Forensic Doctor 2003: I Became a Legend on the Front Lines of Criminal Investigation

Li Jian quickly put away his phone, turned around, pushed open the door of interrogation room number 1, and stepped inside. Zhang Qian, sitting opposite him, still looked guilty.

Before Li Jian could speak, Zhang Qian choked back tears and said, "Officer, we really didn't mean it. We were just afraid his two aunts would come back and hold us accountable, so please understand. We will definitely give the old man a proper burial."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Li Jian suddenly slammed his hand on the interrogation table with a loud "bang," and shouted sternly, "You're still trying to deny it!"

"I...I didn't try to deny it!" Zhang Qian was startled by the sound of the table being slammed and hurriedly tried to explain.

"What I just said is the truth. He did die from taking sleeping pills, and the sleeping pills were kept in a drawer at home. You can go and see for yourself."

"Last week we accompanied him to the hospital for a check-up. He told the doctor that he couldn't sleep and asked the doctor to prescribe sleeping pills."

"We initially thought he just had insomnia, but now we realize that he had suicidal thoughts back then, but we didn't notice at the time."

"Looking back now, it's all my fault. If I had thought of this worst-case scenario earlier, things probably wouldn't have turned out this way..."

At this point, the woman suddenly covered her face and began to sob, repeatedly muttering, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

Seeing her tearful appearance, Li Jian was filled with rage, feeling that her act was extremely hypocritical.

He thought to himself: "Her performance is so realistic. If she were to enter the competition, she might even win the Best Actress award."

Suppressing his anger, Li Jian said solemnly, "This is the last chance."

"You say he died from an overdose of sleeping pills, then tell me, how did he take them?"

Upon hearing this, the woman abruptly raised her head, her eyes darting around, and replied, "What else can I do? It was taken orally. Can you inject sleeping pills with a syringe? I know he bought a whole bottle of sleeping pills."

"You're lying!" Li Jian interrupted sharply. "Orally? You clearly crushed the sleeping pills into powder and mixed them into his porridge before feeding them to him!"

Zhang Qian's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly waved her hands in denial: "No, no, I didn't!"

"He's not a child, how could he eat medicine from his porridge?"

"He's not a child, but you're treating him like one!" Li Jian pressed on, "Let me tell you, we've found conclusive evidence through technical testing."

"You crushed sleeping pills into powder with a rolling pin and mixed them into your porridge. Sleeping pills were detected in the pot and bowl. Did you think you could get away with it?"

"Although the amount of medicine remaining in the bowl is extremely small, the concentration in the pot is very high, and we've already found the rolling pin you used to grind the medicine. Do you still want to deny that?"

"No, no, you must have made a mistake!"

Zhang Qian remained defiant, saying, "My husband and I are too busy being filial to him, how could we possibly do such a heinous thing!"

Li Jian's tone was icy. "An adult, an elderly person at that, with so many medications on the table, why was it that only sleeping pills were crushed into powder and fed to him through porridge?"

"Tell me, if you continue to say he took it himself, who will believe you?"

"Will the judge believe it? Will the prosecutor believe it? Nobody will believe it!"

"That's just a lie you made up; even a fool wouldn't believe it!"

Faced with Li Jian's barrage of questions, Zhang Qian was instantly speechless, her expression freezing as she stared intently at him.

After a long while, Li Jian sat back down in his chair, took out a cigarette, lit it, took two puffs, and slowly said, "Zhang Qian, I advise you to honestly admit it."

"Even if you don't say it, will your husband? Couples are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately."

"Whoever confesses first will be considered to have performed meritorious service, and will be able to seek leniency under the law in the future."

"If you insist on not talking, I will go to interrogation room number 2 right now and interrogate your husband."

"You can remain silent, but you can't guarantee your husband will keep quiet too."

"You're all smart people. I didn't expect you to have a backup plan. You lied that he was hanged after he died. You were quite shrewd, but we still saw through your plan in the end."

