Chapter 21: Major Discovery – The Killer is a Left-Handed Person!!!

Knowing that stubbornly holding out was pointless, He Yong, emotionally broken, repeatedly slammed his head against the interrogation chair, crying uncontrollably with snot and tears.

However, these tears were clearly out of fear of legal punishment, as meaningless as crocodile tears.

There might be a little regret, but it was of no use.

If he had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place?

…

Three hours later.

With enough evidence to convict, He Yong finally revealed the entire process and every detail of how he lured the victim into the car and committed the crime, even explaining his psychological changes in full.

With He Yong’s confession and the earlier evidence, the trial for the murder and body disposal case proceeded swiftly.

The three criminal suspects related to the case had their own fates.

He Lianshan, who violated morals but had no clear crime, was dragged out by his wife. After his affair was exposed, he ended up divorced and left with nothing. His trade company shares were ruthlessly taken back by his father-in-law.

From being a wealthy business tycoon, he quickly fell to rock bottom, with his past glory and assets gone.

As for Xu Yiguo, who had committed the crime of stealing from the victim’s body, he was convicted of theft, corpse desecration, and covering up a crime. However, due to a good attitude in admitting guilt and the fact that no serious consequences followed, he was sentenced to a fixed-term prison sentence.

As for the killer, He Yong.

After reviewing the case files several times, the judge delivered a fair ruling.

Before the crime, the victim had already chosen to break off their relationship with He Yong, so there was no betrayal involved. It was purely He Yong’s persistent harassment.

He Yong had premeditated the murder, and it wasn’t a case of an argument spiraling out of control. This was a deliberate murder.

After the killing, he didn’t turn himself in but instead disposed of the body and tried to evade capture, causing great harm to society.

When questioned by the police, he tried to lie his way out, never confessing the crime, leaving no grounds for leniency in sentencing.

In the end, he was sentenced to death and deprived of his political rights for life.

Of course, the details of the court proceedings and He Yong’s appeal against the judgment are matters for later discussion in this case.

…

The day after the incident.

With the facts of the crime established, He Yong was sent to the detention center, awaiting the court’s sentencing.

In less than a day, the murder case was solved, and the main person leading the investigation was the almost-graduated Su Ming. This was undoubtedly an astonishing achievement.

However, solving cases was the duty of the criminal police, and with the recent reduction in internship periods, the police didn’t offer any special rewards—just a small bonus of 500 yuan at the end of the month.

At the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Team.

Su Ming had once again found himself with free time, carefully analyzing various clues and case files related to the dismemberment case at Magic City University.

Homicide cases, of course, didn’t occur every day. In the absence of tasks, analyzing unsolved case files could yield valuable insights.

As for Wang Hu, he had completely shifted to criminal technical investigation.

Now, he specialized in learning how to repair phones, restore clues, and analyze surveillance footage from various streets.

Criminal police officers were different from public security officers. While the number of cases they handled each year might not be very high, most were serious or major cases.

Therefore, when a case was solved quickly, there would often be plenty of downtime.

Like now.

Xu Changsheng, who was also waiting for tasks, slowly walked over to Su Ming, holding a cup of steaming goji berry water. He casually asked while glancing at the computer screen.

“Is this the file for the 5.13 dismemberment case?”

“Did Director Lin ask you to review it? Have you found any new discoveries or insights?”

Su Ming didn’t look up at Xu Changsheng. He gently shook his head and sighed.

“I’ve found a few things, but whether they’re useful for this 20-year-old case…”

“I’m not sure.”

“Because…”

“Twenty years is a long time. If I were at the crime scene back then, I might have been able to spot traces left by the killer.”

“But now, it’s really too difficult. Still, I can say with 100% certainty…”

“As long as the killer strikes again, based on that unique method of operation, we can definitely dig out more clues!!!”

Clearly, this was Su Ming’s unique confidence.

From reviewing these case files, Su Ming had largely come to the conclusion that…

The 5.13 dismemberment case at Magic City University wasn’t as perfect or unsolvable as it seemed.

The reason it had remained unsolved for so long was due to outdated criminal investigation techniques and the wrong direction taken in the initial investigation.

For example…

After the dismemberment occurred, the majority of criminal investigation efforts were focused on finding other body parts and investigating the victim’s social connections, without properly analyzing the body parts in a timely manner, causing potentially valuable clues to slip away unnoticed.

Standing beside him, Xu Changsheng raised an eyebrow upon hearing that Su Ming had discovered a new lead.

“Xiao Ming.”

“Is that for real? We’ve almost worn out the file for this case. You still found new clues?”

“When I first joined the team, Director Lin asked me to go through this file too, but didn’t we check everything? Where else is there to find anything?”

“However, you’re right about one thing.”

“If the killer behind this cold case dares to kill again, with today’s surveillance and advanced investigative techniques, we’ll definitely catch him!”

“But unfortunately…”

“It’s been nearly twenty years now, and the dismemberment killer has vanished like a ghost. No similar criminal methods have appeared in all these years.”

“Sometimes I wonder, has the killer already passed away?”

“Or…”

“Could it be that the killer, capable of such brutal dismemberment, is so conscious and restrained that he’s deliberately avoiding crime to give us the opportunity to find him?”

“The real reason remains unknown.”

“Or perhaps…”

“If Director Lin hadn’t insisted on keeping this dismemberment case open, it might have already been forgotten, and we would never have found the true killer.”

In fact, when criminal investigation technology wasn’t as advanced, there were many cold cases that ended up forgotten in history simply because the killer was never found.

Cases like the Magic City University dismemberment case, which occasionally resurfaced in discussions, were incredibly rare.

At this moment, Xu Changsheng sighed softly, shaking his head as he continued.

“I’ve said too much.”

“Back to the main point, Xiao Ming, what new clues have you discovered?”

Hearing Xu Changsheng’s sentiment, Su Ming didn’t comment much. He opened several pictures of the victim’s body that he had saved from the file and spoke seriously.

“Brother Sheng.”

“Many people might deduce from the victim’s body that the killer…”

“Was skilled with knives, had strong psychological endurance, possibly had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc. But those don’t provide definitive clues to the killer’s identity.”

“However, from the cuts and muscle patterns on the victim’s body, I found one key piece of information.”

“That is…”

“The killer’s knowledge of the human body far exceeds what we originally assumed, because he used the hand that’s normally not dominant to cut the victim’s body.”

“In simpler terms…”

“The killer is left-handed!!!”