As mentioned earlier, it snowed heavily on the night of the 17th. According to the weather station, the snow started falling around 9 o'clock and stopped around 12 o'clock.
When the sanitation worker found the body on the morning of the 18th, there were no footprints next to it.
It is currently known that the deceased's time of death was between 7pm and 9pm. If the body was dumped after 9pm, then there is absolutely no reason for the murderer to choose to burn the body in the open air.
After all, the purpose of cremating a corpse is to burn the physiological information of the corpse. It is impossible for the murderer to be so heartless as to choose a place with snow to cremate the corpse after it snows.
If the body is dumped after 12 o'clock, firstly, there will inevitably be footprints at the scene, and secondly, it is also not suitable for burning the body.
Therefore, the murderer must have dumped the body at 9 o'clock, before the snow started.
The heavy snow at 9 o'clock in the evening disrupted the murderer's plan, but it was impossible for him to go to the scene after the snow, otherwise there would be clear footprints left on the snow.
The passenger said that he got on Wu Honglin's car at 8:50 and arrived at his home at 9:20. At that time, it had already started snowing.
Wu Honglin was photographed at 5 p.m. near Li Xiaonuan's workplace, and at 8:50 a.m., he was soliciting customers on a street not far from the garbage dump.
Judging from his route, he perfectly matched the murderer's movement pattern.
The police detained the suspect and further searched Wu Honglin's home.
The situation is extremely unfavorable.
Wu Honglin is short and wears size 40 shoes. His truck runs on diesel and he has an electric tricycle, which can be seen everywhere on the street.
"There are these black cars everywhere on the street. No one will even look at them. Even if they see someone sitting inside, they will just think they are passengers. They are perfect for disposing of bodies."
Old policeman a is like this? Analysis.
Some cheap discordant magazines were found in the truck. The descriptions were explicit and straightforward, stimulating to the eye, and the pictures were extremely hot.
"You can't judge a person by appearance. Truck drivers have been doing transportation for years, but their desires cannot be relieved. In the day-to-day repression, they gradually twisted into resentment towards women, so they always choose young women as their targets."
New policeman B made very clear points.
Ji Liming refuted him: "Wu Honglin has only been in the transportation business for more than three years? From 2002 to 2003, he was not even a truck driver."
“Driving a taxi is the same?”
Yes, Wu Honglin has no other skills except driving. Before buying a big truck, he was a taxi driver. The car belongs to a taxi company, and he works with others, taking turns. You drive the day shift for a few months, and I drive the night shift, and we will take turns again after a few months.
The taxi tire is the most common type, and it is also the type that appeared next to the third body.
It is no exaggeration to say that Wu Honglin matches every characteristic of the suspect.
But Ji Liming did not jump to conclusions. Instead, he said, "Where is the murder weapon? We didn't find the key evidence."
Forensic examinations determined that there was no charcoal attached to the stomachs and respiratory tracts of the five bodies, indicating that they were cremated after death, rather than burned to death. However, the bodies were severely damaged, making it difficult to determine the specific cause of death.
Only Li Xiaonuan's body was relatively intact. After the autopsy, it was found that there was injury at the back of the brain, which was probably caused by a blunt object.
There was no weapon that met the requirements in Wu Honglin’s home or truck.
"The murderer may not have brought the murder weapon with him." Another police officer expressed his opinion, "Maybe he just picked up a stone or a stick from the roadside, wiped it clean, and threw it away. Who can find it?"
That makes sense.
I had no choice but to keep digging deeper.
Let’s not talk about the fifth victim, Li Xiaonuan, for now. Is Wu Honglin related to the other four victims
It seems that he has nothing to do with Wang Zihui. But the identity of a taxi driver is enough for him to have a brief connection with anyone without being noticed.
Soon, it was discovered that Wu Honglin's wife had been ill in 2000 and needed surgery. The family savings had been spent completely, and the couple even owed foreign debts.
The old police officer who had participated in the investigation of the 2002 case took a sip of wolfberry tea and said in a deep voice: "What don't I understand? Criminal profiling, fancy stuff. In my experience, money is the biggest motive for murder."
The young man said, "It's criminal psychology profiling, a new professional discipline introduced in 2005."
"Don't interrupt." The old police officer said, "Anyway, I think what you are talking about? Psychopathy and repressed desires, none of them are right."
He said seriously, "Why do criminals specifically target young women? Because they are easy to deal with. They are young and have no social experience, so they are easily deceived. They will get on the bus as soon as they are told to. They are also weak and easy to subdue. But they are already working and have some money on them. Unlike students, they only have a few hundred yuan in pocket money. It's not worth it."
Ji Liming nodded slightly.
In his heart, he agreed with the old policeman's statement that there must be a reason why the criminals chose a certain type of victim. But what did the young people mention at the previous discussion? Misogynistic, Oedipus complex, and repressed desires? All of them were too "mysterious".
During the years when drive-by robberies were rampant, many of the victims were women. Are the robbers all perverts
No, I choose women just because they are easier to target.
The man is strong, the child has no money, and the old man has no children, so they are easy to be found if they are missing. But the young woman is alone outside, and if she lives alone, it is difficult to be found in a short time.
Although... Wang Zihui has roommates and a job.
Ji Liming thought for a while and said, "It's very likely that they did it for money, but they are all young women, so it's hard to guarantee that they did it for sex. If the bodies are burned like this, nothing can be extracted."
