South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 252: Haidai Province Major Serial Murder Case

"Come! Let me introduce to you our new comrade. This is our new deputy director, Comrade Yuan Mu!" Gong Caijie, who was sitting in the first seat, introduced Yuan Mu next to him.

Yuan Mu stood at attention and saluted everyone, and the people below also applauded out of respect.

"This is Comrade Liu Jun!" Gong Caijie pointed at Liu Jun next to him.

Liu Jun saluted to everyone like Yuan Mu did, and everyone applauded as well.

Liu Jun hasn't graduated from university yet and is currently on a temporary assignment, so he doesn't have an administrative rank yet. After he gets his university diploma, he will normally be promoted to the deputy section level. Of course, this is also something Liu Yaoguo has advised, and he cannot be treated specially. Otherwise, with Liu Yaoguo's status, it would be no problem for him to get Liu Jun the rank of a full section level.

"Come on, comrades, introduce yourselves to our two new comrades." Gong Caijie smiled and then looked at a man in his thirties.

"Old Jiang! Let's start with you!"

"Okay, my name is Jiang Nan, and I'm the deputy director of the First Investigation Division."

"My name is Liu Pengfei, deputy director of the First Investigation Division."

"My name is Ma Xiaoyan, and I'm the chief of the Investigation Division 1."

Then dozens of people introduced themselves one by one. Yuan Mu listened carefully and memorized their names and appearances.

There are six departments in the first department. Before Yuan Mu came, two deputy directors managed three departments respectively. Now that Yuan Mu is here, it is natural for two departments to be separated and given to Yuan Mu to manage.

In Gong Caijie's office, Yuan Mu and Gong Caijie were smoking.

"Old Yuan, subjects four and six will be taught by you from now on. I still have great confidence in your abilities." Gong Caijie said with a smile.

Yuan Mu nodded with a smile and then spoke.

"Brother Gong, what's the matter with what you said before that we are short of people in the department?"

"Hey! Don't mention it. It's not just our department that's short on people. Several other departments are also short on people. This is strange. In the 1970s, the number of criminal cases in the country was very low. Now it's only 1982, and the number of criminal cases has skyrocketed."

"We have done statistics. There were only tens of thousands of criminal cases in the 1970s. But since the 1980s, the number of criminal cases in the past two years alone has exceeded hundreds of thousands, which is dozens of times more than in the past!"

"That's why we are short of people in our bureau. There are so many cases happening every day, and many of them require our guidance and handling. We are simply too busy to handle them. Until now, there are still many cases that cannot be solved in the bureau." Gong Caijie shook his head and sighed.

"Is that so?" Yuan Mu frowned and nodded.

"Brother Gong, is there any recent case that cannot be solved?" Yuan Mu asked.

"Yes, I have a case right now. It's a major serial murder case that occurred in Haidai Province. You can take a look!" As he said that, Gong Caijie picked up a document from his desk and handed it to Yuan Mu.

Yuan Mu took the document and began to look through it. Gong Caijie told Yuan Mu what had happened.

"This case happened in Qing City, Haidai Province. A total of four victims were brutally murdered. The Qing City police and the police from the Public Security Bureau of Haidai Province have been investigating day and night for a month, but they have not caught the criminal. Moreover, three days ago, the Haidai Provincial Police sent news that the criminal had struck again. The victim was a 16-year-old female student."

"After investigation by the Haidai Provincial Police, the five victims died in different ways. The only thing they had in common was that each had a deep hole on the inside of their thighs. They were all sexually assaulted. The criminals seemed to have serious mental disorders, especially the first victim, a female reporter named Han Qian, who was 27 years old this year."

"She was tied up by the criminals, her lower body was sewn up, and her mouth was stuffed with maggots. In order to prevent Han Qian from defecating, the criminals cruelly glued her anus shut. It can be said that Han Qian was suffocated to death."

"And that's not all. At the end, the criminal actually used a knife to cut a deep hole in Han Qian's inner thigh and used this hole to commit sexual assault."

Yuan Mu frowned, and comparing Gong Caijie's words with the case on file, he imagined the scene at that time in his mind. A desperate woman was treated so cruelly. What kind of grudge was there?

"Is there no trace left at the scene?"

"Yes, semen was detected in the deep hole on the inner thigh of Han Qian. But you also know that we can't identify the suspect based on this. There are no other things like fingerprints and footprints. This criminal has extremely strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities." Gong Caijie shook his head.

"Huh." Yuan Mu finished reading the file quickly. This criminal was truly perverted to the extreme!

The first victim, Han Qian, 27 years old, was a reporter for a newspaper in Qing City, Haidai Province. She was killed on August 1, 1982. The cause of death was a ruptured bladder, a bloody hole on the inner thigh, and sexual assault.

The second victim, Roman, 26 years old, was a teacher at Qingdao No. 1 Middle School. He was killed on August 10, 1982. He suffered inhuman torture before his death. The cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation. There was a bloody hole on the inner thigh and he was sexually assaulted.

The third victim, Li Li, was 29 years old and a worker at a textile factory in Qingshi City. She was killed on August 13, 1982. She had suffered inhuman torture before her death. The cause of death was that her temple was pierced by a sharp object, there was a bloody hole on the inner thigh, and she was sexually assaulted.

The fourth victim, Zhao Xuemei, was 34 years old, from Qingshi, unemployed, and was killed on August 20, 1982. She suffered inhuman torture before her death. The cause of death was excessive blood loss. There was a blood hole on the inner thigh and she was sexually assaulted.

The fifth victim was Sun Qiaoqiao, 16 years old, a freshman at a college in Qingshi City. She was killed on August 24, 1982. She had suffered inhuman torture before her death. She died of two fatal wounds on her chest and excessive blood loss. There was a bloody hole on the inside of her thigh and she had been sexually assaulted.

"Brother Gong, I want to study this case." Yuan Mu looked up at Gong Caijie and said.

"Okay, no problem." Gong Caijie nodded.

"By the way, Brother Gong, do we need to follow up on this case?"

"Yes, the day after tomorrow morning, Lao Jiang will take people from Section 1 to Qing City to assist in the investigation." Gong Caijie nodded.

"Can I follow?"

"Of course no problem. I've read your resume. You solved many criminal cases, big and small, when you were in Ningyang." Gong Caijie said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll go first, Brother Gong." Yuan Mu stood up and said.

"Okay, if you plan to go, say hello to Lao Jiang and then go together."

"Okay." Yuan Mu nodded and left Gong Caijie's office, turning and walking towards his own office.