[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner":3,"chapter-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-269":6,"glossary-terms-4551":23},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Nation's Forensic Medical Examiner",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2326964,4551,"Chapter 269: Take Him Down","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-269",269,"\u003Cp>In the small conference room, a group of police officers, like young job applicants, automatically paired up, formed teams, and elected a leader, beginning to discuss how to divide up the provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the two groups merged back together, focusing solely on data from their own province, while the other teams no longer divided by province but instead assigned each group to handle several provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Yu Wenshu simply watched, needing to say not a single extra word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenguo and others from the county bureau watched, unable to suppress a sense of awe. This high-end white-collar style of work was something only provincial capital city bureaus could afford; frontline detectives still preferred traditional methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll handle the criminal behavioral profiling.” Liu Jinghui, familiar with the Changyang City Bureau, turned away as they settled into work, going to do his own task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After living for too long without work, comfortably at home while wife and children returned to their parents’ house, one begins to miss the workplace and yearns to reclaim that long-lost sense of accomplishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan had someone retrieve all physical evidence related to the case and began examining each item one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s now confirmed the perpetrator is a released prisoner; if they can obtain even one fingerprint from the killer, the case becomes much easier to solve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most cases follow this pattern, especially in scenes of intense conflict—like a fight or sexual assault—the killer should, in theory, leave behind abundant physical evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as fingerprints, semen stains, hair, dandruff, or skin tissue and blood left by the victim’s resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this killer was unusual. Perhaps due to poor physical conditioning or lack of confidence in self-control, his opening move was always stabbing with a dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the bloodstains at the scene, Jiang Yuan could tell the killer approached the victim from behind and delivered several quick backstabs, causing the victim to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy blood loss would render the victim unable to resist, slipping into unconsciousness or semi-consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the killer proceed to rape and abuse, and he did so relatively calmly, wearing gloves and a mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after finishing, he washed the areas he had bitten, leaving only tooth marks but no usable DNA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His calm demeanor stemmed both from prior criminal experience and his abnormal mental state—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui’s determination that the perpetrator was a repeat offender was still a bold judgment. Reasonable, but extremely bold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jiang Yuan were handling this case alone, he wouldn’t have immediately assumed a prior record; he might have pursued leads on mental abnormality and height instead. Additionally, Jiang Yuan felt the slippers might offer a breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, cheap slippers are usually made by small factories, and small factories’ products rarely have wide distribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, the killer’s financial hardship is another clue—living off crime is an extremely difficult, high-demand lifestyle; most killers can’t sustain it. This man likely sought work and housing near the crime scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Jiang Yuan was still pondering how to filter out the suspect, several officers from the provincial team erupted in cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned to look, and someone asked, “Did you find him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Found him!” The newly elected team leader—a lean, capable officer around thirty—replied immediately: “He’s from Shannan Province.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Wenshu and the others, who had been murmuring in awe, immediately gathered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A major lead in the case was indeed exhilarating; Yu Wenshu and the others were thrilled—but this excitement was still vastly different from actually solving the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he knew clearly: what they called “found” might very well mean the case was already cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Yu Wenshu, a seasoned brigade commander, couldn’t help swallowing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many hunts an old hunter has done, when a sika deer enters range, he swallows hard. No matter how many fish an old fisherman has caught, when his net fills with fish, shrimp, and crabs, he swallows hard. No matter how many cases an old detective has solved, when another murderer is about to enter the death penalty pipeline, he swallows hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The selected officer, sharp and capable under everyone’s gaze, spoke steadily: “Using big data modeling, we reviewed the list of released prisoners from the year before the crime and identified a man named Qiao Maishou from Shannan Province—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with strong suspicion of involvement.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his notebook: “Qiao Maishou, from Shannan Province, 27 years old at present, 25 at the time of the crime, height 156 cm. At age 13, he was sentenced to three years in a juvenile detention center for robbery and theft. He received an additional year for violating prison rules. After release, he was sentenced to five more years for robbery, released at age 23, then returned home. He was later detained for six months for group gambling. At the time of the crime, he had been out of prison for eight months.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui stood up as he listened, clapping his hands: “Spent his adolescence in prison, long-term isolation, unable to interact normally with others… and his violations of prison rules indicate he couldn’t adapt to institutional life—this easily leads to personality distortion and eccentric behavior.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer just thinking about catching the man; he now eagerly anticipated whether his criminal behavioral profile would accurately match the killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer who found the suspect was also excited and added: “Indeed. Three months after his release, Qiao Maishou got into another conflict and was taken to the police station. After returning home for a while, he took a high-speed train to Changyang City two weeks before the crime, spending most of his time in internet cafes near the crime scene. On July 2, he checked into a small hotel near the train station for a week… returned home on July 10, and is currently serving time in Yunchang Prison for theft…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modern criminal investigation makes tracking a person’s movements incredibly simple. As long as you know their ID number, you can trace every vehicle they took and every place they stayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Maishou may not have understood these systems—or simply didn’t pay attention—leaving traces everywhere. But it’s also hard for anyone to truly avoid leaving any trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth is, when no evidence pointed to Qiao Maishou, these traces didn’t matter. But once his existence was discovered, nearly all evidence pointed squarely at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Wenshu had no more doubts; he laughed heartily: “Perfect! We can skip the arrest procedure. Tang Jia, organize the documents—get this moving right away…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Jia immediately replied, “Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Wenshu glanced again at Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was more familiar with Liu Jinghui—he’d often called on him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most of the time, his need for Liu Jinghui was advisory—he’d ask for suggestions and guidance on investigation directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most provincial bureau chiefs preferred this kind of collaboration: easy for them, easy for the local units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Yu Wenshu had simply treated Liu Jinghui as an ordinary senior detective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the synergy between Liu Jinghui and Jiang Yuan far exceeded Yu Wenshu’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, it surpassed everyone’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, this case is closed,” Liu Jinghui pushed the case file forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Wenshu grunted, smiling: “No wonder you two gave this case such a high rating. Next—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m starving,” Liu Jinghui groaned, rubbing his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eat first, eat first!” Yu Wenshu said enthusiastically, as if inviting a respected elder out for a stroll.\u003C\u002Fp>",1244,"2026-06-20T18:55:02.212Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","728fdd897be139c59b69d1871332872ca5f9e70dd90158cca7dc7c50b49895d4","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-270","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-268",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-cover.jpg",{"terms":24},[25,29,33,37,41],{"id":26,"raw_term":27,"original_term":28},1803458,"Jiang Yuan","江遠",{"id":30,"raw_term":31,"original_term":32},1803459,"Wu Jun","吳軍",{"id":34,"raw_term":35,"original_term":36},1803460,"Wang Zhong","王鍾",{"id":38,"raw_term":39,"original_term":40},1803461,"Liu Wenkai","劉文凱",{"id":42,"raw_term":43,"original_term":44},1803462,"Wu Junhao","伍軍豪"]