Chapter 551: Chapter 521 Commonalities_1
This sentence left everyone with no response; after all, Luo Chenying, who was reported missing on February 15th this year, still knew to file a report and leave her DNA.
Without waiting to think, Mr. Qu quickly scrolled down the information, where it was noted that this child was an orphan who had grown up in the SOS Welfare Institute in Erguna Province. Although she appeared to be an ethnic minority, she still took the surname of her foster mother and had a Han Chinese name.
In 2010 she was admitted to Qindao Agricultural College, but she didn’t show up for the start of the school year. The college had called the phone number of the welfare institute she had provided, which was noted as not getting through.
Children coming out of the welfare institute, once they reached a certain age, generally did not receive further subsidies from the institute. To attend school, they could apply for educational loans, but even if they managed to contact the welfare institute in Wu Yue, it was highly unlikely they would find any DNA she might have left behind.
"Mr. Qu, in a moment, tell Zhang Ping and the others about the welfare institute. Let them get in touch and ask if Wu Yue’s foster mother is still there, if her personal belongings have been preserved, and whether she applied for an educational loan," he said.
Mr. Zhao blinked, somewhat confused.
"If the face matches, it’s almost ninety percent certain to be her, but usually, freshmen report to university at the end of August or early September. Did she get a loan but not show up? This girl managed to get into a Qindao university; why wouldn’t she go? After all, this is a legitimate second-tier university," he said.
Mr. Qu finished arranging things and heard Mr. Zhao’s words, letting out a sigh.
"Why? The several dead we dug up today, appearing in the villa and meeting their end, most were for the sake of money, even an air hostess like Shen Caijun was tempted by the over three hundred thousand slapped in her face by Liu Tiesong, let alone these poor students of just over ten years old. I think it’s understandable, wanting to change their destiny. They didn’t expect that what they were being offered was their own life," he said.
Zhou Ning took a deep breath and patted Mr. Qu on the shoulder.
"Alright, no more philosophizing, keep searching. I want information on everyone. Continue, Gao Tie," he said.
The examination of the skeleton continued, and bone identification in forensic autopsies was actually one of the most difficult parts, but Zhou Ning had several months of daily night-time training with a large number of skeletons by the system, especially those with demographic characteristics from various provinces of Hua Country. After all, there was no shortcut to this training. It required a large amount of discernment to improve judgment abilities.
Zhou Ning started walking toward the next skeleton, Gao Tie held the record book, confidently making various judgments, and Zhou Ning pointed out problems, correcting his assessments.
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16:20
Zhou Ning, swinging his neck, walked ahead, with Mr. Zhao holding a stack of reports and Mr. Qu closely following. The three of them quickly walked to the interrogation room next to the first floor of the criminal police brigade. Upon entering, they saw Mr. Hu sitting inside, and Zhou Ning immediately walked over.
As expected, Xu Dayuan was inside interrogating someone. Zhou Ning quickly signaled to Mr. Zhao to put down his items. Hu Guangjian’s face showed surprise, from suspecting a second victim to finding the six dead concealed in a freezer, and then coordinating with Zhang Ping to search and dig up the skeletal remains, leading up to the autopsy.
This complex work was all completed by this young man leading the entire forensic department in just over eight hours; what they had invested, Hu Guangjian understood, and patted Zhou Ning on the shoulder, quickly dialing Xu Dayuan’s phone.
"Come out, Zhou Ning is here!" he said.
After hanging up the phone, Hu Guangjian glanced at Mr. Qu and Mr. Zhao behind Zhou Ning.
"You two little guys have been hard at work following Zhou Ning around. It seems the autopsy has yielded quite a bit!" he said.
Mr. Zhao grinned.
"It would be even more perfect if the leadership didn’t call me ’little fatty’," he said.
Mr. Qu chuckled, not expecting Mr. Zhao to have the courage to speak to their boss in such a manner.
Hu Guangjian laughed and shook his head, arms crossed.
"No can do. Director Zhou here is now the deputy director of the technical division. For his sake, I refrain from using nicknames; you’ll just have to bear with it, the nickname is the only thing I can remember," he said.
Mr. Zhao sighed, and at that moment, the door opened and Xu Dayuan quickly entered, tossing his hat onto the table and looking hopefully at Zhou Ning.
"Zhou Xiaozhou, tell me quickly about your progress, these two are driving me crazy!" he said.
Mr. Qu turned his head, trying to control his facial expressions, while Mr. Zhao smiled with a grin.
"Director Xu, you’re too impatient. You want to be a father the day after getting married. The leadership just said that from now on we shouldn’t use nicknames for Zhou Xiaozhou. After all, he’s also the deputy director of the technical division and still in charge of the forensic department. And here you are, getting to the bottom of things as soon as you walk in," he said.
Xu Dayuan raised his foot, aiming to kick Mr. Zhao, but since he was in such a foul mood, Mr. Zhao had already anticipated and quickly ducked behind Hu Guangjian. Mr. Zhao’s antics dispelled all the gloominess, and even Xu Dayuan laughed.
"Alright, alright, my bad, I won’t use the nickname anymore. Xiao Ning, quickly tell me, what have you found?" he said.
Zhou Ning handed Xu Dayuan a bottle of water; he noticed Xu Dayuan’s lips were cracked, clearly overheated from working so continuously these past days, which was harsh on the body.
