"The deceased was a female, named Gong Xiuzhen, from Qinshan City's Tongyang County. She was 73 years old this year," Miao Ying read the information on the report to everyone. "The deceased went missing three years ago. It was said that she went missing on her way to buy groceries. Her family has been looking for her for many years, but to no avail."
While Miao Ying was speaking, the police detectives received the detailed information from their phones.
"It can't be …" One of the police detectives said in shock, "This old lady was a retired sanitation worker. Her financial status was very average. How … How could someone kill her? And they even packed her in a vacuum bag and hid her in a safe. This … doesn't make sense? Revenge murder?! "
"I've seen Gong Xiuzhen's missing person report!" Miao Ying said. "The family said that the deceased did not have any grudges with anyone before she died. It's hard to imagine that it was a revenge murder!"
"That's even more confusing!" Peng Xin shook her head. "Why would someone kill her? Could it really be related to the bank robbery? "
"Team Leader, I've checked!" Zhang Yaohui said. "To be able to put a person into a plastic bag, it's a large vacuum packaging machine. The plastic bag was imported from Korea, so there aren't many vacuum packaging machines that can use it. I've already sent someone to follow up! "
"Okay!" Miao Ying nodded. "One more thing. The bank's lockers are all registered, but because of the privacy of the safe, the registration information is strictly confidential, and the outside world is not allowed to check it. Liu, do you have any results? "
"Yes, yes …" Liu said, holding a document. "The registered name is a person named Tong Yun, but this person has also gone missing, and has been missing for five years!"
Huh?
Hearing Liu's words, everyone was even more confused. Why was this person also a missing person? Was there a relationship between the two of them?
"Tong Yun?" Miao Ying ordered. "Read out his information!"
"Okay!" Liu opened the information and read, "Tong Yun, female, lived in the Qinshan Cotton Mill Dormitory, unemployed. According to the date of birth on her ID, she should be twenty-eight years old this year. When she went missing, she was only twenty-three years old!"
"Mm …"
Everyone fell into deep thought. Things were getting more and more difficult to understand. If Tong Yun had been missing for five years, then who was the person who opened the safe?
"Team Leader, I've asked the manager of the safe in detail," Lan Bo said. "He said that the registration of the safe is actually just a decoration. The most important thing is the key and the password.
"Actually, many of the people who come to the safety deposit boxes and the things they deposit are not allowed to see the light of day. The bank is just trying to make money, so there is a tacit understanding in certain aspects.
"The manager told me that no matter if it's opening an account or depositing an item, they won't check the customer's information. Even if the person opening the account is a man and the name registered is a woman, it doesn't matter!"
"Look …" Liu Xueshan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. "No wonder even big banks don't dare to do this kind of safe deposit box business! There were too many irregularities here! If we lose both the key and the password, wouldn't we be giving it to the bank for nothing? "
"Leader Miao!" Lan Bo continued, "As for the safe where the body was hidden, the bank has already checked through the password records. The safe was opened three years ago. Ever since the body was placed in the safe, it has never been opened!"
"Three years?!" Zhang Jingfeng pondered. "Gong Xiuzhen went missing three years ago, which means … after she was murdered, she was hidden in this place?"
"God!" Liang Huan exclaimed. "That's too … crazy! If it wasn't for the bank robbery, would Gong Xiuzhen's body still be hidden? "
"At least ten years, right?" Lan Bo answered. "The safety deposit box manager said that the safe has been paid for ten years in advance. At least within these ten years, it won't be exposed!"
"I heard something before," Peng Xin said. "Even if no one pays the rent after ten years, the bank won't easily open the safe. There should be a delinquency period, and the delinquency period is ridiculously long, at least fifty years. As long as the person who retrieves the item can pay the delinquency fee, then the item in the safe still belongs to him. "
"Damn …" Zhang Jingfeng said softly. "If that's the case, sixty or seventy years have passed. Even if the body is exposed, it doesn't matter, right? You don't say, this method of hiding the body is quite advanced! "
"Team Leader, what about the cause of death?" someone asked.
"There were no obvious external injuries," Miao Ying shook her head. "It wasn't poisoning or suffocation. Currently, the forensics department is still confirming it. But, according to Wang Xin's preliminary judgment, the body was severely dehydrated, and the stomach wall was adhered. There were signs of internal organ failure, and there was hypoproteinemic edema. So, she thinks that the cause of death should be starvation! "
Huh?!
Everyone couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air when they heard this.
Starving a person to death?
That's … too cruel, right?
Who is the murderer?
Why would he do such a thing to an old lady?
"But, this is only her preliminary deduction. She can't be sure yet. She needs to wait for further tests!" Miao Ying said. "Liu, have you informed the family?"
"Yes!" Liu answered. "They might be here already!"
"Okay, then continue to follow up on this. Find the family quickly and make a detailed statement about the deceased. Remember, don't miss any details!" Miao Ying instructed.
"Understood!" Liu turned around and left the office. Since the family might be here already, he had to investigate immediately.
"Also," Miao Ying said to Zhang Jingfeng, "Zhang has experience in finding people. Please investigate Tong Yun's whereabouts and see if there's any news on her! Is she still alive? "
"Okay!" Zhang Jingfeng agreed.
"Based on the current situation," Miao Ying said, "there's no direct evidence to prove that the body is related to the bank robbers. The body had already been taken out of the suitcase by the robbers and was thrown aside. This means that the robbers were shocked when they saw the body!
"Maybe the appearance of the body messed up the robbers' rhythm. They could have opened more safes, but after seeing the body, they were so scared that they stopped their operation!"
"Team Leader Miao!" Zhao Yu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Although there are no cameras in the safety deposit boxes, there should be in the bank lobby, right? If we look at the video from three years ago, wouldn't we be able to see who put the body in the safe deposit box? "
"I asked!" Lan Bo raised his hand. "Qinshan Bank isn't a big bank. The video from three years ago was destroyed long ago!"
"That's fine!" Zhao Yu waved his hand. "Ask someone? Hurry up and find the staff that handled the safe deposit box. From what I know, there aren't many people who handle the safe deposit box every day. Even an idiot would have an impression of someone who carried such a big suitcase that could hold a body and rented the biggest safe deposit box. "
"Bro Yu, someone already went to look for him!" Lan Bo answered. "That staff already changed jobs! And he's working in the provincial capital now. I'm guessing he's calling now! "
Just as Lan Bo finished speaking, Liu, who had just left, rushed back and shouted at Miao Ying, "Team Leader Miao, Team Leader Miao, you … you guys should go to the forensics department! Bureau Chief Tang … Bureau Chief Tang … "
Bureau Chief Tang?!
Everyone could not help but frown.
"Liu, speak clearly. What happened to Bureau Chief Tang?" Miao Ying asked.
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