Chapter 1056: Zhu Panpan’s Disappearance Location

Wang Song has already entered the supermarket where the victim Zhu Panpan once worked and conducted a detailed investigation into Zhu Panpan’s interpersonal relationships.

According to Wang Song’s speculation, although the victim and the suspect may not be very familiar, it is highly likely that they have had some intersection.

The 11 victims may not have been randomly chosen as targets by the suspect.

There may be some connections between them. Although these connections are not very deep, based on Wang Song’s many years of case experience, this possibility exists.

"Zhu Panpan worked as a cashier in our supermarket. She is quite pretty, and quite a few male employees tried to chat her up, but it seems no one had any special relationship with her."

"She seemed quite nice and was always very polite to everyone. In the supermarket, she belonged to the type that was quite popular and worked very positively."

"I wasn’t very familiar with Zhu Panpan. They were at the front desk as cashiers while we were doing distribution in the back storeroom. I just know the name but not very familiar, rarely seen otherwise."

The supermarket staff generally gave a positive assessment of Zhu Panpan.

Usually, no one noticed Zhu Panpan having a relationship with anyone, even during tense moments.

However, Zhu Panpan is quite pretty and young, and a lot of employees in the supermarket pursued her over time.

These individuals became key subjects in Wang Song’s investigation.

"Zhang Xiaohui pursued Zhu Panpan."

Colleagues working as cashiers alongside Zhu Panpan were quite familiar with her situation.

It was this colleague who confirmed Zhu Panpan’s victim status; she went to Zhu Panpan’s rented house, found her missing, and together reported to the police with the supermarket.

The colleague named Qin Huihui, she worked alongside Zhu Panpan at adjacent cashier counters, thus they were familiar due to overlapping work hours.

"Zhang Xiaohui was the manager of the baijiu section; he was responsible for sales and management there. Yan Li and Zhu Panpan were quite similar. When they were working here together the year before last, he started pursuing Zhu Panpan and did so for over a year."

Qin Huihui felt that among the men familiar with Zhu Panpan in the supermarket, Zhang Xiaohui was the closest.

"However, I heard from Zhu Panpan that she doesn’t feel anything for Zhang Xiaohui. The two never clicked, even though Zhang Xiaohui continuously pursued her, Zhu Panpan didn’t agree."

"By the way, last month I heard that there was an incident where Zhang Xiaohui drank too much and publicly confessed to Zhu Panpan but was rejected."

"I was on leave that day, not in the supermarket, so I didn’t see the incident myself. You’ll have to ask others about it."

The first person Wang Song considered was a young man named Zhang Xiaohui.

All the supermarket staff had already had their DNA collected as arranged by Wang Song.

Wang Song was responsible for investigating the relevant situation at the supermarket while Song Mingguang was at Jianguo Road South Second Lane working with the local police station and most of Dongzhou City’s Criminal Investigation Team, conducting visits and investigations on all personnel there.

This time, since it involves a historical serial case, both Tongzhou City and the provincial department have provided maximum support.

The 593 people from Jianguo Road North Second Lane are already in the process of having their DNA collected; those who have left are being traced gradually.

Zhang Xiaohui’s colleague Zhao Gang.

"I heard that a month ago Zhang Xiaohui had too much to drink and had confessed to Zhu Panpan but was rejected. Do you remember what happened at the time?"

After questioning several on-duty staff members, all witnesses to the conflict between Zhang Xiaohui and Zhu Panpan a month ago were found.

"That day, Zhang Xiaohui’s high school classmates came, and then at noon they drank a bit, and Zhang Xiaohui drank too much."

Zhao Gang, Zhang Xiaohui’s colleague, was present throughout the incident.

"It was also somewhat our fault. After they returned from lunch, we said, ’Zhang Xiaohui, you’re too cowardly; if you like Zhu Panpan, then confess to her. Just buying flowers and giving chocolates won’t do much.’

According to Zhao Gang, Zhang Xiaohui’s confession to Zhu Panpan that day was actually egged on by a few friends.

"Actually, nothing much happened that day; Zhang Xiaohui felt a little embarrassed afterward and grumbled a bit, and later it was nothing, just treated as a joke."

"The next day they made up; Zhang Xiaohui gave Zhu Panpan a box of chocolates. Zhu Panpan likes eating chocolates."

The supermarket where Zhu Panpan worked was a large chain store with many employees, totaling more than 200 including the front desk and warehouse staff.

The related investigation wasn’t something that could be resolved in a day or two; Wang Song arranged for people to check them one by one, talk to them individually, and the related work was gradually progressing.

Li Donglin provided directives and suggestions for the investigation of this case, emphasizing thoroughness and reliability, not missing any minute detail.

The suspect began killing 15 years ago and continued to commit such numerous crimes over the years, surely possessing strong anti-detection awareness.

The clues left behind may intentionally be flaws, misleading the police to an erroneous investigation direction.

Other minute details could possibly be what was left inadvertently or could not be erased by the suspect, which is where the police should focus.

Thus, both Lu Chuan and Wang Song didn’t rush, and all work was focused on intricate details, slowly and meticulously.

Wang Song was the first to find related clues.

After work, Zhu Panpan rode an electric bike home; the supermarket had surveillance recording her entire departure process.

The route from the supermarket to her rented house was under surveillance throughout, and Wang Song’s team had already collected all surveillance content.

Two groups were assigned to investigate and analyze these surveillance videos, aiming to identify the location of Zhu Panpan’s final disappearance.

By noon the next day, all surveillance videos were collected and analyzed, discovering that Zhu Panpan eventually disappeared on Friendship South Road North Third Lane.

In the meeting room, Wang Song was reporting his investigation results.

"Friendship Road is the route Zhu Panpan takes home after work every day. We reviewed surveillance footage from New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve Eve, and the previous seven days, all showing Zhu Panpan riding her electric scooter back to her rental house via Friendship Road."

"However, there was an issue on New Year’s Day night."

Projected was the map of Friendship South Road.

"From Friendship South Road North Third Lane, there are two routes to the left and right that can detour to Zhu Panpan’s rental house."

Wang Song started explaining: "Both routes have surveillance, but we did not find Zhu Panpan on either route, confirming her disappearance occurred on Friendship South Road North Third Lane."