Chapter 26 Prostitute
Chapter 26 Prostitute
Wang Xiaocui had two sons. One was burned to death in the fire. He was body No. 3 who was lying in the yard trying to rush out of the fire.
The other one is still in danger of death and rescue efforts may be ineffective at any time.
The other bodies were all from the same village, including her husband, the village chief of Baxia Village, and most of the others were relatives of the same clan or friends of the village chief Li Cheng.
After learning this, the three people on the task force understood why she broke down and cried.
With her family torn apart and her loved ones dead, no one would be able to bear it. If it weren't for her little son who was unconscious in the ICU and became her only support, the consequences would be disastrous.
Li Cheng, the head of Baxia Village, was an outstanding young man who went to the countryside in his early years. After working as a village official in Baxia for several years, he simply married Wang Xiaocui and moved to Baxia Village.
Wang Xiaocui's family is considered a wealthy family in the surrounding area.
But people always change. After working hard for half their lives, once they have some free time, they can't stop enjoying themselves.
Over the years, Li Cheng has been fond of playing with some idle men and relatives of the same clan in the village. They often play cards together at home, which makes Wang Xiaocui hate it.
"He invited people to play cards at home again last night. I was upset, so I went back to my mother's house," said Wang Xiaocui.
Her parents' home was also in the village, and it was New Year's Day, so she didn't get angry with her husband and went out to have fun.
"I didn't expect... it would catch fire... my son!!"
When Wang Xiaocui talked about her sad moments, she couldn't help but burst into tears, which sounded particularly harsh yet so reasonable in the hospital.
After asking some more related questions, Du Yu said that a police officer would come to hand over the property to her.
Wang Xiaocui was confused but still realized something, but Du Yu refused to answer on the grounds that it was inconvenient to disclose.
After leaving the hospital and heading back to Baxia Village, the three members of the task force summarized the current clues.
Du Yu said: "Through the police's visits, we learned that Li Cheng was a tyrant in the village, and many villagers actually had complaints about him."
Zhou Shi said: "We cannot rule out the possibility of revenge killing and arson."
Du Yu patted his forehead and said, "Now even fires may be man-made."
Xu Yiqing observed from a different angle. He recalled the testimony of the village head's wife Wang Xiaocui in the hospital and put forward a point of view: "Wang Xiaocui did not mention the deceased No. 7. Before she returned to her parents' home last night, she only said that the people who came to play cards at home were all men."
In the hospital, Du Yu once tentatively asked Wang Xiaocui whether any women were invited to play, such as relatives bringing female family members.
Wang Xiaocui flatly denied it and claimed that no wife could stand a house full of smoke and noisy chatter from men.
Otherwise she wouldn't always go back to her parents' home.
Du Yu said: "According to the time of death in the autopsy report, the time when Wang Xiaocui left home was exactly the time of death of the deceased No. 7, but she was not aware of this."
Xu Yiqing asked: "Could it be that Li Cheng and others accidentally found No. 7 who was frozen to death outside and moved her into the house?"
Zhou Shi shook his head: "From a psychological point of view, this possibility does not exist. They should have called the police immediately."
Du Yu spread his hands and joked, "It's impossible that a person who froze to death walked into Li Cheng's house by himself."
Xu Yiqing concluded: "We still have to start from the identity of the deceased No. 7."
After returning to Baxia Village, the police stationed at the fire scene visited the fire scene and brought good news:
The identity of deceased No. 7 has been found!
There is only one missing person in the same village who is of the same age, named Liu Zhuhua. Both her identity and physical appearance match the information of the deceased.
Based on the household registration information registered by the village committee, the police on duty at the Jiangcheng Criminal Police Brigade quickly found Liu Zhuhua's DNA in the DNA database.
An exact match to the DNA from the autopsy report.
Zhou Shi showed a happy expression and breathed a sigh of relief: "Now that we have a specific identity, it will be easier to analyze and profile it from the perspective of interpersonal relationships."
The thoughtful Xu Yiqing realized something was wrong: "If we can find a match in the police DNA database, it means..."
Du Yu nodded and continued, "Yes, that means he has a criminal record and has been to the police station before."
In the past case handling process, Du Yu would compare the DNA samples to the police database as soon as possible after extracting them. After all, the police will keep a criminal record of all criminals with criminal records, and this is the fastest way to conduct future investigations and matching.
Du Yu continued, "Everyone in the village has a tinted spectacles towards Liu Zhuhua, saying that she has been a fickle person since she was a child. When she was in school in the village, she had an affair with a ruffian in the senior grade. After dropping out of junior high school and going to the city to work, she was seen by many people in nightclubs and hair salons, wearing revealing clothes and hanging out with men."
