Chapter 41 11. New skeletons

In the afternoon, more and more information was received, and more and more bones were found. Until the evening, a total of five bones were found.Except for the previous one, the other three are from Liudao intersection, Holiday Shanshuihuating, and East Third Ring Road intersection. Lao Ding identified them and confirmed that they were two shoulder blades, one belonged to the pelvis, and two skulls.Furthermore, the bones belonged to two individuals, a man and a woman. As for the things that packed those bones, some were newspapers, some were black plastic bags.There are no fingerprints on any of these things.The criminal is still very careful.

The captain sorted things and spread out the bony newspapers around the room. "Looking at these three newspapers, they are all daily newspapers issued by this city. One is from last month, one is from a week ago, and the other is from yesterday." Below are black plastic bags, twelve in total.Some plastic bags have not been opened, but hastily wrapped around the bones, and the people with the bones seem to be in a hurry. Team Wang said: "The murderer has a lot of plastic bags, and he uses them lavishly without worrying about the quantity. Most of these plastic bags are found in fishery stores. They are not easy to decompose, so they are also called non-environmentally friendly plastic bags. But it has two advantages: it's strong, and it's impermeable."

I asked the captain: "Do you want to remind us of something?" "Actually, through these things, the general scope of the criminal can already be delineated." "why?" "Let me ask you a question first, who would use this kind of plastic bag?" "Isn't it very clear? People from the aquatic product shop." "It's possible, and the people in the seafood store also have sharp knives, which they usually use to cut fish. That kind of knife is also very convenient for breaking bones." "Then let's go directly to the aquatic product store and ask?"

"Don't worry, do you know the characteristics of the seafood store in this city?" "What are the characteristics of an aquatic product store?" "Since a few years ago, the aquatic product stores in this city have developed into a centralized supermarket. Several fish markets have been merged into a large aquatic product supermarket. Employees work in shifts and go to work in the aquatic product supermarket every day. Tools such as knives are kept in the supermarket. According to regulations, they are not allowed to be taken away. Moreover, there is a difference between a fish-cutting knife and a knife that can cut through human bones. Judging from the knife edges of those human bones, it does not look like a fish-cutting knife, but some kind of A knife designed to break bones."

"It's really troublesome. It's just a knife. Can't you use it to cut bones?" "It's not that simple. The thickness of the blade is different, and the scars caused are also different." "Which place has this kind of knife?" Lao Cheng interjected, "It's not that simple, a butcher shop or a restaurant." The captain nodded: "That's right. This kind of black plastic bag is sometimes used by some restaurants and butcher shops because of its special water resistance." "That is to say, we are going to start with restaurants and butcher shops this time?"

"Well, basically the scope can be limited to restaurants and meat jerky. From the number of these plastic bags, we can know that the criminal has a lot of plastic bags on hand, and he can use them at will without worrying about the quantity. Then we will further narrow the scope. This will Read the three daily newspapers." "What can those three daily newspapers explain?" "The circulation of daily newspapers in this city is not small, but its distribution channels are somewhat special. Because the content on them is mostly related to government announcements and lacks entertainment, ordinary newsstands and shops do not sell this kind of newspapers. Everywhere sells sports papers, stories and magazines."

"Ha, indeed, I can't even see this kind of newspaper at the newsstand outside the door." "A lot of agencies and schools subscribe to this kind of newspaper, but the newspapers of agencies and schools are all particular, and they need to be clamped with big iron clips for easy organization." The captain pointed to the reading column next to him, "like The newspapers in our reading column are all clamped with big iron clips, which will leave a very clear clip mark in the middle of the newspaper." He took a stack of newspapers from the reading column, opened the iron clip, and the newspapers had dents that looked like tooth marks.

"Look at these three newspapers again." He opened the newspaper covering the skull, "There are no pinch marks on this paper, only creases." "Could it be that the pinch marks have recovered?" "No. That kind of trace is very deep, and it is not easy to recover." "I didn't buy it from a newsstand, and I didn't get it from a government agency or school. Could it be that the perpetrator is a worker in a newspaper printing factory?!" I interjected, "Maybe it's the postman at the post office." The captain said: "That's not true. There is another way to get this kind of newspaper, and this way should be the most convenient."

