Chapter 899: Li Donglin’s Deployment Plan

The criminal investigator who just asked the question remained silent.

Lu Chuan was right.

Just like the Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team found the belongings of the deceased Wang Jingya at the crime scene.

The murderer did not remove Wang Jingya’s belongings, so if Xin Family Valley Village in Beiwang Town was the first crime scene, it seemed unnecessary for the murderer to remove Wang Jingya’s bloodstains.

Lu Chuan continued, "Another point is, since the murderer decided to put the victim’s blood in a pot for steaming."

"One peculiar thing is, what exactly did the murderer use to contain the victim’s blood."

"Although I haven’t been to the scene, the files didn’t reveal any similar containers."

Lu Chuan’s eyes were intense, "Unless the murderer committed the act on the stove, directly killing the person on the stove so that the blood flowed into the pot."

"But then, there’s another problem with the victim’s body."

"From the photos in the files, it’s clear that the victim’s body was steamed quite tenderly, with no bloodstains left on it."

"If the murderer committed the act directly on the stove, it’s impossible for no bloodstains to have remained on the body, so I think Xin Family Valley Village in Beiwang Town is very likely not the first crime scene."

After Lu Chuan finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Actually...

Lu Chuan’s analysis made a lot of sense.

This is the capability of the province’s top crime scene investigator.

Without even visiting the scene, he identified problems from the information recorded in the files that others couldn’t see at all.

Moreover, the clues Lu Chuan discovered this time weren’t just minute traces but involved determining the location of the primary crime scene.

If Lu Chuan’s speculation is true, it implies that Xin Family Valley Village in Beiwang Town was merely where the murderer disposed of the body.

In that case, the investigation direction must include a crucial point: finding the primary crime scene.

Li Donglin nodded, Lu Chuan indeed didn’t disappoint him.

"Lu, do you have any other thoughts?"

"The body."

Lu Chuan just mentioned conducting a second autopsy examination of the body.

"Regarding the body, I have two questions. The first is why the murderer severed the victim’s left ring finger."

Lu Chuan raised his left hand, looking somewhat puzzled, "The files say the murderer cut off Wang Jingya’s left ring finger, but no remnants of it were found in the ashes of the stove."

"Nor was there a ring finger found after being steamed in the pot."

"So, where did Wang Jingya’s ring finger go first? Was it taken by the murderer?"

"If the murderer took Wang Jingya’s ring finger, then what was the reason?"

This matter... The Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team had actually noticed it, and Zhao Zhigao discussed this issue with him.

But as of now, it’s still unclear what the murderer’s motive for doing this was.

Lu Chuan continued with his next question, "The second is about the victim’s heart."

"From the marks on the body, it’s clear that the heart was extracted after the body had been thoroughly steamed by the murderer."

"So, why did the murderer do this?"

"After removing the heart, did he take it, or was there something else..."

Lu Chuan paused and bluntly stated, "Or maybe they ate it?"

"We don’t know for sure, but why would the murderer want to extract Wang Jingya’s heart?"

This is definitely not about organ trafficking.

Otherwise, the extraction should have been done while alive, not after steaming it.

The questions raised by Lu Chuan were the doubts he had after reviewing the case files, centered around the crime scene and the body.

"Anything to add?"

Li Donglin looked at Lu Chuan.

"Director Li, I don’t have anything else for now."

Li Donglin nodded, and after a moment of silence, he sat up straight.

Everyone else refocused their attention.

"Everyone, you are all aware of the nature and severity of the case, so I won’t reiterate. The Quanzhou City Criminal Investigation Team has been on it for five days, but there hasn’t been significant progress."

Li Donglin didn’t waste words and went straight to the deployment of the case investigation.

"Let me now outline our key tasks for the next phase."

Li Donglin looked at Wang Song, "First is the suggestion Wang Song just made."

"Regardless of whether Xin Family Valley Village in Beiwang Town is the first crime scene, the body disposal indeed happened there."

"Wang Song’s deduction is quite necessary and correct. Why did the murderer choose Xin Family Valley Village in Beiwang Town for body disposal?"

"Hence, using Wang Song’s strategy to conduct a personnel screening and comparison is indeed necessary."

"Wang Song, since you work at the City Public Security Bureau and are familiar with circumstances around Chenzhou City, you’ll lead this task."

After saying this, Li Donglin looked at Wang Chuanmin, "Captain Wang, this task may require considerable effort and resources, so the Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team must be prepared to support."

"Rest assured, we will give our full cooperation and support."

Li Donglin nodded; he didn’t need to worry about this, as Wang Chuanmin wouldn’t sabotage unless he lost his mind.

"Secondly," Li Donglin turned to Song Mingguang, "Song Mingguang, you will investigate Wang Jingya’s background."

"Your earlier speculation was actually quite reasonable. Since the murderer dared to leave Wang Jingya’s ID directly on the scene, it suggests they’re not afraid of the police finding out her identity."

"However, given the murderous intent towards Wang Jingya, it’s evident there must have been some interaction between them."

"Yet, this interaction might have happened some time ago, so you’ll need to investigate Wang Jingya’s background from the time she started kindergarten all the way to her work at the modeling agency. I need information on all of Wang Jingya’s relatives, friends, and classmates."

"The more detailed, the better, especially after junior high, focusing on high school and college periods. Investigate all of Wang Jingya’s boyfriends thoroughly."

After all, Wang Jingya was just a young girl in her twenties; it’s relatively implausible for her to have engendered significant enmity, so in Li Donglin’s eyes, a crime of passion is quite a reasonable theory.

Even though, at present, no signs of violation were found on Wang Jingya’s body.

But that doesn’t rule out a passion-related killing of Wang Jingya.

In this regard, Li Donglin believes it is worthwhile to expend some effort.

Then, Li Donglin turned to Luo Qiang, "Old Luo, your team will re-examine all the accusers and those who previously interacted with Wang Jingya, including Chen Yang, Qin Xiaohui, and other colleagues."

"The focus is to check on the men who had relationships with Wang Jingya."

"Yes!"

Finally, Li Donglin looked at Lu Chuan.

"Lu, you will handle the on-site investigation and the second examination of the body. Let me know if you need anything."