sjar Chapter 940 Underground Bones
Chapter 940 Underground Bones
Faced with irrefutable evidence, Zhao Yongqiang had no choice but to further confess to his crimes during interrogation. He admitted that he initially only misappropriated small amounts of funds to cover personal debts, but after succeeding so easily, his greed gradually swelled, and he became increasingly entangled in the scheme. To cover up his crimes, he colluded with several of the company's financial staff to falsify accounts.
As the investigation deepened, other individuals involved in the case were apprehended one after another. Two accountants from the company's finance department were detained according to law for assisting Zhao Yongqiang in falsifying accounts. They confessed that, under Zhao Yongqiang's coercion and inducement, they participated in the creation of multiple false financial statements.
Police also discovered that Zhao Yongqiang colluded with outsiders to embezzle company funds through fraudulent transactions in order to obtain more illegal profits.
Li Ming's team is from the Criminal Investigation Division, and they are not particularly professional in handling cases here. Qin Chuan transferred people from the Economic Investigation Division because this case involves the murder of Wang Xiaoyu, so the whole case is being handled together. Of course, the case will still be handled separately when it comes to sentencing and interrogation, but this case is now completely closed.
For the next two weeks, Dongchuan City remained relatively calm, with no major violent crimes occurring. Some robberies and thefts were reported, but these were handled by the criminal investigation teams in each district and county; few cases reached the municipal level and required Qin Chuan's attention.
Now, Qin Chuan, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Public Security Bureau, can be said to be a figure whose every move in Dongchuan City is influential.
Now that he's at his level, his style of handling cases and dealing with matters is definitely different from before.
To be honest, Li Jinchuan's current position is essentially about accumulating seniority. Since he is the director of the Public Security Bureau, as long as a major case is solved, he will be considered qualified in terms of political achievements.
Qin Chuan's current position dictates that he can no longer handle cases as recklessly as he did when he first joined the police force. Back in his county or other cities, his investigative style was swift and decisive. Wherever he worked, few of the local leaders who were in charge of the cases ended up well. Anyone involved in organized crime or gang-related activities was brought to justice.
But things are different now. After arriving in Dongchuan City, Qin Chuan's main focus was on working with the Public Security Bureau to handle the case, which also required support and assistance from other departments. Furthermore, based on the leads Qin Chuan had gathered, while some of his colleagues had issues, most were involved in embezzlement and bribery. Currently, the number of people acting as protectors in the fight against organized crime has decreased significantly, at least so far within the leadership team. These individuals are relatively clean, and from this perspective, Qin Chuan is willing to turn a blind eye to their problems.
After all, rationally speaking, Qin Chuan is now the director of the Public Security Bureau, not the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission.
Therefore, Qin Chuan is currently focusing his main energy on handling cases, on the internal governance of the Public Security Bureau and on case investigation. In this respect, Qin Chuan is still somewhat at ease with the overall team building of the Public Security Bureau.
This is mainly due to the historically high incidence of criminal cases in Dongchuan City. Few people dare to mess with the police force, primarily because there are already so many cases. While there aren't murders every day, there are generally one or two per month. Anyone who dares to mess with the police force would be out of a job.
Therefore, relatively speaking, the Dongchuan City Public Security Bureau is the best-built team among all the places Qin Chuan has worked in. At least their political quality and professional competence are excellent, and they are all a team that has been through alcohol training and snow.
This is the most important reason why Li Ming and his team from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Dongchuan Municipal Public Security Bureau, under Qin Chuan's leadership, were able to solve numerous major cases during this period—their abilities were already quite good. In addition, Qin Chuan's leadership was correct.
It would be difficult not to solve the case.
At the same time, Dongchuan City's economic development has also been on a fast track in recent years. The renovation of old urban areas is one of the most important economic growth points for Dongchuan City's urban development.
In the old urban redevelopment projects, besides some residential areas that need renovation, the most important thing is that some old factory areas are renovated and transformed into new residential areas.
At 10:17 this morning, while the yellow dust still lingered in the air at the demolition site of the old textile factory on Zhenjiang Road, a giant steel excavator suddenly emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound. The "crunch" of the tracks crushing bricks came to an abrupt halt, and the young driver, Xiao Wu, in the cab turned pale—half a bluish-white bone was stuck in the edge of the bucket, the knuckles still in a gripping position, as if trying to grasp something through twenty years of time.
"Clang!" Xiao Wu instinctively kicked the control lever, and his safety helmet rolled to the ground. The workers who were moving steel bars were startled by the noise and turned around in unison. They saw the excavator wobbling and wedged beside the newly dug pit, several pieces of broken brick falling from the bucket, revealing a half-hidden human skull underneath. The empty eye sockets faced the blinding sun, the bridge of the nose had long since disappeared, and the dark nasal cavity seemed to be roaring silently.
"Ugh—" Suddenly, someone in the crowd gagged. The thirty-odd workers wearing yellow hard hats erupted in chaos, shovels and wrenches clattering to the ground. Those nearby staggered backward, their helmet straps reddening their necks; those further away craned their necks, their whispers bubbling like boiling water. "Is that a human hand bone?" "My God, someone was buried in this basement!" "Run! This place is creepy!" Panic spread like wildfire.
When construction foreman Lao Zhou rushed out of the temporary prefabricated house, his camouflage pants were still stained with instant noodle soup at the knees. His hand holding the walkie-talkie trembled violently, his knuckles white, and his voice from the loudspeaker fluctuated: "Call the police! Call the police! They've dug up bones in the basement! Nobody is allowed to come near!" These words echoed back and forth in the empty factory area, startling the sparrows under the eaves. Several young workers tried to get closer to see what was going on, but Lao Zhou blocked them with his arms outstretched, and large patches of sweat instantly soaked through the back of his work clothes.
Five minutes later, the first police car, its blue and red lights flashing, turned into the factory area. Police officer Lao Chen from the local station jumped out, his black leather shoes crunching on the broken bricks. The moment he pushed through the crowd, a stench of decay and mold hit him, making his stomach churn. When his flashlight beam swept across the basement entrance, his pupils contracted sharply—a skeleton lay supine in the corner, three ribs broken, and a noticeable dent on the right side of the skull, as if caused by a blunt force trauma.
Of course, these are just some analyses and suggestions based on the surface of the skeleton; whether this is the cause of death from blunt force trauma still requires a forensic examination.