Chapter 94: The Lost Contact Case (5)

  To get Su Su from the Network Monitoring Center to join the special case group as soon as possible, Gong Qian called her father. After the call ended, she wiped away tears and not long after, a call came in on Gong Qian's mobile phone. It was the leader of the Municipal Bureau's Network Monitoring Center calling, first asking about her well-being and then inquiring about her work and life. Gong Qian politely explained the reason for borrowing Su Su, and the person on the other end of the line firmly instructed that Su Su should report to the special case group early the next morning. Finally, they repeatedly reminded Gong Qian to take care of herself and said that if there were any requirements, they would definitely help out without hesitation.

  He Daming thought the same way, at first Gong Qian wasn't thinking of reporting to the big team and letting them coordinate with the Internet Monitoring Center. But doing so would be cumbersome and wouldn't be accomplished in a short amount of time. As long as there were other ways, Gong Qian didn't want to call her old man. He Daming was making decisions on her own, she knew that. "This is my first case, I must crack it," Gong Qian kept encouraging herself.

  The next morning, Su Su, dressed in police uniform, appeared in the 4.4 special case group office, and several old classmates excitedly shouted and made a fuss. Gong Qian, who hadn't slept well the night before, pushed open the door with some fatigue, and Su Su excitedly shouted "Class Monitor" and pounced on her body, and Gong Qian also excitedly shouted along.

  Su Su's arrival solved the biggest problem for the task force. Tian Miao Miao, as the team leader, introduced the members one by one and briefly told Su about the case situation, emphasizing the key points of the next stage of work, especially highlighting that time was tight and the workload was heavy, so Su might have to work day and night without rest for the next few days.

  Su Su excitedly waved her fist, "I'm just too bored staying at the Internet Monitoring Center, I feel like I'm wasting my life. As soon as the class leader found me, I made up my mind to come here. Tian Miao Miao, you can assign tasks to me now."

  The team's efforts, Yuan Lü from the Dong Street police station also arrived. With everyone in place, Tian Miao Miao excitedly began to assign tasks. 20 minutes later, she had said everything that needed to be said and divided the team into two groups. One group, led by her, Chen Gang Qiang, and Su Su, went to the traffic police command center to retrieve the necessary surveillance footage for the time period in question. The other group, led by Luo Lin and Yuan Lü, visited all the shops along the street, focusing on finding those with outdoor surveillance cameras, and made sure to retrieve the surveillance videos from the time of the incident. The special case team quickly entered a state of high alert.

  The evidence collection went smoothly, and with Su Su's expertise, all the surveillance videos from the time of the incident were quickly transferred to the task force's mobile hard drive. The 2T hard drive was packed full, and Tian Miao couldn't help but shiver at the thought of having to watch all those videos one by one on a computer screen - she would have died from boredom already.

  Tian Miao expressed her concerns to Su Su, who looked at her with disdain, saying "You think I'm willing to die from exhaustion? I'm also a living person, you know. You can't treat me like a capitalist exploiting me."

  Tian Miao asked gloomily, "Then what should we do?"

  Su Su said irritably, "Use your brain, that sentence 'the computer is artificial intelligence, and Gao Xiang is naturally stupid' wasn't it you who said it? Pointing at the computer in front of her, she said, "I can't do it, but it can. You must have two photos of little girls, hurry up and bring them to me, I'll scan them and input them into the database, then import all these surveillance videos into the database as well. Let the computer automatically compare them, and we'll probably get the results in about 4 hours."

  Tian Miao's heart was fake, and she let out a few awkward laughs. With a gentle push, she said, "Hurry up and take the photo, don't come back to cause trouble if nothing's wrong."

  Looking at the computer screen importing data, Tian Niao and his group finally took a break. Chen Gang said that there's no use rushing now, why don't we go help Gao Xiang and them instead?

  Tian Niu and Gong Qian soon appeared before Gao Xiang and the others, Chen Gang let her stay in the team to help Su Su.

  Seeing her, the two Luo Lin were surprised and asked: "How did you come here? Have you finished watching the traffic police video?" Tian Miao Miao said with her nose up in the air: "With professional talents and high-tech, only fools would stare at the video themselves. With computers to help us compare, so we came out to help you."

  There were new additions, and they regrouped again. Luo Lin, Zhang Wei, and Wang Hongtao formed one group; Tian Miao Miao, Yuan Lu, Gong Qian, and Gao Xiang formed another group, with Zhang Huakai driving to facilitate the transportation of equipment. After a class outside the group conducted an urgent search, they barely managed to collect all the surveillance videos from the street shops. The exhausted crowd returned to the team and finally received some good news: Su Susu successfully captured the surveillance footage of two female students after cross-comparing the traffic police command center's surveillance video with the street shops' surveillance video, from the moment they left the school gate until they exited the North Central Ring Road surveillance area.

