dkrc Chapter 34 The Families of Missing Persons Who Don't Report Them
Chapter 34 The Families of Missing Persons Who Don't Report Them
Of course, these are just words.
Wu Song soon realized that it was truly hard work.
Next, the master and apprentice visited all the people in the villages of Upper Banyan Tree and Lower Banyan Tree.
Fortunately, most of Li Ailian's dozen or so classmates who had expressed their feelings for her were from junior high school and lived in Gaotan City; it just meant they were more likely to visit her.
But my high school classmates are scattered all over the place.
Those 13 people.
Of these, only 6 are in Gotham City.
There are a total of 9 within the province.
Four other people are in other provinces.
It took Wu Song and Cao Dahua two whole weeks to finally meet with all these people.
……
"How is it?"
Seeing Wu Song, who had just gone on a business trip to the neighboring province, Xu Bin asked.
"No!" Wu Song shook his head and sighed. "We've investigated all those who confessed their feelings to Li Ailian, and none of them are the murderer. Could it be that Li Ailian really did this all by herself? It doesn't seem like it. How's the investigation into the eight missing persons going?"
"One person went home again. Two people went missing after Li Ailian disappeared. Of the remaining five, one is not blood type O, one is definitely blood type O, and the blood type of the other three missing persons is uncertain. One of them has parents with blood type AB, so they can be ruled out. In the end, it's these three missing persons."
Xu Bin produced the identity information of three people, "It's just the three of them."
"What's your relationship with Li Ailian?"
"It doesn't matter. None of the three people belong to our North City District, and their life trajectories have absolutely no intersection with Li Ailian."
"Should we expand the scope of the investigation again?" Wu Song asked.
"That's all we can do. You'll have to work hard." Xu Bin sighed and patted Wu Song on the shoulder.
"Can the investigation into missing persons cases be continued more thoroughly? For example, what if no one reported the disappearance? Or what if the family had no idea their loved one was missing?"
"I understand. Some people with mental problems, or homeless people, won't be noticed if they go missing, and no one will call the police. As for the latter, there's no way to find them anyway. All we can do is issue a notice to claim the body, hoping that everyone will pay more attention to their children and see if they can still get in touch." After Xu Bin finished speaking, he looked Wu Song up and down and said, "I'll give you a day off first. Take a good rest, and we'll get back to work tomorrow."
"Let me stay at the squadron and guard the base; I can't stay idle."
"Alright! You and Lao Ma stay here, and Shutong and I will go out and make some visits."
……
Wu Song and Ma Dazhi, the oldest criminal police officers in the team, were stationed in the office.
Out of boredom, Wu Song took a detective novel from Lin Wenshu and started reading it.
After reading one article, I didn't really want to read any more.
"How come the murderer was at the scene? If this were a real case, it would be much simpler."
"Yeah!" Ma Dazhi said while smoking, "If we investigate the relationship between the people at the scene and the deceased, we'll pretty much know who the murderer is."
Besides, committing a crime is one thing, and psychological quality is another. Put the people at the scene into the interrogation room for questioning, and then intimidate them. Some people will lose control of their expressions and actions. Who else could it be but him?
Three or four years ago, we encountered a case where a high school girl was raped and murdered in her home. We went through everyone in her building, and when we questioned a young man from her apartment, he seemed fine, but when he came out of the interrogation room, a smile appeared on his lips.
What's he laughing about? Take him straight to the interrogation room, interrogate him while they watch him closely, and investigate him from the outside. He was put on hold within two days.
So, if you want to read something useful, buy some professional books. Don't act like a bookworm, thinking that reading novels and watching cartoons will turn you into a detective. Sigh, I've given up hope on even my apprentice.
"Wouldn't it be better to train an apprentice once new members join the team?" Wu Song said.
"You think every newcomer is like you?" Ma Dazhi shook his head with a smile. "I've been in this industry for almost thirty years, and you're the only newcomer I've seen who's this amazing. As for the others? Liu Shutong's performance was just average. I'm already this old, I don't want to suffer like that. It's one thing to be tired, but what if I get a heart attack from all that? You know what I mean?"
"Haha, that's true!"
Wu Song echoed this sentiment, recalling how the forensic doctor Liu had analyzed so much useful information from the corpse before. He then went to the branch office library, retrieved a book on forensic medicine, and returned to his workstation to read it carefully.
……
"Ring ring ring".
The phone rang for the Third Squadron.
Wu Song put down his book, walked over, and answered the phone. "Hello, is this the Third Major Crimes Unit in the North City?"
"I'm from Ping'an Road Police Station. Aren't you checking if there are any women aged 20 to 30, around 1.6 meters tall, who went missing around mid-September? I just received a message that a family in our area had their daughter go missing around that time."
"What's his daughter's name?"
"Li Yanan".
"Hmm?" Wu Song frowned.
The list of three people that Xu Bin showed me earlier didn't include this name.
There wasn't even one of those eight people with that name.
"Didn't you compile this information beforehand?"
"Our police station hadn't received any reports from his family before. I only heard about it from someone at a dinner party. That person is a relative of the family that lost their daughter."
"Didn't you report it?"
"We didn't receive it anyway."
"What about her daughter's intellectual disability?" Wu Song thought of what Xu Bin had said before, that sometimes when people with intellectual disabilities go missing, their families might not report it to the police, so he asked.
"That's great. I was among the top students in the whole school in high school, and I even got into a university in Shanghai back then."
"What's the name of the family whose daughter went missing? Where do they live? Let's investigate immediately."
"Li Guangming lives in Building 8 of the Century Garden Villa Community."
"You're quite wealthy, aren't you?" Wu Song remarked casually.
"Yeah! That guy is known as a capable person around here. He started small businesses early on, then went to do business with Polar Bear, and later opened video arcades, dance halls, and internet cafes. He's very rich."
"Okay, I understand. We will investigate. Thank you for providing this important information. Please contact us again if there are any new updates."
After hanging up the phone, Wu Song made a call to Xu Bin, who had a mobile phone, and reported the situation he had received.
"Such a thing happened? Why didn't his family report it to the police?"
"That's where you'll need to investigate, Captain Xu!"
"Hmm, I'm not far from there, I'll drive over and investigate."
"good!"
……
That night.
Xu Bin returned and sat down in a chair. "This family is willing to pay for their own DNA testing with the body, which saves us some trouble. However, I think there's something fishy about the missing person's father, Li Guangming!"
"What's wrong?" Wu Song asked, curious as to why the family hadn't reported the incident to the police.