D F T F Chapter 11 : Confusing.

“Can you see other physical characteristics of the kidnapper from the footprints?” Zhang Ping said.

"Small feet wearing large shoes will have some impact on the diagnostic judgment of footprints, and it will take time to study them carefully." Han Bin said.

“In other words, only the height, age, and sex of the suspect are known now, but it's not certain yet?” Zhang Ping said.

"Give me a little time, I should be able to eliminate the influence of little feet wearing big shoes and get more clues." Han Bin said.

Han Bin's footprint identification skills are still only advanced. If he had reached the expert level, he might have been able to analyze the physical characteristics of the kidnappers on the spot, but he did not yet have that ability.

"Based on current clues, let's reorganize the tasks." Zhang Ping said solemnly, "Tian Li, check the recordings of surveillance cameras around the community and focus your research on the height of around 160 for each suspect to be the kidnapper."

"Li Hui, you are visiting the surrounding people to see if there is anyone who has characteristics similar to the kidnapper."

 “Zhao Ming, please contact the classmates of the victim Cao Tianyou and see if there is anything unusual about him in the past two days.

"Han Bin, you continue to study the footprints."

"Yes. Captain"

Everyone agreed and when they are about to leave to act separately, the cell phone on the coffee table rang.

"Ding Ling..."

The victim's father, Cao Hua, said, "Captain Zhang, the kidnapper sent a text message?"

"Do you want to read it please?"

"At eight o'clock in the evening, ask the child's mother to bring 200,000 yuan to pick up your child. You are not allowed to call the police; otherwise, you will not see him again."

"Call to ask to hear the child's voice." Zhang Ping said.

Cao Hua called hastily but received a dial tone indicating that the phone was off.

"Can you determine where the message came from?" Zhang Ping said.

 "That takes time." replied the technician from the technical team.

"Captain Zhang, I'm afraid we don't have enough people at our disposal." Said Han Bin: "The footprints have been collected and need to be taken back to the office for study."

"Or let the local police station send a few police officers to support us." Tian Li said.

"It's a kidnapping case. The police are too catchy. Better get help from the first group." Zhang Ping said.

......

The second group of the third criminal investigation team has been formed for a short time, and the number of people is small, far less than that of the first group of the third criminal investigation team.

......

"You, guys, follow my previous instructions to investigate and come back at five in the afternoon to report the situation." Zhang Ping said.

"Yes, Captain."

Then everyone went their separate ways.

... ...

Half an hour later, Zhao Ying, deputy captain of the first group of the third criminal investigation team, came to the scene with three members.

"Captain Zhao, you are here." Zhang Ping stood up and said.

"Where are the people in your group?" Zhao Ying said.

"I investigated clues. If it wasn't for lack of staff, I wouldn't have a team to back it up."

"Does the kidnapper have an idea?" Zhao Ying said.

Zhang Ping briefly recounted the situation.

Zhao Ying thought for a while and said, "Is the location of the kidnapper who sent the text message confirmed?"

"It was sent from a base station near the suburbs." said the man from the tech team.

"There is little surveillance in the suburbs, so there is little hope of finding it."

"Better send someone over there." Zhao Ying ordered two people and asked them to ask the technical team for specific positions to investigate.

"Mr. Cao, the child's mother hasn't come yet?" Zhao Ying said.

"I divorced the mother of the child and she went elsewhere." Cao Hua said.

"Can she come before dark? The kidnapper pointed out that the child's mother should take the money to get it back." Zhang Ping said.

"I am looking to contact my former relatives and friends, and they have not yet released any news." Cao Hua said.

"Is there a problem with the sum of 200,000 Yuan?" Zhao Ying said.

"It's not a big deal, even if I borrow it, I will definitely be able to pay it back." Cao Hua said without hesitation.

"Then we can find a way to get the money back, don't worry about the other things, and let's focus on the case first." Zhao Ying said.

... ...

