Chapter 38

Zion stared at his colleague in shock. "How did we miss such an important clue before this?" The female officer explained, "Things have been complicated with this orphanage. In the beginning, it was privately run, with not many records and files. Moreover, the orphanage director was exposed several years ago for constantly abusing and violating the children. "Consequently, he was sentenced, and the orphanage was shut down. Some of the orphans who were not adopted were transferred to other welfare institutions. The information of those who were adopted is incomplete, making it difficult to trace." She continued, "It was when I started asking around the neighbors and family members of the victims that I found them all to be adopted. I probed further in this direction and discovered that all the deceased were indeed adopted from this orphanage. "Many of the victims' families were initially unwilling to mention this but later confessed. It was all because of this welfare home!" "It s