Chapter 638 - 582 Excavating Soil
"Xiao Wang, organize this case."
After Jiang Yuan identified the case, he only took a brief look before passing it to Wang Chuanxing.
The biggest difference between cases at the police station and those processed by Jiang Yuan’s Cold Case Squad is that they are usually characterized by straightforward, simple behavior. Not only are the criminals simple, but the police station’s handling is also quite straightforward.
For example, in the case Jiang Yuan had just matched, there really wasn’t anything fancy: a villager was knocked out with a cudgel. He had several theories, but police investigations turned up no substantial evidence.
On the other hand, the victim had clear mud footprints on his body, but these were only archived and pending comparison.
It wasn’t until it reached Jiang Yuan that it was confirmed to be the work of Jin Family’s second and third sons and their wives.
Four against one, the situation was fully escalated; and they didn’t aim for a cost-effective approach, acting on a whim, which is a characteristic of township cases.
Many cases, once solved, seem to have a clear trail. In reality, because of the numerous local grudges that can trace back generations, many of the investigations end up being opportunistic crimes among acquaintances. Without technical evidence, relying solely on deduction means filling baskets with interrogation notes, leading to a large-scale murder mystery game scenario in the end.
Wang Chuanxing and the others were getting into the groove, cheerfully accepting the notes from Jiang Yuan and starting on the case documentation work.
One of the reasons behind the accumulation of cases at the police station is that paperwork is time-consuming. However, from the public’s perspective, some time spent is indeed well wasted.