Chapter 801: Solving the Case by Looking at the Picture

Once you have a photo, how do you find the person?

Domestically, it's already very simple. A scan of the photo with the police terminal brings up ID information and mobile phone numbers, and you can also see locations like hotels where they recently stayed. If you are willing to flip through a couple of pages, you can get even more information.

It can be said that in the face of criminal cases, ordinary people are basically in a state of "streaking." If technical investigation means are added, the police will know more about a person's itinerary than the person themselves.

Although Malaysia doesn't have such conditions, the Deputy Chief transmits the photo back to the police force, and technical personnel connect to the server via computer and then perform retrieval and comparison with the database, which usually leads to finding the person.

Deputy Chief Kamarudin suppressed the excitement in his heart and squatted in the corner to start making frantic phone calls.

Jiang Yuan and the others silently ate durian.

For cases where the source of the body cannot be found, once the source is determined, there is usually a high probability of solving the case. This sounds like a kind of metaphysics, but in reality, it has to do with the direction of the perpetrator's efforts.

Except for natural and accidental situations, the changes to a body are basically related to the perpetrator's operations. And all actions require the consumption of physical energy, strength, time, and other elements, and are very likely to be done while taking risks.

Just like the phrase "dump far, bury near," it well reflects the perpetrator's choices. Those with a familiar environment or convenient transportation will choose to dump the body, and the burial site is often not too far from the perpetrator.

Why not both dump and bury? Is it because the perpetrator doesn't like to? It's because both dumping and burying are very tiring. It's not that there aren't cases of both, but common ones are multi-person crimes, or making the victim dig their own pit. If it's all done by the perpetrator alone, the intensity is higher than ordinary eight-hour heavy physical labor, and the average perpetrator doesn't have this condition.

Correspondingly, multi-person perpetrators don't like to engage in dismemberment either. Not only is it dirty and easy to leave traces, but it's also not as convenient to transport as a whole body. And for those who transport bodies alone, many are forced to dismember them because they can't move them.

In short, there is always a reason for the perpetrator's extra disposal of the body. The 12 to 24 hours just after killing someone is also the golden time for the perpetrator to dispose of the body; the more it is wasted, the easier it is to be caught.

And the body in this case was beaten beyond recognition, completely unrecognizable. This was beaten out by the perpetrator's fists and feet. From a cruel perspective, this is also the perpetrator's investment. Why did he allocate physical energy, strength, time, and other elements to this part—the victim's body also suffered multiple traumas, and the cause of death was death caused by rib fractures.

Although to gentlemen who rarely kill, the facial scars of the perpetrator seem like a byproduct of a beating, if one has a little experience with beating and beating to death, one would know that it is very difficult to beat a person until they are completely unrecognizable.

In this regard, one can refer to boxing matches, underground fighting, and bullying scenes. Most boxers need more than three rounds before facial swelling and brow bone tearing—which look very serious—appear, and this level actually cannot be called "beyond recognition."

Underground fighting and bullying scenes are actually about the same. To beat someone until even their mother wouldn't recognize them on the spot requires very careful beating. Most of the "black and blue" actually happens on the second or even third day after being beaten.

Therefore, the fact that the body in this case was beaten until it was unrecognizable is likely intentional by the perpetrator and is a form of concealment.

Why did the perpetrator want to make the body difficult to recognize? Why did he want to conceal this behavior of his?

There is a high probability that it is because identifying the victim's identity would easily lead to the exposure of the perpetrator's identity.

Jiang Yuan has done many cases now, and many cases can be guessed by applying previous experience. However, this kind of guessing is not stable, so Jiang Yuan won't say whether this case is a real robbery case or a disguised robbery case; let's confirm the source of the body first.

After eating three pieces of three types of durian, Jiang Yuan was cloyed.

Wang Chuanxing nimbly peeled a mangosteen for him and smiled, saying, "There are also all-you-can-eat durian shops here in Malaysia. I wonder how many people can eat their money's worth."

