Chapter 204: Rumors Unverified

Longli County.

At the expressway exit.

A police car sat obediently on the side of the road with its hazard lights flashing.

Hou Xiaoyong waited anxiously until a familiar Skoda appeared, then hurriedly shouted for the people inside to get out.

The Skoda slowed to a stop, and Jiang Yuan got out to greet them.

"Brother Jiang, you've finally come." Hou Xiaoyong's mood instantly relaxed significantly.

What he had feared most was that Jiang Yuan wouldn't come, or that Jiang Yuan might put on airs and deliberately wait until the next day to arrive, and if the case remained unsolved by then, what would they do?

Jiang Yuan was also a bit surprised and smiled: "You've worked hard, coming all this way to pick me up."

"You came all the way here for us; waiting a while at the expressway exit is nothing." Hou Xiaoyong shook his hand enthusiastically.

Jiang Yuan still had quite an impression of Hou Xiaoyong, this crime scene investigator. It wasn't easy to come across someone with a Shou Xiankan skill level as low as LV0.6.

Later, when looking at the crime scenes, he discovered that Hou Xiaoyong was basically the type who occupied the latrine but didn't produce anything, so he understood.

But even so, when others were constipated while occupying the latrine, they could usually learn the wriggling motion of maggots through observation; Hou Xiaoyong's growth rate was so slow that he still stood out.

"Let's go straight to the scene." Jiang Yuan didn't really want to go into Longli County town; the social niceties were too troublesome, and the food wasn't good either.

Don't look at Ningtai County and Longli County as neighbors; Longli County was lacking in more than just a little bit. The pig intestine and pork stomach chicken from last time was already the ceiling of Longli County's dining scene, and that was opened by an outsider.

Hou Xiaoyong hesitated for a moment, then agreed, driving his car to lead the way.

After driving for another 20 minutes or so, the two cars arrived at their destination: San'an Village.

San'an Village had flat terrain and was considered a village with very good conditions within Longli County.

There were outside factories in the village, mainly focused on simple processing of agricultural products. The most important factory was a cannery, which produced a small amount of canned fruit but mainly canned beans and mushrooms, primarily for export.

The benefit of having factories was that the village's young people could find work, and elderly people willing to work could do some small business. The downside was that public security worsened, and people's hearts became restless.

The victims this time were a left-behind woman and a young child in the village.

The scene was full of bloodstains. According to the photos, the victim had been lying face up on the floor beside the bed, with the pool of blood seeping under the bed.

In the already small room, bloodstains covered three of the four walls.

The child, two and a half years old, was now missing.

Including Hou Lejia, the captain of the Longli County Criminal Police Brigade, many familiar faces were waiting at the crime scene.

"Wu Wu Fa Yi Jiang, thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work." Hou Lejia looked as if he had changed his face, his face full of smiles.

Last time, he hadn't placed enough importance on Jiang Yuan, but this time, encountering bloodstains covering the walls, the first person he thought of was Jiang Yuan.

Thinking back on it now, Hou Lejia felt it was still very difficult to solve the previous case of the scavenger elder, and this case, too, left the whole team at a loss.

With the same thing happening twice, Hou Lejia naturally knew what to do.

Jiang Yuan exchanged a few pleasantries and then said: "May I take a look at the scene?"

Hou Lejia agreed readily.

Jiang Yuan took the opportunity to step out of the social scene and returned his attention to the crime scene.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye, whom he was somewhat familiar with, walked over, yawned, and explained: "We've been at the scene for almost 48 hours... Um, the estimated time of the crime is between 3:00 AM and 5:00 AM on the 4th..."

"The person who reported the case was the child's grandmother, the victim's mother-in-law. She came to see the child in the morning and saw blood all over the floor. The child couldn't be found either."

"After receiving the report, the police officers who responded immediately came to seal off the scene. However, relatives of the deceased and surrounding villagers had already entered, which is terrible and has caused trouble for the subsequent investigation..."

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye cleared his name slightly, then looked at Jiang Yuan and said: "After the criminal police team arrived, they first sealed off San'an Village, then we collected physical evidence and DNA from the scene. Through case analysis, we first considered the deceased's husband..."

