sbdcsierra Chapter 64 Something's happened, the inspector's here.
Chapter 64 Something's happened, the inspector's here.
"It means the learning and exchange activity ended on Saturday night. You asked him to come back together, but he didn't. He stayed in the capital alone and didn't return until Monday, which is noon today," Wu Song continued to ask.
"Probably, anyway, he didn't come back when I asked him to come back together that day."
"Okay!" Wu Song noted down this important information, circled it, and continued to inquire about Qian Hao's marital relationship with the two of them. "You're colleagues, has he told you about any conflicts between him and his wife?"
"No way?" The two teachers exchanged a glance. "His wife came to the school to see him. We've met her. They seemed quite loving. Mr. Qian Hao is a handsome man, and his wife is quite beautiful. When they stand together, they look like a match made in heaven."
When we asked all of Qian Hao's other colleagues, we got almost the same answer.
I haven't heard of any conflict between the two of them.
……
That evening.
The office of the Third Squadron was filled with smoke again.
The results of the investigation were summarized at the case analysis meeting.
"The situation at the scene was that the windows of the deceased's house had security bars, but there were no signs of damage. The door was a security door, and there were also no signs of damage. The technical investigation department tested the inside of the lock cylinder, and there were no signs of technical unlocking."
"So, this security door is opened with a key?"
"Or maybe the person inside opened it themselves!" Xu Bin added, continuing, "According to the technical investigation department, the suspect mopped the floor after committing the crime, so only Qian Hao's footprints were found. Only Qian Hao's fingerprints were extracted from the knife; there were no fingerprints from anyone else."
"It's not surprising that his fingerprints are on a knife that's in someone else's home!" Ma Dazhi took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and lit it. "Of course, it's also possible that he used this knife to kill someone, because that would perfectly explain it. Hiding fingerprints doesn't seem like a big deal. The key question is, did he even have the time to commit the crime?"
"Let me start by saying, "We investigated at the airport and found no record of Qian Hao buying a plane ticket in the past two days. There are no related records at the Beijing airport either. We are worried that he may be using a fake ID. Shu Tong and I also contacted the flight attendants of the flights from Beijing to Gaotan and from Gaotan to Beijing in the past two days. No one had any impression of Qian Hao. Logically speaking, if he really took a flight, with his good temperament and above-average appearance, the flight attendants should have a good impression of him after only one or two days."
"We do have a lead!" Cao Dahua smiled, glanced at Wu Song, and gestured for Wu Song to speak.
"The three of them were in Beijing for an exchange program that ended on Saturday night. The other two teachers who were with him invited him to take the train home with them on Saturday night, but Qian Hao declined, saying he wanted to stay in Beijing for another day!"
"What?"
"Is that so?"
"Doesn't that mean he might have already returned to Gotham?"
"But he has a train ticket to come back today!"
"What if he bought a train ticket that was already prepared for him to return today? It's not difficult to make a notch in the ticket. He could have already returned to Gotham, killed his wife, and then returned home from the train station when the train was due to arrive, discovered his wife's murder, and called the police." Lin Wenshu pushed up his glasses. "His method is rather crude!"
"It's really too crude. It's not at all what an associate professor of criminal law should be like. Ask his colleagues when they returned to Gotham. He'll be hard to clear his name unless he has a sufficient alibi in Beijing."
Wu Song frowned, still feeling somewhat uneasy.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Even if he doesn't have an alibi in the capital, unless we can prove that he returned to Gotham beforehand, we still lack solid evidence. The door is opened with a key, and it's possible that someone stole a copy of the key. Besides, as Captain Xu said, it's also possible that the deceased opened the door from the inside."
Even if there are fingerprints on the knife, it's still a fruit knife from his house; having his fingerprints doesn't constitute conclusive evidence!
"What was his motive?" Cao Dahua took a drag of his cigarette and said, "According to our investigation, their relationship as a couple is quite good!"
"Relatives and friends also said that their relationship as a couple is very good and they are very loving," Ma Xiaowu said.
"Then let's call him over to cooperate with the investigation. Cooperating with the investigation 24 hours a day is what he should do. Let's all keep busy tonight and investigate the train he took back before we call him over to investigate. Let's see if the train encountered anything on the way. Also, such a long journey is bound to be delayed. Let's see if Qian Hao can answer how much the delay will be."
"I'll go with Jiang Yang!" Ma Dazhi, who was staying behind in the Third Squadron, volunteered.
"Take my car." Xu Bin handed the keys to Ma Dazhi.
The others continued brainstorming in the office.
