Chapter 880 - 818 Precision Strike
"Captain Jiang, we’ve now confirmed 17 local missing persons matching the profile of males around thirty years old and about 1.7 meters tall. Are we dispatching someone to visit them directly?" Lei Xin asked bluntly, seemingly unconcerned with his superior’s rank. He mentioned the results of the investigations by the detectives. These 17 individuals are now key subjects for inquiry. Following the principle of house calls for serious cases and phone calls for minor ones, further meticulous investigation, including possible second home visits, was inevitably susceptible to alerting the suspects. At this juncture, it was all about the evidence at hand.
In cases like this, a cautious approach dictates that one should have at least some information before progressing to the next step. Ideally, the visits would be targeted, bringing in those who fit the criteria. Otherwise, the creation of a murder suspect profile could very likely result from false impressions, and upon a second encounter with the police, there’s a risk of them fleeing suddenly.
Liu Jinghui chuckled and said, "You’ve set quite a broad range of conditions there."
Lei Xin managed an awkward smile, "Doesn’t seem like we have a lot of people to look at."
Liu Jinghui said, "Our victim died and was dumped six years ago; ordinarily, if someone doesn’t return home for the Chinese New Year, the family should report them missing, two years is too broad. Let’s start with one year, that should be ample."
As he spoke, he turned to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Let’s go with 37 years old then; if you’re worried, expanding the range by one year either way should suffice."
"So, one year would mean at the time of the incident, the victim was between 36 and 38 years old, biological age? That’s quite tight, isn’t it?" Lei Xin was somewhat uneasy, his main concern being that casting a wider net wouldn’t hurt and would simply involve investigating a few more people.
Jiang Yuan smiled and replied, "Actually, that’s enough. If you’re worried, we can expand it a bit, using 37 years as a basis."