The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective

Chapter 188: Chapter 146: Found Him, But He’s Dead!

”What does a pet store owner have to hide?”

Jiang An turned to look out the window and said softly, ”For now, I still don’t get it.”

Through the rearview mirror, Jiang An saw the pet store owner standing at the door, smoking.

Meanwhile.

Li Jian and Wan returned to Bense Fitness Center.

Compared to the first time when it was cold and empty.

Just standing at the door, they heard the sound of lifting weights inside.

At the front desk at the entrance, Li Jian said, ”Hello, we would like to check Huang Bing, the fitness coach’s personal belongings.”

The young woman looked up and remembered they were the cops.

She said, ”No problem! Each coach has their own locker, I’ll take you there right away.”

Wan said, ”Thanks, Miss!”

Soon.

Under the lead of the woman, Li Jian and Wan arrived at locker number 83.

The woman took out a spare key from her hand and opened the door.

With a ”clink”, the stainless steel door swung open.

The first layer of the locker hung clothes, the middle layer stored daily necessities, and the bottom layer held shoes.

Seeing Li Jian and Wan examining closely, the woman curiously asked, ”Are you looking for something?”

”Is it that Huang Bing is already dead?”

Suddenly, Li Jian turned and asked, ”Who said he’s dead?”

Seeing his eyes, the woman hurriedly waved her hands.

”I’m just guessing, but Huang Bing’s lifestyle wasn’t exactly disciplined.”

”What do you mean?”

The woman clicked her tongue and said, ”He was quite the playboy, messing around with whoever he pleased. No wonder he got into trouble.”

Immediately, Li Jian asked, ”Do you know with whom he had inappropriate relationships?”

The woman shook her head, ”I don’t know for sure! I’ve heard there were quite a few.”

After pondering for a moment, Li Jian nodded and said, ”Thank you! Go ahead and continue with your work!”

”If needed, I’ll get in touch again.”

Then, Li Jian and Wan, wearing gloves, began to sort through all the items in the locker.

Wan muttered to himself, ”This locker is quite tidy. Huang Bing seemed to be a neat person when he was alive.”

When checking the second layer of daily necessities, suddenly a gas fee record book appeared in their sight.

Wan opened it and glanced, ”Owner Huang Bing, Shanshui District Unit 4 Building 10 No. 2.”

”There are lots of personal items, clothes in the locker, not looking like someone who left in haste.”

Li Jian listened and nodded, ”I agree.”

”Huang Bing’s sudden disappearance is definitely suspicious!”

”Captain, do you think there’s a chance Huang Bing is really dead?”

After a moment of contemplation, Li Jian said gravely, ”Currently, this possibility seems quite high.”

”Next, we need to investigate all unidentified bodies within the Jiangcheng area from the past week.”

”No matter if the body is on the mountains, in the water, or even on the road, none should be missed, we need a thorough examination.”

After saying that, Li Jian immediately dialed the Jiangcheng command center.

”Hello! This is the 110 police hotline, how can I assist you?”

”I’m Li Jian from the criminal investigation team.”

Upon hearing this, the woman on the other end was taken aback, then asked, ”Today seems unusual, why is someone from the criminal investigation team calling 110?”

Li Jian didn’t bother to explain.

He simply said, ”Due to the needs of a case investigation, we need to check all unnatural death reports within Jiangcheng in the past week.”

”Mr. Li, no problem! I’ll sort the death reports right away.”

”Alright then! I’ll wait for your update.”

At this moment.

Assistant Captain Chen He led two officers to Jiangcheng Business District.

According to the address sent by Li Jian’s phone, they went straight to the back street.

minutes later, they saw a surveillance camera at the entrance of Shulan Fashion Store.

The camera was aimed directly at the store entrance.

Chen He glanced at the camera’s wiring, ”Looks like the server and hard drive should be inside the store.”

”Yongzi, go find a locksmith around that street.”

”Mr. Chen, got it! I’ll head over right away.”

minutes later, Li Yong found a locksmith to open the lock.

Then, the two pushed open the glass door and went in.

