447: Chapter 413 Breaking the Case 447: Chapter 413 Breaking the Case Yellow police tape.
White little circles.
And an endless number of people.
When Jiang Yuan arrived at the scene, the only one idle was the smug Dazhuang.
The shiny Rottweiler, all muscle and brawn, looked incredibly fit.
It seemed to think it had accomplished its mission and lay there at ease.
Seeing Jiang Yuan, the dog sat up proudly, as if to say, “Buddy, I’ve earned my dog food.”
Jiang Yuan took advantage of the fact he hadn’t donned gloves yet to pat the dog’s head a few times.
He nearly patted Li Li by accident, quickly withdrew his hand, and greeted her, “Didn’t get carsick on the way, did you?
Dazhuang seems to be in good spirits?”
“As long as it’s not a winding mountain road, Dazhuang can handle car rides.
Plus, it’s been in the car more often lately and is somewhat used to it,” Li Li tugged at Dazhuang’s leash to make it look less obsequious and avoid embarrassing her.
“Good job, Dazhuang,” Jiang Yuan said as he patted the Rottweiler’s face again, then put on his gloves and headed to the scene.
The warehouse was converted from an old factory building.
It was unclear how long the factory had been used, but the doors and windows were long useless, and the warehouse itself was abandoned and would require some cost to put back into commission.
Qian Ming Yu had arrived a few minutes earlier and had already started the preparations inside.
Mu Zhiyang followed Jiang Yuan with a survey box in hand and went straight to filming inside the warehouse with a small camera around his waist.
For a typical theft case, a cursory investigation would suffice and minor procedural violations wouldn’t matter much.
But when it came to a murder, everyone got very tense, and operational procedures were paid extra attention to.
In a way, the focus and resolution of homicide cases also marked an overall improvement in police procedural standards.
The bloodstains were in a corner of the warehouse near the entrance and were not easily noticed due to shadows.
As Jiang Yuan approached, he saw Qian Ming Yu carefully taking samples.
Collecting blood samples from an entire pool of blood was simple.
Jiang Yuan stood back watching, observing his surroundings while contemplating.
Zhang Qi, the captain of the third squad, was the first to arrive at the scene.
He didn’t dare to disturb Jiang Yuan and was also curious to witness Jiang Yuan’s case-solving process.
This sentiment was akin to a high school student scoring around 500 in mock exams, looking at another student from a different school who scored over 700, thinking to themselves, “When I do well, I can score over 500, maybe 550 with some luck.
If he performs poorly, probably only 650.
That’s no more than a 100-point difference between us.”
A 100-point gap seems like a world of difference to a student scoring 600, a distinction akin to the difference between a person and a hominid to someone with 630, but to the one scoring 500, it’s just a gap that can be bridged by being a bit more careful, putting in a bit more effort, attending a few more tutoring classes.
“The difference between Yao Ming and me is just in height,” Zhang Qi thought, looking at Jiang Yuan deep in thought.
“That guy is quite tall; must’ve been good at drinking his milk as a kid.”
“Take multiple blood samples from the wall,” Jiang Yuan instructed the trace evidence technician who had just joined the effort.
He had not yet detached from a holistic approach to thinking, and today’s blood sample collection was simple, not requiring his direct involvement.
It was, after all, necessary to leave some room for Miao He County’s forensic team to operate.
The evidence would eventually be processed by Miao He County’s forensic team anyway and end up in their hands.
If necessary, Jiang Yuan would personally collect samples and send them to the provincial headquarters or Changyang City.
After spending so much time in Changyang City, he was very familiar with the lab and other forensic departments.
The lab personnel wouldn’t dare refuse him, and upon receiving samples from him, they would most certainly treat them with the utmost care.
The trace evidence team in Miao He County consisted of three people, representing the old, middle-aged, and young generations, all at about an LV1 level, which showed a good legacy.
This was not the case in Ningtai County, where had Jiang Yuan not arrived, the legacy would’ve ended with Wang Zhong.
“The dog didn’t die, did it?” Zhang Qi asked quietly, with a slight hint of expectation.
“This here looks like the scene of a fight between two people, likely with no involvement of a dog,” Jiang Yuan clarified with confidence.
Zhang Qi was taken aback.
“It has nothing to do with a dog?”
His third squad had just been reformed into a “Paw Patrol,” and now, for their first mission, dogs were not involved?
Zhang Qi felt like his mind had been trampled by a dog.
Jiang Yuan continued, “Dazhuang probably came over after smelling the blood.
Guihua might have been here, or perhaps not, that can’t be confirmed right now.”
Truth be told, Dazhuang’s capabilities as a police dog were only around an LV2 level and were not well-balanced.
Or rather, because Ningtai County was short on funds and always trying to get more bang for their buck, they got a dog expecting it to be a multipurpose police dog, which was why Dazhuang was not trained to have any particularly strong skills.
However, Jiang Yuan didn’t place much faith in police dogs.
In reality, a dog missing for over ten days is even harder to find than a missing person.
The idea that there is a sure method to locate a lost dog is virtually nonexistent.
Responding to such cases is akin to murder investigations.
If the case isn’t solved within 24 hours of occurrence, then everyone must get tense, and all available tactics must be deployed, all leads pursued to their fullest extent, and one must keep pushing until a lead can absolutely not be followed any further.
Only such comprehensive investigative approaches could potentially solve cases of this difficulty.
It explains why so many theft cases remain unresolved in Miao He County.
On one hand, resources were focused on more serious crimes; on the other hand, certain theft cases required comprehensive investigative approaches to proceed.