Due to the pandemic, the resort was having a hard time. The number of tourists had decreased by more than half compared to previous years.
In order to increase the number of tourists, the resort had distributed a large number of coupons. There were four levels of discount, namely 10% discount, 20% discount, 30% discount, and 40% discount.
The number of tourists had just recovered, and now this incident had happened again. The resort's executives were very depressed and took the case very seriously, hoping that the police could solve the case as soon as possible.
The resort also tried its best to satisfy the police's requests and vacated two more offices for the police to use.
Han Bin was going to hold a case summary meeting and called the Yuhua Branch Criminal Investigation Team and the police station's policemen to the office while the auxiliary police watched from outside.
When the diamond theft happened, although Han Bin was at the scene, he did not participate in the investigation of the case, nor did he read the statements of other people. Hence, he was not clear about the follow-up investigation of the case.
Han Bin asked for the file of the diamond theft case, flipped through the contents, and asked, "Why are there only fourteen statements?"
Officer Huang replied, "Before the guests came, the resort's attendants had already arranged everything in the hall. After that, the attendants stood at the entrance of the hall. They didn't enter the hall when they were watching the sunset, so we only asked a few questions and didn't give them statements."
Han Bin shook his head. "No, I remember that there should have been fifteen guests watching the sunset in the hall at the time. One person was missing."
"That can't be. There were fourteen of us when we went," Policeman Xiao Wu said.
Han Bin recalled carefully. "One of the guests left before Ma Fangfang noticed that the diamond was missing. Before entering the hall, the attendants registered the room number and the number of people. The resort should have a record."
Officer Huang touched his chin. "No one really reacted to this situation, and no one mentioned it in the statements."
Han Bin frowned. Most people had the attitude that it was better to avoid trouble. This kind of question should be asked by the police. "Contact the supervisor, Song Nannan, and ask her to bring the records of that day."
Officer Huang pointed to the policeman beside him. "Xiao Wu, go and contact her."
"Yes."
Han Bin put down the file and said, "I have a general understanding of the situation. I've seen the diamond theft case, but I haven't seen the scene of the burglary case. You should have seen it, right? "
Li Hui nodded and said, "I have."
Officer Huang also nodded.
Han Bin asked, "From the current evidence, do you think these two cases are related?"
"The victim of the burglary case is called Qiao Songliang. From the looks of it, the two victims don't know each other, and there's no evidence that the two cases are related."
"Have there been any burglaries at the resort before?" Han Bin asked.
Officer Huang replied, "I've asked the person in charge of the hotel. There was also a burglary the year before last, but not last year."
Li Hui continued, "From the looks of it, the security of the hotel is pretty good, and there aren't many cases. If these two cases are not related, they shouldn't happen so frequently. "
Han Bin concluded. "If it's a series of robberies, the suspects are the same group of people. Let's find out what they have in common. If it wasn't a series of robberies, why did the two cases happen so close to each other? "
"There's another problem, which is the cost of the theft. The cost of this resort is not low. If the suspect pretended to be a guest and committed the theft, how much money would be left after deducting the hotel fees? "
"Could it be an outsider who snuck into the hotel to commit a crime?" Zhao Ming asked.
Han Bin shook his head. "That's unlikely. The resort is huge and has a lot of surveillance cameras. If you're not familiar with the situation here, you might even get lost. The other ring was lost in the sunset viewing hall. It's very difficult for outsiders to sneak in. "
Officer Huang made a bold guess. "Could it have been done by the employees of the resort?"
Han Bin said, "I can't rule out that possibility."
"Knock knock …" At this moment, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"Creak …" The door creaked.
Lil Wu came in with a woman.
This woman was wearing the uniform of the resort. She was Song Nannan, the female supervisor of the Golden Platform.
Han Bin stood up and introduced himself. "Supervisor Song, I'm Han Bin from the city's Criminal Investigation Unit. I'd like to ask you a few questions."
"Okay." Song Nannan nodded and sized up Han Bin. "Mr. Han, you look a little familiar."
