Chapter 544: Chapter 544: Do You Have Evidence?

So, when facing the police, Dean Wu lied.

He thought he could cover up everything, but that was a human life!

The investigation has now reached a breakthrough, and the goddaughter of the boss behind Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital is a major suspect.

In Conference Room No. 3, Zhang Hui and others were reporting the case situation to Qin Yong.

After repeating the information disclosed by Dean Wu, Zhang Hui summarized. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Captain Qin, from the current situation, I think it’s necessary to arrest Li Xiaorui immediately."

Li Xiaorui is the name of the goddaughter of the boss behind Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital, she is 23 years old.

Qin Yong listened to the report and nodded solemnly.

This Li Xiaorui indeed has significant suspicion of the crime. On the day Zhang Huiru disappeared, she asked for leave from Dean Wu and left with Li Xiaorui, and then disappeared.

"Arrest Li Xiaorui immediately!"

An hour later, Zhang Hui and others arrested Li Xiaorui at the upscale Water Cloud Space SPA while she was getting a massage.

"Who are you? What right do you have to arrest me? Do you know who I am? I’m going to tell my godfather!"

At first glance, Zhang Hui knew this was likely the right person. Li Xiaorui is a student at Haizhou City’s School of Art, standing at a tall height of over 1.8 meters.

Matching the footprint characteristics left by the suspect at the scene described by Lu Chuan.

"Li Xiaorui, we are criminal police from the Criminal Investigation Team of Haizhou City, formally notifying you that you are suspected of intentional murder and have been arrested. This is the arrest warrant."

Upon hearing about the murder suspicion, the massage parlor technicians around Li Xiaorui all backed away.

Looking at Li Xiaorui with puzzled and terrified eyes.

Such a beautiful and wealthy woman, how could she commit murder?

Zhang Hui’s words exploded Li Xiaorui’s emotions completely!

"What right do you have to say I committed murder!"

"Do you have evidence?"

"Moreover, she clearly committed suicide!"

Suicide?

Zhang Hui waved his hand, and a police officer came over to handcuff Li Xiaorui. Arresting a female suspect involved female officers as well.

"I haven’t mentioned who died, how did you know she committed suicide?"

"I..."

Li Xiaorui knew she had slipped up and her expression changed: "I guessed, so what, is that not allowed?"

"Not allowed?"

"Let’s talk at the team!"

"Take her away!"

In the interrogation room, Zhang Hui was personally responsible for the interrogation, accompanied by a female police officer taking notes.

"Officer Zhang, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I have no idea who Zhang Huiru is, and I’ve never been to Five-Flower Mountain. You must have arrested the wrong person."

Zhang Hui sighed.

This Li Xiaorui, still so young, yet unwilling to confess a thing.

Evidence...

Li Xiaorui insisted that without evidence, she had nothing to do with it.

In reality, what she said was somewhat correct.

Li Xiaorui was identified based on Dean Wu’s confession.

However, the dean didn’t actually see Li Xiaorui and Zhang Huiru leaving together.

There was also no call record between Zhang Huiru and Li Xiaorui in Zhang Huiru’s phone.

There was no surveillance video at the entrance of Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital, so no footage captured Zhang Huiru leaving with Li Xiaorui.

Moreover, no eyewitnesses were found as Zhang Huiru did not enter the hospital on that day.

Although the assumption of Zhang Huiru leaving with Li Xiaorui makes logical sense, there is no substantial evidence.

Li Xiaorui clearly understands this thus, during the interrogation by Zhang Hui, she was adamant in not saying anything, insisting on evidence before admitting anything, obviously ready to tough it out.

In the meeting room.

"Captain Qin, now it seems that the logic of Li Xiaorui being the murderer is very strong, but there is indeed insufficient evidence."

Qin Yong wasn’t worried, if there’s no evidence, they’ll find evidence, as long as the right person is identified, it shouldn’t be a problem.

"Let’s have the action group take a break, and pause the interrogation of Li Xiaorui for now."

Turning his head, Qin Yong looked at Liu Guodong.

"Old Liu, how is Lu Chuan doing over there?"

"Li Xiaorui’s footprints have been collected, and Lu Chuan is comparing them, results will be out soon."

This is why Qin Yong isn’t worried.

The suspect left numerous footprints at the scene, no matter how she denies it, if Li Xiaorui’s footprints can match the high-heeled footprints found at the site, then undoubtedly, she is the culprit.

"Additionally, we have already searched Li Xiaorui’s home and car, Yang Sen has already found something."

Just like in the previous case analysis meeting, it was deduced that for Zhang Huiru to travel from the city to Five-Flower Mountain, it had to be by private vehicle, not public transportation.

Since Li Xiaorui is now a key suspect, it’s highly possible that Zhang Huiru was riding in Li Xiaorui’s car, and thus they might find Zhang Huiru’s biological material in her car.

Such as hair, dandruff, etc.

Yang Sen and Old Bai went ahead to search Li Xiaorui’s car and residence.

"Alright, I’ll wait for good news from your Crime Scene Investigation office!"

With a target footprint, Lu Chuan’s identification analysis is relatively easier.

But because the footprints at the crime scene were on dried leaves, the heel prints were clear, but the sole prints were somewhat vague, requiring more data support for comparison, thus taking slightly longer.

"How is it?"

In the laboratory, Liu Guodong stood beside Lu Chuan watching him calculate the comparisons.

"There’s no significant issue, visually, the two are the same footprint."

With Lu Chuan’s skills and experience, he could tell at a glance that the two sets of footprints essentially belonged to the same person.

However, forensic analysis requires data support and issuing a forensic report, which needs detailed calculations, not just visual confirmation.

Moreover, this forensic report requires Lu Chuan’s signature, and Liu Guodong also needs to sign to confirm it.

Only then it would be accepted as legal evidence by the court, and if any wrongful conviction occurs, there would be serious accountability involved.

On the other side, Yang Sen and Old Bai had also found significant evidence, collecting many hairs and dander from Li Xiaorui’s car.

Additionally, a pair of high heels was found in the trunk of her car, with some dried leaves on them.

"No escaping now!"

"This woman didn’t even take care of the shoes?"

"Hehe, didn’t you hear what the action group said? When the suspect was arrested, she claimed Zhang Huiru died of suicide."

"Quite naive, thinking staging a fake scene could fool everyone."

Old Bai laughed: "Alright, let’s take it back for testing, it’s essentially nailed down."

When the two returned, Lu Chuan’s report was basically finished.

"How is it, can the footprints be matched?"