The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective

”Over the years, even though we’ve conducted multiple investigations and analyses and invested significant manpower and resources, we have yet to make any breakthrough progress.”

”Today, we’ve invited experts from the provincial department for on-site guidance, and we hope that everyone will not only remain confident but also cooperate fully.”

”I require every member of the Qinzhou City Public Security Bureau’s criminal investigation team to follow the unified command of the task force, actively provide leads, and work collaboratively to strive for a critical breakthrough in the near future, and solve this unresolved murder case once and for all!”

As soon as the words fell, thunderous applause erupted again in the meeting room, and everyone’s gaze naturally focused on Jiang An.

Immediately, he turned his head and looked at Qin Feng, saying, ”Mr. Qin, please introduce to everyone the basic situation of the case and the current progress of the investigation.”

In response, Qin Feng solemnly nodded and said, ”Alright, I will brief everyone on this case.”

Director Hou quietly observed this scene, fully aware—it is not common for the head of the criminal investigation team to personally report a case, which is usually introduced by the investigative police, with the team leader supplementing the details.

This detail precisely reflects the high importance the Qinzhou police place on this long-standing cold case and the urgency to solve it.

Immediately, a police officer at the door quickly turned off the lights, and the meeting room darkened abruptly, with everyone’s gaze focusing on the projection screen at the front.

Qin Feng opened the laptop, and in a calm voice in the dimly lit room said, ”Alright, let us now formally begin a preliminary report on this case that happened seven years ago.”

He operated the computer to bring up the case data and continued, ”The case occurred seven years ago in the summer, at the outskirts of our city in a cornfield outside Lijiang Village, and it was classified as a murder case.”

”At that time, it was midsummer, the corn plants grew extremely lush and generally over two meters tall, forming a large natural barrier, which also created special environmental conditions for the occurrence and discovery of the case.”

”The discovery process of the case was as follows,” Qin Feng continued, ”The owner of the cornfield went to his own field to harvest corn in the afternoon of the incident day, and found the body among the dense corn.”

”According to the on-site investigation records, the body was relatively well-preserved when discovered, and the state was quite fresh.”

”Based on the forensic autopsy report, combined with the characteristics of Qinzhou City’s hot and humid summer climate, and the various indicators of the body, it is preliminarily estimated that the time of death was within 12 hours before the discovery.”

He paused for a moment and continued to describe, ”At the time of death, the deceased was dressed in an ordinary cotton T-shirt on the upper body, with the lower body naked.”

”It is worth noting that the surface of the body was covered with a small amount of fresh corn stalk leaves.”

”Upon receiving the report, we immediately activated the homicide investigation mechanism according to the procedure and conducted the investigation strictly in accordance with the requirements issued by the provincial department.”

Qin Feng’s tone became more serious, ”The primary task was to identify the victim.”

”After meticulous investigation, we confirmed the deceased was a local villager named Wang Xiu, aged 29 at the time, married, and had one child.”

”Her husband was working out of town for years, and Wang Xiu was alone at home taking care of the child, while also farming their land.”

Qin Feng brought up Wang Xiu’s basic profile materials and continued, ”According to our in-depth investigation of Wang Xiu’s activities prior to her death, she usually worked alone in the fields, with a very regular routine, often leaving at dawn and returning when night fell.”

”Although no one witnessed the exact time she went to the cornfield the day before the incident, some villagers confirmed seeing her drying clothes in front of her house the previous evening.”

”Based on the cross-evidence of these time points, our task force judged that her time of death was most likely in the early morning of the incident day.”

”After identifying the victim, we quickly launched a systematic examination of her social relationships.”