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As Ma Mingxia pondered, he returned to the hall. Before he could speak, Wang Sicong interjected, "Mingxia, I've already called the Criminal Investigation Division for support. You stay here at the scene while I escort the suspect back to the station."
Ma Mingxia frowned, concern etched on his face. "You're taking the suspect back alone? Isn't that a bit risky? Maybe we should wait for backup to arrive..."
Before Ma Mingxia could finish, Wang Sicong rudely cut him off, his tone impatient. "No need for that!"
Without waiting for Ma Mingxia's response, he pushed the man out of the house.
Once Wang Sicong and the suspect had left, Ma Mingxia took a cursory glance at the body: it was a woman in her thirties, her hair disheveled, her face twisted in agony, eyes wide open and mouth agape, conveying sheer terror.
Her body had a noticeable knife wound on the left side of her chest, and beside her lay a bloodied dagger.
It appeared that the perpetrator either stabbed her with the dagger first and then decapitated her or severed her head before delivering a fatal blow to her chest.
Why would the killer do this? Who was this unfortunate victim? Could she really be Wang Sicong's classmate Qian Qiushui from night school?
With these questions swirling in his mind, Ma Mingxia continued to examine the house closely. After a thorough search, he discovered that all the windows were fitted with security bars, with very little space between them—no living person could possibly squeeze through. The front door was undoubtedly the only entrance and exit.
He then inspected the iron lock on the door and noted that it had been locked from the inside before he and Wang Sicong broke it down. Given the design of the door and lock, only someone inside could have locked it.
Since the victim's head had been severed, it ruled out suicide.
Ma Mingxia speculated quietly to himself: this meant that the only person who could have committed this act was the man who had just been standing beside the body.
But why didn't he run away after committing the murder? Could it be that he didn't have time to escape before Wang Sicong and I arrived?
After a while, the supporting detectives, forensic personnel, and medical examiners arrived at the scene one after another.
Ma Mingxia handed over the scene to her colleagues and returned alone to the criminal police team. She ordered a boxed lunch and ate it absentmindedly while deep in thought about the case.
After lunch, Ma Mingxia found Wang Sicong and immediately asked him, “Sicong, what’s the situation? Did the suspect confess to his crime?”
“Not yet,” Wang Sicong shook his head, a hint of helplessness on his face. “He denies everything and refuses to admit that he committed murder. However, he can’t escape the evidence; everything points to him as the killer.”
Wang Sicong paused for a moment, glanced at Ma Mingxia, licked his lips, and continued, “Upon investigation, the man who appeared at the scene is named Murong Jingjiang, 34 years old, and he owns a hardware store. The victim was Murong Jingjiang’s wife, my classmate Qian Qiushui, 31 years old, unemployed. Preliminary examinations show that her cause of death was cardiac bleeding leading to hypovolemic shock. The murderer first stabbed her heart with a sharp knife for an instant kill before decapitating her. The medical examiner is currently conducting a detailed examination of the body.
As for the crime scene, it’s in Room 2408 of Baoyin Building. The owner is an overseas Chinese who has been living abroad. He bought that apartment as an investment and it has been vacant for a year. We are trying to contact this owner, but it’s likely he has nothing to do with this murder case.”
He took a slight breath and continued, “The killer has been identified as Murong Jingjiang for two reasons:
First, forensic personnel found only hair belonging to the victim Qian Qiushui and Murong Jingjiang at the crime scene. This means that recently only these two were present there;
Second, both you and I can confirm that in that completely sealed crime scene, besides the victim Qian Qiushui, there was only Murong Jingjiang present. No one else could have committed the crime.”
Ma Mingxia nodded thoughtfully. After a long moment, she took a deep breath and said slowly, “I want to meet Murong Jingjiang.”
At that moment, he never imagined that this would be the last sentence he would ever say to Wang Sicong in his life.
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