Chapter 352: Let's Talk First

"The perpetrator might have left footprints in the courtyard, but judging from the photos, the traces in the courtyard are too chaotic. The villagers and official personnel who entered later basically destroyed the scene in the courtyard. If we want to do an analysis, we have to go back to the scene to see if we can extract anything useful."

"There are no signs of forced entry on the doors and windows, but we'll have to judge that after seeing the scene. However, judging from the struggle between the perpetrator and the male owner in the living room, it's most likely the perpetrator entered through the main gate."

"The perpetrator entered, threatened, the male owner resisted, was beaten, and then taken into the elderly room downstairs. The whole process should have been relatively quick; this can be seen from the blood drops on the ground."

"Judging from the victim's own bloody footprints, after his head was broken, he stumbled and wanted to escape, perhaps wanting to shout, but was immediately struck again. The second blow should have been a blunt object, a hammer swing. The speed should have been very fast. Judging from the blood splashed on the wall, the perpetrator was relatively tall, over 1.8 meters, heavy, and very skilled with a hammer."

"Judging from the position of the blows, except for the male owner downstairs, the perpetrator basically went for the head. The killing was very decisive, not an act of forced killing; it should have been premeditated. The small baby who survived should have been left behind because they were considered to have no threat."

"But judging from the subsequent behavior of searching through drawers, the ultimate goal should have been money."

"There are no valuable fingerprints at the scene, the DNA from the defensive wounds didn't match, and very few footprints were left, with a high degree of incompleteness, indicating the perpetrator is experienced."

Jiang Yuan provided a string of information in minutes. Tang Jia, beside him, didn't need to be told and recorded it quickly.

Based on bloodstain analysis, footprints, and crime scene investigation skills, Jiang Yuan smoothed out the evidence, and Liu Jinghui's train of thought gradually became clear.

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Liu Jinghui simply stood up and started from the beginning: "The main gate of the victim's outer wall might not have been closed, leading to the perpetrator entering directly. It's even possible the villa door inside wasn't closed properly, so the two sides encountered each other in the center of the living room."

"However, the male owner of the house shouldn't have expected to be killed at first, which shows the other party wasn't an enemy or creditor with deep-seated grievances."

"The old lady upstairs, the eldest son, and the hostess shouldn't have heard the sounds downstairs, at least not the sounds of the struggle. Because they were all in a state of daily life when they were killed by the intruding perpetrator."

"Looking at it this way, they might not have intended to kill at first, but because the male owner resisted, the male owner was accidentally killed in the conflict, so they just went all the way and killed the whole family? Of course, it's also possible they had the intention to kill to silence witnesses from the beginning, just didn't do it immediately when they first entered?"

Liu Jinghui made inferences step by step, trying to depict the crime scene with Jiang Yuan. However, just looking at the photos, analyzing to this extent is basically as far as it goes.

Tang Jia quickly filled several pages of paper.

"Let me see." Liu Jinghui reached out to take it, read it again, and then highlighted the passage Jiang Yuan said: 'The perpetrator was relatively tall, over 1.8 meters, heavy, and very skilled with a hammer.'

Liu Jinghui smiled and said: "Send this part to Chiyong City first; they should be interested."

"En. That's fine." Jiang Yuan used his lv5 bloodstain analysis combined with lv3 footprint science to do this. The analysis report derived from this, even if they asked experts from the ministry to do it, would be about the same at best, and likely wouldn't necessarily reach this level.

After all, there are too few experts who understand bloodstain analysis and have practical experience now, and even maintaining a professional level is difficult. Occasionally, there might be one or two, but Chiyong City probably couldn't borrow them.

"I think we can do a crime scene reconstruction first, and then continue when we get to the scene." Although Liu Jinghui is a fan of deduction, he also needs the support of evidence or clues. He loves Jiang Yuan's crime scene reconstruction technology even more.

Deduction fans love restoring the original appearance of a case the most.

Chiyong City.

In the crowded office, only the begonia flowers on the windowsill

were stubbornly exuding the breath of life. Dozens of cigarette butts were piled in the begonia flower pot, like stars surrounding the moon.

