The place where the suspicious vehicle had stayed for a long time was near Gaoyang Village on the Hengding line.
There was a distance of several kilometers between the two surveillance cameras, but the suspicious vehicle had taken a full forty minutes. There had to be something wrong.
Han Bin's group of three drove past the two surveillance cameras in six minutes.
The east side of the road was farmland, and the west side was a forest.
Han Bin guessed that if they wanted to bury the body, they would have buried it in the forest to the west. That way, it would be harder to find them.
Han Bin's group of three drove back. They turned on the flashing lights and drove very slowly. They wanted to see if there were any abnormalities in the forest to the west.
Thinking about the spot where the van had parked earlier, Han Bin reminded them, "Pay attention to the ground beside the road. See if there are any new tire marks."
Han Bin slowed down the car so that they could observe more carefully.
When they drove to the middle of the two surveillance cameras, they found a tire mark that was slanted. The three of them quickly got out of the car to check.
"The tire marks are similar. Could it be from the van?" Li Hui touched his chin and mumbled.
Han Bin observed carefully. "Judging from the angle of the tire marks, the car should have stopped in the opposite direction as well. It's the same situation as the abandoned van."
"Why don't we look around?" Zhao Ming pointed at the forest.
"Forty minutes. Even though it's enough time to bury the body, it's also very tight. I believe there might be clues left at the burial site," Han Bin said.
Li Hui took out a shoe cover from his pocket and put it on. "Alright, let's start."
Han Bin observed the surroundings. There were no obvious footprints, so they could only search around with the tire marks as the center.
The three of them searched in three different directions. Han Bin searched very carefully, afraid that he would miss any details.
After searching for a while, Han Bin did not find any clues.
Li Hui, on the other hand, waved from afar. "Brother Bin, there's a clue here."
Han Bin hurriedly walked over. This was a relatively spacious and soft piece of muddy ground. Beside the spot where Li Hui was standing, there were traces of someone dragging something.
"Could it be that after Sun Qifeng was killed, he was dragged here by his accomplice?" Li Hui guessed.
Han Bin nodded. That was a possibility. If they were dragged backwards, the footprints of Sun Qifeng's accomplices would have been covered by the drag.
The two of them followed the trail and continued forward. After walking for about ten meters, the trail disappeared.
There were a lot of footprints in the surroundings.
These footprints were scattered and not straight.
Han Bin found two relatively clear footprints and observed them for a moment before saying happily, "That's right, these are the footprints of Sun Qifeng's accomplices."
"Brother Bin, look at this piece of land. It looks like a new layer of soil."
The new soil layer was sixty to seventy centimeters wide and more than a meter long.
Han Bin shouted into the distance, "Zhao Ming."
"Brother Bin, what did you find on your side?" Zhao Ming replied.
"Go get the shovel from the car."
"Okay," Zhao Ming answered and ran back to the car to get two shovels.
Li Hui took one and prepared to dig with Zhao Ming.
Han Bin reached out and asked for Li Hui's shovel. "You rest for a while. I'll dig."
Li Hui did not refuse. He had searched the mountain for the whole morning and was indeed very tired.
The soil was relatively soft, so it was not difficult to dig.
After digging for about twenty centimeters, Han Bin felt that the shovel could not go any further. It was not as hard as stone.
After scraping away the soil, a human hand was revealed in the pit.
Li Hui took a step back. "It really is a corpse."
After scraping away the soil on the head, a pale face was revealed. It was a man, and he looked quite scary.
Zhao Ming squatted down and used a branch to scrape the soil on the surface. "It's Sun Qifeng!"
"Just like the picture." Han Bin put the shovel aside and clapped his hands.
"Brother Bin, let's report to Captain Zeng," Li Hui suggested.
Han Bin nodded and took out his phone to call Zeng Ping.
Sun Qifeng was dead, and the clues were gone. There was no point in searching the mountain anymore.
…
"Woo woo …"
Twenty minutes later, Zheng Kaixuan, Zeng Ping, and the others arrived at the burial site in a police car.
After seeing the body, the two of them had a grim expression.
Originally, all the clues pointed to Sun Qifeng. Only by finding Sun Qifeng alive could they understand the case. Now that Sun Qifeng was dead, the case was in a stalemate.
"Brother Bin, good job." Zheng Kaixuan reached out and patted Han Bin's shoulder.
Han Bin had found the body in time, which saved a lot of police resources.
The forensics team and technical team arrived as well, and they dug the body out of the pit.
Wu Xia examined the body. "The estimated time of death should be between 12 and 3 last night."
"What about the fatal wound?"
Wu Xia pointed at the neck. "Strangulation, the same method used to kill Xing Jianbin."
"Anything else?"
"There are dandruff under the victim's fingernails, probably from the struggle."
"In other words, the dandruff might be the suspect?" Zheng Kaixuan asked.
"You'll have to investigate that yourselves," Wu Xia said.
"Can you extract DNA?" Zeng Ping asked.
Wu Xia stood up. "Try your best."
…
It was already five in the afternoon when they returned to the station.
Inside Team Two's office.
Everyone sat together. From Zheng Kaixuan to the team members, everyone had dark circles under their eyes.
Since the incident, none of them had gone back to sleep.
Zheng Kaixuan glanced at everyone. "Everyone understands the situation now. Sun Qifeng is dead, so we have to reconfirm the direction of the investigation."
"If Wu Xia can extract the suspect's DNA from under the victim's fingernails, then this case will be easier to solve," Tian Li said.
"Don't put all your hopes on DNA. If the suspect has no previous criminal record, even if we extract DNA, we won't be able to match it," Zheng Kaixuan said.
"Captain Zheng is right. We should recheck the people around Sun Qifeng," Zeng Ping suggested.
"Zhao Ming, go to the telecommunications company and check Sun Qifeng's phone number. See who he was in frequent contact with before he died," Zheng Kaixuan ordered.
"Tian Li, you're in charge of investigating MLM personnel. See who has been close to Sun Qifeng recently and is a suspect."
"Li Hui, you're in charge of investigating Sun Qifeng's friends and family."
"Han Bin, Sun Qifeng's parents are here to identify the body. Receive them."
"Yes." Everyone answered.
After assigning the tasks, Zheng Kaixuan yawned. "Are there any other clues?"
"Captain Zheng, according to my estimation, the suspect should be a male, around 180 centimeters tall, around 35 years old, and relatively strong," Han Bin said.
Zheng Kaixuan was a little surprised. "How do you know such detailed information?"
"Didn't I tell you before that Han Bin is good at identifying footprints?" Zeng Ping said.
Zheng Kaixuan nodded, but he still seemed a little doubtful. "How about this? As a supplementary clue, we can refer to it during the investigation."
Zhao Ming yawned and glanced at his watch. "Captain Zheng, the telecommunications company should be off work by now."
Zheng Kaixuan smiled. "Then I'll assign the tasks. Everyone in Team Two is off work. Go home and have a good sleep."
"Yes," everyone said happily.
After working for more than 30 hours, even an iron man would not be able to take it.
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