The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 578 - 326: Will He Ever Live in the Sun?

After the investigators left, the office plunged into a brief silence.

Mr. Wang said in a deep voice, "It seems this... Li Dong is indeed very suspicious."

Jiang An nodded thoughtfully, "A person disappearing without a trace."

"For years, no news, cutting off even the most basic contact with family."

"There must be an unknown secret behind these abnormal behaviors."

At this point, Mr. Wang’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a smile, "We’ve been in Jiangcheng for less than half a day and have already found such an important clue."

"It means our visit was very timely."

"Haha, the case is finally about to turn a corner."

At this moment, the meeting room door was gently pushed open.

Mr. Ma walked in, travel-worn, and upon hearing Mr. Wang’s hearty laughter, he curiously asked, "Mr. Wang, what has made you so happy?"

"Mr. Ma, you’re just in time!"

Mr. Wang stood up, "Jiangcheng really is a treasure land!"

"I was just discussing with Mr. Jiang; the task force has been working for barely a day and has already made a major breakthrough."

Mr. Ma’s eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "A major breakthrough?"

"What exactly is the situation? Tell me quickly."

Mr. Wang’s expression became serious, and he lowered his voice, "The task force’s members informed us that they discovered Li Dong, who went out to work with Zhao Jian back then, suddenly vanished."

"Li Dong?"

"Mr. Ma, do you remember him?"

Mr. Ma touched his chin, pondering for a moment, "I do have some impression."

"I remember we even investigated him during the case back then."

"What was the outcome of the investigation?"

Mr. Ma replied, "At that time, I remember finding that Li Dong did indeed have close work interactions with the deceased Zhao Jian."

"However, we ruled out his suspicion as a perpetrator back then."

"Why were you so sure?" Mr. Wang pressed on.

"Because we verified that he was out of town at the time of the crime."

After recalling for a moment, Mr. Ma said solemnly, "Then, we retrieved his travel records, which showed he went to a nearby city."

"Also, I remember he even provided a train ticket as proof, so we ruled out his suspicion."

"Train ticket records?"

Mr. Wang and Jiang An exchanged a glance and then Mr. Wang asked.

Mr. Ma suddenly understood, "Yes, yes, I remember it now."

"Back then, the case had a huge impact, and Li Dong’s train ticket records were specially noted."

At this point, Jiang An, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "Mr. Ma, I carefully reviewed the case files and didn’t see the train ticket record?"

"There’s indeed no original in the case files!"

Mr. Ma explained, "We kept the train ticket as an important piece of evidence and stored it separately in the evidence box."

"So that’s how it is." Jiang An’s expression turned serious, and he firmly said, "We should immediately retrieve the evidence from that year and re-verify the authenticity of that train ticket."

"This detail could be the key to solving the case."

"No problem!"

Mr. Ma immediately responded, "The evidence is stored in the special box in the evidence room."

Ten minutes later, the three of them went to the evidence room together.

On-duty Zhang, seeing Mr. Ma coming over personally, felt both nervous and excited, his hand holding the registration book trembling slightly.

"Mr. Ma, may I ask which evidence you’re looking for?"

"We’re looking for all the evidence related to the family massacre case."

Mr. Ma said in a deep voice.

"Alright, please wait a moment."

Zhang immediately turned and walked toward the evidence shelf, carefully checked the numbers, and brought over three boxes labeled with "***** Family Massacre Case."

"This much?"

Mr. Wang looked at it and asked in surprise.

He stepped forward, touched the dust on the boxes; it was clear that no one had touched this evidence for a long time.

In his memory, no case’s evidence had more than two boxes.

Here were three full boxes, each packed to the brim, indicating how meticulous the investigation was back then.

Subsequently, Jiang An, following the regulations for evidence management, put on white cotton gloves and carefully opened the boxes to examine the evidence.

Five minutes later, two yellowed green train tickets came into view.

"Mr. Ma, are these the train tickets you mentioned?"

Jiang An used tweezers to pick up the ticket, carefully examining the date and train number information on it.

Mr. Ma leaned in for a closer look and nodded, "It’s these two."

"I remember these two train tickets were provided to us by Li Dong."

His voice suddenly became somewhat heavy, "I was the one who personally investigated Li Dong."

"When I went to find him, he was working on an assembly line."

"Regarding the death of his countryman, he appeared very sad."

"After all, they were from the same village and had even worked together."

Mr. Ma reminisced about the scene at the time and continued, "I remember asking him if he had any contact with the deceased, and he said he was on a business trip that day."

"And he also produced round-trip train tickets for his trip as evidence."

Seeing these two faded train tickets, Jiang An suddenly said, "Mr. Ma, the train station’s surveillance system wasn’t perfect back then, right?"

"I remember back then, as long as you had a ticket, you could enter the station."

"He bought the train ticket; it doesn’t necessarily mean he actually took that train."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Ma suddenly realized, and his face became serious.

"Right, back then, manual ticket inspection and platform management weren’t strict, unlike today’s facial recognition system."

"Whether he boarded the train or not was indeed hard to confirm."

"Moreover..." he paused, "the ticketing system at that time wasn’t real-name based either..."