The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 563 - 318: Inside Job? Outside Job? (Part 2)
Immediately, his gaze darkened, and he asked, "What old case is that?"
"It’s that case where a whole family was wiped out."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Ma furrowed his brow.
"That case is very tricky; do they want to reboot the investigation?"
Li Jian replied, "Jiang An is now the deputy captain of the criminal investigation team, and he wants to give it a try."
"Alright, trying might be good!"
"Don’t be too pressured, that case is indeed very complex."
"It’s like a perfect crime!"
Then, he sighed, "Many people have gone gray and worn out over this case."
"In the end, some retired without solving it."
He finished speaking and turned to walk out of the criminal investigation team’s office.
Soon, Jiang An’s phone started ringing!
"Hello, Mr. Li!"
"Are you back?"
"Still here!"
"A friend of Mr. Ma’s home was burgled, the scene is at West Mountain Villa, please go investigate."
Jiang An quickly said, "Okay, Mr. Li."
"We’ll head over immediately, please send us the location."
Ten minutes later, the police car arrived at the West Mountain villa area.
Following the location sent by Li Jian, they arrived at Block 1, Unit 2, Number 1.
As soon as Jiang An, Zhang Yean, and Wan got out of the car, they saw a gray-haired middle-aged man pacing back and forth in the yard.
Jiang An raised his hand and gently knocked on the door.
"Hello, we are the scene investigation team from the city bureau."
The middle-aged man seemed to have been waiting for a long time and quickly approached.
"Three officers, thank you for your hard work!"
Jiang An asked, "What exactly happened?"
The middle-aged man rubbed his hands, "This morning, I came home and found the house had been burgled."
"We’ve been on a business trip for the past couple of days."
"Today we returned and found that the valuables inside were missing."
"What valuables?"
"Gold and silver jewelry, as well as collectible paintings, totaling over a million."
Upon hearing this, Wan and Zhang Yan exchanged glances, thinking, "Indeed, a wealthy family."
Jiang An listened and frowned slightly, looked around, and noticed there were some surveillance cameras surrounding the villa area.
He raised his head and pointed at the cameras, "Did you check them?"
"We did, no suspicious individuals were found."
Jiang An nodded and said, "Then follow the normal scene investigation procedures."
After speaking, he put on gloves and shoe covers, indicating Zhang Yean to take photos to secure the site’s status, while Wan was responsible for extracting potential traces.
Indeed, it was a villa area; upon entering, the smell of solid wood greeted them.
Wan was sorting tools while taking notes on a notebook.
He muttered to himself, "This family is truly wealthy, even the furniture is so high-end."
Jiang An turned and asked, "May I ask where your jewelry is?"
Soon, the man led them into the bedroom, pointing to the bedroom wardrobe.
Then, he also led them into the study.
However, after Jiang An took a look, his facial expression suddenly relaxed.
"Besides you and your wife, are there others in your family?"
"My son occasionally comes to stay."
"Where is he now?"
"Studying at Jiangcheng Technical College."
"How are his grades?"
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "He studies at this vocational school; you can imagine how poor his grades are."
He sighed, "At least he’s still attending school."
"Did your son come back during your business trip?"
"No, he was staying at school the whole time."
Upon hearing this, Jiang An nodded.
At this moment, the middle-aged man said urgently, "You must find some clues and see if you can discover the thief."
"Gold and silver jewelry can be bought, but the paintings I collected can’t be replaced."
"Please, I am a good friend of Mr. Ma!"
Upon hearing "Mr. Ma," Wan raised his eyebrows.
Wan said, "No matter who you are, we will do our utmost."
"This is our principle and bottom line."
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly.
At that moment, Jiang An suddenly said, "I think we can leave."
"Leave?"
"What do you mean?"
"You haven’t even thoroughly investigated the scene yet want to leave?"
In an instant, the man’s temper flared.
"I specifically told Mr. Ma to send the best and brightest, but your attitude is too irresponsible!"
Speaking, he raised his wristwatch to check the time.
"You are leaving in under twenty minutes?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yean and Wan were equally surprised.
This was unlike Jiang An’s way of doing things!
If this matter reached Mr. Ma, wouldn’t that be a disaster?
While the three were looking at him in astonishment, Jiang An glanced around and said solemnly, "It’s not that we don’t want to proceed with further investigation."
"It’s just, neither room shows any sign of an outsider entering."
He deliberately emphasized the word "outsider."
"Outsider? What do you mean?"
"Our family only consists of the three of us."
"My wife and I were on a business trip; my son was at vocational college, so he couldn’t have come back."
"Moreover, we wouldn’t steal our own things and call the police."
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang An waved his hand, "Please follow me."
Then, the four of them went back inside.
Jiang An opened the wardrobe and pointed, "Look at this wardrobe."
"Your gold and silver jewelry was placed in a hidden compartment beside the safe."
"The safe showed no signs of tampering, but the hidden compartment behind it was empty."
"This indicates the thief was very focused, as there are no sliding marks on the surrounding wardrobe."
"If an outsider were involved, how would they know to hide the jewelry so discreetly?"
The middle-aged man seemed to lose his earlier vigor.
Although he wasn’t a professional, he knew the basics.
Originally, his wife hid the jewelry in the hidden compartment beside the safe to prevent thieves from breaking into it.
Unexpectedly, the safe remained intact, but the contents of the dark compartment disappeared.
Next, Jiang An continued, "Let’s talk about your paintings."
The four of them entered the study, which was adorned with many paintings.
"You mentioned earlier that the most valuable ones are those two; may I ask, among the forty-plus paintings here, why didn’t the thief choose others?"
"Of course, it’s possible the thief is an expert in paintings."
"But isn’t this purpose too targeted?"
"And I noticed that the other thirty-some paintings haven’t been moved."
Suddenly, the middle-aged man was stunned.
If one coincidence can be explained away, two cannot.
After a long time, he said softly, "Could it really be that little brat?"
Jiang An gently nodded, "If this matter is handled by us, we’d certainly follow standard procedures."
"But considering it’s a family matter, maybe you should talk to your son properly?"
"There’s a chance those paintings haven’t been dealt with yet."
In the room, silence lingered for a while, then the middle-aged man immediately picked up the phone and dialed his son’s number.
"Hello, where are you?"
"Dad, I’m in class at school."
"Class? Tell me, did you take the paintings and jewelry from home?"
"I... I didn’t take them."
"You’re lying!"
"Isn’t the money I give you enough for your living expenses?"
"Dad, I really didn’t take them."
"Believe me, I’ve been at school these past few days."
"At school?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man was instantly enraged.
He knew his child well.
The hesitant tone of his son on the phone made him sure the boy was lying.
After hanging up, he smiled bitterly at Jiang An, "Officer, my apologies for the embarrassment earlier."
As he spoke, his gaze fell upon Jiang An.
"Officer, you truly are a detective!"
"Just one look around and you identified it as internal theft in our family."
He smiled and said, "Mr. Ma certainly recommended the best colleague."
