The Capital Police Department has a dedicated video analysis room with the most advanced related equipment and professional technical personnel.
At this moment, Zeng Ke was discussing matters with the leader of the video team, but unexpectedly, Zhao Yu suddenly rushed in from outside.
"Quickly..." Zhao Yu urged, "Open the video of the first victim Wei Qiqi for me and play the clearest version!"
"Oh?" Zeng Ke was stunned, wondering why Zhao Yu was excited
"Yes!" The technical leader of the video team did not dare to neglect, and quickly sat down in front of the best computer. It didn't take long to call up the video that Zhao Yu wanted.
"Right here, stop!" Unexpectedly, the video had just played, and Zhao Yu immediately ordered the video to stop, then pointed at the rope on Wei Qiqi's body and ordered, "Zoom in here for me!"
The technician followed the order.
"Look!" Zhao Yu pointed at the rope that bound Wei Qiqi and said, "Is this binding method different from other victims
"Look, there are only two ropes around the victim's arms, but an irregular overhand knot is tied at the wrist! It's a dead knot, do you see it?"
"Oh?" Zeng Ke frowned, "I saw it. I noticed it when I was doing video analysis earlier, but... is there a problem?"
"Holy crap, it wasn't included in the report, or did I not see it?" Zhao Yu asked with wide eyes.
"Hmm..." Zeng Ke replied uncertainly, "I think I wrote it, right? But because it's not too important, I just brushed it off!"
"What do you mean it's not important?" Zhao Yu pointed at the video and said, "I just watched it. Except for Wei Qiqi, the other victims were not tied up like this. There were at least 4 ropes wrapped around their arms, and there was no backhand behind them. Knot, but the kind of knot that is particularly beautifully tied!
"But Wei Qiqi's knot looks a bit messy..."
"This..." Zeng Ke frowned and explained, "Does this mean that when the murderer tied up Wei Qiqi, he found that the binding was not very strong, so he improved it later?"
"Okay," Zhao Yu said again, "Tell me, how did the murderer discover that Wei Qiqi's rope was not strong enough?"
"Hmm..." Zeng Ke was thinking hard, but his eyes suddenly lit up, "You mean... Wei Qiqi once broke free?"
"Now, do you know how important this detail is?" Zhao Yu pointed at Wei Qiqi's head in the video and said, "Look again... Is there a small opening on Wei Qiqi's collar?"
When Zhao Yu said this, the technician quickly zoomed in on the corresponding position. Everyone saw that there was indeed a hard-to-observe hole in Wei Qiqi's collar.
"Her collar is asymmetrical on both sides, and a small opening is torn on the left side. Judging from the overall appearance of the dress, it is more wrinkled..." Zhao Yu said excitedly, "What does this mean? It means that she has been torn...
"And..." Zhao Yu pointed at Wei Qiqi's hair and said, "Look at her hair, a piece of it is flattened here, does it look a little scattered?"
"This..." Zeng Ke scratched his head and explained, "We also noticed it at the beginning, but we believe that after Wei Qiqi was kidnapped by the murderer, she might have been carried by the murderer, so..."
"Yes, sir," the technician suddenly spoke, "Sir Zeng is right. It can be seen from the video that the victim showed signs of being anesthetized.
“Since he was anesthetized, the murderer must find a way to move the victim to the filming location of the video!
"During the movement, it will naturally cause the victim's clothes to be pulled, or the hair to be scattered! Well... especially girls with long hair... "
"Yes, team leader!" Zeng Ke explained, "Look at the victim in the back. Zhang He is wearing traditional clothing. The top two butterfly buttons are also open...
"There is also Wu Aoshan. One of Wu Aoshan's hairpins fell off, and her long hair fell down, almost blocking her face..."
"Tsk tsk..." After hearing the explanations from the technician and Zeng Ke, Zhao Yu smacked his lips helplessly. It seems that my new discovery does not have much significance.
Originally, he imagined that after Wei Qiqi was kidnapped by Yun Duo'er, she might have had a fight with Yun Duo'er because the rope was tied in such a way that it was difficult to explain.
In that case, if Wei Qiqi's body can be found, Yun Duoer's identity information may be extracted from the bones, which will play a decisive role in her conviction.
But…
"Eh?" Who would have thought that at this moment, the technician who was checking the video suddenly discovered another thing in the video. He hurriedly pointed at the video and said, "Look, how come the victim's hair is so different than other hairs?" How about a darker place?"
Zhao Yu and Zeng Ke hurriedly checked and indeed saw something special about the area where Wei Qiqi's hair had shrunk.
"Is it wet?" Zeng Ke guessed, "That's why a piece of it collapsed, making it look darker?"
"It's wet. Where did the water come from?" Zhao Yu asked.
"Could it be..." the technician zoomed in on the video and said in surprise, "is it blood!? Wei Qiqi's head is broken?"
"Wow!" Zhao Yu and Zeng Ke were slightly shocked, and Zeng Ke said hurriedly, "Wei Qiqi is lying on her back. If her head is broken, the blood will flow to the back of her head, so it can't be seen from the front..."
"If it's blood," Zhao Yu rekindled hope, "did he get beaten by Yun Duo'er when he and Yun Duo'er were fighting
"Although Yun Duo'er is a woman, she is a martial artist after all!"
“Oh,” the technician once again exclaimed and said excitedly, “If it hadn’t been for Detective Zhao’s reminder, we really wouldn’t have noticed it before!
"Look..." He fast forwarded the video, then pointed at Wei Qiqi's lips and said, "There is a small bruise on Wei Qiqi's left cheek; there seems to be some collapse here on the bridge of the nose; there is also some depression on the chin. What about some deformations?”
"Huh? It's really..." Zeng Ke wondered, "I've seen it so many times, how come I never noticed it?"
"Perhaps our habitual thinking has affected us!" the technician explained. "In our subjective consciousness, we have already identified Wei Qiqi as the victim who was about to be killed. Therefore, we thought that all her injuries were normal and were caused by torture by the murderer. Sincerely!"
"But..." Zhao Yu also said alarmingly, "At that time, the murderer had just started recording the murder video and had not actually taken action yet!"
"So...where did the injuries on Wei Qiqi's face come from?" Zeng Ke also realized the importance of the problem, "Other victims don't seem to be like this, right?"
The technician quickly opened the videos of other victims and found no similar situation. The other victims were all intact and had no facial injuries before they were killed.
"Needless to say," Zhao Yu said, "The injuries on Wei Qiqi's face and head should have been caused by Yun Duo'er! Perhaps Wei Qiqi was really Yun Duo'er's first target to kill.
"It's possible that due to lack of experience, Yun Duoer didn't use enough medicine to stun Wei Qiqi, which caused Wei Qiqi to wake up early, so she had to knock her out.
"It's also possible that Wei Qiqi not only woke up early, but also broke free from the rope...
"The two fought, but in the end Yun Duoer, who had learned martial arts, got the upper hand and finally subdued Wei Qiqi with force. That's why we saw that Wei Qiqi's rope binding seemed a bit messy..."
"Wow..." Zeng Ke's eyes widened in excitement, "If that's true! Then there is a high chance that we can find Yun Duoer's identity information on Wei Qiqi's bones!
"No wonder..." Zeng Ke was eager to try, "When Yun Duoer heard that a body was found, she would have that worried expression!"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu slammed the table and said fiercely, "The top priority is that we must find Wei Qiqi's bones!!!"
PS: Thanks to fidic, Xiaoxiao Gao who loves to read novels, Zizhan 2017, Seeing the World with One Person and One Car, and The Forgotten Light for their rewards and encouragement! Thank you!
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