"The cheapest all-you-can-eat durian is only 9 MYR, about a dozen RMB, but most of them are in night markets." Zhong Renlong is Chinese and has also come into contact with many people from back home, so he immediately provided the heart-moving information.

Mu Zhiyang, who had already eaten five pieces of durian, had his eyes light up: "This sounds pretty good, but why is it so cheap?"

"Because the 9 MYR all-you-can-eat durians are all 'Kampung' durians, which means village durians. They are all native durians, not grafted, and haven't undergone variety improvement, so they have all kinds of flavors. Good ones, bad ones, sweet ones, bitter ones, alcoholic ones—all are possible..." Zhong Renlong introduced with a smile.

Mu Zhiyang asked: "Can you pick them?"

"I can't pick them." Zhong Renlong laughed and said, "Durians have extremely strong regionality. This regionality isn't at the national level; it's at the village level. A durian from one village is different from another village, and durians from trees in this village might not even survive if transplanted. Then, the taste of durians from every tree in every village might be different, and outsiders simply can't distinguish them."

Wang Chuanxing also hesitated a bit, wiped his hands, and said, "If that's the case, the best durians in the village shouldn't be taken out to sell. Since it's all one price anyway, just sell the bad-tasting durians to the dealers."

"Makes sense." Mu Zhiyang nodded. If you ask a criminal police officer to believe in light, he will first suspect you of fraud.

Zhong Renlong smiled and said, "So outsiders are better suited to eating variety durians, which are stable and delicious. Here in Malaysia, once a stable new durian variety is cultivated, one can apply to the Malaysian Department of Agriculture for registration and name it Dxx. Like Musang King is D197, and Black Thorn is D200, which shows that these two are varieties cultivated much later."

"Comparing them, the aroma of Black Thorn is quite rich..." Mu Zhiyang stuck out his tongue and added: "But if you gave it to me alone, I could only say it's delicious."

"Because you are comparing Black Thorn and Musang King. You can try Kampung later; some are really quite bad." Zhong Renlong laughed and said, "What am I saying? The durians sent to China should all be very good varieties. Actually, I used to eat Kampung ones often. At that time, there were a few familiar durian dealers, and I also had fixed supply channels. The taste of durians from a few trees was very distinctive and memorable..."

Chatting away, time passed quickly.

At some unknown time, Kamarudin pinched his phone and returned to the table.

Jiang Yuan naturally raised his head to look at him and asked in Indonesian: "How is it? Have you confirmed the source of the body?"

"Confirmed, confirmed!" Kamarudin nodded repeatedly, swallowed his saliva, and added: "The case might also be solved."

This answer couldn't be said to be unexpected, it just made people feel quite pleasantly surprised.

Jiang Yuan felt that this was also quite good. Being able to solve the case directly is always more comfortable than the endless follow-up problems. As for the saved time, just do other cases.

"How was it solved?" Jiang Yuan said while flipping open another case file.

Kamarudin's eyelids twitched. He weighed his words, synthesized the multi-party evidence collected in his heart, went over the testimonies of multiple witnesses relayed by the police officers, and then said: "His wife conspired with her lover to kill him."

Zhong Renlong translated simultaneously.

"Oh." Jiang Yuan and the others nodded in unison.

"Is there any other evidence?" Jiang Yuan asked one more question.

The so-called "single evidence cannot stand"; if there is other relevant evidence...

"They filmed a video." Kamarudin's answer was very much to the point.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Why film a video?"

"Originally, they probably just wanted to beat him up, but they didn't expect to lose control." Kamarudin said with a more relaxed expression: "Of course, this is the statement of the two perpetrators."

"As long as there is evidence, it's fine." As Jiang Yuan spoke, he turned his attention to the case file in front of him.

Kamarudin shrank his neck and turned his head to look at the guys at the next table who were shouting and yelling with a fierce gaze. ===== CHAPTER 802 =====