Chapter 152: The Disappearing Hostage

Back then, not only Mr. Tao did not expect, but the criminal police in charge of the case also did not expect that the kidnappers were so cunning that they would use this method to obtain ransom.

What surprised them even more was that when they followed the tracker, they found that only the tracker was left at the scene, and the money had already disappeared!

Since then, the kidnapped five children, as well as the driver Niu Weiguang, have never returned.

Although the police invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the search afterwards, not only did they not find the kidnapped person, even the van that Niu Weiguang drove back then was not found.

The ransom was collected, but the person did not release it. In the end, the police didn't even know how many kidnappers there were. Back then, the case caused an uproar throughout Qinshan. The police leaders were furious and gave the criminal police who were in charge of the case a very severe punishment.

However, the children did not come back, and it was useless to punish anyone!

Since Mr. Tao left the money back then, Mr. Tao himself has lived in deep self-blame for many years. If he hadn't thrown money down back then, wouldn't the children still have a chance?

At this moment, Zhao Yu listened carefully from below. Even though he had read the materials many times, he still noticed something that he hadn't noticed before hearing Qu Ping's narration.

He felt that there seemed to be something unreasonable in the course of this case, and it was slightly different from his previous cognition.

But where it is, he hasn't figured it out for a while.

tsk tsk...

Zhao Yu caressed the purse that Mr. Tao handed him. The money in the purse hadn't been touched, and it was all his now! Although he gave way several times later, Mr. Tao insisted on giving the money to Zhao Yu as a token of gratitude.

What a turn of events, he thought that he and this huge sum of money had already passed by, but he never expected that it would eventually fall into his own hands.

It seems that today's "Dui" hexagram is quite powerful.

In addition, Mr. Tao also told Zhao Yu that he was working in a bank and held an important position. The ransom was directly withdrawn from the bank's vault, and not only were all new notes, but they also had serial numbers.

At the beginning, the police had recorded the banknote numbers and took pictures of the money and purses. After the children disappeared, the police tried to track down these numbers with the banking system, but found nothing.

However, no one could have imagined that the robbers never touched the money and buried it in the collapsed mine.

money……

ransom……

Zhao Yu pondered hard, feeling more and more that the ransom was a bit strange. Why would the robbers leave it next to the children's bodies?

"Back then, the police searched every aspect imaginable, such as phone numbers, fingerprints, interpersonal relationships, etc., all checked!" Qu Ping continued, "But in the end, not even a single suspect was found. How many kidnappers are there? I don't know. The only one who has been included in the suspect list is the driver Niu Weiguang! Some people suspected that even if Niu Weiguang was not a kidnapper, he was very likely to cooperate with the kidnappers and planned the kidnapping together! However..."

Qu Ping shook her head and signaled to Liu Changhu, which meant that she had finished telling the story of the case.

"Oh," Liu Changhu hurriedly pointed to Wang Fei, who was already standing in front of the big screen, and said, "Next, I would like to trouble Section Chief Wang to explain the general condition of the bones! Thank you for your hard work!"

As soon as he heard that he was about to talk about the bones, Zhao Yu quickly put away his thoughts and listened carefully. He wanted to see what unexpected things they found during the autopsy?

Due to the heavy work in the past few days, Section Chief Wang Fei looked pale and looked haggard. However, she still started her explanation with full spirit and professional tone.

After the screen was turned on, the first thing that appeared was a black and gray skeleton with a blue head. Because the bones were so small, even laymen could tell that the bones belonged to children!

"My colleagues,

We found a total of five complete skeletons from the collapsed mine. It was confirmed by DNA comparison that four of them came from the kidnapped children, namely 9-year-old Liang Meili, 12-year-old Liang Shuhan, 11-year-old Tao Xiao and 10-year-old Liu Hongxiang!

"In addition, there is another body, which belongs to the van driver who disappeared together that year——Niu Weiguang!!"

As soon as Wang Fei's words came out, there was an uproar at the scene, and the detectives were stunned without exception!

Zhao Yu was no exception. He never expected that the comparison of the bones would lead to such a result!

It might not be a surprise if Niu Weiguang was killed by the robbers, but why... was there one missing?

