Chapter 629 - 573: Unforeseen Path Ahead Known to None
All participating units in the Jingyang Line triple murder case were silently reviewing the case.
The Changyang City Criminal Police Detachment was originally the unit most likely to solve the case, but they focused on the wrong points, primarily zeroing in on the first victim and trying to find the connection between the two victims.
However, the choice of the first victim was entirely random, so the case became an extremely difficult random murder case. Moreover, it was a random murder case without any rape involved, which made it even more challenging to solve.
Even when the special case team restarted the investigation later and considered the random murder scenario, they were faced with an even more challenging situation.
The situation was similar for the police in Huo City and Qingbai City. Their manpower and resources were simply inadequate for such a long-drawn-out investigation.
Even if Jiang Yuan gave them a well-developed plan, it would be very difficult for the two to push the case forward even if they combined forces.
Wang Shikai’s "learning spirit" completely misled the investigation’s direction.
There are a few common investigative approaches to homicide, such as those motivated by greed, lust, or perpetrated by pure psychopaths like random serial killers. Regardless of the type of case, the police usually break through by focusing on the modus operandi.
For example, someone who commits robbery with a knife is likely to do it again; someone who robs by hitting the back of the head with a hatchet will use the same tool and target the same spot; a criminal who uses ether for assault will stick with it for their next crime...
The "hand-chopping gang" will always chop hands, burglars known as "white-dashers" don’t scale walls, and those who climb walls don’t pick locks... After seeing the crime scene, some veteran detectives could immediately recite the identity card number of the perpetrator, and there’s good reason for that.