Notes From A Criminal Investigation 8 Chapter 10

The information on fugitives from various places is handled by Task Force 7.

Owen was reading the case brief when his cell phone rang. The caller was the detachment leader Chen Yang. His tone was unusually heavy as he said, "Zhou Tao probably won't be able to come. He was involved in the rape case in Xicheng, and the details of the case are still under investigation."

Owen had read about the rape case in Xicheng on the intranet, and never thought that it would be related to Zhou Tao. He asked for leave from Lao Pu, the deputy head of the special case team, and hurried back to Jiangzhou.

Standing in the garage of the new building of the Jiangzhou City Criminal Police, Owen realized that his identity had changed substantially. He was now an investigator of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps, not an investigator of the Jiangzhou City Public Security Bureau. Zhou Tao's accident was a matter of the Jiangzhou City Bureau and had no direct relationship with the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps. He could only use his identity as the leader of the Second Special Case Team of the Provincial Public Security Bureau's homicide case backlog to understand the candidates recommended by the Jiangzhou City Public Security Bureau to the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps to join the Second Special Case Team.

After Owen handed in his office key, he had no place to stay in the new Criminal Police Building, so he went straight to Room 307. Ma Xiaobing was the only one in Room 307, while Jiang Keyang, Yuan Laian and Wu Qiang were not in the office.

"Lao Ke is in a meeting and he asked me to wait for you." Ma Xiaobing took a paper cup from the cabinet and made a cup of tea.

Owen didn't exchange pleasantries and asked directly: "What's going on with Zhou Tao?"

Ma Xiaobing lowered his voice and said, "It's a bit complicated. The DNA of the semen extracted by Lily from Chen Feifei's vag!na was successfully matched with Zhou Tao. There were two cigarette butts in the reeds where Chen Feifei woke up. There were Zhou Tao's fingerprints on these two cigarette butts, and the fingerprints on them were successfully matched with DNA. The evidence is very strong. Zhou Tao has been detained and sent to the detention center."

Owen subconsciously picked up the cigarette on the table, lit it, took a deep puff, and said, "This is not right. Zhou Tao and Zhu Zhu are in love and have a good relationship. On the evening of the 18th, Zhou Tao, Lao Ke, Zhu Zhi and others had dinner together and drank a lot of wine. How could he inexplicably rape Chen Feifei on the morning of the 19th? This is unreasonable."

Ma Xiaobing said: "The fingerprints and DNA on the cigarette butts, and the semen DNA are all very solid evidence. This case is not handled by us, so I don't know the details."

Owen said: "Qian Gang's shooting was initially irrefutable, but in the end it was a double bullet. The evidence in this case is so solid that I feel there is something wrong. The scene is more like someone deliberately arranged it. What kind of meeting is Lao Ke holding?"

Ma Xiaobing said: "The Xichengliang Brigade is reporting the case of Chen Feifei being raped. In addition to the people from the detachment, the Discipline Inspection Commission, the Legal Affairs Office and other departments are here, and the Municipal Procuratorate has also sent people to attend the meeting."

Owen had countless doubts in his mind, but he was not an investigator, and he was no longer a criminal policeman in Jiangzhou City, so he could not interfere in the cases handled by the Xicheng Criminal Investigation Brigade. He sat opposite Ma Xiaobing and began to smoke non-stop.

Three hours later, the meeting ended. Jiang Keyang walked back to Room 307, shaking his head and saying, "Zhou Tao is in trouble, even more trouble than Qian Gang was. Owen, Chen Zhi wants you to come over."

Chen Yang, the captain of the detachment, was extremely upset. When he saw Owen coming in, he said, "The document recommending Zhou Tao to the special case team for unsolved homicide cases has not been signed yet. If Zhou Tao had just arrived at the provincial department and was imprisoned for rape, the Jiangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau would have lost face. This is really a blessing in disguise."

Owen asked: "Will Zhou Tao really rape?"

Chen Yang leaned against the sofa, looking tired, and said: "I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems to be true. On the morning of the 19th, after Zhou Tao sent his girlfriend away, he couldn't find anyone who could confirm his whereabouts the whole morning, and he returned to the video brigade in the afternoon. According to him, he originally wanted to go shopping on the morning of the 19th, but later changed his mind and went home to see his parents. His parents were not at home, they were traveling outside. Zhou Tao slept at his parents' house, cooked noodles at home at noon, and returned to the criminal police detachment in the afternoon. During this period, no one could prove his whereabouts, and the call records between him and his parents could only prove that he had called his parents. His parents live in the suburbs, in a separate house and yard, and there is no surveillance."

Owen said: "All the main nodes of the city roads are monitored, and he can always be seen."

Chen Yang shook his head and said, "He rode his bicycle home. At nine o'clock, he saw Zhou Tao in a surveillance camera at the East Gate, but he never saw him again. In addition to the semen on Chen Feifei's body, Chen Feifei also heard the three words 'Team Leader Hou' in the car. She was particularly impressed by these three words. The West City Criminal Investigation Department started the investigation from the three words 'Team Leader Hou' and retrieved the DNA data of the members of the 105 Special Case Team and the Serious Case Team 1 from the database. The results were completely comparable to Zhou Tao's data."

Owen asked: "In the car, what car?"

Chen Yang said: "Chen Feifei received a call from a friend and was going to Golden Sky Street to play mahjong. Not long after she left the house, she was stopped by a gray Changan car. Three people jumped out of the car and pulled Chen Feifei into the car. Chen Feifei heard the three words "Team Leader Hou" in the car."

Owen's face suddenly changed, and he said, "In the indecent assault case and Qiu Hongbing case, a Jiangzhou Changan car appeared, and several people jumped out of the Changan car and tied up Zhang Ying. To date, the Changan car and the people in the car have not been found. In the indecent assault case, Yang Weimin, who had no motive, couldn't explain it even if he had a hundred mouths. The ideas and methods of these two cases are basically the same as those of Chen Feifei's rape case. I can boldly say that Yang Weimin and Zhou Tao were framed. We can start from the phone call Chen Feifei received."

Chen Yang said: "Captain Liang is experienced and did not miss these clues. The person who called Chen Feifei was also a woman who sang in the bar. They often made appointments to play mahjong, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon. This is normal."

Owen asked: "Xiao Xiao?"

Chen Yang said: "It's not Xiao Xiao, it's another resident singer, whose stage name is Tongtong. This singer also called Xiao Xiao and asked Xiao Xiao to play mahjong. Zhou Tao said he couldn't tell where he was on the morning of the 19th, and the DNA comparison results made him even more involved. Teng Pengfei has returned, and he is currently in charge of investigating Chen Feifei's case. Since Chen Feifei heard the three words "Team Leader Hou" in the car, he will ask you about the situation, including your whereabouts on the morning of the 19th."