"Rapers rarely do things so ruthlessly." The old policeman said, "Besides, Wu Honglin has a wife. It's understandable that he was tempted by her once, but it's too much to do it several times. How much does it cost to go to a hair salon?"
Ji Liming knocked on the table and reminded him: "We can't presume guilt."
"I think it's probably him," the old policeman said. "I followed this case from beginning to end, and I invested a lot of manpower and effort into it. You know, after all the investigation, he is the most likely suspect."
The police officers participating in the discussion nodded in unison.
They had no grudges against Wu Honglin and had absolutely no intention of framing him, but up to now, he was the only suspect in the case, and it completely matched the clues obtained from previous cases.
Therefore, even without direct evidence, Wu Honglin is still the prime suspect.
Ji Liming was still hesitant. For some reason, the image of Wu Honglin's wife suddenly appeared in front of him - if her husband was a murderer, would that woman have such a happy expression
His mental strength is so strong that he doesn't have even the slightest flaw in front of the person next to him
It's not impossible.
Ji Liming has been a policeman for quite some time. He has seen people who were able to kill people and act as if they were fine. Some people are born rebellious and do not take human life seriously.
Maybe this is the case with Wu Honglin
Ten days later, the procuratorate made a decision to approve the arrest.
But Wu Honglin did not wait until the moment of court trial.
He died the day after he was formally arrested.
The police from the detention center brought him dinner and saw him lying there motionless. They knocked on the iron door, but there was no response. Fearing something had happened, they opened the door and went in, but the man was already dead.
The forensic doctor ruled it as sudden death, presumably because the truck driver's job was too hard, lack of sleep and fatigue, plus the huge psychological burden of killing someone, made him unable to recover immediately.
Some people also said that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
This is a bit unbelievable, but reality is often absurd, and no one cares whether people can accept it or not.
So, no matter what everyone was mumbling in their hearts, Wu Honglin's unexpected death brought the 11.2 major serial corpse burning case to an end.
That’s all the information about the case that has been made public.
In Jian Jing's opinion, there are indeed many doubts in this case. All the evidence is indirect evidence and does not constitute a complete chain of evidence.
But the corpse burning case is indeed special. Physical evidence is difficult to preserve under high temperatures, and it is normal to lack evidence such as blood, hair, and dandruff. Wu Honglin's resume and timeline are both highly suspicious.
It’s nothing that the procuratorate arrested him? The person is dead too?… Why did Ji Feng ask about this case
Does it have anything to do with his father's death
Jian Jing searched Ji Liming's name on the official website of the Public Security Bureau, and an obituary popped up: Ji Liming died in the line of duty on September 23, 2007, at the age of 41.
The timing matches what Zhu Yanan said.
But Wu Honglin's case happened in January, and Ji Liming died in September, a difference of six months. What's the connection
The more Jian Jing looked, the more confused she became. She had no choice but to turn her gaze to the file bag left by Ji Feng.
Although he didn't say anything, she had a feeling that this was not a pleasant answer.
"Let me see what you are doing? Ghost." She decided to open it.
The file bag was not sealed, and there were not many things in it. Everything was organized with clips. On the top was a printed judgment.
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"Zhang Mou's first instance criminal judgment on intentional homicide?"
Heping City People's Court
The defendant Zhang was born in a certain place in a certain province in 1978. He has primary school education. In September 2007, he was suspected of intentional homicide and was detained by the Heping City Public Security Bureau. He is currently detained in a detention center.
Zhang and Wu met and married in 1999. In 2007, Wu was arrested for intentional homicide by the Provincial Procuratorate. On March 4, 2007, he died of a sudden heart attack.
According to the prosecution, Zhang had been dissatisfied with the police officers involved in the investigation of Wu's case after learning of Wu's death. On September 12, 2007, Zhang bought a steak knife and a fruit knife at xx supermarket. At about 10 am on September 23, he came to the gate of the xx Public Security Bureau and asked to see Ji, a person related to the case.
Ji was working outside, and Zhang waited until 3:40 p.m., and asked to speak to Ji alone, saying he had something to tell him.
The two men walked to the corner of the street, and Zhang suddenly took out a steak knife and stabbed Ji. Ji was stabbed in the abdomen, and used his right hand to block Zhang's second blow.
Zhang saw that he could not kill Ji, so he raised his knife to commit suicide. Ji immediately stopped him and held down Zhang's right hand, while Zhang took out a fruit knife and stabbed Ji's heart.
At this time, the relevant personnel around noticed the abnormality and stepped forward to stop it. Ji was sent to the hospital, where he died.
…
Zhang confessed that she believed there was a hidden story behind her husband Wu's death, and that her husband was not the culprit in the corpse burning case. The police arrested him without sufficient evidence, which indirectly led to her husband's death. She was full of resentment towards the people involved, and after her petition failed, she decided to take revenge herself.
Zhang's behavior violated Article 232 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, and he was held criminally responsible for intentional homicide... After being detained, Zhang actively cooperated with the investigation and admitted his guilt with a good attitude...
In accordance with the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, Zhang was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
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Jian Jing didn't read the last few lines at all.
She could never have imagined that the truth of the matter was like this.
No wonder Ji Feng had doubts about his father's death, but he also said that the murderer had been arrested. Yes, Zhang had indeed been arrested and might still be in jail, but the real cause of Ji Liming's death was probably still in the corpse burning case.