The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective

Chapter 167: Chapter 140: An Important Discovery by the River!

”A third person involved after disposing of the body?”

At these words, everyone’s eyes were filled with curiosity and puzzlement.

Based on past case investigations, after the killer disposes of the body,

the next people to come into contact with the body should be the police, forensic scientists, or funeral home staff.

Could there really be someone else interested in a corpse?

Li Jian took a couple of puffs on his cigarette, his expression grave.

After a long pause, Chen He widened his eyes and said, ”Could the killer have retrieved the body after disposing of it?”

”However, I have never encountered such a case before!”

Having been praised in a meeting by Captain Li Jian today, Wan became very enthusiastic.

He said, ”Could it be possible that after someone discovered it midway, they moved the corpse to another place?”

Zhang Yean suggested, ”Could the body have sunk to the bottom after being dumped in the water and only resurfaced after some time?”

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In an instant, the meeting room became noisy again.

Many people began discussing the case based on their criminal investigation experience.

Li Jian was also considering various possibilities in his mind.

To keep a body that had already been disposed of in water still for 10 hours.

If this third person was the murderer, he was either planning to turn himself in on the spot or was mentally ill.

As for an unrelated third party, who would be interested in a corpse?

After a moment, Li Jian turned and asked, ”Jiang An, do you have enough evidence for this analysis and judgment?”

As with previous conversations, Jiang An nodded slightly again, his eyes full of determination.

Jiang An said solemnly, ”The body doesn’t lie!”

”The bilateral livor mortis on the deceased’s body is objectively present.”

”If the third person is the murderer, unless there is a special reason, the killer wouldn’t retrieve the body after disposing of it in water.”

”Moreover, we see the body isn’t clothed, and there shouldn’t be anything of interest to the murderer on it.”

”Therefore, I believe there should be a third person’s involvement in this case.”

Upon hearing this, everyone showed thoughtful expressions.

After a moment, Li Jian said, ”Jiang An, you’re the task force leader for homicide cases; how do you think we should proceed?”

Organizing his thoughts, Jiang An said, ”First, for this unidentified body, I think we must first find out who she is so that we can investigate around the deceased’s personal relationships.”

”Therefore, I suggest actively sorting through missing persons, focusing on organizing and analyzing reports of missing persons within the city from the past 7 days to find any that match.”

”Of course, we’ve already extracted a blood sample from the deceased during the autopsy today, and after genetic testing, we’ll input it into the database to see if there’s a match.”

During Jiang An’s analysis, Li Jian, Chen He, and the other members of the criminal investigation team began taking notes.

”Second, as Mr. Liu mentioned, since the killer disposed of the body in the Yongming River, he must have used a vehicle.”

”Next, we need to conduct a thorough examination along the Yongming River to find any traces of body disposal and pinpoint the location where it occurred.”

”At the same time, we need to enhance the inspection of traffic cameras on the roads near the river to check for suspicious vehicles passing by.”

”Third, regarding the quarrelling couple at night mentioned by Chief Zhang Chao, we should strengthen our investigation to confirm whether the long-haired woman is the deceased in this case.”

Jiang An then turned and said, ”Mr. Li, that’s all I have to say.”

Li Jian nodded and extinguished his cigarette butt.

”Jiang An covered everything thoroughly, and I fully agree.”

He paused briefly and continued, ”Just now, we had an in-depth discussion on this case, and I’ll briefly summarize it.”

”As I said at the beginning, this case is not simple at all, what’s more, it’s quite complex.”

”The identity of the deceased is unclear, and her occupation is unclear.”

”There’s a third person’s involvement after death; who exactly is this third person?”

”These are the difficulties and pain points in the process of solving this case.”

”For our next steps, I’ll organize the work into the following groups.”

”The first group, organized by Deputy Captain Chen He, will focus on sifting through missing persons from the past week and communicating with the traffic management department to enhance monitoring around the Yongming River for suspicious vehicles or people.”

”The second group, led by Group Leader Jiang An, will re-examine the banks of the Yongming River, especially around the Three Sandstone Plants, to try to find clues related to the body disposal.”

”The third group, led by Chief Zhang Chao, will investigate the suspicious couple discovered that night to confirm their survival status and distribute the deceased’s photo around the area to try to find anyone connected to her.”

Finally, Captain Li Jian said, ”In the process of criminal investigation, no case is easy to crack, but in the end, we always solve them.”

”This is yet another tough battle we must win, and we need confidence to win it as soon as possible.”

”Yes!”

The next day at the start of the workday, everyone began to take action.

Jiang An, Wan, and Zhang Yuan, with their site investigation equipment, headed toward the underground garage, preparing to inspect along the banks of the Yongming River.

However, just as the three of them reached the entrance of the garage, they happened to see Li Jian coming out.

”Mr. Li! Good morning!”

”Mr. Li! Good morning!”

Li Jian said, ”Thanks for your hard work!”

Wan smiled and said, ”Mr. Li, are you going to the scene with us today?”