Yuan Ben faxed the case file, sent the photos, and helped Wang Chuanxing and the others run the procedures before he could rest a bit. He stood by the begonia flowers, lit a cigarette, and smoked silently.

Ever since Jiang Yuan's identity was confirmed, Yuan Ben had become more diligent and more tired.

Only those in criminal investigation realize how rare experts are, especially technical experts who can truly help solve cases; they are always absolutely scarce items.

The number of experts in each province is very limited. Experts who can make a name for themselves in a province are just those few people. If one were to select from a national scale, it would be even scarcer.

Don't look at how important the case in Chiyong seems; to be honest, which criminal case isn't important? And an expert focusing on a case might dive into it for weeks or months, while cases are happening all over the country continuously.

Yuan Ben had been very polite when contacting technical experts in the province recently, let alone with other provinces. Knock, knock.

Wang Chuanxing knocked on the door of the large office and entered with a smile: "Everyone's here." The police officers who heard the sound nodded at him and pointed to Yuan Ben's position.

Wang Chuanxing saw it himself, hurried over, took the opportunity to take out a cigarette and hand it to Yuan Ben, saying: "Sorry to trouble you just now, our procedures here are almost done."

"As long as the procedures are done, it's fine." Yuan Ben smiled happily.

"Thanks to you, otherwise we would have been delayed for a long time. Just don't let it affect your case handling."

"I'm just a small fry. The extermination case is the whole team's work. It wasn't my business today anyway. The bureau chief is in charge, and the detachment leader is commanding in person. I just listen to orders." Yuan Ben waved his hand.

In fact, one of his jobs was originally to find and contact various experts. He was very happy to be able to contact Jiang Yuan through Wang Chuanxing and the others.

Thinking this way, Yuan Ben whispered: "To tell you the truth, the case hasn't had any progress at all so far. Even if we wanted to use people or send people out to investigate clues, it would be useless. Because there are no clues."

Yuan Ben spread his hands and said: "We just investigated the neighbors, walked through the whole village, and it was useless."

Wang Chuanxing felt a bit nostalgic and a bit understanding, so he couldn't help but smile: "I understand, we used to have this situation too." "Used to?"

"It's just that after following Jiang Dui, this situation has become less frequent." Wang Chuanxing smiled and said: "Jiang Dui usually screens the clues first before sending people out. We rarely do mass searches."

Yuan Ben laughed twice, only believing 30% of what Wang Chuanxing said. Occasionally, one or two cases might be handled easily, but it's impossible for most cases to be handled easily. Especially cold homicide cases; to be reasonable, there isn't a single one that's easy.

As they were talking, Wang Chuanxing's phone rang.

Wang Chuanxing answered the phone, already smiling, and said: "Jiang Dui gave an analysis. Sent a text message, wait a moment." "What analysis?" Yuan Ben was more curious now.

Then, Wang Chuanxing showed him the text message.

On the screen, a short sentence was written: According to bloodstain analysis and footprint judgment, one of the perpetrators has the characteristics of being 1.8 meters tall, heavy, and skilled with a hammer.

A few elements made Yuan Ben swallow his saliva.

Although it was still a very broad range, this was already a very useful clue since the extermination case began. "Is this the profile of the perpetrator given by Jiang Yuan, Jiang Dui?" Yuan Ben asked.

Wang Chuanxing shook his head: "It doesn't count as a profile. Look, Jiang Dui said it himself, bloodstain analysis. It should be from the blood drops on the wall or something similar."

"En, our technicians actually have similar analyses, but they aren't very certain." Yuan Ben shook his head slightly.

One of the problems encountered by the Chiyong special task force is that the information received is too mixed and chaotic, making it impossible to extract clues well.

Looking at Wang Chuanxing, Yuan Ben hesitated and said: "If this is confirmed to be Jiang Dui's judgment, I will report it."

"It was done by Jiang Dui. You report it and see." Wang Chuanxing replied.

Yuan Ben nodded and turned to make a phone call.

After a while, Yuan Ben returned excitedly and said to Wang Chuanxing: "Our detachment leader wants to talk to your Jiang Dui."

"This is our Huang Ju's phone number. We can talk first." Wang Chuanxing had also just received authorization. ===== CHAPTER 353 =====