Zhao Yu took the information and compared it, and found that Liang Sisi was not among the names Wang Fei read just now. Liang Sisi had just entered the first grade, only 7 years old!

how……

What about Liang Sisi?

Was she not killed, or was the body never found?

"Among the five bones, no information related to Liang Sisi was collected." Wang Fei continued, "According to the latest news, the collapsed mine has been completely cleaned up, and no other corpses have been found at the scene! The engineering team has A professional search team was sent to search the nearby mines. We still have to wait for any other results.”

After speaking, the camera on the screen switched, and the leather bag that Zhao Yu picked up appeared.

"This is the leather bag picked up by Comrade Zhao Yu, which contains the ransom money from that year." Wang Fei introduced, "We have thoroughly inspected it. Due to the long time lapse and serious damage, we can no longer extract valid evidence!"

oh……

Zhao Yu patted the purse. It seems that the money has lost its effectiveness as evidence, so it was returned to the owner so soon.

Since the bag contained valuable banknotes, all the detectives at the scene cast envious glances at Zhao Yu, lamenting how lucky Zhao Yu was.

Not only did Zhao Yu find the money, but he was also given it back by the owner in an open and honest manner. Although the banknotes inside are only 200,000, they are all old banknotes with consecutive numbers. If they are sold in the market, at least they will have to be exchanged for hundreds of thousands. Didn't this kid make a fortune in one go! ?

However, Zhao Yu didn't think much about it. His thoughts were still on the bones just now, and he couldn't understand why there was a bone missing.

Following Wang Fei's operation, the big screen switched again, and pictures of five corpses suddenly appeared.

"We have examined all the bones," explained Section Chief Wang Fei, "Due to the age and the erosion of stagnant water, we were unable to find out the exact cause of death of these people.

"However, the five corpses were scattered and buried. There are obvious traces of explosion impact on the bones, as well as traces of rock dumping, and we have also detected sulfur and saltpetre components from the rocks. From these evidences, there was indeed an explosion at the scene. , the explosion caused the mine to collapse.

"It's just that we can't judge whether these people were buried while dead, or were killed by the explosion while they were alive!

"In the place close to the bones, we also found some rough fibers. After restoration and comparison, we have confirmed that it is a material of old-fashioned hemp rope. We suspect that the deceased should have been bound by this kind of hemp rope during his lifetime, and The ropes were still tied to the dead when the explosion happened."

When Wang Fei said this, the detectives on the scene all felt heavy. Among the dead, four were children. It is really outrageous that the murderers used such means to brutally kill him.

As the screen switched, the picture was replaced with a larger skeleton.

"This is the skeleton of the driver Niu Weiguang." Wang Fei pointed to the screen and said, "We also found something on his skeleton! On Niu Weiguang's left rib, there are obvious stab wounds.

"Among them, one rib was directly punctured, and the two adjacent ribs had neat incisions.

"It is speculated that Niu Weiguang was stabbed with a sharp weapon before his death. This place is very close to the heart. Although he did not directly stab the heart, the possibility of death is very high!"

As soon as Wang Fei finished speaking, the detectives couldn't help discussing again.

Zhao Yu heard someone beside him whispering: "Niu Weiguang is dead. It seems that he is just an innocent victim. It should have nothing to do with the kidnapping case, right?"

"That might be!" Another person said, "What if it's because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, killing people to silence them?"

"Yes!" Another said, "I heard that over the years, Niu Weiguang has been suspected of being one of the kidnappers. His family has been driven out of Mianling Town. I don't know if there are any family members this time." Will you come to claim his body?"

"Ah..." the first person to speak sighed, "One case has broken so many families. I really don't know who those vicious kidnappers are? I just heard that the families of the deceased are offering rewards outside! The bounty is 10 million! Brothers, work harder! The time to change your destiny is here!"

These people were discussing, the door of the meeting room suddenly opened, and a person who was walking a bit shaky walked in from the outside.

After Director Luan Xiaoxiao saw this person, he immediately waved his hand and told him to come to the front. After Liu Changhu saw it, he also stood up and welcomed this person to the seat next to him.

Zhao Yu turned his head to look, but he also recognized the person who came, and it was Mao Wei, the official team leader of his own group A! !