fictionpage Chapter 91: Major Suspect Apprehended
Chapter 91: Major Suspect Apprehended
"Why are you looking at me like that? I can't guarantee I'll find it! I can only do my best."
Wu Song dared not speak too definitively.
This case seems relatively simple, but sometimes, the simplest cases are the hardest to solve.
For example, this case.
If the murderer was just a passing fugitive or an ordinary person, but he was particularly cruel and cold-blooded, killing someone on a whim, then assaulting them, and leaving Yuantou Town the next day or even that night, then heading all the way away from Gaotan and Canglan Province.
Even if you can figure out who the murderer is, do you expect me to go through the whole country?
"You've already interviewed everyone at the school, and everyone in Yuantou Town with criminal records. Now go through the deceased's relatives again, and everyone in Yuantou Town again. If you still haven't found the murderer..." Cao Dahua didn't say anything.
If we can't find it, we can't find it. What can we do?
Should we just grab anyone who seems suspicious and make them admit that they did it?
Or should we compare the DNA of everyone in the country with that of the murderer?
One is not suitable.
One cannot do it.
The only thing we can do is put the case on hold and hope that, with the passage of time, we might find the killer sometime through a clue.
Perhaps we'll never find it again.
"Alright, everyone go back and get some rest. We'll be busy again tomorrow!"
……
The next day.
After Wu Song arrived at the branch office and called Liu Shutong, Ma Xiaowu, and Zhang Qiang, half of the three squads went to the home of the deceased Hao Min.
Wu Song looked at Hao's mother, who was still crying, and went to Hao's father, who was clearly more stable. He called him into the yard and said, "Do you two have a male relative like this? He is definitely over forty years old, probably around fifty, about 1.6 meters tall, and thin. His family situation is probably not good. He is definitely not wealthy, and may even be single or have never had children."
The last one is Wu Song's own speculation.
If it really was done by a relative of the two, then it's hard to believe that someone with a wife and children would do something like that to their own relatives.
"Yes! There is one!" Mr. Hao said after thinking for a moment, "My cousin Hao Jianlin, he's fifty-five this year. Because he's blind in one eye and short, he's never been able to get married. But that can't be, right?"
Mr. Hao immediately shook his head again, "We have the same grandfather! I have no grudge against him, so he shouldn't do this to me!"
"Take us to see this person immediately!"
Wu Song certainly wouldn't dismiss this person's suspicion just because of Hao's father's words.
Thinking that a relative couldn't possibly harm their own daughter simply means they haven't seen many cases like that.
If you see him too often, it's possible he might even be your biological father.
To rule out Hao Jianlin as a suspect, I ultimately have to meet him in person.
"good!"
Mr. Hao nodded and led the way out.
They had him sit in the hood of the car and give directions. Soon, they arrived at a courtyard surrounded by a wall made of thorns. The gate seemed insufficient to keep anyone out, so it wasn't even closed. The house was made of adobe, and even the windows were of an older style.
"Who are you looking for?" Just then, perhaps the people inside heard the sound of the motorcycle, a voice came from inside the door, followed by a middle-aged man in his fifties, thin, with one eye kept closed.
In Wu Song's eyes, this man still had some merit.
Black mist swirled around his body!
"Looking for you!" Seeing the black mist surrounding the other person, Wu Song's voice immediately turned rude. As he walked over, he sneered, "The Major Crimes Unit of the North City Branch Criminal Investigation Team, only handles serious cases like murder. Do you know why we specifically came looking for you? You've been caught!"
"What is it?" The middle-aged man looked at Wu Song calmly, without showing any unusual expression.
"What don't you know?" Wu Song continued his bluff. "Where were you around ten o'clock the night before last?"
"I'm sleeping at home."
"Who can prove it?"
"I'm just a bachelor, and nobody can prove it."
"But someone saw you loitering around the middle school the night before last."
"He must have mistaken me," Hao Jianlin said. "I go to sleep at home as soon as it gets dark. I know you're investigating my niece's case, but isn't it a bit of a joke to be investigating me? His father and I are cousins; we share the same grandfather!"
"Your mental fortitude is indeed impressive!" Wu Song sneered inwardly, his gaze shifting downwards to his wrist. "Wearing long sleeves in this heat! Roll up your sleeves. Hao Min scratched the murderer before she died. Let me see if you have any injuries."
"Oh, I got scratched by a cat." Hao Jianlin raised his right hand, revealing a scratch on his wrist.
When Mr. Hao looked down, his eyes turned bloodshot.
"Do you think I'm stupid? Your cat scratches people like this? You're a beast!" Hao's father raised his hand and punched Hao Jianlin directly in the face.
Hao Jianlin retaliated by punching his father, but his strength was no match for his father's. He was hit three times in quick succession and knocked to the ground.
Then he lunged forward and unleashed a flurry of punches.
"What are you doing?" Wu Song finally spoke, waving his hand to Ma Xiaowu and Zhang Qiang, "Quickly, control the victim's family members!"
Ma Xiaowu and Zhang Qiang glanced at Wu Song, then quickly walked over and lifted Hao Min's father up, one on each side.
"Let me go! I'm going to beat this beast to death! Why? Why?!"
Hao Min's father kicked his feet frantically and burst into tears.
Wu Song bent down, grabbed Hao Jianlin's foot, and looked at the sole of his shoe.
It was exactly the same as the footprints left by the murderer at the scene, and even the degree of wear was very similar.
For a moment, Wu Song didn't know what to say.
The case was easy to solve, yet it left one with an indescribable sense of helplessness.
"Come back to the station with us."
Wu Song grabbed Hao Jianlin by the collar and pulled him up.
……
After locking Hao Jianlin in the interrogation chair, Cao Dahua and the others all came over. Seeing Hao Jianlin's miserable state, they all looked at Wu Song and asked, "You did it?"
"No, would he be alive if I laid a hand on him? He was the deceased's father's cousin, and the deceased's father led the way. After finding out, he lost his temper and beat him up. Fortunately, we stopped him in time, otherwise he might have been beaten to death on the spot."
Cao Dahua glanced at Wu Song, thinking to himself that even if he tried to stop him, Wu Song wouldn't be able to withstand a single punch. But that wasn't important. Cao Dahua asked directly, "Did he do it?"
"It should be right!" Wu Song nodded. "Let the technical investigators do a comparison of the soles of the shoes. To my naked eye, they are the same shoes the murderer was wearing. Also, there are scratch marks on his arm!" Wu Song pulled up the sleeve of Hao Jianlin's right arm.
"Biten by a cat."
"Hao Jianlin, we're already this far, do you think continuing like this is any more meaningful? Our forensic doctors won't be able to tell if it was a human scratch? Besides, it was a cat scratch when we were at your house, how did it become a cat bite?"