National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 628 - 572: Instructions

Chapter 628: Chapter 572: Instructions

Wang Shikai’s elder brother, Wang Shiji, worked at the Changyang City railway bureau. When the police arrived, he had just received the news, but he didn’t flee. Instead, he organized his identification documents and other belongings, and was in the midst of instructing his children.

The police did not give him much warm space, and after a short wait, took him back to the police station.

Wang Shiji was silent throughout the journey, and was detained in another interrogation room.

This time, including Xu Taining, many people couldn’t help but watch the surveillance video. Yu Wenshu simply cleared out a large conference room and then connected it to the signal from the interrogation room.

There wasn’t much of an interrogation battle. Wang Shiji only asked, "What evidence do you have?"

The Jingyang Line triple homicide was not only famous in police circles but also a frequent topic of conversation in the railway industry. The succession of fruitless investigations had given Wang Shiji considerable confidence.

The interrogation expert, Dai Siyan, who was invited by the ministry, was one of the leaders of the criminal science team in Lu Province. He sat with an imposing air, smiled, and asked, "What kind of evidence would you like to see?"

Wang Shiji then fell silent. He had followed the case and, better than the average person, understood the style and methods of the domestic police. Without solid evidence, they would most likely not have brought him to the interrogation chair.

In fact, following Wang Shiji’s arrest, the Changyang City Bureau had dispatched two large teams of detectives to continue the investigation along this lead.

The triple homicide, the triple homicide, now one of the bodies was connected to Wang Shiji. How the other two were linked was also a problem that needed to be addressed.

Moreover, Wang Shikai had an alibi for that day; he was at the hospital for a gallbladder surgery. As his elder brother, had Wang Shiji accompanied him? Had he signed any hospital forms or withdrawn money from an ATM that day? If not, what was his explanation, and where had he been?

The words "Jingyang Line" could not be ignored. It was indeed Wang Shiji who worked at the Changyang City railway bureau, so he was well-versed with the railway situation. But why had he chosen the Huo City, Qingbai City, and Changyang City railway sections for his crimes? Why at that time and place, and what was the relevance to his daily work?

To be more specific, the work roster for the railway was recorded. Was the work Wang Shiji was doing at the time related to the deceased?

Having the answers and searching for the process is much simpler, and as long as these processes are found, the evidence naturally comes to light.

While the officers were busy outside, the atmosphere in the interrogation room gradually returned to the main topic.

Wang Shiji spoke again, slowly, "This whole thing has nothing to do with my brother. You shouldn’t have arrested him."

This statement clearly showed where Wang Shiji’s inclinations lay. The interrogating Dai Siyan no longer dangled the evidence and made a decisive statement, "Right now, we believe that your brother Wang Shikai did not directly partake in the murder of Ms. Liu Limin. As for whether he is an accomplice or involved in incitement, we are still investigating. We also have to investigate whether he was involved in the other two murders."

"It was all me. It has nothing to do with him," Wang Shiji had spoken only to clear his brother, Wang Shikai. It was like haggling before placing an order.

The interrogator, Dai Siyan, accepted his offer, and Wang Shiji began to talk.

For Dai Siyan, interrogating Wang Shiji came with great pressure but was not particularly difficult, and was far less challenging than interrogating Wang Shikai.

The latter might genuinely know nothing, yet Dai Siyan had put a lot of effort to confirm this fact.

"Let’s hear it then. Why did you kill Liu Limin?" Dai Siyan asked casually, but the question was actually very crucial.

For the police, many things are only separated by a thin layer of paper, like the murder method, the aftermath handling, and so forth. Most cases don’t even have that layer of paper, they are akin to brazen debauchery in broad daylight.

But the motive for murder is different. It is extremely personalized. Many cases are solidly cracked without ever guessing the motive. This situation is most common in Europe and America, where many famous cases end with unclear motives.

And for the Jingyang Line triple homicide, if there was a motive for the murder, the case would be much easier to straighten out. So, after Wang Shiji showed willingness to confess, the first question Dai Siyan asked was, actually, the most important one.

