The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 452 - 263: Jiang An’s Meticulous Deduction
Next, the three directors each held a flashlight in their hands and began to investigate the scene.
Mr. Zhang, Mr. Ma, and Li Jian stood still in place, with the entire process of investigating the case from back then flashing through their minds.
The years have passed, but the memory remains vivid.
Jiang An, Wan, and Zhang Yean formed a group.
Jiang An held a flashlight, observing carefully.
Based on the content he heard in the conference room, he had already considered several issues that needed exploration and verification.
Firstly, it’s the issue of bloodstains.
He immediately turned around with the flashlight and headed to the corner with the air conditioner.
Although the bloodstains after ten years had changed from red to dark brown,
they were still clearly distinguishable.
When the light hit the blotchy bloodstains, Zhang Yean stepped forward.
"Junior, is this the bloodstain you mentioned in the meeting?"
Jiang An nodded, then turned around, seeing the chair behind him.
Visual estimation showed the swivel chair was about two meters away from this position.
"If the suspect used a knife to slash Yang Xiu sitting on the chair."
"Then it’s very likely that a bloodstain was brought out in the instant of swinging the knife."
"After all, when the blood vessels in the neck are cut open, many bloodstains would inevitably adhere to the blade."
At that moment, Wan said, "If according to your analysis, the bloodstain was swung from that place, then this person must be quite strong."
While speaking, he raised his right hand, standing behind the chair, and made a throat-slashing motion.
Jiang An nodded, then his mind flashed with memories of the autopsy.
Then he turned his head and asked, "Senior sister, I remember during your PPT presentation, was the depth of the cut on the victim’s neck very deep?"
Zhang Yean nodded, "Yes."
"At the time, I was also very puzzled."
"According to the forensic inference, the murder weapon should be a dagger similar to a fruit knife."
After a moment of contemplation, Jiang An said, "But I see the depth of the cut on the victim’s neck is very deep, similar to a chopping wound."
Suddenly, a question flashed in Jiang An’s mind.
No way!
If it’s a slicing wound, why does it resemble the depth of a chopping wound?
To Jiang An, based on forensic tool analysis, if a fruit knife is used to cut something and an axe to chop something.
The results would be completely different.
Jiang An clearly remembers that the victim’s right neck wound was merely a single cut.
The perpetrator did not repeatedly slice.
In other words, if it’s only a dagger cut, then the man must be very strong.
At this point, Jiang An murmured to himself, "A regular person using a fruit knife to cut a neck probably wouldn’t make such noticeable cut marks."
At this moment, Li Jian nodded and furrowed his brow slightly.
"Exactly."
"This is also something our task force finds extremely anomalous."
"Honestly, in our work, this is not the first time we’ve encountered deaths due to neck cuts."
"Even if some people use a cleaver for cuts, the neck usually ends with the trachea cut open."
"But with this victim’s neck, we see the perpetrator not only cut open the skin, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, trachea, esophagus, but even the cervical vertebra behind the throat, which is extremely unusual."
"The key is that the perpetrator only used one cut."
Upon hearing this, Jiang An already identified an important trait of the suspect.
Immediately, he nonchalantly turned to the swivel chair.
Similar to a regular salon, this swivel chair was also a leather seat.
Looking around, there were still traces of dark brown liquid on the leather seat’s surface.
Clearly, these were marks formed after the bleeding dried initially.
In front of this swivel chair was a mirror, with two small drawers beneath it.
Then, Jiang An took out gloves from his pocket and put them on.
He reached out and opened a drawer, discovering inside were still some regular tools used for hairdressing back then.
However, among these tools, no hair was seen.
It’s conceivable that although this place was a salon back then, it wasn’t used for hairdressing.
Suddenly, he saw some dark brown substance resembling bloodstain on the stainless-steel pliers?
Immediately, he turned around and asked, "Mr. Li, during the scene investigation, did you notice whether this drawer was open or closed?"
Li Jian recalled briefly.
With a determined look, he said, "It was closed."
"I remember very clearly."
"Currently, what we’re seeing is the state we restored."
At this time, Zhang Yean also chimed in, "Junior, I remember clearly."
"Regarding the original photos, I’ve seen them many times, and indeed they were closed."
"Closed state?"
"That shouldn’t be right!"
Jiang An muttered to himself, eyes fixed on the drawer’s interior.
"What do you mean?"
Instantly, everyone gathered around, looking curious.
Jiang An said, "Because I see some bloodstains inside the drawer."
"Bloodstains?"
"Where?"
Li Jian exclaimed, eyes concentrating on the drawer.
Then, Jiang An took out one of the stainless-steel scissors.
"Look, there are slight marks on the handle part of these scissors."
"And, these marks should be what bloodstains look like after a long time oxidizing."
"Judging by the formation time, they seem consistent with the timing of other bloodstains."
"Critically, based on the analysis of bloodstain shape, this blood formed very quickly, with long streaks."
Mr. Ma, Mr. Zhang, and Li Jian nodded after seeing this.
Though the three were not blood pattern analysis experts, based on Jiang An’s analysis, they quickly understood.
After a while, Jiang An continued, "If during the scene investigation this drawer was closed."
"Then, I wonder whether during the crime it was opened."
"But, in the moment the victim got injured and stood up, could the drawer have been closed because of hip rubbing?"
"Hip rubbing?"
Wan asked curiously.
Immediately, Jiang An opened the drawer and walked before the seat, making a standing-up gesture.
In the moment he stood up, his hip happened to brush against the drawer.
Upon seeing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
It’s quite coincidental!
But very convincing.
Suddenly, Jiang An looked back at the drawer, a new idea emerging in his mind.
"Senior sister, could you hand me the flashlight?"
"Here!"
Jiang An took the strong flashlight, shining it at the drawer handle.
The lower-end wooden furniture was already showing obvious gaps.
Suddenly, he bent down and paused.
"What’s the situation?"
Mr. Ma immediately bent down, excitedly asking.
Jiang An turned his head and answered, "Clumpy fibers."
His mind recalled the twisting motion earlier, the spot his hip touched being where the fibers were attached. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
After a while, Jiang An said, "I remember the victim’s lower clothes were a black material."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Ma and Mr. Zhang both nodded.
Li Jian couldn’t help but be amazed, even a bit regretful.
He hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Ma, I’m sorry, back then our scene investigation wasn’t careful enough."
"We didn’t notice the situation in this drawer."
Mr. Ma shook his head, "It’s okay."
"Perhaps everyone saw the drawer was closed and didn’t pay attention."
"But now, it seems we must conduct scene investigations meticulously, and even more meticulously."
Then, Mr. Zhang thought for a while and said, "Now it seems we can almost confirm the killer murdered Yang Xiu while Yang Xiu was indeed seated on this stool."
