Chapter 1169 - 600: What Is the Motive for the Crime?

At 6:30 in the afternoon, the investigation team led by Qin Feng jogged back.

He ran up the stairs, taking two steps at a time, gasping for breath while trying to steady his breathing.

As soon as Qin Feng entered the door, he impatiently said, "Mr. Chen, Director Hou, I have significant news to report to you!"

"How is it? Any progress in the investigation?" Vice Director Chen Guan abruptly stood up from his chair.

"Mr. Chen, Director Hou, after our afternoon’s investigation, we have preliminarily clarified the basic situation of three people."

"Zhang Fei’s parents have passed away; he is a bachelor, working as an assembly line worker screwing parts in an electronics factory in the development zone."

"We found his work records at the electronics factory in the Guangling development zone and initially learned that he stopped working there two years ago."

"Chen Bing is a temporary worker, carrying bricks and unloading cement at construction sites."

"Li Jun privately runs unlicensed taxis as side work."

Hearing this, Vice Director Chen Guan furrowed his brows and pursued further, "So none of these people have had any contact with family, right? Have any of them been reported missing?"

Qin Feng flipped through his notebook and reported in detail, "Chen Bing has been divorced for several years, and his wife remarried and moved away with their child long ago."

"Wouldn’t they need living expenses? Doesn’t he care about the child?" Mr. Chen immediately asked.

"Maybe he didn’t want to provide them, anyway they’ve never been in contact."

Qin Feng shook his head, "Li Jun’s wife died in childbirth, and the child wasn’t saved; later he never remarried."

"Zhang Fei is a bachelor, an only child."

"The parents of these three have all passed away."

Hearing this, Director Hou nodded slowly, "It seems, if these three people suddenly disappeared, really no one would notice."

"They have no stable family, no steady friends, they are basically on the fringes of society, the type of people whose disappearance goes unnoticed."

After finishing, he thoughtfully glanced at Jiang An sitting aside.

Jiang An was thinking rapidly in his mind.

Accurately speaking, after hearing these situations just now, he could basically confirm it aligned with his initial expectations.

All three missing people were socially isolated individuals with no immediate family members.

Then he spoke, "Now we only have preliminary suspicions, the next step must be to use genetic matching to thoroughly confirm the identities of these three people."

Upon these words, Qin Feng showed a troubled look on his face, hesitated and said, "For Chen Bing, we can compare genes with those of the child born from the previous marriage."

"However, Li Jun and Zhang Fei were never married, and have no children, and their parents have long passed away, so this DNA test may not to be enough to confirm."

"Exactly." Vice Director Chen Guan also looked serious, his brows knitted into a large knot.

"Our laboratory can only perform these standard genetic comparisons; for situations without immediate family, is there any other technical method?"

"What about trying facial recognition?"

"Technically it’s feasible, but whether it can be admitted as evidence in court is currently unclear, the court may not accept it."

The meeting room fell into a brief silence.

Chen Guan helplessly spread his hands and sighed.

At this moment, Jiang An’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he spoke, "Here’s what we can do — we can find their residences."

"If there are still personal items they used, like toothbrushes, razors, combs, pillowcases, which have long-term contact with the skin, we can totally use the residual DNA on these to make a determination. This is the most feasible method now."

"Personal items determination? Is it possible even if no one has lived there for a long time?"

Vice Director Chen Guan asked in surprise, "If things have been left for so long, can they still be detected? Won’t they degrade or become ineffective?"

Jiang An nodded affirmatively, his tone firm: "No problem, current instruments are very advanced, even trace amounts of DNA can be extracted."

"If the precision of Guangling’s equipment isn’t enough, they can be sent to Jiangcheng; we have the latest extraction equipment there and can fully assist with the testing."

At this time, Director Hou interjected with a smile: "You see, Jiangcheng’s support for this case is really strong, not only sending people but also equipment."

"However, Guangling might be a bit far from Jiangcheng, going back and forth is inconvenient."

"Our provincial department’s forensic technology section has also recently introduced new equipment, which is very sensitive, and we can send it directly to the provincial department, it’s relatively closer and more efficient."

Upon hearing this, Vice Director Chen Guan immediately stood up, solemnly saying, "Alright, since both of you are so supportive, it’s truly a great honor for our Guangling City Public Security Bureau."

"If this case can really be solved smoothly, the credit for you both will definitely be at the top!"

As he spoke, he unconsciously clasped his hands together, a sense of heavy responsibility gleaming in his eyes.

Director Hou said, "We shouldn’t start taking credit before the case is solved."

Vice Director Chen Guan waved his hand, humbly smiled, and said, "Well then, let’s follow Director Hou and Mr. Jiang’s plans, immediately organize personnel to find the former residences of these three deceased, carefully collect their personal items, and then send them to the provincial department for genetic comparison to see if DNA technology can finally confirm their identities."