novelslam Chapter 58: Case Closed, the Truth Revealed
Chapter 58: Case Closed, the Truth Revealed
"But we still need to find that gun!" Xu Bin looked around. "Everyone, don't overlook any possible corner."
A murder case, two important things.
One is a corpse.
One is a weapon.
Since the murder weapon cannot be found, the chain of evidence cannot be closed.
We must find this gun no matter what.
however.
An hour has passed.
The technical investigators had already searched Chen Erming's house inside and out three times with metal detectors, but they still couldn't find the gun.
They found a washed camouflage uniform and a travel bag, on which blood was detected.
"There's plenty of evidence, but we haven't found the gun. We still need to interrogate Chen Erming!" Xu Bin's facial muscles twitched slightly. "Hopefully, he won't be so stubborn!"
Just then, Xu Bin's phone rang.
Xu Bin answered the phone. "Feed? Okay, I got it."
"Wang Aimi has been caught by Lao Ma and his men. Let's go back to the branch office and put on a show for Chen Erming. Hopefully, he'll know what's good for him. If he doesn't, we'll have to teach him a lesson."
……
Chengbei Branch.
After returning, they interrogated Chen Erming again.
Wang Aimi was also interrogated at the same time.
They arranged for the two of them to meet in the hallway.
As soon as the two met, Wang Aimi excitedly exclaimed, "It's him! Didn't you ask me who I sold the stolen gun to? It's this guy!"
After the scene was finished, Chen Erming was interrogated again.
The interrogation room was dimly lit.
The table lamp shone on Chen Erming.
"Just tell the truth, and you won't suffer, and we won't be in trouble either. Where's the gun?"
"Sold!" Chen Erming gave the same answer as always.
"Do you recognize these shoes?" Xu Bin shook his head, and Wu Song handed him the photo.
"I have a pair that are exactly the same."
"Did you wear it yesterday morning?"
"without."
"Coincidentally, the pattern on these shoes is exactly the same as the bloody footprints found at the scene."
"These shoes are just ordinary stuff. There are tons of shoes with the same tread pattern as mine. You can't judge that I killed someone just because the tread pattern is the same. My shoes haven't been stained with blood!"
"That's exactly what I've been waiting for!" Wu Song immediately pulled out another photo. "Look at the fluorescence on the soles of your shoes."
"What's wrong?"
Do you know about luminol reagent?
"What reagent?" Chen Erming frowned in confusion.
"Oh……"
Wu Song smiled.
They're nowhere near as good as a killer like Li Ailian!
They didn't even know about luminol reagent, yet they dared to commit such a big crime.
"The luminol reagent reacts with blood to produce fluorescence, which is the light you see. We also found this camouflage uniform and this travel bag in your home, both of which react with blood."
"Can you use this fluorescence as evidence?"
"What do you think?" Xu Bin picked up the conversation. "We're not here to give you scientific knowledge. We'll tell you something else. There's something called DNA. Everyone's DNA is unique. We'll compare the DNA extracted from your clothes with the deceased's DNA. If they match, it can prove that the blood on your clothes belongs to the deceased."
If you didn't kill them, why are you covered in their blood? And why are you stepping on their blood?
Are you still going to play charades?
Xu Bin slammed his hand on the table. "If you're honest, we have honest solutions. If you're not honest, well..."
"Chen Erming, your crimes are clear enough and the evidence is very sufficient. You are definitely sentenced to death. However, there is still some time before the death sentence is handed down. What kind of treatment you receive depends on your level of cooperation."
Cao Dahua also stood up and said sternly, "I'm giving you one last chance. Where did you hide the gun? Tell me, and we can talk anything. If you don't tell me, I'm leaving now, and you won't have a chance to speak later!"
Chen Erming's eyes darted around.
Just as Cao Dahua and Xu Bin were about to leave, he sighed and lowered his head, saying, "It's right under a stone in my field at the edge of the village."
"Let's go, take us to find a gun!"
……
The group returned to Chen Erming's village.
"Right here!"
As soon as Chen Erming's voice rang out, everyone stopped and pushed him down.
Chen Erming looked around and pointed with his handcuffed fingers to a rock about the size of a basketball. "It's right under here, covered with some dirt."
Upon hearing this, Wu Song immediately moved the stone aside, reached into the soil, grabbed something wrapped in an oilcloth, and opened it to reveal a pistol.
The workmanship is quite rough, which is consistent with what Hou Er said about the rough edges on the shell.
Let's look at the muzzle of the gun.
"7.62mm caliber."
Wu Song put it into an evidence bag and handed it to Xu Bin.
"Well, this case is finally over." Xu Bin glanced at Chen Erming. "Now that we've come this far, even if you don't say a word from now on, we can still close the case. Don't make any more futile struggles. Go back and tell us your motive and how you committed the crime. Also, tell us where you hid the money you took from the two families."
"I see."
……
During the subsequent interrogation, Chen Erming spilled everything he had said.
The reason is simple: for money, and incidentally, to get revenge.
As for that grudge, it was something that grew up.
It was accumulated from the ordinary little things that happened during the years the deceased was with him.
For example, if there's something delicious at home and he wants to eat more, he might be stopped.
Then, when it's time for the wedding, they build a house for their own son and give him a dowry.
He only gave me a sum of money when we got married, which was far from enough. It took me many years to pay off all my debts.
Another example is that his wife fell seriously ill, and his partner did everything he could to pay for her treatment. There was a chance his wife could have been saved, but he didn't.
Until recently, Xiaomi, who he used to work with, asked him if he wanted to buy a gun, and he bought it for 1,000 yuan.
Then I wanted to make some money to spend.
He suddenly thought of his uncles who had raised him for many years.
Thinking of the two of them stirred up murderous intent in my heart.
But he was also afraid that if the relationship was too close, it would lead to an investigation, so he decided to imitate the previous scarecrow murder case, commit several more cases, and make it a serial murder case, then hide his uncle and aunt in one of the cases.
As for the Gao couple, they were simply victims of an undeserved misfortune.
"Greed knows no bounds!" After the interrogation, Xu Bin shook his head with a sigh, rubbing his face with hair growth tonic. "I don't think the deceased did anything particularly outrageous. How can a biological son and a nephew be the same? He raised you, and he supported you financially when things went wrong. He just didn't give you his all, and yet he held a grudge against you. It shouldn't be like that!"
"This tells us that we shouldn't raise other people's children," Lin Wenshu said. "There are historical records of this kind of thing. Look at Dorgon, what happened to him in the end?"
"Hey, what a mess this is," Ma Dazhi said eloquently. "This just shows how right our country was to implement a comprehensive gun ban in 96. Look at Chen Erming, if he didn't have a gun, he probably wouldn't have killed so many people, or he might not have even had the intention to kill anyone."
"yes!"