Chapter 250: Peeling off the cocoon
Chapter 250: Peeling off the cocoon
Soon Zhou Bin prepared the list that Jia Dongming needed. Jia Dongming saw the number of people on the list and combined it with the list that Xie Jian brought back earlier. He circled five names with a pen and then told Zhou Bin, "Chief Zhou! Please call the five people on this list to the security office of your knitting factory."
When Zhou Bin heard Jia Dongming's instructions and saw the names of the five people circled by Jia Dongming, he immediately nodded and replied, "Okay! Deputy Captain Jia! I will arrange for someone to notify those people to come to the office of our factory security department to find you."
When Jia Dongming heard Zhou Bin's answer, he smiled and thanked Zhou Bin: "Chief Zhou! Thank you!"
After seeing Zhou Bin leave, Xie Jian asked Jia Dongming with a puzzled look on his face: "Deputy Captain Jia! There were more than 30 male workers working in the knitting factory last night. Why did you choose these five people?"
Jia Dongming smiled and replied, "Xie Jian! Based on the footprints left by the murderer at the scene, I traced them all the way to the parking shed of the knitting factory. This proves that the murderer came to the knitting factory by bicycle."
"As for why I chose these five people, it's mainly because the murderer's footprints allowed me to calculate the murderer's height and weight, and the heights and weights of these five people are very close to the murderer, so I started with these five people first."
Just as Jia Dongming and Xie Jian were analyzing the case, a middle-aged man in a security uniform quickly walked up to them and politely greeted Xie Jian, "Captain Xie! This is not the place to discuss matters. Why don't you go to our security office with other comrades from the police department?"
When Jia Dongming heard the invitation from the middle-aged man, he asked Xie Jian curiously, "Xie Jian! Who is this comrade?"
When Xie Jian heard Jia Dongming's question, he immediately introduced him to Jia Dongming: "Deputy Captain Jia! This is Comrade Ma Liang, the deputy chief of the security department of the knitting factory!"
Xie Jian introduced this and turned to the other party, "Deputy Section Chief Ma! This is Comrade Jia Dongming, the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of our Dongcheng Branch!"
When Ma Liang heard Xie Jian's introduction and learned that the young man in front of him was actually the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Dongcheng Branch, he was shocked and quickly extended his hand to greet Jia Dongming, saying, "Deputy Captain Jia! Hello! Nice to meet you."
Jia Dongming happened to have a few questions and wanted to consult the security department. Facing Ma Liang's proactive greeting, Jia Dongming shook hands with Ma Liang and said to him with a smile: "Comrade Ma Liang! Hello! I was just about to go to your security department to consult you on a few issues, and I didn't expect you to come."
After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Ma Liang immediately promised Jia Dongming: "Deputy Captain Jia! If you want to know anything, feel free to ask. As long as it's something I know, I promise to tell you everything I know."
After hearing Ma Liang's promise, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Ma Liang, "Comrade Ma Liang! I just want to ask you, when employees enter the factory after get off work, will the guards register them?"
When Ma Liang heard the question raised by Jia Dongming, he answered without thinking: "Deputy Captain Jia! Our factory guards do not register workers entering and leaving the factory during normal working hours. Only when workers leave and come to get off work abnormally will we register workers entering and leaving the factory."
After hearing Ma Liang's answer, Jia Dongming asked him seriously, "Comrade Ma Liang! I need to see the list of people who entered and left your factory from last night to this morning. Can you bring me your duty roster?"
When Ma Liang heard Jia Dongming's request, he immediately nodded and replied, "That's absolutely no problem. When we get to our security department, I'll have someone bring you the duty registration book."
As they were talking, the three of them came to the office of the security department of the knitting factory. Ma Liang personally made a cup of tea for the two of them, and then said to them, "Deputy Captain Jia, Captain Xie, please sit for a while. I will go get you the duty registration book."
