It was already dark, but the Special Investigation Group's temporary office was still busy.
Wu Xiumin pointed to the whiteboard and said, "The victims in the videos are all young women. The oldest is 31 years old, and the youngest is only 19 years old!
At the time of their disappearance, most of the victims were already working, except for Miao Xiaowen, who had just graduated from high school. "
Wu Xiumin then pointed to a set of data on the whiteboard and said, "They all disappeared between 1999 and 2004, which is a span of five years." Wu Xiumin pointed to a set of data on the whiteboard and said, "They all disappeared between 1999 and 2004, which is a span of five years."
Cui Lizhu gritted her teeth and said, "Seven people were killed in five years! Another murderous devil! This murderer is even more abominable than Li Fei and Han Kuan! "
Wu Xiumin then said, "Because the victims' bodies were not found, and they were far away from each other, these cases have never been connected!"
Zhao Yu then asked, "Do the victims have any similar characteristics?"
"Well, their ages are different, their identities are different, their family environments are different, and their appearances, body shapes, and what they were wearing when they disappeared are also different," Wu Xiumin replied. "If there's anything in common, it's that they're young women and cheerful!"
Zhao Yu then said, "Hmm … Just like Han Kuan in the Devil Case, the murderer's profession should be closely related to the places where these girls disappeared!
"It's very likely that the targets were chosen at the last minute …"
"However, we still don't have enough information at the moment," Wu Xiumin said frankly. "I'll look into the details of each victim and screen the people related to the victims on each file to see if there are any common people.
Maybe the murderer is hiding among these people! "
"Okay! I'll leave it to you, Xiumin. " After Zhao Yu gave his affirmation, he asked Zeng Ke, "By the way, how is the video analysis going? Can you determine the order of the videos? "
Zeng Ke replied, "According to the preliminary information, the videos uploaded by the publisher were not in chronological order, as if they were uploaded randomly."
"The interval between the videos is also not fixed. Some videos are released one or two days apart, while others are released more than ten days apart. There are even two videos released in a row. They all look very casual!
"Hmm …" Zeng Ke looked at his information. "The earliest video was released four months ago, and the last one was Miao Xiaowen's two days ago!"
"So, through the video," Zhao Yu said, "can you tell the year of the filming?"
"The video experts are still working on it," Zeng Ke replied. "There is no clear time in the video. However, some people, like experts, through preliminary identification, believe that the time when each video was taken should be not long after the victim disappeared, and not many years later! "
Cui Lizhu said, "That is to say, after the murderer kidnapped the girls, he killed them quickly! What a cold-blooded killer! "
"Yes," Zeng Ke nodded. "The girls in the video are all very young. Compared to the photos of the same period, there isn't much difference!"
"Then …" Zhao Yu thought for a moment and asked, "Can you tell what kind of equipment was used to film it? What type of camera? Were all the seven videos taken by the same camera? "
"This … It will take some time!" Zeng Ke said helplessly. "The video has obvious traces of transcoding, and the distortion is very serious. I don't know if it was deliberately done by the publisher, or if it was to reduce the file size for easier uploading. "
He then added, "In short, it is difficult to find the model of the camera and the original code rate based on the videos downloaded from the Internet. However, from the available resources, the resolution of the seven videos is the same, and the image ratio and color brightness are also exactly the same. So, some experts think that it is possible that they were taken by the same camera! "
"The murderer is so fearless …" Ran Tao frowned and said, "Could it be that this guy is hiding abroad? Because he is poor and living a hard life, he sold his previous crimes to make money? "
"This kind of b * stard, even if he hides on the moon, we must catch him and bring him back!" Cui Lizhu was still angry.
Tsk tsk …
Looking at all the information, Zhao Yu always had a strange feeling. He felt that there seemed to be something about this video murder case that couldn't be explained.
What kind of mentality would a serial killer have to have in order to release his killing videos to the public?
Was it purely to show off?
Or … What kind of terminal illness did this guy have? Did he want to challenge the police before he died?
"Leader!" At this time, Miao Ying suddenly came to Zhao Yu and said, "We have encountered a non-technical problem!"
"Non-technical problem? What do you mean?" Zhao Yu was puzzled.
"Well, when the police confirmed that the video of Miao Xiaowen's murder might be a real crime, they applied to block the website and forcibly block the video of the murder!
But, the local leaders thought that this website might be an important way to find the murderer, so they didn't approve it. "Miao Ying said awkwardly." Now, this problem has fallen on our heads. Since there are new murder videos, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for us to make this decision … "
Oh …
Zhao Yu immediately understood the meaning of this non-technical problem. The video murder case had already appeared. If they didn't do anything about it, more people would see these murder videos, which would be very unfair to the victims.
However, if they blocked the website and stopped the dissemination of the videos, it was very likely that they would alert the enemy and let the publisher escape, which would be extremely disadvantageous to the investigation work.
This was indeed a difficult problem!
As the saying goes, one move sets the whole body in motion. This seemingly ordinary decision would seriously affect the direction of the case.
"According to my experience," Wu Xiumin suddenly said, "the website has to be blocked. It's not up to us to decide! That's a real murder video! "
Miao Ying said. "Blocking it is not only to protect the dignity of the victims, but also to prevent malicious dissemination!
Once people know the authenticity of the video, it will bring terrible consequences that we can't afford to bear!
"Just wait and see. The higher-ups will definitely put pressure on us!"
"But …" Miao Ying shook her head. "The website and the video are the key to solving the case. We can't just block it!"
"I think so too. If Miao Xiaowen's brother hadn't secretly found the video on the website and recognized his sister, who had been missing for many years, who knows when someone would have reported it?"
"Since it has existed for such a long time, why do we have to block the website and block our own way?"
"Lil Cui, it's not as simple as you think," Wu Xiumin said seriously. "It's not that we don't know, but if we don't do anything after knowing, that's our problem!"
Cui Lizhu pouted. "It's not that we don't want to do anything. We want to catch the criminal!"
"How about this …" After some discussion, Zhao Yu made the final decision. "Let's wait for a few more days, just a few more days!
In the next few days, we have to find information about the publisher as soon as possible! Even if it's just a little bit, it can buy us some time! "
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