The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective

Seeing Jiang An's incoming call, Li Jian hurriedly walked out.

"Hello!"

"Mr. Li, there's some work that needs to be reported to you."

"Go ahead!"

"Just now, the three of us have found the location where the body was dumped in Yongming River."

"So quickly?"

Jiang An chuckled and said, "The three of us were quite lucky and quickly discovered the likely dumping spot used by the murderer."

"What method did the murderer use to transport the body?"

Jiang An replied, "Mr. Li, we discovered marks of a small pulley along the riverbank, and the distance between two pulleys matches the width of a suitcase."

"It is inferred that the murderer very likely used a suitcase to transport the body."

"Additionally, we discovered a woman's hairpin near the suitcase's wheel tracks."

"Hairpin?"

"Yes, judging by the color and texture of the hairpin, it is highly likely related to this case."

"Is the hairpin the victim's?"

"Currently uncertain."

"Once back in the lab, we plan to extract biological evidence from the hairpin and analyze its genetic makeup to compare with the victim's genes.

Li Jian remained silent for a long time.

"Where exactly did you find these trace marks?"

"About 400 meters downstream from the Three Sandstone Plants."

After saying this, Jiang An continued, "Mr. Li, I have a work suggestion."

"I want to immediately conduct a blanket search of the village beside the Three Sandstone Plants."

"You've already narrowed down the suspect's range so quickly?"

Li Jian responded, "Just now, we followed the suitcase wheel prints and found the beginning of a cement road."

"On this cement road, there happens to be a high-definition surveillance camera."

"Unfortunately, the range of the high-definition camera is limited and does not reach the end of the cement road."

"Mr. Chen retrieved suspicious vehicles from the surveillance camera during the time surrounding the crime."

"He found that during the crime timeframe, only sand-transporting vehicles and some electric bikes passed by."

"However, no suitcase was found on the electric bikes."

Instantly, Li Jian's mind was meticulously reorganizing all the information.

On the other end, Jiang An continued to report.

"However, at the end of that cement road, we found another small path."

"Only this path leads to the nearby village, and there's no surveillance along the way."

"Therefore, from the entire route view, there are only two ways to reach the dumping site."

"One way is the murderer transported the body here via the cement road; in this case, we will focus on investigating large sand trucks."

"The other way is the murderer very likely passed through this village to discard the body."

"It's even possible the murderer is someone from a nearby village."

After hearing this, Li Jian thought for a while.

"Can the small path you mentioned be accessed by ordinary cars?"

"No problem, although the road is an ordinary gravel path with some areas heavily muddy."

Li Jian organized all the information in his mind.

As he was thinking, Jiang An continued, "Mr. Li, this time, I want to investigate using reverse thinking."

"What reverse thinking? Explain it to me."

Mr. Li suddenly felt very curious.

Jiang An said on the phone, "Currently, we don't have a clear understanding of the victim's true identity."

"I've already contacted Mr. Chen."

"He has sorted through all the missing person reports from the city over the past week, but none match the victim's characteristics."

"In this situation, trying to find the corpse source through the victim's identity to open a breakthrough is very challenging."

"After all, there are no clues found on the body to help locate the corpse source."

"Thus, I want to start from the criminal suspect, identify the victim's identity, and then conduct a deeper investigation."

Li Jian thought for a while and said, "If we cannot ascertain who the victim is."

"Using your method is also a worthy attempt."

Realizing the promise made during the meeting to solve the case in five days, one day has already passed.

At this moment, Li Jian was feeling a bit anxious.

"Any case-solving method is worth trying as long as there is progress."

Then, he asked over the phone, "Do you need personnel support for the traditional search investigation on your side?"

"Mr. Li, this is actually what I wanted to express by reporting the work to you this time."

"Currently, there are only three of us: me, Zhang Yean, and Wan."

"If we're going to investigate the drivers from the sand plant and conduct interviews in the nearby village, it won't be an easy task."

"Therefore, we'd like to request Mr. Li to assign officers from Wuhe Police Station and other colleagues from the criminal investigation team to assist with the traditional search."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jian said solemnly, "No problem."

"I promised when I set out that as long as you need support, I'd send additional personnel at any time."

However, Li Jian furrowed his brow and said, "If we search indiscriminately, it's likely that the time required won't be short."

"Just now, I already committed at the women and children's seminar to solve the case within five days."

"The efficiency of the traditional method is not necessarily very high."

Jiang An said on the phone, "Mr. Li, I will not use an indiscriminate search this time but rather a targeted selection."

"Targeted selection?"

"Have you narrowed down the target group already?"

On the other end, Jiang An was full of confidence.

He thought of his own profiling of the murderer's characteristics.

The victim's lower body showed obvious signs of assault, and there were mucosal ruptures in some areas."