National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 641 - 585: Viewpoint

Chapter 641: Chapter 585: Viewpoint

Having decided to reinstall the operating system... to perform Cranial Reconstruction Skill, he settled down to concentrate on the task at hand.

Similar to picking pollen in Legal Botany, the majority of the time spent performing cranial reconstruction is filled with busyness: less waiting time, more active operation time, consuming a great deal of the technician’s energy and physical strength.

This was also the reason why, after having learned the skill, Jiang Yuan always saved this method for later use. The intensity of the labor was indeed high, much more difficult than modeling a face by hand; it was like crafting a face based on a set of problems where all parameters had to be traceable. For a novice just starting out, it could take several days just to accurately measure all the facial data.

Even Jiang Yuan, who was fast, had to spend over a week on this.

During this period, the over twenty people on Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, along with the several dozen officers from the police station, certainly couldn’t just sit idly by waiting, so they were actively looking for cases to work on.

All members of the Jin Family had been arrested, including collateral relatives who should have been rounded up as well, and they had testified about quite a few cases. After the interrogating officers sorted through the information, most of the suspects were sentenced to at least five years in prison. Of the five brothers, the one with the least charges was estimated to face at least ten years of incarceration; those involved in operating the gambling dens could potentially face up to twenty years.

The cases involving the women of the Jin Family were numerous as well, but even when punishments were combined, their time of imprisonment was shorter. Some might only need five years before release; however, those proficient in management and more aggressive, like the wife of the fourth brother, who was exposed for usury, violent debt collection, and knife-wielding break-ins causing injury, could end up serving more than fifteen years, with her maternal family members generally facing upwards of ten years in prison.

In general, the potential of the Jin Family members had been almost completely tapped out, and stacking more cases on top wouldn’t add much to their sentences.

Wu Junhao and his team gradually shifted their attention toward the Zhang Family...

The Jin Family had only been recruited by Zhang Enfan over the past year to exploit their local influence.

Compared to that, the other two small gambling dens had been running for a longer time, and many of the personnel involved had connections with the Zhang Family. How could one not be influenced by being in such an environment for a long time?

Incidents of brawls and debt-related violence were unavoidable. Perhaps a few years back, they only ran their dens during festivals, but this year, Zhang Enfan’s gambling dens had become regularized and formalized.

For those working inside, the number of criminal activities was certainly increasing, and particularly in the early stages, not even sentences of three to five years would be enough to deter them.

The officers at the police station began to grow more proactive.

Working on criminal cases can be very rewarding, especially when the cases are successfully closed, and the suspects caught are particularly despised by everyone, boosting the morale of the officers tremendously.

According to the trendy emotion-value theory, an average good-looking gentlewoman, who is cute and coquettish, speaks eloquently and can cook, provides an emotional value equivalent to the capture and sentencing of a filthy old man in his forties, with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes, who escalated from subway harassment to raping young girls.

Being openhanded and straightforward, Wu Junhao enjoyed working in high spirits, and the officers under him felt as if they were constantly on a winning streak, similar to an unceasingly victorious team in a love-related reality show.

Departing in the morning from Baidi amidst colorful clouds,

A thousand miles to Jiangling returned in a single day.

Watching the criminals strung together and boarding the prisoner transport, the officers smiled sincerely, as if they were seeing bountiful fruits hanging on the branches.

Not all members of the Zhang Family were as hard-mouthed as Zhang Enfan.

In fact, none of them were as hard-mouthed as him.

Ordinary members of the Zhang Family were just that—ordinary members of the Zhang Family. Although they did get involved in fights and minor thefts, their involvement wasn’t as deep as that of the Jin Family members.

If it had not been for Zhang Enfan’s return, leading the family to make quick money, half of the Zhang Family would only have faced administrative detention.

But now, of course, that was no longer the case.

The small village gambling dens didn’t earn much, which was due to the poverty of the gamblers; however, the level of addiction and fanaticism among the gambling den customers could compete with, if not exceed, that of larger venues. In other words, gamblers who destroyed their homes and accrued lifelong debt were not fewer than those at larger dens.

Through this, members of the Zhang Family bought houses, cars, married, and raised children, thoroughly enjoying themselves for several years.

Now that it was time for incarceration, they too had to face it altogether.

Weekend.

After working overtime all night, Wu Junhao stretched and, lifting his chin, asked, "I feel like having roujiamo, anyone else not eating?"

"I’ll take some," said Jiang Yuan as he walked downstairs, just in time to hear Wu Junhao’s words.

Wu Junhao chuckled twice and immediately said, "Great to have a big eater. You didn’t go back last night either?"