"Yes, I'm also a guest of our resort. I happened to be at the Golden Platform that day. Because I understand the situation at the time, I also participated in the investigation of this case." After Han Bin said that, he continued to ask, "When Ma Fangfang's diamond ring was stolen, how many guests and waiters were at the Golden Platform?"
Song Nannan said, "There were a total of three waiters including me. Including you and Ma Fangfang, there were a total of fourteen guests."
"That's not right. I remember that there were fifteen guests. Did someone leave halfway?" Han Bin asked.
"Oh my, the situation at the time …" Song Nannan looked like she was recalling. She flipped open the record she carried with her and checked it carefully. "Yes, there was indeed a person who left the Golden Platform. I remember now, but this person left before the police were called."
"Leaving before the police was called doesn't mean that he's not a suspect," Han Bin said.
Officer Huang frowned. This was his mistake. He asked, "Captain Song, what's the name of that guest?"
Song Nannan shook her head. "I'm not sure what his name is either. I only counted the number of rooms and the number of people. The total number is fifteen. As for who left first, we still have to check again."
Han Bin thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Compare the list of guests who stayed at the hotel with the list of people who took the statement and see who left first. Officer Huang will be in charge of taking his statement."
Officer Huang nodded. "No problem."
"That's all for now. Zhao Ming, call Ma Fangfang in and take her statement."
"Yes."
After that, Officer Huang left with Song Nannan.
Only the criminal investigation team was left in the room. Zhao Ming brought Ma Fangfang in.
Han Bin sized her up. "Ms. Ma, we need to take your statement again."
"Okay."
"When did you come to the resort?"
Ma Fangfang recalled. "May 28th, the day before the diamond ring was stolen."
"Who knows that you're at the resort?"
"My parents and my boyfriend."
"You came with two friends?"
"Yes, we made an appointment last year to come here for the hot spring this year. We were delayed for a while because of the epidemic."
Han Bin changed the topic and asked, "How much is the diamond ring you lost worth?"
"My boyfriend bought it. I'm not very sure."
"You can estimate it yourself."
"Maybe twenty or thirty thousand."
"Do you have a picture of the ring?"
"Yes." Ma Fangfang answered. She took out her phone from a blue bag and found a picture of the diamond ring.
Han Bin checked it. The diamond ring was not big. This kind of diamond ring could be sold for twenty or thirty thousand in the store, but it was estimated to be worth less than three thousand in the second-hand market.
"Let me see your bag."
"Okay." Ma Fangfang handed it over.
Han Bin flipped it over. The bag was very exquisite. It was more than twenty centimeters long and about ten centimeters wide. He asked, "At that time, the diamond ring was in this bag?"
"Yes."
"Why do I remember that your friend was holding a similar bag at that time?"
"Yes, the three of us bought the bag together. Each of us bought one as a symbol of our friendship," Ma Fangfang said.
After Han Bin looked at it, he returned the bag to Ma Fangfang. "When was the last time you wore a diamond ring?"
Ma Fangfang recalled. "It was at the Golden Platform, when we were watching the sunset, that I put the diamond ring in the bag. So I'm sure that it must have been lost at the Golden Platform. "
"Why did you take off the ring at that time?"
Ma Fangfang hesitated for a moment and said, "At that time, I was thinking of taking a few pictures of the sunset and posting them on my WeChat Moments. I felt that wearing a diamond ring wasn't very good. After all … I'm not married yet. If I took pictures with a diamond ring on, everyone would know. So … I put the diamond ring in the bag."
Tian Li glanced at her. This woman named Ma Fangfang was very thoughtful.
Han Bin did not care about it and continued to ask, "Where did you put the bag?"
"It was on the table."
"Who was near the table at that time?"
"Li Lan and Zheng Rong. There were other customers walking around, but I can't remember."
Han Bin asked, "Is it possible that Li Lan and Zheng Rong stole it?"
Ma Fangfang's tone was firm. "Impossible. The three of us were chatting together the whole time. If they took something out of my bag, I would definitely have seen it."
"Then, did your eyes leave your bag?"
Ma Fangfang recalled. "When we were taking pictures, the three of us left the table and squeezed to the front to take pictures. I think it might have been stolen at that time. "
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