National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 217 - 217 209 Catching Dirt

217: Chapter 209: Catching Dirt 217: Chapter 209: Catching Dirt “He wouldn’t dare not to spill the beans!” Hou Lejia’s emotions lingered in the angry stage for quite some time.

The few Longli County criminal police officers by his side immediately turned around, bowed their heads to look for water, and didn’t even try to console him.

Hou Lejia cursed vehemently for a full minute.

It was at this point that Jiang Yuan began to regard Hou Lejia with new respect: he spoke the dialect very well, exceptionally pure.

The rhythm of his cursing was also good, and the curse words were quite unique, never repeated.

If he were in Jiang Village back home, he’d definitely be the makings of a folk song prince.

A level-three master of vulgarity, in Jiang Village, would also be a beloved old fart.

Looking at Hou Lejia’s appearance, his face was a bit old, but for an old fart, that wasn’t a concern, nor was a bit of darkness to his complexion.

But he had a good height, which was advantageous among the elderly population.

However, as high as the level of cursing might be, it was of no use in solving the case.

Perhaps it was precisely because cursing was of no use in cracking cases that such a high level of vulgarity was developed.

Jiang Yuan knew the reason behind Hou Lejia’s anger.

If Li Weibin stubbornly refused to disclose the whereabouts of the little girl Liu Yiyi, it would be very difficult to find her through regular police investigations.

What’s most crucial is that it would be very difficult to find a living Liu Yiyi within the limited time frame.

The biggest fear was that Li Weibin had already killed and disposed of Liu Yiyi; this fear was rather realistic and could explain why Li Weibin was so adamant about not revealing the little girl’s whereabouts.

There was a solution for this kind of situation: tell him that breaking and entering was an aggravating circumstance, as was kidnapping a child.

Tell him he was a dead man, and maybe then he would actually talk.

Because interrogating two cases takes a longer time, some death row inmates delay their execution by grinding out information to the prosecutor’s office.

But if the little girl was still alive, say abandoned on the roadside, or sold off, telling Li Weibin that he was doomed might only trigger a defiant attitude in him.

Back and forth, by the time Li Weibin’s emotions had passed, even if they did ask him for the location later, it would likely be impossible to find her again.

“Does Longli County have any police officers who are especially good at interrogation?” Jiang Yuan asked Wang Zhong in a low voice.

Wang Zhong glanced at Hou Lejia and said, “If they had such a person, would Captain Hou be cursing like this?”

Jiang Yuan understood and couldn’t help but say, “Longli County really doesn’t have anything, huh.”

“Our Ningtai County doesn’t have anything either…

Oh, we have you now, but before, we also just waited for support from higher-ups,” said Wang Zhong very naturally.

“There must be some capable people.”

“Those who are left have their reasons.

Those with opportunities have all left,” Wang Zhong said, and looking at Jiang Yuan, he added, “You know there are fingerprint companies on the market, right?”

“I know.” What they referred to as fingerprint companies were businesses that charged a fee to process fingerprints, accepting outsourced tasks from police departments and operating in different charging models to do fingerprint comparisons.

Regardless of the intermediary structures, these fingerprint companies fundamentally turn fingerprint identification into a commercial service.

In theory, the better they perform and the more, harder fingerprint comparisons they complete, the more money they should earn.

Not to mention the specific models, forensic fingerprint experts within the police system who choose to work for fingerprint companies definitely earn more than their salaries.

Wang Zhong continued, “Even if they’re not chasing the money, those who are skilled prefer to go to big cities.

Isn’t the variance in hot and cold interest during the public service exams in our county towns clear enough?”

“That’s true,” Jiang Yuan nodded and then said, “But I’m from Jiang Village.”

“I’m not,” sighed Wang Zhong.

Jiang Yuan patted Wang Zhong on the shoulder and said, “I’ll introduce you to someone later.”

Wang Zhong suddenly didn’t feel sleepy anymore.

Hou Lejia, having finished his tirade, asked, “How much money did Li Weibin have on him when he was caught?”

“About ten thousand or so.

Should I check?” A subordinate pulled out a phone.

“It makes no difference.

No need to check,” Hou Lejia frowned and muttered, “Ten thousand doesn’t explain much; whether he sold the child or not, it’s possible to have that amount.”

In cases like Li Weibin’s, it was certain he wouldn’t be dealing with end buyers directly.

If he sold the child to traffickers, they would definitely haggle over the price.

Facing someone ruthless, the price could be driven down to ten or twenty thousand yuan.

Therefore, if Li Weibin had a lot of money on him, it could be assumed that he had made a solid profit from selling the child.

But if there was only a little over ten thousand yuan, it could either be his own remaining funds or the proceeds from this particular break-in and robbery.

Among the items the victim lost were a gold bracelet and other jewelry, which if sold off even illicitly, should fetch more than ten thousand yuan.

“Is She handling the interrogation?” Hou Lejia referred to his own deputy captain.

Like Huang Qiangmin, Hou Lejia was not the type of criminal police captain who liked to handle everything personally, but they both used their deputies more like senior investigators.

A subordinate said “Yes,” and proactively went to get an update on the situation.

