The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 580 - 327: I Suspect You Are Involved in a Criminal Case!
The next morning, Mr. Wang, Mr. Ma, Li Jian, and Jiang An arrived at the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau.
In the cafeteria, everyone showed signs of fatigue from staying up all night.
They quickly grabbed a few bites of breakfast and rushed back to the office.
At 8:15 a.m., the criminal investigation team’s meeting room was packed.
Mr. Wang glanced around at the officers present, cleared his throat, and began to speak: "Gentlemen, today is another day for a tough battle."
"I know many of you were recruited from neighboring cities, thank you for your hard work!"
"This case is now at its most critical moment, like crossing a river to a deeper section."
"If we persevere a little longer and break through this last kilometer, we’ll surely see a major turning point."
Speaking here, he deliberately turned to Jiang An sitting next to him, and nodded slightly.
"The perspective proposed by Deputy Team Leader Jiang An last night, I’ve thought about it many times, is indeed insightful."
"The suspect Li Dong couldn’t have disappeared into thin air. He must exist in a way that we haven’t discovered yet."
The meeting room suddenly became quiet, everyone held their breath listening to Wang’s analysis.
Mr. Wang paused briefly and continued the deployment: "Based on yesterday’s discussion, there are vast areas of freshly dug land around the victim’s house, which is very unusual."
"Today, we need to return to the scene and see if we can discover any clues besides the known traces."
"Particularly investigate who has been frequently turning these lands after the incident? Why do this?"
"Such sudden cultivation behavior without planting any crops must hide an unspeakable purpose."
Upon hearing this, the officers present involuntarily straightened their backs, with a flame of determination burning in their eyes.
At 9:10 a.m., the investigation group’s convoy arrived at Zhao Jian’s residence.
From afar, the originally locked gates were now open—the local police had already made preparations in advance.
Mr. Wang and Mr. Ma walked side by side in front.
As they stepped through the gate, both naturally slowed their pace.
Every blade of grass and tree here reminded Mr. Ma of the bits and pieces of handling the case initially, as though it happened just yesterday.
But now, this case seemed like an insurmountable mountain barring their way.
Especially Mr. Ma, who felt a heart full of self-blame at the thought that his negligence might have let the suspect slip away.
Mr. Wang scanned the overgrown yard, turned, and asked: "Mr. Zhang, where is the dug-up dirt?"
Jiang An immediately stepped forward, pointing to the sides of the yard: "Report, Commander, on both sides of the yard."
He then picked up a ready shovel and led the group to the back of the house.
On the open space behind the house, Jiang An crouched down, continued digging with the shovel, as loose soil fell down.
Mr. Wang watched the ever-deepening pit, furrowing his brows more tightly, before finally raising his hand to signal.
"That’s enough, no need to dig further."
"This depth has already far exceeded normal farming range."
He scanned the surroundings and said heavily: "Just as Mr. Jiang judged, the murderer dug up here with great effort, definitely not for farming, but searching for something important."
Mr. Wang immediately made a decisive order: "Commence a full-scale investigation!"
"Everyone split into four teams and act separately."
"Focus is to check for signs of excavator operations in surrounding areas; such a large-scale soil project is sure to leave visible clues."
"Once we find the excavator’s source, we can trace back."
Upon this command, the officers immediately sprang into action, spreading out like a giant net to the surrounding area.
Finally, only Mr. Wang, Jiang An, Mr. Ma, and Li Jian remained in the yard.
They didn’t idle either but actively participated in the onsite investigation.
Jiang An crouched down, grabbed a handful of soil, and rubbed it at his fingertips.
"Such large excavators on soft ground will leave deep tread marks, some stones may even be directly crushed or ground."
He said while gently sweeping away surface soil with his fingers, revealing clear track marks below.
Then, he thoughtfully raised his head: "I think we can trace these marks; we might find some clues."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Wang promptly nodded in agreement: "Good idea."
"Now, other teams are conducting interviews and investigations, we’ll follow these marks."
He turned and waved to the team members behind him: "Get in the car, we’ll follow these marks slowly."
Soon after, the group drove and slowly moved along the path left by the excavator.
Car wheels rolled over the soft dirt road, raising slight dust.
After driving for about ten minutes, they found the excavator marks suddenly disappearing on the cement road of the highway.
The car slowly stopped, and several people stood on the hard cement road, all displaying disappointment.
Li Jian frustratedly raked his hair: "Now the clues are cut off."
"Such hard cement road can’t leave any traces."
He sighed heavily.
Just then, Jiang An crouched down again, this time almost lying on the ground, gently brushed every inch of the cement road with his fingertips.
"Wait!"
He suddenly shouted, his voice carrying a trace of excitement.
"Look here!"
He pointed at several almost imperceptible indentations on the road surface.
"These local crushing marks go to the right side."
The other three immediately gathered around.
Jiang An continued to analyze: "Look at the spacing and width of these indentations, they match exactly with the size of the excavator’s track."
