided by other contestants who claimed the reward were even blurrier. Most people were filming other things, and just happened to capture the scene for a few seconds.

Although it failed to provide direct evidence, these videos and photos still helped the task force clarify the timeline.

As a result, the vehicle suspected to be the killer's appeared in front of Jiang Yuan.

"Silver Toyota Crown, an old car, right?" Jiang Yuan asked: "Can the owner be found?"

"We confirmed the vehicle information through the surveillance video at the previous traffic light intersection." Tang Jia paused slightly and looked at Zhong Renlong next to her.

Zhong Renlong sighed: "I'll say it. We found the vehicle owner, named Faris, who is a middle-level manager in the sect where Hasan is located. He is tall and fits the killer's characteristics. We have already sent people to bring him back, but Faris does not admit to the murder, claiming that he hasn't used the car for a long time and that the vehicle was stolen."

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