After a while, this person came back with a serious expression, furrowing his brows.

“What’s wrong?” Hou Lejia asked first.

“He said he sold her.

The child.”

Hou Lejia’s heart tensed up, then relaxed a bit.

It was still better than her being dead, as now they could at least continue searching.

Hou Lejia immediately asked, “Who did he sell her to?

Where was she sold?”

“He wouldn’t talk.”

“Why not?

Sold to a relative?” Hou Lejia immediately denied, “If it was sold to a relative, there’s no need to hide it—it’s already come to this…

Does he have any demands?”

“He doesn’t have demands for us, but from what he implies…

It seems Li Weibin cares more about his reputation.”

Hou Lejia was puzzled, “What reputation?”

“The street…

reputation?

The code of the underworld?” The subordinate was actually just as puzzled; he was only a messenger.

Hou Lejia rolled his eyes.

What kind of absurd idea was that?

But even Hou Lejia knew not to hold too many expectations for a guy who made a living off home burglaries.

Even a person with a sound mind, when facing the death penalty or death, could become very extreme in their thinking.

But, in this day and age, what even is this so-called street reputation?

“Is this how She talked to him?” Hou Lejia felt very uncomfortable.

“Just beating around the bush.” This side felt uncomfortable too.

Jiang Yuan pulled Wang Zhong aside and quietly left the conference room.

“Can’t be of any help?” Wang Zhong looked at Jiang Yuan, who actually had an aura of his own.

In his view, Jiang Yuan was truly capable of accomplishing investigative work that ordinary people couldn’t.

At that moment, however, Jiang Yuan shook his head and then said, “Let’s go check the video instead.”

With Hou Lejia’s domineering personality, staying in the conference room wouldn’t allow him to contribute much.

Of course, if Hou Lejia were willing to delegate authority and let Jiang Yuan take command, he would have some methods to employ, but such a request would be asking too much.

Each captain of the criminal police squad was eager to command everyone; none of them would easily relinquish their power.

The other criminal police officers in Longli County weren’t necessarily inclined to listen to Jiang Yuan either; it would end up being second-hand information anyway.

…

The video office.

Xiao Miao was busy at her desk; upon seeing Jiang Yuan, she immediately showed a smile, “Did you rest well yesterday, Doctor Jiang?”

“Not too bad.

There were just a few people snoring, but everything else was fine.” As a forensic doctor, Jiang Yuan had a very high tolerance for odors.

If one could sleep in an autopsy room, then smelly feet were nothing.

Wang Zhong cleared his throat twice and said, “Good day, Officer Xiao.”

“Hello.” Xiao Miao responded, then looked towards Jiang Yuan, “Do you need the computer, Doctor Jiang?”

“Yes, I want to see Li Weibin’s previous cases,” Jiang Yuan said.

“Then you might as well use mine,” Xiao Miao said, moving aside, then added curiously, “Didn’t they say they caught the guy?”

By that, she meant there was no need to review previous cases.

Others might think that doing image investigation was just like watching a movie, clicking away on the computer, and identifying a few images.

Only those working in video knew that to find evidence for a case, the process was not only cumbersome, but the standards for usable evidence in videos were also quite high.

Jiang Yuan brought up the previous videos and, using his memory, located footage of Li Weibin pushing out a bicycle or electric bike, and then captured images from them.

Next, he still enhanced the images, but this time he focused on the objects.

After processing photo after photo, the computer’s CPU was roaring nonstop.

Xiao Miao was puzzled, “Those photographs of the stolen items, couldn’t you just ask the victims for them?

You should be able to get at least some of them…”

“You have to prove that these were the ones stolen by Li Weibin.

Although simultaneous home burglaries are rare, there’s always a chance, and moreover… what if the victims give over photos haphazardly?” Jiang Yuan waited for the computer to respond while standing with his hands on his hips.

Xiao Miao asked, puzzled, “Why would they give photos haphazardly?

Don’t they want to get their bikes back?”

Wang Zhong, who had a talent in this area, speculated, “Maybe the bike owner bought an 8000-yuan bike, afraid of his wife scolding him, so he reported it as 800.

Now that it’s lost and the police have come knocking, his wife wants him to send over the bike model and photo, he probably doesn’t even dare to send the real picture…”

Xiao Miao then understood.

Jiang Yuan said, “Just to be safe, we need to have everyone check the items against the photos; at least, the photos have to be confirmed first.”

“You’re thinking of getting everyone to look for the person helping Li Weibin dispose of the stolen goods?” Xiao Miao caught on.

Jiang Yuan nodded, “If Li Weibin has sold the little girl, then either this person who helps him fence the goods bought her, or he knows or is acquainted with the buyer.

Anyway, catching him won’t be a mistake.”

“Will you be able to catch him?

They didn’t catch him before…”

Jiang Yuan and Wang Zhong both smiled.

Wang Zhong said, “Before it was a burglary case and they couldn’t catch him.

Now, it’s a homicide case; there’s no such thing as not being able to catch him.

Li Weibin is also going on about street reputation; if this person knows Li Weibin has dragged him into a murder case, he might be so angry he could eat his heart out.”