Chapter 895: Investigation Findings of Tianzhou City’s Criminal Investigation Team

These past few days, Wang Chuanmin has been at his wits’ end. He had no choice but to request assistance from the city bureau and let the major crimes unit take over.

Honestly, for Wang Chuanmin, as the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, it’s quite humiliating to handle things this way. It’s a loss of face.

He lacked the capability, so he could only ask others for help.

Besides, to be honest, they used to be the ones being asked for help, but now it’s finally his turn to ask others.

"The victim’s identity has been confirmed as a model. We conducted a detailed investigation into the people around him. So far, we haven’t made any significant discoveries."

Wang Chuanmin continued his report: "However, based on the location chosen by the killer to commit the murder and dispose of the body, the suspect must be familiar with the area, knowing that West Family Valley Village is undergoing relocation, leaving few households."

"Also, due to the ongoing relocations in surrounding villages, the infrastructure is quite imperfect, and most surveillance cameras have been dismantled."

Wang Chuanmin’s report was concise, addressing the main tasks and issues discovered by the team.

The details were also rich, providing thorough insights into the specifics uncovered by the Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team.

Just then, Luo Qiang arrived. The major crimes unit was getting involved.

"So, considering the clues we’ve found thus far, we suspect the victim’s murder was likely motivated by passion or revenge."

The Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team immediately ruled out the possibility of a robbery-murder.

From the current investigation results, the victim, Wang Jingya, actually had modest assets, with around 300,000 in savings.

However, there were no recent large transfers recorded.

Additionally, at the crime scene, Wang Jingya’s jewelry, phone, and personal belongings were all present.

"These pieces of jewelry are quite expensive; we found a two-carat diamond ring valued at almost 100,000 yuan."

Wang Chuanmin operated the projector to display some photos from the scene.

"Also, some gold items and branded bags were left at the scene, suggesting the suspect did not take them."

This was why the police team immediately determined the suspect’s identity. The victim’s identity card was in the bag.

Thus, the possibility of a robbery-murder was pretty much ruled out.

Moreover, Zhao Zhigao also mentioned this, and Lu Chuan found it reasonable.

Furthermore, judging from the marks on the victim, it seems she did not suffer significant torture before her death.

Therefore, the chance that the killer forced her to reveal her bank password against her will is unlikely.

"Has the victim’s disappearance time been determined?"

Li Donglin suddenly raised a question.

This question wasn’t addressed in the dossier, nor was it mentioned earlier by Wang Chuanmin, which is why he asked.

Wang Chuanmin nodded: "It is basically confirmed to be the evening six days ago."

"We thoroughly investigated the circumstances at the studio where Wang Jingya worked before she was harmed."

Wang Chuanmin turned the projection to display a chart.

"This is the time table of Wang Jingya’s actions before her death, drawn based on our investigations."

"With a reverse order approach, I will first report to Director Li."

"The specific time of the victim’s murder should be five days ago, between noon and afternoon. Based on the forensic doctor’s judgment and the time when the elderly in the village discovered the body, it is assessed that the victim was killed five days ago, on August 12th, between 3:00 and 4:00 PM."

Because the body was completely decayed, many conventional methods to determine the victim’s time of death were not applicable.

The Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team could only deduce the time of death using forensic results and some witness testimonies.

"Before this period— from the early morning until the victim was killed— Wang Jingya had disappeared, suggesting that the killer had kidnapped her."

Wang Chuanmin once again turned the projection, showing a screenshot from surveillance.

"On August 11th, at 5:00 PM, Wang Jingya left her model studio after work to dine with her friend Qin Xiaohui."

"We found this screenshot in the surveillance of a restaurant in the New City District."

Wang Chuanmin continued to report: "The two departed at 8:16 PM."

"Everyone, please look at this snapshot from a traffic surveillance camera about fifty meters from the restaurant entrance. Although it’s not very clear, it shows the two getting into separate taxis and leaving."

"On the second day of the incident, August 13th, we found the taxi driver, who vividly remembered Wang Jingya."

"According to the taxi driver’s recollection, after getting into the car, Wang Jingya requested to go to the Garden Road Garden District."

Wang Jingya was tall, striking, with a good figure, leaving a strong impression on the taxi driver.

"This Garden Road Garden District isn’t where Wang Jingya lives. According to the driver, she received a phone call, sounding like a man."

"We traced the call origin to a middle-aged man named Chen Yang."

"He openly admitted to having a romantic relationship with Wang Jingya."

"However, that night, Wang Jingya stood him up and didn’t go to the Garden Road District."

"Didn’t go?" Li Donglin frowned, "Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

Wang Chuanmin continued the projection: "According to the taxi driver’s statement, she got off opposite the Garden Road District and crossed the road directly towards the residential area."

"The driver saw her back view for a few moments, drove away, and wasn’t aware of what happened afterward."

"And Wang Jingya’s disappearance occurred in this tiny stretch; we checked a supermarket’s surveillance and found she bought two boxes of condoms, a bottle of mineral water, and a bottle of cola inside."

"This confirms the taxi driver wasn’t lying."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

If the taxi driver were the killer, it would be impossible for Wang Jingya to appear in the supermarket securing condoms, mineral water, and cola captured by surveillance.

"But after leaving this supermarket, there was no surveillance on either side of the road, and we didn’t capture Wang Jingya in the Garden Road District’s entrance surveillance footage."

"Is there only one entrance?"

"Two," Wang Chuanmin answered Lu Chuan’s question: "The district has two entrances; we reviewed the footage but didn’t find any trace of Wang Jingya."

Wang Chuanmin sat down and continued: "Her disappearance time should be after 9:08 PM."

"The next time she appeared was already inside the iron pot in West Family Valley Village at Beiwang Town."