Just when the murderer didn't know what to do, he suddenly saw four people running towards him. He was immediately overjoyed and waved his arms to ask the four people for help. At this time, he had only one thought in his mind: it didn't matter if he died, but the child must be rescued.
The four people running over from a distance were the four anchors mentioned before in this case. Three men and one woman ran at full speed to the edge of the murderer's house. Only then did the murderer see clearly that they were just a group of young people, and they seemed to have drunk a lot of alcohol and could not even stand steadily, but the murderer still tried his best to ask them for help.
After the four anchors ran over, they first took out their mobile phones to take pictures frantically, and then they started talking and laughing about the fire in front of them, as if they had not heard the murderer's cry for help at all. No matter how the murderer screamed, the four of them never responded. Just when the murderer's voice was completely hoarse and the fire in the bedroom behind him was about to spread to the balcony, the four anchors finally responded. One of them, the second victim in this case, found a very long iron rod from somewhere, and stretched the iron rod to the balcony where the murderer was across the fire in the yard, and asked him to fix the child on the iron rod while they got the child out first.
The murderer was deeply moved. While thanking them profusely, he rushed into the bedroom and found a bed sheet that had not yet burned. He used the bed sheet to fix his son to the iron rod, and then waited for the four anchors to take his son out.
But what the murderer never expected was that when his son was secured and started to move outside, the four anchors suddenly loosened their hands. The iron rod had no strength to support it, and his son tied to one end instantly fell into the fire in the yard. Without even a scream, he was swallowed by the fire. At this time, the four anchors outside the yard were taking pictures with their mobile phones and laughing crazily.
The murderer watched his son fall into the fire in front of his eyes. He didn't even have the ability to reach out to catch him. His mind went blank. The sound of the burning fire and the crazy laughter of the four anchors kept echoing in his ears. He was originally full of hope, but now he finally fell into complete despair.
After despair, there was anger. The murderer stared at the four anchors who were still laughing wildly with bloodshot eyes. The faces of these four people were deeply imprinted in his mind. He secretly swore in his heart that even if he became a ghost, he would not let these four people go!
However, at this moment, the fire had attracted the fire truck. The four anchors heard the sound of the fire truck from afar and hurriedly turned around and fled. However, the firefighters who arrived later immediately tried their best to put out the fire. The murderer could have waited for the fire to be put out before being rescued, but at this moment he was overwhelmed by anger and instantly gave up this idea. While the firefighters were putting out the fire, he quietly hid in the corner of the balcony without being discovered. However, in order not to be discovered, his face was burned by the sudden flames, but he still endured the severe pain and hid quietly. After the firefighters put out the fire in the yard, the murderer jumped down from the second-floor balcony and quietly left the scene while no one noticed.
This hatred has completely occupied the murderer's mind. Unless he takes action himself, there is no way to eliminate the hatred in the murderer's heart! Moreover, all his most important family members have died in the fire. The murderer has no desire to live, so he has a plan of revenge in his mind.
The murderer simply treated his injuries, then covered his face and went to the petrochemical factory where his brother worked to swipe his card for work. Since he and his brother were similar in build, he covered his face and tried not to greet anyone, so no one could recognize him.
The murderer then pretended that there was a problem with the substation cables and asked a colleague to turn off the power supply to the substation. He then pretended to be disfigured by electric shock. In this way, his identity and that of his brother were completely swapped, and he successfully appeared in front of everyone with a new identity.
After that, he could legitimately provide treatment in the name of his brother. During his rest time, he devoted himself to investigating the identities of the four young anchors that day. Finally, while watching a live broadcast on his mobile phone, the murderer found the female anchor among the four anchors. He immediately inquired secretly and finally found out the identities and home addresses of the four anchors.
After learning the real information and home addresses of the four enemies, the murderer began to plan how to kill these four people and let them taste the feeling of their son's previous death. So the murderer planned such a bizarre murder case, entered the deceased's room through the window, and put on the pajamas he wore when the house caught fire that night, so that the deceased could recognize his identity and thus feel fear.
Then the murderer used ether spray to make the deceased lose the ability to resist, and then according to the method I speculated, he first killed the deceased with a dagger, and then burned the deceased to death with fire. However, he did not use white phosphorus or something like that to sprinkle on the deceased's face. Because of the previous ether spray, the ether on the deceased's face was also a flammable item, so we saw the deceased's face burning first, which was just an unintentional act of the murderer.
