At nine o 'clock in the morning, in the temporary office of the Special Investigation Group, all the members of the Special Investigation Group were present, including Zhang Peipei, who had just arrived in Yuezhou.
"The identities of the two latest victims have been identified. The eighth victim's name is Gong Yili." Miao Ying pointed to a picture of a girl with a ponytail on the big screen and said, "She is from Nanyang City, Guizhou Province. She disappeared in 2005.
"The ninth victim is from Hailan City, Qiongzhou Province." Miao Ying changed to a picture of a girl and said, "Her name is Wu Aoshan. She disappeared in 2005. She was a dancer in the large-scale dance drama 'Impression of Qiongzhou.' She was also the lead dancer!"
"Impression of Qiongzhou …" Ran Tao recalled. "I saw it when I went to Hailan with Xiao Li on vacation. It was beautiful!"
Wu Xiumin rolled her eyes at Ran Tao's words.
"Disappeared in 2005 … Hailan City …" Zhao Yu crossed his arms and pondered. "The time span has been extended by another year! The list of victims has expanded again … "
As Zhao Yu said this, he had a bad feeling. Since there were two more murder videos, who knew how many more would appear in the future?
Just how many people had this cruel serial killer killed?!
"Nine people in six years …" Miao Ying clenched her fists and said, "The nature of this case has surpassed that of the Devil Case!
Miao Ying said worriedly, "Moreover, this time, the murderer uploaded two videos at the same time. Could it be that he has already noticed something?"
"Um …" Zeng Ke said hurriedly. "There were two videos that were uploaded at the same time before! Maybe … It's not that bad! "
"Zeng Ke," Zhao Yu said, pointing to the screen. "Tell us about the two latest videos!"
"Yes!" Zeng Ke hurriedly opened the photos of the victims and said, "The two latest videos are exactly the same as the previous ones. The uploader's username is also the same!"
As he said this, Zeng Ke turned the page, and a screenshot of a webpage appeared on the big screen. The screenshot had the words "OYD 000172219."
Zhao Yu was very familiar with this username, as it was the account used by the video publisher.
"The running time of the two videos is about the same as the previous ones. One is 20 minutes and 15 seconds, and the other is 21 minutes and 34 seconds. As for the content, it's exactly the same as what we've seen before … "
"Team Leader Zhao," Zhang Peipei said, holding a document in her hand. "If the video team has verified that the entire filming process is real, then the damage that the murderer caused to the victim is enough to be fatal!
"I've seen all the videos, and every single one of them is the same! Moreover, "Medical Examiner Zhang continued," at the end of each video, it was obvious that the victim had lost all signs of life, so … "
Medical Examiner Zhang's deduction made the atmosphere in the office even more depressing.
Actually, even without her reminder, everyone knew in their hearts that the girls in the videos were already dead. It was just that no one was willing to accept the fact that they hadn't seen their corpses.
"Just like the others," Miao Ying said, turning to introduce the victims' information to divert everyone's attention. "These two victims also disappeared in their respective cities without any warning!
"Leader Zhao," Miao Ying said to Zhao Yu. "We have discussed the common points of the victims before. I think we can add one more point …" Miao Ying pointed to the whiteboard. "These girls are all unmarried!"
"Oh? Unmarried? "Zhao Yu hadn't thought about this before.
"Not only are they unmarried, but they also don't have children! Among them … Um … "Miao Ying took a look at the information and said," Only the sixth victim, Zhang He, was married, but she was divorced when she disappeared. "
"This … Could it be some kind of coincidence?" Ran Tao couldn't see any problem with this common point.
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows and said to Miao Ying, "That is to say, if this common point is true … then it means …"
"The murderer may not have chosen the victims randomly," Miao Ying said, nodding. "At least before the kidnapping was carried out, the murderer had looked for and approached the victims!"
"Oh …"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying couldn't help but look at Wu Xiumin, as Wu Xiumin was mainly responsible for investigating the relationships of the victims.
"No … So far, we haven't found anyone related to two or more of the victims!" Wu Xiumin said, shaking her head. "They are too far away from each other."
"Don't worry," Zhao Yu said. "It's a good thing to be too far away from each other. Once we find someone they know in common, this person will undoubtedly be more suspicious!
"So, Sis Wu, expand the scope," Zhao Yu instructed. "Make a list of all the people that each victim knows. The murderer could be a cleaner, a postman, a hairdresser, or any other job!"
"Understood. I'll let my team expand the scope …" Wu Xiumin nodded.
Today, the special investigation group's way of handling cases had become more and more formal. Besides Zhao Yu, who was in charge of commanding, and Miao Ying, who was in charge of coordination, the other members had their own professional teams to assign.
These people were all from the Yuezhou Provincial Office. Not only were they all elites, but they could also expand the scope of their work according to the needs of the case.
This undoubtedly made it easier for the members of the special investigation team to handle the situation.
Squeak, squeak, squeak …
With the sound of the pen, Zhao Yu added the information of the two latest victims to the whiteboard.
This was a habit that Zhao Yu had maintained for a long time. He would write down every clue on the whiteboard himself, never letting others write for him.
After he finished writing, he suddenly found another inconspicuous problem.
"Tsk tsk …" Zhao Yu frowned and pointed at the whiteboard that he had just finished writing. He then said, "Look, this is the time distribution of the murderer's crimes.
"One in 1999, one in 2000 and one in 2001, three in 2002, one in 2004, and two in 2005 … Isn't this time distribution different from the Devil Case and the Headless Female Corpses Case?"
"Yes!" As soon as Zhao Yu said this, Ran Tao immediately saw the problem. "In the first three years, they killed one every year, but in 2002, they suddenly killed three!
"But … why wasn't there even one in 2003? Did the murderer commit any crimes that year? Or … "
Zhao Yu pointed to the information on the whiteboard and corrected him. He then said, "The sixth victim disappeared at the end of 2002, and the seventh victim, Qu Jiaoran, disappeared in December 2004. This is a period of two years!"
"Two years …" Ran Tao habitually touched the back of his head and guessed, "I think the murderer was in a car accident and was hospitalized! If not, he would have been sent to prison for two years! "
"You can't say that." Wu Xiumin habitually refuted Ran Tao. "That's not rigorous. The murderer doesn't release videos regularly, so no one can guarantee that there will be new videos. He just hasn't released the 2003 victims yet … "
"Also! Don't release more! " Ran Tao grinned. "There are already nine victims. How many people has this psychopathic murderer killed?"
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