32: Strong suspicion that the murderer is someone else

“I will catch the perpetrator who harmed you and not let him get away with it.”

Gao Ze softly murmured, staring at the photo, determined to apprehend the murderer, Zheng Yiren.

Whether it was to comfort Mu Yu Rou’s spirit in heaven, pursue justice, or simply for the sake of his own achievements, he would not let Zheng Yiren off the hook.

His gaze swept over the Mu Yu Rou’s Case file, and lines of text and photos flowed into Gao Ze’s mind, allowing him to quickly understand the entire case details.

“This is a very ‘clean’ case.”

After spending half an hour reading the case file, this thought emerged in Gao Ze’s mind.

This did not mean that Mu Yu Rou’s case had no suspicious points, but rather that the murderer, Zheng Yiren, had handled Mu Yu Rou’s death very cleanly.

Firstly, Mu Yu Rou’s Case, in Donghai City’s criminal investigation records, was already marked as solved, with the murderer identified as Liu Yumin.

At the same time, Liu Yumin also admitted to killing Mu Yu Rou.

“Brother Gao, I found the information on Liu Yumin, the murderer of Mu Yu Rou.”

Shen Gang walked up to Gao Ze, placed a stack of documents in front of him, and said with a deep frown:

“It’s fine if you don’t investigate Liu Yumin, but once you do, there’s a huge revelation: his identity is actually the Flower Season Girls Murderer, who caused a stir in Donghai City.”

“Flower Season Girls Murderer?”

Gao Ze looked up in surprise; he had heard of this name before, as had many residents of Donghai City.

This was because ten years ago, eight years ago, seven years ago, and three years ago, cases of Flower Season Girls being raped and murdered had occurred in Donghai City.

The four cases had many similarities: the victims were all in a rainy night, all were raped and murdered, then had their throats slit, and blood marks were carved on the victim’s arms.

Therefore, the Police concluded that these four Flower Season Girls murder cases were committed by the same perpetrator, and named the killer the Flower Season Girls Murderer.

The Flower Season Girls Murderer once shocked the entire Donghai City.

Had he been apprehended now?

Gao Ze was somewhat surprised; logically, such a high-profile murderer, once apprehended, would be widely reported and publicized by the Donghai City Police, but he had almost no recollection of it.

“Brother Gao, do you think there are any oversights or problems with Mu Yu Rou’s Case?”

Shen Gang had also read the Mu Yu Rou’s Case file and the archives of the Flower Season Girls Murderer, Liu Yumin, and couldn’t help but say:

“According to Mu Yu Rou’s case file, after the forensic doctor performed an autopsy, it was determined that Mu Yu Rou was indeed killed by a slit throat, and there were signs of tearing in her lower body.

In addition, Liu Yumin’s semen was found on Mu Yu Rou, and there were six blood marks carved on her left forearm with a small knife.”

“These clues are all characteristics of the Flower Season Girls Murderer, Liu Yumin’s crimes!”

To save face, Shen Gang didn’t directly ask if Gao Ze had misjudged, and if the true culprit who raped and murdered Mu Yu Rou was still at large?

“Shen Team, once I finish reading Liu Yumin’s archived materials, I will give you an answer.”

Zheng Yiren’s rape and murder of Mu Yu Rou was indeed clean, with all loose ends tied up; otherwise, it would have been impossible to deceive professional criminal investigation Police.

However, Gao Ze still had doubts in his mind.

Was Liu Yumin the real Flower Season Girls Murderer, or was he a scapegoat hired by Zheng Yiren and his family?

Regardless, since the system intelligence stated that Zheng Yiren was the murderer who raped and murdered Mu Yu Rou, there was absolutely no mistake.

Liu Yumin would not be the killer; if he wasn’t the killer, then clues or traces would definitely be exposed.

Gao Ze picked up Liu Yumin’s archived materials and read them in detail.

This personal archive was very detailed, clarifying Liu Yumin’s family background, education, age, marital status, children, and so on.

It also included Liu Yumin’s detailed confessions of the previous serial rapes and murders of girls, and the process of raping and murdering Mu Yu Rou, when he was interrogated by the Police.

Liu Yumin, with a high school education, was formerly an employee of a state-owned enterprise, later went into business, and also worked odd jobs. He is currently 45 years old and has had two wives.

His previous wife divorced him after five years of marriage, giving birth to a son, and his current wife has been married for twenty years, together giving birth to a daughter.

The Police had previously interviewed Liu Yumin’s reputation and his children’s evaluation of him, and the results were unexpected.

Most neighbors believed that despite Liu Yumin being a quiet and reserved person, he was a responsible husband and father, making it hard to imagine that Liu Yumin was the Flower Season Girls Murderer.

Next were Liu Yumin’s confessions admitting to raping and murdering multiple girls and assaulting Mu Yu Rou.

Gao Ze unhurriedly turned page after page of the documents, absorbing all these confessions into his mind.

After finishing Liu Yumin’s materials, several questions arose in his mind.

“Did you find anything?”

Seeing Gao Ze finish reading the archives, Shen Gang directly asked: “Liu Yumin isn’t the true culprit who harmed Mu Yu Rou?”

“Without definitive evidence, if I said he wasn’t the killer, I’m afraid Shen Team, you wouldn’t believe it either.”

Gao Ze handed Liu Yumin’s archives to Shen Gang and said calmly: “But after reading Liu Yumin’s archives, I found several suspicious points.”

“What suspicious points?”

“First, the personality of the murderer, Liu Yumin.

According to the Police interviews back then, Liu Yumin had a good reputation; despite being dull and uninteresting, most people considered him responsible, a good father and husband, someone who worked hard to raise his children and cared for his wife.”

“Brother Gao, as Police officers, haven’t we encountered enough people who act one way in front of others and another way behind their backs?”

Shen Gang shook his head and said: “In fact, based on my many years of criminal investigation experience, the murderers or serial killers I’ve encountered usually act like normal people, rarely are they flamboyant.”

Gao Ze understood that Shen Gang was not wrong and continued:

“Then how do you explain the six blood marks on Mu Yu Rou’s left forearm?”

“I previously learned about the Flower Season Girls Murderer; after he raped and murdered a girl, he would carve blood marks on the girl’s right forearm with a small knife, one cut per murder.

The previous Flower Season Girls victims all had blood marks on their right forearms, and the number of blood marks was one, two, three, four.”

Shen Gang frowned; Gao Ze’s suspicion on this point was indeed worth pondering carefully.

He had seen the Mu Yu Rou’s Case file, which contained her autopsy report and photos. The photos showed that apart from the fatal throat slit, Mu Yu Rou also had six blood marks on her left forearm.

But the problem was that in previous Flower Season Girls rape and murder cases, the blood marks were always on the right forearm.

Moreover, according to the Police investigation, there were only four Flower Season Girls murder cases. If Mu Yu Rou was the killer’s next victim, the number of blood marks should also be five.

Not six.

The number is wrong!

What exactly is going on? Is there really a problem with Mu Yu Rou’s Case, and is the murderer someone else?

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