National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 416 - 416 383 Performance

416: Chapter 383 Performance 416: Chapter 383 Performance Chai Tong was over 40, and at first glance, he exuded a kind of refined elegance, tinged with the air of a gentleman of leisure.

In more colloquial terms, his demeanor didn’t fit in with the police force at all.

However, Comrade Chai Tong had a pleasant smile, one that seemed sculpted by a prestigious educational institution.

As he entered the office of Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, he gave a cultured critique, “The name ‘Squad’ certainly sounds professional, but there’s really no need to limit it to cold cases.

From what I see, there can’t be that many left unresolved in Ningtai County, right?”

As Chai Tong spoke, he looked towards Huang Qiangmin and others.

Before he came to inspect, he had reviewed some documents and had a certain understanding of the current state of affairs at the Ningtai County Bureau.

Huang Qiangmin smiled and replied, “We don’t have many unresolved cases left now, mainly because Jiang Yuan has solved them all.”

“All solved by Jiang Yuan?” Chai Tong didn’t quite believe this.

He had been around in the political and legal systems and understood the concept of collective strength quite well.

Huang Qiangmin chuckled and explained, “All of last year’s cold cases involving homicide were solved by Jiang Yuan.

Basically, every homicide case since the year 2000 has been solved.

Now we’re just a few cases short of capturing all the suspects, and not completely closed.”

Chai Tong’s eyes flickered, “That’s…

pretty impressive.

How were they solved exactly?”

He was genuinely interested.

Within a county bureau, there were nearly twenty units on par with the criminal police team, and in addition, there were several independent units of lower rank that also required attention from the big boss.

For instance, Ningtai County’s Drug Enforcement Team and the K9 Unit, though smaller and lower-ranking, couldn’t be ignored.

Thus, upon taking office, Chai Tong spent a great deal of time getting to know the criminal police team and paid considerable attention to Jiang Yuan, but as for the specifics of a case or its resolution, he wasn’t likely to go into the details of the case files.

Raising it as a question now was Chai Tong’s way of finding a topic of conversation—it’d be improper to just listen to subordinates buttering him up.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yuan summarized, “We mainly solve cases through technology.

The common techniques include fingerprint comparison, DNA comparison obtained from crime scene investigations, bloodstain analysis, footprint analysis, and now there’s also tool mark inspection and so on…”

Listening, Chai Tong nodded “Hmm” with interest and asked, “Do you have a specific example to show me?”

“Oh, shall we do a fingerprint?” Jiang Yuan suggested, then settled at his desk and instructed Wang Chuanxing, “Connect this computer to the projector.”

Jiang Yuan then expertly opened the backend, accessed the fingerprint comparison interface, selected a fingerprint, began to mark characteristic points, and while marking, introduced, “Our fingerprint comparison now is to see if fingerprints in the database and those from the crime scene can be determined as identical…”

As he spoke, Jiang Yuan commenced the comparison.

Chai Tong naturally did not stand behind Jiang Yuan; instead, as the projector screen lit up, he casually placed his hands behind his back, moved to the front of the conference room, and sat down facing the large screen.

Huang Qiangmin stood by Jiang Yuan’s side and whispered, “The director probably wants to see some of the cases you’ve worked on.”

Jiang Yuan was taken aback, “But those cases have already been solved…

and now to bring them up again…”

Glancing back, Huang Qiangmin noticed Chai Tong was already watching with keen interest and could only say, “Never mind for now; just go ahead with what you were doing…”

Huang Qiangmin was at a loss for words; it was already halfway done, and it wouldn’t be right to pull back now.

Jiang Yuan appeared unburdened by the situation.

From time to time, he would also assist with fingerprints in the fingerprint community, occasionally discussing them with familiar fingerprint experts if they came across them—it was all about addressing fingerprints on the fly.

For Jiang Yuan, presenting a fingerprint comparison was no longer any burden, and with practice, he had come to be able to make some judgments based on the case itself.