After watching him drink the water, Zhou Ning started to recount the findings from the villa in Mashan Scenic Area, one by one.
Of course, particularly the secret chamber found in the attic of the villa, where the various equipment along with bloodstains and collections kept telling and displaying photographs.
As for the final excavation and the process of dissection, they were briefly touched upon before raising the test reports and autopsy reports.
"I won’t mention each and every one, as the numbers are too large. The forensic department has had all old and new machines running at full capacity since yesterday. Until now, the entire staff has been working for over 36 hours without rest. Let me just talk about the final consolidated results.
Not counting Shen Shuyi, there are known to be six more victims, five females and one male. In the freezer on the attic island counter, six organizing boxes were found that matched the DNA of six victims, containing hands, female external genitals, ears, fingers, toes, scalps, and six teeth. If we include Shen Shuyi’s head, we can say there are no repeated body parts.
Torture, dismemberment, hiding corpses, preserving tissue samples, marking and retaining samples, shooting videos, sexual violation—linking these all together, I discussed with teacher Li Chengbin and my master Liu Yongxin. We three unanimously believe that the perpetrator has necrophilic tendencies, which are not specifically marked in the legal code of our country.
Moreover, DNA from one to three individuals was found respectively in the bedsheets wrapping the bodies, the undecomposed corpses’ vaginal canals, and extracts from the nails. Fang Shengping’s DNA matched all minor categories with the six victims, Liu Tiesong was part of five victims’ minor categories, and Ma Decai had one minor category successfully matched.
Based on the numbering on the organizing boxes, we discovered that these all represent the death dates and names of the victims. The identities of the six victims have now been clarified. This is the sorted result, along with the death dates. However, there is a one-year gap in the middle, for reasons unknown."
While saying this, Zhou Ning distributed an A4 sheet to Hu Guangjian and Xu Dayuan each, which listed a timeline and information about the six victims.
100901MAY:
Victim date: September 1, 2010, victim Wu Yue, gender female, age at death 18 years, height 165 cm, orphan, from Erguna Province, freshman at Qindao Agricultural College, unregistered;
101229YANG:
Victim date: December 29, 2010, victim Yang Limei, gender female, age at death 21 years, height 164 cm, father deceased, mother remarried and lived with grandparents since childhood, grandparents passed away in 2009, from Pingyao City, Luxi Province, part-time print media and background actor;
110220HU:
Victim date: February 20, 2011, victim Hu Xiaoman, gender female, age at death 20 years, height 165 cm, parents deaf-mutes, from Chuanyu Province, background actor at Jingkou Film and Television City;
120619SHUAI:
Victim date: June 19, 2012, victim Lin Shuaishuai, gender male, age at death 22 years, height 168 cm, from Hesheng City, Huining Province, parents divorced, both remarried, raised without support, archives show teacher’s police report, indicating the victim had suffered domestic violence, background actor by profession;
121101SUN:
Victim date: November 1, 2012, victim Sun Meiling, gender female, height 166 cm, age at death 19 years, from Congning City, Liaoxi Province, orphan, raised in a welfare institute, unemployed, former background actor;
130214LUO:
Victim date: February 14, 2013, victim Luo Chenying, gender female, height 165 cm, age at death 19 years, from Jingkou District, Panshan Village, Qindao City, second-year student at Qindao Vocational and Technical College majoring in tourism management, had been a background actor during the summer.
After looking at this chart, Xu Dayuan realized:
"The chosen ones were mostly orphans or without parental supervision, and five of them had been background actors, meaning their information was already under Liu Tiesong’s control. After all, the more a child comes from a struggling family, the more they want to change their fate.
Of course, only the first victim Wu Yue and the last victim Shen Shuyi were different; one was a freshman who was killed before registration, and the other was because Shen Caijun managed to escape on the evening of February 12.
They encountered Shen Shuyi at the villa on the 24th, mistaking her for Shen Caijun. Perhaps when they greeted her, they called her by the name of Shen Caijun. But Shen Shuyi didn’t know what had happened, nor did she recognize these two people, which is why she followed them to the room where she was killed."
Mr. Zhao nodded.
"We came to the same conclusion just now. Mr. Qu has already put the information of these five women and one man on the laptop, making a PPT. It looks quite impactful when displayed, leaders, take a look to see if it can be used."
Xu Dayuan and Hu Guangjian both nodded. Mr. Qu quickly turned the laptop in another direction and then clicked play. Dayuan drank the mineral water in his hand in one go, threw the empty bottle into the trash can, and felt much more spirited.
"Mr. Zhao, carrying these reports and the laptop computer, come with me."
Mr. Zhao, seeing so many things to carry, had a look of bitter resentment.
"Am I doomed to hard labor, carrying everything by myself?"
Xu Dayuan gave him a look, his face also wearing a hint of relief.
"Quit complaining. I’m feeling confident now, so hurry up and follow me."
Saying this, he was the first out the door, and Mr. Zhao hurried to carry the things and follow. Zhou Ning also let out a sigh of relief, and Hu Guangjian patted his shoulder.
"Come on, sit with me and listen for a bit. The evidence is conclusive, the testimony is irrelevant, but we still have to go through the process. Doing so can also lessen the pressure on the leaders."
