Su Qiao nodded and added, "There was also her behavior that day. It was clear that she was a calculating and scheming person."
Women like that were generally clear-headed, steady, calm, psychologically resilient, and very good at disguising themselves.
"So the two cases have been linked again?"
The cases had originally been investigated separately because the DNA of Sun Zhihao's wife, Ding Peixin, did not match that of the Headless Female Corpse. But now, because of Sun Zhihao's unusual behavior, they would probably have to be tied together again.
Little Li nodded. "Yes. Su Xiyan's team has been checking the missing-person reports in Chunlin City from recent months, but none of them match. We also issued a notice asking for someone to claim the body, but no one came forward. We suspect the victim was a single woman from out of town who came here for work."
"Oh, right. We've already detained Sun Zhihao. Aside from the fact that he went there three days before the body was discovered, we also found that his Art Gallery had recently purchased sulfuric acid and industrial Dampness-removing Powder. Forensic Doctor Du's autopsy report stated that the Headless Female Corpse had been soaked in sulfuric acid, and there were chemical traces of Dampness-removing Powder in her throat."
"But he only admitted to having cheated in the past. He denied killing her and claimed he had merely gone there to hike and happened to pass through."
"The ground was visibly wet. What the hell was he hiking?" Su Qiao was speechless. Even if he was making excuses, couldn't he have come up with a better one?
Since the beginning of September, heavy rain had fallen from time to time. Even if the weather cleared for a day or two, the ground on the mountain would