pjbooks Chapter 108 Perfect Burial of the Corpse? Doesn't Exist.
Chapter 108 Perfect Burial of the Corpse? Doesn't Exist.
Many people in the bureau shared Zhou Yang's thoughts, but thoughts are one thing, and without finding a body, all they could do was speculate.
The person Liu Chengyu sent to the vehicle management office returned with the car owner's information: he was the owner of a private company in Ning'an Xiangjiang.
The car was originally registered in the latter half of 92, less than three years ago. However, according to the owner, he only drove it for six months before selling it due to financial problems and the fortune teller's predictions.
As for how many times the business changed hands, he said he was completely unaware of it.
According to the first owner, he sold the car to a builder named A-Qiang, while the current owner is the owner of a car repair shop. According to him, the man asked him to come and get the car repaired, and after learning the repair cost, he sold the car to him at a low price.
After half a day of identification, it was discovered that the builder named A-Qiang was not the same person who sold the car to the owner!
That means the car has been handled by at least four different people.
Through the investigation of the current car owner, the municipal bureau had already ruled him out as a suspect. At present, the most suspicious person is the previous owner of the car.
According to the current owner, the process of recovering the car was somewhat complicated. He was busy at the shop when he received a message that someone's car had broken down on the road, apparently due to a flat tire, and they hoped he could tow it back for repairs.
He had no reason to refuse this business that came to him. In a not-so-remote farmland, he saw the vehicle, its body a mess, with both wheels stuck deep in the mud.
After finally managing to get him out and change the tire, they discovered the battery was dead. During their casual conversation, he vaguely revealed the approximate cost to the other person, because he had seen cases where the cost was agreed upon beforehand but then reneged on.
However, the person was quite straightforward and didn't discuss the price much.
The other party said that he had recently failed in business and wanted to come here to relax, but then his car broke down. However, he had come to a realization and decided to start his own business. Once he left, the car would be idle.
The car owner naturally understood what the other party meant. After some haggling, the two of them drove the person to a bank, withdrew the money, and completed the transaction.
"Isn't he afraid that this car is of dubious origin?" Xiao Jiale said, then paused, shook his head. How could such a seasoned veteran not know? Perhaps he already knew during his conversation with the other party, but he still bought it in the end, just for profit.
According to the car owner, he had actually dealt with that person twice before. That person had come to his shop to repair his car twice. He could not say that he was familiar with him, nor could he say that he was a stranger. He could only say that he had a vague impression of him.
However, more than two months have passed since then, and his memory of the other person's appearance has become much more hazy.
The first owner sold the car to a construction contractor named A-Qiang, who then left Ning'an to seek his fortune elsewhere. The local police station is currently searching for him through his personal connections, but there are no leads yet.
Currently, the lead on the car also seems to have reached a stalemate.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Xiao Jiale and Zhou Yang stood up at the same time, and everyone looked at the two of them.
"You go first, you go first!" Zhou Yang smiled, then sat down and gestured to Xiao Jiale.
"Stop being so polite, hurry up!" Liu Chengyu stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, laughing and scolding as he said, "What time is it already!"
"Liu Da, everyone, I think we can try a different approach, for example, instead of looking at the people, we can look at the car..." Xiao Jiale stood up and tried to speak.
What he was thinking was that as long as the car was on the road, it would leave traces, and the traces that were easiest to trace were nothing more than a few types: manual interception, manual invoicing, paper filing, and annual inspection.
You should know that nowadays vehicles are inspected and issued license plates annually. In order for a vehicle to pass the inspection and be allowed on the road, it must be registered. This is where they get their way.
"Yes! Excellent!" Wang Chao slammed his hand on the table. Right, how come he didn't think of that?
As the person who drives the most in the brigade, he thought of this possibility. The other party may not have violated any rules, but they can't skip the annual inspection. If they check it directly, they won't have to worry about not finding some clues.
Seeing that his opinion had been adopted, Xiao Jiale's face flushed with excitement, and then he sat there and turned his gaze to Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang didn't sell the case; he just wanted to apply to go and check out the remote farmland the car owner mentioned.
"Go!" Liu Chengyu understood his meaning after a moment's thought.
"It's right here, right here. The car was tilted, but the crater seems smaller than before!" The driver pointed to a spot, leading Zhou Yang along.
"When you came, it was April or May, the rainy season. Now it's July, so this is normal." Zhou Yang squatted by the ditch. "Which direction was the car facing, and where was the person?"
After asking a few more questions, Zhou Yang asked the car owner to leave first. If his guess was correct, the other party would only be frightened if he stayed.
"Did you find any clues?" Wang Chao, who had come out with Zhou Yang, sat cross-legged on his shoes, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it.
He actually preferred going out to investigate cases with Zhou Yang. He could just be the driver and find more clues without having to use his brain. He could just follow Zhou Yang's directions.
He felt that Yang Ge thought the same way.
Following the direction the car owner had given him, Zhou Yang carefully observed step by step, looking for any traces!
The car battery is dead, most likely due to prolonged use of the headlights. Listening to a CD or radio alone is far from enough to deplete the battery.
With the headlights on for so long, all he could think of was digging a hole and burying the body.
This place can be described as the middle of nowhere, with no tall buildings around. You have to cross a high slope to see it, and even if you are busy with your car lights on, no one will notice you.
Many people have a misconception that digging a hole to bury a body is easy. In fact, many people think that if it is so easy to find out that a body has been dumped, why not bury it?
Compared to throwing far away and burying nearby, burying far away is less risky, but few people do it because this clumsy, high-risk, and flawed method of concealment is too physically demanding.
If buried too shallow, it will be dug up by animals or exposed after natural decay.
The burial depth should be at least 1.5 meters, the length should be about 2 meters, and the width should be about 1 meter, which is approximately three cubic meters.
A physically capable adult male can dig one cubic meter in one to one and a half hours in soft sandy loam, and three cubic meters in about four hours.
And this only accounts for the time spent digging; it doesn't include the time spent resting and covering up along the way.
If the tools are subpar, the physical strength is lacking, and the chosen location has some rocks or tree roots, the time required could be extended to 10-15 hours, making it impossible to complete.
This is just a burial.
You thought you had finally completed a flawless burial, only to find the police arriving at the scene and finding drag marks, pressure marks, cigarette butts, tool marks, clothing fibers, footprints, and other clues...
Wang Chao noticed that Zhou Yang seemed to have been squatting in one place for a long time, so he stood up and went to check on him.
"Don't come any closer, notify the technical team!"