Chapter 17 The deceased's alibi
Chapter 17 The deceased's alibi
Du Yu signaled the police officer not to talk too much, and Xu Yiqing also tacitly did not explain.
At this time, a doubt lingered in everyone's mind.
The real murderer who killed Li Yueyue was willing to take the blame for Zhao Xiaomeng, but he did not tell her the truth afterwards, as if the two of them had lost contact from then on.
Zhao Xiaomeng continued to explain her motive for murder in a state of near collapse.
She kept the dog given by her roommate under a big willow tree, but as the weather turned colder she became increasingly worried about the dog's safety. She decided to confess to her father after a few days and persuade her father, who hated dogs so much, to allow her to keep the dog at home.
On a very ordinary afternoon more than forty days ago, Zhao Qianyu went out to play cards while Zhao Xiaomeng rested at home.
She took this rare opportunity to bring the dog home to play... This was not the first time, and she wanted the dog to get more familiar with the environment.
Unlike in the past, Zhao Qianyu dried a lot of fish on the roof before going out that day.
The salted fish gave off an unpleasant odor, which caused complaints from neighbors.
At the same time, that smell means rare food for cats and dogs.
So due to Zhao Xiaomeng's negligence, the puppy climbed up the steps in the yard to the roof of the bungalow, trying to steal some dried fish. As a result, it accidentally slipped and fell through a crack in the wall that was only two fingers wide.
The dog was too small, and the gap in the wall was wider at the top, causing the puppy to get stuck in the gap.
The small and cramped environment, the friction of the rough wall, and the sudden fall all frightened the puppy. The more it struggled, the more it got stuck in the crack of the wall and the more it couldn't move.
The puppy's wailing made Zhao Xiaomeng anxious and heartbroken, but she tried many ways and couldn't get the puppy out of the crack in the wall.
When the situation became critical, she thought of a pet hospital in the old town.
That pet hospital has a non-profit pet rescue team that is willing to help trapped animals. Asking them for help may help save the dog.
So Zhao Xiaomeng rushed to the hospital to ask for help from the rescue team.
But when she returned home with the rescuers, the sound from the cracks in the wall had stopped.
Zhao Xiaomeng immediately realized that something was wrong, and a feeling of uneasiness surged in her heart, especially when she saw the bloody wooden stick next to the crack in the wall, her eyes went dark.
The pungent smell of blood filled the alley, and professional rescue workers expressed regret after checking.
The dog is dead.
He was stabbed to death with a stick.
If the dog was still alive, they would try to break the crack in the wall to rescue the dog, but now the dog is dead, the rescue team has no obligation to help Zhao Xiaomeng get the body out.
Zhao Xiaomeng looked at the bloody stick in despair, dazed and confused. From then on, the seeds of hatred were planted.
"She stabbed my dog to death just because she hated the barking of dogs!" Zhao Xiaomeng cried to the police officers in the serious crime squad, her voice hoarse.
Du Yu frowned: "How can you be sure it's Li Yueyue?"
Zhao Xiaomeng said: "She likes to eat dog meat. I know she often goes to the dog meat restaurant to buy meat. I also see her squatting under the willow tree and looking at my dog from time to time... I know everything, that bitch! My two houses are at the end of the alley. Who would go all the way in and stab my dog to death?! My dad is not at home... It must be her!"
"My dog died, but I didn't dare tell my dad. The people at the veterinary hospital told me that if I wanted to get the dog out, I had to break the cracks in the wall to make a nest. I didn't dare. When I was a kid, I was scolded for a long time for breaking off a piece of wall. Moreover, the house was about to be demolished, and my dad was reluctant to break even a brick... So I could only watch my dog rot... When its flesh was rotten and shapeless, we took the bones and rotten meat out of the cracks in the wall bit by bit!"
Zhao Xiaomeng looked very scary when she was screaming at the top of her lungs, and her face was so distorted that she had lost control of her expression.
She accused Li Yueyue of the heinous crimes she had committed against her.
It is hard to imagine how Zhao Xiaomeng spent the days waiting for the dog to rot, considering that the dog had a special feeling for her.
What was her mood afterwards as she dug out the pile of meat and bones that she treasured like treasures from the cracks in the wall?
Perhaps the stench of the salted fish covered up the rotting of the puppy, making the incident unknown and planting the seeds of hatred in Zhao Xiaomeng.
Her psychology, which was originally caused by a single-parent family and abnormal friendships, gradually went out of control after being crushed by the last straw.
In fact, Zhao Xiaomeng's timid character would not have led to such a tragedy.
But Li Yueyue's move away became the fuse... People only know how to cherish after they lose something. Li Yueyue's move away made Zhao Xiaomeng feel that she could never take revenge, so she was annoyed, hated, and regretted not taking revenge earlier. One day, Zhao Xiaomeng saw Li Yueyue, who had moved away, suddenly appear in the shantytown to buy dog meat.