Jiang Yuan listened more attentively. A married woman had died; even if an alien had killed her, one should consider the possibility of the husband pretending to be an alien, as well as the possibility of hiring an alien to kill her.

"The deceased's husband works out of town and couldn't make it in time." Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye paused and added: "But later, we discovered an important situation that pulled the deceased's husband back onto the suspect list."

Jiang Yuan nodded to show he was listening.

"By collecting DNA from the hair tips left behind by the deceased's young son, it was confirmed that the deceased's son was not the biological child of the deceased's husband." Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye played a huge role in this work and spoke in great detail: "So, the criminal police team went to Changyang City again to investigate and collect evidence on the deceased's husband's situation, and finally proved the husband's alibi."

"What is it?" Jiang Yuan definitely needed to verify it again.

One could believe others, but this Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye before him was notoriously careless.

Even a young forensic doctor like Jiang Yuan, who had just started, had heard of Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye's reputation; one could imagine that the popularity he had accumulated was definitely not small.

Therefore, Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye's evidence had to be gone over again to be reassuring.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye, looking heartless, said nonchalantly: "Our police officers found the deceased's husband, and the surveillance shows him entering the dormitory area around 1:00 AM that night. Besides, he was still eating skewers with coworkers around 12:00 AM, and we have the coworkers' testimony."

"There's a factory right here in the village; does he still need to go out to work?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"The factory in the village likes to hire people in their fifties or sixties, as well as middle-aged women; the wages offered are relatively low," Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye said.

Hou Xiaoyong, standing to the side, added: "Maybe it's a case of 'out of sight, out of mind'."

Jiang Yuan glanced at the corpse and asked again: "Then what about the child's biological father? Do you know who it is?"

"We know. He's from the same village, also working out of town, and also has an alibi."

Jiang Yuan frowned slightly: "What about the child?"

The scene turned a degree colder.

If the murderer were the husband or the child's biological father, the child would naturally have been taken away. Now that it was proven otherwise, the child's whereabouts became an extremely serious issue.

Hou Lejia coughed twice and said: "The child is missing. We've asked many people, but there's no news. That's why we need to solve the case as quickly as possible."

Jiang Yuan's expression became three degrees more serious.

After becoming a police officer, one knows that human trafficking is still a very serious problem. There was once a news story used as evidence: a couple made a living by selling their own children, selling 5 children in 6 years. This meant they committed crimes 5 times in a row over 6 years before being caught.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye continued: "The door lock to the room was intact, with no signs of forced entry, and the time of the crime was around 3:00 AM. We initially inferred that the murderer was an acquaintance. Considering the deceased's situation, we first investigated and looked for the deceased's lover..."

"Did you find one?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"We didn't find one. There are rumors, but they are unverified."

"Did the deceased live with her mother-in-law? Even if she had a lover, she wouldn't date at home, right?" Jiang Yuan remembered that the person who discovered the body was the deceased's mother-in-law.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye looked at Jiang Yuan with an expression of "you're still young" and said: "We are now inclined to believe there was no lover. Because if there were, in an environment like San'an Village, it would be hard to hide. But this way, the case is even harder to solve."

Longli County was investigating the case by following the deceased's interpersonal relationships.

First check the household registration book, then check the address book after checking the household registration book; the order was about the same as debt collection.

The outcome was also similar to debt collection: if the set of operations hit the mark, it was great; if there was no reaction, there was nothing to be done.

"If it wasn't a crime committed by an acquaintance, then it was a crime committed by a stranger?" Jiang Yuan said something redundant.

Hou Lejia shook his head in denial: "The deceased was a single woman with a child, and the parents-in-law lived right next door; how could she give someone an opportunity at 3:00 AM?"

"We didn't find any useful evidence at the scene, nor were there any defensive wounds." Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye sighed.

Hou Lejia said sincerely at this moment: "Wu Wu Fa Yi Jiang, the crime scene investigation will have to rely on you."

He had called Jiang Yuan over precisely because he was counting on Jiang Yuan to do the crime scene investigation again and come up with some useful clues. ===== CHAPTER 205 =====