By the time the three-man team raced to the crime scene in the county town below Spring Forest, it was only noon.
Without stopping to eat or rest, they went straight to the crime scene.
The scene was lively at the moment. The victim's family wailed in mourning some distance away, while the police helplessly tried to comfort them nearby.
Off to the side, the other officers were busy processing the scene.
After exchanging a round of mutual compliments with the person in charge of the scene, they got acquainted. Strictly speaking, it was not really flattery—Wang Yan truly was that capable.
Back when he had been a railway police officer catching thieves on trains, he had already made quite a name for himself in Northeast China. Now, after leading a team through Liaoning Province's backlog of cases and solving hundreds of cases in a year, his name had spread all the way to Beijing. In Northeast China, he was naturally already renowned as an absolute powerhouse.
After that, the people at the scene briefed them on the case.
"The deceased was Liu Guifen, thirty-two years old, an employee at a printing factory. She went missing on her way home last night. Her family reported it this morning, and someone also said they saw a person digging a pit and burying a body here last night. The medical examiner said Liu Guifen suffered a heavy blow to the back of the head, along with two stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. She ultimately bled to death. A large amount of blood was found at the scene, and according to the medical examiner, Liu Guifen was still alive at the time.
"She watched the killer dig the pit, was thrown into it by him, and only then bled to death.