National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 545 - 545 500 Live Reconstruction

545: Chapter 500 Live Reconstruction 545: Chapter 500 Live Reconstruction Noon.

After a short rest, Jiang Yuan led Mu Zhiyang, Wang Chuanxing, Shen Yaowei, and others into the crime scene centered around the main building.

By that time, the surroundings of the main building had been cordoned off as much as possible, but despite this, the large amounts of broken glass, the sight of people jumping from the building, and the firecracker-like sound of gunshots still attracted many onlookers.

People in the surrounding buildings were still holding cameras and taking photographs, forcing the local police station officers to frequently go up the floors and warn them.

Forensics had already been working at the site for two to three hours; the traces within the outer yard walls had mostly been collected, and the body that had leaped out was now only marked by a white circle.

The debris on the ground, including fragments of glass and other items, had partially been gathered where necessary.

Inside the main building, the bodies had been the first to be moved, along with a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, and narcotics, all packed up and sent away.

Even though the case was handled jointly by the Criminal Police Brigade and the Narcotics Brigade, with the participation of Changyang City’s Forensic Science Center, the scale of this crime scene investigation far exceeded normal standards.

A common crime scene might be the size of a room or a suite, but a case involving the slaughter of an entire courtyard’s worth of people would be considered a supermajor case.

The current investigation covered an entire building, reflecting the enormity of the workload involved.

From the moment he entered through the gate, Jiang Yuan could feel the intense atmosphere of the New Year—the smell of gunpowder lingered, the ground was a mess with various footprints, shattered vases, remains of decorations, as well as casings and bullet heads strewn about.

Police-issue bullets were usually lead-core, which upon hitting hard objects, were unlikely to ricochet.

The weapons of the drug traffickers were less consistent, ranging from hastily made clunkers that were fired hoping for luck, to steel-core bullets and even explosive devices.

Nonetheless, most of the drug gang members had not had the chance to demonstrate the power of their weapons before they were eliminated in succession or had surrendered voluntarily.

Even in regions of Europe and America where firearms were rampant, many drug dealers shot their pistols while holding them sideways, with no attention paid to the maintenance of their firearms or the precision of their shooting.

In Changyang City, although the drug gangs had acquired some weapons, their combat training was still nothing to speak of.

Not to mention that the police were prepared, with well-trained officers storming in by the squad according to their training.

The criminals who managed to surrender were lucky; those who resisted didn’t improve their situation at all—the police’s goal for zero casualties was challenging to achieve, but it was the opponents who faced the greatest difficulty.

“This workload is quite something,” Jiang Yuan commented with a smile.

He still had the bonus of +1 to Footprint Identification.

The temporary skill buff of +1 for 405 minutes had over 100 minutes left, and although Level 6 skills were not essential in such a setting, they were definitely useful.

There is nothing in the world that’s truly irrelevant.

Even with Level 3 Footprint Identification, perhaps even Level 2 might have sufficed for the scene at hand, but higher-ranking Footprint Identification would naturally result in better outcomes, greater margins for error, and higher efficiency.

Jiang Yuan first directed Mu Zhiyang, Wang Chuanxing, and others to place markers and take photographs.

Most of the footprints had yet to be dealt with, and the paths built by the police mainly led to the bodies, so they could handle the supplementary work themselves.

Next, Jiang Yuan isolated some of the more significant, identical footprints for special attention.

From the first floor to the sixth and then back down to the first floor—a single set of footprints kept Jiang Yuan busy until the afternoon.

The Level 6 Footprint Identification bonus time ended, but continuing to use Level 5 still felt effective.

During the process of Footprint Identification, Jiang Yuan didn’t have too many points of uncertainty—any unclear areas could be dealt with slowly later on.

Through the footprints, Jiang Yuan quickly discerned the flow of the assault between the two sides.

It was akin to an advanced version of crime scene reconstruction.

It wasn’t possible to determine the perpetrator’s actions like Bloodstain Analysis, but if someone had bled, combining Footprint Analysis with Bloodstain Analysis could lead to a perfect reconstruction of the crime scene.

However, most crime scenes usually had few people involved, and it was rare to see units involving dozens of individuals.

There were brawls, but typically, crime scene reconstruction wasn’t necessary for those.

Jiang Yuan had a vague notion: in such a chaotic environment, those who spontaneously organized the crime and took center stage must be the core figures or part of the management.

In such tense moments, to talk of concealment was merely creating trouble for oneself.

After being arrested, there was plenty of time and energy left to focus solely on surviving.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t required to report to anyone and began to investigate on his own while engaging in contemplation.

“Let’s start with this one,” Jiang Yuan called Tang Jia over, pointing to a size 42 footprint belonging to a middle-aged man on the ground, and said, “Take several photos of this footprint and make a record… Who’s that, you take the photos.”

He called over a forensic specialist dedicated to photography, likely from the Narcotics Brigade, and gestured to Tang Jia to get ready, adding, “Suspect 1-05, age 42, size 42 shoe, 140 pounds, likely trained in boxing, suspected to be a key figure on the first floor.

He was first hit in the leg.”

“At the onset of his injury, 1-05 crawled a few steps rapidly—as can be seen from the little tadpole-like blood drips.

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“Then, the suspect sat on the floor, leaning against two cabinets to shoot, and even squatted at one point, probably due to insufficient height.

This can be seen from the small pool of blood he left on the floor; the elongated bloodstains afterward also indicate he moved slowly.”

“Other criminals provided support from behind, designated as 1-06 and 1-07.”

