National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 494 - 494 454 Put a Bell on the Cat's Neck

494: Chapter 454: Put a Bell on the Cat’s Neck 494: Chapter 454: Put a Bell on the Cat’s Neck “How many unsolved explosive cases do we have in Qinghe City?”

Jiang Yuan looked at the dossier photos on the desk and suddenly asked.

Perhaps it was because the provincial department had sent staff to supervise the investigation, the Qu’an Train Station explosion case left behind many photos, and the dossier was well-organized and detailed; however, the clues for solving the case were meager.

Jiang Yuan had gone through them from beginning to end and didn’t manage to filter out any useful information, so his first thought was to use his merit award to obtain an explosive-related skill.

Since it was an exchange, naturally he hoped that the skill he would get could be more broadly applicable, prompting his question.

The conference room was filled with the police officers from Jiang Yuan’s Cold Case Squad, each performing their duties and searching for clues.

Wang Chuanxing and Tang Jia, who also served as Jiang Yuan’s assistants, started to look it up upon hearing this.

“No more.

Just this case.” Huang Qiangmin, sitting at the other end of the conference table and bathed in sunlight, almost dozed off when he heard Jiang Yuan’s question and answered without thinking.

Jiang Yuan was a bit surprised, “Just one?”

“Do you think it’s a series of bombings?” Huang Qiangmin suddenly became alert.

Jiang Yuan had made such a discovery in a serial murder case before.

Jiang Yuan shook his head, “That’s not it, I was thinking about something else.”

One skill for one case, if it was like the last abduction case, where circumstances forced his hand, he would exchange without much hesitation, as having more skills is always better.

But as for now, whether the criminal dies sooner or later is not within Jiang Yuan’s consideration.

To exchange for a skill such as explosive trace detection might not even solve the case.

If it was a current case, perhaps there was a greater chance, but for an old cold case from 8 years ago, whether exchanging for a Level 4 major skill or a Level 5 minor skill, the help provided would be limited.

In comparison…

“Call Director Liu,” Jiang Yuan said in a low voice, startling Huang Qiangmin.

“Should we call Liu Jinghui?” Huang Qiangmin was mostly surprised, “Don’t you usually solve cases just by looking at photos?”

“Director Huang, solving cases is never that easy,” Jiang Yuan remarked oddly, as the officers of the squad gave them puzzled looks.

Embarrassed, Huang Qiangmin avoided Jiang Yuan’s gaze, wondering introspectively: Have I been overselling Jiang Yuan’s abilities recently, convincing myself first?

Truth be told, selling the services of a civil servant to the government demands a certain articulation.

Huang Qiangmin’s frequent experiences over the past few days had taught him that the best selling points were a 100% success rate, exceptionally quick resolution time, and remarkably low case-solving costs — after promoting Jiang Yuan so much, Huang Qiangmin had started to believe it himself.

Thinking this, Huang Qiangmin’s expression grew more solemn.

As a criminal detective, losing objectivity was not acceptable.

He then added, “I just think you’re even better than all of the provincial department experts combined.

Although involving Liu Jinghui…

giving him a chance wouldn’t be a problem.”

“We should still invite Director Liu over.

There are very few leads for the case, yet there’s a plethora of evidence.

Director Liu might be able to connect some threads,” Jiang Yuan explained.

The characteristic of this case, as with most explosive cases, is the abundance of useless information and the scarcity of useful information.

Liu Jinghui seemed particularly well-suited for this type of application.

By contrast, it would take Jiang Yuan much more time to examine each piece of evidence one by one.

Seeing this, Huang Qiangmin nodded, “Alright, the case was already participated in by the provincial department, it’s appropriate for them to contribute a person too.”

After saying this, he went out to communicate.

Jiang Yuan continued to look down at the photos, pondering each one.

As with previous cold cases, the key issue lies in the fact that most of the leads were already pursued and investigated during the period of the current case in the past.

If nothing was uncovered then, how could it be investigated now?

On the other hand, the case involved a vast amount of information, most of which was useless.

Eight years ago, hundreds of detectives were mobilized for various investigations and conducted three rounds of inspections.

Not having solved the case despite such efforts also suggests the impact this has had on the personnel working on the case.

At least, Jiang Yuan had never heard the name Qiu Yue before.

Liu Jinghui only managed to arrive early the next day.

He came by car in his police uniform, accompanied by a driver.

Much like Jiang Yuan, ever since he had encountered danger, he rarely went out alone anymore.

Upon arrival, he didn’t waste time.

During the drive, he had already read a lot of dossier material.

After arriving at the Qu’an Police Sub-bureau and examining the photos for a while, he said, “Just as I thought, the explosive remnants are the biggest evidence and also the hardest to find information on.”

“Should we investigate along the lines of the origins of the remnants?

The task force back then had done a thorough investigation, and I didn’t see any obvious flaws,” Jiang Yuan, having looked at the photographs and read the dossiers, remarked.

Nowadays, tracing the source of the explosive remnants directly is almost impossible.

Most importantly, if no clues were found back then, retracing the same steps now without any new approaches and expecting a different outcome is unrealistic.

Liu Jinghui shook his head, “I don’t have any leads right now.

However, these explosive remnants are quite interesting.”

“Oh?

How so?”

“Most explosive cases use detonators or fuses as the ignition device, and with the number of industrial and mining enterprises in our province, these items…

normally, if they couldn’t be obtained easily, people wouldn’t resort to bombings,” Liu Jinghui explained, following his own logic.