"Early this morning, we confirmed that the dismembered body belonged to Zhou Lin. Now we can boldly speculate that if the missing women from Huang Xu City and Wuyang City are precisely the other victims."

"Then we can currently infer that the killer is likely traveling frequently between Wuyang, Huang Xu, and Jiangzhou City."

"Coincidentally, Jiangzhou City is precisely between Wuyang and Huang Xu, so the greatest possibility is that the killer is from our Jiangzhou City, and his economic conditions are ordinary."

Zhao Donglai finished a rough summary and continued, "Now everyone, please supplement and share your findings from yesterday."

"Our team hasn't made much progress temporarily." Luo Fei shook his head.

"Our second team is the same."

"Same..."

Everyone spoke in turn, and basically, there wasn't much gained.

Zhao Donglai wasn't surprised by this, after all, it's only been a day, and what could be found out...

Looking at some dejected faces in the crowd, he encouraged, "Don't be disheartened. At least we've identified one victim, which gives us a little more hope in solving the case."

"Once we confirm the identities of the other victims, perhaps the hope will be even greater."

After some motivation, everyone continued with their work.

Zhao Donglai then called the police dog squad to investigate the information on the missing persons.

Although they still couldn't confirm the identities of the victims, they had no other leads and could only focus on this for now.

If it turns out later that the speculation is wrong, they can switch directions for investigation.

But if it's right, by preparing in advance, once the identification results come in, they will save a lot of time.

After these bodies were brought back yesterday, Zhao Tian and two other forensic experts determined that the earliest deceased among the bones might have died no more than two and a half years ago.

In these police records, the earliest incident happened exactly two and a half years ago.

The missing person was named Luo Xiaoyu, from Da County in Huang Xu City, missing at the age of 23 at around three in the morning.

Notably, before her disappearance, Luo Xiaoyu worked as a hostess at a KTV.

The second missing person, Qin Nian, disappeared six months after Luo Xiaoyu at the age of 27, from Wuyang City, she was also a massage girl like Zhou Lin.

Four months after Qin Nian's disappearance, the third missing person Zhou Tong disappeared, followed by the fourth Wang Lan, the fifth...

Among these missing women, apart from two university students, the other four either worked at KTVs or foot massage parlors.

Moreover, most importantly, their disappearance times were almost all between eleven at night to three or four in the morning of the next day, with no surveillance capturing any pre-disappearance scenes on the route.

Clearly, the killer had been deliberately avoiding surveillance.

After studying these six police reports, plus Zhou Lin's case, the team made several important discoveries.

"Captain Zhao, most victims were women with specific jobs. Do you think the killer harbors a grudge against such women, specifically targeting them?"

Having handled cases for years, seasoned detectives hardly miss any clues, not to mention these evident leads.

Lin Hua immediately voiced his hypothesis.

"I share the same thought. But since the identification results aren't out yet, this is just our speculation, and we shouldn't hastily make conclusions."

"That's true... Captain Zhao, we now have eight statements on hand, but we only found seven bodies."

"So I suggest, once the identification results confirm the missing persons are indeed the deceased, we should thoroughly check the disposal sites' areas to avoid any missed remains."

Previously, after the investigation, Zhao Donglai even invited professional divers to check the riverbed, but no further bodies were found.

However, it's uncertain if the remains had drifted elsewhere with water flows, hence Lin Hua's suggestion holds merit.

Zhao Donglai nodded in agreement.

Afterward, the two discussed some case details, and Lin Hua left to continue with the work.

Around ten in the morning, Zhao Tian had good news.

Carrying six identification reports, Zhao Tian excitedly pushed open Zhao Donglai's office door: "Captain Zhao, the six identification reports are out...

Here, Luo Fei and Zhang Wei left a logistics company.

Frowning, Zhang Wei said, "Boss, are we really gaining anything by visiting these companies one by one?"

"What if the killer once worked in those cities, or he's merely a psychological deviant, kidnapping people for no reason only to kill them, isn't all this in vain?"

"What you said is indeed possible, but that's the nature of investigation—with no clues, you have to venture out and find them, you can't just sit in the precinct all day and expect clues to appear."

"Solving cases requires patience. Instead of complaining, why don't you head to the next place with me sooner?"

Having said that, Luo Fei directly opened the car door and got in.

Although Zhang Wei was just complaining, upon hearing this, he quickly got into the driver's seat, "Boss, where are we heading next?"

"Let's visit Help Move Company."

"Alright."

Based on the investigation, Jiangzhou City has six or seven moving companies.

Help Company, considered the biggest, has roughly sixty to seventy drivers and workers combined.

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