The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 556 - 315: Awaiting Good News!

After a moment of silence, Jiang An said in a deep voice, "From the condition of the skin damage, there is still a significant discrepancy in their times of death."

"Exactly!"

Zhang Yean lowered her head, pondering for a moment, and said, "I remember the coroner’s autopsy report also pointed out that the female victim died later."

Jiang An nodded, "The order of death times also aligns perfectly with what they’re wearing."

"What do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Wan suddenly asked.

"Brother Wan, the male victim, Zhao Jian, was dressed quite neatly and wore black sneakers."

"However, the female victim, Wang Xue, was wearing pajamas; crucially, she wasn’t even wearing shoes."

Suddenly, Wan said in a deep voice, "Indeed! When you put it like this, there’s a significant difference."

"Could it be that when the crime happened, the male victim, Zhao Jian, hadn’t gone to bed yet?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Zhang Yean said, "The possibility of that is low."

"I remember the coroner’s autopsy report indicated the time of death was likely around 2 AM."

"Life in rural areas is pretty dull at night; they probably went to bed early."

Wan nodded, "Exactly!"

Immediately, both of them simultaneously looked at Jiang An.

After a moment of thought, Jiang An said, "I think the original scenario was as follows: The first person to encounter the murderer was the male victim, Zhao Jian, and there was a struggle between them."

"The female victim, Wang Xue, only came out after hearing the noise."

Saying this, Jiang An turned and entered the adjacent bedroom.

Standing at the doorway, one could smell the strong mustiness permeating the bedroom.

After careful observation, Jiang An looked down for a while and analyzed, "This area has no bloodstains, indicating the murderer was never here; this wasn’t the primary crime scene."

"The female victim, Wang Xue, was likely resting and only came out from the bedroom after hearing the noise!"

After listening to Jiang An’s analysis, Zhang Yean nodded gently, indicating agreement.

"It indeed fits the logic."

Two minutes later, Jiang An returned to the living room, staring at the dark brown stains on the floor.

Jiang An pointed at the stains and said, "The bloodstains here, though small, are extremely dense, showing a typical map-like distribution."

"I suspect the female victim, Wang Xue, suffered multiple skin lacerations at this spot."

Then, the three of them squatted down to closely examine and found the marks on the floor were petal-shaped, densely distributed.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yean couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Wang Xue appeared to have endured a long period of skin laceration here."

Jiang An nodded, "Exactly!"

"Actually, I feel that the small, repeated lacerations by the murderer weren’t just to torture but more to coerce."

"Assuming the killer was male, but the female only bore knife wounds without signs of sexual assault, this suggests the murderer had other motives."

Thinking of this, Jiang An said, "I think a more thorough search of the crime scene is needed, especially to check for signs of objects being rearranged."

Fang Yan and Wan immediately responded, "Let’s act together."

Shortly, the three of them set into action, first checking the rooms on the ground floor with no signs of anything being moved in the cabinets and drawers.

Then, the three continued to the second floor.

The second floor primarily consisted of three small bedrooms, one being a storage room.

Half an hour later, the three of them still found nothing suspicious.

An hour later, they remained empty-handed.

Standing in the corridor on the second floor, Jiang An looked around, with a lush view of the fields catching his eye.

Jiang An couldn’t help but ask, "There’s clearly lots of wooded areas around here; why is there farmland too?"

"It’s quite normal!" Wan explained, "Some people open small plots on the hills to grow crops."

"I remember my grandmother’s house had such a habit when I was a child."

Jiang An nodded, his gaze slowly sweeping the surroundings, observing for a long time.

Finally, he frowned slightly and softly said, "Let’s go."

Back on the ground floor, Zhang Yean couldn’t help but question, "Since there’s no sign of anything being moved indoors, does this mean the killer wasn’t seeking something?"

Jiang An was clearly quite firm in his opinion, shaking his head.

"No signs of things being moved don’t mean there wasn’t a search for an item."

However, Zhang Yean softly said, "Junior, based on the logical reasoning of criminal investigation, to complete the evidence chain from A to B to C, one usually needs to find signs of objects being moved as corroboration."

"If even the basic signs of movement are absent, how can we deduce that the murderer was searching for something?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Jiang An couldn’t help but show a wry smile.

After organizing his thoughts slightly, he carefully stated, "Strictly speaking, that’s true, but there are also special circumstances..."

"What kind of special circumstances?"

Zhang Yean immediately inquired.

"For instance, if the target object was particularly large."

"One could instantly tell it couldn’t be hidden in certain places, and the killer naturally wouldn’t bother searching those areas."

Hearing this explanation, Zhang Yean’s eyes lit up.

"You mean that if the target object has very distinct characteristics."

"Making it evident it couldn’t be hidden in certain places, the murderer would selectively ignore those spots?"

Jiang An nodded approvingly.

"That’s exactly it."

"To give a simple example, if the murderer were looking for a motorcycle."

"Though there are wardrobes, beds, and other furniture on-site, everyone knows these places can’t conceal a motorcycle, so naturally, they wouldn’t bother moving this furniture."

"This line of thinking is indeed very valuable." Wan also smiled.

As they spoke, the three walked outside.