Chapter 619: Chapter 619: Major Clue in Spring Breeze Lane
Zhang Manyu!
After Zhang Manyu’s remains were discovered, the police immediately launched a background investigation into Zhang Manyu herself.
The person who reported Zhang Manyu missing back then was her parents.
Of course, besides her parents, when Zhang Manyu disappeared, she also left behind a 9-year-old daughter.
But unfortunately, Zhang Manyu’s daughter went missing three years ago after accidentally falling into the North River.
This means Zhang Manyu’s only close relatives now are her parents.
And the two elderly are already in their 60s, in poor health, making it impossible for them to commit such a meticulous crime.
Moreover, if the two elders knew back then that Zhang Manyu was murdered rather than missing and knew who harmed their daughter, how could they do nothing?
So with Zhang Manyu’s parents incapable of committing the crime and no other close relatives, who would seek revenge for Zhang Manyu?
Besides, it’s not entirely clear if Song Jinfu had any involvement in Zhang Manyu’s disappearance back then.
Lu Chuan voiced his doubts.
Old Bai lit a Chunghwa cigarette.
He slowly said, "The one avenging Zhang Manyu doesn’t necessarily have to be her blood relative."
"It could also be a man who secretly liked Zhang Manyu back then."
"Anything is possible."
"What I just said is merely one of the possibilities."
"Solving a case is essentially about finding possibilities among impossibilities, isn’t it?"
Lu Chuan was momentarily stunned, then heaved a sigh; Old Bai had a point.
He recalled a case he encountered during his police academy days.
A family was robbed and all killed by a suspect on New Year’s Eve.
The police worked on the case for a long time and successfully identified the suspect, but he escaped with the money and was never found.
Twelve years later, the suspect was caught by a neighbor of the victim’s family.
This neighbor was just a neighbor, not related to the victim’s family at all.
Yet, for 12 continuous years, he searched for the suspect after the family was murdered.
Eventually, perseverance paid off.
When the police asked him why he never gave up for 12 years, he simply said one thing.
He said he grew up with the neighbor from childhood, they were childhood friends.
He felt that if he didn’t capture the suspect, he would let down his childhood friend.
He’d let down the friend he grew up with, playing together since they wore open-crotch pants as toddlers.
He said he’d always dream of him.
At this time, Yang Sen also walked over.
"Actually, I think we should start by investigating Song Jinfu’s background, specifically focusing on his interactions with Zhang Manyu."
"The offender called anonymously to notify us about Zhang Manyu’s murder."
"And left a clue about Song Jinfu’s murder on Zhang Manyu’s body."
"Personally, I think this is not merely about revenge."
"This case, in my view, is quite complex."
While the three were conversing, the action group had already started moving.
Following Qin Yong’s instructions, the first task was to investigate the situation inside Spring Breeze Lane.
Song Jinfu had not been seen since he left the company and headed directly to Spring Breeze Lane.
So, how did he get from Spring Breeze Lane to the West Mountain Bolida Warehouse?
The person didn’t just vanish into thin air; they would surely leave some clues behind.
The initial clue came from the landline call records in Song Jinfu’s office.
By checking the surveillance in Song Jinfu’s company, it was found that he left at 9:03.
And at 9:01, a call came in on his landline.
The police quickly traced the caller through the incoming number.
"Someone borrowed my phone then, saying his phone had died."
The phone’s owner was a shopkeeper of a small store inside Spring Breeze Lane.
Zhang Hui personally inquired about the situation then: "Is there any surveillance in the store?"
The shop owner shook his head: "This is just a small store, not a supermarket, so I didn’t install any surveillance."
"Do you remember what that person looked like?"
"Round face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, not very tall, quite young, looked like he was in his twenties."
Since the person had borrowed the shop owner’s phone, the shop owner had a relatively deep impression of the man.
Although there was no surveillance in the store, if they brought in a sketch artist and asked the owner to recall, they might be able to get a sketch of the man.
Meanwhile, Sun Jun and his group were checking the surveillance in some stores and restaurants inside Spring Breeze Lane and also tracked Song Jinfu’s movements after he entered the lane.
Unfortunately, they did not capture how Song Jinfu left Spring Breeze Lane.
Spring Breeze Lane is just a small alley, less than a kilometer long.
So, no buses run through it.
It’s highly likely Song Jinfu left by private vehicle.
Sun Jun’s group checked all vehicles passing through Spring Breeze Lane towards the main road’s junction.
From the time Song Jinfu entered Spring Breeze Lane until 1 PM.
A total of 125 vehicles passed in and out of Spring Breeze Lane.
Within less than a day, Sun Jun’s team had registered all the information on the 125 vehicles.
Next, Sun Jun and his team headed straight to the traffic police brigade.
If Song Jinfu couldn’t fly or disappear, it’s likely he left in one of those 125 vehicles.
So, Sun Jun’s strategy was fairly simple: to track the whereabouts of these 125 vehicles.
"The nearest route from Spring Breeze Lane to West Mountain Bolida Warehouse is along People Road, through the West Mountain Ring Road."
Sun Jun had just used his phone’s navigation to check the drive time from Spring Breeze Lane to West Mountain Bolida Warehouse.
As long as the perpetrator didn’t purposely take a roundabout way, it should take about an hour and a half.
Song Jinfu’s time of death was at 3:00 PM the day before yesterday.
According to the marks on his wounds, Song Jinfu had been tortured for at least two hours before he died.
This implies Song Jinfu must have arrived at West Mountain Bolida Warehouse before 1:00 PM the day before yesterday.
If the person set out from Spring Breeze Lane, the latest departure time could not be later than 11:30 AM.
So, Sun Jun focused primarily on tracing the routes of the vehicles that left Spring Breeze Lane between 9:10 and 11:30.
They divided into different groups of over twenty people, scanning vehicles at different time intervals.
Soon, they made an important discovery.
"Leader, look at this vehicle!"
They quickly identified a white BMW SUV.
This vehicle exited Spring Breeze Lane at 9:15, headed to People Road, and drove toward the West Mountain Ring Road.
Before 11:00, it passed by a road surveillance camera closest to Bolida Warehouse.
"This vehicle next appeared on the same camera at five in the afternoon!"
Sun Jun’s eyes lit up.
The vehicle’s travel path aligned perfectly with the suspect’s criminal timeline.
Reaching West Mountain in the morning, leaving by five in the afternoon!
The time for committing the crime and cleaning up the scene afterward both made sense logically.
"Who’s the owner of this car?"
"The owner... is named Zhao Xiaoguo!"
