Serious Crime Unit 1

Chapter 558 The Death of the Treasure Hunter (4)
Jiang Yiming surveyed the exposed soil, because the exposed soil is the best attachment for footprints, so it is the fastest to survey it.

The two of them investigated pieces of exposed land. In order not to miss every inch of the land, they took out their magnifying glasses to investigate. However, after they inspected 40 pieces of land within 12 meters, they found nothing and could only expand outward.

When they came to the 13th piece of land, they could see with the naked eye that there were traces of people stepping on the light yellow land.They suddenly became excited and quickly squatted down to observe. It was a piece of low-lying, moist land. As a result, they saw three clear footprints.

These three footprints had no shoe prints and belonged to men. Obviously, their owners walked across this land wearing shoe covers.The footprints walk from west to east, and are nearly 10 meters away from the mountain road on the right. Why did its owner choose a path overgrown with grass instead of a mountain road?

Jiang Yiming took out a steel ruler and measured the footprints. They found that they were made by size 42 shoes. One of the footprints sank nearly 5 mm into the wet mud. Jiang Yiming asked Zhou Ting to take a photo of the footprints, and then shouted loudly to the front: "Old Wu , come and take a look, we found fresh footprints——"

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Wu Jiang's voice came along the south wind. After a while, Wu Jiang came to Jiang Yiming's eyes. Because Jiang Yiming didn't study the footprints as well as Wu Jiang, he had to call Wu Jiang to observe.

After reading the footprints, Wu Jiang said: "This is a fresh footprint. It was left no more than 24 hours ago. Therefore, it should be left by the suspect."

"Angkor, how can you be so sure that it was left within 24 hours?" Zhou Ting found it incredible.

"Zhou Ting, do you remember that there was a heavy rain in our city at noon yesterday?" Wu Jiang asked.

"I remember, but what does this have to do with rain?"

"Of course it does matter, because there is no floating mud on these three footprints. If the footprints were left before the rain, there must be floating mud on them, so I concluded that they were left within 24 hours. His shoes were size 42, and the man’s height was the same as the murderer’s, so these three footprints should have been left by the murderer.”

"Brother Angkor, you are so amazing, why didn't I think of this?"

"Take your time, time will give you everything." Wu Jiang smiled and encouraged Zhou Ting, "Captain Jiang, the murderer should have left footprints while following the deceased, because the deceased fell on the ground with his head facing east and feet facing west. So, It can be inferred from this that the murderer followed the deceased to the scene 80 meters away and killed him."

"Your speculation makes sense, but I have two questions: First, the deceased should have come to Minghuang Valley to do bad things, otherwise he would not have come in the middle of the night. Therefore, the deceased will definitely be wary of being followed, and the murderer walked through the grass and When there are thorns, they will definitely make a sound, but why didn't the deceased hear it?" Jiang Yiming asked.

"Captain Jiang, have you forgotten that the strong wind of level 6 started blowing in our city yesterday afternoon? It didn't stop until this morning. Therefore, all the deceased heard was the sound of wind and grass. It is impossible to suspect that someone is following me. In addition, I It is suspected that the deceased may have dug up some treasure, and because he was too excited and excited, he ignored the danger."

"Okay, then, here comes the second question. Yesterday was the fourth day of the lunar calendar. There was a first quarter moon at night, but it went down the mountain before 8 o'clock. It is impossible to walk without moonlight. The murderer should have brought a flashlight, right? And the deceased must have I saw the light of the murderer's flashlight..."

"Captain Jiang, you forgot that there are night vision glasses in the world."

"Oh, you didn't say, I really didn't think of this." Jiang Yiming said, patting his head.

"Because as soon as a case occurs, you are under pressure. You only think about how to solve the case, and you can't think so thoughtfully." Wu Jiang smiled relaxedly at Jiang Yiming, hoping to infect him with his smile.

Jiang Yiming and Zhou Ting continued to investigate along the direction of the central site. From time to time, they saw the suspect's footprints, which disappeared only when they extended to 20 meters from the site, because those 20 meters were all covered with thick grass.

They passed through the central site and continued to search for the suspect's footprints from west to east. As a result, they saw another footprint on the exposed land 100 meters away. They followed the trail until they reached the road under the Baishui Falls, and then stopped looking because there were countless people on the road. There is no point in searching for his footprints and tire marks.

It was already 1 pm when they returned to the scene, and they had worked for four and a half hours.Wu Jiang and Luo Jin said that all investigations have been completed.Jiang Yiming told everyone to stop the team because Jiang Yiming had called the body collector two hours ago.Now.After they wrapped the body, they carried it on a stretcher to the road under Baishui Falls and pushed the body into the carriage.

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"The deceased was 180 centimeters tall and weighed 80 kilograms. His heart was stabbed with a sharp instrument, causing hemorrhagic shock and death. The time of death was between 2017 and 5 a.m. on May 30, 1. The sharp instrument was inserted 2 centimeters into the body of the deceased. The wound was 14 centimeters wide, and the murderer’s killing movements were fast, accurate, and ruthless, and he might have a criminal record,” Luo Jin said.

