76: Shocking criminal profile, the entire criminal police brigade was shocked

Time passed bit by bit.

When Gao Ze examined the body of the teenage girl Shen Jingqing, he became completely absorbed.

He meticulously examined the girl's head, chest, thighs, and limbs.

Two forensic doctors from the appraisal center stood beside him, seemingly wanting to see what this 'outsider,' so highly praised by Liu Wenzhong, was all about.

“Old Yang, how’s Brother Gao’ autopsy skill?”

During a break in the autopsy, Liu Wenzhong walked over to the two forensic doctors and offered them cigarettes.

forensic doctor Yang Qing took a puff of his cigarette, looked at Gao Ze's serious expression and fluid autopsy technique, and nodded:

“He has real skill, no less than ours!”

“Old Yang, you’re an honest man. I thought you’d look down on Brother Gao.”

“Forensic medicine is a scientific method; it pursues truth from facts. One is one, and skilled is skilled. What’s there to attack each other about?”

Yang Qing exhaled a puff of smoke and said seriously, “Moreover, from Officer Gao’s skilled movements, he is experienced, perhaps even better than us. He might really be able to find clues from a criminal investigation perspective.”

“If only that were true.”

Liu Wenzhong sighed softly, his eyes showing a touch more expectation as he looked at Gao Ze.

Just then, Gao Ze had already stood up.

“Brother Gao, did the autopsy yield any clues?” Liu Wenzhong immediately extinguished his cigarette and rushed to Gao Ze’s side.

“Yes!” Gao Ze responded briefly, saying, “Team Leader Liu, can you retrieve the past case files of the Serial Flower Season Girl Murderer for me?”

“No problem, when do you need them?”

“I want to see them now!”

After examining the body of the teenage girl Shen Jingqing, Gao Ze found clues, but at the same time, questions arose.

So he wanted to compare them with the past files of the female teenage murderer to see the differences between the cases.

“Give me five minutes; I’ll retrieve the electronic case files for you now!”

Liu Wenzhong said nothing more and immediately found a Criminal Police Brigade officer to bring Gao Ze an electronic laptop, pulling up the electronic files of the four murder cases previously committed by the Serial Flower Season Girl Murderer.

Most Police case files are presented as paper documents for easy retrieval.

However, as soon as a case is filed, while paper documents are created, backup electronic documents are also created and uploaded to the national and local Police case databases.

Gao Ze looked at the four murder case files displayed on four screens on the laptop in front of him.

These four murder cases were all committed by that female teenage murderer.

The first murder case occurred ten years ago on a rainy night in Jinghai District, Donghai City. The victim was an 18-year-old teenage girl, killed by a slit throat, with signs of assault on her lower body and a first bloodstain on her right forearm.

The second murder case occurred eight years ago on a rainy night in Wu Zhong District, Su City. The victim was a 20-year-old teenage girl, with the same method of death and signs of assault, and two scratches on her right forearm.

The third murder case was seven years ago in Taihang District, Donghai City, and the fourth murder case was three years ago in Changshan District, Donghai City.

This murder case of Shen Jingqing was in Huangpu District, Donghai City.

The victim, like in previous cases, was a teenage girl in her prime, killed by a slit throat, assaulted before death, and had bloodstains on her right forearm.

“How is it, Brother Gao?”

Gao Ze meticulously stared at the four murder case files for half an hour. Liu Wenzhong, looking at the files and Gao Ze, also watched for over half an hour.

“I’ve made some discoveries regarding that Serial Flower Season Girl Murderer.”

Gao Ze withdrew his gaze from the case files, rapidly organizing the clues in his mind.

“What discoveries?”

Liu Wenzhong's eyes lit up with surprise, and he asked in astonishment, “Can he catch that female teenage murderer?”

“If he can catch him, Brother Gao, I’ll owe you a favor for life!”

The Criminal Police Brigade officers and several forensic doctors standing in the park also looked surprised and joyful. At that moment, they had no clues about apprehending that murderer, and if they failed to catch him,

the Municipal Bureau would definitely hold them accountable.

Their entire brigade would not escape responsibility.

Gao Ze did not overly exaggerate or embellish, shaking his head and truthfully stating, “It’s too early to talk about apprehension; I’ve only made some discoveries about that murderer.”