After killing and burning the body, the murderer left openly and continued to hide as his brother, looking for opportunities to kill other anchors. The reason why he called Officer Yang to report the crime that day was exactly the same as my analysis, because he had not heard any news about the case and felt guilty. If he had not called the police out of guilt, it might still be difficult to find the murderer now.
What happened afterwards was basically the same as I had speculated. In short, although my reasoning was not 100% correct this time, it was basically close. I originally thought that the fire in the murderer's house was set by the four anchors, but who knew that this was the reason why the murderer hated the anchors.
Later, Officer Yang told me that the reason why when he sent people to the petrochemical factory to investigate the murderer, colleagues and leaders said that the murderer had no relatives and was unmarried was because the murderer's younger brother was introverted and had never had a girlfriend. At that time, the petrochemical factory was going to allocate a batch of houses to old employees, so the murderer came up with this trick and asked the younger brother to say that he was an older bachelor with no relatives when registering his information. In this way, the younger brother would have a better chance when allocating a house.
After listening to the murderer's narration of the entire case, although I have seen too many people killing people for this reason, I still feel sorry for the murderer. If he had not believed those anchors at the time, he and his son would have quietly waited for rescue, and the firefighters should have rescued them successfully.
Of course, I am more heartbroken than feeling sorry for the situation. Why did the four anchors do such a cruel thing? Was it because of alcohol, or were they so cruel that they burned a six-year-old child alive? Not to mention the murderer, anyone would probably do the same thing if they saw their child being toyed with and burned to death.
The murderer confessed everything, and Officer Yang, with a gloomy face, ordered people to capture the remaining two anchors and let the murderer identify himself. Naturally, the remaining two anchors would be tried because of what happened in the fire. I think they should still have photos of the fire scene on their mobile phones.
I don't know what happened afterwards. Anyway, after Officer Yang finished taking the statement and locked up the murderer, Lin Yingxue and I prepared to leave. Officer Yang also knew that things on our side were urgent, so he didn't try to keep me, but just told me to be careful and not to show off.
Since Officer Yang still had to deal with the murderer, we did not ask him to take us there. Instead, we prepared to take a taxi home to pick up our luggage, and then immediately book a flight back to the capital.
For some reason, there seemed to be very few taxis today. We stood on the road for five minutes but no one came. Just as I was about to take out my phone to order a taxi, I suddenly heard a familiar voice behind me. I turned around and saw that it was Taoist Lin, who had been away for an unknown period of time.
"Why are you here? Have the two suspects been interrogated? Did I miss anything?"
Now that this Taoist priest Lin had no suspicion at all, I became less wary of him. While using my cell phone to order a taxi, I said, "The case has been solved, and the murderer has been caught. You came at an unfortunate time."
"If I had known I would have come earlier. I missed a good show. Never mind. The case has been solved anyway. The souls of the two deceased have been comforted."
Seeing Lin Daoist's optimistic character who doesn't care about anything, I suddenly thought of something, so I asked tentatively: "Although you can make a lot of money as an anchor, it's a bit of a waste of your talent according to your ability. Are you interested in joining our police? I can recommend you to Officer Yang. I believe that with your ability, you can definitely become Officer Yang's right-hand man."
Taoist Lin smiled and said, "Forget it. I am used to freedom. It would be better for me to die than to be a policeman. I appreciate your kindness, but I cannot agree to your request."
Seeing that Taoist Lin was unwilling, I did not force him. After all, everyone has their own aspirations, so it is better to respect his choice.
Taoist Lin continued, "From the looks of you, you should be preparing to return to the imperial capital, right?"
"Yeah, what about you? Do you want to join us? Aren't you done with the ritual here?"
"It doesn't matter where I am. As long as I have a mobile phone, I can live stream. I'd better stay here for a few more days. But we have known each other for a while. I want to give you some advice, which can also be regarded as a wake-up call for your future."
Hearing what Taoist Lin said, I suddenly felt that Taoist Lin in front of me had become unfathomable again. I nodded gently and said, "Go ahead."
"I told you before that I know a little bit about physiognomy. I have observed your face over the past few days and found that the demon in your heart is about to erupt."