  On the screen, an important clue caught everyone's attention; Chen Yumeng and Zhou Li were both carrying backpacks, but Chen Yumeng's backpack was very trendy and different from the current ones. In addition to the traditional shoulder strap, there was also a load-bearing belt tied around the waist. Su Su zoomed in on the image to the maximum ratio, and Luo Lin pointed to the lower half of the backpack and said to everyone: "Look, this backpack is shaped like a cartoon zongzi, that is, a triangle. This kind of backpack is not common in our city, and there are obvious stains here and here, which can be an important clue for investigation."

  Quickly taking photos of the school bag, Tian Miao Miao rushed into Zhou Bin's office. With Zhou Bin's assistance, the photos were quickly uploaded to the Provincial 110 Command Center. Ten minutes later, all grassroots police stations received a notice for cooperation and investigation along with two photos.

  The net has been cast, and now it's just a matter of waiting to see how lucky they are when they reel it in; the task force is actively following up on the search for the school bag, while also importing street video footage into the database for further comparison.

  It was past 4 in the morning, and Tian Miao Miao, exhausted, rubbed her eyes and asked Su Su and Chen Gang who were still sitting in front of the computer if they had found anything. Su shook her head, Luo Lin, who was dozing off on the table, heard the conversation and woke up, thought for a moment, then called everyone over and said in a low voice: "It's not looking good, let me tell you about our country's missing person cases. They are mainly divided into two categories: kidnapping and human trafficking. If it was a kidnapping, it's impossible that no one has asked for ransom after more than 90 hours. Of course, there is another possibility, that the suspect kidnapped the child to take revenge on the parents, but even if it was premeditated revenge, there would be some movement by now."

  Lin Pangzi and others summarized all the clues from the Dong Street police station, Comrades in the Xinghua Ridge sub-district had already taken both situations into consideration. The homes of the two female students were being monitored by technical investigation comrades 24 hours a day for incoming calls, and the social relationships of the parents of the other two female students had also been clarified, basically ruling out the possibility of revenge by an enemy.

  Luo Lin poured water from the thermos, only to find that it was empty. Tian Miao Miao said: "Brother Luo, you continue talking, I'll make some tea for everyone and also cook some noodles."

  It's said that after eating, everyone's spirits lifted a lot. Gao Xiang even shouted at the top of his lungs: "Miao Miao, make me a spicy one, I don't want mushroom stewed chicken noodles!" which made Tian Miao scold him and then start eating. Gao Xiang complained that the mushroom stewed chicken noodles had a strong smell of MSG...

  Luolin looked at him with a disgusted expression, "In Sichuan, they have hot springs, but here we use chicken manure to feed pigs..." Several people burst into loud laughter.

  After taking a sip of hot tea, Luo Lin continued to educate the rookies on criminal investigation knowledge: "Kidnapping is over, now let's talk about human trafficking; child trafficking can be said to be one of the most serious crimes in recent years. Have you all seen the movie 'Lost and Found' directed by Dehua? This film reflects this very issue. In recent years, especially after the revision of the criminal law, we have started to severely punish human traffickers, but the huge profits still lead many criminals to risk everything; these bastards steal or kidnap children and then transfer them to other places, even abroad. Child trafficking cases are all cross-regional crimes, taking this case as an example, if our team were to handle it, what could we do? Our public security organs have statistics: the main source of trafficked children is Dali, Guangxi, and Henan Province, while the main destinations are Hubei, Guangdong, Shandong, and Henan Province. With so many provinces involved, we lack police power, secondly, the cost is too high, funding is a major problem, and investigating a child in another province requires evidence collection and DNA testing, if the local authorities don't cooperate with you, you can only shut your eyes."

  The three people fell silent after listening to Luo Lin's words. In recent years, child trafficking cases have been on the rise, causing widespread panic. If this case is true as Luo Lin said, the two children were indeed kidnapped and sold, and it has already been nearly 100 hours, they may have already left the province. Tian Miao Miao slapped the table with a loud slap and shouted: "The court should grant us public security law enforcement personnel the right to directly shoot human traffickers, catch one and kill one, and be able to restore a clear sky."

  Everyone had lost their appetite, so Luo Lin comforted them: "Alright, let's not work with emotions, hurry up and eat your noodles. We don't have much time left, the final verdict on this case will be out in just a few days. I'd like to suggest that we should approach this from multiple angles. Relying solely on us few people to find that backpack is like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, we can try to get some information from these underworld figures."

  Tian Miao's eyes lit up, and he hastily asked: "Luo Ge, quickly say what to do, shall we apply for a big sweep of the North Middle Ring Road tomorrow?" Looking at Tian Miao's expectant gaze and Gao Xiang's eager expression, Luo Lin put down his bowl with a sigh: "No way, the procedure won't go through. This case has already startled too many people. These city rats are the most timid, now that there's such a big commotion outside, those who have committed crimes have long since fled; however, there is another way. Does anyone of you know someone from before, like a small-time hoodlum or something, who can come out and be an informant to provide clues? These people are usually well-informed and often able to dig up the precious clues we urgently need."

  One night passed, and the sky was slightly cool. Tian Miao Miao stood in front of the window, letting the cold wind blow on her body. In her mind, a person gradually emerged: Liu Laoliu.