It was 10:30 p.m.
Ma Dazhi is back.
With a smile on his face, he said, "It was an hour and a half late, arriving at 11 o'clock."
"This timing matches Qian Hao's story!" Xu Bin frowned. "What other good news is there?"
"About an hour before our Gotham Station, in the carriage on Qian Hao's ticket, a theft occurred. The victim caught the thief, but was stabbed by the thief and his accomplice. The train police arrived and subdued the two thieves."
"This is indeed good news!" Xu Bin's lips curled into a smile. "Without further ado, bring Qian Hao over immediately to cooperate with the investigation."
……
Midnight.
Qian Hao was taken to the branch office.
Apart from Ma Dazhi and Jiang Yang, who had just gone to the train station to investigate, everyone else was in the interrogation room.
"Did you get off the train at 11 o'clock?" Xu Bin asked first.
"yes!"
"Is this the seat written on your ticket for this train?"
"Yes!" Qian Hao nodded.
"You'll arrive at 11:00 AM. What were you doing in the two hours before your arrival?"
"Read a book."
"Did you leave your seat afterwards?"
"No, I didn't get off the train until it arrived at the station."
"What happened in your carriage during those two hours?"
"..." Qian Hao was stunned for a few seconds. "No way."
"Let's go somewhere else!" Xu Bin stood up, a look of relief on his face.
They were moved to the interrogation room.
He asked the same question again, having the recorder jot it down, and then asked directly, "Why did you lie? You didn't even take the train on your ticket!"
"I'm sitting down."
"You don't know what serious thing happened in that carriage?"
"I……"
"There are no signs of forced entry or lock picking on your door, and the only evidence is your fingerprints on the knife. You also lied about when you returned to Gotham. Give us a reasonable explanation."
"I have no explanation!" Qian Hao closed his eyes and stopped talking.
The third squadron members simply took turns interrogating Qian Hao.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Qian Hao confessed.
He spilled the beans, telling the whole story.
He took the train back to Gotham early the day before yesterday, and then went into the house at 2 a.m. yesterday to kill his wife with a fruit knife. Afterwards, he left footprints and returned home at noon yesterday to find his wife dead and called the police.
The motive for the murder was simple: he had bought his wife an accidental death insurance policy, intending to obtain a large sum of money from it.
After giving his statement, Qian Hao was transferred directly to the detention center that afternoon.
Back in his office, Wu Song felt something was off. "Strange! He didn't say anything all night, but at seven o'clock in the morning, he suddenly confessed everything very readily."
"So what? We've reached an agreement."
"He's probably thought everything through before he leaves this world," Xu Bin chuckled. "This case was handled incredibly quickly; less than 24 hours, and they arrested him and got him to confess—all in one go!"
……
9 month 22 number.
Third Squadron Office.
At 8:30, Li Xiang, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation, along with Captain Wen Zheng'an and Instructor Guo, walked in with dark faces.
"Director Li, Team Leader Wen, Instructor Guo!" Sensing that something was amiss, Xu Bin quickly stood up.
Everyone else stood up as well.
Li Xiang's gaze swept across the faces of the members of the Third Squadron one by one, and he asked in a deep voice, "You took action in the Qian Hao case?"
"No!" Xu Bin hurriedly replied, "I didn't even touch him."
"They definitely didn't lay a hand on us!" Ma Dazhi and Cao Dahua explained. "They absolutely didn't lay a single hand on us."
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?" Li Xiang took a deep breath and glared at Xu Bin. "After Qian Hao arrived at the detention center, he went to the inspection office of the procuratorate stationed at the detention center to report him. He was subjected to torture and forced confession by you. You used waterboarding on him. He couldn't take it anymore and confessed to the crime of killing his wife."
"Bullshit..." Xu Bin tried to explain, his face flushed, but he stopped halfway through, "Bullshit! We absolutely did not do such a thing. He admitted it himself in his confession."
"But several lawyers came from Beijing, including one well-known domestic lawyer, and together they made an alibi for him. On the afternoon of the 19th, they played cards together until 11 p.m., and the game ended when Qian Hao said he had to take the 1 a.m. train back to Gaotan!"
Unless Qian Hao could fly, he would not have had the opportunity to commit the crime.
This matter has blown up a lot now; it's even in the newspapers, and everyone's saying we used torture to extract confessions!
"Director Li, it's really not true, that kid is just making it up," Cao Dahua explained anxiously.
"I believe you, but the inspector will be here soon. You should think about what to say to him. They won't believe you unconditionally."