The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 231 - 161: Jiang An’s Discovery

"In general, the license plate is the unique identifier for a vehicle."

"However, this vehicle has a cloned plate, making it impossible to search for its license plate."

Wan was a bit puzzled.

He asked, "Zhang, even a cloned plate can serve as a unique identifier, right?" Zhang replied, "You might not be aware."

"Some cloned vehicles may use multiple plates at once during outings, so it’s difficult to make accurate judgments."

"Using multiple plates at once, that’s too exaggerated, isn’t it?"

"Mainly because you’re in the criminal investigation department, not the traffic police department."

"We traffic police frequently encounter situations with multiple cloned plates."

"In our view, this is not uncommon."

At this moment.

In the archives room of Jiangcheng City, Zhang Yean was sorting through local cases of trafficking in women and children.

She searched for numerous records, hoping to find trafficking cases related to the deceased Chen Minghao.

But she still found no relevant clues.

Then, she exited the archives and returned to the criminal investigation office.

She opened her laptop and typed the words "Little Treasure Comes Home" into the search engine.

Sure enough.

The page for the "Little Treasure Comes Home" charity soon popped up.

Zhang Yuan had heard of this charity organization before.

But she had never deeply engaged or researched it.

After opening the page, she quickly registered an account as required.

Based on the preliminary investigation of Chen Minghao’s basic information, Zhang Yean locked the age range to 1-15 years for a fuzzy search.

Two minutes later, more than a thousand results popped up instantly.

For a moment, Zhang Yuan was very surprised.

She hadn’t expected so many people to be looking for their relatives.

Then, Zhang Yean began sorting through the photos and contacts of the seekers one by one.

At this moment.

In the underground garage of Minghao Clothing Factory, Jiang An and Chen He were inspecting the red vehicle.

Jiang An, wearing gloves, opened the car door and entered the vehicle.

He meticulously searched the armrest box and the storage compartment of the passenger seat.

Nothing at all!

Then, he checked behind the visor mirror, and still found nothing.

Suddenly, he felt a surge of astonishment.

Normally, there should be a lot of small items here, like highway receipts, parking tickets, etc.

But why is this car so clean?

Meanwhile, Chen He also opened the rear car door.

The rear seats were completely empty.

He asked in bewilderment, "How is that possible? This car is too clean, right?"

Immediately, Jiang turned and said, "Exactly! It feels like it’s been cleaned, and very thoroughly."

"Mr. Chen, the front rows are particularly clean, let’s check the trunk."

Immediately, the two went to the rear section of the car and opened the trunk.

As soon as the trunk lid was lifted, both of them were stunned.

Inside the trunk of the red sedan were many boxes of expensive cigarettes and liquors, like Huazi cigarette boxes, Liuliangye boxes, and 1583 liquor boxes...

After a few seconds of shock, Chen He said, "This car looks quite rundown, yet the trunk has such high-end cigarettes and liquors."

Jiang An bent down and carefully inspected the cigarette and liquor boxes.

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed in Jiang An’s mind.

"These many premium cigarettes and liquors likely weren’t bought personally?"

After pondering for a while, Chen He widened his eyes and said, "Brother Jiang An, where do you think these cigarettes and liquors came from?"

Jiang An replied, "I think these premium cigarettes and liquors were probably stolen."

"Stolen?"

Jiang An nodded.

Immediately, Jiang An pointed at the red sedan.

"The interior of the car has clearly been cleaned, even the vehicle registration can’t be seen."

"Also, this car wasn’t locked in the garage; a gentle pull on the door opened it."

"But the more unusual thing is finding so many luxury cigarettes and liquors in the trunk."

Then Jiang An said, "Mr. Chen, although I’m not very familiar with this aspect, I think at least the market value of these premium cigarettes and liquors is at least ten to twenty thousand yuan."

"In such a rundown car, having so many valuable cigarettes and liquors is quite unusual, isn’t it?"

Chen He nodded.

"You know, hearing your analysis really makes me feel it’s extremely unusual."

After a moment, Jiang An continued, "I suspect someone used a key to open this vehicle after it was parked in the garage."

"And this person is very likely the murderer."

Instantly, Chen He stood frozen.

He hadn’t expected Jiang An’s imagination to be so vast.

Then Jiang An added, "Based on preliminary material analysis, I think the killer is very likely the deceased woman’s boyfriend."

"Moreover, I suspect the murderer cut off the camera’s power supply to avoid being recorded by the underground garage’s surveillance cameras during the crime."

Chen He listened and nodded his head.

His gaze swept over the cigarette and liquor boxes in the trunk.

"With such a large quantity, it’s indeed inconvenient to carry with packaging."

Suddenly, another idea appeared in Chen He’s mind.

"Perhaps we should delve deeper from the perspective of fencing these items."

Immediately afterward, Jiang An moved to the driver’s seat, opened the car door, and searched for the engine number.

He said, "Mr. Chen, I suggest you check the engine number and see if there’s any chance it’s a stolen vehicle."

"Stolen vehicle?"

After long contemplation, Chen He’s lips slightly curled into a smile.

"If it turns out to be a stolen vehicle, this case would be like killing two birds with one stone."

Soon after, Chen He came over with his phone, took a picture of the engine number, and sent it to the on-duty police officer of the criminal investigation team.

After a while, Chen He said, "If we solve the murder case and at the same time expose a vehicle theft gang, it’ll be very worthwhile."

At this moment, Jiang An suddenly recalled something Mr. Li had said.

"Among people buying gas at gas stations, a few have a history of theft."

Then Jiang An asked, "Mr. Chen, do you have the list of people buying gas at the gas stations?"

Chen He nodded, "I also have a copy on my desk."

"Why? Do you need it?"

Jiang An said, "I’d like to take a look."

Chen He thought for a while and said, "However, Mr. Li already had someone comb through it carefully, and found no suspicious individuals!"

Jiang An’s lips slightly curled, "I’d like to look again."

At this moment.

Zhang Yean was sitting in front of the computer, sorting through the information line by line.

At this moment, she suddenly realized how difficult it is for criminal police to solve cases.

After staring at the computer screen for extended periods, Zhang Yean’s vision was slightly blurry.

Thirty minutes later, as she browsed the 701st piece of information, her eyes suddenly lit up.

This seeker, looking for Little Treasure to come home, bore some resemblance to Chen Minghao. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Instantly, Zhang Yean became interested, as if injected with a shot of adrenaline.

She pulled out her phone and retrieved Chen Minghao’s personal photo again.

After careful observation, Zhang Yean nodded; they looked very similar.

Soon, she scrolled through and viewed the seeker application, discovering it was his daughter Li Lan, 24 years old.

In the meantime.

Chen He and Jiang An quickly left the garage and hurried back to the office.

Upon entering, Chen He immediately grabbed the list from his desk and handed it to Jiang An.

"Here’s the registration list of gas purchases from the past week."

Jiang An took the list, combing through it item by item carefully.

When he came across the 97th entry, he suddenly paused.

The 97th registered man is a habitual thief.

In the column for the purpose of gasoline purchase, it’s written "fuel for agricultural tractor."

At this moment, Chen He noticed the unusual expression on Jiang An’s face.

He quickly came over and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Jiang An pointed to the 97th man, "I think this person is very suspicious."

"Suspicious?"

Chen He looked puzzled.

"In the gasoline purpose column, it’s fuel for agricultural tractor."

"This gas station is on the eastern side of the development zone."

"But isn’t the purchase location for gasoline too far away?"