While the manhunt is in progress

Chapter 76
After making a plan, Song He and others took action one after another.

When Song He and Ma Xuexian came to the home of the retired old policeman who was in charge of investigating the case that year, the old man had already been waiting for a long time.

"When I got the call, I knew I could still use my old bones."

The old policeman led Song He and Ma Xuexian into the house, and welcomed them to sit down with a radiant face.

Song He looked at the old man who got fat after retirement, and said with a smile: "Old Huang, what are you talking about? In our line of work, the more experience we have, the more useful it will be."

"Young man can talk." Mr. Huang smiled when he heard the words, and reconfirmed with some disbelief: "The phone call is about the cowshed case?"

"Yes, the Municipal Bureau has set up a special task force, intending to fight for it." Song He nodded.

"Okay, okay!" Mr. Huang was a little excited when he heard the words, but then he sighed again: "It's difficult! This case back then, alas. It's also our fault that it was useless, and it dragged on until now."

"Old Huang, you see that you are wrong." Song He quickly relieved: "Back then, the technical means were backward, the villagers of Guo Village did not cooperate, and the criminals were well prepared, which made it like this. How did you get it? That becomes your responsibility."

"In any case, we didn't take the case down." Hearing Song He's words, Mr. Huang felt a little better: "If you have any questions, just ask. I've always kept this case in my mind. forget."

"That's okay, we won't be polite to you." Song He asked directly: "I read the records in the case file, and it said that it was half a shoe print of the criminal in the cowshed, but there was no trace outside the cowshed." No, do you have any impression of this one?"

"Why not. I wondered at the beginning. It is normal to say that there are livestock damage in the cowshed, and there are few traces, but no matter how many people come and go outside, there is no trace." Huang Lao directly replied: "But later I found that no matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find even a single shoe print.”

"Will it be cleared or destroyed by humans?" Ma Xuexian asked doubtfully.

"Absolutely not. Although when we arrived, we had surrounded the villagers watching the excitement, and the scene was also damaged." Huang Lao shook his head decisively: "But things like traces are not just erased, there are The more you want to eliminate it, the more you will be exposed.”

"That is to say, the perpetrator did not leave traces for tracking during the process of moving the corpse from the cowshed and when he evacuated the scene. The half footprint seemed to appear out of thin air?" Ma Xuexian was even more puzzled.

"Then there is a possibility. The criminal changed his shoes before entering and leaving the cowshed." After Song He finished speaking, doubts arose in his heart, and he slowly said: "What is the special significance of spending so much effort to dump the body in the cowshed? ?"

Mr. Huang also frowned: "We also thought it was incredible at the time. You must know that we have never found the scene of the first crime, but the scope of investigation has covered almost the entire Guocun."

After thinking for a while, Song He suddenly asked, "Are there any other cowsheds in Guo Village?"

Mr. Huang recalled for a moment: "Yes, many people in Guo Village raise livestock."

After hearing this, Song He frowned again, feeling as if he had caught something, so Huang Lao continued: "However, most of the cowsheds are enclosed by the villagers in their own yards. Far away, the environment is also dirty.”

"Understood, the criminal chose this cowshed because the process of moving the corpse is not easy to be discovered." Song He suddenly said: "And he is so determined to throw the dead into the cowshed and destroy the appearance, probably because the dead and the cow To him, the shed is an extremely humiliating existence!"

"You mean that the deceased once did something humiliating to the criminal in the cowshed?" Mr. Huang understood, nodded and said, "It's very possible! I remember that the deceased's appearance after recovery was very similar to a male star at that time, then That look was very popular at the time.”

"It makes sense in this way." Ma Xuexian also understood: "The deceased used his appearance to deceive everywhere. After the criminal's family was deceived by him, the incident was revealed and the criminal learned about it. Then the deceased was killed and the corpse was moved. Shed. As for how the criminal found out, it should have something to do with the cowshed.”

"It should be close to the facts." Song He nodded: "So the criminal should be a married man who has large livestock at home. He is about 170cm tall and weighs 75 to 80 kilograms."

"Is it not sure that there are livestock in the house?" Ma Xue first raised his doubts.

"No, there must be." Song He nodded affirmatively: "All the residents around the cowshed on the night of the incident said that they did not hear any special movement, which shows that he is very familiar with the habits of livestock and can transfer the dead without letting the livestock make any noise. Noise. Moreover, Huang Lao did not find any footprints of heavy loads or traces of vehicles during his search around the crime scene, right?"

"Yes, I really haven't found anything similar." Huang Lao responded, but he noticed Song He's meaningful smile, and suddenly Fu Zhi said in his heart: "He used animals to move the corpse!"

"The only ones that can transfer corpses are large livestock such as cattle, horses and mules." Ma Xuexian was faintly excited: "So we should focus on investigating the villagers of Guo Village who had large livestock at home 17 years ago."

After Ma Xuexian finished speaking, Huang Lao suddenly said, "We have investigated what Guo Cun said back then. Although the basis of the investigation is different from what you just deduced, they are all targeting men with the same physical characteristics as the criminal."

"But in this way, we are back to the original point." Ma Xuexian was stunned.

"It's normal to go back to the original point." Song He smiled: "How much effort Huang Lao and the others have put in back then, how could it be broken by us in the blink of an eye, let alone how much witness and material evidence has been wiped out in 17 years. , the difficulty will only increase.”

"I understand your feelings, and I'm very happy to be able to set up a special case team. This kind of thing can't be rushed." Instead, Huang Lao began to comfort Song He and Ma Xuexian.

Ma Xuexian also knew that he was a little impatient, so he smiled embarrassedly, and continued: "But if the people in Guo Village are excluded, it is even more impossible for the people in other villages. After all, the moving speed of the animals is slower. If the corpse is too far away, it is likely to be exposed."

"So the scene of the first crime must be in Guo Village, and the criminal should have borrowed the livestock of the villagers of Guo Village." Huang Lao nodded: "It's a pity that the deceased was found in the cowshed, and the smell was quite destructive. There were no decent police dogs in the city back then, so it was very difficult to search the scene of the first crime.”

"It's not impossible." Song He said: "Based on the wound of the deceased, there should be a lot of bleeding. In order to leave no traces during the transfer, we must wait until the body stops bleeding before transferring. So just after the death of the deceased It cannot be moved during this period of time, and based on the time of death and the time of reporting, we can roughly judge the time required to move the body."

"That's right." Huang Lao nodded again and again: "In this way, and according to the speed at which the large animals move with load, the approximate scope of the scene of the first crime can be determined."

"Old Huang, do you have any paper, bigger ones?" Song He asked suddenly.

"Yes, I usually like to write with a brush, and I always have a large sheet of rice paper at home." Huang Lao said as he stood up and took out a piece of rice paper and handed it to Song He, and also handed him a pen by the way.

Song He spread out the paper on the table, and after a while drew the map in the cowshed case file from memory.

Huang Lao watched a detailed and accurate map quickly take shape under Song He's pen, and couldn't help but praise: "Xiao Song, you draw this map with a level."

"Where. It's just a trick."

Song He finished drawing the last stroke, pointed to a place and said: "This is the cowshed. Based on the criminal's meticulous thinking, he most likely used the same cow to transfer the corpse. Then judging from the speed of the cow, the first place in the case A scene should be within this range!"

After Song He finished speaking, his hands slowly circled a range on the map!
(End of this chapter)