Zhou Shi was very clever: "So Liu Zhuhua's criminal record is..."
Du Yu nodded: "Yes, detention for prostitution."
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It took a lot of time to travel between Baxia Village and the hospital, and the sun was already showing signs of setting.
Du Yu suggested that the investigation of Baxia Village should end here today and they should go home.
But they didn't just go home to their own homes. The old detective was very good at talking. When he returned to Jiangcheng, he took the special investigation team to investigate Liu Zhuhua's interpersonal relationships. The villagers said that Liu Zhuhua rarely returned to the village and basically spent the whole year in Jiangcheng to make money.
So the three of them went to Jiangcheng's most famous romantic street, hoping to find out clues about Liu Zhuhua.
Because it was not a crackdown on prostitution, Du Yu wore plain clothes and drove the Santana, while Xu Yiqing and Zhou Shi sat in the back seat to facilitate their operations.
"This street is in Dongcheng, sandwiched between the bustling commercial district and the old factory area," Du Yu explained.
Xu Yiqing looked out the window and saw that Huimin Flower Garden was less than a kilometer away.
"Almost the entire street is filled with hair salons, massage parlors and nightclubs. Even though the street looks deserted now and those shops seem to be about to close down, it will be completely different after dark."
After dark, women wearing heavy makeup and leggings with exposed thighs even in the middle of winter would stand in front of the hair salons, tempting all the itchy men in the city to spend money in these places.
Du Yu parked the car in front of a nightclub, which was the stronghold of the surrounding pimps and the focus of every crackdown on pornography and illegal publications.
As soon as I entered the door, there were only a few young men playing with their phones in the deserted nightclub. They were waiting for the night to fall and the nightlife in Jiangcheng to begin.
One of them heard the door open and shouted impatiently, "It's not time yet."
The other man saw who was coming and was immediately shocked: "Damn it, a cop!"
They knew Du Yu, after all, he was a frequent visitor to the police station, so the timid ones immediately pocketed their cell phones and tried to run away.
There was just one troublemaker who laughed at his companions while trying to encourage himself: "What are you afraid of? I just came out of the police station, and we haven't done anything wrong..."
So a few gangsters who were about to run away came to their senses and looked suspiciously at Du Yu who came in from the door.
Just then, the nightclub owner who heard the noise came out of the house.
So the troublemaker became more determined, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, thinking that the boss here was still a local boss after all, and even if the police came to investigate, the tall man would take care of it.
Unexpectedly, the next second, the burly nightclub owner came over and slapped him in the face.
The troublemaker was a little confused because the slap didn't hit him in the face, but knocked the cigarette out of his mouth.
The expressionless nightclub owner ran over the cigarette that fell on the ground and greeted him, "Doctor Xu, why are you here?"
Xu Yiqing, who was standing behind Du Yu, was stunned. He had originally planned to just follow Du Yu and listen, so why was he still concerned about his own business?
He leaned his head out and recognized the man.
It turned out that it was one of Li Dusheng's men who came to the door to pick him up after he finished taking the statement that day.
Du Yu was also smart. He quickly realized that the other party respected Lao Xu because of Li Dusheng, so he took the opportunity to wink at Xu Yiqing.
Xu Yiqing asked: "We want to inquire about someone."
The nightclub owner was very polite and asked them to sit down: "Doctor Xu, please go ahead and tell me everything I know."
"Do you have any impression of Liu Zhuhua?"
"Um……"
"Liu Zhuhua from Baxia Village, 164 years old, cm tall, weighs over kg."
"Oh, I remember now." The nightclub owner suddenly realized: "Liu Zhuhua, it's her."
"We want to ask a few questions about her."
"What's up with her?"
"Well... no comment for now."
"Okay." The nightclub owner didn't ask any more questions. "Doctor Xu, please go ahead."
Xu Yiqing asked: "Has she behaved abnormally recently, or offended anyone?"
The nightclub owner was cautious. "I need time to investigate the offense. There are some abnormal behaviors..."
Du Yu's eyes lit up: "What abnormal behavior?"
The nightclub owner looked at Du Yu warily and chose his words carefully: "She has been working very hard recently, taking on all the dirty and tiring work... Doctor Xu, you know what I mean. She doesn't eat well, and eats three-dollar box lunches every day. When others ask her, she says her son is sick and needs money, so she asks others to borrow money. After a while, no one asks."
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