Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 367: The Jumping Incident

The dismemberment case in Liangzhou City is now completely solved.

As for Wang Jian’s first murder, when Wu Qizhou was killed, his mother and relatives did not give him a false alibi.

The house where Wang Jian was staying at his relative’s place was also a bungalow. He stayed in a side room and sneaked out through the back window at night to kill Wu Qizhou, then returned quietly without a sound.

Wang Jian deliberately created the illusion that he was asleep at the relative’s house and didn’t leave.

The first day’s interrogation lasted very late, and Wang Jian basically confessed to the murders he committed over the years.

However, it will take quite a long time for the case to be fully investigated.

Over the years, Wang Jian traveled for work across many cities, spanning different provinces, and almost left a homicide in each place.

So, subsequently, he needs to be taken from Liangzhou City to each city, identifying the scenes and finding the fragments of bodies that haven’t been discovered.

Of course, the main unit handling the case is still the Liangzhou City Public Security Bureau.

The person being pursued by Cheng Zihao, and while Huangzhou provided personnel for the arrest, the killing of Wu Qizhou ultimately led to important clues from Cheng Zihao’s side.

No one would vie for credit with Cheng Zihao or the Liangzhou City Public Security Bureau in such a situation.

Therefore, early the next morning, Wang Jian was escorted back to Liangzhou City.

Since this is a cross-province case, the Liangzhou City Public Security Bureau has already reported it to the Provincial Department, which contacts other provincial departments to coordinate the progress.

Li Donglin is fully responsible for the upcoming coordination and quickly obtained the relevant case files.

"Lu matched the fingerprints?"

No wonder.

The old case from seven or eight years ago was solved just like that.

Thinking further, Lu Chuan once again made a contribution this time.

Wang Jian is involved in quite a few cases, mostly cold cases, spanning multiple cities and provinces, making this a significant achievement.

Lu Chuan successively identified key clues in the dismemberment case in Liangzhou City and the Wu Qizhou murder in Huangzhou, laying the most crucial foundation for capturing Wang Jian and identifying the suspect.

This case...

Cheng Zihao and Lu Chuan are of primary merit.

The credit between the two should be regarded as equal.

Although during the entire investigation process, Cheng Zihao’s contribution didn’t appear as obvious as Lu Chuan’s, without Cheng Zihao’s persistent pursuit of the case, without him asking for Lu Chuan’s help, without him tracing back to Wang Jian’s hometown, no one knows when the case would have been solved.

In fact, there are many people like Cheng Zihao within the entire police system.

Silently working, focusing on their tasks day after day, year after year, always looking for various ways to follow up on their cases whenever an opportunity arises.

They keep on pursuing for ten, twenty, thirty years.

Criminal Investigation Team in Haizhou.

Lu Chuan has moved back to the office from the basement.

"Kid, you are incredible, being closed for just a few days and earning such a big reward."

Old Bai patted Lu Chuan on the shoulder. Mmm, solid, so good to be young. He, too, used to be muscular all over, but not anymore, now saggy.

Zhang Hui helped Lu Chuan lift the computer, shrugged, and said, "He’s amazing, but we almost ran our legs off."

During Lu Chuan’s handling of these cold cases, Action Group One, Group Two, and several other teams were extremely busy.

Lu Chuan just provided the clues, but the actual investigation and arrest work were all done by the action groups.

Handling a case doesn’t end with just capturing the person.

Firstly, before capturing someone, you have to know where they are, a massive task.

Ren Qiang is still out there, with one person not yet brought back, and he personally is keeping an eye on it.

After capturing someone, interrogation is required.

Criminal suspects aren’t well-behaved babies who blur everything out when brought into the interrogation room at the Public Security Bureau.

In most cases, they don’t say anything when asked.

Someone needs to endure alongside them. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

The entire process involves a lot of paperwork, and there’s no way to solve a case in just three to five days.

Lu Chuan had no particular feelings about it since he’s involved in the background, not the frontline.

These couple of days in seclusion were very taxing, and he estimated that it would take a while to fully recuperate.

"Brother Bai, I’ve been looking at fingerprints downstairs for so long that now everything I see looks like fingerprints."

Lu Chuan pointed to his eyes, genuinely bloodshot and fatigued.

"Lu, go home and rest early today. I’ll speak with Captain Qin; you don’t need to come to work tomorrow. Catch up on some sleep and take it easy."

Liu Guodong has at least this authority; he can oversee his own team.

Anyway, the team hasn’t had any major cases recently; they’re all working on the backlog Lu Chuan accumulated, and their Crime Scene Investigation Team is relatively relaxed.

This time Lu Chuan didn’t refuse; the recent pressure was indeed immense, especially since Forensic Doctor Shen was also not around these days.

The Provincial Department organized a province-wide young forensic training session, and apart from those currently tasked with assignments, all forensics under thirty-five attended for a week at the training center, residing there.

After tidying up his desk a bit, Lu Chuan went straight home.

Two days later.

After two good days of sleep, Lu Chuan returned to the Criminal Investigation Team, full of energy, having completely revived.

"Hey, Lu is here?"

Liu Guodong was about to attend the morning meeting: "How was your rest?"

"Great, I’m fully recovered. Master, are you heading to the meeting?"

"Yeah, it’s about time; I’d better get going."

In the Crime Scene Investigation Office, Lu Chuan was tending to the long-neglected flamingo-lily.

Perhaps due to lack of care, the flamingo-lily wasn’t growing well, and its leaves weren’t as vibrant.

Bang.

Before he even finished watering, the office door was pushed open forcefully.

It was Liu Guodong, who had just left for the meeting.

"Lu, there’s a case, come with me."

Lu Chuan was slightly confused, just coming back and already a new case.

But judging from Liu Guodong’s expression, it’s definitely not a small case. Lu Chuan put down the flamingo-lily, donned his uniform, and prepared to go out.

Old Bai and Yang Sen’s shift hadn’t arrived yet, so the two drove the Crime Scene Investigation car and set off directly.

"Master, where’s the case?"

"On Old Factory Street. We just got the news during the meeting, someone jumped off a building."

"Jumped off a building?"

"Yes, we’ll go check it out first; if it’s not a criminal case, it won’t concern us."

Jumping off a building is likely not a criminal case.

Lu Chuan slightly relaxed his tense nerves.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the scene.

The Old Factory Street police station people were already there. The body was covered with a white sheet, and the area was cordoned off.

"Director Li, what’s the situation?"

"Brother Liu, you’re here. The deceased is a student, likely a suicide; we just checked the surveillance footage."

Hearing this, Liu Guodong let out a sigh of relief.

"Is it this building?"

"Yes, a student dormitory, the student jumped from the rooftop; I’ll have someone show you up?"

"Alright, let’s go take a look at the rooftop."