The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 412 - 244: This Piece of Evidence Is Very Strange!
Meticulously planned crime, yet exposed in less than two weeks, and ended up losing one’s life.
Was this suicide? Or an accident?
If the early planning was for later escape and concealment, then why the early demise?
For a moment, Jiang An’s mind was chaotic, with many questions entangled, making him anxious.
After a long while, Jiang An looked up at Captain Li Jian and said, "Mr. Li, I think there are big issues with He Biao’s cause of death."
Li Jian turned his head, looked at him with a serious expression, and didn’t respond immediately, as if contemplating something.
His lips moved slightly, but he swallowed his words.
Zhang Yean curiously pressed on from the side, "What do you mean?"
"Are you saying there is something suspicious about He Biao’s death?"
"But most of the bodies we find in water are accidents or suicides."
"Just now Mr. Qin mentioned over the phone, I heard it vaguely, the body had no obvious injuries."
"The clothes are intact, the phone is in the pocket."
"By all accounts, it doesn’t look like murder."
As he spoke, he scratched his head, filled with confusion.
Li Jian nodded along, agreeing, "That’s right, Brother Jiang An, Mr. Qin said it very confidently."
"The body is unharmed, clothes intact, belongings all present."
"By normal logic, there is no reason to suspect any issue."
His eyes showed a trace of doubt, yet also agreement with conventional judgment.
Zhang Yean added, "Maybe the suspect committed suicide out of guilt?"
He spread his hands, making a speculative gesture.
Jiang An knew well that without investigation, one has no right to speak.
Although he had a judgment in mind, the key body hadn’t been seen, next an in-depth exploration was necessary to verify his thoughts.
Thinking of this, Jiang An turned to look at Captain Li Jian.
"Mr. Li, where is the body now?"
Li Jian replied, "Mr. Qin said the body has been frozen in the mortuary."
"Since it involves handling of an unidentified body, an announcement must be made to find out the identity of the deceased, it hasn’t been autopsied yet."
Jiang An nodded slightly, secretly clenched his fist, like giving himself a pep talk: this is an opportunity, can’t miss it.
He said, "Since the forensic autopsy hasn’t started yet, we can take this opportunity for a full autopsy to determine the cause and nature of the death."
His tone was firm, with undeniable determination.
Listening to this, Li Jian strongly agreed.
He nodded repeatedly, "That works too, although most bodies retrieved from water aren’t criminal cases."
"But we can’t miss that twenty percent possibility."
He patted Jiang An on the shoulder, like encouraging him, or perhaps boosting his own spirit.
After speaking, Li Jian looked around, then at Jiang An.
"Brother Jiang An, what do you think, do we need to investigate further in other places here?"
Jiang An turned to look around and replied, "At the moment, we should head to the bedroom to see if we can find any trace evidence to aid our later judgment."
Following that, the three began a thorough search inside the room.
From the living room to the study, then to the bedroom, leaving no stone unturned.
minutes later, the three returned to the living room with disappointment written all over their faces.
Apart from the daily essentials of a bachelor man, not much of value was discovered.
On the contrary, those few criminal investigation books became increasingly suspicious.
At this moment, everyone’s gaze fell back on the bookshelf.
If it weren’t for Jiang An’s keen observation, these critical books might have drowned among hundreds of other books, disappearing without a trace.
At afternoon four o’clock, Li Jian, Jiang An, and Zhang Yean hurriedly departed from He Biao’s home to the Jiang City Forensic Autopsy Center.
He Biao’s body lay quietly on the autopsy table in room 1, seemingly waiting for the truth to be revealed.
Mr. Qin followed quickly behind them.
Li Jian turned around and sincerely said, "Mr. Qin, thank you for your hard work this time."
"To be honest, I didn’t expect to move so fast."
The smile showed the tacit understanding and gratitude between the criminal investigation team members.
Mr. Qin grinned and humbly responded.
"It’s all luck, I didn’t anticipate."
"Our investigation team found He Biao’s body so quickly."
"At first, I even thought he was still at large."
"During the recheck of photos and examination, it was just with a try-out mentality, but it hit the mark."
While speaking, he embarrassedly scratched his head.
While speaking, Mr. Qin turned his head to look at Zhang beside him.
"Of course, Zhang’s vision is much better than mine."
"He first noticed some clues, which prompted me to delve deeper."
His words were full of admiration and pride for his subordinate.
Li Jian instantly looked at the young man and praised, "Good job."
"Originally, I only knew you were skillful in video investigation."
"I didn’t expect you to be outstanding in regular investigation as well."
"Keep it up, strive to provide greater technical support for criminal case investigation in the future."
He stepped forward and lightly patted Zhang’s shoulder, providing encouragement.
Zhang instantly blushed with excitement.
He immediately raised his right hand, solemnly saluted, and responded loudly, "Yes, Captain Li!"
"Thank you for your praise and recognition."
"In the future, I’ll double my efforts to study and become the backbone of the criminal investigation team!"
That resounding voice echoed in the corridor of the autopsy center, full of vitality and determination.
The five of them quickly put on white protective suits, masks, gloves, and foot covers in the forensic preparation room.
Then, Jiang An gently pushed open the door to room 1.
The deceased lay quietly on the autopsy table in room 1.
Black top, black pants paired with black leather shoes.
Regular attire, entirely intact.
Jiang An gradually approached, eyes scanning like a scanner, discovered both sides of the deceased’s pants pockets were in an outward state.
Immediately, he looked up at Mr. Qin and asked, "Mr. Qin, is this pocket condition formed later, or was it like this when retrieved?"
Mr. Qin quickly explained, "I’ve confirmed, when retrieved, the pockets were intact."
"It was to confirm identity that things were turned out."
Jiang An nodded slightly.
Only to see Mr. Qin come over with a transparent dust-free bag, containing a fake ID, a phone, but no keys.
Mr. Qin added, "These are his personal belongings."
"I’ve cleaned it, photos, documents, and some money, receipts, and the like are there."
Jiang An’s gaze returned to the deceased’s body.
In his eyes, forensic examination and trace evidence inspection are crucial.
Especially for this kind of death case.
Just like the contact principle in physics, any contact will leave traces, especially body surface contact, the traces are numerous.
If trace evidence contacts and transfers occur, it’s most easily reflected on the clothing on the body.
Jiang An fixed his gaze and found the deceased’s belt was securely fastened, clothes and pants fairly neat, overall without damage.
But what secret lies beneath this seemingly normal appearance?
While he focused on observing, Mr. Qin said again, "We contacted the person who discovered the body at the first scene."
"They said the deceased was wearing a silver watch, the hands stopped at 10 o’clock, deduced it likely stopped after falling into the water."
"Since it’s a 12-hour dial, unclear whether it’s 10 at night or 10 in the morning."
Hearing this, Jiang An quickly glanced at the deceased’s left hand.
Sure enough, on the left wrist was a watch with a golden metal strap.
Immediately, he focused on the deceased’s left wrist.
Only to see slight soaking marks and mud residue on the metal strap.
He gently raised the deceased’s left hand, observing carefully.
When he tried to take the deceased’s watch off, intending to return it to the family.
Suddenly, his hand motion sharply paused.
The whole person froze momentarily, eyes fixed on the watch strap.
At this moment, Li Jian noticed something unusual too.
He darted over with urgency, asking nervously, "What? Is there a problem?"
Jiang An turned to look at him, hastily shouted, "Quick, get a plastic evidence bag."
"I found some trace substances on this watch."