“1-07 moved forward to support 1-05.”

“1-07 was injured and fell, then threw the spare magazines to 1-05.”

“Just speaking of the fight in the office area, 1-05 was clearly the combat core, but his tactical ability and will to fight were not as strong as 1-07’s.

This suggests that 1-05’s position might be higher.”

“At the end, 1-05 was hit, and his brains splattered on the wall, his body slid to the ground, and more blood flowed out.

The others lost their will to fight after that.”

Jiang Yuan stood in front of the pool of blood, and without a body present, he recounted the crime scene’s unfolding as if he had witnessed it firsthand.

During combat, there were many people on the scene, all equipped with law enforcement recorders, and normally there wouldn’t be a need for crime scene reconstruction.

However, a secondary endorsement of crime scene reconstruction can be very useful when there are issues.

Most importantly, judging key figures isn’t necessarily possible through video alone.

In fact, if not for extreme caution or a vast breadth of experience, the leader of the drug enforcement team wouldn’t have needed to raise this point with Jiang Yuan.

Assuming Huang Li was the head of the criminal gang was the simple and nearly perfect default.

The drug enforcement team could have directly announced the eradication of the criminal gang, and if the gang members were cooperative, it would have been unbeatable.

It seemed, however, that Commander Yin didn’t entertain such thoughts, perhaps due to concern about the involvement of too many units…

In any case, it is always necessary to confirm things afterward that were not confirmed beforehand.

It’s like being too hasty and not wearing a condom, so doing a check afterward is always a good precautionary measure.

Jiang Yuan was like a reagent; no one knew how he did it, but everyone felt reassured watching him work.

From the first floor to the sixth, the building was in ruins.

Jiang Yuan walked inside over the makeshift walkways, stopping now and then to make assessments.

The leader of the drug enforcement team hoped he could use methods such as fingerprinting to identify important locations and prove that some individuals were key figures in the drug trafficking gang.

The approach and thinking were correct, but it was rather inefficient, and besides, ordinary forensic officers could have collected fingerprints—it wasn’t strictly necessary for Jiang Yuan to do it.

However, there was no one in the drug enforcement team capable of Bloodstain Analysis or crime scene reconstruction, which were very effective in determining key figures.

Those who could still be evacuated while under a barrage of bullets, or those who had been shot but were not left behind and were instead carried, supported, or dragged upwards by comrades, had to be either big shots or blood brothers.

Even the blood brothers within a drug trafficking gang might not achieve this level of loyalty.

Jiang Yuan proceeded according to his own approach.

Commander Yin and other leaders might understand criminal investigation and perhaps forensic work to some extent, but they were essentially laymen and couldn’t be expected to direct specifics of forensic science.

In the end, all that mattered was providing them with the answer.

Jiang Yuan made his way up, quickly reaching the third floor.

By then, people had begun to follow his steps.

Now was the time for a crime scene investigation, while the laymen rested outside.

Those remaining in the main building were essentially forensic science technicians.

Some, upon hearing Jiang Yuan speak a couple of sentences, were unimpressed, but as they kept listening, they started paying attention.

Level 5 Bloodstain Analysis coupled with a bit of Level 4 crime scene investigation assistance, and the support of footprints and fingerprints, could reduce the intelligence of most ordinary scene investigators to that of laymen.

Those with a bit of ambition, however, would find it very refreshing and satisfying to listen to.

Jiang Yuan and the others naturally didn’t stop anyone from listening.

Gradually, Jiang Yuan walked ahead, occasionally stopping to let Wang Chuanxing take notes.

Meanwhile, there could be a dozen or twenty people taking notes at the same time.

Mu Zhiyang, watching from the side, couldn’t help but snap a photo, murmuring to himself, “Truly a distributed storage.”

Naturally, no one paid attention to the laymen.

The detectives at the squadron level didn’t handle as many cases on a daily basis as the front-line grass-roots officers did.

But when it came to ambition, there was very limited room for advancement for grassroots police, who, much like middle and high school teachers, usually saw no promotion in terms of position.

However, in the squadron level, officers’ ambitions could often find realistic opportunities.

Even for forensic technicians, learning a bit more was always a good thing.

“Commander Yin,” Jiang Yuan didn’t wait to finish all six floors; he reached the fifth floor and, after a few glances, he pulled out his phone.

“How is it going, Jiang Yuan, are you done?” Commander Yin asked cheerfully.

“Not yet, but I’m concerned about misunderstandings arising during interrogation, so I wanted to make a call first,” Jiang Yuan laid out the situation directly.

Commander Yin immediately sensed that there was a problem and hurriedly said, “Go ahead, I’m listening.”

“The suspect apprehended on the third floor, marked here as number 17, is a male around 32 years old, 1.7 meters tall.

This individual should be a core member of the drug trafficking gang, at least not of lesser status than Huang Li.”

Commander Yin asked, “Is there evidence?”

“Yes, he was in danger twice, and both times key team members, number 5, saved him.

Number 5 is probably a core team member known as ‘Chuanxing.’ Additionally, on the fifth floor, when both number 17 and another core member, ‘Tea Guest,’ needed to evacuate, number 5 chose to take number 17 with him.

‘Tea Guest’ was seriously injured and left behind.”

“Understood,” Commander Yin, who was always in control of the scene’s information, didn’t object to Jiang Yuan not using his proposed investigation method.

After all, he knew that compared to Jiang Yuan, he was one of the laymen.

Now with a conclusion at hand, Commander Yin naturally trusted Jiang Yuan’s judgment, put away his phone, and began making arrangements.