With the atmosphere at this point, it was impossible for Wang Shiji to decline to answer even the first question. And even if he was a clever psychopath, he could never imagine that someone could immerse themselves in interrogation, spending many years studying which question to ask at precisely what time.

"Killing Liu Limin was because she wouldn’t listen," Wang Shiji leaned back in the chair, took a long sigh, smiled a little, and said, "Back then, I was the first one to date her."

Even as Dai Siyan anticipated many things, this still took him aback; he almost exclaimed out loud.

Fortunately, he had enough training and had seen a multitude of human affairs to keep a constant expression as though he heard something ordinary.

Ultimately, human beings are social animals. Seeing Dai Siyan’s unchanged expression, Wang Shiji felt more inclined to speak and added, "People might think it’s normal now, but 20 years ago, such matters were hard to speak of. Whether it was our family or we ourselves, it was difficult to accept."

Dai Siyan thought to himself that people nowadays still wouldn’t necessarily consider it normal and that dating and being in a relationship had two different moral standards.

In the conference room, the detectives watching the monitor were also reacting with "good heavens," "damn," "a plotting frog always feels your belly," "no wonder," and other similar expressions.

Liu Jinghui gave his own head a pat, "Who could have seen that coming!"

As he said this, he glanced at Li Haochen.

Li Haochen understood the look in Liu Jinghui’s eyes and responded silently, "I’m a part-time undercover agent, not a professional pervert."

Liu Jinghui laughed but did not express either approval or disapproval.

Interrogation room.

Wang Shikai continued, "After breaking up with Liu Limin, things were just like that. I never intended to kill her, but out of all the men in the world, she just had to choose my brother. Shiji is naive, the type who gives his all if you treat him well. This woman, she took advantage of my brother precisely because of that..."

"Did she buy your brother a house?" Dai Siyan interjected at just the right moment to show his command of the situation.

Wang Shikai snorted, "She played my brother like a fiddle. Buy a house? Our whole family works in the railway system, and back in the early 00s, the income of the railway bureau was several times that of ordinary civil servants. Did we need her to buy a house? She just wanted to use such a tactic, to tie down my brother."

"She’s a small business owner from a small town. Even if she earns a bit more, my brother wouldn’t spend her money. She has a brother too, a good-for-nothing. My brother had never been in a relationship before, he’s tall and handsome, and a university graduate!"

"I warned her to stay away from my brother, but she refused to listen. There was no other way but to send her off."

Wang Shikai completely gave up resisting and began venting his emotions, cursing indistinctly.

For twenty years, even when he was alone, he had never dared to speak these words; now was his first time really letting loose.

Dai Siyan intentionally didn’t let him curse to his heart’s content and interrupted, "You had a past with Liu Limin. What about the other two victims? Why did you murder them?"

As before, the motive for the murders was always difficult to investigate.

Wang Shikai’s expression changed slightly, and he was reluctant to respond for a long time.

Dai Siyan patiently waited.

After a while, Wang Shikai finally said, "I was afraid you would trace it back to me through Liu Limin, so, I killed a couple more people, to muddle the waters. After all, killing one or two, the punishment is death either way!"

Dai Siyan frowned, "Then why were the other two left alive on the railway tracks, while Liu Limin was placed there after death?"

"The first one... I didn’t dare to kill," Wang Shikai said with a fair smile, then added, "By the time it was Liu Limin’s turn, she recognized me too. I was afraid something might go wrong, so I killed her."

"What about the third one?"

"The third one, ah, I found that killing people was kind of filthy, so I flipped her with drugs."

"What means of transportation did you use?"

"A tricycle."

"Where is the tricycle now?"

"Sold it long ago."

"The crime scene..." Dai Siyan asked one question after another, and Wang Shikai responded smoothly.

The detectives in the conference room finally relaxed, and then their thoughts began to drift.

This was the Jingyang Line Triple Corpse Case, and they had actually cracked it!

"I’ll make a call," a representative from Huo City Bureau stood up.

"I need to report to the leader too," a representative from Qingbai City got up as well.

The representative from the provincial office lifted his cellphone and gave it a shake.

Cui Xiaohu silently took out his cellphone and started tapping out texts right there and then.