Chapter 813 - 755
The soil contained not only rings but also necklaces, bracelets, and anklets as well as some fabric residues whose composition couldn’t be discerned.
The police officers digging the hole became more vigorous as they worked.
Having personal belongings was best since they might determine the source of the body through these items. As is widely known, the primary factor in establishing the source of a corpse is the objects around it—based on the corpse itself? This task is not only difficult but also subject to chance.
For instance, even if Jiang Yuan was ninety percent certain that he had found human remains, he wouldn’t immediately announce it. Because there was still a ten percent chance that the remains could be from an animal, and a forensic doctor cannot afford to gamble on that chance just once in their lifetime.
Nor would anyone want to work with a forensic doctor who was right nine times out of ten. When police detectives asked forensic doctors questions, they expected answers beyond a doubt.
The detectives couldn’t start operating under the assumption of a murder case, only for the forensic doctor to suddenly apologize, saying he had made a mistake, that it was actually an orangutan!
Even one such incident occurring out of ten times, or even once in ten years, was an unforgivable major error.
By contrast, identifying a person through their belongings was a more familiar pattern to the detectives.
"It must have been a rather young girl; her necklace and rings are the unique kind," guessed one of the excavating officers as he worked.
The older detective across from him, digging with his hands, grunted an acknowledgment: "Nothing strange about that; usually, middle-aged women wouldn’t end up here."