sbdcsierra Chapter 72 The Truth Revealed
Chapter 72 The Truth Revealed
Police in both locations had already conducted thorough investigations into the two murder cases. This time, the investigation mainly focuses on the relationship between the two individuals and whether they had the opportunity to commit the crimes.
Qian Hao did go to Jinzhou during the two days following the murder of Xin Nana and her family of three, but the business partner said that he had dinner with them that night and then arranged for Qian Hao to return to the hotel.
In addition, it's been too long since the incident, almost four months, and after asking around, I haven't gotten any clues.
Liu Xiaodong was easier to investigate, since only about a month had passed since the incident.
Moreover, after his wife and in-laws were murdered, he hired a female secretary for himself.
His female secretary kept a record of his daily schedule.
When asked if Liu Xiaodong had acted strangely on the 19th and 20th, the female secretary flipped through a notebook and recalled the events.
"Look, there was supposed to be a business dinner on the evening of the 19th, which was scheduled a long time ago, but our boss Liu asked me to postpone it to the next evening, saying that he had an even more important business to discuss."
Strangely enough, this time when we were discussing business, he not only didn't ask me to have dinner with him, but he also didn't ask me to make any arrangements, and he let me leave work early.
What time do you finish work?
"Four o'clock, I guess."
Upon receiving this information, the task force immediately interrogated both Qian Hao and Liu Xiaodong.
First, they deliberately arranged for the two of them to meet.
Afterwards, Wu Song and Cao Dahua went to Liu Xiaodong's interrogation room and began the interrogation together with Jinling City's Xin Jing.
"Liu Xiaodong, what were you doing in the early hours of April 20th?"
"I don't remember."
"What about the evening of April 19th?"
"I really don't remember. It wasn't yesterday, how could I remember it so clearly, officer?"
"It's okay if you don't remember, your female secretary remembers. That day you changed the original dinner appointment, saying there was an important business to discuss. What kind of important business was it that you were asked to attend alone, without your secretary or anyone else from the company?"
"I forgot."
"Bang!" Cao Dahua slammed his hand on the table. As they had agreed on in the task force, Liu Xiaodong's understanding of the law was far less than Qian Hao's. He didn't know that Liu Xiaodong was involved in all four deaths and that the death penalty was certain. Cao Dahua said, "Liu Xiaodong, I hope you can see the error of your ways. You can still be saved, you know? You only killed one person. If you make a contribution, you can get a suspended death sentence or life imprisonment. Do you really want to go to the execution ground and eat a peanut?"
Liu Xiaodong, you need to think this through. If Qian Hao can't hold out and points the finger at you first, then you won't have that chance anymore!
Liu Xiaodong remained expressionless, stubbornly refusing to back down.
Until an hour later.
A member of the task force pushed open the interrogation room door. "This one doesn't need to be interrogated anymore, and that one can be dropped."
"You! You!" Cao Dahua pointed at Liu Xiaodong with exasperation, and everyone started to get up and leave.
"what?"
Liu Xiaodong visibly panicked and struggled violently, banging his head against the interrogation connection. His voice was hoarse as he cried out, "No, don't go! I'll confess! Qian Hao was the mastermind! I'm just an accomplice! He was the one who suggested we kill each other!"
"You're willing to talk now?" The group sat back down with a hint of impatience on their faces. "Just say whatever you want to say, don't waste everyone's time."
"It was Qian Hao who suggested the murder," Liu Xiaodong said.
"Let's start from the beginning. How did you come to know Qian Hao?"
"I mainly got to know his wife, Li Hao, about half a year ago. We almost had business dealings, but it didn't work out in the end. We got to know each other though. She's beautiful and she even pursued me. You know, I'm a man, how could I refuse? Plus, she's married, so it was safe for her. That's how it happened."
I usually go to Gaotan alone, or she goes on a business trip to Nanjing and we meet up there, find a hotel, and do "that".
But later, I don't know if she went crazy or what, she insisted that I divorce my husband and marry her.
I'm not stupid, right?
If you can cheat on your spouse and marry me, then wouldn't I be the one who gets cheated on after marriage? Besides, I rely entirely on my father-in-law's family for a living. If I marry her, will I starve? Or will I be stuck working hard? That's obviously unrealistic.
But she also said that if we didn't get a divorce, she would tell my wife about their affair.
I know my wife's personality; she's a woman of her word. If she knew about this, she would definitely kick me.
I tried to reason with her, offering to give her all the money I had and we could call it quits. But this woman was like she was possessed; she wouldn't have it! I even suggested I take out a loan, pretend to lose it gambling, and actually give it to her, but she still wouldn't agree.
I was really out of options, I don't know what came over me, so I went to her husband and confronted him, hoping he would control his wife.
"And then?" Wu Song asked when Liu Xiaodong remained silent.
Two days later, he took the initiative to meet with me and proposed that we kill each other's people. He would help me kill my wife and parents-in-law, and I would help him kill his wife two months later.
Thinking that all his family's assets would be mine after my parents-in-law and wife died, and if I didn't agree, Li Hao would eventually expose this to them, and I wouldn't get a single penny, I agreed.
At this point, Liu Xiaodong lowered his head.
She then recounted everything that happened next.
Using the information he provided, Qian Hao infiltrated the villa complex, killed his father-in-law and wife, and left only his son alive.
He naturally became the prime suspect, but thanks to his perfect alibi, he was able to evade justice.
Not only that, he also inherited his parents-in-law's property.
As time went on, Qian Hao urged him to kill someone.
"I didn't really want to do it, but I had no choice. I couldn't afford to offend Qian Hao. That guy is too ruthless. I was really afraid he would kill me if I didn't do it. Besides, I didn't want to go to jail. In addition, his plan seemed pretty good. You guys can't possibly mess with me. So on the night of the 19th, which he specified, I drove a rented car to Gao Tan. As he instructed, I put on gloves and shoe covers beforehand, opened the door with a key he gave me, and then used a fruit knife from his kitchen to stab Li Hao in the heart. I didn't take the fruit knife with me. Afterwards, I dragged the place I had been in."
Where does he live?
"Building 6, Unit 2, Room 301, Gotham University Family Compound, I'll never forget this address for the rest of my life." Liu Xiaodong looked up at the ceiling, then suddenly laughed. "Heh, if I'd known, I wouldn't have gotten involved in this. I thought his plan was flawless, but I didn't expect you guys to catch him so quickly, and he was the one who gave in first. I'm just here stubbornly holding on, what a coward."
"Do you still have the clothes you wore that day?" Cao Dahua asked.
"No, Qian Hao told me that bloodstains can be found on clothes, and once they are on them, genes can be detected. The best way to deal with it is to burn it. The next day, after I returned to Jinling, I burned the clothes."
"Where was it burned?"
"In an unfinished building in the south of the city."
Do you remember the exact location?
"Remember."
"Do you still remember the layout of Qian Hao's house?"
"Remember."
"Okay, draw it! And the shape of that fruit knife too." There were no fingerprints or DNA evidence at the scene, and the murder weapon was left there, so we can only rely on other evidence to prove that Liu Xiaodong is the real killer.
He knew Qian Hao's address, the layout of the apartment, the details of the crime, and could even describe the appearance of the tools used in the crime. Combined with various other pieces of corroborating evidence, this was enough to secure his arrest.