"I did the final rendering and then produced the image yesterday, so I slept in the office," Jiang Yuan replied. He had a private office in Litang Township Police Station, where he’d bought a camp bed and a sleeping bag, which didn’t affect his sleep.

As is well known, the time when a case is about to be solved, especially the moment when key evidence emerges, is also the most dangerous. If a detective were to die, it would most likely be at this time, with injuries far exceeding the count of French army deaths in World War II.

Since Jiang Yuan had been performing Skull Restoration Skill for so long, especially on Zhang Enfan, a young Mob boss type who had returned from abroad with an unknown background and could keep his lips sealed, at such a crucial moment, it was certainly more secure to stay within the police station.

Wu Junhao only heard that the photo was going to be released and immediately asked, "Is the identity confirmed? Can we do facial recognition?"

"Yes." Jiang Yuan took out an A4 sheet from his pocket, with a photo of a pretty girl with a melon seed-shaped face on the front and an ID number on the back.

Jiang Yuan handed it to Wu Junhao, saying, "I scanned it with the police network. You guys scan it again and see."

The accuracy of facial recognition in China had become very high. For instance, traffic police, when checking vehicles, could directly access the driver’s identity and basic information, including ID number, hotel registration records, and so on, by scanning the face even if the driver didn’t carry their driving license.

The likeness produced by cranial reconstruction skill generally looked about 80 percent similar to the actual person, which was considered quite good. After all, many measurements used in the process were averages and couldn’t be exactly perfect.

However, this level of accuracy was generally sufficient for facial recognition, and if other information such as geofencing corroborated, the identification could be virtually confirmed.

After conducting a simple verification, Wu Junhao couldn’t help nodding his head in agreement.

The ID number was from Shannan Province, and the last known address was in Qinghe City. There were multiple hotel registration records in Qinghe City using the same ID number as well...

"Check her WeChat," Wu Junhao nodded to Jiang Yuan and began to instruct his subordinates to carry out the investigation.

"Jiao Lina...an orphan, no wonder no one reported her missing," said the police officer as he began searching her WeChat history with authorized backend access.

The WeChat records viewed from the police backend were not like the common WeChat app interface, specifically...

Overall, the search by the police would take some time, but Wu Junhao had already begun to mobilize his team.

Jiang Yuan meanwhile ordered two roasted whole sheep to be delivered.

Both Qinghe City and Changyang City had businesses specialized in catering roasted whole sheep for gatherings, which could be roasted on the spot or delivered pre-cooked for reheating. As long as the price was right, a distance of a few hundred kilometers was not considered too far.

Jiang Yuan called a merchant from Qinghe City, which was about an hour away, making it quite convenient.

Wu Junhao felt a little embarrassed and said, "I should be the one treating you to dinner..."

"Your house hasn’t been demolished," Jiang Yuan waved his hand dismissively, adding with emotional intelligence, "Consider it taking from the people and using it for the people."

Wu Junhao laughed, rubbing his smooth head with his rough hands, "Then it’s settled. I’ll buy some flatbread later to make sandwiches with the leftover meat; that’ll save some expenses."

Suddenly, Wang Chuanxing and others who received the message came to help as well.

Little by little, Jiao Lina’s social network began to take shape.

"She met Zhang Enfan’s aunt when she was working as a salesperson, and through the aunt’s introduction, she had a blind date with Zhang Enfan."

"Zhang Enfan kept a mistress in Changyang City and was also dating Jiao Lina, though they were not living together."

"Jiao Lina’s last circle of friends post said she was going to Zhongnan Mountain to contemplate life... from the timing, it’s very likely it wasn’t posted by herself..."

The WeChat records were not surprising, even predictable.

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Let Meng Chengbiao do the interrogation, and aim to resolve the case in one fell swoop."

In the Cold Case Squad, the 40-something-year-old Meng Chengbiao had the strongest interrogation skills, at least at a level of LV1.8. With adequate preparation, he could even function at a level of LV2.

To Jiang Yuan, who had solved more complicated cases before, this case was quite ordinary by comparison. However, the difficulty of the case was not low.

Especially trying to establish "irrefutable evidence" and facing a tough criminal like Zhang Enfan increased the difficulty of the case significantly.

The technology used by Jiang Yuan for this case, as well as the time invested, in previous cases, would have been enough to resolve two or three cold cases.

He too hoped the upcoming interrogation would successfully break through Zhang Enfan’s defenses.

Otherwise, even with additional evidence, it would become increasingly difficult to obtain a confession.

Wang Chuanxing responded and went to notify Meng Chengbiao.

Wu Junhao had already started making arrangements to call in Zhang Enfan’s aunt and others for questioning.

Compared to the Jin Family, the proportion of women in the Zhang Family who were arrested was much lower. Now, it seemed that their own perspective was too narrow and likely had blind spots.