The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 579 - 326: Will He Ever Live in the Sun?

In an instant, Mr. Ma froze there, the smile on his face instantly solidified.

Recalling what Mr. Wang said when entering the room just now, a wave of regret filled his heart.

Could it be that the murderer really escaped justice back then?

His expression gradually turned from shock to self-blame.

"I was one of the main investigators in this case back then, I didn’t expect because of my negligence..."

Mr. Ma muttered to himself, his voice getting smaller and smaller.

"However!" Jiang An timely interrupted his thoughts, "We currently only suspect this Li Dong of the crime, but whether he is really the culprit, needs further investigation."

"Just now, investigators reported that Li Dong hasn’t returned to his hometown for many years, which is quite suspicious."

"Moreover, based on what we know, this person has a gambling habit and owes a lot of high-interest loans."

Jiang An continued to analyze: "From the motive of the crime, I think this person indeed has a motive to commit the crime."

"And his relationship with the deceased Zhao Jian should be unusual."

"In this situation, could it be they conspired to do something shameful and ended up having a fallout?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Hearing this, Mr. Ma was even more shocked: "This person named Li Dong, is completely missing now?"

Mr. Wang nodded, his expression solemn: "Indeed!"

"A comprehensive data search revealed no trace of him, as if he disappeared into thin air."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ma instantly froze.

As an experienced police detective, he was too aware of what this situation implies.

Years ago, while fighting crime on the front lines, he was not unfamiliar with suspects suddenly disappearing.

Such unanticipated disappearances are definitely problematic.

In modern society, one can hide across traces, but cannot completely erase every sign of life.

Either he’s deliberately avoiding something or he’s already harmed, or perhaps...

Mr. Ma’s voice was a bit shaky: "Could it be...could this person be the real culprit from back then?"

"We’ve been chasing the murderer for so many years, but in fact they’re already..."

Upon seeing this, Mr. Wang raised his hand and gently patted Mr. Ma’s shoulder.

"Mr. Ma, currently we’re only suspecting, don’t blame yourself too much."

"Next, we’ll conduct a detailed search through the national unidentified corpses system to see if there’s anyone matching the features."

"Now...now that’s all we can do."

Mr. Ma nodded heavily, "If we can find someone matching, that would be ideal."

"But, just afraid..."

He hesitated, "Just afraid once we find it’s a corpse, then these two cases truly..."

For this suspect possibly involved in two major cases, if ultimately only his corpse is found, everything would remain speculative.

Even if their reasoning is perfect, evidence chain reasonable, without the suspect’s confession, it’s very difficult to accurately resolve the case.

Thinking to this point, Mr. Ma deeply sighed, several deep wrinkles appearing on his forehead.

"Alas, back then I was too careless."

Mr. Ma self-blamed, "Why didn’t I think of the possibility just mentioned!"

Jiang An stepped forward, speaking gently to console him: "Mr. Ma, solving cases is inherently a process of continuously eliminating incorrect options."

"Now, at least we have a new direction for investigation."

"He’s just one suspect among many, we’ll also investigate thoroughly through other channels to see if there’s possible other suspects."

Mr. Ma took a deep breath, trying to calm his emotions.

"Alright. Then let’s...await the new investigation results together."

Three teams of personnel began their nonstop work, operating like a precise machine at high speed, no one proposing rest, nor daring to close their eyes to sleep.

Until the night of the third day, the last group of investigators returned to the meeting room, exhausted.

However, the news delivered was like a cold shower over everyone’s heads, without any favorable results.

The national database found no missing person matching the features, nor discovered any corpse meeting the conditions.

Like a heavy hammer, instantly freezing Mr. Wang and Mr. Jiang in place, expressions solidified on their faces.

"Impossible!"

Mr. Wang slapped the table, his face turning livid.

"How can a living person just disappear without trace for no reason?"

"Alive must see the person, dead must see the corpse!"

His voice echoed in the meeting room, "Could your search work have missed something?"

"I demand an immediate second search!"

Members of the special case group exchanged weary glances.

These individuals were elite criminal investigators from areas across, each deeply knowing the importance of this task, conducted meticulously to an extreme.

Suddenly, a young investigator with black-framed glasses mustered the courage to speak: "Mr. Wang, we’ve put in two hundred percent effort into this case."

"Whether it’s field investigation or database screening, we’ve conducted at least three rounds of cross-verification."

"According to face recognition system standards, even an 80% match result we would focus on checking, but..."

He helplessly spread his hands, "There truly is no result."

"Is it possible that those already turned into White Bone corpses?"

Mr. Wang asked solemnly, a thread of unwillingness in his voice.

Across a senior officer immediately responded: "We’ve also considered this possibility."

"Carefully sorted through 570 unidentified White Bone corpses nationwide, all conducted DNA comparisons..."

Pausing a moment, his voice reduced, "Still no match results."

The meeting room instantaneously plunged into deathly silence, only hearing the hum of the air conditioner operating.

Each person’s face was filled with confusion and frustration.

"Alive not seeing anyone, dead not seeing the corpse..."

Suddenly, Mr. Ma gently broke the silence, "Mr. Wang, is it possible this person died but hasn’t been discovered yet?"

"If no one reports the case, naturally there’s no match result in the system."

This speculation prompted a low discussion.

Indeed, this possibility existed.

The premise being this Li Dong already died, the body yet remains undiscovered.

At this moment, Jiang An solemnly said: "Mr. Ma, yours is one possibility, but I thought of another more terrifying situation."

"Oh?" Mr. Wang immediately asked, "What situation?"

"Identity change"

Jiang An stated word by word, "He might have already completely abandoned his original identity."

"Even if he changed identity, one’s appearance wouldn’t change, right?"

Jiang An shook his head: "Modern plastic surgery technology can entirely alter a person’s facial features."

"With new identification, he can completely live as another person."

This speculation brought silence again to the meeting room.

"It’s possible, but investigating is too challenging!"

"Investigating Dragon Country’s billions is like finding a needle in a haystack."

......

Even Jiang An himself had to admit, this investigation direction posed immense difficulty.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Jiang An suddenly thought of the original scene’s details.

In front and behind Zhao Jian’s home, those repeatedly plowed land traces flashed in his mind,

Suddenly, a bold idea gradually formed.

"Wait!"

Jiang An abruptly stood up, "I have a new idea!"

"Quickly speak!"

Mr. Wang hastily urged, "Now, any possibility is worth trying!"

"I remember Zhao Jian’s front and backyard both had signs of being plowed. Moreover..."

He squinted his eyes recalling, "Those plowed depths were abnormally deep, seemingly not done in one go, but multiple times."

Zhang Yean and Wan also immediately nodded in agreement: "Indeed! Doesn’t seem done in one go."

"So much money...he wouldn’t trust others to find it?"

"The more someone knows, the more risk there is..."

Finally, Jiang An solemnly said: "Is it possible...this person has lived in the sunlight all this time?"

"Just changed his appearance, no one recognized!"

As soon as the words finished, the air in the meeting room seemed solidified.