National Forensic Doctor

"We have already taken a statement from the cattle ranch owner. Do you want to interrogate him again under the pretext of taking the statement?

"Wang Zhihao still follows the pattern of ordinary cases.

In ordinary cases, if the police are a little stricter and tell a few lies during the interrogation, ordinary suspects will easily confess.

People like the owner of Mujian Cattle Farm, who is born into a wealthy family, has never suffered any crime, has little contact with people in society, and is an artist, are the easiest targets for interrogation.

Liu Jinghui refused immediately without waiting for Jiang Yuan's answer: "Since you want to take the case seriously, then treat it according to the standards of a serious case. Even if it is a small case, we should treat it as training. If not, we should prepare fully before conducting the first interrogation."

Liu Jinghui's words were not polite, but they were logical.

If this case is a small one, then we should follow the standards and treat it as training. Otherwise, we should naturally follow strict standards, otherwise we will be messing with Jiang Yuan's reputation.

Wang Zhihao understood and said quickly: "It must be done according to the standards. I have also told the team.

"Then let's check the channels for selling the stolen goods first. Although the probability of a random crime is very low, we cannot rule out the possibility that the criminal is in urgent need of money." Liu Jinghui paused for a moment, and then said: "The fact that the criminal can recognize the value of the painting is itself worthy of attention."

Wang Zhihao nodded in agreement: "When you come to a place like a cattle farm, most people will think that the paintings are fake and they are impossible to regard them as valuable masterpieces. Especially there are two paintings that are not locked in the cabinet. The owner of the cattle farm hung them on the wall. Many people will regard them as handicrafts."

The second half of Wang Zhihao's reasoning is not very rigorous. In fact, with the paintings in the cabinet as a basis, it is not surprising that the thief took away the paintings hanging on the wall.

Liu Jinghui didn't say much about this, and sought common ground while reserving differences, saying: "Then, let's take investigating the channels for selling the stolen goods as the first direction."

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Wang Zhihao agreed at first, then hesitated a little and said, "If you want to investigate the channels for selling stolen goods in Liyuan City, we can still do it. If it's a larger area, we may not be able to catch them."

He had nothing to be embarrassed about. He was just a captain of the Liyuan City Criminal Police Detachment. The captains and even the deputy directors above him could only cover the area of ​​Liyuan City. Even the director could not say that he knew all the situations in the province.

Liu Jinghui responded: "This is something I haven't considered improving. Regarding the channels for selling stolen goods, I will talk to the relevant colleagues in the provincial department."

Liu Jinghui is from the provincial department, and he does have information in this regard.

Wang Zhihao then expressed his opinion: "Sorry to bother Director Liu."

Selling stolen goods is a step where thieves can easily make mistakes, but not selling stolen goods often makes the theft meaningless.

In the famous "Product 100 Theft Case" in history, the criminal stole 80 kilograms of gold from the mint code-named 615 in 1961. The news reached the highest level, and the special task force set up was naturally the best. In the end, it was not solved.

It can be seen that the difficulty of solving theft cases is real. The most interesting part is the final solution of this case, which was revealed 20 years later in 1980 when the criminal took part of the gold to the bank to cash it in.

The same analogy also applies to the "Sunshine Supermarket Case" investigated two days ago. Because the supermarket owner had his own supermarket to sell stolen goods, it was difficult for him to be discovered when he stole things from other supermarkets.

As for the sale of stolen art, there are actually some special features. Some premeditated art thefts, especially thefts in places like art galleries and museums, often involve buyers first and then thefts.

In other words, thieves often take a customized route, which is a hiring behavior where they receive the order first and then do the work.

This situation is extremely prevalent in Europe. Some old European aristocrats are really willing to spend a large sum of money to buy stolen artworks and then hide them in their own "castles" for dozens or even hundreds of years.

However, it may not be easy for the domestic art market to reach this level.

A single non-fine painting by Zhang Daqian does not seem to be enough to attract an art thief of this level.

Liu Jinghui waved his hand and continued, "Second, regarding the case of an acquaintance committing the crime, we will investigate it according to the normal procedures. However, judging from the current progress of the investigation, if the crime was not committed by an acquaintance, this case will be interesting."

Wang Zhihao's eyelids jumped when he heard this. As a criminal policeman, who wants his case to be interesting?

For those who still have some expectations for the future, listening to people like Liu Jinghui is interesting, just like listening to a horror story.

Liu Jinghui chuckled, "Actually, I don't think it's a random crime or a crime committed by an acquaintance. This Mujian cattle farm has been operating for some years, and the rancher has been buying artworks for more than 10 years. He also has paintings at home, but the criminal didn't go to his home, but came to the cattle farm. In addition, why was it stolen now? What changes have taken place?"

Wang Zhihao looked up at Liu Jinghui.

The police officers in the auditorium began to answer in a noisy manner.

"You must have obtained the information through some channel?"

"It may not be the staff of the cattle farm who gave the information. The owner of the cattle farm or the traders who come by may also know about this."

"Is it necessary for the cattle ranch owner to embezzle? Paintings like his cannot be insured, and he won't make much money from embezzling."

"Maybe someone was targeting me while I was selling paintings or asking for prices."

"You are just guessing about selling paintings and asking for prices. In fact, he doesn't need to sell paintings. He has these paintings, so wouldn't he show them off? Is there any group or forum where he shows them off and it's possible that people will notice them."

All kinds of speculations are thrown up for free, making it difficult for people to analyze for a while.

Liu Jinghui listened carefully. Even for him, it was necessary to get new ideas.

Soon, Liu Jinghui summarized his views again and said, "I think it is necessary to start with information. How did the thieves obtain information? Why did they steal from the cattle farm instead of the owner's home? From this point, perhaps we can identify the suspects—"

Liu Jinghui did not reason further, turned to look at Jiang Yuan, and asked: "Any new evidence?"

"I plan to analyze the footprints in the cattle farm first and check it out in conjunction with the surveillance. It may take a day." Jiang Yuan gave a deadline.

Liu Jinghui thought for a moment and said, "That's great. I'll analyze the source of the news."