CHAPTER 1279: CHAPTER 1206: NATURALLY ENTER

The front rows of the auditorium today are filled because passing notes is convenient.

Wang Zhihao and Li Zeming tried to find a place to hide but couldn’t, so they had to stand on the podium with Jiang Yuan, and as they looked up at the hundreds of people in the auditorium, they felt somewhat uncomfortable.

More people came today, visibly young and middle-aged criminal police officers, each with sharp eyes, unsure whether they were pondering the lecture or preparing to make a name for themselves.

At this time, Jiang Yuan nodded to Wang Chuanxing beside him and said, "Let’s talk about the latest progress."

"Yes!" Wang Chuanxing stood up and said, "The suspect Li Zongwei, from Wei City, 29 years old. It is currently confirmed that he is involved in 4 cases of drugging and sexual assault... Based on the drugs found during the search of the suspect’s home, the suspect primarily used GHB, commonly known as Gamma Hydroxybutyrate..."

Wang Zhihao and Li Zeming looked perplexed. Directly discussing the suspect? Does Jiang Yuan need to be involved in this?

After Wang Chuanxing finished his report and sat down, Wei Shikan naturally stood up, having arrived last night.

Lack of sleep left Wei Shikan’s eyes a bit red, but his expression was quite excited.

After all, working independently on a case, even when the suspect is identified, is very rare for a junior criminal police officer like Wei Shikan. Moreover, his task was to link cases, which is an extension of the case, even if the suspect is identified, it is still extremely valuable work.

Wei Shikan picked up the notebook in his hand and instinctively glanced at it, saying, "We first checked various cases based on the reported information, then synthesized Li Zongwei’s whereabouts and timeline. We have currently discovered 4 cases. However, considering that some people may not have reported, or are uncertain of their condition, I have listed a table and plan to visit several cities..."

"Okay, I’ll leave it to you then." Jiang Yuan simply did not listen to the follow-up, and did not worry about Brahmin’s reputation.

Wei Shikan laughed twice, his emotions stable.

"On Legal Botany, we compared the suspect’s clothing..." Pang Jidong then took the stage.

Jiang Yuan gave him a bit more time.

As a training activity, criminal police officers were already familiar with things like Gamma Hydroxybutyrate, but Legal Botany still required continued training. Especially for ordinary officers from other districts, they might not be very attentive even if they attended similar training sessions. On this point, the trainers should be aware of their role.

Pang Jidong spoke, while Jiang Yuan supplemented a few words from the side, incidentally reinforcing a round of teaching on Legal Botany.

Standing on the platform, Li Zeming and Wang Zhihao listened sullenly, feeling somewhat unclear, yet inexplicably sharp. For them, Legal Botany was something they had only heard of; who would have thought Jiang Yuan had already started such large-scale training.

After Pang Jidong finished, a few more people reported the situation, Jiang Yuan stood up again and said, "That’s all for the drugging cases, continue with the linking process, and we’ll open a new case."

Jiang Yuan spoke casually, turning his head with equal ease to Li Zeming and Wang Zhihao, saying, "Shall we talk about the cow farm case?"

"Oh... okay." Wang Zhihao breathed a sigh of relief and began to introduce the situation at Mu Jian Cow Farm.

As he introduced here, Li Zeming somewhat realized something, took a step back, found Mu Zhiyang beside him, and whispered, "Are we solving cases on the spot?"

"Yes. Everyone was curious about this when they arrived." Mu Zhiyang answered all of Li Zeming’s questions at once.

The people on stage spoke, while those below were discussing in low voices.

Wang Zhihao quickly introduced the case, nodded, and stood aside.

"Wasn’t it committed by someone familiar?" someone directly shouted.

"We only investigated the Cow Farm Owner’s interpersonal relationships. Other people within the farm are still being investigated." Wang Zhihao replied.

Back-and-forth questioning was quite similar to when Jiang Yuan first asked.

"The probability of familiar perpetrator is still high," someone said, looking up.

"Indeed it is."

"What does the trace examination say?"

Speaking of trace examination, Li Zeming stood out and said, "The location of Mu Jian Cow Farm is relatively remote, with a dedicated access road, an asphalt-paved stretch of about 100 meters. There is an independent courtyard, not large. The cattle farm has two large barns, basically closed spaces. After inspecting the front and back doors of the farm, no traces of forced entry were found, nor were there traces of lock-picking with duplicate keys."

Original and duplicated keys can be differentiated in trace examination mainly by their smoothness. Particularly, new duplicate keys often leave scratches on locks.

"The walls of the farm also show no signs of climbing, and the windows bear no signs of forced entry. It can basically be considered natural entry." Li Zeming said with considerable certainty. Although he did not conduct the site inspection himself, the inspectors were his subordinates, and the relevant photos and videos were suitable.

"If it’s natural entry, the likelihood of a familiar perpetrator is high." People weren’t naive anymore, when looking at this case, "criminal instinct" tends to lean towards familiar perpetrator.

As for completing a natural entry without traces, there are indeed methods, but burglars rarely use them.

The most common method is entering when doors are unlocked, which does not match the cow farm management system; alternatively, one could secretly stay inside the farm with a vehicle and wait to steal at night. Though this method can’t be ruled out, the difficulty and requirements are evidently a notch higher.

In the situation of this cow farm, observers can easily see there’s no need for such complications.

Even thieves opt for strategies with better cost-benefit ratios. Who would want to spend a sleepless night when the theft can be done easily?

"With 25 people’s interpersonal relationships, we are so many, we can quickly check that," a considerate person offered.

Jiang Yuan had already gone through the case file on the way, only nodded, saying, "For this case, there’s no need to consider all routes..."

"Are we not considering the familiar perpetrator situation first?" Li Zeming seemed surprised.

"Consideration still needs to be given..." Jiang Yuan did not finish.

"It’s also good to look at other schemes," the understanding criminal police chimed in.

Criminal cases have a peculiarity that, while statistically obeying probabilities, in individual cases, oddities abound, and surprises are frequent.

In fact, precisely because some people are oddities and surprises, they end up committing these crimes.

At this moment, Liu Jinghui said from the side, "How could a cow farm have valuable paintings worth millions, besides ones by Zhang Daqian?"

Li Zeming hurriedly responded, "Because the Cow Farm Owner himself studied art..."

"Why keep them at the cow farm?" Liu Jinghui rephrased the question, saying, "Doesn’t he have a home? Paintings by Zhang Daqian are also very valuable for someone of this level, right?"

The audience made sounds of taking a deep breath. Pure logical thinking sometimes really helps clear the mind.