39 years ago, a murder case in a supply and marketing cooperative, which plunged the town at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui into a haze. Over the past 39 years, a mutilated fingerprint at the scene of the crime has guided generations of public security police to persevere in relaying the culprit. Recently, the reporter learned from the Public Security Bureau of Macheng City, Hubei Province, that after careful investigation and accurate research and judgment, the bureau successfully arrested Wang Biao (pseudonym), the murderer of the "1985.3.26" murder case in Baiguo Town, Macheng City, and a 39-year-old intentional homicide case was solved.
The suspect Wang Biao was arrested.
Sudden homicide
On March 26, 1985, the early morning sun woke up Baiguo Town at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, but the town troublesome river supply and marketing cooperatives were still closed.
People pushed the door in, only to see that the supply and marketing cooperatives were in a mess, and the duty officer Zhang Qian (pseudonym) fell to the ground without breath, and blood stained the ground......
In those days, supply and marketing cooperatives were an indispensable part of the people's lives, and almost all daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt were bought there. The fatal case in the supply and marketing cooperatives has caused a bad impact, the masses have been discussing, and the haze of panic and anxiety has shrouded this town in the mountains.
After receiving the police, the Macheng police attached great importance to it, immediately mobilized all resources in the overall situation, mobilized capable police forces, and set up a "1985.3.26" task force to rush to the scene.
The people's police of the special case group are in full swing to carry out investigation work such as investigating the scene, visiting the masses, and analyzing the case, in order to bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible.
However, with the passage of time, no progress was made in the peripheral investigation, and the investigation of the case was at an impasse for a while.
The expectant eyes of the villagers and the severity of the case made the police of the special case group feel pressure, and they decided to find another way to put the breakthrough at the scene of the crime. After the case was reported to the next level, the Hubei Provincial Public Security Department and the Huanggang City Public Security Bureau specially arranged for criminal investigation experts to go to Macheng to guide the on-site investigation and case analysis. The people's police in the provinces, cities, and counties repeatedly carried out meticulous investigations of the crime scene, and did not miss any clues.
Hard work pays off.
During the on-site investigation, the police successfully extracted a key piece of physical evidence in a very inconspicuous position at the scene - a mutilated fingerprint, which was not easy under the conditions at that time.
Combined with the scene of the crime and the investigation and visits, the police of the special case group deduced after comprehensive research and judgment that the murder case was very likely that the suspect entered the supply and marketing cooperatives to commit theft, and after being discovered by the personnel on duty, he fled the scene with a murder weapon.
This fingerprint was left by the murderer when he committed the crime. Although it is incomplete, it still plants the seeds of "hope" in the hearts of the police handling the case.
Relay tackling
In the 80s of the 20th century, rural transportation was still very backward, and villagers in the Dabie Mountain area basically relied on walking. Through visits and investigations, combined with the facts of the case, the police of the special case group deduced that the murderer was very likely to be a villager near the supply and marketing cooperative.
After clarifying the direction of the investigation, the Macheng police immediately mobilized police forces, centered on the crime scene, carried out investigations in several surrounding villages, and weaved a huge screening network to search for the murderer.
However, due to many factors such as the limitations of detection methods, after several setbacks, the police of the special case group searched for clues related to the case, but never found the owner of the mutilated fingerprints.
With the cold coming and the summer, the years have changed, the supply and marketing cooperatives have gradually withdrawn from the historical stage, and the haze of the murder has faded in the hearts of the villagers. However, the investigation of the "March 26, 1985" murder case by the Macheng police has never stopped.
The successive directors of the Macheng City Public Security Bureau have always regarded the "1985.3.26" murder case as the primary goal of "tackling the murder case", and they have worked hard to tackle it one after another.
"Every time we comb through an unsolved homicide, we mention the case to see if there are any new clues or developments." A police officer who had participated in the case said.
The "1985.3.26" murder case is like a boulder, pressing on the hearts of every policeman who has participated in the case. Every time they return to the police barracks during the Chung Yeung Festival, or when they hear about the detection of an old case, they will repeatedly ask about the follow-up investigation of the murder case, hoping for good news to come.
In recent years, with the development of public security science and technology, investigation technology has ushered in revolutionary development, and the investigation of many old backlog cases has ushered in the dawn.
At the beginning of March this year, the "1985.3.26" murder case ushered in a major breakthrough.
With the all-out efforts of the Ministry of Public Security, the Hubei Provincial Public Security Department and the Huanggang City Public Security Bureau, the "1985.3.26" homicide task force made full use of modern criminal investigation technology, and found that the fingerprints extracted from the "1985.3.26" murder scene were highly consistent with Wang Biao (pseudonym), a resident of Baiguo Town.
This means that Wang Biao is suspected of committing a major crime!
The suspect Wang Biao identified the crime scene.
The real culprit was caught
Through interviews with the elders in the village, the police learned that Wang Biao is silent, likes to drink, and is prone to conflict with others. After further investigation, the police found that Wang Biao was sentenced to 2 years in prison by the Macheng People's Court for theft in the early 80s of the 20th century. After being released from prison in 1984, he returned to Baiguo Town to work as a farmer, during which he got married and had children.
In 1990, Wang Biao and his wife went to Shanghai to work, and rarely returned to Macheng during this period. In 2020, Wang Biao returned to live in Baiguo Town, bought a van, and made a living by running taxis.
Combined with the clues obtained from the investigation, the police on the case felt more and more that Wang Biao was most likely the murderer 39 years ago.
On the morning of March 29, after careful preparations, the police of the special case group took Wang Biao to the public security organ for questioning. In the face of the police, he always kept his head down and was silent.
After a battle, Wang Biao's psychological defense line was broken and he confessed to the crime of killing Zhang Qian 39 years ago.
According to his confession, on the evening of March 25, 1985, Wang Biao had dinner with his family and drank wine during the banquet. After his family went to sleep, he went out with the murder weapon and prepared to go to the troublesome river supply and marketing cooperatives to commit theft. In the process of committing the theft, Wang Biao accidentally woke up Zhang Qian, the officer on duty, and was caught by Zhang Qian.
On the second day of the incident, after many inquiries, Wang Biao learned of the incident at the east window, and he was so frightened that he hid at home all day and did not dare to go out. Later, when the rumors gradually passed, he and his wife went out to work.
"For more than 30 years, I was very afraid of seeing the police and police cars, and I couldn't sleep peacefully every night, for fear that the police would suddenly come to my door. When I interact with others, as long as I am looked at by strangers, I panic, afraid that the other party is a plainclothes police officer who will target me. Wang Biao said.
During the period of escape, Wang Biao did not dare to stay in one place for a long time, he changed jobs frequently, and worked as a cook, security guard, hospital field worker, etc.
Wang Biao likes to drink, but he doesn't drink when he eats with outsiders. Every time he drank, he locked himself in his room and drank alone. Relying on alcohol to paralyze and temporarily relieve inner sins and unrest.
More than 30 years have passed, Wang Biao has passed the age of six, and he feels that no one will remember the bloody case of that year, so he returned to Macheng from other places.
Wang Biao has now been criminally detained by the Macheng police in accordance with the law, and the case is being further handled. When asked what he thought of the murder case, he said tremblingly: "Because of a momentary evil thought, two families were ruined in my hands, and I am a heinous sinner......
Source: Rule of Law Daily, CCTV