National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 861 - 799: Live-Streamed Death

"May you all triumph gloriously!" Lei Xin stood in the office and expressed this sentiment once more, feeling quite emotional.

The mission for the two detectives setting off this time was to go to Malaysia to bring a person back.

The suspect, Lu Xuekun, was a deep-sea mariner, currently aboard an 80,000-ton Panamax bulk carrier. These kinds of ocean-going vessels have fixed itineraries at ports, where they load or unload cargo, and all the crew needs to do is to keep working continuously.

Of course, when docking, they could get off the ship and rest for a few hours to several days, depending on the situation. However, before the end of a contract period, crew members don’t take long vacations, and if there are no Chinese ports on the stopover schedule, they don’t return home.

Lu Xuekun’s vessel was just like that; even close to the New Year, his ship wouldn’t return to China. He was planning to disembark in the Philippines and then fly back home.

The task force naturally didn’t want to wait that long and, after discussing, decided to extract the person from Malaysia.

Choosing Malaysia was also due to Jiang Yuan’s previous encounters with the Malaysian police.

Moreover, the criminal involved in those past cases was a serial rapist whose crimes had given the Dama Police Force quite a headache.

With this experience, Jiang Yuan once again contacted Cui Xiaohu from the Ministry and went through the formal channels of the Qinghe City Bureau via the provincial office. Then, through Chu Guanliang, the police liaison officer stationed at the Malaysian embassy by the Ministry, he was able to connect with Ni Cha and Zhong Renlong from the Dama Police Station, who were the senior officers in charge of the previous case.

The process might seem complicated, and indeed, it is, but for the police, handling inter-regional criminal cases isn’t usually much simpler.

For most inter-regional criminal cases, detectives also tend to seek cooperation with local police forces. Of course, most of the arrests are still made by themselves, but when it comes to handling cases abroad, domestic police can’t make arrests even if they wanted to.

However, Malaysia has an extradition treaty, and from Chu Guanliang to the two senior Malaysian officers, all are familiar faces, which makes the entire process run quite smoothly.

Lei Xin accompanied them to the car and, still worried, smiled at Huang Qiangmin and said, "We’re really counting on you this time. We truly lack experience when it comes to working on cases abroad."

"We’ve only been out once too. But at that time, we helped the Dama Police Force crack several cases. Jiang Yuan still periodically receives technical requests from them," Huang Qiangmin said with evident pride.

Such international requests, even experts from the Ministry may not always receive. After all, most experts tend to follow mainstream practices, such as fingerprinting, DNA, and so on. Although also formidable, there are plenty of experts in these fields abroad who are equally strong. It’s rare that a case would specifically require an expert with skills stronger than Level 4 but weaker than Level 6 to crack.

Jiang Yuan, however, possessed a variety of techniques and some specialized skills, making him very effective whether handling cases comprehensively or utilizing individual skills.

Similar to domestic situations, Huang Qiangmin wouldn’t involve himself too much in cases that required merely browsing evidence online and providing some technical guidance.

Thus, logically and emotionally, asking the Malaysian police to make the arrest and then extradite the suspect was extremely convenient.

Even the communication between the two sides often had Jiang Yuan acting as the translator.

His Level 2 proficiency in the Indonesian dialect might not sound strong, but in reality, not only everyday conversation, even professional dialogue was not a problem for him; it was just a matter of not quite capturing those subtle native nuances.

But Jiang Yuan didn’t need these.

Indonesian and Malay are mutually intelligible and are used not only in Malaysia and Indonesia, but also in Singapore and Brunei; however, outside of Southeast Asia, the use of Malay or Indonesian is extremely limited.

To the Malaysians, Jiang Yuan’s ability to speak Indonesian was already a significant recognition, much like how Chinese people in earlier years delighted in foreigners speaking Chinese.

The dialogue between the detectives from both sides was unprecedentedly harmonious.

And so was the process of arresting Lu Xuekun, which had been smoother than ever.

He made it ashore, he disembarked, he passed through customs, he entered the house, he was arrested...

News arrived and the Qianjin District Criminal Police Squad was in an uproar of celebration.

Huang Qiangmin from Dama Police Station even made a special call, speaking to Jiang Yuan in Chinese, "God, my colleague reminded me to tell you that the suspect used drones to observe the victim. He likes to operate drones and only when he had confirmed that no one was around the victim would he ride a motorcycle to carry out the crime. It is said that it was after his first failed attempt that he came up with this idea."

"Understood. I’ll have them list the drone as evidence." The call was on speakerphone, and with a gesture from Jiang Yuan, Lei Xin and the others were already bustling about.

Huang continued, "We found several drone-captured videos on his phone, which included footage of the victims. These should also serve as evidence."

"Eh, if there are drone footages, could there also be videos of the sexual assault cases?" A detective immediately raised the question.

"No, some countries’ customs check the videos on phones and computers. The suspect is a seafarer and must have had concerns," Huang also expressed regret.

"Every time the criminal returns to the country, he is eager to commit crimes. Could it be possible that he also engaged in criminal activities while abroad?" Another detective asked.

"We have been asking this question too, but so far, the criminal’s confession is that he prefers a safer environment and does not wish to commit crimes in unfamiliar places. Therefore, outside of China, he satisfies his needs through prostitution..." Huang answered earnestly.

In the absence of reporters and senior leaders, the detective squad was relatively free, whether it was analyzing cases or anything else. If someone wanted to speak, they could.

Especially during case analysis, everyone could share their ideas, regardless of qualifications. Because now, major cases are tackled by pouring in excessive resources. To draw an analogy with the movie "The Wandering Earth," it is a saturation approach to solving cases, so anyone who can put forward a new direction for investigation is doing a good thing.

Accordingly, not all of these ideas necessarily need to lead to results.

Huang was involved because of Jiang Yuan and didn’t care who was asking the questions.

After everyone said what they wanted to say, Jiang Yuan thanked Huang.

Huang laughed and said, "Don’t mention it..." After the pleasantries, Huang changed his tone, "God, if you have the time, could you help us look at a case?"

"Of course." Jiang Yuan stood up, nodded to Lei Xin, then said to the phone, "Just a moment, I’ll find a private office..."

"You can use this room right here." Lei Xin immediately got up, and the group quickly cleared the room, leaving it for Jiang Yuan.

Huang Qiangmin and Wang Chuanxing from the Cold Case Squad remained, and Huang also notified his superior as well as the Chinese police liaison officer Chu Guanliang.

What was originally an audio call soon turned into a video call, and each notified their respective external departments.

Once everyone had arrived, Huang introduced, "The case just happened yesterday, and I expect you will soon hear the related news."

While speaking, Huang glanced at the several higher-ups who joined later before continuing, "The victim is the daughter of a local businessman, 22 years old, living alone in a downtown apartment, with live streaming as her main job. The apartment is in a bustling area with good conditions. What is unique about this case is that as the victim was attacked and nearing death, she started a live stream on her phone, and in the live footage, she bled to death..."

Just a few sentences were enough to send a chill down everyone’s spine.

As detectives, they all knew that the images captured in the final moments of death, especially when murdered, are not always peaceful.

And such images, turned into a live stream video, one could imagine its virality.

"You can probably understand the pressure we are under. Right now, the police are under tremendous pressure to solve the case..." Huang started by simply describing the situation.

As he described, more colleagues from Dama Police Force, especially those wearing senior badges, began to gather behind Huang.