Zhao Xiaomeng was very angry that the murderer who killed her puppy actually came back openly to buy dog meat.
So she followed Li Yueyue and found her new residence.
After that, she brought dog bones and fishing lines to seek revenge... Poor Li Yueyue had no idea and thought it was the daughter of her former landlord who came to visit suddenly, so she invited Zhao Xiaomeng into her home without any precautions and full of enthusiasm.
Such a motive for murder was enough for Du Yu, an old criminal policeman. He had even seen cases where neighbors were killed simply for disturbing others.
When people are impulsive and angry, a little verbal dispute can become a motive for murder, let alone a person with a twisted personality like Zhao Xiaomeng.
The interrogation was interrupted during the interrogation. Because Zhao Xiaomeng had completely broken down emotionally, she just kept cursing and crying, and no useful confession could be obtained from her. The only thing to do was to wait for her to recover emotionally.
Du Yu instructed the police: "The roommate that Zhao Xiaomeng mentioned meets the condition of a deep relationship. Please ask colleagues from other places to cooperate and investigate."
According to Zhao Xiaomeng herself, she only has this one friend in her life, and her only relative is her father, Zhao Qianyu.
Zhao Qianyu had sufficient alibi, so her roommate became a major suspect.
Xu Yiqing fell into deep thought as he looked at the transcript.
After these few days of visits, Li Yueyue's character and personality have become apparent.
Would she, a girl who was afraid to step on a bug, stab a puppy stuck in a crack in the wall to death with a stick just because the puppy's screams were too loud?
Du Yu actually had this doubt, but in line with the principles of the police, he patted Xu Yiqing on the shoulder to comfort her: "I am a criminal policeman, everything depends on evidence rather than idealism. Although I don't want to admit that Li Yueyue did this immoral thing, but you also saw the luminol reaction, Zhao Xiaomeng is not making it up."
The police were talking about evidence, and Xu Yiqing understood this.
But he is a forensic doctor, and what he needs to do is to give the dead a fair name and speak for the dead.
If even the forensic doctor chooses to be perfunctory, then the deceased will have no one to rely on in the end.
Xu Yiqing looked at the newly written transcript, the various information he had investigated over the past few days, and the thick autopsy report, and fell into deep thought.
Li Yueyue’s last words are all in here... If Li Yueyue, a person with good character, was wronged, then Xu Yiqing’s duty is to unravel these "last words" and redress Li Yueyue’s grievances.
"Something must have been overlooked."
While waiting for the out-of-town criminal police to investigate and collect evidence on Zhao Xiaomeng's roommate, Xu Yiqing had been busy sorting out all the clues of the case.
At seven o'clock in the evening, news came from other places.
Zhao Xiaomeng's roommate had an alibi and was ruled out as a suspect.
At the same time, after such a long period of relaxation, Zhao Xiaomeng's emotions finally stabilized after dinner, and she was able to proceed to the next stage of interrogation.
Du Yu took a nap after dinner. The Li Yueyue case was only a step away from being solved, and he could finally relax a little.
After coming back to his senses from his nap, he stretched his body, moved his sore neck, and called Xu Yiqing: "Old Xu, get ready to continue the interrogation. Find the accomplice as soon as possible. I will write the report and you go home to sleep. Bringing the criminal to justice will also comfort the soul of the deceased in heaven."
Xu Yiqing flicked the report in his hand with his fingers and said, "I think the only way to truly live up to Li Yueyue's words is to let things be as they should be, instead of letting the deceased be wrongly accused... Come and take a look at this."
Du Yu walked over and found that what Xu Yiqing was holding in his hand were the medical records of various hospitals when the identity of the deceased was first confirmed.
It was through matching the DNA samples retained by the hospital with the DNA of the corpse that it was finally confirmed that the deceased was Li Yueyue.
This report was delivered to the serious crime squad early in the morning after the incident, and everyone has read it many times.
"This is Li Yueyue's medical record at the Chest Hospital." Xu Yiqing said, "She was hospitalized two months ago because of breathing difficulties and had a minor operation."
"I know this. After all, I have seen it many times." Suddenly Du Yu was stunned and came to his senses: "In other words, when the dog died, Li Yueyue was not at home... She was in the hospital?"
Xu Yiqing carefully compared the time and finally said with certainty: "Yes, I also went to find Lin Sheng to determine the time when the dog's bones decayed in order to calculate the time of the dog's death. And more than forty days ago, Li Yueyue was in the hospital."
Du Yu frowned and asked, "Who was the person who stabbed Zhao Xiaomeng's dog to death?"
(End of this chapter)