Chapter 41: Deadlock
The call record retrieved from the telecommunications department shows that the phone was shut down after sending this text message until it was shut down due to arrears in February.
Mr. Zhou’s ID card information has never been used since his disappearance.
Mr. Zhou’s mobile phone call record shows that after he disappeared, there was no call record.
The First Criminal Police Squadron, who was responsible for the 314 case, tried all the methods and found no clues about Mr. Zhou. The task force believed that a person would never disappear out of thin air for no reason, and there must be some inside information that was not discovered.
Shaodong once again screened Mr. Zhou’s social relations and found that Zhou Dapang, who lives in the shantytown, had business dealings with Mr. Zhou. Shaodong decided to talk to Zhou Dapang to see if he could get clues that would be helpful to the case.
Zhou Dapang is also engaged in a waste business, but Zhou Dapang is quite annoying. After making some money, he shows off everywhere and shows off his stance. He also looks down on the residents of the shantytown in his words. This person once threatened at that time that the criminal police team could not solve the case of corpse throwing.
Shaodong came to Zhou Dapang's waste recycling station. There was a simple house built in the station. Zhou Dapang sat inside to rest and drink tea. Several employees were busy sorting and handling the waste outside.
"Oh, Xiao Dongzi is here, is there something wrong?" Zhou Dapang said with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Uncle Fat, come to you to find out the situation." Shao Dong said.
Zhou Dapang took the cheap cigarette on the table to the drawer, took out the Zhonghua cigarette from his pocket and gave it to Shaodong, and said, "Come on, Dongzi, sit down."
Shao Dong stretched out his hands to block the cigarette handed over by Zhou Dapang and asked, "Thank you, I won't smoke anymore. Uncle Fat, you know Master Zhou, do you know him?"
Zhou Da's fat eyes rolled around and smiled, "I know you, because I'm a little bit kinship. According to seniority, he should call me cousin. What's wrong? Have you found Master Zhou? He still owes me money."
"I haven't found it yet. Did you have any business dealings before Mr. Zhou disappeared?" Shao Dong asked.
"Business? They are all colleagues, and they have dealt with each other twice." Zhou Dapang said perfunctorily.
"Can you tell me in detail?" Shao Dong asked.
Zhou Dapang lowered his head and thought for a while, and explained: "Our business is just making a small difference. The transportation is more expensive and it is more cost-effective to take a boat. However, sometimes my family can't get enough for a boat. Master Zhou and I can get together. If it's enough for a boat, we can get it away and sell it. We pay the freight rate according to the proportion."
"Well, have you ever contacted Mr. Zhou in the past six months?" Shao Dong asked.
"I haven't contacted you, I haven't seen you once, and I haven't called you." Zhou Dapang blurted out.
Shao Dong said seriously: "If you recall the memories again, are there any movements of Master Zhou?"
Zhou Dapang looked at the ceiling and said affirmatively: "No, really no."
"During the Chinese New Year, Master Zhou sent a text message to many people, but did you not receive it?" Shao Dong asked.
Zhou Dapang seemed to be in memory and flipped through his phone and said, "Maybe I can't remember it anymore. There are too many New Year greetings during the Chinese New Year. What's wrong? Xiao Dongzi?"
"Oh, nothing, I'll ask casually." Shao Dong said.
"I watched the wanted order on TV, and the case of corpse dumping was solved? Is Mr. Zhou a murderer?" Zhou Dapang asked.
"Now the police determine that Mr. Zhou is the suspect. Whether he is the murderer or accomplice is not yet determined," said Shao Dong.
"Oh, will I just say it? This case is not easy to solve. There is too little evidence on the scene." Zhou Dapang began to show off his criminal investigation theory again.
"Well, please do your business, Uncle Fat. If you have any clues about Master Zhou, please contact me in time." Shao Dong said.
"Okay, Xiao Dongzi, don't stop?" Zhou Dapang said politely.
The task force conducted investigations and inspections on the local area many times, but there was no progress. It took 10 months, and during this period, the first squadron participated in the cracking of several other cases (they will be described in detail later), but Mr. Zhou never gave up the investigation.
During the subsequent visits and investigations, everyone in the first squadron was a little embarrassed because each of them visited three or four times, and some families who were more familiar with Master Zhou visited more than seven or eight times.
The most important reason why everyone is embarrassed is that the case is difficult to solve and seems to be fulfilling.
In the months when the case was deadlocked, the Ministry of Public Security launched a national network cleaning operation against fugitives. The county bureau ordered all police officers to participate in the war. The police forces divided into multiple routes and conducted surprise inspections in hotels, bathing centers, Internet cafes, projection halls and other public places, and arrested a large number of fugitives. After the operation, after the coordination and adjustment of local police, the suspects on the fugitive were transferred to each other. According to statistics, a total of 79 fugitives in the city were arrested, basically reaching a 90% arrest rate, but there was still no trace of Mr. Zhou.
During this period, the 314 murder case has become a scar in everyone's heart. Everyone discusses the case in their spare time, spends money at night, and thinks about the case in their minds.
On that day, after everyone finished another case, Wu Jianguo held another case analysis meeting.
Shao Dong said: "According to the current situation we have, a living person cannot disappear out of thin air. We assume that Master Zhou is dead, and who is the person who has the most motive for the crime? It was Zhou Dawei. Because the two committed the murder case together, Zhou Dawei might be afraid at that time and fled home. Later, when I thought about it at home, I was definitely worried, because as long as something happened to Master Zhou, Zhou Dawei could not escape. Will Zhou Dawei return to G County and kill Master Zhou? Because only this person has the motive for the crime."
"The reasoning of Xiao Shao is certainly possible. After the meeting, we will re-examine Zhou Dawei." Wu Jianguo said.
Wang Bo said: "According to Brother Dong's assumption, Master Zhou has died. Zhou Dawei has a motive for committing the crime, but Dong Qinghua also has a motive for committing the crime. Because Master Zhou has always coveted his wife, he sent two more killers to kill Dong Qinghua."
Li Tie said: "We make multiple assumptions, and it's okay, but the case is about evidence. We can retrieve Zhou Dawei because Zhou Dawei is a suspect himself, but if we want to arrest Dong Qinghua or interrogate Dong Qinghua, there is no legal basis. We have also asked Dong Qinghua several times, and his answers and performance are reasonable. Because the evidence we have at present does not point to Dong Qinghua at all, it is not feasible to rely solely on assumptions."
Wu Jianguo said in a speech: "Master Zhou is very likely to be dead, because it can be seen from the records of visiting the masses that Master Zhou once sent a text message to many people during the Chinese New Year, but have you noticed that the text message content is roughly the same, but the title is wrong. Some people who are younger than Master Zhou are just called brothers, and some people with higher seniority are also called brothers. This detail shows that it is likely that Master Zhou is not sent by someone else, but someone else. In order to cover up the truth that Master Zhou is dead, these text messages were sent to disrupt the public's sight."
Li Tie said: "If Master Zhou dies, I think what Xiaodong said just now, Zhou Dawei is the biggest suspect in the crime."
Wu Jianguo concluded: "If you can't find Master Zhou, everything is empty talk. Now we can only try Zhou Dawei again to see if we can dig out new clues from his mouth."
Wu Jianguo led everyone to retrial Zhou Dawei, but unfortunately, Zhou Dawei insisted that after dealing with Liu Hui's body, he returned to his hometown with the money. He has been staying in his hometown, and there are many people in his hometown who can testify.
Chapter completed!