booktalesy Chapter 71 Major Breakthrough
Chapter 71 Major Breakthrough
Wu Song took a deep breath and felt a sense of relief.
The Liu Xiaodong standing before me is probably the real culprit I've been searching for.
First of all, all of them involved the murder of their loved ones.
Secondly, the methods used by the perpetrators were all the same, disguised as home invasion robberies and murders. The killers also possessed extremely strong counter-surveillance capabilities, leaving not even a single fingerprint inside the house, and even mopping the floor after committing the crime to avoid leaving any footprints.
In the end, the person who was the prime suspect had an alibi.
There are just too many similarities.
Moreover, he was from another province and lived in Nanjing. On the surface, he didn't seem to have any relationship with Qian Hao.
Perhaps this is why Qian Hao believed he wouldn't be brought to justice?
only……
What exactly is the relationship between him and Qian Hao?
Wu Song thought of two points.
First, the team's previous deduction was that Qian Hao's killing was most likely not for money.
It seems unlikely that someone would kill for fame and put themselves in such a dangerous situation.
The most likely reason is that there are problems in the relationship.
Secondly, Qian Hao's wife works in foreign trade, while Liu Xiaodong works in his wife's family's garment factory, where he is in charge of sales. He is also handsome and more stylish than Qian Hao.
Did you meet at work?
So, is this case a case of the husband and his mistress exchanging murders?
Wu Song felt like he could hardly understand the world anymore.
But in that case, everything seems to make sense.
"Hey, detectives, come back with us!" After a quick thought, Wu Song decided to call them back to the police station first.
The psychological pressure on a suspect is clearly not the same level when answering questions in an interrogation room versus when answering questions at home.
"Huh?" Liu Xiaodong immediately pursed his lips impatiently. "Officer, you're not kidding me, are you? How many times have you called me? You call me every few days, every few days. You're disrupting my normal life."
"Come with us!" Officer Chen, the local officer, continued to repeat the same words.
"Fine, fine, I'll go with you. I'm really fed up! Looks like I can forget about living a peaceful life from now on!" Liu Xiaodong complained helplessly and started walking away.
……
Inside the interrogation room.
Wu Song and Cao Dahua walked in and sat opposite Liu Xiaodong. Their first words were, "Hello, we're from Gaotan. Do you know Gaotan?"
"Gotham?"
A flicker of panic crossed Liu Xiaodong's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, looking directly into Cao Dahua's eyes. "I don't care where you're from, but do you two out-of-town police officers have any law enforcement authority here? You just brought me here?"
"Since we brought you here, there must be a reason!" Wu Song smiled. "Hello, Liu Xiaodong, guess why we've traveled so far to find you?"
"Your case is out!" Wu Song slammed his fist on the table and said sternly, "Qian Hao confessed that you killed his wife. He gave you 100,000 yuan, and you are responsible for killing her when he goes to the capital."
"Bullshit!" Liu Xiaodong stood up abruptly, his voice rising several octaves as he confronted Wu Song head-on. "I don't know any Qian Hao or Li Hao at all."
"Heh..." Wu Song laughed.
It seems that the mastermind is Qian Hao. The mental fortitude and counter-surveillance ability of the person in front of me are on a completely different level from Qian Hao's.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft..."
Cao Dahua, along with three criminal police officers from the Nanjing Municipal Police Bureau, also laughed.
He laughed as he looked at Liu Xiaodong.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Liu Xiaodong realized something was wrong and looked at the group in confusion. "What are you laughing at?"
Everyone was still laughing.
Liu Xiaodong fell silent, frowning as he pondered, "What's so funny about what I said?"
"Heh..." Wu Song chuckled again, leaning back in his chair and squinting at Liu Xiaodong. "When did we say Qian Hao's wife was named Li Hao?"
"Huh? Didn't you say that? I clearly heard you say it!"
"You're from Guangdong province, but we're not. I only said 'hello' twice, but that was just a greeting. Did I tell you that Qian Hao's wife is named Li Hao?"
"Yeah! When did you say that?"
"You must have misheard me?" Liu Xiaodong immediately regained his composure. "I was just greeting you. Li Hao, Li Hao, that's how we greet each other where I'm from."
"Hey! Look at this!" A police officer from Jinling City Police Department pointed to the DV camera in his hand. "We recorded the entire interrogation process. Liu Xiaodong, what else do you have to say?"
"I... I just misheard. I thought you were saying that so-and-so's wife was named Li Hao."
"Liu Xiaodong, do you think it's still meaningful to say these things now?"
"I really misheard," Liu Xiaodong insisted.
"Looks like we'll have to go somewhere else." A Nanjing City detective grinned and led him into the interrogation room.
After arriving here, Liu Xiaodong seemed to realize the downside of being too quick to speak. He would carefully think for more than ten seconds before answering each question.
Where were you in the early morning of April 20th?
"Huh?" Liu Xiaodong exclaimed, and after waiting carefully for more than ten seconds, he said, "I don't know. I drink every day, and I really don't remember which day in April or where."
"Qian Hao has already confessed. You two are offering to take turns killing him, and you still refuse to confess?"
"I really don't know what you're talking about, and I don't know any Qian Hao!"
Once inside the interrogation room, Liu Xiaodong clung to this point.
After the interrogation ended, Qi Zhi, who was also very concerned about the case, clicked his tongue and said, "It seems we need to let him meet with Qian Hao from your side."
"Hey, let's not talk about the case for now. Tonight it's my treat. You two can eat your fill and enjoy the delicious food of Nanjing."
"Qi Zhi, no need, the two of us can eat in the cafeteria," Cao Dahua quickly declined.
"Hey!" Qi Zhi waved his hand. "No need to say anything more. Without the two of you, this case wouldn't have made such a major breakthrough so quickly. You two are the biggest contributors to this case! What's wrong with treating you two to a meal?"
……
There are intricate connections between the murder of Qian Hao's wife and the murder of Xin Nana and her family of three.
Based on various clues, these two cases are very likely to be murder-for-murder cases.
Police from Jiangsu Province and Canglan Province each contributed a number of personnel, and a special task force was quickly formed.
Wu Song, Cao Dahua, Xu Bin, and two people each from the provincial and municipal bureaus were assigned to this special task force.
Then everyone took Qian Hao, the suspect, to Jinling, where the first of the two cases was filed.
The special task force of more than a dozen people conducted further investigations into the two cases in Nanjing.