Back then, not only did Mr. Tao not expect this, but the police officers in charge of the case also did not expect the kidnappers to be so cunning and use such a method to obtain the ransom.
What was even more unexpected was that when they followed the tracker, they realized that only the tracker was left. The money was long gone!
From then on, the five kidnapped children and the driver, Niu Weiguang, never came back.
Even though the police had invested a lot of manpower and resources in the search, not only did they not find the kidnapped children, they did not even find the van that Niu Weiguang had been driving.
The ransom was taken, but the people were not released. In the end, the police did not even know how many kidnappers there were. Back then, the case caused a huge commotion in Qinshan. The police leaders were furious and gave the police officers in charge of the case a heavy punishment.
But the children did not come back, so there was no point in punishing anyone!
Because Mr. Tao was the one who had thrown the money, Mr. Tao had been living in self-blame for many years. If he hadn't thrown the money down that year, would the children still have a chance to live?
Zhao Yu was listening attentively. Even though he had read the information many times, listening to Qu Ping's narration, he still noticed something that he had not noticed before.
He felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the course of the case. It was slightly different from what he knew in the past.
But as for what it was, he could not figure it out.
Tsk tsk …
Zhao Yu caressed the wallet that Mr. Tao had given him. The money in the wallet had not been touched. It was all his now! Although he had given it to Zhao Yu a few times, Mr. Tao had insisted on giving the money to Zhao Yu to express his gratitude.
He had thought that he had let go of the huge sum of money, but he had never expected that it would still end up in his hands.
It seemed that the "Dui" hexagram was quite powerful.
Also, Mr. Tao told Zhao Yu that he had been working in a bank, and that he held an important position. The ransom money had been taken from the bank's vault. Not only were the banknotes new, but they were even serial numbers.
Back then, the police had recorded the serial numbers of the banknotes, and had taken pictures of the money and the wallet. After the children disappeared, the police had worked with the bank system to trace the numbers, but to no avail.
However, no one would have thought that the robbers had not touched the money at all and had buried it in the collapsed mine.
Money …
Ransom …
Zhao Yu thought hard and felt that the ransom was a little strange. Why would the robbers leave it next to the bodies of the children?
"Back then, the police investigated everything they could think of. Phone, fingerprints, interpersonal relationships, and so on. Qu Ping continued, "But in the end, we didn't even find a suspect, and we didn't even know how many kidnappers there were. The only suspect was the driver, Niu Weiguang! Back then, some people suspected that even if Niu Weiguang wasn't the kidnapper, he might have colluded with the kidnapper and planned the kidnapping together! However … "
Qu Ping shook her head and signaled to Liu Changhu that she had finished explaining the case.
"Oh," Liu Changhu pointed at Wang Fei, who was already standing in front of the screen. "Next, I'll have to trouble Department Chief Wang to explain the skeleton's general situation! You've worked hard! "
Hearing that they were going to talk about skeletons, Zhao Yu quickly collected his thoughts and listened carefully. He wanted to see what surprises they had found during the autopsy.
Due to the heavy workload over the past few days, Department Chief Wang Fei's face was pale and she looked haggard. However, she still began her explanation with full spirit and a professional tone.
After the screen opened, the first thing that appeared was a dark gray skeleton with green hair. As the skeleton was very small, even an outsider could tell that it belonged to a young child!
"Colleagues, we found a total of five complete skeletons from the collapsed mine. Through DNA comparison, four of them were from the kidnapped children. They were nine-year-old Liang Meili, twelve-year-old Liang Shuhan, eleven-year-old Tao Xiao, and ten-year-old Liu Hongxiang!
"Also, there's a corpse that belonged to the van driver who disappeared with them — Niu Weiguang!!"
Wang Fei's words caused an uproar at the scene. All the police detectives were shocked! Zhao Yu was no exception.
He had not expected the comparison of the skeletons to produce such a result!
If Niu Weiguang had been killed by the robbers, it might not have been surprising, but why was there one missing?
Zhao Yu compared the information and realized that Liang Sisi was not among the names that Wang Fei had called out. Liang Sisi had just entered first grade and was only seven years old!
