The snow is gradually getting lighter, but it is still falling continuously, and the snow is white and a bit dazzling.
The police car continued along the country road and finally stopped in front of a small bridge.
The small bridge is not an arch bridge, it is only 20 meters long, and it looks a bit old.
Snow plows have removed the snow from the bridge, but the police's focus is not on the bridge, but under the bridge.
Zhao Yu, Miao Ying, Ximengna, as well as Ran Tao and Wu Xiumin who got off the car behind them, all walked along the river edge to the frozen river.
The surface temperature here is about minus 14 degrees, and the night temperature can reach the terrifying minus 30 degrees.
Therefore, the water in the river has been completely frozen into ice, so there is no need to worry about safety issues.
Zhao Yu wore two layers of down jacket, but still felt that the clothes were thin, as if the cold wind had penetrated all the clothes at once.
The most awkward thing is the nose. The air exhaled from the nose instantly condenses into ice flowers, which will stick to the nose and stick to it. It is very uncomfortable...
Because the area is sparsely populated and the crime scene is located under a bridge, the police did not set up a cordon.
At this moment, there are more than ten police officers busy under the bridge.
The bodies had been picked up from under the bridge and put into body bags.
After Zhao Yu and others went down, they could only see the expansion screws at the top, as well as the buckles and ropes used to hang people...
Zhao Yu carefully observed the environment under the bridge, but saw that the ice surface was only about 3 meters high from the top of the bridge. If someone used a ladder on the ice, it would be easy to reach the top of the bridge.
"Look..." Captain Qiu pointed to the expansion tube at the top and said, "It's exactly the same as the previous two cases. Our technicians found traces of metal friction on the buckle. We suspect that the murderer may have used a pulley to hang the body up! "
Um…
Zhao Yu nodded silently. He had already thought of this. It might not be difficult for the murderer to hang a person under the bridge, but after hanging him up, he still needed to fix the rope.
Therefore, he needs to use a more labor-saving pulley to assist, and then remove the pulley after the body is fixed.
"The murderer can't be so stupid, right?" Ran Tao looked up at the noose on the top of the bridge and said, "Does he still want to disguise the deceased as hanging himself?"
"It's impossible," Captain Qiu said quickly. "The deceased was not wearing clothes. How could a person without clothes go so far away and hang himself?"
At this time, Zhao Yu came to the body bag and wanted to check the body.
The forensic staff nearby quickly reached out and opened the body bag, and a frozen corpse suddenly appeared inside!
"Look..." Captain Qiu hurriedly stepped forward to introduce, "She has blond hair and is indeed another foreign woman... already the third one!"
Zhao Yu carefully observed the deceased. Although the body was frozen, he could still see some basic features. This was a slender, beautiful, foreign woman about 1.7 meters tall, and very young.
Another foreign woman...
Zhao Yu sighed secretly. In fact, this was the reason why the Criminal Department appointed him to handle it personally.
Since the deceased were all foreigners, to avoid improper handling of the case or causing any diplomatic incidents, the Criminal Department ended Zhao Yu's vacation early and asked him to lead a special investigation team to investigate.
And because the notification was late, Cui Lizhu, Zeng Ke and Zhang Peipei were not yet in place.
Cui Lizhu was coming from Hailan, but Zhang Peipei had already gone to the United States with Gao Facai, the forensic doctor.
However, the Criminal Department has appointed a new forensic team, and now Zeng Ke and the new forensic team are on the plane.
However, there is no airport in Manzhou. They need to fly to the provincial capital of Halongjiang and then drive over, so they have to wait until dark before arriving.
"Captain Qiu," Miao Ying asked Captain Qiu after checking the body, "There have been two cases. Have you done any statistics on the foreign women who have disappeared recently
"If so, will the identity of the third deceased be known now?"
"Yes, yes..." Captain Qiu nodded quickly, "Both cases were targeted at young Russian women. We have been counting them since the discovery of the second case!
"But the strange thing is that there is no one..." Captain Qiu waved his hand and said, "Don't look at it, we are a port city, there are nearly 20,000 Russians in the city, but we have always been peaceful here!
"From New Year's Day until now, there have been no reports of missing persons!"
"Oh..." Miao Ying looked disappointed.
"Can you tell..." Ran Tao asked the forensic doctor next to him, "How long has the deceased been dead?"
After hearing this, the forensic doctor shook his head and said: "No, because of the weather, the body was almost frozen and sealed. It is difficult to judge the time of death through visual inspection."
While he was talking, a cold wind swept along the frozen river. The cold wind mixed with snowflakes made everyone unable to open their eyes. Everyone quickly turned their backs and faced the cold wind.
"Wow, it's so cold..." Simona was already shivering from the cold. She couldn't help but get closer to Zhao Yu and held Zhao Yu's arm.
What Zhao Yu was most afraid of was this hand, so he quickly moved to the side to prevent Simona from succeeding.
Because Simonna's identity was sensitive, Zhao Yu did not tell the truth to Ran Tao and Wu Xiumin. He only said that she was sent by the Criminal Department as an intern.
If they see Simona being so close to him, it will inevitably arouse suspicion and misunderstanding.
However, Simona didn't care about that. She persisted, took another step closer to Zhao Yu, and stretched out her hand again.
At this moment, Simona's actions have attracted the attention of Ran Tao and Wu Xiumin, and even Captain Qiu and others are looking at Zhao Yu.
Damn it!
Seeing that Simona was about to grab his arm, Zhao Yu, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed Simona's wrist and pointed it far away on the river.
"Oh..." Then, Zhao Yu said pretentiously, "You mean, you are curious about how the murderer came to the scene with the body, right?"
Zhao Yu was indeed clever. With one sentence, he brought everyone back to the case.
"Yes, yes..." Ran Tao habitually slapped his forehead and said, "I was wondering just now! The location here is remote and the road is blocked by heavy snow. The murderer can't come here in a car, right
"He...how did he get to the scene?"
"Well..." After Captain Qiu heard this, he immediately stepped forward and said to everyone, "Dear leaders, we have studied this issue before. We believe that the murderer came here on a sledge..."
sledge…
Hearing this term, Simona was also attracted, and then she gave up grabbing Zhao Yu's arm.
"Yes, it's a sled!" Captain Qiu pointed to the river and said, "Horse-drawn ones, donkey-drawn ones, and dog-drawn ones!
"The same is true for the first two cases. The road was blocked by heavy snow and it was difficult for cars to pass. If the murderer didn't have a helicopter or something, then there was only one means of transportation left, and that was the sledge!"
"You mean..." Miao Ying asked, "The murderer came over the river on a sled. So... the sled has scratches, can we..."
Before Miao Ying could finish speaking, Captain Qiu said helplessly: "It's impossible to search based on the scratch marks. Children from nearby villages go skating and sledding on the river almost every day. Moreover, it has snowed several times recently. No trace can be found…”
(End of chapter)