Chapter 2 Killing without blood

"Everyone, let's start taking a look at this case now." After Zhang Zhiguo finished speaking, he turned on the projector and played the photos taken at the crime scene.

The picture was very clean, with no blood stains, and the deceased had a peaceful expression, as if he was asleep.

"The deceased, Hu Xiaohua, (year old), was a senior white-collar worker in a company, and the reporter was the deceased's sister."

"The two made an appointment to go shopping together, but they didn't see anyone for a whole day, and no one answered their phone calls. When they arrived at Hu Xiaohua's house, they found Hu Xiaohua dead on the bed, and immediately called the police."

Initially, the police's autopsy result was that it was suicide. There were no signs of fighting in the room, no signs of intrusion on the doors or windows, no murder weapon, and a bottle of sleeping pills with the fingerprints of the deceased was found.

However, because there was a long gap between the time of death and the time of autopsy, the drug test could no longer detect whether the deceased had taken enough to commit suicide. Although there was something fishy, ​​there was not enough evidence to prove it was murder.

"How come the suicide case was reported to us? The forensic examination has not found it, so it will not help if we go there." Emily said after listening.

"The matter is not over. This is the fourth incident this month. I never noticed it before and just treated it as suicide. But since it happened four times a month, the probability is higher. That's when I reported it." Zhang Zhiguo explained.

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It was indeed a bit strange, and Emily nodded to show that she understood.

After the preliminary introduction of the case, Zhang Zhiguo stood up and said, "Yan Bin will contact the police station immediately. We will go there in a moment and let them prepare relevant things."

Yan Bin nodded and went out to make a phone call. After a while, Yan Bin came back and said that the place was ready and he could go there at any time.

Zhang Zhiguo took the newly established special operations team to the police station and opened the first page of the special operations team's detective record.

In the parking lot, Zhang Zhiguo divided the personnel, "Zhang Chao, Kerry go to the forensic doctor to see if the autopsy report is available and if there are any new findings. By the way, I want to ask about the conditions of the other three deceased people."

"Kou Lei and Yan Bin went to the police station to contact the local police station. We want to work there and establish a good relationship with them as soon as possible to facilitate our future operations. Emily and I went to the crime scene to see if there were any clues.

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Zhang Zhiguo and Emily went to the latest crime scene, which was the home of the latest victim. The scene was very well preserved. The two of them checked it carefully. The on-site investigation staff were very meticulous and they found nothing new.

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After asking the neighbors around, they didn't see anyone suspicious coming or going. Hu Xiaohua is very introverted and doesn't communicate much with her neighbors, but they all said that Hu Xiaohua is a good girl and never takes others home. Only her sister who is in college sometimes comes back to see her.

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The surveillance video at the entrance of the building also showed that no strangers entered or exited the building before Hu Xiaohua's death. The two returned to the police station, and Zhang Chao had already obtained the latest autopsy report from the medical examiner.

Six people sat together to analyze the case, starting with the autopsy report brought back by Zhang Chao. According to the report, Hu Xiaohua died between 1 and 2 in the morning. The cause of death was paralysis of the respiratory center and suffocation.

There are sleeping pills in the stomach extract, but the dose is not enough to cause death. It is not yet clear whether it has been decomposed. It will take time to analyze. It is not yet possible to determine whether he committed suicide by taking the medicine.

However, it cannot be proved that it was murder. It may also be the cause of his own disease. The autopsy results showed that there was no toxicological reaction, which means that the deceased was not poisoned before death. Therefore, there is no possibility of poisoning.

So according to the video of the building, if it was a murder, the suspect is very likely to be a resident of the building, but what is the murder weapon, how did the criminal enter Hu Xiaohua's home, and why there are no wounds on the body, and there is no toxic reaction, could it be

What kind of new drug is it that can be decomposed immediately after entering the human body?

If it was suicide, the probability would be too high if there were four cases in a month. For a time, many problems troubled six people, and everyone fell into deep thought.

"Emily, what do you think?" Zhang Zhiguo asked tentatively after seeing that Emily remained silent after listening to the autopsy report.

"According to the current situation, even if the death is finally determined to be suicide, it is organized and premeditated. It cannot be an isolated case. It can also be analyzed as a serial murder case. The most important thing at the moment is to find a breakthrough. See

Let’s see if there is any connection between the four deceased people. Determine whether the murderer was selected randomly or if there was a bias in selecting the victim.” Emily said after thinking for a while.

"What do you think of Kerry?" Zhang Zhiguo then asked. Now only Emily and Kerry are experienced in the team, the others are rookies, and growth takes time and experience. The main support now is Emily and Kerry.

Kerry.

Kerry straightened out his thoughts and said: "There are many criminal cases of organized suicide abroad, and most of them are agreed. Most of them are teenagers. The current cases obviously do not conform to the practice of date suicide. If we talk about the crime of remotely controlling a single individual to commit suicide,

If so, there are no cases yet.”

"This can be an idea, but basic investigation still needs to be done. I will contact the person in charge of the case and carefully investigate the backgrounds of the four deceased people to see if there is any connection or intersection between them."

