"A little, but let's catch them first!" I lit a cigarette carefully. After Gao Mingqiang and others searched, they had basically turned Kong Ziyu's house upside down, but Kong Ziyu and his group had left nothing behind. We had to return for now.
Back at the bureau, the work basically turned into a city-wide manhunt. Because they had escaped, Director Huang had directly applied for a warrant for us, and now all the police forces in Fuming City were searching for these two people.
We originally thought we would find them quickly, but who knew this search would be delayed again.
A week passed in a flash, but we hadn't even found a single hair of theirs.
On another Tuesday evening, I was still pacing in my office when suddenly a scream erupted from not far away from the police station. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
I initially thought I had misheard, because this was a police station, how could someone suddenly scream?
I followed the sound and arrived near the lounge. At this moment, Liu Yuning also came over, clearly drawn by the scream.
"Who's inside?" Liu Yuning forcefully twisted the doorknob and found that the door was locked from the inside.
"The police station lounge is usually not locked, so something seems to be wrong!" I said. I took a few steps back and kicked the door directly. The door was violently opened by me.
As I walked into the lounge, I found a female police officer lying limply in front of the water dispenser, which was still dispensing water. I rushed to turn off the switch, then helped the female officer up. Only then did I discover that her face was covered in wounds, and her eyes were gone!
All that remained were two huge dark holes, so deep and dark that they seemed to stare at me like abyssal black holes, making cold sweat run down my back. Her police uniform was also torn open everywhere, with cracks all over.
I never expected such a gruesome crime to spread to our police station. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought I was dreaming.
Liu Yuning was extremely nervous and immediately took out her phone to call for backup.
I stayed by the female officer's side. Although her face was completely disfigured, judging by her figure, I guessed it was Tiểu Lý from the Criminal Investigation Team. I fumbled in her pants pocket and found her police ID and wallet.
Seeing that it was Tiểu Lý's name, I carefully laid her body down. I then looked around the scene. The police station lounge was actually very small, about 20 square meters. It had no windows, and only two water dispensers, a coffee machine, and several boxes filled with countless instant noodles.
No windows and the door was sealed. How did the killer get in?
It seemed to be another apparent locked-room mystery, but I knew this was just an illusion.
I picked up the UV light and ran it over the walls. Indeed, I found a serious crack in one of the walls. However, this crack was too small for a wolfdog to get through, and besides, the wolfdog was already under our control and couldn't have committed the crime.
Could it be another kind of animal?
As I was thinking, Xie Chuchu and Tiểu Dong came in and were quite shocked to see Tiểu Lý's body.
Xie Chuchu crouched beside the body and began a preliminary examination with the laser scanner and UV light.
Soon, she said, "Time of death was about 10 minutes ago. The cause of death was excessive blood loss and extreme pain due to multiple wounds. Judging by the muscle contractions on her skin, she likely died while bleeding. However, the victim's skin appears to show signs of poisoning, so the cause of death might also be toxins."
"Draw some blood, don't jump to conclusions so quickly!" I instructed.
"Alright! The body will be moved to the forensic department for now, as this place is inconvenient!" Xie Chuchu said. Tiểu Dong and Liu Yuning helped together to move the body away. The lounge, as the crime scene, was temporarily sealed off.
I drew a case line on the ground. Looking at the water dispenser not far away, I noticed there was still a lot of water. It seemed that Lý Văn Quyên, or Tiểu Lý, had been attacked while pouring water for some reason. She hadn't had time to move her cup or turn off the water dispenser, which led to water mixing with blood. However, the water had unintentionally diluted a lot of the blood.
I went behind the water dispenser. At first, I didn't notice anything, but upon closer inspection, I found a snakeskin behind the water dispenser.
Yes, it was a snakeskin!
Many snakes shed their skin when they molt. I approached and picked up the snakeskin with tweezers. Seeing this yellow-green snakeskin, Gao Mingqiang, who was present, said, "Is this a python?"
"It looks like it, but we'll need to compare it in the forensic laboratory to be sure."
"This is too bizarre. Could it be that the veterinarian used other animals to commit the murder this time?" Xiahou speculated.
"It's very likely. This guy knows we're looking for him, yet he dares to commit a crime and even attack one of our female officers!" I said indignantly.
Gao Mingqiang also became angry at this moment, "He's too audacious, this is simply a blatant provocation to us police!"
"We have to catch them quickly. He likes playing the guitar, doesn't he? But we didn't hear any such sound just now?" Xiahou suddenly raised a question.
"That was the sound he used to communicate with the wolfdog. If he communicates with other animals differently, it might not be a guitar!" I analyzed.
Xiahou nodded, "Then I'll go and check the surveillance footage."
"Alright, I'll go to the forensic department. Let me know if you find anything!"
The two of them immediately moved off. I asked the forensic investigators to re-examine the scene and left temporarily.
Upon arriving at the forensic laboratory, Xie Chuchu had already contacted the victim's family. With their consent for an autopsy, we began the examination of Lý Văn Quyên's body.
The blood had already been sent for analysis. Before the autopsy, I found a large amount of skin debris under Lý Văn Quyên's fingernail under the microscope.
Upon closer inspection, I realized that this skin debris seemed to be from the python.
I asked Tiểu Dong to conduct experiments on the snakeskin and extract DNA for comparison with the skin debris.
All work was proceeding in full swing, and Xie Chuchu and I began the dissection of the victim's body.
Although I was nervous when I started, because Lý Văn Quyên was our colleague, I felt a bit shaky and my hands were a little uncontrollable. She was one of our fellow officers!
Even after dissecting her, I felt a sense of unease, but this was not the time for sentimentality. I secretly vowed in my heart, "Lý Văn Quyên, rest assured, in the name of He Jianquan, the ancestral coroner of the He family, I swear I will bring the real culprit to justice!"