Era: Starting from the local police station
Chapter 15: Clues
"To be a deputy director at such a young age is truly remarkable. He's also quite handsome and has the makings of someone who can get things done."
After the ceremony, Director Yu reached out and firmly grasped Jiang Zhenghua's hand.
Jiang Zhenghua shook his tightly clasped hand and said, "Thank you for your praise, Director Yu. I will need your guidance in the future."
Director Yu relaxed his grip: "Deputy Director Jiang is too modest. Our two institutes are close by, and our jurisdictions overlap in many areas. We will help each other in the future."
After the introduction, Director Qiao asked, "How's the situation?"
Instructor Zhang gestured for him to report.
Jiang Zhenghua stepped forward and said loudly, "The deceased was male, between twenty-four and twenty-eight years old, and about 1.6 meters tall. In order not to disturb the scene, we are only observing from the outside. The deceased was lying on his side, his lower body was twisted, and there was obvious excessive bleeding from his abdomen. The preliminary judgment is that it was a homicide and body disposal."
Director Qiao asked, "Is there anything else?"
Jiang Zhenghua continued, "The deceased had a bruise on his forehead, caused by him kneeling and kowtowing to beg for mercy. This suggests that the perpetrator had a physical altercation with the deceased before committing the crime..."
Chief Yu said thoughtfully, "It seems like a robbery. But robberies usually don't result in death. Could it be a novice who accidentally killed someone in a moment of excitement?"
Jiang Zhenghua shook his head: "It can't be a novice. This person is very experienced. We have carefully examined the area. The victim was still bleeding when he was brought here, and there was not a trace of blood on the nearby road. So I tend to think that the murderer came prepared and that it was a premeditated crime."
The police officers present all changed their expressions.
Just then, Liu Baojia came over with a somewhat uneasy woman.
His face lit up with joy, and he stood at attention and saluted: "Reporting to the director, after inquiry, it turns out that the kang (heated brick bed) in this comrade's house collapsed last night, so the couple smashed it and are preparing to build a new one."
Director Qiao and the others looked puzzled.
Jiang Zhenghua stepped forward and said softly, "Comrade, don't be nervous. I'd like to ask, when did you haul the waste out and dump it here?"
The woman looked nervous, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes and constantly fidgeting.
Her voice trembled slightly: "Yesterday afternoon, my son was playing on the kang (a heated brick bed) when he suddenly jumped and made a hole in it. Last night, after my husband came home from get off work, he looked at it and said it was too difficult to repair, so we'll take advantage of the summer to rebuild a kang."
Instructor Zhang asked with a warm expression, "Comrade, where does your husband work?"
"He is a mechanic at the Red Star Repair Shop."
Instructor Zhang pressed further, "Did he leave work at the normal time yesterday, or did he work overtime?"
The woman said somewhat embarrassedly, "He didn't work overtime yesterday, which is rare for him. When he came home, he scolded the kids for finally getting a normal day off, but the kids had given him all the work to do."
Instructor Zhang nodded and looked at Jiang Zhenghua: "Hongxing Machinery Repair Factory operates on an eight-hour workday. We should finish get off work at five o'clock in the evening, and get home around 5:40. Excluding meal times, the waste slag is usually hauled out around eight o'clock, almost nine o'clock."
At this point, the woman interjected, "Officer, the last truckload was finished at 9:30. My husband has a watch, and I asked him for the time."
Jiang Zhenghua nodded, then asked, "When you were dumping the waste, did you see any suspicious people in this area?"
The woman asked, somewhat puzzled, "What are suspicious persons? We only ran into a few elderly men who were taking a walk; they all live in this area."
Jiang Zhenghua instructed Chen Shan, who was standing to the side, "Take this comrade and make a statement. Then question the people taking a walk to see if they have noticed anything unusual."
"Yes."
Chen Shan agreed, and then said to the woman, "Let's go over there first, I'll just ask a few simple questions."
The woman was a little nervous: "We didn't kill anyone. We don't know anything. We just smashed a kang (a heated brick bed)."
Instructor Zhang said softly, "We know it has nothing to do with you and your husband. We're just conducting a simple investigation. You can go home after that."
The woman then nodded weakly.
After Chen Shan led the woman away, Jiang Zhenghua explained, "Chief, it's like this: there were broken pieces of kang (heated brick bed) debris under and beside the deceased, so the body was dumped after the debris was disposed of. We can now determine that the body was dumped between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.."
Director Yu nodded: "Under normal circumstances, the wound will clot within half an hour. If the injury is more serious, and the weather is warm now, the bleeding may last up to two hours. So, from the time of being killed to the time of disposing of the body, it was no more than two hours."
Chief Qiao chimed in, "Then the victim couldn't have been murdered more than twelve hours ago. And the primary crime scene is no more than two hours away from here."
Jiang Zhenghua thought for a moment and said, "I judge that it will not take more than an hour. After the murder, the murderer would wrap the body in something and transport it here. The victim was still bleeding, so the murderer's journey time was no more than an hour."
Director Yu looked at Director Qiao, who was pressing his brow, and said, "How about we send someone to conduct a search of the surrounding area and see if we can find the primary crime scene?"
Director Qiao looked at Jiang Zhenghua: "What do you think?"
"Please wait a moment. Qin Weijun is asking about another lead. If we can get the time, we can further determine the time the body was dumped, which will make the investigation easier."
Upon hearing this, Director Yu immediately turned to the police officers behind him and said, "Go and help Qin Weijun immediately, and get accurate information as soon as possible."
The three immediately responded and left.
Director Qiao looked pleasantly surprised: "What kind of clue is it? Under normal circumstances, our forensic doctors can only determine the time frame within eight hours, and they can't be more precise anymore."
Jiang Zhenghua recounted the story of the "Zhengmingzhai" pastry paper bag once again.
After listening to his account, Director Yu exclaimed, "Old Qiao, you've really struck gold! Now there'll be someone to handle criminal cases. If we ever need Deputy Director Jiang's help in our jurisdiction, you can't be stingy with your help!"
Director Qiao's eyes gleamed with pride: "No problem. It's all thanks to the higher-ups' consideration that Zheng Hua was sent over."
Jiang Zhenghua quickly waved his hand and said modestly, "I'm not that good. I'm just more observant and have a better ability to make connections. I hope you seniors will give me more guidance in the future."
Director Yu patted his arm: "No need to be modest. We are all members of the organization, and we follow the principle of 'seeking truth from facts' advocated by the great man. We don't care about seniority."
Director Qiao nodded: "Humility is a good thing, but excessive humility is arrogance."
As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion arose from the crowd in the distance, followed by the roar of car engines and the honking of car horns.
The group turned their heads and saw the crowd surging rapidly to both sides. A military green GAZ truck slowly drove up, followed by a Willys Jeep.
"Let's go and greet him. Deputy Director Jin from the branch office is here in person."
Director Qiao strode over to greet them first.
Chief Yu was taken aback, then shook his head and muttered under his breath, "What are you bragging about? If those guys hadn't been transferred, this case would have been our station's responsibility; there would have been no need for the branch office's investigation department."
After saying that, he quickly followed.
Instructor Zhang leaned close to Jiang Zhenghua's ear and whispered, "This Deputy Director Jin is thirty-eight years old this year. He used to be the head of the branch bureau's investigation section. He was promoted at the beginning of this year because of a legendary figure from Yu'er Police Station last year. I'll tell you the details when I have time."
According to the current classification, the Investigation Department is what later became known as the Criminal Investigation Department, but the name Criminal Investigation Department did not come into use until after the 1980s.
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