The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 253 - 170: Contradictions at the Crime Scene

Chapter 253: Chapter 170: Contradictions at the Crime Scene

Next, Li Hongbing looked down at the latch behind the door.

He said, "Since Mr. Jiang is worried about the unstable environment outside."

"We can completely remove this latch and take it back to the lab for preservation."

Jiang An agreed very much after hearing this.

He said, "Mr Li, your method is very good."

"This way, we can protect our evidence to the greatest extent."

Mr. Zhao said, "Mr. Jiang, please rest assured!"

"I will arrange for someone to remove these two doors and bring them back to the evidence lab right away."

"Whether it’s windy or rainy, it will remain in its original state."

After waiting for a while, Li Hongbing asked, "Mr. Jiang, may I ask what our purpose is in fuming this door lock?"

Jiang An replied, "If what the informant said is true, the small door latch was closed when they arrived, then who locked it?

Mr. Zhao speculated, "Mr. Jiang, is it possible that it was closed by the two deceased before they went to sleep?"

Zhang Yean also tilted her head and said, "Is it possible that the murderer closed it?"

Jiang An had considered both scenarios.

It’s just that if the murderer didn’t open this small door, simply vaulting over it would be somewhat difficult.

In Jiang An’s view, opening this latch is the quickest way.

Then, the group of five walked into the courtyard.

A typical rural farmhouse, with two peach trees planted.

In the corner of the courtyard, there was some clutter stacked.

Jiang An stood at the entrance of the courtyard, looking around.

He looked around and didn’t find any objects scattered on the ground, nor traces of objects breaking.

From this, it could be seen that there was no noticeable fight within the courtyard.

That is to say, the confrontation between the perpetrator and the deceased did not extend into this farmhouse courtyard.

While Jiang An was contemplating, Mr. Zhao walked over.

He said, "According to the neighbors, this elderly couple didn’t have a dog at home."

"So, no one around noticed the slight noise on that night."

Li Hongbing sighed, "When I lived in the countryside as a child, if something moved at home, dogs would definitely bark."

"Unfortunately, this elderly couple didn’t have a dog, otherwise, the tragedy might not have happened."

Jiang An nodded and then walked toward the living room.

At the entrance of the living room, Mr. Zhao introduced, "When we came in, this door was open."

"However, when the informant came in, they found the living room door was closed."

"It was after the informant pushed open the door that they discovered the two deceased."

Jiang An nodded, silent.

He stepped into the living room.

Since the lights were not on inside, the lighting was quite dim, but the entire layout could still be seen clearly.

Unlike what he saw in the photos in the meeting room, the male deceased’s body was not on the living room floor.

Only in the corner close to the wall was there a chalk outline on the floor.

Jiang An slowly walked in, squatting down to closely observe.

He turned his head and asked, "Mr. Zhao, can we get a strong flashlight here? The lighting here is a bit dim."

"No problem, I’ll arrange it right away."

minutes later, a young officer walked in with a strong flashlight.

Jiang An took the flashlight and examined the area carefully.

Suddenly, his eyes brightened, vaguely noticing a few strip-like marks on the chalk outline’s wall.

Then, Jiang An moved the light in his hand and observed closely.

minutes later, Jiang An said in a deep voice, "This area is likely the male deceased’s scratch marks."

"Scratch marks?"

"Scratch marks?"

"Scratch marks?"

Others were surprised and squatted down one after another, observing in the direction of the light.

Jiang An nodded and said, "Judging from these scratch marks, the male deceased didn’t have long nails, but there were many scratch marks."

Then, Jiang An turned to ask, "During the autopsy, was there any abnormality found in the male deceased’s nails?"

Mr. Zhao recalled for a moment.

After a brief pause, he said, "During the autopsy, I was in the forensic examination room."

"I remember that there was indeed some dust in the male deceased’s nails."

"However, it wasn’t paid much attention to at the time; it was just collected as general trace evidence for extraction."

Jiang An nodded.

"It’s okay! As long as we extract this evidence, it’ll be fine."

"We can do a comparison to determine if the dust in the nails comes from the wall surface."

Li Hongbing said, "That’s indeed a good idea."

"Our lab has just gotten an imported scanning electron microscope that we can use to compare."

Then, Li Hongbing changed the topic.

He asked, "Mr. Jiang, what significance do you think these scratch marks have?"

After thinking for a moment, Jiang An said, "These scratch marks fully demonstrate the deceased’s strong survival behavior before death."

"Survival behavior?"

Li Hongbing, Mr. Zhao, Zhang Yean, and Wan all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

After a brief pause, Jiang An continued to explain, "On the entire male corpses body, only one injury was present, which was the rib fracture."

"Moreover, the rib fracture was very severe, with the broken ends piercing the lung, which is the cause of his death."

"From the location and form of this injury, I strongly suspect that the male deceased was forcefully kicked by someone."

"Forcefully kicked?"

As he spoke, Mr. Zhao lifted his foot and made a stomping gesture.