Inside the checkout counter, they located the surveillance control unit.

At 7:30 PM.

The corridor of the criminal investigation unit was still bustling.

Whether laboratory techs or detectives, everyone was intensely busy.

In the meeting room, Li Jian, Jiang An, and Zhang Yean were organizing all the documents related to the case.

Just then, Wan suddenly pushed the door open and came in.

He was holding an A4 sized document.

”Mr. Li, here are the bodies found dead over the past week.”

”It includes bodies from the mountains, water, traffic accidents, indoors, totaling 50 cases.”

Li Jian took the document and glanced at it.

”You wouldn’t believe it until seeing it; so many unnatural death cases citywide in just one week.”

Zhang Yean said, ”With the recent heatwave, there should be quite a few bodies from heatstroke.”

Li Jian carefully reviewed the materials and said, ”This only has basic information and the handling units, we can’t perform facial recognition.”

”Ask them to send over all the photos of the deceased immediately.”

”We’ll use facial comparison to confirm whether Huang Bing is deceased.”

Wan quickly walked out.

An hour later, he came back into the meeting room with a black external hard drive.

Wan, panting, said, ”Boss, you’ve got to credit me for this one!”

”To get these deceased’s photos, I practically hid my face under the desk.”

Li Jian smiled and said, ”Your efficiency is impressive! Collecting photo data so swiftly after hours.”

As he spoke, Wan connected the hard drive to the computer.

Quickly!

The projection screen in the meeting room displayed a folder of photos.

Wan picked up the mouse and said, ”Mr. Li, I’ve sorted them according to the document numbers.”

”Well done! Your work approach is getting more insightful!”

Li Jian asked, ”Have you looked through these photos of the deceased?”

Wan shook his head, ”Not yet!”

”I was busy coordinating over the phone just now.”

”No worries! We’ll view them together!”

Soon after, the first photo appeared on the projector screen.

This was a middle-aged man who died in the water, presumed drowned due to leg cramps.

Li Jian, Jiang An, and Zhang Yean all focused on the photo on the screen.

Li Jian said, ”This doesn’t look like it!”

”Next deceased!”

Then, Wan moved the mouse and opened the next folder of photos.

This was a sanitation worker found dead by the roadside, caught on surveillance, presumed to have succumbed to heatstroke due to high temperatures.

”This doesn’t look like it either!”

”Next deceased!”

Suddenly, when Wan moved the mouse and opened the next folder.

Everyone was stunned.

On the projector screen was a portrait photo of a man, looking exactly like Huang Bing.

Li Jian urgently asked, ”Where was this body found?”

Wan checked the picture number and flipped through the document materials.

”Mr. Li, this was from last night, the body from a traffic accident on the southern bypass expressway.”

”There were no identification documents on the deceased, the identity could not be verified.”

”The body has been forensically examined, confirmed as death due to the traffic accident.”

”The offending driver has been detained, and the traffic department is actively identifying the deceased’s identity.”

”Run over?”

Zhang Yean asked in confusion.

”Such a coincidence?”

”Could it have been a guilt-driven suicide?”

Instantly, the meeting room fell into silence.

After a long time, Jiang An asked, ”Does the traffic police team have a forensic expert too?”

Li Jian responded, ”The traffic police team in Jiangcheng City does have a forensic expert.”

”How skilled are these contracted forensic experts?”

His voice had just fallen when Wan, clicking his tongue, said, ”Their level? I’d say ’meh’ at best.”

Li Jian added, ”To my knowledge, the proficiency of those contracted forensic experts is average.”

”Regarding bodies from traffic accidents, since they involve civil compensation, the evidence collection isn’t as thorough as in criminal cases.”

Jiang An took another glance at the projector screen and said solemnly, ”Mr. Li, the deceased Huang Bing had no identification documents on him, and his body was found on the bypass expressway, which is very unusual.”

”Also, with the traffic police team’s external forensic experts having variable capabilities, their conclusion is questionable.”

”I think it’s necessary to conduct another forensic examination on this body.”

”I’ll contact the traffic police team right away to prepare for another autopsy on the body.”