civil forensic

Chapter 1017 Project 712
You Lixiang, holding a briefcase full of files, walked quickly into the meeting room where the "Jiang Yuan Backlog of Cases Task Force" was located.

This conference room is on the top floor and is used when the Criminal Police Brigade sets up a large task force. You Lixiang has also participated in several such task forces and remembers them clearly.

In the conference room, some people were talking on the phone, some were holding small meetings, some were typing on the keyboard, some were drinking milk tea, and some were spinning pens and tapping on the table. It felt quite chaotic.

The police officer at the door glanced at You Lixiang's police uniform and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

You Lixiang hurriedly said, "I am You Lixiang from the 712 Special Task Force, and I am here to see Captain Jiang Yuanjiang."

"It's at the very back." The policeman pointed and returned to his seat.

The Criminal Police Brigade itself has very strict access control, and there is no complicated procedure such as checking IDs. The door can be opened by swiping a card.

You Lixiang took a deep breath and walked forward to find Jiang Yuan's seat.

"Captain Jiang!" You Lixiang recognized Jiang Yuan at a glance. His fame was at its peak, and in recent days, everyone was talking about the three lines of Jiang Yuan coming together.

Although Jiang Yuan thought that he was just following the usual procedures and pushing the case forward in an unpretentious manner, in the eyes of the unpretentious police officers, Jiang Yuan had laid out three clues and all three hit the target, which was very commendable.

In fact, the most common investigation pattern is to release three lines, and then for various reasons, none of the three lines can be advanced.

Continuously pulling out clues and then constantly breaking them is the daily routine of criminal police investigations.

Moreover, precisely because Jiang Yuan's investigation plan was so simple and plain, everyone's understanding of it was particularly thorough.

Just like You Lixiang, he was able to immediately recall the sketch drawn by Jiang Yuan, and mobilized a large number of police forces to determine the location where the body entered the water through diatoms.

For similar operations, he could seek help from experts, but if he wants to do it so well, the key is that he spends a lot of money to hire experts, but then he cannot keep up with the follow-up. That would be too difficult to explain.

You Lixiang is a relatively young criminal policeman, having been employed for just over 10 years. In a unit like the Criminal Police Brigade, even if he is already a captain, it is difficult for him to be in charge of a serious case at his age.

The reason why he was able to lead the 712 task force was that the 712 task force was originally only responsible for investigating a child missing case. During the investigation, You Lixiang discovered that in addition to the missing children in Cuigang County under the jurisdiction of Qingshi City, there were also missing children in several counties and towns in neighboring cities. The cases were then merged to form the current large task force.

But You Lixiang also clearly felt that he was overwhelmed.

Not only did the investigation process encounter numerous difficulties, but there was also a lot of personnel management work that You Lixiang was not very good at. In addition, the pressure from the families of the missing children made You Lixiang most anxious.

Because of this, You Lixiang started applying to have Jiang Yuan involved in this case a week ago.

Now that it has been approved, You Lixiang is even a little impatient.

"Captain You, please sit down first. I'll finish looking at this fingerprint. I've already promised them, and I may not have time to look at it after our project starts. I'll finish it first." Jiang Yuan said as he tapped on the computer screen.

"You do it first, I'm not in a hurry." You Lixiang glanced over and saw that Jiang Yuan's cell phone was on and he was talking to "Director Wan Baoming".

After a quick thought in his mind, You Lixiang realized that Director Wan Baoming should be the director of the Criminal Science and Technology Center of Changyang Municipal Bureau.

For criminal police officers in prefecture-level cities like them, the Criminal Science and Technology Center in the provincial capital is also a place they often deal with. Samples that they cannot do and tests that they cannot handle are often sent here.

And You Lixiang didn't even need to read Jiang Yuan's chat content to guess that Wan Baoming must have encountered difficulties.

You Lixiang couldn't help but imagine in his mind the feeling of being able to produce results that the experts from the provincial capital couldn't, and he didn't know what kind of case it was.

