Shang Lei frowned: "is it too dangerous for you to investigate these alone?"
Xiao Hong smiled: "caravan, why don't we practice?"
Thinking of Xiao Hong's skill, Shang Lei said no more. He just told Xiao Hong to be careful when he went out. In other words, he always felt uneasy when he saw that Xiao Hong always acted alone.
Thinking of Xiao Hong's ability, Shang Lei wondered if he would react to the Bureau and include Xiao Hong as a non staff member? In this way, it is also convenient for him to watch Xiao Hong under his nose.
Shang Lei and Xiao Hong fought in two ways. When Shang Lei worked hard in the Bureau, Xiao Hong visited the surrounding villages near Lianhua village.
She noticed that the reservoir was very large, with a hidden dam in the middle, which was almost the deepest part of the reservoir. The bones were found at the dam, indicating that the murderer should know well about the reservoir.
This is either the villagers around the reservoir or the people who know very well here. Since it's a corpse dumping, it must be in the dead of night.
Jiang Chan: "the urgent task is to determine the identity of the dead first. Shang Lei still hasn't determined the identity of the dead?"
Xiao Hong: "he is comparing with the missing people. The forensic report says that the deceased is male, about 1.65 meters tall, about 50 years old, and died five to six years ago. Shang Lei is contacting the families of the missing people to come to the Municipal Bureau for DNA matching. These all take time."
Jiang Chan: "well, if the identity of the deceased is confirmed, this is also a minimum breakthrough. The case has been a long time, many evidences have been annihilated, and now there is nothing to do."
Jiang Chan: "let's make a hypothesis that the murderer threw his body at night. Six years ago, the farmhouse in Lianhua village had not started to develop. The layout of Lianhua village is like this."
Jiang Chan's fingers moved, and the light screen in front of Xiao Hong appeared the layout around the reservoir.
"The surrounding of the reservoir is desolate. Every village has a path to the reservoir. I calculated that there are three paths, here, here and here."
"There are two possibilities that the salvage personnel did not find the murder weapon in the reservoir."
Xiao Hong interface: "first, the murderer threw the murder weapon to another place. Another possibility is that the murderer did not deal with the murder weapon when throwing the body, and the murder weapon is still in his hand."
"If it's the latter, it's even more difficult. The vast sea of people are looking for a needle in a haystack. Where can I find him?"
Jiang Chan: "let's wait for the news from Shang Lei first. Let's walk these paths today to see if we can find anything."
There are three paths beside the reservoir, leading to Lianhua village, Yangjia village and caojia village nearby. Because of the development of Rural Recreation in Lianhua village, the path from Lianhua village to the reservoir is the best.
The paths in Yangjia village and caojia village are remote, but bicycles or electric vehicles can still be driven in.
Xiao Hong walked back and forth three times on these three roads, and it took more than two hours to walk down three times. Unfortunately, she didn't find anything different on the road, and she wasn't discouraged.
If she wants to deal with the murder weapon, she will never throw it on the road, but hide it in a hidden place. She remembered that there were no clothes on the salvaged bones. Could the murderer have disposed of the victim's clothes?
The best treatment is incineration.
When Xiao Hong walked on the path from caojia village to the reservoir for the fourth time, Jiang Chan came down from the nearby small soil slope: "I found a machete there. I found a machete in the grass."
Following the guidance of Jiang Chan, Xiao Hong got into the woods beside the path. Deep in the grove, hidden by bushes, there was a machete. The back of the machete is exposed, and the exposed place is rusty.
Xiao Hong didn't touch these rashly, but took photos to collect evidence, and then called Shang Lei. She turned around in these four days. "If this is the murder weapon, it is also a breakthrough. You can check where the machete was bought."
Jiang Chan carefully observed the machete: "it's a little difficult. I think this machete is very common. You can buy it in a grocery store."
Xiao Hong has a different idea: "ordinary people rarely have such a big machete. I infer that it should be bought by the murderer now. Anyway, let's check around the surrounding areas and see if there are such machetes sold in the surrounding shops."
Shang Lei came very quickly. Seeing that Shang Lei came in person, Xiao Hong raised her eyebrow: "why did you come by yourself? Aren't you very busy with the things at hand?"
Shang Lei pinched her finger: "this is an important clue. I always want to come and have a look."
"Has the identity of the victim been confirmed?" if it had been before, Xiao Hong would not have asked this sentence. Didn't she come down as a non editorial consultant of the Municipal Bureau the day before yesterday? Xiao Hong is right to ask these questions.
Shang Lei pinched his eyebrows: "not yet. There are ten eligible missing persons. At present, eight have come for comparison, and the remaining two families will arrive tomorrow."
Xiao Hong: "they work in other places? Come so far?"
Shang Lei: "yes, the forensic test report said that the skull of the deceased was broken, and the contact area of the wound was irregular and round, but it was smaller than that of the hammer. It is speculated that the injury was caused by the wine bottle."
"We can drink together, at least we know." Xiao Hong's index finger propped up her chin and her brain was running rapidly: "we know too little. We can't think of a reason if we want to break our head."
"Boss, let's go here." Xiao Liu shouted. Shang Lei looked at Xiao Hong: "go back together?"
Xiao Hong: "OK, let's go back together. I've seen almost everything around here."
On the way back, Shang Lei and Xiao Hong talked about two other missing persons, one is Wang Honglin and the other is Qian Keren. Their families are in the field.
Wang Honglin divorced in his early years and has a daughter under his knee. Her daughter lives in S Province with her mother. She usually calls to care. Six years ago, Wang Honglin's daughter reported that her father was missing.
Qian Keren has been missing for seven or eight years. It seems that the deceased is very likely to be Wang Honglin.
The next day, Wang Honglin's daughter went to the Municipal Bureau. Shang Lei took her to do a DNA matching. After the matching results came out, it was confirmed that the deceased was Wang Honglin.
For this result, Wang Honglin's daughter has no expression. It seems that Wang Honglin's murder has no great impact on her.
Seeing Xiao Hong looking at her curiously, Wang Xin said, "he and my mother divorced very early. Later, my mother and I worked and lived in S Province. He has always been ignorant and often did something sneaky."