Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 135 - 128: Pulling Strings! [5,000-Word Mega - !]
If you kill often.
Then you'll understand one thing.
The hardest part of murder is not killing someone silently, but dealing with their social relationships before they died!
If the deceased were an adult who fell from a building, it's understandable that no one reported it to the police for nearly 12 hours.
But the victim was just a child!
Let alone disappearing for 12 hours overnight; even during the day, if they were gone for six hours, their family would frantically call the police!!!
And as soon as there's a report, the police will open a case, and once a death is confirmed, the internal staff will immediately verify....
"The police checked the alarm records for the past seven days; no one matches the deceased's body features."
Liu Jin stood up and slowly explained to Xu Liang.
As he spoke.
He suddenly paused, then said:
"However, it is speculated that the victim's original clothing might provide information about them."
Liu Jin pointed to the corpse on the ground.
The clothes on the corpse were already stuck to the body that was smashed into a pulp.
As for why 'original clothing' is mentioned instead of the current ones...
"The clothes are too clean; the killer probably feared that the victim's clothing could provide clues to the police."
"So, they changed the corpse into other clothes." Liu Jin said.
The deceased was wearing an ill-fitting T-shirt, shorts on the lower body, and shoes two sizes too big.
If he weren't dead and wore these clothes walking around Xu Liang.
It would probably look very comical.
As for how to determine these clothes weren't the deceased's...
"The deceased was too dirty; based on their personal hygiene, there's no way they could be walking around in such clean clothes." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Chen Changchun squatted down, lifting the neckline with his hand.
Instantly, a chest full of grime and grease was revealed.
The deceased was like a lump of black coal!
Even the hair, full of oil, was caked with dirt by then...
In such a living condition, there couldn't be such clean clothes!
Even if there were, they would be stained in the shortest time!
Adding to the previous guess...
"The deceased might be a..."
Xu Liang paused, voicing everyone's guess present.
"Homeless?"
"Perhaps, also could be a left-behind child!" Chen Changchun supplemented.
If the deceased's identity truly were so...
Then their clothing would surely be very shabby; the police wouldn't even need to check, just a glance to know if the deceased was homeless!
And changing clothes could mislead the police to some extent!
"First, find the original crime scene."
Xu Liang pondered for a long time, finally speaking with a headache:
"The murder scene can't be far from Jinjiang Hotel."
"The body fell at ten thirty; the estimated time of death is within two hours, meaning the victim died around eight thirty."
"At eight thirty, it wasn't completely dark yet."
"A criminal gang wouldn't risk being discovered by moving a body at this time."
These days, nightlife isn't rich.
Even snack streets don't have much.
But there're still people on the streets at eight, disappearing around nine thirty.
"Which means, under high vigilance, the perpetrators moved the corpse from the murder scene to Jinjiang Hotel, carried it to the rooftop, and staged a suicide scene within just about an hour."
Xu Liang summed up.
An hour isn't a long time.
To get so much done only indicates that the murder scene is not far from the hotel, and it wouldn't take long to move the body when there weren't any people!
"I'm arranging this matter."
Chen Changchun nodded, "I've already deployed police dogs to search around the crime scene vicinity."
As he spoke, he paused.
"However, it's quite cold now, too much time might result in the police dogs failing to track..."
When cold, the wind blows, which greatly affects the police dogs' performance.
In summer, the police dogs are spot on with one sniff.
But in rainy winter and autumn, their effectiveness decreases...
"It's okay; now the focus should mainly be on two other places."
"First, the victim's identity!"
"Second, the killer's identity!"
Xu Liang said.
What seems to be nonsense actually isn't about specific identities but speculation.
For example, if the suspect's currently guessed as a young gang, then look for places associated with young gangs, like schools and such.
"Oh, also, remember to let the dogs memorize the clothes and the victim's scent."
"Maybe we can use that to eliminate suspects later."
Xu Liang suddenly reminded.
The clothes can be used to search for the killer, and the victim's scent can find the clothes that were taken away.
As for what Xu Liang and the others need to do...
It's identifying the victim!
"Should we inquire around?" Liu Jin asked.
"Local residents should know who the scavenger homeless people in this area are."
Xu Liang pondered for a long time.
Finally...
He looked at Liu Jin and said:
"The residents might not know, but if the deceased truly is a homeless person, then their peers... will surely know who the victim is!"
"Peers?"
Liu Jin was surprised, then shook his head.
"Homeless people have no fixed residence."
"Especially now that winter is just setting in; God knows which corner they've gone to hide in..."
Homeless people are like leeks in the field.
Cut one batch, another grows.
Except the difference is, leeks are cut in spring and summer then regrow.
While homeless beggars die in autumn and winter.
Perhaps you enter under a bridge, go into an abandoned building, or lift the manhole cover of a sewer.....
You might come across a rotting, stinking corpse.
To avoid becoming rotten themselves, their hiding places are usually extremely secretive, and ordinary people simply can't find their dwellings.