After the autopsy report comes out, the team members will sit in a small conference room for a case analysis meeting.

"After simulation analysis, the murderer's height is between 176 and 180 centimeters. According to the analysis of the footprints left 80 meters away from the scene, the murderer weighs approximately 65 to 70 kilograms. He is a tall and thin man. However, it is still unknown. There is no evidence to prove that the footprints belong to the murderer, it can only be used as an inference," Wu Jiang said. "Are there any suspicious fingerprints on the deceased's sportswear?" Jiang Yiming asked.

"There are only two kinds of fingerprints on the sportswear. One is the deceased's own fingerprints; the other is the fingerprints of an unknown woman. I think it was left by the deceased's wife or lover." If these were left on the clothes five years ago, It is very difficult to extract fingerprints from a car. With the rapid development of criminal investigation technology and the high sensitivity of instruments, fingerprints can now be extracted.

"Luo Jin, are there any fingerprints on the body?"

"There were no fingerprints other than the deceased's own."

"Let's talk about it, why did the deceased go to Minghuang Valley in the middle of the night?"

"The deceased's fingernails were filled with sand. He must have stolen something." Xiao Ke replied.

"Can you be more specific?" Jiang Yiming asked.

"Things like artifacts, jewelry, cash, drugs."

"Captain Jiang, the deceased's palms were covered with sediment. Apparently he was too excited after digging for the treasure, or could not find water to wash his hands. Therefore, the sediment was evenly distributed on his palms. However, I found that the deceased was too excited or could not find water to wash his hands. There were marks scratched by hard objects on the ends of the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand. This may have been caused by the deceased repeatedly rubbing and distinguishing the three fingers after digging out the treasure... Also, there were marks on the palm of the deceased's left hand. Such scratches," Luo Jin said.

"So, what the deceased dug up might be gold ornaments, jewelry, diamonds and the like?"

"Yes, but it is also possible that what you dig up is rough ceramics or extremely valuable gems. In short, it is definitely an illegal and criminal act."

"I think it should be a priceless cultural relic. Legend has it that Emperor Tang Ming led his troops to fight there. If a general died in battle, Emperor Tang Ming would bury him with noble burial vessels." Lu Yingying said.

"That's just a legend. It has no historical basis and is not trustworthy." Zhou Ting objected.

"We don't need to worry about what treasures were dug up by the deceased. We must first determine the direction of the investigation, find clues, and how to solve the case. Then, we must first find the source of the corpse and then conduct an investigation. How do you think we can find the source of the corpse?"

"First of all, you should go to a tattoo shop to find it, because tattoo artists regard their works as art. Especially for a tattoo as exquisite as the one on the elbow of the deceased, there must be an archive and even a photo of the deceased. This is a good clue."

"You can also check the missing persons information database."

"Okay, Zhou Ting and I are going to check the tattoo shop, Lao Wu and Xiao Ke are going to check the surveillance videos of Mingcun and Songzhuang, and Yingying is going to the missing persons information database to see if we can find anything." Jiang Yiming arranged the tasks. Although the media has not yet heard about this case, it may involve the theft of a national treasure-level cultural relic. If the murderer is not caught early and the cultural relics are seized, it may cause huge losses to the country, because ordinary cultural relics cases It won't kill people.

Wu Jiang and Xiao Ke went to the Yinhe Township Police Station to learn about the situation. Yinhe Township is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi District. Director Huang Liang introduced that neither the village nor Songzhuang had installed monitors. First, there were not many people and vehicles on this road; second, the village committee No installation request was made.

Yinhe Township is located at the bottom of Shenxian Mountain. It has jurisdiction over 12 administrative villages and 8 natural villages, with a total of 20 villages. 16 of them are located on Devil Mountain and Shenxian Mountain respectively. It can be called a real mountain village.There are a total of 6 roads connecting 16 villages. These are all formal rural roads and there are countless informal roads. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to find the suspect through interviews.

Huang Liang believes that the suspect entered the scene from Songzhuang and used transportation. Under normal circumstances, the suspect would not walk from Songzhuang to Baishui Falls and then enter Minghuang Valley.The possibility of driving a car to White Water Falls is relatively small, because it will attract attention.

The suspect most likely rode a motorcycle to Baishui Falls, then entered Minghuang Valley, followed the deceased, waited for him to dig up the treasure, then killed him and took away everything on him.

Wu Jiang and Xiao Ke thought they should visit Songzhuang, and the director asked Che Yiqing to cooperate with them.Che Yiqing readily agreed and drove for them himself, because the road up the mountain was narrow and winding, and Xiao Ke was not as familiar with it as he was.Xiao Ke nodded to him and expressed his gratitude.

(End of this chapter)