The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 184 - 145: Is This a Coincidence?
Zhang Yean picked up the camera to photograph and document the original state of the scene.
Then, the two entered the master bedroom.
Jiang An scanned the area, noticing two pillows on the bed. This clearly indicated that the person who came that night was very close, most likely sharing the bed with the deceased.
Then, Jiang An opened the master bedroom’s wardrobe.
Inside the wardrobe, he saw the safe was intact, without any sign of tampering.
Moreover, beside the safe was a handbag.
Jiang An took it out, unzipped it, and saw it contained a lot of cash.
Immediately, he took out the cash and placed it on the bed.
"Senior sister, please take a photo."
With a "click," Zhang Yean looked at the stack of money on the bed and said, "Indeed, she was quite a little rich woman."
"Nowadays, everyone uses mobile payments, who still keeps so much cash at home."
Next, Jiang An opened the adjacent cabinet and found it full of handbags.
Many of them were branded bags from abroad, quite expensive.
Jiang An analyzed, saying: "There are no signs of rifling through the clothes in the wardrobe, all valuables are present."
"At least it shows the murderer didn’t turn a theft into murder and disposal."
"The murderer’s main intent might have been to kill."
Zhang Yean nodded, "It seems indeed to be about murder, not theft."
Speaking as she did, Zhang Yean’s gaze settled on the bedside table.
She bent over to open the drawer of the bedside table and saw a pet vaccination record. She quickly opened and flipped through it.
"This pet cat was purchased at Xinyuan Pet Shop, and every vaccination was done there."
After doing all this, Jiang An reviewed the entire room once more.
Aside from a faint scent of perfume, there were no signs of another person living there, especially another man.
Suddenly, Jiang An asked, "Senior sister, how much income can a clothing store make in a month?"
Zhang Yean replied, "A high school classmate of mine sells clothes in the commercial district’s pedestrian street, but she sells domestic frontline brands."
"Aside from rent, she probably makes around ten to twenty thousand a month."
"Do you think an income of ten to twenty thousand is enough to support this home’s decorations and personal spending?"
Upon hearing this question, Zhang Yean looked around.
She clicked her tongue and said, "Judging by this kind of home decor, plus the clothes and bags in the wardrobe, it’d require at least thirty to forty thousand a month."
"Just now, I saw her kitchen and bathroom items, and they’re basically all domestic frontline, even imported brands."
After listening, Jiang An thought deeply.
He said, "Given this, where exactly is a young woman getting her money from?"
At this moment.
Li Jian and Wan rushed to Jiangpan Property Management Center.
Half an hour before, they came here.
The same service personnel was still at the front desk.
This time, Li Jian did not show his badge.
He straightforwardly said, "Hello, we’d like to check the community’s surveillance records."
The front desk staff softly said, "Sorry, officers."
"A week ago, our community’s surveillance system encountered problems, currently under repair and not yet restored."
Hearing this, Li Jian was suddenly startled.
Having come full of confidence to check the surveillance, he was now told the surveillance broke down a week ago.
Could something so coincidental happen?
Wan rested his elbow on the counter, raised his brow, "Could it be so coincidental?"
The girl across the counter lightly nodded.
"The network engineer said the system’s backend was infected by a virus and is undergoing repairs."
Seeing the skeptical expressions on the two officers’ faces, she immediately said, "If you don’t believe me, you can check the surveillance room on the second floor."
"The network engineer should still be there."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Jian and Wan quickly went up the stairs to the second floor.
Indeed, before multiple video screens, an engineer wearing glasses was busy working.
Li Jian approached, seeing a string of network code on his laptop screen.
Then, Li Jian asked, "Hello! We’re officers from Jiangcheng Police Team."
"When do you think the surveillance system will be fixed?"
The engineer quickly stood up, adjusted his glasses, and replied, "I’m working hard on the repairs, and the soonest it’ll be fixed is by tomorrow afternoon."
Hearing this timeframe, Captain Li Jian sighed in relief; at least the repair time wasn’t long.
He then asked, "After the repair, will the surveillance recordings for these past days still be there?"
The engineer turned to glance at the network code on his laptop screen.
"For now, I’m not sure."
"But we’ll do our best to restore and recover all the data packets."
Li Jian listened and patted his shoulder.
"Please try to recover as much data as possible, these surveillance records are crucial for solving the case."
The engineer smiled.
"Certainly, we’ll do our best to recover the data."
Then, Li Jian and Wan walked out of the property surveillance room together.
Just as they stepped outside the property company door, Wan sighed and said, "Luck wasn’t on our side today."
"Such a high-end community, and the surveillance system just happened to fail."
"Captain, do you think someone might be behind this?"
"Sabotage?"
Upon hearing Wan’s words, Li Jian pondered for a moment.
He suddenly realized that the front desk staff had said the surveillance broke down a week ago.
And this case happened 4 days ago.
