"Apart from the fingerprints and hair on the body of the deceased Zhou Xiaoxiao, no other evidence pointing to Qi Shengzhi has been found so far," said Sun Dehua.

This is also very strange!

Shen Ting frowned.

Since there was physical evidence on Zhou Xiaoxiao pointing to Qi Shengzhi, Qi Shengzhi should have been present and involved when she was murdered.

How come there is no other evidence left?

"Zhou Xiaoxiao's death was caused by multiple blows to the head with a weapon similar to a shovel.

There were no open wounds, but the brain damage was fatal.

There is no direct physical contact during this process.

Under normal circumstances, if the owner of the footprints and Qi Shengzhi, the two of them killed Zhou Xiaoxiao in the land temple.

It would be more reasonable for two people to work together to carry the body into the dug pit.

It is normal to have hair left behind during contact with the corpse.

But the fingerprints and hair should have been left by both of them.

At least fingerprints should be left by both of them.

But now, only Qi Shengzhi's fingerprints have been found.

If the other person wears gloves, it will naturally avoid leaving fingerprints, so why not wear them, Qi Shengzhi?"

"If there are two people digging a grave, it will definitely be faster if they work together.

Then there should be shoe prints left by both of them in a similar location.

But only one person's shoe prints were found, not Qi Shengzhi's.

This is also unreasonable!"

The more Shen Ting thought about it, the more confused he felt.

He could think of many possibilities, such as the shoe prints might not have been left by the person involved in the case.

It is possible that during the construction of the land temple, the work was stopped for a few hours due to some reason, and there happened to be only one person working in that area, who happened to leave behind shoe prints.

Or maybe it was left by a villager who had nothing to do in the middle of the night and went to the land temple... uh, just wandering around?

Shen Ting himself felt that this guess was a bit strange.

But this was indeed the case in many cases he had seen.

Some clues that seemed important and unusual at first turned out to be very nonsensical and had nothing to do with the case after the truth was found out.

“If there are other possibilities, there are.

For example, Qi Shengzhi was wrongly accused.

The hair and fingerprints on Zhou Xiaoxiao's body were deliberately placed by the murderer in order to frame Qi Shengzhi for the murder.

Or again!

Qi Shengzhi and the other person were indeed the murderers, but after killing Zhou Xiaoxiao, the other person dug the pit, and Qi Shengzhi dumped the body into the pit alone."

These speculations are not very reasonable, but they cannot be completely ruled out.

"The problem is, there's no other evidence to prove what the truth is."

Shen Ting pondered for a while:

"I can't find a good way, so I have to use a stupid way!"

He asked Sun Dehua to send people to collect shoe prints from the villagers of Guojiadian.

This is naturally to match the shoe prints and exclude certain special cases.

At the same time, Qin Ming left a message in the chat group:

"Group leader, I found a little detail.

Judging from the physical and chemical data, the hair of Qi Shengzhi found on Zhou Xiaoxiao was left there half a month ago.

The shedding time should not exceed one month!

I'm not sure about the exact time.

Because determining when hair falls out is currently only an inferential technology.

The longer the shedding time, the greater the estimated error.”

Tang Ren: "Then this discovery is completely useless~~

Although the key dates in the case were eighteen days ago, twenty-two days ago, and twenty-nine days ago.

It's within the range of half a month to one month.

But if Qi Shengzhi says he was framed and the murderer used his hair to frame someone, then this evidence is useless!"

Shen Ting shook his head:

"I understand what Forensic Doctor Qin means.

What Forensic Doctor Qin said was a different situation.

If Qi Shengzhi was really framed.

The real murderer wanted to obtain Qi Shengzhi's hair, and he probably had contact with Qi Shengzhi within half a month to a month.

Perhaps we can use the surveillance footage from Qi Shengzhi's company and the road surveillance footage from his residence to look for suspicious individuals?"

Qin Ming: "The group leader really understands me. This is exactly what I mean."

Chen Ting immediately shared all the surveillance footage of Qi Shengzhi working at the rare earth company.

There is also the surveillance of the corresponding areas when he was active in other places this month.

After uploading the surveillance footage to the case-solving group, Shen Ting silently summarized in his mind:

“This case has now reached the most critical stage.

The previous disappearance of Wang Fuzhong and Zhou Xiaoxiao, the investigation of the rare earth mining area, the search in the mine, etc., all investigations ultimately pointed to the land temple in Guojiadian.

The land temple did find Zhou Xiaoxiao's body.

The fingerprints and hair on the body pointed to Qi Shengzhi.

The shoe prints found in the cement layer pointed to an unidentified person.

The core issue now is -

Is Qi Shengzhi the murderer?

Also, who owns the shoe prints in the cement layer?

Is it related to this case?"

"As for the outline of this case, it is actually very clear now.

Wang Fuzhong and his collaborators made profits by reselling rare earths.

Among the partners, some want to keep the profits for themselves.

Or the buyer wants to get something for nothing.

From the perspective of the case, the core issue is:

How many collaborators does Wang Fuzhong have?

In other words, we need to determine whether the deceased in the mining management area, the person in the surveillance of Shizhong Town restored by Kiko, and the footprints in the land temple are the same person?

If not, what are their identities respectively…"

Shen Ting thought about it, and without hesitation, he exchanged for footprint analysis.

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