“This current victim, Shen Jingqing, indeed died by the hand of that murderer.”

“From the victim’s age, fatal injury, signs of assault, and the fact that the crime occurred on a rainy night, as well as the audacious method, everything matches the female teenage murderer, but this Shen Jingqing is different from the other victims.”

“What’s different?”

Liu Wenzhong looked at the case files on the laptop, his brows slightly furrowed.

He and the two forensic doctors had studied them and found no differences.

“First, this victim, Shen Jingqing, only had one wound on her entire body, which was the fatal wound on her neck!”

“However, in the four murder cases previously committed by the murderer, the victims were all different. Besides the fatal neck wound, they all had more or less signs of abuse on their inner thighs, chests, and even faces.”

“That’s true!”

Liu Wenzhong had reviewed the case files in detail and nodded, “But what does that explain?”

“There’s another difference!”

Gao Ze didn’t explain, adding, “After the murderer assaulted Shen Jingqing, he also put a thin cotton quilt inside the body bag containing her.”

“In other cases, the victims were either directly discarded in the wilderness or directly put into body bags; there was no thin cotton quilt at all.”

“Just adding a thin cotton quilt doesn’t explain the difference in the case victim, does it?”

forensic doctor Yang Qing took a puff of his cigarette and questioned, “The cotton in the quilt can absorb blood. The killer might have added a thin cotton quilt to absorb the victim Shen Jingqing’s blood.”

“Thinking that way, it certainly could!”

Gao Ze shook his head and said, “But how do you explain why the murderer didn’t use a quilt to absorb blood in previous cases?”

“A single piece of evidence doesn’t stand alone. Combining the quilt with the fact that Shen Jingqing only had one wound on her entire body, it can only mean one thing: there’s a connection between this victim, Shen Jingqing, and the killer.”

“Connection?”

Liu Wenzhong and Yang Qing exchanged glances, both showing confusion.

“If there was a connection between the murderer and Shen Jingqing, why would the murderer leave Shen Jingqing’s identity information instead of destroying it directly?”

“Wouldn’t the murderer be afraid that we would investigate him based on Shen Jingqing?”

“The connection I’m referring to doesn’t mean the murderer and victim Shen Jingqing had direct contact or knew each other.”

Gao Ze shook his head and said, “If the murderer dared to expose Shen Jingqing’s information, then he certainly isn’t afraid of us investigating him.”

“Then Brother Gao, you…”

Gao Ze said, “The connection I’m referring to is about similar personalities, personality flaws, these kinds of traits.”

“The murderer hadn’t had contact with Shen Jingqing, but he might have indirectly observed Shen Jingqing and discovered that her personality, like his, had some kind of flaw. When he killed her, he was gentler, there was no abuse during the assault, and he even specifically put a cotton quilt to wrap the body.”

“This???”

Liu Wenzhong, the forensic doctor, the Criminal Police Brigade officers, and others fell into hesitation, unable to judge.

Just then.

An anxious and urgent voice sounded from outside the park’s cordon.

“Team Leader Liu, Shen Jingqing’s teachers and classmates are here,” a Criminal Police Brigade officer walked over to Liu Wenzhong to report.

Liu Wenzhong motioned for them to come in and said to Gao Ze:

“After Shen Jingqing was murdered, I immediately contacted her parents, but her parents are both in Su City and not locals of Donghai. So I contacted Donghai Normal University and asked her teachers and roommates to come.”

Three people walked in from outside the cordon: a middle-aged man and two teenage girls about Shen Jingqing’s age.

Upon seeing Shen Jingqing’s body, all three were struck as if by lightning, their eyes red, unable to believe the scene before them.

After their emotions were soothed.

Liu Wenzhong then asked, “Teacher Zhao, what kind of person was the victim Shen Jingqing usually?”

forensic doctor Yang Qing glanced at Gao Ze, and his question was more direct, saying, “Did the victim Shen Jingqing have any personality flaws?”

“Ah!”

The middle-aged male teacher and the female roommate both widened their mouths, their faces full of disbelief: “Officers, how did you know that Shen Jingqing from our class has personality flaws? She has mild depression!”

In an instant.

Liu Wenzhong and all the Criminal Police Brigade officers in the park, as well as the two forensic doctors, all looked at Gao Ze in unison.

A wave of shock surged in their hearts!

They were convinced!