After Xie Jian watched Ma Liang walk out of the office, he thought of the news he had heard from Zhang Huanchun, and asked Jia Dongming with a serious face: "Deputy Captain Jia! I heard from Captain Zhang that the case at the knitting factory has been reported to the Municipal Bureau, and the Municipal Bureau asked us to solve the case within a time limit. Do you think we can solve the case within the time limit specified by the Municipal Bureau?" Jia Dongming heard Xie Jian's question and saw the other party's frown. He asked Xie Jian with a relaxed face: "Xie Jian! Why don't you have confidence in solving this case?"
When Xie Jian heard Jia Dongming's question and thought of the murderer's anti-detection ability, he replied solemnly, "Deputy Captain Jia! To be honest, we have been investigating this serial murder case for three years, but because the murderer's anti-detection awareness is very strong, we have not been able to catch the murderer. To be honest, I am really worried that the case of the knitting factory will be the same as the previous dozen cases, where all clues are cut off halfway through the investigation."
Jia Dongming heard Xie Jian's answer and felt Xie Jian's worry. He said to Xie Jian confidently, "Xie Jian! In the past dozen cases, the murderer committed murders in remote alleys or deserted yards. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the murderer in such a huge crowd."
"And this time the murderer committed the crime in a knitting factory, which undoubtedly narrows the scope of our investigation. If my direction of investigation is correct, I believe we can find the murderer today."
After hearing Jia Dongming's analysis and seeing Jia Dongming's confident expression, Xie Jian was pleasantly surprised and asked Jia Dongming, "Deputy Captain Jia! Are you sure we can find the murderer today?"
"Deputy Captain Jia! This is the duty registration book of our security department. It records the names of workers who enter and leave the factory during non-normal working hours." Ma Liang came back quickly. He placed a duty registration book in front of Jia Dongming and introduced it to him with a smile.
When Jia Dongming saw the duty registration book handed over by Ma Liang, he smiled and said thank you to the other party. Then he reached out to take the duty registration book and then opened it to read.
According to the records in the duty register, no employee was late or left early during the night shift at the knitting factory yesterday. This means that the murderer is most likely the male employee who worked the night shift last night.
Soon, the employees named by Jia Dongming came to the security department of the knitting factory one by one. Jia Dongming met with these five employees one after another, and asked them about their movements last night. After confirming that these five people had no time to commit any crime, he finally decided to expand the scope of the investigation and investigate all employees who owned bicycles in the knitting factory.
The investigation lasted from morning until after three o'clock in the afternoon. After Jia Dongming and his team contacted all the employees in the knitting factory who owned bicycles, they still failed to find any valuable clues. This made Jia Dongming doubt whether his reconnaissance direction was correct.
"What's going on with this You Ximing? This is the nth time he's been late for work and left early. Does he want to quit? If so, let him pack up and leave." Just as Jia Dongming began to doubt the direction of his reconnaissance, a sudden roar from the office next door immediately caught Jia Dongming's attention.
When Jia Dongming heard the roar coming from the office next door, he was visibly stunned. He then stood up from his desk and walked towards the office next door.
Jia Dongming walked to the next office and saw Ma Liang scolding his subordinates. He asked Ma Liang curiously, "Comrade Ma Liang! You just mentioned You Ximing, how tall is he? How much does he weigh? Does he have a bicycle?"
Ma Liang was visibly stunned when he heard Jia Dongming suddenly ask about You Ximing's height and weight, but he still introduced him to Jia Dongming in a matter-of-fact manner: "Captain Jia! You Ximing is a security guard in our security department. He is 1.75 meters tall and weighs more than 150 kilograms. Because he is a relative of the factory leader, he is often late and leaves early during work, and does not take me, the deputy chief, seriously."
After hearing what Ma Liang had said, Jia Dongming intuitively knew that You Ximing was most likely the real murderer of the serial murder case, so he asked Ma Liang, "Chief Ma! Where does You Ximing live? How many people are there in his family?"
Ma Liang had a bad feeling when he saw Jia Dongming's reaction, but he still answered truthfully: "Captain Jia! You Ximing lives in the living compound of our knitting factory, just over at Tongniu Hutong."
(End of this chapter)