"What stage has our case reached now?" Jiang Yuanbi took the fingerprint and fed back the result to Wan Baoming. After saying a few words on WeChat, he turned to You Lixiang.

You Lixiang quickly stood up and said, "At present, we are mainly starting from the suspect's means of transportation and transportation method."

Jiang Yuan nodded: "Any results?"

You Lixiang said firmly: "No results at all."

"Hmm..." Jiang Yuan didn't expect to get such a resounding negative result.

"All five cases occurred in rural areas where there are no surveillance facilities." You Lixiang stood up straight and said, "The criminals all chose children under the age of five. Among the five children, four were left-behind children, and the other one was usually taken care of by her mother, but she only occasionally returned to her hometown and was taken care of by her grandmother. Unfortunately, she was also abducted."

"In other words, the criminal specifically screened the caregivers? He gave priority to left-behind children, or children taken care of by the elderly?" Jiang Yuan began to gradually get into the role.

"Yes, we think so too." You Lixiang continued, "Because there are basically only elderly people in the villages involved in the case, it is not easy to find witnesses. They are all elderly people with poor eyesight and slow thinking..."

"What about the camera? Have you taken any relevant photos?"

"No." You Lixiang paused, then continued, "After talking to the parents and children of the attempted crime, we believe that the criminal was most likely driving a gray van. There should be two people in the car, one responsible for driving and the other responsible for stealing, and it was very fast."

"How did the attempt come about?"

You Lixiang showed Jiang Yuan the files he brought and said, "At that time, the criminal got out of the car and told the child playing in front of the door that he had some chocolates for him, and then he wanted to hold the child's hand. At that time, the child's grandmother happened to come out and shouted, scaring the child away."

"Didn't Grandma see the criminal and the vehicle?"

"I saw it, but my eyesight was not good. I only knew it was a gray van, and I couldn't see the suspect's face clearly." You Lixiang looked at Jiang Yuan and saw that he seemed easy to talk to, so he said: "I think the last attempted crime must have alerted the enemy. The criminal used to commit crimes once a week or two. He didn't commit any crimes for more than a month after the attempted crime."

Jiang Yuan had also read the files in the computer system, and recalled, "The criminal moved to a new place after each shooting. Was he committing a crime in each county?"

"Five cases, plus an attempted case, a total of six cases, from six different counties, four different cities, and two different provinces. Moreover, the crime scenes were all in very remote towns." You Lixiang raised his chin slightly when talking about this, and said, "I happened to hear while investigating that someone was selling children on the street, and the price was relatively low, and they were all three or four years old. I became suspicious and investigated, and then I found the similarities between these cases."

Jiang Yuan nodded slowly, but now asked: "What kind of help do you think is needed to solve this case?"

"Me?" You Lixiang pointed at his nose in surprise.

"Correct."

"I..." You Lixiang couldn't say he hadn't thought about this question. After a moment, he said dejectedly, "I think it's difficult for me to solve this case. There are no clues and no evidence."

"Is that so?" Jiang Yuan immediately had a new understanding of the difficulty of the case. In fact, a criminal policeman with 10 years of experience, who was able to stand out in a big city like the Qinghe City Criminal Police Detachment and was in charge of the special case team, was only better than him in criminal investigation.

If the two were compared to an army, You Lixiang was at least an elite warrior from a powerful dynasty in ancient times, and had better innate conditions, similar to the Tang Dynasty's Mo Dao Corps. Jiang Yuan could not compete with him in terms of strength and training, but his technology and weapons were more advanced, and at most he was an armored regiment.

But no matter what type of army, whether marching or searching for enemies, or fighting against the environment, they will still face similar problems.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to invite the criminal police from other counties to discuss this together?" Jiang Yuan asked a slightly advanced question.

You Lixiang said hurriedly: "I don't mind. I don't mind!"

Why would he mind? He just couldn't do it before.

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, and then said, "If it involves two provinces, it would not be appropriate for me to come forward, so I'll ask the provincial department to coordinate."

Having said that, Jiang Yuan flipped through his phone.

You Lixiang suddenly felt a little sorry for himself. These resources were simply not on the same level!