National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 215 - 215 207 Conquering the World

215: Chapter 207 Conquering the World 215: Chapter 207 Conquering the World “Xiao Miao, find a good computer for Jiang Yuan,” Hou Lejia said in a good mood.

With the clue of a keystroke, it’s like finding the end of a tangled ball of yarn.

While it’s not certain that the knot can be untangled, the difficulty is greatly reduced and the morale of the person in charge of detangling is gradually stabilized.

Xiao Miao is a female officer, dressed neatly in her uniform, with big and lively eyes, indicating her youth.

After a few more years in Image Investigation, she’ll probably need glasses.

Xiao Miao crisply responded and then looked up at Jiang Yuan with a smile, “Doctor Jiang, you can use my computer.”

“Okay, thank you…

And could you send me a copy of the image from that computer?” Jiang Yuan sat down and started gathering the necessary software.

In the meantime, the other two image technicians from Longli County were also working hard.

They found several videos, all showing the same suspect in various stages: entering the crime scene, returning with stolen goods, and most of the time, he was seen binding the stolen items with a rope he carried and leaving with them.

Hou Lejia watched with some amazement, remarking, “When I first became a cop, there were quite a few burglaries, and people stealing loads of stuff like this.

And now it’s come around again?”

Xiao Miao, curious, asked, “Back then, were clothes really valuable, could you sell them for a lot?”

“Back then…

back then was just the 2000s!” Hou Lejia said irritably, turning to Xiao Miao, “How old do you think I am?”

Xiao Miao shrank her neck a little, whispering, “I was born in the year 2000.”

Hou Lejia did some quick math and fell silent.

Xiao Miao glanced at Jiang Yuan again and whispered, “When Doctor Jiang was born, Captain Hou, you must have already been working.”

Hou Lejia, scratching his head in annoyance, replied, “Back in our day, being young at work was a matter of pride.”

“I know, my mom said that back then, to buy clothes you had to go to Changyang City, there were no railways or highways, so you could only take the bus.

People also rode bicycles to work…

This suspect must be quite old too, hence his preference for stealing bicycles and large items,” Xiao Miao tried to analyze the suspect.

Hou Lejia’s eyes were turning red.

He’d always felt he was in his prime; little did he expect to be so annoyed by the young people who joined the force.

A senior image technician beside him tried to bail out the captain by coughing twice and saying, “The suspect likes to steal bicycles and big items mainly because there’s too little cash, and probably because he has channels to fence the goods.

As long as it’s convertible to cash, bicycles are quite expensive nowadays, and so are electronic products.

I saw that several households had their computers, the graphics cards were taken out, and headphones were missing.

Considering his methods, he must not be that old…”

Hou Lejia nodded, adding, “We need to investigate the disposal channels, get Lu to follow up on that.”

Turning back, Hou Lejia asked Jiang Yuan, “Doctor Jiang, what do you think?”

After a day of working together, Hou Lejia, though not used to it, had to admit that technicians of Jiang Yuan’s caliber really had something special.

His conclusions were more reliable than many other technicians from the city bureau.

Jiang Yuan was still focused on the computer screen as he casually said, “Based on the footprints, the suspect appears to be about 35 years old, 175 cm tall, weighing around 150 pounds, and seems to be quite strong…”

Guesswork is guesswork, but with Jiang Yuan’s accuracy, Hou Lejia was a bit uncomfortable again.

Doctor Ye, who was beside them, vouched for Jiang Yuan, “Doctor Jiang is one of the best at analyzing footprints in the province.”

Hou Lejia recalled for a moment, then accepted the reasoning, nodding again, “In that case, the scope is very narrow.

Let me think, if this guy has served time, we should inquire in the prison system; there might be some leads…”

At that moment, the mainframe Jiang Yuan was using started to roar.

Everyone’s gaze inevitably turned to Jiang Yuan.

“Just a moment; it will be rendered shortly,” Jiang Yuan said as he stood up.

Now, all depended on the computer to do its thing; even the mouse cursor was lagging.

The temperamental mainframe roared for quite some time.

Finally, a photo was displayed.

It was a bit blurry, being from a night surveillance video, but thankfully the pixel quantity was sufficient.

Jiang Yuan did some processing, and now one could clearly make out the suspect’s appearance with the naked eye.

The photo was good enough for a wanted poster.

If Jiang Yuan were to put in more effort, he could probably make it even clearer.

However, time was precious, and for a fugitive, it’s hit and run.

Having killed someone, who knows where he could have run off to.

The sooner they could confirm his identity, the better.

Jiang Yuan hit the print button and saved the photo.

The printer clattered as it churned out the black and white photo.

No one knew how old the inkjet printer was, the A4 paper it produced was wet and soggy.