How …
What about Liang Sisi?
Was she not killed, or was her corpse not found?
"From the five skeletons, we did not find any information related to Liang Sisi." Wang Fei continued, "According to the latest news, the collapsed mine has been completely cleaned up. There were no other skeletons found at the scene! The engineering team has already sent out a professional search team to search the nearby mines. We will have to wait to see if there are any other results. "
Then, the camera switched to the leather bag that Zhao Yu had picked up.
"This is the leather bag that Zhao Yu found. It contains the ransom money from back then," Wang Fei introduced. "We have already checked it thoroughly. As it has been too long, it has been severely damaged. We can no longer retrieve any valid evidence!"
Oh …
Zhao Yu patted the leather bag. It seemed that the money had lost its usefulness as evidence, so it had been returned to its owner so quickly.
As the bag contained a lot of money, the police detectives at the scene all looked at Zhao Yu with envy. They were all exclaiming that Zhao Yu was too lucky.
Not only had Zhao Yu found the money, but he had also been given it back to him by the owner. Although there were only two hundred thousand in the bag, they were all old bills with serial numbers. If he were to sell them on the market, he would be able to get at least a few hundred thousand. Didn't that mean that the kid had made a fortune?!
But Zhao Yu did not think too much about it. His mind was still on the skeletons. He did not understand why one of the skeletons was missing.
Following Section Chief Wang Fei's operation, the big screen switched to the picture of the five skeletons.
"We have already checked all of the skeletons," Section Chief Wang Fei explained. "Due to the age and the erosion of the water, we were unable to find the exact cause of death.
"But the five skeletons were buried in a messy manner. There were obvious signs of an explosion on the skeletons, as well as traces of falling rocks. We have also detected sulfur and saltpeter from the rocks. From this evidence, there was indeed an explosion at the scene, and the explosion caused the mine to collapse.
"But we are unable to determine whether these people were buried while they were already dead, or if they were killed by the explosion while they were still alive!"
"Close to the skeletons, we also found some coarse fibers. After comparison, we confirmed that it was an old-fashioned hemp rope. We suspect that the deceased were tied up with this hemp rope when they were alive, and when the explosion occurred, the rope was still tied to the deceased. "
When Wang Fei said this, all the police detectives at the scene felt their hearts sink. Among the deceased, four of them were children. The murderer had used such a cruel method to kill them. It was truly infuriating.
As the screen switched, the picture changed to a larger skeleton.
"This is the skeleton of the driver, Niu Weiguang." Wang Fei pointed at the screen and said, "On his skeleton, we also found something! On Niu Weiguang's left rib, there was an obvious stab wound.
"Among them, one of the ribs was directly pierced, and the two adjacent ribs had neat cuts.
"From this, we can deduce that before Niu Weiguang died, he was stabbed with a sharp weapon. This is very close to the heart. Although it did not directly pierce the heart, the possibility of death is very high! "
Just as Wang Fei finished speaking, the police detectives could not help but start discussing.
Zhao Yu heard someone whisper, "Niu Weiguang is dead. Looks like he was just an innocent victim. He shouldn't have anything to do with the kidnapping case, right?"
"That's hard to say!" Another person said, "What if it was because they did not split the loot evenly, and killed him to silence him?"
"Yeah!" Another person said, "I heard that all these years, Niu Weiguang has been suspected of being one of the kidnappers. His family has already been chased out of Mianling Town. I wonder if any of his family members will come to claim his body this time?"
"Sigh …" The person who spoke first sighed. "One case broke so many families apart. I really don't know who those hateful kidnappers are. I just heard that the families of the deceased are publicly offering a reward! The reward is a whole ten million! Brothers, let's work hard! It's time to change our fate! "
While these people were discussing, the door of the conference room suddenly opened, and a man walked in from the outside, walking a little unsteadily.
Bureau Chief Luan Xiaoxiao saw this person and immediately gestured for him to quickly come to the front. When Liu Changhu saw this, he also stood up and welcomed the person to the seat next to him.
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