Chapter 704: Arriving Shortly

Liu Jinghui ran down the car, took two steps of running start, used his waist strength to climb the slope, and in a few steps, grabbed a tree as thick as a small star's thigh. Leaning his body forward, he could see the corpse abandonment scene.

The area of the scene was very small, a slope formed by bushes and grass. The corpse array composed of three bags of corpse parts was distributed within a range of more than ten square meters, and there was no place to step around it.

Jiang Yuan and another crime scene investigator were both tied with safety ropes around their waists, hanging down from the higher slope.

Of course, the terrain wasn't that treacherous; this was also out of safety considerations, to avoid anyone at the scene tripping and falling directly into the corpse.

Bureau Chief Chu, Tao Lu, and the others also took cars and followed, but they didn't climb up, just standing on a flatter piece of land below.

"This case cannot be taken lightly; we still need to establish a special task force to do it. If it really doesn't work, we'll ask the Municipal Bureau to coordinate and establish a task force in the name of the Municipal Bureau," Bureau Chief Chu looked up at the bushes, his brows knitted tightly.

Tao Lu hurriedly reassured him, "It's not to that extent. Otherwise, I'll transfer a detachment first and set up the framework of the task force."

"Just setting up the framework isn't enough. We can't delay the newly emerged homicide case for the sake of solving cold cases. Now that the dragnet has just begun, we can't just end the dragnet like this..." Bureau Chief Chu usually wouldn't care so much about a homicide case, but this time he couldn't help but care. Thinking and thinking, he said, "Both sides are extremely important. The Zhang Lizhen case in this dragnet must indeed be taken seriously, but for the newly emerged homicide case, it's fine for you to bring a detachment over, but just setting up the framework is useless; you have to do it with the mindset of solving the case."

"We certainly hope to solve the case," Tao Lu stated, then hurriedly admitted defeat. "Dismemberment cases are always relatively complex, and the corpse here is also highly decomposed. The difficulty of solving it is no lower than the Zhang Lizhen case. Normally, it might require the coordination of several detachments. The most important thing is that technical forces are now tilted toward the dragnet work. Saying how long it will take to solve the case might not be very realistic."

"This is a homicide case..." Bureau Chief Chu was unwilling to delay in his heart, and he added with some unease, "Today is only the first day of the dragnet. If corpses appear again later, we might have to divide our forces..."

Tao Lu's face also changed slightly. This kind of thing, he naturally thought of it too, but he just didn't want to think about it.

For his criminal police detachment, handling two or three homicide cases at the same time was actually no problem. When busy, slightly handling the urgency, most homicide cases actually didn't require many people.

Therefore, whether it was difficult or not still depended on the case itself.

Like now, the dragnet consumed the manpower of the entire branch bureau. Thousands of people were currently drilling into the woods all over the city, and the resources that could be given to the second case were very limited.

If the second case was a crime of passion, it would be simple. Theoretically speaking, a few police officers checking along the clues could have gains. What needed support most was the people doing the files, the people interrogating, and the people organizing evidence and materials. A full detachment, in a few days, could straighten out the case.

But this case was a dismemberment case, and the composition instantly became complex.

What kind of good person would dismember a corpse? Once dismembered, it meant the radar of anti-reconnaissance had been turned on. People's abilities varied, but their intentions were no different.

Even for ordinary people, if they handled the corpse well, dismembered it well, and abandoned it in such a far place, if their luck was slightly better, a few weeks or months would pass, and the corpse would be decomposed—if their luck was even better, dragging it to skeletonization, they might just get away with it.

But regardless, according to the theory of the Golden 24 Hours, Golden 48 Hours, and Golden 72 Hours, at this time, one dared not blindly guess that the murderer was an idiot. Those who thought this way would easily change their own appearance in the end.

Therefore, facing a dismemberment case, throwing two or three detachments at it in one breath, and having several laboratories prepare overnight was the right path.

And these were the lessons learned by predecessors with countless blood and tears. For Tao Lu to violate these principles, he not only needed courage but also needed to consider whether it was cost-effective and whether he could handle the aftermath.

"If it doesn't work, borrow troops." The Bureau Chief's suggestion was the same as at the beginning. He considered things more deeply than Tao Lu. This was only the first day of the dragnet, and they were already short of people and needed to borrow troops, meaning that during the dragnet, manpower would definitely not be enough. Rather than being stretched thin and then being slaughtered, it was better to propose it now, leaving a bit more room for maneuver.

However, the one doing the work was Tao Lu, and the Bureau Chief couldn't say "you're not good enough" at the start, so he still gave Tao Lu the right to agree.

Tao Lu sighed. "In that case... I'll talk to Jiang Yuan too."

The more tense the manpower, the more they relied on Jiang Yuan. Tao Lu also used Jiang Yuan to drag things out a bit more.

Bureau Chief Chu said "Mm" and added, "Jiang Yuan will definitely be more confident. It's a good thing for frontline soldiers to be brave and fearless. When we sit in the rear, we must protect the frontline soldiers and provide reinforcements and assistance as much as possible."

Tao Lu nodded gently, like a cute sika deer, almost using the horns on his head to rub against the Bureau Chief.

No one's official position was picked up!

The scene.

Jiang Yuan had also finished the preliminary investigation and photography work and began to move the corpse bit by bit under the filming of the camera.

Liu Jinghui came up to help and asked Jiang Yuan, "Can you see anything?"

"The deceased should be female. Young. There are signs of skin removal and burning on the face. The victim and the murderer are very likely familiar and have an emotional connection. In addition, the perpetrator has good psychological quality and is cautious in doing things. I just took a look; the limbs were wrapped in newspapers, the newspapers were wrapped in bed sheets, and the snake-skin bag was on the outside. It was wrapped very tightly, and there was almost no leakage on the way..."

Liu Jinghui paused and asked, "What was the means of transportation?"

"A motorcycle, I guess." Jiang Yuan had already investigated the traces under the corpse before and found the tire tracks of a motorcycle—it wasn't easy. After several rounds of rain, only the tire tracks on the side of the slope were preserved. It would take at least a Level 3 crime scene investigation to discover and determine such traces.

Liu Jinghui nodded as he listened. "About what I thought... However, riding a motorcycle on such a mountain road is not easy. He should be a driver who is very good at this kind of mountain terrain. Is it very likely a local?"

"It's possible." Jiang Yuan recalled the tire tracks he had seen and said, "Looking at the wear and type of the tires, it should be an ordinary motorcycle, not mountain tires. The horsepower should be relatively large."

He had Level 3 vehicle trace identification. Although the traces left by the tires weren't fresh, they were enough to use.

"Another thing, there shouldn't be many families with newspapers at home now," Liu Jinghui looked through it and said, "It's best to take out the newspaper carefully when we go back and see if there's any information..."

As Liu Jinghui spoke, Mu Zhiyang, who was below, was recording quickly.

"Let's transport the corpse back first," Jiang Yuan stood up and looked, saying, "I'll be there shortly." ===== CHAPTER 705 =====