In the office.

"Captain Zhao, we conducted luminol tests throughout Li Dapeng's rental apartment and found large areas of luminescence on the bathroom floor, with varying degrees on the walls and ceiling."

"So now we can basically determine that he completed the dismemberment operation in the bathroom. We carefully counted the human organs brought back from his home, and found eight sets of chest tissue, but ten sets of reproductive organs."

Zhao Donglai was shocked upon hearing this, "Ten sets? Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

Originally, there were eight missing persons, but only seven bodies, and one of them wasn't even complete, which was already troubling enough.

Now there are two more victims, which adds even more difficulty for us, doesn't it?

"Captain Zhao, we feared making a mistake, so we counted them repeatedly several times, and I'm sure there's no mistake, it's indeed ten sets."

"Could it be that some of them belong to animals?"

"That's impossible. There are significant differences between human and animal organs, so I'm confident these are indeed human."

Zhao Donglai's expression became even more serious than before, "Alright, I understand, you may go back to your work…"

After Zhao Tian left.

"You all heard what Zhao Tian just said. That means now we have at least three victims' bodies yet to be found. Do any of you have thoughts on this?"

Zhou Fan immediately proposed, "Captain Zhao, earlier we mentioned waiting for the DNA test results before carrying out a further search of the river basin near the body dumping sites. I think we can proceed with this now."

"Sure, you were in charge of this matter before, so I'll leave this task to you again."

Zhou Fan promptly agreed.

Luo Fei spoke up, "Captain Zhao, currently we have only received missing persons records for eight individuals, but logically, there should be two more, so I suggest we need to re-examine these records, and extend the timeframe to within four years."

Previously, because the oldest death among the discovered remains was about two years old, they had limited their investigation to the past three years.

But now it seems this assumption may not be entirely accurate.

Zhao Donglai also realized this, "Liao Xingyu, after this, follow Luo Fei's proposal and recheck the city's missing persons records. Also inform Huang Xu and Wuyang of this."

"Additionally, get them to send us the surveillance footage copied after the victims went missing. Li Dapeng is prepared to fight a long haul with us, so we have to gather as much evidence as possible."

"Only this way can we ensure that, even if he staunchly denies, the prosecution will have sufficient evidence to file charges against him."

"Understood." Liao Xingyu quickly nodded.

"Once these surveillances are sent over, everyone will have to work a little harder to quickly link clues back to Li Dapeng. Luo Fei, you continue the interrogation of Li Dapeng with me."

Once arrangements were made, everyone promptly went out to work.

Zhao Donglai and Luo Fei continued focusing on Li Dapeng.

Liao Xingyu's side quickly made progress.

After broadening the time limits, he swiftly discovered two reports of missing hostess girls within the city.

Ms. Liu, female, went missing commuting from a night shift, was 25 years old at the time, worked as a beverage promoter at a karaoke lounge, commonly referred to as a hostess.

Ms. Wang, female, went missing commuting from a night shift, was 22 years old at the time, worked at the same karaoke lounge as Ms. Liu.

Their missing times were in February three years ago for one, and May three years ago for the other.

Upon reviewing surveillance footage, several colleagues finally spotted Li Dapeng's car coincidentally appearing near the vicinity of the missing victims.

If it happened once or twice, it could be explained as coincidence, but with so many occurrences, it's enough to proofs he has issues.

Upon obtaining this evidence, Zhao Donglai went directly to confront Li Dapeng.

Facing these solid proofs, it seemed he should somewhat relent.

Yet Li Dapeng said nothing.

And this guy was quite clever, knowing the situation was against him, speaking could only worsen his case, so regardless of Zhao Donglai's questions, he's keeping silent.

Knowing he was feigning dumbness intentionally, Zhao Donglai was so furious he wanted to hit him.

Ultimately, Zhao Donglai decided to leave him hanging for two days.

Currently, the psychological defenses of the opponent are at its peak, but generally, someone left inside for several days will soften their stance somewhat.

With this in mind, Zhao Donglai had Luo Fei send him back to the detention room for now.

Around seven in the evening, Zhou Fan called Zhao Donglai.

"Captain Zhao, the retrieval team dredged about two kilometers downstream from the dumping site, still found no remnants, even diving personnel went underwater twice and found no anomalies either."

"Now they're planning to shift locations for another attempt, but if nothing is discovered, they'll call off the search… Captain Zhao, what do we do now?"

Zhao Donglai felt weighted upon hearing this.

Initially, they thought catching the perpetrator would expedite the investigation, but the case remained riddled with obstacles...

"Since no remains are found, just come back for now."

Although the current evidence is sufficient to convict Li Dapeng even if these remains aren't found.

But as a criminal detective, he obviously hopes to find the bodies of these three victims so they can rest in peace.

Realizing this, he immediately understood the need to intensify the interrogation of Li Dapeng.

At least determine if these three victims truly were swept away by water or disposed of elsewhere by him.

Half an hour later, Zhou Fan returned despondently.

Evidently, their final search didn't uncover any new victims' remains.

Around nine, Zhao Donglai notified the whole team to clock out.

The following afternoon, results from the analysis of the organ specimens found in Li Dapeng's residence came back.

Since Li Dapeng had preserved them in formaldehyde, many specimens' cellular structures were damaged, and samples couldn't be extracted.

Only two relatively newer specimens extracted successfully, perfectly matching with Zhou Lin.

With this result, Li Dapeng's guilt in murder and dismemberment was inescapable.

Zhao Donglai immediately took the result to interrogate Li Dapeng again.

"Li Dapeng, after a night of reflection, have you decided anything?"

"Let me remind you, even if you say nothing, given the evidence we currently possess, you absolutely won't escape."

To dismantle his mental defense, Li Dapeng had been forced to spend the entire night sitting in the detention room in darkness, which Zhao Donglai did intentionally.

Expected this would make him compromise somehow, but yet he remained the same as yesterday, head dropped and silent without pleading, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Li Dapeng, I'm speaking to you, can you hear me?"

Slamming the table, Zhao Donglai's angry voice resonated throughout the interrogation room.

The reply was a prolonged silence.

"Li Dapeng!"

...

Half an hour later, Zhao Donglai was sitting in the office, head aching.

"What do you think we should do now, since this guy refuses to talk, won't those three victims' bodies be forever unfound?"

Liao Xingyu and others wore similarly troubled expressions.

Faced with someone as tough as Li Dapeng, they indeed felt helpless.

They can't beat him, he likely won't listen if they shout, leaving them at a loss for coaxing him to speak.

After a brief silence, Li Jun abruptly suggested, "Captain Zhao, Li Dapeng obviously has psychological issues, why not try stimulating him a bit?"

"What kind of stimulation?"

"Hasn't he been dependent solely on his sister since childhood? I reckon the siblings' relationship should be good, so we can try working on persuading his sister to speak honestly."

Zhao Donglai's eyes brightened at once, "That's a good idea, then immediately contact Li Dapeng's sister."

"Captain Zhao, Leader Li's words indeed inspired me, and I think, rather than his sister, persuading his mother might be more suitable." Luo Fei suggested.

"His mother? But judging from his acts, he should have strong resentment towards her, how could he possibly listen to her advice?"

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