He could estimate with reasonable accuracy which cases were likely to find a match, in which cases criminals would be extremely cautious, and in which cases criminals were likely to leave behind fingerprint records.

Now, he could guess about sixty to seventy percent accurately.

Like now, the case Jiang Yuan pulled up was a straightforward theft case.

As is commonly known, theft cases require a certain level of expertise.

More experienced thieves are usually reoffenders, which means they are likely to have left information in the fingerprint database.

And the fingerprint Jiang Yuan chose this time was a relatively clear partial print.

For trace examiners below LV2, a small fingerprint area naturally presents challenges.

But for Jiang Yuan, it was quite easy.

He marked over a dozen characteristic points, and the software on the right side swiftly began to generate fingerprints.

“Which case is this from?” Chai Tong’s interest was piqued.

“This is a theft case from the neighboring county.

It’s probably a case from two years ago, involving the theft of a shop.

The fingerprint was lifted from a lock, so there’s a good chance of directly identifying the culprit.” Jiang Yuan explained while starting to manually compare candidates from the list on the right.

With an “Oh,” Chai Tong said, “Is there something special about this case?

I thought you would present something like a homicide cold case.

Didn’t you deal with many major cases last year…”

“Director,” Huang Qiangmin quickly interjected and explained, “Jiang Yuan is bringing out a new case.”

Chai Tong asked, “A new case?

A current one?”

“No, it’s an unsolved case.

This fingerprint had not matched with any before, and Jiang Yuan is now relabeling it…” Huang Qiangmin provided the clarification.

Chai Tong couldn’t help but sit up straight, hesitated a bit, and asked, “You mean, if this fingerprint matches, we might be able to catch a criminal who’s been evading the law?”

“That’s the idea,” Huang Qiangmin said.

With a “Ha,” Chai Tong remarked, “If that’s the case, well…

I’ve inspected many units, but this is the first time I’ve seen a live demonstration of case-solving.”

Though he said that, Chai Tong’s interest had clearly been caught.

This was a real live broadcast.

Despite having been in the political and legal system for some time, witnessing a case-solving process so closely and being personally involved was, in fact, quite rare for Chai Tong.

Furthermore, Jiang Yuan’s operation was very smooth.

As Chai Tong watched the large fingerprint on the screen enlarge, shrink, and move, just when it seemed a bit repetitive, a dialogue box popped up.

“We’ve now basically confirmed a match with the suspect.

I will now submit a verification request.

If more than three experts pass the review, we can proceed with the arrest,” Jiang Yuan explained as he clicked to submit the request and introduced the process to Chai Tong.

Chai Tong, like a child visiting the zoo for the first time, nodded obliviously, unsure if the animal encountered was a rare species or if its performance was compelling.

“So, does this mean the case has been solved?” another leader who came along asked.

“We’ve matched a suspect for now.

If we catch them, we can interrogate them.

Then we’ll see if there are any accomplices…” Jiang Yuan briefly explained before saying, “Without any surprises, the case should be considered solved.”

Ding.

Ding ding.

While everyone was speaking, several fingerprint experts had made the same identification for the fingerprint worked on by Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan then looked at Huang Qiangmin and said, “It’s confirmed.”

“Then let’s go catch them,” Huang Qiangmin said as he pulled out his phone to call Wu Junhao from team one.

Normally, this type of case wouldn’t require the deployment of squad one, but to make Jiang Yuan’s demonstration perfect, Huang Qiangmin decided to send out the best team anyway.

The newly appointed Chai Tong watched their operations and looked at his phone, saying, “Does this mean that Jiang Yuan can solve a case in twenty minutes?”

“That’s just good luck!” Huang Qiangmin responded hastily, “All resources must come together for it to work.”

“We provide him with the resources, then.” Chai Tong couldn’t help but think of his predecessor, who had no hopes for promotion yet unexpectedly stumbled upon a solution.