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Hui, Han Bin, Tian Li, Zhao Ming, and the others returned to the Huacui community one after another.

"There are still three hours left, it's still early to pay the ransom, let's have a wrap-up meeting to see if there are any new clues." Zhang Ping said.

"In the nearby surveillance cameras, I did not see the kidnapper and Cao Tianyou." Tian Li said.

 "The surrounding people didn't see any anomalies either." Li Hui said.

"I sent someone to the suburbs. There were no surveillance cameras near the base station, and no trace of the suspect could be found." Zhao Ying said.

 “I visited some of Cao Tianyou's classmates, according to a good student when Cao Tianyou went to school two days ago, he said he was going to see his mother soon. I suspect it might be related to this kidnapping case, "Zhao Ming said.

"This clue is very important. The kidnapper's height is 160, he doesn't have many advantages in his height to kidnap Cao Tianyou, so he's more likely not to be kidnapped." Zhang Ping said.

"In other words, the kidnapper can take advantage of the child's desire to see his mother and plan this kidnapping case." Zhao Ying analyzed.

"The question now is, if the mother of the child cannot return, who will send the ransom tonight." Tian Li said.

 "I'll go," Zhao Ying volunteered.

"You go?"

"Besides me, is there a more suitable candidate?" Zhao Ying said.

Zhao Ying is in her 30s and matches the age of a mother. She is calm and experienced. She is indeed a good candidate.

Zhang Ping always felt that there was a missing person and turned around to see who it was, and he saw that Han Bin was crouching next to the closet looking at the shoe prints, and he was wondered what he was studying.

 "Han Bin".

"Captain Zhang, you are calling me."

“Everyone is discussing the matter, what are you doing there?” Zhang Ping said.

"Captain Zhang, I found something here."

 "Go ahead and talk." Zhang Ping said.

“I do not recommend that Captain Zhao take the ransom,” Han Bin said.

"Why?" Zhao Ying frowned.

"If Captain Zhao leaves, she will be recognized for good. It's a fake kidnapping." Han Bin said.

"It's unlikely. After I divorced Cao Tianyou's mother, his mother never came and there is no photo at home." Cao Hua said.

 “I returned to the office and did some research for an afternoon to eliminate interference from small feet and large shoes and determine the sex of the kidnapper. It should be a man, and precisely, a boy, around thirteen or fourteen years old. ”Han Bin said.

"How is it possible?" asked Zhao Ying.

 “After I arrived, I went to the shoe cabinet to look for Cao Tianyou's old shoes, compared the wear marks, and found that the footprint characteristics of large shoes with small feet. Are surprisingly consistent.” Han Ping said.

"You mean it was Cao Tianyou who wore the big shoes, and he was the one who forged the kidnapping scene!" Zhang Ping said with surprise.

"Not possible!" Cao Hua was even more shocked.

"So is this still a kidnapping?" Tian Li said.

"It was Cao Tianyou who wrote the message and kidnapped himself, so the so-called kidnapping is just fiction?" Li Hui said.

"I can only be sure that it was Cao Tianyou who wore the big shoes with his small feet. As to whether he was taken off or not, it is still difficult to be sure." Han Bin said.

Everyone was silent, the clue offered by Han Bin was too important.

"No wonder, we've been investigating for a long time, and there is no clue about the kidnapper. It turns out the kidnapper has never been to the Huacui community." Tian Li said.

"Impossible, my son has always been very obedient, why did he do that?" Cao Hua asked.

Zhang Ping paced and analyzed, "According to the clues provided by classmates, Cao Tianyou said he was going to see his mother."

"Could it be that Cao Tianyou, since he never saw his mother again and missed his mother so much that he wrote and directed this kidnapping?" Zhao Ying said.

"It should also be proven, why the message sent indicates that Cao Tianyou's mother is obligated to pay the ransom." Han Bin said.

"Ding Ling..."

"The kidnapper sent another message."

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