After saying that, Li Jian stared at her and counted down, word by word, "1, 2, 3!"

"I'll say it, I'll say it...it was indeed us who did it."

"Why did you kill him?" Li Jian pressed.

"He has lung cancer and doesn't have much time left. The treatment costs are terrifyingly high." Zhang Qian wiped away her tears. "Our family relies on farming a few acres of land to make a living. Our income is meager, and we simply cannot afford the expensive medicine."

"My husband and I discussed it, and since he was already nearing the end, we decided to send him off early..."

As she said this, tears streamed down her cheeks. "I was forced into this situation; I simply had no money left..."

"Don't you know that no life can be unlawfully taken away?"

Li Jian sternly rebuked him, "Although you may think you've saved money from your own perspective, you have illegally taken someone's life. You will surely face the full force of the law!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jian patted the shoulder of the police officer next to him, and the two of them immediately stood up and walked quickly toward interrogation room number 2.

Upon arriving at interrogation room number 2, the man still had a glimmer of hope in his eyes, as if he thought the police were going to let him go.

But Li Jian's words shattered his illusions in an instant.

"Your wife has already confessed everything. You and your husband conspired to kill your biological father by crushing sleeping pills into powder and mixing them into the porridge."

With just those one sentence, the man deflated like a punctured balloon, slumping into his chair and staring at Li Jian with a helpless expression.

A moment later, he clutched his head with both hands, pounding his forehead violently, sobbing and breaking into a confession: "I'm sorry to my dad, I'm so sorry to him... It was all that woman's bad idea, it was all her fault..."

Inside the interrogation room, the man's sobs continued intermittently for nearly five minutes.

After calming down, he truthfully confessed all the facts of the crime. The whole process was completely consistent with Zhang Qian's confession. Rather than confessing his crimes, it was more like a belated repentance.

Thus, this case of intentional homicide was successfully solved.

Li Jian walked out of the interrogation room, feeling exceptionally relieved.

He never expected that this seemingly simple suicide case could be solved in less than 24 hours.

This would have been unimaginable in the past.

Compared to the previous case of a groom being murdered, this case is more bizarre and convoluted, and the suspect's counter-investigation capabilities are also stronger.

After the police found clues about sleeping pills, they lied that the deceased committed suicide. In order to avoid the blame from their relatives, they staged a hanging scene, but they were eventually exposed and the entire crime was fully reconstructed.

Thinking of this, Li Jian was filled with excitement, and Jiang Chen's image involuntarily appeared in his mind.

This young man is indeed extraordinary.

Immediately, he turned to the police officer beside him and instructed, "Take care of the follow-up work. I'll go report this good news to Director Ma now."

Five minutes later, Li Jian jogged to the door of Director Ma's office, pushed it open, and went inside.

As soon as Director Ma saw him enter, he immediately asked, "Hey, I was just about to call you. How's the interrogation going?"

"Is it true that the suspect, an elderly person, committed suicide by overdose and staged the hanging scene?"

Li Jian smiled and said, "Director Ma, it was my oversight just now. I failed to spot the flaws in time, but now we have uncovered the whole truth, found the key evidence, and reconstructed the crime scene."

"Oh? Where did you start?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Director Ma's eyes. "Weren't you interrogating someone? Why are you reconstructing the scene?"

"Although I wasn't at the scene, Jiang Chen reconstructed the crime scene and reconstructed the entire process of how the murderer crushed sleeping pills into powder, mixed them into porridge, and fed them to the victim."

"The test results also confirmed that sleeping pills were found in the deceased's bowl, pot, and the cutting board used to grind the medicine."

"Now, both suspects have fully confessed to their crimes."

Upon hearing this, Director Ma froze on the spot, his heart unable to calm down for a long time.

After a long silence, he pressed on, "You're saying that was Jiang Chen recreating the scene?"

"Is that the young man who switched from veterinary medicine to forensic medicine?"