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At that moment, a question loomed over everyone: even if the debt collectors had come to collect money, their goal was to seek financial gain. How could they be so cruel as to kill five children?
Moreover, the Investigator discovered a large amount of valuables and jewelry in the room. If the murderer had come to collect debts, why wouldn't they take these items?
Currently, the motive behind the murders and the whereabouts of the couple had become the police's biggest mysteries.
Three days later, good news finally arrived. The owner of the three cigarette butts found at the crime scene was identified; he was Lin Gang, a friend of Liu Zhiqin. He admitted that he had indeed visited Lao Liu's Family a few days before the incident, but he had a solid alibi for the time of the crime as he was out of town.
Even more puzzling was Lin Gang's statement that he had only smoked in the living room on the first floor, while the police had found the cigarette butts on the third floor. How could this be explained?
This left only one possibility: the murderer had deliberately set up a false trail to mislead the police into investigating in the wrong direction.
"So when we saw those cigarette butts, we should have considered that Yan Pan might have been suggesting this was a staged scene," one officer mused thoughtfully, his eyes filled with confusion.
Even stranger was that during interviews with neighbors, they all reported hearing no unusual sounds or noticing anything out of the ordinary at the time of the incident. How could this be? It was truly bizarre.
How could the murderer manage to kill five people simultaneously?
They would need to bind them with tape, restrain them, and stage a scene. Did the couple not resist? Moreover, their eldest and second child were as strong as oxen; how could someone quietly control a family of seven?
"Could it be that the murderer has three heads and six arms? I doubt anyone here can imagine what really happened," an older officer shook his head helplessly.
The Investigator believed that for this to happen, there was only one possibility: at that time, the entire family must have been unconscious.
"Do you think it would be easy for an acquaintance to bind a college student and a high school student? It wouldn’t be easy; they wouldn’t willingly let you tie them up unless they were in a state where they were completely unaware and unable to resist," a Young Officer analyzed, gesturing as he spoke about binding.
However, technicians had not found any traces of drugs in the victims' systems, which led to this hypothesis being dismissed.
Suddenly, investigators found Derris at the scene. This is a narcotic plant that the local indigenous people use when fishing; they would put the toxic juice from Derris into the water, causing the fish to become temporarily paralyzed. Notably, the juice from Derris decomposes within a few days once it enters the body, making it nearly impossible to detect.
Thus, investigating the source of Derris became the only lead in this case.
Unexpectedly, it turned out that the recent appearance of Derris was due to Liu Zhiqin asking a friend for it.
"He said his friend, a guy from Pingtung, needed it for his son's research project. I heard that the most toxic part is the root, and that part is missing," a knowledgeable source scratched his head, trying to recall the situation.
A terrifying speculation emerged: could Liu Zhiqin have given it to the children? Did the kids consume Derris?
As soon as this thought crossed their minds, everyone exclaimed that it was impossible; even a tiger wouldn’t harm its own cubs!
There must be more to this case.
Not long after, even more bizarre news came in. The forensic examination revealed that the five children did not die on the same day.
"The eldest son must have died first. He killed them one by one from youngest to oldest. The youngest was still going to school; in fact, at that time, his brother seemed to have been dead for one to two days already," the forensic expert said heavily, his eyes filled with sorrow.
Investigations revealed that on September 6th, the second son did not go to school. Lin Jenny called the teacher with a particularly gentle voice, saying that her child was sick and needed two days off.
This means that before September 6th, the eldest son had already been murdered.
So where were Liu Zhiqin and his wife during this time?
At that moment, another team of officers conducting an external investigation reported finding Liu Zhiqin's abandoned car at Ji'an Train Station.
Surveillance footage captured a shocking scene: the couple had not been kidnapped or controlled; they were even seen enjoying soy milk and fried dough sticks together.
Sherlock Holmes once said that when you have eliminated all possibilities, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
The investigators made a bold judgment: the couple were the murderers of the five children.
The subsequent investigation further validated this viewpoint. The tape and ropes used to bind the children were personally purchased by the couple, which was truly horrifying.
However, the couple was now missing. How could this be proven?
Just when the case seemed to be at a standstill, a chilling piece of evidence emerged.
The police found Lao Liu's camera in the house. Although the contents had been deleted, a team of professionals managed to recover several photos.
What they revealed sent chills down everyone’s spine: Liu Zhiqin was using a wire to strangle Eldest Daughter.
"We managed to recover a few of the deleted photos, and in one of them, he was holding the camera with the background showing him binding that little child," said a technician, his face pale and his voice trembling.
It was indeed he who had ended the lives of five children with his own hands.
But that raised a question: if Liu Zhiqin was the one who acted, then who was behind the camera?
Everyone might want to take a guess; there is only one answer. Can you guess who it is?
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