"What channel?" "Do you know one of the characteristics of this newspaper? It is very cheap. You can buy several copies of this newspaper for the price of one ordinary newspaper. Therefore, there is a place that likes this newspaper very much." The captain opened the window, and the billboard of the PetroChina gas station in the distance was very clear - "Welcome to come here to refuel, and give us a daily map." "Two of the three newspapers were from last month and a week ago. Most people subscribe to newspapers consecutively. Why do they become separated by a long time here? The reason is that they are gifts. Normal people will not It is added every day, so there is no continuity in the daily report used this time."

"That means the criminal has a car, but since he has a car, why doesn't he use the car to load the body and drag it to the suburbs for burial?" "There are two possibilities. First, he was driving for someone else; second, the car belonged to the victim, and the perpetrator can't drive. I think the latter is more likely." "Then we will start an investigation. A small restaurant or butcher shop has been missing recently. The missing persons are a man and a woman. The man may be the owner of that restaurant or butcher shop." "Judging from the characteristics of the skull, right? The man has gold teeth, and it is judged that he has a car, so his living conditions are relatively affluent, so he should be the boss."

The captain said to Lao Cheng: "Bring a map of this city." Lao Cheng brought the map, and the team leader marked it: "Look, everyone, the places where the bones were found are the 'Tianyuan Famous Products' commercial building, the Sanfeng Road Zoo, the Liudao intersection, the East Third Ring intersection, and the Holiday Landscape Garden. There is no connection between them. If we connect them with a pen, we get an irregular pentagon." He found a compass, made a rough calculation, and then began to draw on the map. I asked: "Do you want to draw a circle? Captain, it's important for us to do serious business..." "If we assume that the prisoner starts from the same place every time, runs in different directions for the same time, and then discards the bones, then these five points should be on a circle, and the place where the prisoner ran is the center of the circle." "Is there such a coincidence? Wouldn't the prisoner take a pack of skulls and throw them along the street until they are gone?" "His method is not that simple. First of all, you can't carry a pack of human bones around at night. It's too conspicuous, and if the police find out, you can't tell. He will choose to carry a small amount of human bones each time, and use plastic Put something like a bag of newspapers in your bosom, unobtrusive, and every time you run a certain distance, throw away the bone and return to the hiding place." Wang Dui was drawing on the map while talking. When he stopped what he was doing, we all took a breath. An almost round figure appeared on the map, and the five points were all in the circle. on the circumference. "The center of this circle is here." The captain pointed, "The criminal's starting point is near the Software Institute, and this should also be his hiding place. The scene of the dismemberment is probably there. As far as I know, near the Software Institute There is a PetroChina gas station." Forensic doctor Lao Mu came in and informed us: "Lao Ding is making a facial restoration portrait of the deceased. Using the features of the skull to describe the appearance of the deceased during his lifetime." Dui Wang clapped his hands and said, "Great. After those portraits are made, make a few copies, and everyone will take them. We will start to check from the vicinity of the Software Institute." At this moment, someone pushed the door and came in: "It's so lively! Is there anything you want me to do?" Everyone's high mood immediately went down again, and the person who came was Xiao He.He came just in time. No one wants him to come along.Xiao He blushed because he was on TV, and looked at everyone with expectant eyes. The captain came to him very seriously, put his hands on his shoulders, and said: "Comrade Xiaohe, it's great that you came. We have a very difficult task to entrust to you. It just so happens that you also have experience. suitable for the job." It must feel good to be valued by others, Xiao He beamed with joy: "What task?" "Do you still remember the trash bin where we found the human bone? That's right, there are four trash bins from where the second human bone was found to the fifth human bone. There must still be criminals in these four trash bins." other leads, but sorting through the trash is a lot of work, I guess..." Xiao He said excitedly: "Captain, needless to say, I will die for this task!" The captain patted him heavily on the shoulder: "Okay! I'll leave it to you! Remember, all garbage must be sorted, and remember which piece of garbage comes from which bin!" "Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!" The captain waved his hand: "The others follow me!" We got into the car, and Lao Cheng whispered to Team Wang: "Captain, you are too cruel, four trash cans! That's enough to hold a truck!" "That kid has been on TV, so it's the price for his appearance." The captain straightened his clothes, "Who made him scold me?" "Aren't you afraid that his father will sue the provincial government?" "With a son like this, I won't be in office for too long. Besides, even if there is a punishment, I'm not afraid." The captain urged: "Let's go, stop talking nonsense." "Captain, if there is a punishment, all of us will stand with you." The car started, and at this time, the night was getting dark.