Xiao Miao took the initiative to fetch the photo, asking cluelessly, “Who’s this?”

“The suspect,” Jiang Yuan replied.

Several detectives huddled together in low discussion couldn’t help but look over.

Jiang Yuan didn’t keep them in suspense and simply said, “This is a picture of the suspect that I enhanced from the images taken a week ago…”

Jiang Yuan pulled up the original photo on the computer screen.

After all, it wasn’t his own team, so Jiang Yuan explained it in more detail.

A few people looked at the black surveillance image on the computer screen, then at the photo Jiang Yuan had just printed out, their expressions somewhat unclear.

Hou Le looked toward his team’s senior imaging analyst.

The image technician from Longli County was almost on par with the ones from the neighboring Ningtai County.

When it came to image enhancement technology, he knew a bit, but not extensively.

The imaging technician was hesitantly trying to figure out what to say.

Xiao Miao stood by, feeling empathetic.

Initially, when Jiang Yuan said he was going to do bloodstain analysis, they didn’t speak up because they were not crime scene investigators; later, when Jiang Yuan changed the direction of the criminal investigation, they didn’t say anything because they were not the leaders; finally, when Jiang Yuan again mentioned looking for a computer, no one stood up to speak for him anymore…

“Let’s start by distributing this photo to everyone to see if they recognize anyone,” Hou Le decisively pulled the case back on track.

Xiao Miao came over, printed out a few more photos, and also sent the digital version to the work group.

Hou Le thought for a moment, then sent the photo to multiple people as well, as an inquiry.

Turning back, Hou Le watched as Jiang Yuan began to ponder deeply.

This guy was taking on everything today.

Although he desperately wanted to control the direction of the criminal investigation, in the end, all the tasks that pointed to the direction, were done by Jiang Yuan.

Only the last part remained, real-life face recognition, seemingly involving themselves.

Hou Le felt slightly uncomfortable, inhaled quietly to himself, and said, “Everyone should find a place to rest for the night.

Once we determine the suspect, we’ll probably get busy again.”

Real-life face recognition wouldn’t get results so quickly unless they recognized someone themselves; otherwise, it had to be circulated among some friends to ask around, and the results might not come out even over a whole night…

Hou Le thought so and began to feel somewhat impatient.

An obvious fact that no one particularly brought up today was the condition of the two-and-a-half-year-old little girl who had been abducted by the murderer.

If one assumes the suspect is not an extremely vile pervert—as his previous criminal behavior would suggest, he is not.

Then, the primary purpose of abducting the little girl might well have been for human trafficking.

A burglar who breaks into homes metamorphosing into a human trafficker was not particularly novel news.

There might be a wall separating criminals from ordinary people, but in the criminals’ world, their market is open.

The dealers of ecstasy, traffickers, thieves, and those involved in receiving stolen goods, do not have barriers between them.

Especially for this suspect, who often stole high-value items for profit, it meant that he had a smooth sales network.

Abducting the child—perhaps because he had committed a murder and was preparing to flee—was an attempt to sell her quickly to raise money for his escape.

This made solving the case swiftly extremely important.

Once the child left the suspect’s hands and entered some human trafficking network, finding her would become another complicated and time-consuming case.

As anxious as he was, Hou Le was still kind and pleasant to his subordinates, allowing them to find places to sleep.

In the midst of chaos, another phone call came in.

“This person is called Li Weibin, from Pingjiang… I’ve arrested him twice…” the person on the other end of the phone rapidly provided Hou Le with the information he needed.

Every criminal investigator knew that at this time, the person on the line must be very busy.

Hou Le quickly thanked him.

Without being told, his subordinates also started to busily work.

With the repeat offender’s name known, his fingerprints, ID number, and various other personal information were also known.

This included his mobile phone, WeChat, QQ, and various social media and gaming accounts that require real-name verification.

They handed this information over to the network security brigade while requesting assistance from the technical investigation team.

Even if the repeat offender had used someone else’s mobile number, someone else’s ID card, or bank card, there was still a good chance of finding the real person.

In fact, over the years, to combat the increasingly rampant telecommunications fraud, the task of “finding people” has been highly specialized.

At least more than half of the technical funds invested by ministries and commissions were related to this area.

Internet giants like Penguin and Fox also made numerous changes.

Nowadays, cyber fraud organizations have moved abroad because they could no longer stay in the country.

Unless Li Weibin ran off to hide in the mountains under a new identity, being found was just a matter of time.

Jiang Yuan let out a sigh of relief and only then felt waves of fatigue sweeping over him, causing him to yawn uncontrollably.

Xiao Miao noticed this and quietly handed him a key, whispering, “If you’re tired, go to the dorm and get some sleep.”