Free Web NovelChapter 613: Chapter 613: Newspaper Fragments
After returning to the Criminal Investigation Team from North Mountain Park, Lu Chuan began a detailed examination of the bones.
The first step was to confirm the identity of the bones.
Although, based on the clothing on the bones, it’s basically confirmed that the owner of the bones is Zhang Manyu, who went missing 15 years ago.
But this is just a current hypothesis.
No one can guarantee that after Zhang Manyu went missing, this set of clothes wasn’t worn by someone else, creating a situation of mistaken identity.
Therefore, Lu Chuan needs to extract DNA information from the bones to confirm it from an evidential perspective.
Although 15 years have passed, Zhang Manyu’s parents are still in good health, so collecting DNA samples for comparison isn’t too difficult.
This step is relatively simple.
Old Bai and Yang Sen can handle it.
But the specific result will still take some time.
At the earliest, it will be confirmed by tomorrow morning.
One reason is that the biological information extraction from the bones is time-consuming, and additionally, blood needs to be drawn from Zhang Manyu’s parents.
years ago, it wasn’t common to extract relative DNA for comparisons in missing person cases.
Lu Chuan mainly focused on handling the clothes on the deceased.
And it was this handling that led Lu Chuan to discover a major clue.
In the meeting room, everyone was eagerly watching Lu Chuan.
A major clue? Did he find something?
Could it pinpoint the suspect?
Unfortunately, what Lu Chuan presented didn’t pinpoint any suspect but uncovered another mystery. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
"Everyone, look, this is a fragment of a newspaper that I found in the pocket of the deceased’s outer garment."
Lu Chuan turned on the projector and projected the newly taken photo onto the conference room’s large screen.
Being fragments, it might be due to the long passage of time causing the paper to become weathered and break.
The few fragments pieced together form a vaguely recognizable name.
Xishan Bolida Warehouse.
"This... meaning?"
Someone questioned.
"The location, this location is problematic!"
Lu Chuan explained to everyone: "I just checked, and Xishan Bolida Warehouse was only built 10 years ago."
"Additionally, you can see the torn edges of the newspaper in the deceased’s outer clothing."
The edges are fuzzy and not neat.
Lu Chuan continued to explain: "These fuzzy edges are uneven, with varying degrees of decay. It can basically be confirmed that they were torn from different parts of a single newspaper."
"Furthermore, if buried underground for 15 years, generally any newspaper would have decayed to bits, making it impossible to present any legible text."
"In my experience, these newspaper fragments were buried for no more than two years!"
Hmm?
Everyone present was among the elite case handlers in the Criminal Investigation Team of Haizhou City.
Naturally, they understood the implication of Lu Chuan’s words.
Zhang Hui nearly stood up: "Are you saying... someone placed these newspaper fragments in the deceased’s outer pocket within the last one or two years?"
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Lu Chuan affirmed.
"This morning, when we were excavating at the site, it was confirmed that the soil covering the site wasn’t recently dug."
"However, whether it’s been one year or 10 years since it was last dug, it’s hard to tell."
Concerning Lu Chuan’s judgment on this point, everyone agreed. Once soil is overturned, after going through a cycle of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with rain, snow, and plant growth, there are generally no fresh signs of disturbance.
Sun Jun frowned deeply: "But... why did the other party do this?"
Sun Jun’s question echoed the thoughts of everyone present.
Since the other party knew the burial location of Zhang Manyu’s body, and even dug it up a year or two ago, going so far as to place some newspaper fragments inside.
But why did the other party do this?
Is the other party the culprit?
Most likely not.
Because if the other party was the culprit, there would be no need to do this, let alone make that phone call to Qin Yong today.
After all, if the other party hadn’t made that phone call, Zhang Manyu would still be missing, not deceased.
One can’t say this case will never be discovered in this lifetime, but the hope of discovery would be slim.
So, who exactly is this person?
Are the person who placed fragments in Zhang Manyu’s garment and the one who called Qin Yong the same person or not?
"Captain Qin, right now, with the limited clues we have, we can’t identify the other party’s motive, but the fact that the other party placed these newspaper fragments in the deceased’s outer pocket one or two years ago must have a purpose. I suggest we immediately inspect the Xishan Bolida Warehouse!"
In Lu Chuan’s view, regardless of the other party’s purpose, since the other party left this clue at the burial site, they must want the police to discover something.
"Alright! Let’s go to Xishan Bolida Warehouse first!"
On the road.
Lu Chuan and Qin Yong were in the same car.
"Lu, what do you think about this case?"
Just in the meeting room, although Lu Chuan provided an important clue, he didn’t mention his view on the case.
Given Lu Chuan’s performance over the past two years, Qin Yong increasingly values Lu’s suggestions.
Besides often providing key clues from on-site investigations, Lu’s views on case-solving are often quite insightful.
Moreover, this clue was discovered by Lu Chuan himself.
"Captain Qin, I’m decent at crime scene investigations, but deduction isn’t my forte."
"Haha, you kid, it’s alright, speak freely. I can’t scapegoat you, can I?"
Qin Yong naturally understood Lu’s implication.
Though Lu Chuan’s statement was simple, it’s crucial during case-solving.
For example, not every detective gives opinions and suggestions during case analysis meetings.
Because once an opinion or suggestion is raised, it must be backed up and may even require accountability.
The first time Lu Chuan attended a meeting for Liu Guodong, Liu explicitly told him that he could freely discuss anything about crime scene investigation.
Because Lu is a professional in that field.
But case-solving deduction isn’t his strength.
If problems arise, no one can bear the consequences.
"Alright, since Captain Qin let me speak, I’ll share some of my immature views, but please don’t take it seriously."
"Haha, alright, I won’t take it seriously, go ahead."
Lu nodded, thought for a moment, and organized his thoughts: "First, the direction for solving the case, I think as Group Leader Sun said, should focus on tracing the person who called you."
This point...
Qin Yong, of course, knew this.
But knowing it didn’t mean he had a way to do it now.
The Criminal Investigation Team has its network security police, but their skills are average.
Qin Yong has already asked the city’s technical center to investigate.
But, so far, no useful information has been returned.
The city bureau’s opinion is that the other party is a hacker expert, using various methods to conceal their real information.
This results in...
This lead is likely to be of little practical use.
"Continue."