"Emily and Kerry continued to collect information to see if there were any similar cases. Yan Bin first said hello to the media and refrained from reporting for the time being to avoid causing panic. Then he and Kou Lei went to visit the local families of the victims to see if there were any similar cases.

There are no clues."

"Zhang Chao and my colleagues from the police station went to visit the surrounding areas and came back in the evening to summarize." Zhang Zhiguo said.

"By the way, Yan Bin and Kou Lei, you two have never done any work of interrogating family members before. Today is your first mission. Let's go to Emily to learn from her experience first. Don't be too nervous. The experience is accumulated. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

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Yan Bin and Kou Lei greeted the media and prepared to visit the family of a local victim. They said hello to Emily before leaving.

Neither of them has done anything related to this before. Although Yan Bin has strong public relations skills, it does require certain skills to contact the victim's family. They should not irritate the victim's family, but also ask for as much information as possible about the victim.

Some of the things family members say are meaningless, but some information is the key to solving the case. This requires screening by case investigators, which tests the professionalism of case investigators.

Emily briefly trained the two of them and explained the key points that needed to be remembered. The rest was up to the two of them to perform on the spot. After all, not everything can be expected.

The two said goodbye to Emily and went to the home of the first deceased, Li Tingting. It was Li Tingting's mother who opened the door. The two explained their purpose and were invited into the house.

Mother Li politely made a pot of tea for the two of them. "Police officers from the police station have come before. Didn't they determine that it was suicide? You are here..."

Yan Bin and Kou Lei looked at each other, and Yan Bin said: "That's right, we're here to find out something about your daughter. There are new developments in the case, and we can't disclose them yet."

"You mean, my daughter didn't commit suicide, but someone killed her?"

"Don't get excited. We are here to understand the situation in depth. If your daughter committed suicide, we must also find out the reason for the suicide. If not, then the murderer must be found and punished severely. Therefore, we need your help." Yan Bin

He comforted the excited Mother Li.

"That's it, then you must find out clearly and give justice to my daughter. Just ask whatever you want and I will definitely cooperate."

"As far as we know, your daughter is taking sleeping pills. Do you know what's going on?" Kou Lei opened the notebook he carried with him and started recording after asking questions.

Mother Li calmed down and said slowly: "About a year ago, after my daughter broke up with her boyfriend, she started to suffer from insomnia. They said drinking milk before going to bed, millet porridge, etc. could help sleep, but it was of no use.

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"After half a month, she became very haggard. I took her to see a doctor. She was diagnosed with neurasthenia and prescribed some medicine, but the effect was not obvious. I had no choice but to take sleeping pills at a dose of

It’s getting bigger and bigger, and I’m scared to see it. I’m worried that something will happen if I eat too much.”

"But we saw your daughter's recent photos, and she still looks good."

"Yes, because she always had insomnia and was in a bad mental state, she didn't go to work. She was at home with me every day, watching TV and watching whatever. I don't know who recommended a psychiatrist to her. After seeing her a few times,

There has been an obvious improvement. I have taken less medicine and am more energetic. He also told me that he wanted to go on a trip. Who knew, who knew that something like this would happen..."

"My daughter will not commit suicide. You must investigate carefully and find the murderer who killed my daughter."

"Don't worry, we will investigate carefully and not miss any clue until we find the truth." Yan Bin stood up to comfort Zhang's mother, but still did not tell her that Li Tingting might have been murdered.

Yan Bin continued to ask: "Do you know who your daughter comes into contact with and what she does in the world? Do you know?"

"I don't know about this. Girls have their own desires when they grow up, and parents don't have to interfere too much. But my daughter is a good child and won't make friends with shady people.

Yes, I won’t do anything bad.”

"Okay, we'll write it all down. Thank you for your cooperation. By the way, if you remember anything you missed, you can contact us at any time. This is our contact information. Then we'll say goodbye."

Zhang's mother sent the two of them out, and Kou Lei turned back and said, "By the way, Mrs. Li, please give us the contact information of the psychiatrist and go to him to find out the situation."

Zhang's mother went back to the house and took the psychiatrist's business card to the two of them.

"I didn't expect that, you are very attentive, and you even know how to get the psychiatrist's contact information." Yan Bin teased Kou Lei on the way back.

"I'm just easy to use, I don't know if I'll use it or not."

"Maybe it will be useful. Emily said that anyone who has been in contact with the deceased may be a clue to solving the case and cannot be missed."

"Okay, that's all you know. Hurry back and sort it out. I'll compile it in the evening." Kou Lei said a little embarrassed.

"By the way, why didn't you tell Mother Li that Li Tingting's case was not a suicide case?"

Think about it, if we tell her, first of all, she will be very excited, which will be detrimental to our investigation, and she may not be able to ask anything. Secondly, once she knows, many people will know. Everyone

They all have their own connections, so public opinion cannot be controlled by just saying hello to the media, which is very detrimental to our investigation of the case and social stability."

"As expected of a public relations person, the stakes analysis is really clear. But it's still a bit unacceptable."

"Just get used to it slowly." Yan Bin didn't give any more explanation. This is how crisis public relations work. At all times, the overall situation is the most important thing. Sometimes, he can't accept it, but this is not the case.
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