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Do you think this man is pitiful?
At the age of 35, he still had no girlfriend and had never even been in a relationship. Hearing that there were free girlfriends available on the mountain, he dressed up meticulously for the occasion.
However, when he reappeared, his head had been severed and discarded deep in the woods, leaving behind a highly decomposed corpse.
Even more tragically, another important part was also missing.
"At the scene, everyone discovered that his genitals were also absent," one investigator said with a frown, his face twisted in disgust.
The motive of the murderer was even more outrageous; it was as if they had opened the door to chaos, bringing it right back home.
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Time of Incident: February 24, 2021,
Crime Scene: Sichuan Nanchong Peng'an County.
On this day, Xiao Chen was searching for his drone in the dense forest when he suddenly found it lying on top of a corpse, which terrified him to the core.
Xiao Chen's eyes widened, his mouth agape, and his body seemed frozen in place. It took him a long time to regain his senses before he scrambled back in panic.
"Why? Because this wasn't just any corpse; it was a headless and highly decomposed male body," Xiao Chen recounted to the police, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
Investigators rushed to the scene, and what they saw made them gasp in shock.
"The upper body was completely bare, with no clothing at all. The lower half was wearing a pair of long johns and socks, but there were no shoes," one investigator noted while examining and recording the details, his expression grave.
Initial investigations revealed that besides the missing head, another crucial part was also gone.
"At the scene, we found that his genitals were also missing. This is truly bizarre and very outrageous," the forensic expert said while examining the body, shaking his head in disbelief.
The forensic expert estimated that the victim was around 35 years old and had been dead for about ten days. The torso was intact, indicating that the fatal injury was likely to the head.
Investigators believed that after killing the man, the murderer had removed his "precious part," suggesting deep-seated hatred between them. Therefore, the possibility of a crime of passion was very high.
"The man may have had some improper relationship with someone else's wife, which is why there is such intense hatred towards him," an Investigator mused thoughtfully, stroking his chin.
The immediate priority was to quickly identify the victim. On one hand, they needed to extract DNA for comparison, and on the other, they began a wide-ranging canvass while also retrieving surveillance footage from the relevant areas.
The problem was that the body was found deep in the forest below a meteorological observation station; if it weren't for Xiao Chen's drone crashing here, no one would have ventured into this area at all.
The only nearby surveillance camera was positioned too far away to capture any clues about the perpetrator.
This indicated that the murderer was very familiar with the local environment, suggesting they were not an outsider but rather a local resident.
The police swiftly conducted checks on recently missing men throughout the city but found no matches fitting the description.
They also carried out extensive interviews with couples and individuals who had experienced relationship disputes, but again, there were no leads, and the case fell into a complete deadlock.
"I remember that since I started working, this might be the most challenging case we've faced," sighed an older officer, his eyes filled with exhaustion and helplessness.
Just as the investigation seemed to stall, a crucial clue emerged: the victim stood no taller than 1.5 meters, had particularly small hands and feet, wearing size 33 shoes, which starkly contrasted with his overweight physique. These rare characteristics combined pointed to a very specific group of people; many should recognize him.
Thus, a large number of officers were dispatched to canvass the entire county. Indeed, a change in perspective led to new avenues.
Good news soon arrived: in Yin Han Town, a man's physical characteristics matched those of the victim. By extracting DNA from his mother, they confirmed that the deceased was named Yao Hai, 35 years old, unmarried and unemployed.
Upon learning of her son's death, nearly eighty-year-old Old Mother was devastated. Just five months prior, her husband had passed away; she never expected to face another tragedy so soon.
Old Mother collapsed on the ground, covering her face with her hands as she wept loudly, tears streaming through her fingers.
She told the Investigator that Yao Hai had suffered an injury as a child that affected his intelligence. As he grew up, he worked away from home for long periods and rarely returned. Besides her son's phone number, she knew nothing else about him.
To quickly clarify Yao Hai's social connections, the Investigator split into two teams: one group investigated his phone number to find close contacts, while another took Yao Hai's photo to conduct thorough searches throughout the county.
Good news came swiftly; several elderly men in the square informed the Investigator that Yao Hai had come there almost every day for card games over the past six months and was often accompanied by a short man.
However, both of them had been absent recently.
Upon investigation, it turned out that the short man was named Zhang Xiaotao, 32 years old, from Nanchong's Yilong County. The officers exchanged glances with slight smiles; this guy was a prime suspect in the case.
The Investigator quickly located him.
Zhang Xiaotao admitted that he and Yao Hai were as close as brothers. Usually, the two of them idled away their time, often going to Old Square to play cards and pass the days, staying in cheap motels at night.
However, he stated that he returned to his hometown before the Spring Festival, so he did not have time to commit the crime.
The motel owner confirmed this, noting that Yao Hai was living there alone, but after he left on February 8, he never returned. The motel owner angrily claimed that the guy must have run away because he couldn't pay the ten-dollar room fee, and he wanted to report it to the police to recover this "huge sum."
With his hands on his hips, the motel owner was red-faced with anger.
During the conversation, the Investigator obtained an important clue: Yao Hai went missing on February 8, and it was ridiculous to expect him to collect the room fee himself.
Without further ado, the police immediately sorted through the surrounding surveillance footage. The footage showed that at 7:53 AM on February 8, Yao Hai left the motel and crossed through the ancient town towards the city center, disappearing from view by 8:11 AM.
However, his movements puzzled everyone; he neither headed to Old Square, which he frequented daily, nor did he go towards the outskirts where the body was discovered. The Investigator speculated that he must have arranged to meet someone, which is why he took an unusual route.
Suddenly, the police received another significant lead. At noon on February 8, Yao Hai made his last phone call to a man named Zhou Bo.
According to his friend Zhang Xiaotao, Zhou Bo was a loan manager whom he had introduced to Yao Hai. It turned out that since January, Yao Hai had been broke and entrusted Zhou Bo with securing a loan. Zhou Bo promised that it would be processed around February 8.
The Investigator made a bold conjecture: could it be that Zhou Bo intended to pocket the money for himself and resorted to foul play? Everyone thought this lead might be solid.
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