Chapter 932: Evidence Exists, but It’s Insufficient

From the current investigation, Qin Wushuang should be the crime suspect.

Firstly, Qin Wushuang has a motive for murder.

Qin Wushuang’s daughter, Qin Ruirui, was harassed by Zhang Tao starting from her first year in high school.

By the second semester of her second year, the situation developed to an irreconcilable point.

Regarding the school’s claim about a minor conflict between the two in the girl’s restroom, with Zhang Tao making inappropriate advances towards Qin Ruirui, it definitely wasn’t as simple as it appeared.

Otherwise, Qin Ruirui wouldn’t have jumped off the building.

However, to maintain the reputation of Third Middle School and prevent the situation from worsening, the school chose to conceal the truth to some extent.

To be honest, from the perspective of the school’s Director of Academic Affairs, Xu Wenbang, his handling of the matter might not seem wrong.

In every role, one speaks accordingly and considers things from their standpoint.

From Xu Wenbang’s perspective, he naturally didn’t want the matter to escalate, but who would seek justice for Qin Ruirui?

And where is Xu Wenbang’s professional ethics as the school’s Director of Academic Affairs?

Yet everyone else did not believe Qin Ruirui’s words, but her father, Qin Wushuang, absolutely believed his daughter.

Especially after Qin Ruirui jumped and suffered a severe spinal injury, likely spending the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

Qin Wushuang couldn’t find justice or results from the school, nor from the police station when he reported the case—it was obvious what he would do under such circumstances.

Besides having a motive for murder, Qin Wushuang also had the capability to kill.

By working as a water delivery man near the victim’s family’s neighborhood, Qin Wushuang could monitor Zhang Haibin’s family movements to some extent.

Furthermore, he was very familiar with the neighborhood and knew when its surveillance would undergo maintenance, allowing him to seize this gap for his murderous actions.

As for moving the bodies, it was easy for him—Qin Wushuang might lack in other respects, but he was endowed with great physical strength.

Moreover, whether the scene of the crime or the site where the bodies were burned, Qin Wushuang handled them very cleanly, leaving very few clues.

Of course, he didn’t do everything flawlessly; although no valuable clues were collected at the primary crime scene.

At the scene where the car was burned, Lu Chuan collected a set of footprints, size 43.

"Qin Wushuang, did you really think what you did was flawless?"

Lu Chuan pulled out a photo: "This is a footprint photo I discovered at the site where you burned the SUV."

"Just now, my colleagues have already gone to your place to investigate."

Lu Chuan took out another photo, showing Qin Wushuang on the night he drove the victim’s vehicle with the four bodies to the wilderness to burn them.

"Considering the gloves and down jacket you wore at that time, they couldn’t all have burned at the scene, right? Guess if we can find these two items at your home, even if not the gloves, could we at least find the down jacket?"

Qin Wushuang sneered coldly.

"If you have the ability, go find them. If you find them, I’ll confess right away!"

Actually, Qin Wushuang had not only burned the down jacket and gloves but also the shoes, which couldn’t be found at Qingshuang’s place.

Qin Wushuang’s footprints had just been collected, and Qin Chuan knew at a glance that the size 43 shoes were left by him.

But if the footprints were to be used as favorable legal evidence, and currently viewed as the only legal evidence, the shoes worn at that time had to be found.

Only by finding the shoes could the footprints be matched 100% with all lines, without the slightest error.

But now the shoes had been disposed of by Qin Wushuang, making this clue comparatively incomplete.

Locking down a suspect through footprints is one thing, while whether these footprints can be used as evidence to prosecute the suspect is another matter.

This is also why Lu Chuan continues to interrogate Qin Wushuang; otherwise, if the shoes were found at his home, interrogation wouldn’t be necessary, and the case would be concluded directly.

Of course, Qin Wushuang might not know this, but Lu Chuan, as a police officer, can neither coax a confession nor deceive during interrogation.

Although Qin Wushuang is a murderer, would he have committed the act if not pushed to desolation?

. His daughter was harassed and bullied by classmates from the start of high school, leading to a steep decline in her academic performance.

However, Qin Wushuang indeed acted excessively.

Even if Zhang Haibin and Zhang Tao were at fault, what did this matter have to do with Zhang Mei?

Though Qin Wushuang is worthy of sympathy, he warrants even more hatred.

This is often what Lu Chuan experiences during case handling.

The motives behind a suspect’s crime can often be forgivable.

Yet, the criminal behaviors of suspects tend to be inhumane and unforgivable.

"Qin Wushuang, let’s not discuss your murder case for now; let’s first talk about your daughter Qin Ruirui."

Upon hearing Lu Chuan mention his daughter, Qin Wushuang’s expression suddenly became gloomy.

Qin Wushuang came from a farming background and worked in the city to earn more money for his daughter.

Moreover, his daughter was very competitive; she was the top scorer in the whole village during her middle school exams and was admitted to Haizhou City Third Middle School on an exceptional basis.

She was the first student from ten surrounding villages in Qin Wushuang’s area to be admitted to Haizhou City Third Middle School.

If Qin Ruirui could maintain these grades, she certainly could have gotten into a good university during college exams; perhaps even become a civil servant or find some other better job.

But now, it is all too late.

There’s no need to mention college; whether his daughter could ever stand again is uncertain.

Sometimes, Qin Wushuang considered letting it go because if his daughter truly became disabled, never being able to stand, and his murder was discovered, who would she rely on in the future?

But if he didn’t vent his anger for his daughter’s justice, who else would?

Thus, Qin Wushuang meticulously planned to kill the other family of four.

"I’ve already reviewed your daughter’s medical records; her spinal injury isn’t entirely irreversible, although it requires massive medical expenses and follow-up rehabilitation costs, which might amount to one or two million to get your daughter to stand again."

Lu Chuan looked at him and stated Qin Ruirui’s medical condition.