"Oh my god, we won the bid again?" Looking at the seven video thumbnails on the big screen, Cui Lizhu covered her face and said, "Actually, before I came to Yuezhou, I had a bad feeling. Now … My feeling has come true!"
"Team Leader …" Zeng Ke clicked on the video and said, "Miao Xiaowen's video is the last one. Before this, the same publisher has already posted six identical videos, each with a different victim. The Missing Persons Department has already sent the relevant information to the database! "
"No, no, please don't …" Cui Lizhu rubbed her hands nervously. "I hope this is all a prank! It's a prank made by someone who made a movie … "
Hearing Cui Lizhu's prayer, the office suddenly became quiet for a moment. Everyone was thinking about their own matters.
Ran Tao said, "The possibility of it being a prank is not high. At least, Miao Xiaowen is a real missing person …"
"Zeng Ke …" Zhao Yu pointed to the videos and asked, "How long does each video play?"
"They are all about 20 minutes, and there are obvious traces of editing in the videos," Zeng Ke said. "That is to say, the real process of the crime is longer than the video."
"Editing …" Zhao Yu had seen these murder videos before, so he could see the obvious traces of editing. He then asked, "Why did they edit them?"
"Um … I think …" Wu Xiumin guessed, "Is it that the publisher intentionally made the videos look like a movie? He didn't want anyone to see that these are actually real murder videos? "
"That makes sense …" Zeng Ke nodded and said, "I looked at the illegal forum, and there are many similar videos with similar gimmicks. However, most of them are movie clips or short videos shot with inferior means. So, you can tell at a glance that they are fake."
"I don't think so," Miao Ying retorted. "The victims in the videos are all missing people in the real world. Since he decided to upload the videos, he must have been prepared to be found!"
Um …
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"I think the publisher edited the videos …" Zeng Ke guessed, "Maybe he was afraid that the website would think that the videos were too bloody and realistic, so they would ban his post."
Um …
Everyone nodded again, agreeing with Zeng Ke's guess.
"I remember …" Miao Ying pointed to the videos and asked, "Do you have to pay for the videos?"
"Yes," Zeng Ke nodded. "Pay or recharge membership. In order to obtain the complete video, the police specially paid for the membership.
"Also," Zeng Ke said as he transferred a set of data from his computer to the big screen. "Take the video of Miao Xiaowen's murder as an example. Within 48 hours of its release, the video had received more than 50,000 views, and the number of people who paid to watch it was about 6,000.
"Watching it once costs about 3.2 RMB. If the website and the individual share the profit, then the publisher will earn close to 10,000 RMB!"
"But …" Cui Lizhu was quick to respond. "If all seven videos were added up, it would be much more than that. Plus, the longer the video is released, the higher the income!
"Motherf * cker!" The little girl cursed angrily. "This murderer is too much! Not only did they kill people, but they also wanted to profit from the dead! Was he even raised by a human? He's worse than a beast! "
"Tsk tsk, don't curse in the street. Watch your manners!" Zhao Yu warned Cui Lizhu, then pounded the table and shouted seriously, "Motherf * cker! If I don't catch this son of a b * tch, I don't deserve to be a detective or a street sweeper!"
"Speaking of fees …" However, Miao Ying calmly noticed a detail and immediately asked Zeng Ke, "Since there are fees, there should be an account. Since there is an account, are you afraid that we won't be able to find the person?"
"Well," Zeng Ke explained. "After I hacked into their website, I found that their fund system operates independently, so I couldn't trace it.
Moreover, their security measures are very strong. All of the publisher's information is encrypted with advanced algorithms. If you want to find the publisher's account information, there is only one way, which is to enter their fund system's server! "
"Isn't it overseas?" Ran Tao scratched his head. "The server could be hidden in any country! Even if we find it, we don't have the authority to access it, right? "
"Zeng, Zeng," Cui Lizhu said eagerly. "Can you find the website's server address? As long as you know where it is, leave the rest to me. I've stolen the server's hard drive before! "
"…"
Everyone was speechless for five seconds. Then, Zeng Ke replied, "I should be able to find it, but it will take some time!"
"Can you hurry up?" Cui Lizhu asked anxiously. "It's too late. Even if we find the account, it will be useless. The murderer has already run away with the money!"
"Of course, I know." Zeng Ke bowed and said, "We've tried our best. This time, the people who helped us are the best in the country …"
Before Zeng Ke could finish speaking, someone knocked on the office door.
After getting permission, a local police officer rushed in from outside the door.
As soon as he saw the police officer's flustered look, Zhao Yu felt that something was wrong.
The next second, Zhao Yu's worries were confirmed.
The police officer told everyone that the Missing Persons Department had found the information of three victims from the six new videos. All three of them were missing, and they had all been missing for more than 16 years.
…
An hour later, in the temporary office of the special investigation group, the atmosphere was even more depressing and solemn than before.
This was because they had received accurate information. Through the identification of the missing Kirby, the seven female victims in the seven videos were all real, and they had all disappeared a long time ago!
In the videos, they were all like Miao Xiaowen, who had been tortured by the murderer and eventually killed!
The whole process made the onlookers look askance, the listeners feel indignant, and the listeners shed tears. It was really shocking!
What was even more shocking was that, according to the information, the seven victims were distributed all over the country, in five provinces and cities. The scope of the crime was very wide, which was very rare!
In Zhao Yu's words, if the seven victims were really dead, then the nature of the case would be no less than the five major unsolved cases. It would definitely be a national major case!
To some extent, it had even exceeded the influence of the Headless Female Corpses Case and the Devil Case.
The nature of the case was extremely bad, and the murderer's cruelty and arrogance had reached an unprecedented level.
After reporting the case, the leaders of the Criminal Division attached great importance to it and asked Zhao Yu to take full responsibility for the special investigation group. They were to use all resources to solve the case as soon as possible and arrest the murderer!
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