Attending ex-girlfriend's wedding, arresting the groom's officer on the spot

Just as Lu Chuan had just analyzed in the case analysis, Lu Chuan felt that this was most likely not the first crime scene.

So if this speculation is correct, the suspect had to drag, move or carry the victim, Wang Jingya's body from the car through the yard before he could enter the room.

In this process, what will he intersect with?
“Is this a plum tree?”

The distance from the entrance road to the room is about 30 meters.

There is a small orchard in the yard with several fruit trees planted in it. Now they are lush and full of fruits.

When Lu Chuan just came here, he saw that almost every family in the village had such a small garden, some of which planted fruit trees, and some planted vegetables.

Having one’s own vegetable garden is a standard feature in rural areas.

Just because most people moved away when the villages and towns were merged, many orchards are basically abandoned.

"It's a plum tree. The plums are almost ripe."

It is already August, and the fruits on the trees should be ripe in a week or two at most.

After Lu Chuan nodded, he walked around the plum tree, carefully observing every branch and leaf on it.

Zhao Zhigao was a little puzzled. Why did Lu Chuan keep holding on to this tree?

"Captain Lu likes to eat plums?"

Lu Chuan shook his head.

“This tree…is in a good location.”

Lu Chuan pointed to the road below the yard.

"Although this plum tree is not big, it has lush branches and leaves. If we come in from outside and don't hide a little, we might bump into this tree, right?"

Zhao Zhigao nodded. He had been in and out of the scene many times, and every time he had to hide from this plum tree. Of course he knew that what Lu Chuan said was right.

"So, no, Director Zhao, if the murderer went in and out, would he also touch this tree?"

this……

“I think we’ll meet him.”

Not should, but must!

Lu Chuan’s on-site investigation started with this plum tree.

If the suspect has touched this tree, then it is possible that something belonging to the murderer was left on it.

Of course, this is just a possibility. This tree grows here and the police who go back and forth to investigate the case have also encountered this road. So even if there are really some things left on it, it is hard to say whether it could point to the murderer.

What Lu Chuan needs to do is not to miss any details or any points. As long as there is a place or object that may intersect with the murderer, he needs to investigate and collect trace evidence on the objects.

In fact, collecting trace evidence is not the most difficult thing. The key is to discover these things.

Therefore, the most important thing in collecting trace evidence is to be good at focusing on details and discovering things that others cannot find. Then you will be able to find clues that others cannot find.

Hard work pays off, and Lu Chuan soon found some chemical fibers on the plum tree.

And a hair was found on a branch of the tree.

During the entire process, Zhao Zhigao did not say a word and watched how Lu Chuan collected trace evidence from the plum tree.

To be honest, Zhao Zhigao admired Lu Chuan very much. First of all, he did not expect that there would be any intersection between this plum tree and the murderer.

He saw this plum tree when he first arrived at the site, and he would avoid this plum tree every time he entered and left the site.

Lu Chuan was not in a hurry. After spending more than an hour on the plum tree, he still did not leave.

Holding a magnifying glass, Lu Chuan studied every leaf and every branch from the root to the top of the tree.

The last tree took Lu Chuan nearly three hours. "Okay, let's go."

In fact, Lu Chuan had his own reasons for choosing this plum tree.

The murderer took care of the entire scene, but just as Zhao Zhigao did not pay attention to the plum tree, the murderer would not pay attention to the tree.

Therefore, if the police know some of the routine locations or points for physical evidence detection, the murderer may also know them.

"When the murderer left, the yard was cleaned, right?"

Even though the crime had happened several days ago, this part of the yard was noticeably cleaner, with no messy dead branches or grass on the ground, and it was obvious that it had been cleaned within a short period of time.

But this kind of cleaning is more interesting.

Zhao Zhigao nodded: "The murderer did not clean the entire yard too much, but carefully cleaned the path it walked. To be more precise, he eliminated its footprints. We did not find the things it used, so they must have been taken away by the murderer."

This is what Lu Chuan said is quite interesting. Although the yard is relatively clean as a whole, you can clearly see that there is a path in the middle that looks like a goat path that has been carefully swept.

This should be the place where the murderer walked through the room on the way.

Some other corners are still dirty and messy.

When he arrived at the door, Lu Chuan did not go in directly, but walked to the next room.

"wait for me."

Just like he had just conducted a thorough inspection of the plum tree, Lu Chuan carefully inspected everything in this room.

Because Lu Chuan was sure that the murderer must have been here.

This wing was where the owner originally stored firewood.

There are still some branches, some kindling, and some sundries piled up inside.

The murderer disposed of the body by cooking it.

That would definitely require a lot of dry firewood.

It is impossible for the other party to pick up firewood from other places, so he will definitely use the things in the room.

Therefore, the other party must have had some contact with these firewoods when he was taking the dry firewood, so it is very likely that he left some of his things here.

Looking at Lu Chuan busying around in the woodshed, Zhao Zhigao certainly understood what the other party was thinking.

Although Zhao Zhigao did not think of this when he was doing the on-site survey, he could clearly see what Lu Chuan was thinking.

To be honest, even though Lu Chuan had just arrived at the scene, he hadn't walked through many places or even entered a room.

However, Zhao Zhigao had a feeling that after the entire scene was fully investigated, Lu Chuan would definitely discover some important clues.

It seems that Lu Chuan’s approach to on-site investigation is completely different from his own.

Lu Chuan didn't even look at some of the points that he paid attention to during the on-site investigation. Instead, he spent a long time and a lot of energy in places he had never been to.

For example, a plum tree, or this woodshed.

And Lu Chuan was busy inside for more than an hour.

When he came out, he already had four or five collection bags in his hands.

From the expression on Lu Chuan's face, it can be seen that he has made some discoveries.

Of course, this does not mean that these collected items necessarily belong to the murderer.

Because logically speaking, the family would also go to the woodshed to collect firewood before leaving, so it is possible that these things belonged to the original owner. (End of this chapter)