"It is very likely left by the suspect. Take everything from the ground back and see if we can extract new fingerprints or the suspect’s DNA from them."
When Luo Fei and Zhang Haiyang arrived, Luo Fei’s first glance caught the bones beside the fire pit, sparking his suspicion. He wanted to pick up the bones for a closer look but refrained from acting to avoid disrupting the cri scene.
Just as he was about to alert his colleagues in the detective team, he saw Yang i putting on gloves, squatting down, picking up a bone, and examining it closely with a frown before standing up and turning to Zhao Donglai. "Captain Zhao, these are dog bones."
"Dog bones?" Zhao Donglai’s eyebrows knitted into a frown, giving rise to a suspicion in his mind.
"We’ve never seen the victim’s dog before; could this be the victim’s dog?" Zhou Weimin asked in shock.
"It’s not impossible." Zhao Donglai nodded in agreent and then addressed everyone, "Let’s carefully search the surrounding area. If these dog bones are indeed the victim’s dog, the suspect must have killed and disposed of the dog nearby."
Upon hearing Zhao Donglai’s words, everyone began to search the area again.
Luo Fei saw Yang i and a few of the detective team collecting cigarette butts and glanced at the gloomy and damp weather, feeling sowhat frustrated.
If it hadn’t rained last night, Luo Fei was sowhat confident in tracking the suspect by scent from the cigarette butts, but unfortunately, the heavens didn’t cooperate. It hadn’t rained here in Ningjiang for a long ti, yet it chose to rain last night.
Just last night, Luo Fei was in his bedroom reading a book while listening to the sound of rain outside the window, feeling joy for the suddenly tily rain. Now, however, he felt the rain couldn’t have co at a worse ti.
Because of this rain, the scent left behind in the air by the suspect had been completely washed away, making it impossible for Luo Fei to detect it.
Still holding a sliver of hope, Luo Fei walked over.
"Yang i, can I have a sniff?"
Approaching Yang i, Luo Fei asked. Being the only familiar face in the detective team, he had no choice but to approach Yang i.
Yang i glanced at Luo Fei, knowing his keen sense of sll and understanding his intention. She handed the plastic bag filled with cigarette butts to Luo Fei. "It rained last night; maybe tracing the suspect by scent is unlikely."
Luo Fei knew, but he had to try anyway.
Bringing the plastic bag containing cigarette butts close to his nose, Luo Fei took a deep breath.
Besides the strong sll of smoke, Luo Fei detected three different scents. This indicated they ca from three individuals, suggesting there were at least three suspects.
"How was it?" Yang i asked Luo Fei, without much expectation.
"Three different scents; presumably, they belong to three people." Luo Fei said, handing the bag back to Yang i.
Yang i thought for a mont, "That ans there are at least three suspects? Maybe even more."
"Most likely." Luo Fei nodded in response but with his brow deeply furrowed, unable to detect those three scents in the air.
"The air doesn’t seem to have any scent left by the suspects, right?" Noticing Luo Fei’s expression, Yang i asked.
"Yes," Luo Fei nodded, having anticipated this result, he wasn’t overly disappointed.
Once Luo Fei confird there was no scent left by the suspects in the air, he rejoined the search team, expanding the search area gradually. Soon, two mbers of the detective team discovered a dog’s pelt, internal organs, and head in a bush. With Tang Dayou affirming, these indeed belonged to Tang Youquan’s dog.
Afterwards, neither the detective team nor the police station made any further useful discoveries.
At seven in the evening, it was completely dark outside, making it impossible to continue searching, forcing them to temporarily call off the search.
Luo Fei and the others returned to the police station by eight in the evening, all exhausted and sleepy.
The station’s cafeteria had reserved so als, but only a few ate there; most opted to eat at ho.
Luo Fei chose to eat at ho as well; having sampled the station’s food a few tis, he found it rely passable, not particularly tasty, and avoided dining there unless necessary.
Wu Yan had called Luo Fei at six, planning initially not to leave him a al because he expected to be ho late, but Wu Yan insisted on saving him so sweet and sour ribs she had cooked.
Upon Luo Fei’s return ho.
"Xiaoxiao, your brother is ho. Serve him the dishes," Wu Yan, adjusting her bracelet, urged Luo Xiaoxiao who was watching TV.
Luo Xiaoxiao, lying on the sofa watching television, hopped up upon hearing Wu Yan’s words, "Brother, I’ll serve your al. Mom made sweet and sour ribs tonight; it’s really tasty."
"Hm," Luo Fei nodded with a smile.
Compared to Luo Hao’s laziness, Luo Xiaoxiao was clearly more diligent and sensible, which resulted in Wu Yan favoring Luo Xiaoxiao for chores more often. Naturally, Luo Fei wouldn’t indulge Luo Hao’s laziness; he’d make him do things whenever he had the chance.
"Xiaofei, how did the search go today? Did you catch the killer?" Wu Yan asked gossipy, while still handling her bracelet, as Luo Fei was eating.
Luo Fei shared a few trivial details with Wu Yan. Luo Xiaoxiao and Luo Hao listened with keen interest beside him.
After finishing the al, Luo Fei didn’t wait for Wu Yan to say anything before telling Luo Hao to clean up the dishes and table. Wu Yan had already given up on ordering Luo Hao around due to his laziness, only Luo Fei could do it, or she could when Luo Fei was around.
anwhile, at the detective team, once everyone had finished their al, team captain Zhao Donglai summoned the team for a eting in the conference room.
Once everyone gathered, Zhao Donglai first requested a summary of the cri scene investigation findings.
Then ca the case analysis.
The detective team mbers each shared their opinions, with most agreeing it was a random murder, mainly due to the fire pit and empty bottle of liquor found near the cri scene.
Speculations arose that the suspects were a few young individuals, who, after drinking, acted recklessly killing the victim under the influence of alcohol.
However, so detectives suspected that the fire pit, empty beer bottles, and cigarette butts were deliberately staged by the suspects, intended to mislead the police and disguise their true intentions.
They believed the victim had suffered cruel treatnt before dying, hinting at an act of naked vengeance, suggesting the killers had significant grievance against the victim.
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