Chapter 1305: Clouds of Suspicion in the Detention Center

A breeze blew across the Taihe River, bringing a touch of coolness.

The river water rippled gently, lapping against the preservative-treated wood by the riverbank.

The riverside road near the school had some hydrophilic platforms built in sections where the water flow was gentle. The platforms were almost level with the river, and during the summer flood season, they would even be submerged.

A few students, dressed in cool attire, were sitting by the river, posing, enjoying the fusion of wind and water. A girl with snow-white skin specifically took off her shoes and put her white feet into the river, swaying with the waves, a refined smile on her face, letting her accompanying best friend take a set of 12 consecutive photos of her.

Cao Chujun, captain of the Third Detachment, brought the suspect back to the crime scene, watched the suspect complete the identification work, and then asked Wen Ming next to him in a low voice: "The location where the victim fell into the water is upstream from where they are taking photos, right?"

"Yes." Wen Ming was also there to watch the suspect identify the scene. After replying to Cao Chujun, he specifically added: "It's also within the range of the drowning location determined by Team Leader Jiang, the center point is only a few dozen meters off."

"It's already accurate enough. It should be said it's too accurate. However, I'm not talking about the judgment of the drowning location." Cao Chujun said, then pursed his lips and explained: "I'm saying, the position where that girl is dipping her feet is where the corpse floated down, right."

"Should be."

"The water flow here is so slow, the corpse is very likely to hit this protruding platform, right?" Although Cao Chujun was old and didn't understand too much criminal science and technology, his experience was super rich.

Wen Ming looked and couldn't help but nod: "There is this possibility. After the deceased fell into the water, his state must have been bad. If he drifted with the waves, he would either float down from the position where the girl was dipping her feet, or he might hit the platform, spin around, and then continue to float down... These girls probably didn't expect that a corpse had just floated past the position where they were taking photos not long ago."

Wan Baoming from the Criminal Science Center had always been very attentive to Jiang Yuan's cases. Hearing the words of the two at this time, he also immediately became spirited and walked over to examine it carefully: "Although it's not the same river water, it should have passed through."

"If the corpse hit this platform, it would leave DNA, right?" Cao Chujun pointed it out and turned to ask Wan Baoming: "Scrub it. If we can take DNA, it's also a supplement to the chain of evidence."

"Also." Wan Baoming felt it wasn't easy. Diatoms and such were too easy to destroy DNA. But it was unnecessary to explain this to an old criminal investigator like Cao Chujun, and what if there really was some?

Wan Baoming didn't nag either. He beckoned two people over and let them go to the edge of the hydrophilic platform to wipe it, to see if they could take DNA, and specifically exhorted: "Tell the girl taking photos properly, don't scare her."

Two minutes later, a clear scream broke the tranquility on both sides of the Taihe River.

The one who let out the earth-shattering high pitch was exactly the girl who had been dipping her feet in the water, swaying back and forth.

They didn't care what a group of police officers were doing at first, just like when a group of people were fighting with weapons, there were still crowds watching the fun. When a few students were taking photos, not only did they not care what the police were doing, they even wanted to use a group of police officers as a background wall to take a few photos to post on Moments.

However, watching the fun is one thing, and a corpse is another.

Thinking of the place where her feet had just touched, which might have touched a corpse not long ago, several students couldn't help but get goosebumps all over.

A triumphant smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Cao Chujun's mouth.

Returning to the police station, Cao Chujun was also the first to find Jiang Yuan.

Unsurprisingly, Detachment Leader Yu Wenshu was accompanying Jiang Yuan.

The investigation stage of the previous case had ended, and it was about to be sent for prosecution. At such times, Yu Wenshu would run to Jiang Yuan's side whenever he had time, just like a... Czech wolf near mealtime. It wasn't just fear of missing out on things; even eating a little late felt like a loss.

Cao Chujun entered the room, first talked about the scene identification, which received unanimous praise from everyone, and then talked about the story of scrubbing the hydrophilic platform.

Scene identification is an important part of criminal cases. Smooth completion is not only beneficial to prosecution and trial, but also an encouragement to investigation, just like "If you didn't do it, why help?" The logic of scene identification is "If you didn't do it, why do you know it so clearly."

The story of scrubbing the hydrophilic platform was purely for fun. Even if Yu Wenshu heard it, he was thrown out of the serious atmosphere and laughed and scolded: "Old Cao is not behaving like an elder, you are a bit bullying."

Cao Chujun laughed a few times, made everyone happy, and then said casually: "Just a reminder to them. This generation of young people is just too easy to treat people as good people. We are a group of people with live ammunition carrying criminal suspects, fearing that another one will pop up. They are good, all thinking about which angle is good for Moments."

"Social security is good, it's different from your era." Yu Wenshu said with a smile.

"Good is not dare to do, and it's not that bad people are extinct." Cao Chujun took off his equipment, rubbed his neck, and said: "When I was a criminal investigator 40 years ago, there were homicide cases every day, robbers, traffickers... Every bus in Changyang City had thieves, and more than one. If discovered, they would pull out knives. At that time, the kid who stabbed someone to death was younger than me. I remember one who scratched a little girl's face, sentenced to 10 years, and came out early."

Yu Wenshu took over the conversation: "It's different now. Not only has the way of social governance changed, but the situation we face is also different. Just like the case I just gave to Director Jiang, the victim died in prison. There is surveillance, no personnel contact, but the murderer can't be found."

He steered the topic to the new case, and Cao Chujun immediately cooperated, and was also a bit surprised: "Did the cellmate do it? How did he die?"

"No external injuries. When discovered, he was in a corner of the cafeteria, lips cyanotic, breathing urgent, and died before being sent to the hospital." Yu Wenshu's expression was serious: "The procuratorate has intervened, and the prison is also anxious, so they begged for Director Jiang."

"Can't talk about it. However, this case looks really suspicious. Now that the prison's surveillance conditions are so good, assuming the murderer avoided it, shouldn't they ensure the victim's death? Giving a chance to send to the hospital is quite unprofessional." Jiang Yuan waited for Huang Qiangmin's confirmation time, and casually found a reason to chat.

Yu Wenshu smiled bitterly: "People in prison don't necessarily have murder experience, let alone professional. Some people are bold, born with it, but murder is not that easy."

While speaking, Huang Qiangmin finished the call, pinched his mobile phone and returned, first nodded to Cao Chujun to say hello, then sat down next to Yu Wenshu and said: "This case is not simple. The prison's dereliction of duty is certain. The deceased has been detained for two years, and is a fraudster, with no criminal record of violent crime. According to them, there is no feud with anyone. If so, why he died is unclear."

Huang Qiangmin: "Secondly, the victim performed well, so he had the qualification to work in the cafeteria. This is a good position in prison. His free activity time is more than others, but if this is prepared for killing him, the identity of this murderer is troublesome."

Yu Wenshu nodded slowly: "Old Qin was only transferred there last year, so he is actually worried... but in any case, Old Qin supports our case handling, and the procuratorate also raised both hands in approval when they heard he invited Jiang Yuan."

"Then if we go over now, can we get all the surveillance videos?" Huang Qiangmin threw a test over.

"Old Qin guaranteed it to me." Yu Wenshu said without hesitation: "At the very least, Jiang Yuan can see everything."

Huang Qiangmin then looked at Jiang Yuan and said: "If it's really like this, I think we can try it. However, if we can't see the surveillance, or can't see the full surveillance, we turn around and leave, no problem, right?"

"No problem. I will go with you personally." Yu Wenshu was more worried about problems than Huang Qiangmin, and immediately gathered his troops and merged into Jiang Yuan's team. ===== CHAPTER 1306 =====